Andrew Sorg
@andrewsorg.bsky.social
I have friends everywhere. Portland, OR | Antifascist | Nerd | #rctid
Somehow things that would have been a background gag in a Verhoeven movie are now just real
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration has detained more than 50 spouses, parents of US troops in immigration crackdown, AP review finds.
Found a groovy little nonprofit to volunteer at! Check out the PSlDX Free Store Project on NE 42nd Ave near Killingsworth. They take your stuff and put it right on the shelf for others to take. No money is exchanged, but they welcome donations to help maintain their space.
"I asked Dr. Labe at Climate Central if they had data yet on how much climate change has increased the fire risk. They just released it today." - Dan Satterfield, AMS www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says
Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...
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Everyone saw that Kotek’s political stunt didn’t stop the Verrus data center in Salem, right?
@kelseybaker.bsky.social is so good with a camera. #RCTID
"Hey Tom, you think your city-owned building has warts? Providence Park is celebrating its 100th year and it still delivers." #rctid
Tom Dundon needs to see Portland at its best. He should start at a Timbers game | Bill Oram
If the new Trail Blazers owner had any interest in understanding the city with which he is at odds, there would have been no better place than Saturday's Timbers game.
oregonlive.com
Uphold diversity and inclusion through bigoted exclusion
The Athletic@theathletic.com · 4d agoSpeaking for the first time since ralliers began assembling in support of her stance against transgender participation in women’s sports, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham said this was an opportunity for the WNBA to uphold its values of diversity and inclusion. nyti.ms/4fHr4Qn
"millions of old rare, out of print books - then destroying them"! bsky.app/profile/mint... www.404media.co/ai-companies...
AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop
ISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.”
404media.co
Mint Royale@mint-royale.com · last wk.This story about anthropic (and other ai companies) just bulk buying millions of books - including old rare, out of print books - then chopping the spines to make them easier to scan and then destroying them once they’re scanned is just so fucking bleak and depressing
Party that spent the last decade grooming and funding and encouraging blind nazi ideologues to run for office and government positions : uh oh
'We're in serious trouble': Senior GOP staff scared by 'rabid' young Republican 'idiots'
Concern is mounting among high-ranking Republicans that the next generation of conservatives consists primarily of "rabid" "idiot" Nazis, according to a new report. GOP veterans have begun to fret tha...
rawstory.com
We need to stand up to Dundon. No more billionaires buying up local teams as means to ransom communities. No more.
Fischer 🛠️🚇@fischer.bsky.social · 6d agoif this is going to be the line then fuck these guys
Drop something blue from your camera roll
🌏🐶🦕🥳 Vegetable Gremlin ⍼👻🥦💥🏠♫@vegetablegremlin.bsky.social · 5d agodrop something blue from your camera roll
My corporate AI training can be summed up as "this shit is so discriminatory you cannot trust it."
I still can't read Blazers guy's name without getting the Law & Order theme stuck in my head.
Somehow my partner completely missed Ren & Stimpy and I am failing to properly convey Powdered Toast Man
Just loving how John Cleese, now reduced to one of his own caricatures, rages about immigrants coming to the UK and failing to accept "our" culture, from his home in ... (checks notes) ... Nevis in the Caribbean.
If you answer yes I'm coming for you
WIRED@wired.com · 6d agoWould you track Jimothy down for a selfie? Let us know 👇️
“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
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Jeff Groh@jeffgroh.bsky.social · last wk.Avocados come in 2 varieties - A-types start each day female and switch to male midday. B-types do the reverse. In work just published from the last chapter of my PhD, we show this system evolved 40+million yrs ago and is regulated by alleles of 1 transcription factor www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
‘Anthropic described the project as “our effort to disruptively scan all the world’s books” in an internal memo, which noted “we do not want it to be known that we are pursuing this project”.’
Eli Valley@elivalley.bsky.social · last wk.Dystopia www.news.com.au/technology/o...
Deliberate civilizational destruction is now "transformative" "value migration" of "information delivery mechanisms."
You'll be shocked to learn this is just their "AI Robot Girlfriend" with a few different behavior settings.
New York school pauses plan to deploy humanlike AI robot teacher after backlash
A school district in a rural corner of upstate New York is hitting pause on plans to deploy an AI-powered, humanoid robot in the classroom.
apnews.com
“It is not FIFA’s to sell,” UEFA said in a statement. “None of us are the owners of football.” Infantino and his billionaire buddies are trying to literally sell the World Cup to private equity 💀 apnews.com/article/worl...
FIFA plan for Kushner-backed $20 billion operation to run World Cup meets fury from Europe's UEFA
FIFA President Gianni Infantino plans to create a $20 billion company running the World Cup with private investors including the Kushner family.
apnews.com
This the kind of deal you only make if you need revenue now for whatever reason (capital intensive expansion, not missing payroll etc etc) such sacrificing increased future revenue is worth it. Or you’re doing corruption. Which sounds more like FIFA?