Kotaku@kotaku.com · yesterday

Well, I guess Electronic Arts belongs to Saudi Arabia, private equity, and Jared Kushner now. https://kotaku.com/electronic-arts-officially-belongs-saudi-arabia-jared-kushner-now-2000721666

Hey Portlanders/Willamette Valley-dwellers: Your phone may say that the AQI is okay except for sensitive folks, but the PM2.5 readings are >10x what’s deemed safe by the WHO. If you have to go outside, please wear an N95 or equivalent! I’m not seeing much masking out there and it worries me :/

why has science not yet figured out a way to remove the caffeine from my body. it’s very simple: when I drank it, I needed it to live, and now, I need it gone before it kills me

If you crack this game then there's plenty of space for an intro (from sectors 600+) so do something good!!

The league has to get rid of this Dundon guy. He bought the Blazers to hold the city of Portland hostage for arena money and now he's telling all of his underlings to shittalk the city so he can move to Kansas City or something. Cut this shit out or the league will be held hostage by similar ghouls.

Fischer 🛠️🚇@fischer.bsky.social · 6d ago

if this is going to be the line then fuck these guys

I know people are tired and overworked, but I feel like oftentimes they’re offloading a creative (and, on some level, rewarding) activity to free up time that they’ll ultimately spend scrolling on their phones—thereby further reducing their brains to mush. it’s a vicious cycle of meaninglessness

rax ‘levon honkers’ king@raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 6d ago

'but AI is the only way i can afford to make an event flyer' notebook paper. sharpie. here is my event. photograph with phone. post. be less stupid in the future

I’m really tired of people who hate Portland having so much power and influence on Portland. (This could apply to “US cities” in general I guess but I live in Portland;)

Fischer 🛠️🚇@fischer.bsky.social · 6d ago

if this is going to be the line then fuck these guys

Portland-area folks, and those beyond: is it just me or is everyone a much worse driver than they were pre-pandemic? I see so much more impatient, reckless, dangerous, and furious behavior than ever before. It frustrates me so much.

Lately I find myself playing piano all the time — an average of an hour a day, if not more. I'm finally back up to my peak in high school, if not a bit beyond. It's such a nice feeling: to find something I love doing, that I could spend the rest of my life on and always improve at but never master.

I want so badly to live in a place where American-sized cars are illegal to drive in urban environments

I think it would be good for cis folks who care about trans and gnc people to sit with and genuinely internalize these figures, these stories, to understand how hideously serious the escalating state and system violence of the last decade has been for us

Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · last wk.

“If this were occurring abroad, to an ethnic minority, we would call it ethnic cleansing.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-american...

This review is a wonderful read: articulate, funny, and very well-reasoned. It helps me appreciate Nolan’s movie for what it is and it reminds me how rich and meaningful it is to engage with original texts.

London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · last wk.

‘Nolan has read at least the first line of my translation of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘺 into iambic pentameter. In one interview, he cited my version of it: “Tell me about a complicated man.” But I would be ashamed to have written any part of this script.’ New, by Emily Wilson www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

hit 420 miles on my ebike today 😎😎😎

I get the feeling we’re about to enter a new era for old video games. AI has ruined the high-end market for years, and younger people seem very interested in finding old hidden gems from the past, similar to how my generation approaches movies and records. Anyway. Crossing my fingers.

Squished in the middle of this story was this heartbreaking paragraph. Unconscionable.

Brian Lyman@brianlyman.bsky.social · last wk.

A lot of what-the-hell moments in this story, but building a data center in a floodplain in Louisiana is inviting the wrath of Poseidon.

jarona

Nope. No, you haven’t.

Went back on Instagram for a moment to help a friend out with something and good golly, that place got dumb real fast

@councilortkl.bsky.social took a real risk when she refused to sign onto that February letter. Her convictions — and courage — served to completely transform the political landscape on this issue: where the billionaire held all the power, Portland now holds the power.

Lydia Kiesling@lydiakiesling.bsky.social · 2w ago

Thank you for laying it out so clearly, @councilortkl.bsky.social. Mayor Wilson and everyone who has been conspiring to give our money away to this man without even a pretense of negotiation should be deeply embarrassed. www.portlandmercury.com/opinion/opin...

I just gave $20 to help get Jamey onto Portland city council and bolster the progressive wing. With seven progressive votes, we don’t have to worry about conservatives calling the mayor in when they’re grumpy about how a vote is going. If you live in Portland, any donation amount is very impactful!

Jamey Evenstar@jameyevenstar.bsky.social · 2w ago

@pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social demonstrates once again why the progressives on council are the real collaborators and fiscally responsible reps Portland deserves. We need to expand the progressive table to never again allow the mayor to put his thumb on the scale. #breakthedeadlock #voteevenstar4d4

Yeah I’m gonna need yall got get me a 7th vote. I think that vote is Jamey, give her a follow, donate, volunteer. If you want a progressive council every day till November counts and everything you do or don’t do shapes that too.

Jamey Evenstar@jameyevenstar.bsky.social · 2w ago

@pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social demonstrates once again why the progressives on council are the real collaborators and fiscally responsible reps Portland deserves. We need to expand the progressive table to never again allow the mayor to put his thumb on the scale. #breakthedeadlock #voteevenstar4d4

Councilor Morillo is single-handedly keeping me sane about city politics

Courtney Vaughn@courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Things getting a little heated. Councilor Morillo: "I think it's wild we have to call the daddy of the city to come help break a tie." Councilor Smith: "Who are you calling daddy?!" Morillo: "Well, he's your daddy, not mine."

movement in non-euclidean quaternionic space

I’ve completed all of the Deltarune that’s available and I am losing my mind having nobody to talk to about it 😵‍💫 Well, there is a lot here.

I understood every word of this, which feels like a feat unto itself theonion.com/a24s-elden-r...

A24’s ‘Elden Ring’ Film Stalled After Red Phantom Named TwinkPunisher Invades Set

BLÁSKÓGABYGGÐ, ICELAND—Expressing regret that the interruption would delay the highly anticipated video game adaptation, the producers of A24’s upcoming Elden Ring film announced Tuesday that the proj...

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I saw a teenager wearing an Alkaline Trio shirt the other day and I was so confused. Are they still popular with the youth?? (That was my very first “real” concert in 2003 or so!)

There’s a lot of space for greenery on our streets if you just reallocate a bit from cars.

At this point there’s absolutely no way that my end-of-year Apple Music summary isn’t just dominated by “Flower Man”