Voline
@voline.bsky.social
Self-Aware Megalomaniacal Computer
If you’re following more than 1000 accounts on here, don’t follow me. I’m just going to block you because I don’t want any part of whatever it is you’re doing here.
If you’re following more than 1000 accounts on here, don’t follow me. I’m just going to block you because I don’t want any part of whatever it is you’re doing here.
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From a crash on 10/29:
"The bicyclist was traveling westbound in the bike lane when he collided with a passing vehicle also traveling westbound. Investigators have determined that the driver's actions did not contribute to the collision"
www.portland.gov/police/news/...
"The bicyclist was traveling westbound in the bike lane when he collided with a passing vehicle also traveling westbound. Investigators have determined that the driver's actions did not contribute to the collision"
www.portland.gov/police/news/...
UPDATE: Cyclist Killed in Crash Identified
A bicyclist killed in a crash in October has been identified.
www.portland.gov
December 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
From a crash on 10/29:
"The bicyclist was traveling westbound in the bike lane when he collided with a passing vehicle also traveling westbound. Investigators have determined that the driver's actions did not contribute to the collision"
www.portland.gov/police/news/...
"The bicyclist was traveling westbound in the bike lane when he collided with a passing vehicle also traveling westbound. Investigators have determined that the driver's actions did not contribute to the collision"
www.portland.gov/police/news/...
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Halle Berry? Dang, bring it
(Also the replies & quotes are *full* of other receipts about ways that Newsom has been a jerkass)
(Also the replies & quotes are *full* of other receipts about ways that Newsom has been a jerkass)
"...Newsom has vetoed our menopause bill, not one but two years in a row. But that's OK, because he's not going to be governor forever. And with the way he's overlooked women, half the population, by devaluing us in midlife, he probably should not be our next president either."
youtu.be/603NmGNkfqY
youtu.be/603NmGNkfqY
December 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Halle Berry? Dang, bring it
(Also the replies & quotes are *full* of other receipts about ways that Newsom has been a jerkass)
(Also the replies & quotes are *full* of other receipts about ways that Newsom has been a jerkass)
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On the day that @opb.org CEO Rachel Smolkin posted this video, saying OPB’s funding gap of $5 million was closed, I was also told by the Chief Content Officer that Hush was canceled. Eighty percent of my income, and my health insurance - gone. I was given no reason for the cancellation. 1/x
OPB has closed this year’s $5 million budget gap created when Congress ended federal funding. Our work is not done. A strong future for free and fair journalism requires your support.
https://www.opb.org/pressroom/presidents-update-funding-cut-update-building-trust/
https://www.opb.org/pressroom/presidents-update-funding-cut-update-building-trust/
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
On the day that @opb.org CEO Rachel Smolkin posted this video, saying OPB’s funding gap of $5 million was closed, I was also told by the Chief Content Officer that Hush was canceled. Eighty percent of my income, and my health insurance - gone. I was given no reason for the cancellation. 1/x
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Portland City Council passed a new land use fee targeting the impacts of detention facilities after months of munitions use at the South Portland ICE building.
✍️ @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social
✍️ @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social
City Council Puts Financial Crackdown On Detention Facilities
Amid increased police overtime costs and complaints about environmental contaminants related to a local immigration processing center, Portland City Council passed a new land use fee December 3, targe...
www.portlandmercury.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Portland City Council passed a new land use fee targeting the impacts of detention facilities after months of munitions use at the South Portland ICE building.
✍️ @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social
✍️ @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social
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I will be proposing an amendment to the City's Investment Policy resolution at Council tomorrow to create a pathway to an Ethical Investment Policy over the coming months.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I will be proposing an amendment to the City's Investment Policy resolution at Council tomorrow to create a pathway to an Ethical Investment Policy over the coming months.
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Really happy with the Portland city councilors who voted to ban AI price fixing, pass the detention fee ordinance, and start the pricess for a human rights screen on city investments.
