Connor Anderson
@connorwa.bsky.social
He/Him. Public sector IT manager & union thug in #PDX. SF Writer. Trying to imagine the best possible future with the lowest possible body count. Dog dad to @leo-bernadoodle.bsky.social He/him #YNWA
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Hell is not hot enough for the people who put this American in harms way
Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Hell is not hot enough for the people who put this American in harms way
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status symbol? my status symbol is comfortable financial security
November 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
status symbol? my status symbol is comfortable financial security
I'm thankful for...
getting through this year, for my cute little bachelor pad & hard-won financial security
for all my union siblings who worked so hard for our first contract
that my children & other loved ones are healthy and relatively happy
that I have fulfilling, purposeful work that I enjoy
getting through this year, for my cute little bachelor pad & hard-won financial security
for all my union siblings who worked so hard for our first contract
that my children & other loved ones are healthy and relatively happy
that I have fulfilling, purposeful work that I enjoy
One thing I have no patience for is "there is nothing to be thankful for" doomerism. If Americans were finding things to be thankful for in 1863, two and a half years into a bloody Civil War, when Abraham Lincoln formalized the Thanksgiving holiday, then I can find things to be thankful for too.
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I'm thankful for...
getting through this year, for my cute little bachelor pad & hard-won financial security
for all my union siblings who worked so hard for our first contract
that my children & other loved ones are healthy and relatively happy
that I have fulfilling, purposeful work that I enjoy
getting through this year, for my cute little bachelor pad & hard-won financial security
for all my union siblings who worked so hard for our first contract
that my children & other loved ones are healthy and relatively happy
that I have fulfilling, purposeful work that I enjoy
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I want this moment for us
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I want this moment for us
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I want this running on a loop during the superbowl
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I want this running on a loop during the superbowl
#halftimewalk Liverpool down a goal to Forest. Looking for their scoring booots. Has anyone tried looking in the bushes outside Anfield?
November 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
#halftimewalk Liverpool down a goal to Forest. Looking for their scoring booots. Has anyone tried looking in the bushes outside Anfield?
Whatever her plethora of other professional shortcomings, Nuzzi simply is a shit writer. Like, failed out of freshman composition, beleaguered TA rubbing eyes in disbelief shitty. And that’s the most unforgivable sin of all in a journalist.
November 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Whatever her plethora of other professional shortcomings, Nuzzi simply is a shit writer. Like, failed out of freshman composition, beleaguered TA rubbing eyes in disbelief shitty. And that’s the most unforgivable sin of all in a journalist.
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my most butlerian jihad coded belief is that we should probably make it illegal – and more importantly, we should work toward a cultural consensus that it is immoral – to design a computer program whose interface uses the first person
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
my most butlerian jihad coded belief is that we should probably make it illegal – and more importantly, we should work toward a cultural consensus that it is immoral – to design a computer program whose interface uses the first person
It is pretty clear that the people of the US are on an organizational and resistance learning curve that is moving waay faster than the thugs in the administration can keep up.
My hometown absolutely floored me this past week. FLOORED.
For safety reasons, I haven’t said much about it. But I’m so damn proud of my family and friends. So proud.
For safety reasons, I haven’t said much about it. But I’m so damn proud of my family and friends. So proud.
We'll see if they actually mean it, but this announcement after one week confirms that Charlotte was impeccably well organized for this moment.
www.cbsnews.com/news/charlot...
www.cbsnews.com/news/charlot...
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
It is pretty clear that the people of the US are on an organizational and resistance learning curve that is moving waay faster than the thugs in the administration can keep up.
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“Legal, frictionless app-based gambling is the most dangerous consumer product rollout of my lifetime, and is causing a public health crisis that should be treated with the same urgency as though half of men aged 21–45 suddenly became addicted to heroin.” -@thesarahyork
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Sports Gamblers Are Dorks | Defector
Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday at Defector during the NFL season. Today we are turning the column over to esteemed guest and past Defector contributor Sara...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“Legal, frictionless app-based gambling is the most dangerous consumer product rollout of my lifetime, and is causing a public health crisis that should be treated with the same urgency as though half of men aged 21–45 suddenly became addicted to heroin.” -@thesarahyork
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Solidarity ends when the invoice arrives.
Welp, it looks like the Portland Metro Chamber’s solidarity with the community against ICE and a federal invasion ends at charging an impact fee to property owners who would rent their properties to detention facilities that harm neighbors & drain public resources.
Can’t say that we’re surprised!
Can’t say that we’re surprised!
November 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Solidarity ends when the invoice arrives.
Work in public sector? A lot of hybrid meetings that you need notes for? Tempted to use AI transcription tools to do that?
