🗣Lena
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Click here to support Lena Bruncaj and the Pink Phoenix Dragon Boat Team International France 2026 Fundraising Drive
Join Us in Supporting Pink Phoenix on Our Journey to France!Pink Phoenix is proud to be the very first breast cancer dragon boat team in the United States. Since 1997, our mission has been to empower ...
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in August 2026, i will be flying to France to participate in the IBCPC dragon boat festival! this race happens in a different location every 4 years & brings together thousands of breast cancer survivors from around the world. i hope you'll support my team!
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it's gonna feel so fucking good when i leave tech for good
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
it's gonna feel so fucking good when i leave tech for good
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getting to the other side of this means destroying every single institution of “establishment media” btw
Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones. One recent Kalshi betting market that allowed people to bet on whether Palestinians in Gaza would suffer mass starvation.
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
buff.ly
December 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
getting to the other side of this means destroying every single institution of “establishment media” btw
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December 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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first time I've been sad bsky doesn't have an algorithm because how did it take a month for this to show up on my timeline
December 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
first time I've been sad bsky doesn't have an algorithm because how did it take a month for this to show up on my timeline
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December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Pantone has been a grift for awhile. WGSN does actual trend analysis and pairs with Coloro to do color predictions that arent bland.
www.wgsn.com/en/blogs/col...
www.wgsn.com/en/blogs/col...
Coloro x WGSN introduce the Key Colours for S/S 26
Discover the colours that will resonate across all industries and regions in S/S 26 and beyond, plus our pick of the five Key Colours for the season.
www.wgsn.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Pantone has been a grift for awhile. WGSN does actual trend analysis and pairs with Coloro to do color predictions that arent bland.
www.wgsn.com/en/blogs/col...
www.wgsn.com/en/blogs/col...
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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ICYMI there is apparently lot of scandalous behavior happening on the administrative side of the city, including hiding millions of dollars from city council and firing the city employees who tried to tell them about it.
Former Housing Director Says She Was Told Not to Disclose Millions in Unspent Funds. A memo Helmi Hisserich sent to city councilors says city administration viewed unspent funds as "a big PR problem."
✍️ @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social
✍️ @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social
Former Housing Director Says She Was Told Not to Disclose Millions in Unspent Funds
The former director of the Portland Housing Bureau says she was ousted for trying to advance City Council’s social housing policy and was unfairly blamed for revenue that went unspent prior to her app...
www.portlandmercury.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
ICYMI there is apparently lot of scandalous behavior happening on the administrative side of the city, including hiding millions of dollars from city council and firing the city employees who tried to tell them about it.
josh just let me do a one-woman show of this
I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 5, 2025 at 2:13 AM
josh just let me do a one-woman show of this
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to me, it's scandalous that the mayor and city administrators didn't disclose the existence of another $21 million dollars to the council prior to the budget adjustment and then proceeded to make a series of misleading statements to the community that assumed budget scarcity that didn't exist.
This session was cancelled last minute. I'm disappointed that a long-planned "soft" oversight work session was cancelled at the request of the Mayor / Administration and kicked out to mid-January. I think we should still have had it so we can discuss in public some of our concerns about all of this.
Portland City Council will meet today to discuss the "Homelessness to Housing Continuum."
The original idea was for it to be a venue for Mayor Wilson to talk about his homelessness plan. But per Wilson's office, it's not certain he'll show up.
(And bureau staff have been advised not to attend.)
The original idea was for it to be a venue for Mayor Wilson to talk about his homelessness plan. But per Wilson's office, it's not certain he'll show up.
(And bureau staff have been advised not to attend.)
December 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
to me, it's scandalous that the mayor and city administrators didn't disclose the existence of another $21 million dollars to the council prior to the budget adjustment and then proceeded to make a series of misleading statements to the community that assumed budget scarcity that didn't exist.
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YouTube Wrapped
You spent 2,186 minutes watching:
Donald Duck Eating Corn On The Cob (ASMR)
We believe your reason for watching this was:
Not Sexual
You spent 2,186 minutes watching:
Donald Duck Eating Corn On The Cob (ASMR)
We believe your reason for watching this was:
Not Sexual
December 4, 2025 at 3:33 AM
YouTube Wrapped
You spent 2,186 minutes watching:
Donald Duck Eating Corn On The Cob (ASMR)
We believe your reason for watching this was:
Not Sexual
You spent 2,186 minutes watching:
Donald Duck Eating Corn On The Cob (ASMR)
We believe your reason for watching this was:
Not Sexual
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people, you have the chance to put my book ahead of Olivia Nuzzi’s on the bestseller list. put aside all other considerations and think how objectively funny this would be. #1, that Mountain Goats guy. #2, Antivax Man Has My Heart. funniest list of the century. We can do this if we try
December 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM
people, you have the chance to put my book ahead of Olivia Nuzzi’s on the bestseller list. put aside all other considerations and think how objectively funny this would be. #1, that Mountain Goats guy. #2, Antivax Man Has My Heart. funniest list of the century. We can do this if we try
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The Anglophone world getting so bored out of its mind it entered a self-inflicted death spiral is one of those "stop, get me off this ride" realizations
December 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The Anglophone world getting so bored out of its mind it entered a self-inflicted death spiral is one of those "stop, get me off this ride" realizations
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The "students are pretending to be disabled to get accommodations" sounds a whole hell of a lot like the "welfare queen" bullshit to me.
