Shawn Fleek
@shawnfleek.com
Political. Creative. Portlander. Northern Arapaho. Husband. Dad. Hype man for humanity and cage free futures.
Someday we will look back on tech CEOs’ “imminent moonshot / supercomputer / robot overlord”promises with all the derision of rigged carnival game operators, three card monte street hustlers, and soapboxing snakeoil salesmen.
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 10h ago$SPCX - SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS
ultimately so funny that rip city mgmt’s approach in these emails was “we would rather die than create a written public record of anything we say or do” and then their lawyer just forwarded the whole thing to the City
@wrightkatu.bsky.social · 22h agoNEW: Internal emails obtained by KATU show Portland Trail Blazers leaders debated whether to respond to the City of Portland's questions on key pieces of a proposed Moda Center deal, with one executive saying the city's requests felt like "a trap”. katu.com/news/investi...
Tis I, the holder of secrets for the as-yet uncounted vote in Michigan. Schoolcraft County in the UP? Got those. Omegaw County? They report directly to me. I know all of the results. And all of you look foolish. Each and every one of you. Scum with wrong opinions, all! You cretins should be ashamed.
It’s Amy Coney Barrett all over again. Collins, facing reelection, will vote no on an anti-abortion nominee who gets confirmed anyway
Alice Miranda Ollstein@alicemiranda.bsky.social · yesterdayBREAKING: Susan Collins cited our report on Blanche's promise on a private call with religious activists to restrict abortion pills in announcing today she will not vote to confirm him. www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...
Trail Blazers "I don't think our public answers will be well-received." kind of says it all right there
Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
Multnomah County has 7000 seats for Preschool for All this year. Are we winning versus NYC? Yes. But more importantly we are winning versus ALL COMERS. (i think?)
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · yesterdayToday, for the first time in New York City history, 2,000 two year-olds received offers for FREE 2-K. A big step for those who take baby steps. A big step towards a City every New Yorker can afford.
You can't hack paper ballots. Oregon’s vote-by-mail elections are the gold standard and we lead the nation in turnout. We run safe, accurate, and fair elections. I will continue to defend Oregon’s elections and your vote. #OregonNews #OregonElections #ORPol
(randomly draws a card) “this result centers the wrong people due to” (throws dart at a board) “antisemitism and misogynoir where” (randomized table) “women leaders with nontraditional speaking styles” (coin flip) “are forced to compete against male bodied” (spins a wheel) “possible tax cheats.”
Thembo@thembo.bsky.social · 22h agoCentrist groupchats frantically brainstorming a way to say it's racist for El-Sayed to get more votes than Stevens
"Liberal bubble" has only ever meant anywhere where right wing perspectives aren't artificially elevated and forced into everyone's feeds.
Obviously he has no compunction about making shit up himself, but I do sincerely wonder how much of his understanding of the world is based on subordinates sending him AI imagery he thinks is real.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump: "We have photographs or tapes -- like moving cameras, right? -- where people are on the side cutting it with a box knife."
My dad & stepmom, very fancy NYers, have been in Portland the last few days and they can’t believe anybody says anything bad about us because it’s such a beautiful city with such good food.
I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
they need a popularity boost so theyre playing the 2020 hits (donald trump was president at the start of covid)
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoRFK Jr yelling at Dana Bash sounds like a rabid dog barking
okay fine the machines can be sentient but only if they are as depressed as this one
Climate News@climatenews.bsky.social · 3d agoPerhaps this Amazon delivery robot read some online papers about climate change and decided it wasn’t worth waiting around.
bring back shame
Susie "Nickname In Quotes" Beeca@susiebeeca.bsky.social · 4d agoAh, this warms the cockles of my cold, dead heart. Wait til you see the price a TERF had to pay for lying about a trans woman. "...also be required to publish a court-approved apology that must remain pinned on their social media channels for three months" www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/an-a...
btw: they were not sharing information with us LONG before Steve made that comment about litigation. After the legislative session ended, we basically heard nothing from them. Because they thought a handshake deal with the mayor was enough to get hundreds of millions of city taxpayer money. 🙃
Kevin Foster@kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 4d agoIn the recent council work session, Dewayne Hankins, Blazers pres. of business ops, said “the first-class standard has been wielded as a weapon, chilling our negotiations.” He says this is why they’ve shared little (basically nothing) about what the renovations entail because they fear litigation.
Same guy 10 months ago. Wonder what changed between then and now???
Fischer 🛠️🚇@fischer.bsky.social · 6d agoif this is going to be the line then fuck these guys
Daddygate (a councilor says conservative councilors see the mayor as “daddy” who has to come break a tie when they don’t compromise) << Dundongate (the mayor, who does not control the budget, promises a billionaire called “Dundon” $600M in renovations without consulting council)
600M$ is the entire public safety budget for the city of portland, almost exactly maybe the cops can ask for moda reno dollars to be redirected (save draft for when cops officially announce their stupid ballot measure failed)
Join me, sports economists @jcbradbury.com & @victor-matheson.bsky.social with co-host @councilormorillo.bsky.social on the economics of publicly funded stadiums. The term sheet is coming with limited information provided to us on the Moda Center renovations. Let’s discuss. zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Economics of Publicly Financed Arenas with City Councilor Mitch Green and Angelita Morillo. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email abo...
The Moda Center remains top of mind as we approach the City’s August 12th vote on a term sheet, but how can we reach a fair deal for Portlanders? What are the potential costs and benefits of publicly ...
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Mindlessly scrolling Meta videos and got TEN spyglasses ads in a row. Remember when facebook was a place for friends? I barely do.
i'd like to give you a free encylopedia! the fun twist: 1% of the entries are completely wrong! isn't that great? each time you flip a page it poisons the water supply. the encyclopedia is also Racist and has CSAM in it. lastly, if you don't use it at your job, you'll get fired.
again, the danger from AI is not that it will attain sentience and destroy us. the danger is that it's a mindless flattery machine and being mindlessly flattered literally drives people insane.
Anti trans white man spits on black portland fan, yells “set trans on fire!” at a WNBA game. These are the people actually ruining sports for women btw. For every incident you hear about, there are dozens you don’t.
BAS•TÁR•DIZER@antsman41.bsky.social · 5d ago…time to doxx this fucker.
