Portland Pizza Enthusiast
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Yes, quiet my pets! It begins...
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the proximate reason i post here — beyond the fact that i like a lot of you and enjoy reading your thoughts and jokes and observations — is that this is a non-algorithmic platform where people share lots of stuff and people read what is shared. that's still valuable even if it doesn't "influence!"
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
the proximate reason i post here — beyond the fact that i like a lot of you and enjoy reading your thoughts and jokes and observations — is that this is a non-algorithmic platform where people share lots of stuff and people read what is shared. that's still valuable even if it doesn't "influence!"
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"The car you're looking at can sit six people without any problems." I don't think I know six people without any problems.
December 15, 2025 at 3:04 AM
"The car you're looking at can sit six people without any problems." I don't think I know six people without any problems.
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IMO it's FOMO on the AI bubble and the perceived need to pander to the financial analysts who set expectations for stock market performance.
Microsoft has "invested" over $13 billion into OpenAI. Why? Great question. But it's definitely not because the AI products out there right now are popular or effective.
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
IMO it's FOMO on the AI bubble and the perceived need to pander to the financial analysts who set expectations for stock market performance.
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My electrician is a green card holder who's been here since he was a kid. He got married to a citizen, applied for citizenship, went to court for the papers and when he got there ICE kidnapped him and he's been locked up for a month.
December 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
My electrician is a green card holder who's been here since he was a kid. He got married to a citizen, applied for citizenship, went to court for the papers and when he got there ICE kidnapped him and he's been locked up for a month.
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Excuse me what the fuck?
December 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Excuse me what the fuck?
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I would say that you have to train yourself to focus on the actual people who care about you & who you care about/respect. Also you have to really live into your values. Both of those things will help you weather the opinions of strangers. I think that's different than not giving a fuck.
It takes training and conditioning to not give a fuck what people think. Contrary to popular belief, even if you’re born with the ability society and peer pressure will slowly make you give a fuck. You have to unlearn, recondition, and focus.
Not giving a fuck takes practice. Go practice.
Not giving a fuck takes practice. Go practice.
December 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I would say that you have to train yourself to focus on the actual people who care about you & who you care about/respect. Also you have to really live into your values. Both of those things will help you weather the opinions of strangers. I think that's different than not giving a fuck.
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This is per inhabitants which isn't the relevant statistic for making driving more safe. It's per mile driven where we're much closer to our peer nations.
Of course your data is a good argument we should move away from driving, but it doesn't support your statement.
Of course your data is a good argument we should move away from driving, but it doesn't support your statement.
December 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This is per inhabitants which isn't the relevant statistic for making driving more safe. It's per mile driven where we're much closer to our peer nations.
Of course your data is a good argument we should move away from driving, but it doesn't support your statement.
Of course your data is a good argument we should move away from driving, but it doesn't support your statement.
May 2026 bring us the publication of Alecto The Ninth.
December 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
May 2026 bring us the publication of Alecto The Ninth.
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Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
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More things in my house: a goblin king from the old Wizards of the Coast mall stores. His Majesty is in need of dusting.
December 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
More things in my house: a goblin king from the old Wizards of the Coast mall stores. His Majesty is in need of dusting.
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So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
At least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:50 AM
So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
There's some books I've read enough times that I'm kinda sad when I think about reading them because I feel like they're in my head already and there's just not much point.
December 13, 2025 at 4:51 AM
There's some books I've read enough times that I'm kinda sad when I think about reading them because I feel like they're in my head already and there's just not much point.
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I'll post more on this over the weekend, but this is a huge development. For the first time, Portland's Council would be formally exercising its charter-given oversight responsibilities. Spoiler alert: this is exactly the right way to do it.
December 13, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I'll post more on this over the weekend, but this is a huge development. For the first time, Portland's Council would be formally exercising its charter-given oversight responsibilities. Spoiler alert: this is exactly the right way to do it.
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“So, Nick, what kind of dog do you have?”
“She’s a werewolf.”
“Yeah, haha, that’s O SWEET JESUS -“
“She’s a werewolf.”
“Yeah, haha, that’s O SWEET JESUS -“
December 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“So, Nick, what kind of dog do you have?”
“She’s a werewolf.”
“Yeah, haha, that’s O SWEET JESUS -“
“She’s a werewolf.”
