I see this quote attributed to Dr. Seuss a LOT, showing up on inspirational posters, mugs, notecards, etc. Problem is, he never said it. It's likely from the 1899 poem "Bright Days" by German poet Ludwig Jacobowski, who wrote “Night weinen, weil she voruber! / Lacheln, weil sie gewesen!”

Facebook does this type of shit and then campaigns in favor of age verification laws BECAUSE THEY KNOW AV LAWS DON’T WORK and because mandatory ID verification furthers the surveillance state they’re in favor of.

Public Citizen@publiccitizen.bsky.social · 10h ago

Meta ran & hosted dozens of paid ads that featured AI-generated child sexual abuse material. This is absolutely repulsive. Big Tech is willing to do anything that helps their profits - even if it threatens kids' safety & wellbeing. The public should be outraged.

Somehow things that would have been a background gag in a Verhoeven movie are now just real

I want to write the Law & Order: Fuck Night spinoff about all the prosecutions that would arise from this legislation because it would be so absurd

Matt Patches@misterpatches.bsky.social · 13h ago

One Night Only is the new Cars www.polygon.com/one-night-on...

If you're gonna lie, lie with *style* (thread!)

Jay Edidin@edidin.bsky.social · 11h ago

93. Once I got arrested in New Hampshire because their first attempt at an anti-gambling law spelled it "gamboling" and they fucking enforce it???

‘Is Winning Actually Losing? In Politico I Break Down… Well, That’s It. I Have A Nervous Breakdown’

How likely is it he choose that specific number as a goal? 🤮

Playboy@playboy.com · yesterday

Example: Elon Musk has 14 children—and plenty of detractors who are amazed that he could have had sex that many times, or at all. Courts cannot find enough jurors who don’t hate the SpaceX CEO to offer him a fair trial.

the, objectively, funniest part of this is that most of the signatures the Climate Change Cash for Cops petition gathered were from people who either weren't registered to vote in Portland or who weren't *from* Portland (just like most Portland cops). www.portlandmercury.com/news/enhance...

Effort to Send Climate Dollars to Cops Won’t Qualify For November Ballot - Portland Mercury

A ballot initiative that sought to direct 25 percent of Portland’s Clean Energy Fund toward hiring additional police officers failed to gather enough valid signatures to qualify for the November ballo...

portlandmercury.com

Hoping @gailsimone.bsky.social sees this

Dave Reyn@machsabre.bsky.social · 14h ago

With the wildfire smoke Portland is basically Mordor right now and I feel about as nauseous and gross as Frodo did when he was carrying the One Ring.

Ah yes, the two genders

Hey remember when you could see the sky? That was cool. Anyway, we’re open today & could use your business if you’re interested ✌️

Should I apologize to returning customers about the air? #smoke #fire #PDXTST

i see we're arguing about whether air travel has gotten better or worse over the past 40 years, and as somebody who has been flying for decades, let me tell you that boy are my arms tired

Can I even put into words how fun it is to finally link people to the page where they can preorder our book after five years of work? I can’t. It’s impossible. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/835977...

Seacritters! The Hunt for the Jigamaree by Kate Milford: 9781536220681 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

A beloved New York Times best-selling fantasy writer and an indie adventure cartoonist join ranks to helm a wry, high-seas graphic series unlike any other! Welcome aboard the sloop Rodentia, where pi...

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LLMS are like, imagine you built a robot that could cook and you fed it a billion cheeseburgers and now it could make a cheeseburger 75% of the time you asked for one, and these guys are out here like “let’s replace all chefs with the cheeseburger robot.”

[P] "Wherever there's a fight so hungry Munchkins can eat, I'll be there. Wherever there's a flying monkey beating up a scarecrow, I'll be there."

John Moe@johnmoe.bsky.social · 16h ago

John Steinbeck’s Wizard of Oz prequel.

Status update: my parents are bickering with each other about donuts. They really are the country-fried version of Frank & Estelle Costanza.

Costanza: I'M Back Baby in the Kitchen

Alt: Frank & Estelle Costanza

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Are you a person with a body? Take a second to stretch. Then stretch some more. Have some water.

I saw a weed store’s ad offering 40% off “for veterans and teachers. Thanks for your service!”

I love reciting this #CaseyKasem #Ponderous #AmericanTopForty

Ken Plume@kenplume.bsky.social · last yr.

Casey Kasem’s Top 40 Countdown radio outtakes are a NSFW bit of Americana that I hope never pass out of memory, so here’s my bit to make sure their legend persists…

Hello from Oregon where large chunks of the eastern part of the state are under various evacuation orders

Victoria Rose Richards@aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 2d ago

'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)

Portland trash talking, preserved. Taken earlier on Hawthorne Blvd.

I motivated myself to get out. Groceries don't buy themselves.

I stayed in.

Christopher Walsh@awkwardisallowed.bsky.social · 2d ago

I should take another walk. Portland’s air quality is…not great. Do I get myself out? (I did get out briefly this morning.)

Quiet day. Reading, paper-sorting, figuring out a Tuesday grocery run. And late breakfast at Space Monkey Coffee.

No, I won’t be sharing my nudes on Bluesky.

Christopher Walsh@awkwardisallowed.bsky.social · 2d ago

Here's the first pic I took on this phone, back on April 13, 2022 when I activated it.

I should take another walk. Portland’s air quality is…not great. Do I get myself out? (I did get out briefly this morning.)

Why not more old (relatively) photos? I had time the morning of July 9th, 2025 to take shots on and around PDX's Upper Roadway. 1/2