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Towa @thetowa.bsky.social · 16h

Have you seen this @jbf1755.bsky.social
Love it!

Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 1d

Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!

The Portland frog as a founding father, surround by the words "give me ribberty or give me death"

Towa @thetowa.bsky.social · 22h

Not all the airports!
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Kristi Noem video blaming Democrats for shutdown delays won’t play at PDX security checkpoints

Portland International Airport officials say the video could violate state and federal laws.

www.oregonlive.com

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Towa @thetowa.bsky.social · 1d

Diane Keaton has died

www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

Diane Keaton Dies at 79

Keaton's death was announced by her family.

www.yahoo.com

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Towa @thetowa.bsky.social · 2d

Yes! That 👆 right there!

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Towa @thetowa.bsky.social · 2d

In the late 90s watching a financial report, the anchor said something like "Profits don't matter anymore, it's all about eyeballs!" (meaning web page views) and I immediately knew that was bullshit. Of course business is about profits!
That hype was quiet compared to AI.

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Towa @thetowa.bsky.social · 2d

a woman in a floral shirt is laughing with the fox logo in the background

Alt: a woman in a floral shirt is laughing.

media.tenor.com

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AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 3d

Do you like found objects, epistolary fiction, or workplace humor? I have a little treat for you today in @theflytrapmedia.com!

Hell in a Handbook

EXCLUSIVE: leaked documents show inner workings of the Underworld's largest afterlife services conglomerate.

the-flytrap.ghost.io

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Nicole Snark @nicokow.bsky.social · 3d

This is contributing to how difficult it is to buy a home.

Should have voted for someone who saw it and wanted to stop it.

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Towa @thetowa.bsky.social · 3d

Very glad you’re still here! And jealous of your homemade applesauce 😋

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d

I’m starting to think they might not have been serious about wanting to stop fentanyl smuggling and child sex trafficking

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 6d

“A federal team in El Paso that once pursued child traffickers has been disbanded.

“A task force in Kansas focused on stemming fentanyl has been redirected.

“Highway checkpoints near the border—on roads identified as major drug-trafficking routes—have gone unstaffed”

🎁
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Trump’s Immigration Push Diverts U.S. Agents From Drug, Money and Sex-Crime Cases

Federal investigators are resigning, and morale is low, as they juggle complex cases and detain migrants.

www.wsj.com

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Towa @thetowa.bsky.social · 4d

Illinois making the whole world proud! This is spectacular.

Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 4d

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Scott Immordino @scottimmordino.bsky.social · 5d

Bill Gates: $106B | Microsoft: $3.9T
Jeff Bezos: $232.5B | Amazon: $2.3T
Larry Page: $204.2B | Google: $2.84T
Mark Zuckerberg: $243.5B | Meta: $1.8T

Can someone please explain why on earth we’re paying the power & water bills for their data centers?

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Towa @thetowa.bsky.social · 5d

I knew that thing was going to be trouble. Can't just blip us out of existence, nice and neat, nooooo. Gotta screw things up and make everything stupider.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 5d

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

prospect.org

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 5d

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.