There’s a lot of noise and bullshit out there, but these folks are governing with their values.
There’s a lot of noise and bullshit out there, but these folks are governing with their values.
December 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Really happy with the Portland city councilors who voted to ban AI price fixing, pass the detention fee ordinance, and start the pricess for a human rights screen on city investments.
There’s a lot of noise and bullshit out there, but these folks are governing with their values.
There’s a lot of noise and bullshit out there, but these folks are governing with their values.
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You know what to do baby ❤️
December 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
You know what to do baby ❤️
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Corporate Dem Rep Henry Cuellar & his wife were indicted in March 2024 for accepting hundreds of thousands in foreign bribes.
Trump just pardoned them.
Hakeem Jeffries is praising Trump’s decision as “exactly the right outcome” & praising Cuellar as “a beloved member of the House.”
Ridiculous.😐
Trump just pardoned them.
Hakeem Jeffries is praising Trump’s decision as “exactly the right outcome” & praising Cuellar as “a beloved member of the House.”
Ridiculous.😐
December 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Corporate Dem Rep Henry Cuellar & his wife were indicted in March 2024 for accepting hundreds of thousands in foreign bribes.
Trump just pardoned them.
Hakeem Jeffries is praising Trump’s decision as “exactly the right outcome” & praising Cuellar as “a beloved member of the House.”
Ridiculous.😐
Trump just pardoned them.
Hakeem Jeffries is praising Trump’s decision as “exactly the right outcome” & praising Cuellar as “a beloved member of the House.”
Ridiculous.😐
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
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here’s another Portland-area fundraiser for a family torn apart by ICE. husband shipped to Tacoma, wife just gave birth to twins www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-aid...
December 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
here’s another Portland-area fundraiser for a family torn apart by ICE. husband shipped to Tacoma, wife just gave birth to twins www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-aid...
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Photo looks to be from before Hegseth’s gender-affirming surgery.
December 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Photo looks to be from before Hegseth’s gender-affirming surgery.
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The war powers legislation would prohibit Trump from launching “hostilities within or against Venezuela” without congressional approval.
Bipartisan House Resolution Seeks to Block Trump War With Venezuela
The war powers legislation would prohibit Trump from launching war against Venezuela without congressional approval.
interc.pt
December 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The war powers legislation would prohibit Trump from launching “hostilities within or against Venezuela” without congressional approval.
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Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
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Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
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www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UHUXke/... I am looking to interview people who have sought health care at crisis pregnancy centers, intentionally or unintentionally, and want to talk about their experience. If you or someone you know might be interested, please email or DM #pregnant #news #trending #healthcare
December 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UHUXke/... I am looking to interview people who have sought health care at crisis pregnancy centers, intentionally or unintentionally, and want to talk about their experience. If you or someone you know might be interested, please email or DM #pregnant #news #trending #healthcare
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This is how easy it is to create safer, more vibrant, human-scale neighborhoods!
December 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
This is how easy it is to create safer, more vibrant, human-scale neighborhoods!
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There is a movement to "prove that the datacenter water issues is fake". If you venture into Muskrat's hell site, you can see the community note these people put on this great piece of investigative journalism, accusing them of unfairly implicating datacenters.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
'The Precedent Is Flint': How Oregon's Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon data centers constructed in eastern Oregon's farmland have worsened a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
www.rollingstone.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
There is a movement to "prove that the datacenter water issues is fake". If you venture into Muskrat's hell site, you can see the community note these people put on this great piece of investigative journalism, accusing them of unfairly implicating datacenters.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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Seems like as time goes on more people will adopt this already emerging consensus view of the Biden admin in MENA, but it's one thing to say it and another to hold the architects of this program to account: why does no one ask why CAP hired Blinken, why CNN hired McGurk, Sullivan at Harvard?
