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Jared White

@jaredwhite.com

Writer. Photographer. Portlander. Pro-urbanism & micromobility. Local-first!

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Jared White@jaredwhite.com · 4w ago

Dude with legs of steel and sweat on his brow pushing an pure mechanical device uphill on nothing but his own grit and power: woke libtard Beer-bellied lazy ass with AC on letting cruise control handle the drivetrain of his overly-priced mancave-on-wheels: tough sex machine Make it make sense!! 🤪

Warren Wells, AICP@warrenjwells.bsky.social · 4w ago

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing half the population that the "manly" way to get around is on a giant rolling couch controlled by gently depressing your toe.

Jared White@jaredwhite.com · 5mo ago

I asked this on Mastodon, but it's only fair I ask here too. Since I am told ATProto is decentralized, how do I migrate my account & posts & everything to another service not controlled in any way by Bluesky corp? The only alternative I'm aware of is Blacksky, but are there any others I've missed?

Jared White@jaredwhite.com · 5mo ago

Welp, now blocking the CTO of Bluesky for promoting slopaganda. Folks, if you don't want to spend all your time on a social network being coded by slopagandists and prompt junkies (via “Claude Code” etc.), can I highly recommend joining a *far* better social network? ☺️ https://jointhefediverse.net

Anton Hur@antonhur.com · 5mo ago

No one wants to use AI—we know that this is a technology in search of an actual use or a "killer app," as they used to say in Silicon Valley, that will attract users to their platform. AI finally found their user base: fascist governments. And this time, the killer app actually kills.

US military reportedly used Claude in Iran strikes despite Trump’s ban

Trump calls Anthropic a ‘Radical Left AI company run by people who have no idea what the real World is all about’

theguardian.com

Jared White@jaredwhite.com · 5mo ago

Tech companies: We're going to spend billions of dollars on "AI" datacenters. Real people: And our kids can still walk to school safely, right? Tech companies: No. This is the reality of today's U.S. politics. It makes my brain bleed… 😵‍💫

The Street Trust@thestreettrust.org · 5mo ago

This weekend, the latest proposal to fill the large gap in Oregon's transportation budget was released. It includes devastating cuts to Safe Routes to School funding which helps make walking, rolling, & biking safe & accessible for students through investments in crossings, sidewalks & bike lanes.

Jared White@jaredwhite.com · 5mo ago

And a new game emerges! I'll get things started: * Journalism is better when it's backed by live banjo. * Journalism is better when it's backed by live eels. Now it's your turn! Journalism is better when it's backed by live __________.

“Journalism is better when it's backed by live markets,” Polymarket disturbingly wrote in a post on X announcing the partnership.
Jared White@jaredwhite.com · 5mo ago

Samuel the Alternate Man is on the fast track to turning his company into one of the most lothed & reviled in mainstream tech consciousness. OpenAI will go down in history as a blatent example of corporate cowardice & greed, one nearly unparalleled on the world stage.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 5mo ago

Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel — mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.

Jared White@jaredwhite.com · 5mo ago

Some other recommendations: * The Boy in the Bubble (Graceland, Paul Simon) * In the Air Tonight (Face Value, Phil Collins) * Conditioning (Human's Lib, Howard Jones) * Who Needs Love Like That (Wonderland, Erasure) * Look Out Any Window (Scenes from the Southside, Bruce Hornsby)

Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 5mo ago

From "Gimme Shelter" to "Smells Like Teen Spirit" to "Plainsong," the greatest album opening tracks share one thing in common: they make everything that follows feel inevitable. zurl.co/ZbW6N

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 6mo ago

Because of the National driver register, since their licenses are suspended, trans folks cannot move to another state and get a new license until they remove the suspension on their existing Kansas license. They can't even escape this by moving to another state.

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 6mo ago

Kansas is sending letters to trans people telling them that their licenses will be revoked as of tomorrow and that they risk arrest for driving on a suspended license. This is pure cruelty. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

An official letter from the Kansas Division of Vehicles dated February 23, 2026, with a redacted recipient address. The letter notifies the recipient that due to the enactment of Senate Bill 244, all Kansas driver's licenses and IDs must reflect the holder's sex at birth. It states that the recipient's current credential will become invalid immediately upon the law's publication on February 26, 2026, with no grace period. The recipient is directed to surrender their current ID to receive a new one matching their sex assigned at birth. The document concludes with instructions on how to appeal the notice if received in error, along with contact information for the department.
Jared White@jaredwhite.com · 6mo ago

OK. I don't know if this is a Portland thing or a post-COVID thing or a "these days" thing but there's something lacking in cowork culture here. I felt a more vibrant creative indie cowork space culture in bedroom communities of suburban CA mid-2010s than today in Portland. And I can't explain why.

Jared White@jaredwhite.com · 6mo ago

Hey, everybody arguing about if X or if Bluesky is "The Commons" The correct answer is (obviously) *neither*. geez 🙄 Also there are other social networks…! I have way better engagement & convo in the fediverse than here, plus it's all non-profit/hobbyist services. Maybe THAT's the commons! 😁