December 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The "students are pretending to be disabled to get accommodations" sounds a whole hell of a lot like the "welfare queen" bullshit to me.
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everyone ought to be doing everything we can to throw sand in the gears of fascism, and this is a helluva way for a municipal government to use the powers at their disposal to give a giant fuck you to the deportation goon squad abducting our neighbors
www.kgw.com/article/news...
www.kgw.com/article/news...
ICE will have to pay a fee to operate its Portland detention center under new city policy
The policy will charge property owners for detention facilities that negatively impact the surrounding neighborhood, like the ICE facility in South Portland.
www.kgw.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
everyone ought to be doing everything we can to throw sand in the gears of fascism, and this is a helluva way for a municipal government to use the powers at their disposal to give a giant fuck you to the deportation goon squad abducting our neighbors
www.kgw.com/article/news...
www.kgw.com/article/news...
with all of the stupid chatter being about nuzzi, i almost forgot that this olga tokarczuk reissue is out today!!!
Nobel winners Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke bring us a reissue and a new book respectively this week. Also, a story from a fictional African country and a commentary on beauty. n.pr/3MdX8QT
Books out this week come from Nobel winners and independent presses
Nobel winners Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke bring us a reissue and a new book respectively this week. Also, a story from a fictional African country and a commentary on beauty.
n.pr
December 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
with all of the stupid chatter being about nuzzi, i almost forgot that this olga tokarczuk reissue is out today!!!
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got banned for life from the TaleSpin forums for suggesting that Baloo in TaleSpin is NOT the same bear as Baloo in The Jungle Book. People were screaming at me to shut the fuck up even though I provided EVIDENCE
November 27, 2024 at 6:58 PM
got banned for life from the TaleSpin forums for suggesting that Baloo in TaleSpin is NOT the same bear as Baloo in The Jungle Book. People were screaming at me to shut the fuck up even though I provided EVIDENCE
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This is one of those things that I think is quietly important – when these people are talking shit about cities, Portland or Minneapolis or New York or Charlotte or wherever, you have to loudly say, “no, fuck you, you’re lying, that town and its people whip ass and you’re the asshole”
“I walk around Portland, and I go, ‘Fuck you, assholes. Portland is fine.’” - John Darnielle, @themountaingoats.bsky.social. We're proud to claim you as a Portlander, sir.
The Mountain Goats Ascend to Revolution Hall
Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle discusses musicals, his new album, and why he keeps coming home to Portland.
www.wweek.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is one of those things that I think is quietly important – when these people are talking shit about cities, Portland or Minneapolis or New York or Charlotte or wherever, you have to loudly say, “no, fuck you, you’re lying, that town and its people whip ass and you’re the asshole”
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i think the financial incentive to bait people into engaging with dogshit is a big part of how we got where we are.
Yes, we give you permission to hate-read 'American Canto'
Review: Yes, we give you permission to hate-read 'American Canto'
Political journalist Olivia Nuzzi has dazzled the media with scandals, but her prose is less sparkling. Her much-anticipated new memoir is rife with arrogance and thin on sourcing.
www.latimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
i think the financial incentive to bait people into engaging with dogshit is a big part of how we got where we are.
i'm not even joking when i say this clothing is pro-ana
I thought I was having a stroke when I saw this. But, nope, it’s real
www.bergdorfgoodman.com/p/marc-jacob...
www.bergdorfgoodman.com/p/marc-jacob...
December 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
i'm not even joking when i say this clothing is pro-ana
the equivalent of flicking a cigarette out of a car window
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
the equivalent of flicking a cigarette out of a car window
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I'm not a religious person but no one who promotes AI has a soul
December 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I'm not a religious person but no one who promotes AI has a soul
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If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
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hate that we're at this point, love that we can rise to the occasion. chipped in a few bucks, let's bring Lorena home.
A mom in Portland has been separated from her child since June bc ICE kidnapped her. The only thing standing between her & her baby right now is a $7,500 bond. There's 5k to go. PLEASE let's do this. Many hands make light work. This is literally the reason for the gd mfing season gofund.me/3e980d9d3
Donate to Help us get an asylum seeker released from ICE detention, organized by CLEAR Clinic
Our client Lorena (pseudonym) is a single-parent asylum-seeker w… CLEAR Clinic needs your support for Help us get an asylum seeker released from ICE detention
gofund.me
December 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
hate that we're at this point, love that we can rise to the occasion. chipped in a few bucks, let's bring Lorena home.