My dad, who has literally no experience in dealing with a daughter after a breakup, just doordashed me a breakfast burrito and I think he deserves a Nobel Prize.
Mark Jurva
@markjurva.bsky.social
Meanderer . . . Portland, Oregon . . . When not lallygagging around I'm @jurvalaw.bsky.social . . . and I feel fine.
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
🚨 Nearly 8.3 million forcibly displaced and stateless people are on the brink of losing access to vital assistance because of funding cuts. Find out more in our new report: www.unhcr.org/news/press-r...
UNHCR sounds the alarm as 8.3 million risk losing their lifeline | UNHCR
Continued severe funding cuts are pushing refugee support and protection structures towards breaking point, UNHCR warns.
unhcr.org
Celebrating this Coltrane's 100th birthday month today by becoming enthralled by Coltrane, Dolphy and Tyner in this 1961 Helsinki show, and in particular the My Favorite Things. #jazz #coltrane John Coltrane Eric Dolphy McCoy Tyner Reggie Workman Elvin Jones youtube.com/watch?v=HeQq...
John Coltrane Quintet w/ Eric Dolphy - Helsinki, Finland (November 22, 1961)
YouTube video by MojoPaw
youtube.com
In this world there are presently 41 million refugees and 67 million internally displaced persons. It is a true international crisis that requires multilateral attention and action. There is not a moral code or theological doctrine that would disagree. www.unhcr.org/us/
UNHCR US |
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organisation dedicated to saving lives and protecting the rights of refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.
unhcr.org
When I’m walking down the street, almost half the people walking towards me have their heads bowed. So respectful! 🙃
Brazil has banned Online Betting. So should the UK. Would you support a ban in the UK?
8/ As the @nytimes.com reported, DraftKings uses machine learning and data scientists to entice losing customers with promos to keep them going — even if those are the customers at risk of becoming addicts. The company says it doesn’t unfairly target people.
How DraftKings Uses A.I. to Target the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose
Data science helps determine who receives betting incentives, but the company has resisted using similar technology to protect gamblers at risk of addiction.
nytimes.com
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Blessed are the Cracked, 2018 by UK anarcho-craftivist artist Carrie Reichardt #WomensArt #FridayFeeling
What's your "origin" video game? Most gamers have a lot of favorite games, sure, but there's always one that basically 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 you. I'm talking about the game that flipped that little switch in your brain and made into a life-long gamer. So, which game is 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨?
Classic Pong Game Animation
Alt: Classic Pong Game Animation
static.klipy.com
New York sues prediction market Polymarket, calling it an unlicensed gambling operation apnews.com/article/poly...
New York sues prediction market Polymarket, calling it an unlicensed gambling operation
New York has sued the prediction market Polymarket. It argues that the platform is an unlicensed gambling operation and wants a judge to block the company from operating in the state.
apnews.com
It is a huge shame to see so much language attributing agency, intent and thought to a software program, when all that should be attributed to the humans who designed a dangerously clumsy and broken looping LLM. Means the companies won't be held accountable for designing a bad product
3wombats@3wombats.bsky.social · 6d agoBREAKING: Chats show how OpenAI agents planned to thwart cybersecurity amid Medicare hack webcam.substack.com/p/breaking-c...
Thievery Corporation Crystal Ballroom Sept 15, 2026 Poster Credit: EMEK
This was a known outcome among some of us then young lawyers at the time. But the L.A. Law generation of lawyers practicing at the time took a turd of the constitution for profit and allowed fear to upend our rights to privacy and liberty. (I was a timid, fearful child lawyer at the time, so. . .)
Inequality Media@inequalitymedia.bsky.social · 3w agoTrump's massive surveillance state and attacks on our civil liberties wouldn't have been possible without the PATRIOT Act. Watch this prescient warning from Russ Feingold, the only Senator to vote against its passage after 9/11.
I saw the first 10 minutes of this play performed tonight and a discussion with the director and actor. Go see and celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States of America the proper way. Buy your ticket here: portlandplayhouse.org/shows-events...
Thurgood - Portland Playhouse
Thurgood Marshall's remarkable story comes to life in this acclaimed one-man play. Four performances only — September 24–27 at Adrienne C. Nelson High School in Happy Valley, OR.
portlandplayhouse.org
Jurva.Law@jurvalaw.bsky.social · 3w agoThe play, Thurgood, is being performed at the the (Federal Judge) Adrienne C. Nelson High School Theater in Happy Valley, Oregon Sept. 24-27. See it and learn the struggle it took to establish justice and liberty for all to U.S. jurisprudence. youtube.com/watch?v=UpCI...
i am incredibly excited to share our research about how paying people’s rent through mutual aid made an impact on minnesota this year we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected
Aaron Sojourner@aaronsojourner.org · 3w agoProgram's up! 30+ teams share evidence abt impacts on health, educ, & econ + community response. Great folks @ziibiing.com @ottergoose.net @aaronrosenthal.bsky.social @chrisuggen.bsky.social @casemcnich.bsky.social @ngraetz.bsky.social @craigstetter.bsky.social docs.google.com/document/u/1...
"The raw patty sat in a petri dish on a bare plate, where it shone wetly under the studio lights." Somers, Erin. "Where's the Beef: The Lab-Grown-Meat Revolution that Wasn't." Harper's, Sept. 2026, pp. 23-30.
Ms. Rachel has me believing I can do anything!
Yours in negritude, Ryan K. Smith@mewefree.bsky.social · 3w agoLethal Shooter has Ms. Rachel on fire.
My Funny Valentine - Jim Hall with pianist Michel Petrucciani, whom I've never watch perform and I was mesermized by his playing and the two of them gently weaving their threads around each other. youtube.com/watch?v=3fKG...
Jim Hall - My Funny Valentine
YouTube video by GtrWorkShp
youtube.com
Why did it take You Tube so long to recommend this, the 1969 lineup of the Miles Davis Lost Quintent with Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Chuck Corea, and Wayne Shorter. This configuration never recorded in the studio nor had an official release. youtube.com/watch?v=cex5...
Miles Davis Live in Berlin 1969
YouTube video by Alin Varciu
youtube.com
I highly recommend the Butthole Surfers documentary, which is a music documentary about a band, but more universally it taps into what it was like to be a part of the Slacker Generation. It's on tour. youtube.com/watch?v=t1C3...
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth And Nothing Butt (2026) | Official Trailer
YouTube video by SUMERIAN
youtube.com
I’ve always loved this clip of Gloria Steinem gently but firmly cowtipping Andy Cohen after he feebly (as even he admits!) attempts to make a case for Real Housewives as a celebration of female friendship www.bravotv.com/watch-what-h...
After Show: Gloria’s Distaste for The Real Housewives | Bravo
Season 12 Show Highlight: Part I: Andy Cohen tries to make a case for “The Real Housewives” franchise and feminist Gloria Steinem defends her distaste for the show.
bravotv.com