Erik of Portland, Governmental Lawlessness Disliker
@erikgunderson.bsky.social
Bluesky user number 125,860. That and $6.00 can buy me a latte.
Special interests include the Green Bay Packers, Oregon affairs, good wine and bad science fiction movies.
Special interests include the Green Bay Packers, Oregon affairs, good wine and bad science fiction movies.
Pinned
For a movement that claims to be dedicated to making America great again, these chucklefucks are amazingly ignorant of, and often hostile to, the things that actually DO make America great.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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Senator Mullin, I'd like you to meet my friend. His job title is "underwriter." He brought along HIS friend, and her name is "actuary."
You do not need to invent these people, Senator, they already exist and have done those jobs since at least 1688.
You do not need to invent these people, Senator, they already exist and have done those jobs since at least 1688.
Markwayne Mullin on healthcare: "What the president would like to do is say, hey, if you take care of yourself -- you don't smoke, you don't dip, you're not drinking, you're not overweight, you're working out -- then you should pay less than the guy that obviously is not taking care of himself."
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Senator Mullin, I'd like you to meet my friend. His job title is "underwriter." He brought along HIS friend, and her name is "actuary."
You do not need to invent these people, Senator, they already exist and have done those jobs since at least 1688.
You do not need to invent these people, Senator, they already exist and have done those jobs since at least 1688.
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Seeing results of guess #2 and feeling like that time I drove the ball better than I thought I could and it landed two feet from the pin.
As close as I'll ever get to an ace.
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Seeing results of guess #2 and feeling like that time I drove the ball better than I thought I could and it landed two feet from the pin.
As close as I'll ever get to an ace.
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Seeing results of guess #2 and feeling like that time I drove the ball better than I thought I could and it landed two feet from the pin.
As close as I'll ever get to an ace.
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Seeing results of guess #2 and feeling like that time I drove the ball better than I thought I could and it landed two feet from the pin.
As close as I'll ever get to an ace.
Okay, I guess I need to see this biscuit.
...or do I?
...or do I?
November 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Okay, I guess I need to see this biscuit.
...or do I?
...or do I?
How delightful and relieving to spend the day just thinking about sports. Tomorrow, back to reality and stress and problems. But today was for friends and fun.
November 24, 2025 at 5:12 AM
How delightful and relieving to spend the day just thinking about sports. Tomorrow, back to reality and stress and problems. But today was for friends and fun.
Tag yourself I'm an apostate
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Tag yourself I'm an apostate
"Potentially"
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"Potentially"
No morning is complete on bluesky without unlabeled sexual content to report.
November 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
No morning is complete on bluesky without unlabeled sexual content to report.
I didn't realize the SoL had passed until someone else pointed that out to me this morning.
But that sure explains why they were in a hurry all of a sudden to file it. And it would explain why the grand jury's presentation was such a monkey wrench.
But I do know this is disciplinable stuff.
But that sure explains why they were in a hurry all of a sudden to file it. And it would explain why the grand jury's presentation was such a monkey wrench.
But I do know this is disciplinable stuff.
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I didn't realize the SoL had passed until someone else pointed that out to me this morning.
But that sure explains why they were in a hurry all of a sudden to file it. And it would explain why the grand jury's presentation was such a monkey wrench.
But I do know this is disciplinable stuff.
But that sure explains why they were in a hurry all of a sudden to file it. And it would explain why the grand jury's presentation was such a monkey wrench.
But I do know this is disciplinable stuff.
There is nothing like a course of ciprofloxacin to make one pause to consider how much dairy is in one's diet.
November 19, 2025 at 4:50 AM
There is nothing like a course of ciprofloxacin to make one pause to consider how much dairy is in one's diet.
In other news, the Curaçao side is called "The Blue Wave," which I love.
CURAÇAO HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THEIR FIRST-EVER WORLD CUP ❤️
WHAT A MOMENT FOR THE BLUE WAVE 🌊
WHAT A MOMENT FOR THE BLUE WAVE 🌊
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 AM
In other news, the Curaçao side is called "The Blue Wave," which I love.
Asked Justice Balmer tonight why the hell Oregon's state constitution lacks a due process clause. Got an answer riffing on incorporation and substantive due process. Which, okay, but there was no 14th amendment in 1857.
