Raven Campbell
@ravenmcampbell.bsky.social
Planner. Mum. Pan/bi. She/her. Prone to fangirlism. Silliness abounds. #rctid #baonpdx 🏴DMs open.
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can mayor wilson open 1,500 shelter beds in a year? apparently yes, which is good progress. now the question is if those beds will deliver the results wilson has promised www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Portland mayor set an ‘unrealistic goal’ for shelter beds – and is poised to hit it. Will it end unsheltered homelessness?
Nearly 7,500 people are living outside or in their vehicle in Multnomah County, the vast majority of them in Portland.
www.oregonlive.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
can mayor wilson open 1,500 shelter beds in a year? apparently yes, which is good progress. now the question is if those beds will deliver the results wilson has promised www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
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Anyone who ran with “does MAHA have some good points about toxins and healthy eating” as a frame on any of this is a mark
The MAHA pitch was supposed to be that Americans don’t really need insurance, vaccines, or other “establishment” medical care — they just need better nutrition and less exposure to environmental toxins.
And yet: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
And yet: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
F.D.A. Withdraws Rule to Require Testing Cosmetics Made With Talc for Asbestos
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Anyone who ran with “does MAHA have some good points about toxins and healthy eating” as a frame on any of this is a mark
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The MAHA pitch was supposed to be that Americans don’t really need insurance, vaccines, or other “establishment” medical care — they just need better nutrition and less exposure to environmental toxins.
And yet: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
And yet: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
F.D.A. Withdraws Rule to Require Testing Cosmetics Made With Talc for Asbestos
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The MAHA pitch was supposed to be that Americans don’t really need insurance, vaccines, or other “establishment” medical care — they just need better nutrition and less exposure to environmental toxins.
And yet: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
And yet: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
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Padilla bay trail
November 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Padilla bay trail
Not having a formal thanksgiving, but made some roast veg with eggplant, maitake, and butternut squash
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Not having a formal thanksgiving, but made some roast veg with eggplant, maitake, and butternut squash
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Making fake stuff that looks real is (still) fairly hard and requires some tools and skill. Convincing people that real things are fake is much easier and can be done with no creativity at all.
an underestimated threat AI poses is not convincing you that fake things are real, it’s convincing you that real things are fake
November 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Making fake stuff that looks real is (still) fairly hard and requires some tools and skill. Convincing people that real things are fake is much easier and can be done with no creativity at all.
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what do you mean you're against polyamory you're literally in a polycule with the father the son and the holy ghost
To anyone disappointed that the new cool pope is against polyamory, you kind of set yourself up for that one
November 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
what do you mean you're against polyamory you're literally in a polycule with the father the son and the holy ghost
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I got gardasil when it came out when I was 17 in 2006 before I’d done anything and still got HPV in my early-mid 30s. I feel like I did something wrong.
November 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I got gardasil when it came out when I was 17 in 2006 before I’d done anything and still got HPV in my early-mid 30s. I feel like I did something wrong.
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This really needs emphasizing. The entirety of the UK media ecosystem is utterly fixated on a 100% fabricated "crisis".
Net migration has fallen again to 204,000, the lowest level since 2021 and is forecast to continue falling over the coming years.
Not that you would know it from the endless coverage of Britain's supposed "immigration crisis"
Not that you would know it from the endless coverage of Britain's supposed "immigration crisis"
November 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This really needs emphasizing. The entirety of the UK media ecosystem is utterly fixated on a 100% fabricated "crisis".
Oh dear god
A racist TV show made with the assistance of Sora has attracted millions of viewers. Tyler Austin Harper argues that it could be “the harbinger of a new entertainment landscape where extremist AI shows will jockey for our attention with more anodyne ones”:
The Will Stancil Show Could Be the Future
A racist TV series making fun of a minor social-media celebrity has attracted millions of viewers—and demonstrates the alarming possibilities of AI.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Oh dear god
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THE PEOPLE MAKING EVERYONES LIVES WORSE ARE NOT BAD BECAUSE THEYRE OLD OR MENTALLY ILL OR FEEBLE OR ON DRUGS. THEY ARE BAD BECAUSE THEY ARE HATEFUL AND CRUEL LITTLE BULLIES.
I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
This is what happens when you put a privileged, 14 year heroin addict in charge of health. Duh
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 AM
THE PEOPLE MAKING EVERYONES LIVES WORSE ARE NOT BAD BECAUSE THEYRE OLD OR MENTALLY ILL OR FEEBLE OR ON DRUGS. THEY ARE BAD BECAUSE THEY ARE HATEFUL AND CRUEL LITTLE BULLIES.
lol the roman empire is for basic bros. I think about the bronze age collapse and doggerland.