December 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Seems like as time goes on more people will adopt this already emerging consensus view of the Biden admin in MENA, but it's one thing to say it and another to hold the architects of this program to account: why does no one ask why CAP hired Blinken, why CNN hired McGurk, Sullivan at Harvard?
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Fine we’re gonna do budget by initiative? 25% of the police budget for social housing.
December 2, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Fine we’re gonna do budget by initiative? 25% of the police budget for social housing.
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Tomorrow from Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias: the Democratic Party will never win elections again unless it stops listening to its far-left extremists like Bill Kristol
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Tomorrow from Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias: the Democratic Party will never win elections again unless it stops listening to its far-left extremists like Bill Kristol
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Pastor Jorge Bautista was telling a Border Patrol agent "we come in peace" when the agent fired toxic powder at him, leaving him struggling to breathe.
“No one should be assaulted for being out there protesting,” he says.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
“No one should be assaulted for being out there protesting,” he says.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
www.propublica.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Pastor Jorge Bautista was telling a Border Patrol agent "we come in peace" when the agent fired toxic powder at him, leaving him struggling to breathe.
“No one should be assaulted for being out there protesting,” he says.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
“No one should be assaulted for being out there protesting,” he says.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
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Remember, these regime-changers *do not* care about democracy. This is pure PR narrative. The US gladly coups democratically elected leaders (Mosaddegh, Lumumba, Allende, etc), and gladly props up actual autocracies (Saudi, Jordan, Egypt, etc) if it serves their interests.
December 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Remember, these regime-changers *do not* care about democracy. This is pure PR narrative. The US gladly coups democratically elected leaders (Mosaddegh, Lumumba, Allende, etc), and gladly props up actual autocracies (Saudi, Jordan, Egypt, etc) if it serves their interests.
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me before the second Trump admin: Chris Van Hollen seems pretty good, I guess
me at this point: I will run through a brick wall for Chris Van Hollen
me at this point: I will run through a brick wall for Chris Van Hollen
Van Hollen is being personally credited as the chief pressure point that made Israel release a Palestinian teenager with American citizenship from their dungeons, where he was held for 9 months without even a criminal charge.
⭕️ Sen. Chris Van Hollen (@vanhollen.senate.gov) credited for key role in release of US teen from Israeli detention
Palestinian-American child Mohammed Ibrahim, 16, was freed today after 9 months of Israeli imprisonment w/o charge. Journalist Jasper Nathaniel, who has been a major advocate for...
Palestinian-American child Mohammed Ibrahim, 16, was freed today after 9 months of Israeli imprisonment w/o charge. Journalist Jasper Nathaniel, who has been a major advocate for...
November 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
me before the second Trump admin: Chris Van Hollen seems pretty good, I guess
me at this point: I will run through a brick wall for Chris Van Hollen
me at this point: I will run through a brick wall for Chris Van Hollen
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One thing that's tough to come to terms with about politics is many people genuinely love being dupes. There's no justification for war so stupid that they won't eagerly get behind it. I truly don't know what anyone can do about this part of human nature.
November 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
One thing that's tough to come to terms with about politics is many people genuinely love being dupes. There's no justification for war so stupid that they won't eagerly get behind it. I truly don't know what anyone can do about this part of human nature.
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The person killed by a driver on SE Calle Cesar Chavez on Wednesday has been identified as 87-year-old Grey Wolfe, a well-known local grief counselor and mental health therapist.
Calle Cesar Chavez is a high-volume arterial with a 30 mph speed limit, four general travel lanes and a notorious history of fatal crashes.
bikeportland.org/2025/11/26/s...
bikeportland.org/2025/11/26/s...
SE Cesar Chavez claims another victim
It's the fourth fatal crash in the area since 2021.
bikeportland.org
November 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The person killed by a driver on SE Calle Cesar Chavez on Wednesday has been identified as 87-year-old Grey Wolfe, a well-known local grief counselor and mental health therapist.