How about the state imprisioning you without having a trial first?
How about the state imprisioning you without having a trial first?
November 19, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Asked Justice Balmer tonight why the hell Oregon's state constitution lacks a due process clause. Got an answer riffing on incorporation and substantive due process. Which, okay, but there was no 14th amendment in 1857.
How about the state imprisioning you without having a trial first?
How about the state imprisioning you without having a trial first?
Will this be the thing that makes major news outlets finally start to say "Oh wait this guy is actually dangerous? Because one day some malign state actor might murder me and mutilate my corpse beyond recognition if I do journalism he doesn't like. And Trump will blow it off."
No. No, it won't.
No. No, it won't.
![The New York Times
Nov. 18, 2025, 1:51 p.m. ET
BREAKING NEWS
[Photograph of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in kayiffeh and dress gold-and-black robe sitting next to Donald Trump before a strangely baroque-looking fireplace in the White House. Photo by Kenny Holston/The New York Times]
Headline: Trump Praises Saudi Prince and Dismisses Question About Killing of Journalist
Lede: Hosting Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, President Trump brushed off a reporter’s question about the brutal 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents and said, “Things happen.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kcnfefeaqi3twvfxycjo3lp2/bafkreihc3wfm4uzmcncxbcu6fuwv2hqb6dwnva65bhrzgcf5uwory54juy@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Will this be the thing that makes major news outlets finally start to say "Oh wait this guy is actually dangerous? Because one day some malign state actor might murder me and mutilate my corpse beyond recognition if I do journalism he doesn't like. And Trump will blow it off."
No. No, it won't.
No. No, it won't.
I sort of regret jumping on the "Mock Olivia Nizzi for being into way older men who are famous, conservative, and potentially powerful" train. Two reasons.
First, love and attraction are not things you can control. (Although: how you react to them, and how you behave professionally, are.)
First, love and attraction are not things you can control. (Although: how you react to them, and how you behave professionally, are.)
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I sort of regret jumping on the "Mock Olivia Nizzi for being into way older men who are famous, conservative, and potentially powerful" train. Two reasons.
First, love and attraction are not things you can control. (Although: how you react to them, and how you behave professionally, are.)
First, love and attraction are not things you can control. (Although: how you react to them, and how you behave professionally, are.)
Reposted by Erik of Portland, Governmental Lawlessness Disliker
My bus driver just called out the people watching videos on speaker and I think we should make him mayor
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
My bus driver just called out the people watching videos on speaker and I think we should make him mayor
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
November 18, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
Writers: once again, ... mm.
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Writers: once again, ... mm.
Breaking: she slept with Ron Johnson too
November 18, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Breaking: she slept with Ron Johnson too
Maybe I should finish my glass of reconstituted red dye #4 and just call it a night?
November 18, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Maybe I should finish my glass of reconstituted red dye #4 and just call it a night?
We mustn't put out of our minds that had Biden done this (or Obama, or Clinton, or Harris) that the response from right wing media and Republican politicians would have been so fast it distorted the time-space field and as furious as the heat of ten thousand angry suns concentrated into a laser.
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We mustn't put out of our minds that had Biden done this (or Obama, or Clinton, or Harris) that the response from right wing media and Republican politicians would have been so fast it distorted the time-space field and as furious as the heat of ten thousand angry suns concentrated into a laser.
Me, looking at the trial calendar through January.
a close up of the joker from the movie the dark knight rises with blood on his face .
Alt: Heath Ledger as the joker from the movie The Dark Knight Rises, his green hair blowing in the wind, making a hand gesture as he says "And. Here. We. ... Go!"
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Me, looking at the trial calendar through January.
Ah, Bluesky. Where left-of-center people agree with each other disagreeably.
November 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Ah, Bluesky. Where left-of-center people agree with each other disagreeably.
Had enough to drink that this song is making me almost cry. Almost. YOU might tear up but *I* fought them back.
Nothing Is Perfect
open.spotify.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Had enough to drink that this song is making me almost cry. Almost. YOU might tear up but *I* fought them back.
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
AYFKM ai could do more but I can only post four images
AYFKM ai could do more but I can only post four images
November 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
AYFKM ai could do more but I can only post four images
AYFKM ai could do more but I can only post four images