November 27, 2025 at 1:23 AM
lol the roman empire is for basic bros. I think about the bronze age collapse and doggerland.
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We (the “developed” nations) need to either choose bikes, transit, and infill development — or cataclysmic change to habitability on the planet.
Change our lifestyle, or it will be changed for us.
Those are the only two choices.
Change our lifestyle, or it will be changed for us.
Those are the only two choices.
Going after the last 5% of electricity supply CO2 reduction without reducing transportation emissions is lunacy.
I worry about mining for EV batteries, too.
But we can have a better quality of life if we substitute private cars for bikes, transit, infill development
I worry about mining for EV batteries, too.
But we can have a better quality of life if we substitute private cars for bikes, transit, infill development
Good figure from a recent ESIG report showing how marginal abatement costs in the electric sector start out low but increase sharply as you approach zero emissions.
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We (the “developed” nations) need to either choose bikes, transit, and infill development — or cataclysmic change to habitability on the planet.
Change our lifestyle, or it will be changed for us.
Those are the only two choices.
Change our lifestyle, or it will be changed for us.
Those are the only two choices.
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"the economic response to the pandemic really worked. Indeed, there is a good case that it was the most successful example of countercyclical policy in US history." jwmason.org/slackwire/at...
At Groundwork: Lessons from the September Jobs Report – J. W. Mason
jwmason.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"the economic response to the pandemic really worked. Indeed, there is a good case that it was the most successful example of countercyclical policy in US history." jwmason.org/slackwire/at...
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Even if he's off by half, and he probably is, that's still a shocking figure, and it falls in line with ALICE's figure of 42% of households under their threshold for financial hardship.
Life in America for most middle- and lower-income folks is immensely precarious. www.jezebel.com/consumer-sen...
Life in America for most middle- and lower-income folks is immensely precarious. www.jezebel.com/consumer-sen...
The True Poverty Line Is not $140,000, But It’s Still Shockingly High
A semi-viral post claiming the poverty line is $140,000 may be BS, but the precariousness Americans feel in everyday life is very real.
www.jezebel.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Even if he's off by half, and he probably is, that's still a shocking figure, and it falls in line with ALICE's figure of 42% of households under their threshold for financial hardship.
Life in America for most middle- and lower-income folks is immensely precarious. www.jezebel.com/consumer-sen...
Life in America for most middle- and lower-income folks is immensely precarious. www.jezebel.com/consumer-sen...
while we're on the discourse of the poverty level, how the fuck did people come to understand the unemployment rate as the number of people taking unemployment benefits?
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
while we're on the discourse of the poverty level, how the fuck did people come to understand the unemployment rate as the number of people taking unemployment benefits?
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many on the U.S. left go too far with arguing that everyone in the country is basically on the brink of starvation, and ALSO many wonk-types like myself go too far with “the data says it’s irrational to feel bad about the economy, so people should obviously just stop feeling bad”
This is very interesting (and yeah, I also had an initial “oh come on, that’s nuts” reaction to the first part of this article, but as I read on, I realized he was making some pretty compelling points)
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
many on the U.S. left go too far with arguing that everyone in the country is basically on the brink of starvation, and ALSO many wonk-types like myself go too far with “the data says it’s irrational to feel bad about the economy, so people should obviously just stop feeling bad”
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you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
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It’s not uncommon for political pundits to calibrate the world based on How Things Were 20 or 30 Years Ago
yes, I feel like you can safely ignore anyone who tells you with a straight face in 2025 that you can just do without a smartphone
This article makes really good points about the inability of most people to cut expenses without entirely losing the ability to participate in the economy. I get tired of people telling me to live cheaper by eliminating things that are necessary for modern life.
November 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
It’s not uncommon for political pundits to calibrate the world based on How Things Were 20 or 30 Years Ago
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A smartphone and also “moving to a cheaper location“ as if cheaper locations with available unemployment actually exist
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
A smartphone and also “moving to a cheaper location“ as if cheaper locations with available unemployment actually exist
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yes, I feel like you can safely ignore anyone who tells you with a straight face in 2025 that you can just do without a smartphone
This article makes really good points about the inability of most people to cut expenses without entirely losing the ability to participate in the economy. I get tired of people telling me to live cheaper by eliminating things that are necessary for modern life.
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
yes, I feel like you can safely ignore anyone who tells you with a straight face in 2025 that you can just do without a smartphone