Luke Griffin
@lukegriffin.bsky.social
Puppies! Who doesn’t love puppies? he/him PDX
And to be honest, though the systems are so complex you can never prove causation, the fact that our descent into the dumbest politics follows on four decades of systematic, institutional disinvestment from the liberal arts seems almost too on the nose and yet here we are.
"Hate all you like. This is the love of my life"- me to my friends when they're trying to stop me from eating an opened candy bar I found in the women's bathroom
think all straight people who discoursed at great and punishing length about a western mass lesbian bar should have to give equal airtime to this. it’s your own community this time!
regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸@ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · yesterday“This is not a dark chapter in Cornell’s history, it’s a morbid pattern” Editorial Board at The Cornell Sun absolutely fucking your shit UP www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
I’ve seen several stories of young women describing rape and sexual assault on college campuses in the last week which strikes me not as a rise in assaults but, given the violence of some of the examples, I fear we’re back in an era of headlines about group assaults, for the Tate/Clavicular era
If you want to read more about just how much worse schools handle sexual violence than you ever imagined, I wrote a book about it:
On the Wrong Side: How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence
"Bedera dispels deeply ingrained campus rape myths and puts the innate violence of the campus sexual assault reporting process into focus."--Jezebel"The book's grim conclusions are tempered with a hop...
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A Starbucks store in Eugene, which was the first to unionize in Oregon, is among hundreds of stores closing nationwide.
First Starbucks in Oregon to unionize is being shuttered
More than four years since it became the very first Starbucks in Oregon to join a union, Eugene’s store at 2830 Willamette St. is among several hundred shutting down this week.
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A sacred site that predates Stonehenge has been damaged by Trump's border wall ➡️ bit.ly/47f01bl
Portland Metro Chamber is the PBA: so loathed by the people the attempted to rebrand so that people would forget they were the PBA. We don't forget. When Mitch is getting attacked by the cops and the wealthy big biz owners in town, you know he's working for the PEOPLE of Portland.
Willamette Week@wweek.com · last wk.The money behind that billboard can be traced in part to the Portland Metro Chamber, the city’s chamber of commerce—and the message shows how eager the city’s business lobby is to unseat Councilor Mitch Green. www.wweek.com/news/city/20...
keith haring, grace jones, fela kuti, and jean-michel basquiat photographed by andy warhol. at mr. chow, nyc (june 1986)
For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti
A guy whose fame was based on performing bawdy ditties with a ukulele got booted out of South Africa in 1946, in part for hugging a black woman at one of the free gigs he insisted on doing for black audiences, and his wife telling the govt to shove it up their arse. Can we be serious here.
New playlist LO-FI INDIE AMERICA 1988-1992 - DIY sounds from the American underground, somewhat limited to what's on streaming 📼 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/73f... 🎤 Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/... 📠 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
ooh, I like this take - all the elements are present, so call it what it is: not liminal (which was never quite right, tbh), but gothic for a new generation of people who don’t remember why we built that shit in the first place, or what it was supposed to be *for*
Emily C. Hughes@emilyhughes.bsky.social · 2w agoalso a shoutout to @shirachess.bsky.social's excellent essay about Backrooms and the Institutional Gothic, which you should read!! thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/backrooms-an...
abandoned malls and cubical farms are 21st century decrepit mansions and musty crypts, reminders that once upon a time, these things and the people who built them had fortunes, now spent; they signal the fragmenting of order, a new world replacing the old, and the fragility of power structures
Never forget that maintaining the status quo is, and always will be, a political act.
The core theme of our moment could be boiled down to “obvious lunatics unexpectedly being taken seriously.”
"Joseph" ❌👑@josephbogen.bsky.social · 2w agoI actually first encountered Yudkowsky and Less Wrong sometime in 2008 when someone I knew online who actually worked in the field stumbled upon the site and couldn't get over how ridiculous and insane it all ways. I never imagined these lunatics would be taken seriously.
España, capital de fútbol ⚽️ Today at World Football Summit in Madrid, my pic with this year’s World Cup 🏆. Behind me is 2023 Women’s WC 🏆. Announced today, 2029 Men’s Champions League Final at Camp Nou in BCN (Madrid’s Metropolitano in 2027). & Men’s WC in 2030! Hit up Gata Sports Tours to live it!
jazzfoundation.org/SonnyRollins/ This will be huge. Free and open to everyone at the cathedral of St John the Divine on Saturday.
A Celebration of the Life and Music of Sonny Rollins - Jazz Foundation of America
Please join us… Saxophone Colossus A Celebration of the Life and Music of Sonny Rollins Saturday, September 19, 2026 1 PM The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine 1047 Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street N...
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folks it IS pretty great, please preorder it so we can all keep getting that sweet drip drip drip of gorgeous prose from Freya Marske’s hunched body
Bodies of Magic
Grey’s Anatomy meets A Deadly Education in this dark academia fantasy from USA Today bestselling author Freya Marske.At the Academie of the Grand Duchy of Sieuxerr, every mage with the healer’s gift h...
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Freya Marske@freyamarske.bsky.social · 2w agosomehow we are only two days away from the release of this book?? it's pretty great. please buy it so my publishers agree to keep paying me to sit hunched in front of a screen making words.
I’ve now lived so much longer than I would ever have expected to that I feel I’m living in the future. This is when I imagined Neuromancer happening. And now the creators of today’s AI warn us that it threatens humanity.
was just reminded of this @globalvoices.org interview that I love about this amazing art globalvoices.org/2024/11/22/t...
The art of destruction and creation: Exploring identity and spirituality in the work of Alexis Peskine
"Peskine’s art transcends the confines of portraiture, offering instead a visual language that speaks to the collective soul — capturing the nuances of strength, vulnerability, and transformation."
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Blackwork crow told me to talk more about my book so MAY I INTEREST YOU IN SOME WEAPONIZED EMOTIONS/TOPPLING OF A THEOCRATIC CONSPIRACY???
The Shamshine Blind: A Novel
A beguiling blend of noir detective story and science fiction perfect for fans of Michael Chabon and Emily St. John Mandel, “this fiercely intelligent and utterly original debut” (Anna North, New York...
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Abbaetha: Large Parsnip Split-Level@abbaetha.bsky.social · 3w agoYou know, blackwork crow is generally pretty down on us humans, but is very enthusiastic when people talk about their books more so you should do that.
