There’s no bigger threat to your public lands and parks than Donald Trump
Anna Kramer@annackramer.bsky.social · 3d agoSCOOP: Trump officials are pressuring the National Park Service to find a way to give a small piece of Yosemite to a private developer. The land would be used for a road, to give the developer rare private access to the heart of the park.
So let me get this straight? Consumers don't pay for tariffs, but suspending them for 90 days will lower costs? Hmmmm....
When did it become normalized for the President of the United States to threaten to "bomb the shit out of" our allies—our *allies*—without that immediately leading to a serious conversation about whether he's mentally fit to serve as president
Apple: ~$2.2 billion Nike: $986 million FedEx: ~$800 million Amazon: $640 million General Motors: $500 million Giant corporations are raking in millions in tariff refunds and getting even richer. But remember: corporations passed tariff costs on to you. Where's YOUR refund?
Sweet baby Jesus. "Chat GPT can tell me what I read yesterday and interpret it for me, except sometimes it just makes shit up, but that's still great! Imagine how much time and effort I save by not having to comprehend words or meaning!"
Matt Pearce@mattdpearce.com · 3w agoI’m learning that the people who gamified paragraphs are having trouble reading books. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r...
While FEMA drags its feet, crews from California, Australia, and New Zealand are fighting fires in Oregon www.klcc.org/disasters-ac...
Teams from California, Australia, and New Zealand assist fire crews in Oregon
Crews arrived from other states and countries to help with firefighting in Oregon this week.
klcc.org
Let’s not forget that this illegal Reflecting Pool indictment was also overseen by Todd Blanche. He could have stopped this at any time, but he was a corrupt and willing accomplice to this fraud upon the court. How can any decent person possibly vote for this man as AG?
I dunno but it should probably be a bigger deal that the White House announced it wants to slap a 100% tariff on drug imports at the same time it is eliminating Medicare drug subsidies. And we’re talking about critical life-saving drugs like insulin, blood thinners, antibiotics, and heart meds.
In 1968, the Trix Rabbit was VERY concerned about voter registration!
Sending ICE Agents to intimidate voters at polling places, declaring martial law to try to delay or cancel the election, seizing ballots-As he gets more desperate, there's nothing he won't do to try to save his pathetic orange ass. ALL states should preemptively prepare to defend Democracy! 🇺🇸 ✊
A gentle reminder: libraries are still here, still free, still open to everyone. No appointment required. No subscription fee. Just walk in.
Fox News correspondent Aishah Hasnie: "Fox News has not seen that evidence yet, and is not in a position to evaluate the accuracy of the president’s statements and claims at this time." Yeah, Fox is definitely playing it VERY cautiously here due to the $787 million Dominion payout.
Live your life so that when you pass, the world reacts like they did for Sam Neill.
Clarence Thomas says the 14th Amendment should be read narrowly because it was written for formerly enslaved people. By that logic, the 2nd Amendment was written for muskets, not AR-15s. Funny how that kind of originalism only shows up when it's convenient.
In which you are a refugee desperately fleeing for your life but also don’t want to ride a bus
A federal judge asked DOJ to put it under oath: Is the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund really dead? Todd Blanche said no. DOJ called the request “unnecessary.” If the fund is truly gone, why the refusal to swear to it in court? That question isn’t going away. We know why. Of course we do.
It took 250 years but American cops finally racially profiled a white guy
NBA Centel (MIRROR)@thenbacentel-m.bsky.social · 2mo agoNYPD thought Tyler Kolek was a fan and almost arrested him 😭😭 Original post
Shift drink: Reflecting Pool 1oz rum 1oz mezcal .75oz lime .75oz honey barspoon matcha muddled mint
The claim that "Israel wants to kill its way out of every problem" is the sort of thing that tends to draw a DOJ investigation and the blocking of federal funds when made by campus actors.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2mo agoVance blasts Israel’s response to Iran deal: “You're a country of nine million people. You can't just kill your way out of solving every single national security problem that you have.”
NEW: The tobacco company Reynolds American donated $5M to the Trump-backed super PAC MAGA Inc. on 4/30/2026. 8 days later, the Trump administration rolled out a new policy that could be very lucrative for Reynolds by allowing it to begin selling flavored vapes.
A $5 Million Donation From Big Tobacco Preceded F.D.A. Vape Decision
nytimes.com
They removed CD/DVD drives from PCs. -Made physical media harder to buy and use. -Removed expandable storage from phones. -Pushed us into streaming subscriptions. -Made always-online normal. -Made unlimited internet necessary. -Slowly raised the price of everything. Ownership quietly became renting.
The Portland Art Museum exhibit features more than 200 prints, collages, video, and photographic and iPad drawings by David Hockney.
British artist known as an icon of the 1960s has died at 88. See some of his most celebrated work in Portland
The Portland Art Museum exhibit features more than 200 prints, collages, video, and photographic and iPad drawings by David Hockney.
oregonlive.com
This is the first thing I've ever read that made sense to me about why traditional supply and demand pressures don't seem to affect vacant retail and office space.
Why Do Commercial Spaces Sit Vacant?
Instead of letting their commercial buildings sit empty, surely it would be better for landlords to lower the rent and got some use out of the building, right? Wrong. Here’s why.
archive.strongtowns.org
Some lawmakers in the Pacific Northwest are raising concerns after the U.S. Department of Justice removed an online manual detailing how the department prosecutes cases of election interference.
PNW lawmakers decry DOJ's purge of election manual
Some lawmakers in the Pacific Northwest are raising concerns after the United States Department of Justice removed an online manual detailing how to prosecute cases of election interference.
koin.com