So, in OR a work meeting IP/virtual is not subject to public hearing or records laws. Manually created (and importantly EDITED) meeting minutes or notes are public records 1/
So, in OR a work meeting IP/virtual is not subject to public hearing or records laws. Manually created (and importantly EDITED) meeting minutes or notes are public records 1/
November 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Work in public sector? A lot of hybrid meetings that you need notes for? Tempted to use AI transcription tools to do that?
So, in OR a work meeting IP/virtual is not subject to public hearing or records laws. Manually created (and importantly EDITED) meeting minutes or notes are public records 1/
So, in OR a work meeting IP/virtual is not subject to public hearing or records laws. Manually created (and importantly EDITED) meeting minutes or notes are public records 1/
Bellingcat (investigative journalism) editor with a thread on how AI can "clean up" and reinforce disordered thinking. Adding just one more item to the overflowing bucket of cognitive threats posed by this stuff.
We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
November 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Bellingcat (investigative journalism) editor with a thread on how AI can "clean up" and reinforce disordered thinking. Adding just one more item to the overflowing bucket of cognitive threats posed by this stuff.
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What amazing timing for this news story, leading into tonight's vote on banning algorithmic price fixing tools for Portland rentals.
BREAKING NEWS: We’ve secured a $7 million settlement holding the largest U.S. landlord accountable for a price fixing scheme – and putting a check on the rising cost of rentals.
#consumerprotection #orpol
#consumerprotection #orpol
November 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
What amazing timing for this news story, leading into tonight's vote on banning algorithmic price fixing tools for Portland rentals.
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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I heard about MRM’s terrible contract and I have heard that individuals have negotiated a more reasonable contract. But MRM didn’t change their boilerplate.
SFF writers can’t unionize, but I won’t send stories to them until their contract is fair for every writer. Solidarity is solidarity.
SFF writers can’t unionize, but I won’t send stories to them until their contract is fair for every writer. Solidarity is solidarity.
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I heard about MRM’s terrible contract and I have heard that individuals have negotiated a more reasonable contract. But MRM didn’t change their boilerplate.
SFF writers can’t unionize, but I won’t send stories to them until their contract is fair for every writer. Solidarity is solidarity.
SFF writers can’t unionize, but I won’t send stories to them until their contract is fair for every writer. Solidarity is solidarity.
Farm kids go to "work" as soon as mom and dad think they're up to it (12-13 for me) & it promotes work ethic and drudgery tolerance. I guess my first actual job I had to get a W2 was probably summer de-tasseling when I was 16. First "job" was at a sandwich shop prep/counter help in college, 19.
How old were you when you got your first job?
The data shows that the age at which people are entering the labour market is going up, and up.
Read 'False starts' now to learn more ⤵️ buff.ly/kIei4lG
The data shows that the age at which people are entering the labour market is going up, and up.
Read 'False starts' now to learn more ⤵️ buff.ly/kIei4lG
November 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Farm kids go to "work" as soon as mom and dad think they're up to it (12-13 for me) & it promotes work ethic and drudgery tolerance. I guess my first actual job I had to get a W2 was probably summer de-tasseling when I was 16. First "job" was at a sandwich shop prep/counter help in college, 19.
The rain has returned, so I’m sitting down with a Manhattan to watch The Battle of Algiers, which I have somehow never seen.
November 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The rain has returned, so I’m sitting down with a Manhattan to watch The Battle of Algiers, which I have somehow never seen.
Oof! Thorns picked a bad day to loose the plot.
November 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Oof! Thorns picked a bad day to loose the plot.
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If the Teamsters were worth a shit, weren't labor aristocracy and weren't aholes that shit on indy and immigrant truckers, the whole country could be shut down over this.
www.kqed.org/news/1206398...
www.kqed.org/news/1206398...
California Is Revoking Licenses of 17,000 Immigrant Truckers Amid Federal Pressure | KQED
The commercial licenses expire in 60 days, but labor groups contend that the courts have temporarily frozen the federal rules restricting which foreigners can drive trucks.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
If the Teamsters were worth a shit, weren't labor aristocracy and weren't aholes that shit on indy and immigrant truckers, the whole country could be shut down over this.
www.kqed.org/news/1206398...
www.kqed.org/news/1206398...
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If you can't handle me at my unhinged posting behavior you don't deserve me at my industry professional.
November 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
If you can't handle me at my unhinged posting behavior you don't deserve me at my industry professional.
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I remember one of the most interesting parts of Spotlight was when the researcher was explaining that 10% of all Catholic Church priests were pedophiles and the reporters were understandably shocked. More and more it appears that scary 10% number isn't just limited to Catholic Church priests
November 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I remember one of the most interesting parts of Spotlight was when the researcher was explaining that 10% of all Catholic Church priests were pedophiles and the reporters were understandably shocked. More and more it appears that scary 10% number isn't just limited to Catholic Church priests
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November 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM