I wrote about the triumph of Doing Your Own Research and the stupid, nasty thing that is replacing some very recent history in real time. defector.com/were-just-go...

We're Just Going To Keep Doing 2020 Again Until All The Wrong Stuff Is True | Defector

In a bunch of ways, there is no real percentage in remembering what things were actually like during the worst years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond all the uncertainty and suffering and death, there...

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Sue everything and hope it sticks or creates enough confusion to clog the justice system.

Seth Miller@wandrme.paxex.aero · yesterday

A conservative nonprofit sued Columbia, MO to block a revenue guarantee to AA to launch flights to CLT, claiming it is an unconstitutional "gift" to the airline. #AvGeek www.newstribune.com/news/2026/au...

Don’t let this darkness fool you All lights turned off can be turned on

@sundance.bikesky.social on your Landspeeder, what handlebar did you go with? I’m trying to find the most upright seating compatible option for our LvH

So this person goes around speaking loudly on airplanes about the “gospel”. The flight attendants on this particular flight didn’t have the desire to deal with her and she was removed. She claims “there’s no free speech”. www.instagram.com/reel/DbbFzSU...

Evangelist Whitney Lynn Inc on Instagram: "Part 2 (even though you haven’t seen Part 1 yet! 😄) Part 1 is the message I preached on the plane, and I’ll be posting that soon. There’s also even more foo...

21K likes, 4,190 comments - whitneylynn1 on July 30, 2026: "Part 2 (even though you haven’t seen Part 1 yet! 😄) Part 1 is the message I preached on the plane, and I’ll be posting that soon. There’s a...

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It's a good thing you don't have to pay for trails or parking in Arizona. azstateparks.com/press/fees-i...

The Fauci testimony fired up the loonies on Instagram. I probably need to take a break from or completely delete that platform.

This was posted on Reddit. United “proactively” changed seats so that everyone on the reservation was seated next to one another. One family member specifically wanted an aisle seat.

Cool pics posted on the meta site from DRT. Thanks to @johnthejohnster.bsky.social for sharing! Picture credit About_Bevans on IG. @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social and Bike Summer pennants flying!

tigard-stripes.bsky.social@tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 2w ago

At the Disaster Relief Trials in Seattle! disasterrelieftrials.com

I did a bunch of work in Chattanooga over the years and witnessed quite a bit of violent crime. Made a passing remark to right wing family going through there to be safe and their reply, "Chattanooga?! You live in Portland, that's the unsafe place"

For the party of small government and privacy they sure do like to put the boot on the neck of both of those things.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2w ago

“This is thought to be the first known case in the United States where federal prosecutors have charged someone for the alleged destruction of data using a ‘duress’ password built into a phone’s software”

“This is thought to be the first known case in the United States where federal prosecutors have charged someone for the alleged destruction of data using a ‘duress’ password built into a phone’s software”

US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch

A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constit...

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AI is the asbestos we're shoveling into the walls of our civilization and our descendants will be digging it out for generations: pluralistic.net/2026/04/08/p... 36/

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So to use BlueSky in Texas I need to verify my age both in the app and on the web. Twitter? Nope, just log right on. #privacywhatprivacy

Saw a roadside billboard east of Dallas: "Ban Unions and help end Communism" Words don't mean anything anymore apparently.

It is supposed to be 102 degrees today where I'm at in Texas with a heat index of 112. Going to bed last night at midnight it was 80 with a heat index of 94. Unbarebly hot.

Saw some of this today during the Guiness record ebike ride in Portland. Rather than wait in queues and being told it isn't a race and at certain points to go single file, people just had to jump the line, including some with kids.

Stephan Segraves@stephan.wtf · 3w ago

@profgalloway.com do you have any insight into the overall change in behavior of people the last few years that leans to "the rules don't apply to me"? There have always been rule breakers but now it seems like the norm rather than exception. Is this from Covid or something else?

@profgalloway.com do you have any insight into the overall change in behavior of people the last few years that leans to "the rules don't apply to me"? There have always been rule breakers but now it seems like the norm rather than exception. Is this from Covid or something else?

Once again, the inability to make the distinction between e-bikes with pedals vs e-motos is going to lead to bad policy.

The Oregonian@oregonian.com · 3w ago

They’re fun. They’re fast. E-bikes are also testing Oregonians’ patience. https://mrf.lu/2GVST

Just a reminder that some people think it's ok to take your bag with you during an aircraft emergency, including people that make popular aviation apps.

Portland needs a Tree of Heaven Eradication Czar... And I volunteer.

Bikes offer the freedom that cars promised.

Cabel Sasser@cabel.panic.com · 3w ago

good ride home

Oregon coast rentals keep getting more and more wild, price wise and rule wise. "Yes you can bring your pets but they can’t be in the home alone, even if kenneled” What? So I have to take my dog to dinner with me?

Can’t figure out who is putting these signs out on west side waterfront path near the Kimpton RiverPlace but it’s really stupid. It’s a bike/ped path and has been for years. Just making up rules because who’s gonna tell them no?

The thing that is suspect is the shortening of the name, including the “W” for “West”. ICAO database value is: President Donald J. Trump International Airport

JonNYC@xjonnyc.bsky.social · 4w ago

RIP, Nutmeg. Passed away at 19 years recently. But got to stay in CVS until the end, pampered and loved.

Jeff VanderMeer@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I have seen this cat here in Portland and he's a chill sweetie. CVS should be proud to have their own bodega cat!! Maybe tell corporate how you feel! www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

NEW FROM ME: "As Bloomberg says, DHS *wants* to create its own deportation airline. But we’ve known that since last year. What the new documents actually show is that they’ve failed. No one wants be an ICE pilot or an ICE flight attendant." gillianbrockell.com/whats-missin...

What’s missing from Bloomberg’s story about the DHS ‘deportation’ fleet

In the ongoing saga of DHS’s “deportation fleet,” Bloomberg gets the facts vaguely right and story all wrong.

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Benn Jordan is taking us on an incredible odyssey titled: The Richest Country Is Pretty Mid Now - it's the kind of whiplash experience that I can only recommend.

The Richest Country Is Pretty Mid Now

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NEW: The brand-new logo of the Donald J Trump International Airport appears to be AI slop, featuring an eagle with garbled talons, an asymmetrical number of feathers on each wing, and more glaring irregularities futurism.com/artificial-i...

The Logo for Donald Trump International Airport Appears to Have AI Slop in It

The logo for officially renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport appears to be generated with AI.

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