“Yeah, haha, that’s O SWEET JESUS -“
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Given the urgency, this was filed as a Nine-Twelfths agenda item for Wednesday, December 17th. I need nine Councilors to approve this. If you want Council to exercise its oversight powers in this matter, reach out to your Councilors and ask them to sign the 9/12 request.
Thank you.
Thank you.
December 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Given the urgency, this was filed as a Nine-Twelfths agenda item for Wednesday, December 17th. I need nine Councilors to approve this. If you want Council to exercise its oversight powers in this matter, reach out to your Councilors and ask them to sign the 9/12 request.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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New holiday card for 2025, inspired by 'The Magician' tarot card. Never forget your creative spirit! Fluo pink + yellow + blue ink risograph.
December 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
New holiday card for 2025, inspired by 'The Magician' tarot card. Never forget your creative spirit! Fluo pink + yellow + blue ink risograph.
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Absolute banger comments about the need for bus lanes on 82nd Avenue from TriMet board member Tyler Frisbee at their meeting Wednesday. I clipped it up for your convenience youtu.be/5UwEepFnoYI
What the Bus Lane Debate on 82nd Ave is Really About
YouTube video by BikePortland
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December 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Absolute banger comments about the need for bus lanes on 82nd Avenue from TriMet board member Tyler Frisbee at their meeting Wednesday. I clipped it up for your convenience youtu.be/5UwEepFnoYI
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GOD: if my commandments get 50,000 likes, i will tell Abraham to kill his son
December 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
GOD: if my commandments get 50,000 likes, i will tell Abraham to kill his son
I wish I could choose to follow some people's skeets+replies w/o following their reskeets. Some folks out there are cool but a bit too prolific for my humble scrolling fingers.
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I wish I could choose to follow some people's skeets+replies w/o following their reskeets. Some folks out there are cool but a bit too prolific for my humble scrolling fingers.
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Touching grass is not enough; I need to see catboys frolic in the overgrown ruins of a lost civilization they never knew the first thing about
September 8, 2023 at 2:49 PM
Touching grass is not enough; I need to see catboys frolic in the overgrown ruins of a lost civilization they never knew the first thing about
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images that spring to mind unbidden, part 851: "a small but non-zero chance that seeing Cthulhu will make your ninja turtle gay"
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
images that spring to mind unbidden, part 851: "a small but non-zero chance that seeing Cthulhu will make your ninja turtle gay"
Centrist dem pundits see "many voters aren't engaged with issues like trans rights but are on economic issues" and somehow turn that into "therefor we should 180 on rights" instead of "therefor we should figure out why our economic agenda is not compelling to many voters".
December 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Centrist dem pundits see "many voters aren't engaged with issues like trans rights but are on economic issues" and somehow turn that into "therefor we should 180 on rights" instead of "therefor we should figure out why our economic agenda is not compelling to many voters".
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BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc
December 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc
rsf.org/en/2025-dead...
> Nearly half (43%) of the journalists slain in the past 12 months were killed in Gaza by Israeli armed forces.
> Nearly half (43%) of the journalists slain in the past 12 months were killed in Gaza by Israeli armed forces.
2025, a deadly year for journalists: this is where hate and impunity lead
Journalists do not just die – they are killed. The number of murdered journalists has risen again, due to the criminal practices of military groups — both regular and paramilitary — and organised crim...
rsf.org
December 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
rsf.org/en/2025-dead...
> Nearly half (43%) of the journalists slain in the past 12 months were killed in Gaza by Israeli armed forces.
> Nearly half (43%) of the journalists slain in the past 12 months were killed in Gaza by Israeli armed forces.
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"One fifth of urban and suburban US car owners express a definite interest in living car-free (18%), and an additional 40% are open to the idea. This is in addition to the small share (10%) of urban and suburban US residents currently living without a car"
An astonishing percentage of Americans are open to car-free living.
The problem isn't attitudes. The problem is the failure to invest in viable options.
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
The problem isn't attitudes. The problem is the failure to invest in viable options.
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
Many Americans Are Open to Car-Free Living — Human Transit
Is Americans a “car culture” or are they “car dependent”? Do they drive because they love driving, or are they in an unhealthy relationship with a substance it would be happy to do without? Obviousl...
humantransit.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"One fifth of urban and suburban US car owners express a definite interest in living car-free (18%), and an additional 40% are open to the idea. This is in addition to the small share (10%) of urban and suburban US residents currently living without a car"