Wes
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Wes
@wescontreras.com
Psychology, politics, philosophy, technology, larp, psychedelics, ADHD.

Portland, OR.
Looks like it's just surrendering passports.
January 23, 2026 at 10:08 PM
The actual NYT headline is even worse, and the article doesn't just center the admin's narrative, but explicitly dismisses anyone else's.
January 23, 2026 at 1:49 AM
January 22, 2026 at 9:01 PM
I remember when pepper spraying peaceful protesters just once dominated the news for days. UC Davis hired a PR firm to (fail to) scrub it from search results!

Now it's just a regular Wednesday. nbd.

#DarkestTimeline
January 21, 2026 at 9:46 PM
This is what the European financial sector is waking up to.
January 12, 2026 at 6:57 AM
The victims called for help 3 miles away from where they were shot.

Border patrol does not appear to have told Portland police anything until they showed up to investigate gunshots.
January 9, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Is anyone able to confirm this? I'm not finding anything to contradict it...
January 8, 2026 at 5:57 AM
I have questions.
January 1, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Maximizing the profit potential of genocide.
December 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
November 22, 2025 at 6:32 AM
My $72 product from Germany gets an extra $23 in tariffs.

Fuck you, Trump.
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Seen in Portland.
October 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Near the ICE facility in Portland.
October 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Claude is better, though not by much.
October 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The "live map" isn't up any more, but the site still has the data. Choose the appropriate election and select by congressional district.

www.atlasizer.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Did it?
October 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
In the words of Hakeem Jeffries...
October 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The fascist project requires the suppression of human virtue, which means showing virtue is anti-fascist.

www.the-reframe.com/the-crime-of...
October 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Observing who someone chooses to celebrate tells you something about their values.
October 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
October 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Wow. This is some powerful writing.

And the footnotes are *so good*.
September 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This is a disgusting amount of left-behind trash.
September 29, 2025 at 3:01 AM
September 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This gives me the impression that Brendan Carr is fully aware that he's a fascist now. Especially with the ton of other receipts in the 🧵.
September 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
This one escaped bsky and came back to me.

I can see why.
September 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM