Alex Halpern
@halpernalex.bsky.social
Expert generalist. Oregonian.
Act locally. Views expressly my own.
Act locally. Views expressly my own.
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Alex Halpern
@halpernalex.bsky.social
· Dec 1
And where reputable journalists and thinkers go, so do elected officials.
I’ve been getting asked lately about a more serious + systemic migration to Bluesky among electeds.
Idk the answer but it highlights how much of a breaking point misinfo & throttling has become for Twitter(& other platforms)
I’ve been getting asked lately about a more serious + systemic migration to Bluesky among electeds.
Idk the answer but it highlights how much of a breaking point misinfo & throttling has become for Twitter(& other platforms)
Bluesky is winning because both twitter and threads have gone out of their way to make their platforms inhospitable to reputable journalists and news. @kattenbarge.bsky.social reports:
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
All the best school board members are here
I’d like to offer a hearty eff you to NYT Connections this morning, of which I only got purple, breaking a record-setting eleven day connections streak.
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I’d like to offer a hearty eff you to NYT Connections this morning, of which I only got purple, breaking a record-setting eleven day connections streak.
Andor > The Empire Strikes Back
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Andor > The Empire Strikes Back
I like turkey and I like candy corn and I think you people just hate autumn
November 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I like turkey and I like candy corn and I think you people just hate autumn
That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed when the gales of November came early
November 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed when the gales of November came early
So long, Marjorie. You’re one of the worst people ever to have sat in the United States House of Representatives and wow is that saying something.
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
So long, Marjorie. You’re one of the worst people ever to have sat in the United States House of Representatives and wow is that saying something.
It’s also important to remember, I think, that Trump’s brain is absolutely mush.
I think the thing that Mamdani has here that other Dems don't is that he owes no loyalty to the old guard. A lot of Trump's mortal enemies actively tried to stop Mamdani. With a big smile, he beat the Dems that Trump hates and made them sad on TV. That's all Trump cares about.
Trump frickin' loves this guy lmao
November 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
It’s also important to remember, I think, that Trump’s brain is absolutely mush.
I love how normal everything is I love it so much
White House defends Trump calling a female reporter 'piggy' reut.rs/49xn6IK
White House defends Trump calling a female reporter 'piggy'
The White House on Thursday defended President Donald Trump after he called a female reporter "piggy" as she questioned him about the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, saying the president's remarks reflected his frankness and transparency.
reut.rs
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I love how normal everything is I love it so much
I was going to say “did Walmart write this?” And then I remembered it’s CNN and they probably did.
Walmart is proving to be America’s antidote to the cost of living crisis. https://cnn.it/4o4tNFK
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I was going to say “did Walmart write this?” And then I remembered it’s CNN and they probably did.
Maybe the files ARE going to do it because the man is very clearly unspooling.
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Maybe the files ARE going to do it because the man is very clearly unspooling.
We know how to handle these things in Oregon
A dead sperm whale has washed up on Nantucket for the first time in decades. It’s too big to move — at least until officials figure out a plan.
Dead Sperm Whale on Nantucket Is Too Big to Move, for Now
A local nonprofit said the 52-ton mammal is “far too big, awkward and heavy to remove.” A town official later said it could be dragged out to sea by Thanksgiving.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We know how to handle these things in Oregon
Reposted by Alex Halpern
It's trans awareness week and you might not know this but hi I am nonbinary and hi I have a nonbinary main character in my new novel, BEINGS <3
bookshop.org/a/20948/9781...
bookshop.org/a/20948/9781...
Beings: A Novel
A Novel
bookshop.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It's trans awareness week and you might not know this but hi I am nonbinary and hi I have a nonbinary main character in my new novel, BEINGS <3
bookshop.org/a/20948/9781...
bookshop.org/a/20948/9781...
When you accidentally universal healthcare
November 19, 2025 at 3:01 AM
When you accidentally universal healthcare
I have more respect for Clay Higgins being an absolute bananas nutball and voting no than I do for the folks who have spent the last year trying to keep this vote from happening and voting yes for political cover.
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I have more respect for Clay Higgins being an absolute bananas nutball and voting no than I do for the folks who have spent the last year trying to keep this vote from happening and voting yes for political cover.
While the odds of the DoJ actually releasing all the Epstein files even when ordered by Congress seem low, I do have faith that eventually the Wall Street Journal of all publications will find them and create an extremely inappropriate interactive multimedia web story.
November 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
While the odds of the DoJ actually releasing all the Epstein files even when ordered by Congress seem low, I do have faith that eventually the Wall Street Journal of all publications will find them and create an extremely inappropriate interactive multimedia web story.
They are making everything worse, even stuff that was already bad
MLB media rights deal has yet to be announced, but ESPN has "finalized" its acquisition of MLB[.]tv, per John Ourand of Puck. www.sportsmediawatch.com/2025/11/espn...
ESPN acquisition of MLB.tv finalized, but not yet announced
The new MLB media rights deals have yet to be announced, but ESPN's acquisition of MLB.tv has reportedly been finalized.
www.sportsmediawatch.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 AM
They are making everything worse, even stuff that was already bad
To everyone posting excerpts from the Nuzzi book to dunk on her “bad” writing, “unethical practices,” and general “buffoonery…” thank you it is pretty funny.
November 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
To everyone posting excerpts from the Nuzzi book to dunk on her “bad” writing, “unethical practices,” and general “buffoonery…” thank you it is pretty funny.
Hey things are bad but the McRib is back so this now just a McRib account
November 16, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Hey things are bad but the McRib is back so this now just a McRib account
Reposted by Alex Halpern
Keep pushing for the Epstein files and we are going to get universal healthcare and equal rights amendment out of trump lmaoooo
BREAKING: The Trump Administration has just dropped tariffs on dozens of food items, including:
Beef
Tomatoes
Coffee
Bananas
Coconuts
Nuts
Avocados
Pineapples
Beef
Tomatoes
Coffee
Bananas
Coconuts
Nuts
Avocados
Pineapples
November 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Keep pushing for the Epstein files and we are going to get universal healthcare and equal rights amendment out of trump lmaoooo
Conan O’Brien is innocent.
Making a list of famous white guys who didn't know J. Epstein
1) Henry Rollins probably?
2)
1) Henry Rollins probably?
2)
November 13, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Conan O’Brien is innocent.
The Aristocrats!
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The Aristocrats!
Turns out tanking the economy, using secret police to round up families, sending the troops into American cities, and firing tens of thousands of public employees is not super popular, huh.
November 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Turns out tanking the economy, using secret police to round up families, sending the troops into American cities, and firing tens of thousands of public employees is not super popular, huh.
JCO truly has the heart of a Poster
![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
JCO truly has the heart of a Poster
And he failed, further emphasizing how unfit he is for this moment. LBJ would not have stood for this.
SCOOP: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown
Scoop: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown
"We let him know what we were doing," said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.).
www.axios.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
And he failed, further emphasizing how unfit he is for this moment. LBJ would not have stood for this.
At least by caving the democrats confirmed what I’ve always said about them, making me right, which is at least a small consolation.
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
At least by caving the democrats confirmed what I’ve always said about them, making me right, which is at least a small consolation.