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  they're showing the matrix movies on broadcast television locally and I've been watching tonight while I fold laundry and I've got to say, it's remarkable to me that the effective altruism/AI/tech bullshit crowd watched these films and decided, you know what we want you know what's the best move it's to get in early on the evil slaver robots side of things

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  must say this 37 hour long biography of Warren Buffett is REALLY efficient at putting me to sleep I mean I go out of my way to find dull audiobooks but boy howdy

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  explaining, lovingly but VERY firmly, that even when we are upset that someone has been on a long work trip, it is NEVER acceptable to urinate on either their clothing or the bathroom rug we have ways to express our feelings without quite this much piss, thank you

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  oh, this is REALLY good news, both for @ProPublica@newsie.social and @propublicaguild@union.place AND for every one of us who has ever relied on them to tell the truth about what happened to us congratulations and I hope this means good things for all involved #SOLIDARITY! #UNION! https://www.propublicaguild.org/updates/propublica-guild-ratifies-first-contract

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  also, kind of a big deal: they finally stuck a fork in this one via @Toastie@journa.host https://www.hcn.org/articles/tribally-contested-badger-mountain-solar-project-canceled-by-developer/

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  if you're in #Eugene and have always wanted an old Singer, there's a cute one at Bring (or at least it was there at closing yesterday) #sewing

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  #SilentSunday

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  aww see, folks, this is what we lose if we lose the National Historic Preservation Act we lose Ursula K. LeGuin's house https://www.oregonlive.com/hg/2026/07/this-literary-giants-portland-home-just-became-a-national-historic-landmark.html?gift=aa2f7d47-3a25-4fa9-8bc0-ed8ffbcec018

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  hey US folks if you aren't seeing law enforcement/right wing infiltrators in the progressive spaces you frequent it's not because they aren't there this public service announcement brought to you by what's certainly starting to look to me like a coordinated infiltration campaign in western Oregon and Washington be thoughtful out there, and aware of your history

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  #SilentSunday

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  #SilentSunday

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  in a just world, Mitch McConnell has been detained by ice

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  my kid has bought a used Dell enterprise laptop at university surplus and installed Linux Mint on it we're currently trying to figure out which battery it takes so we can order a replacement (there are two options, one is 3 cells and one is 4) anyhow fedi levels are like 94% and rising in the household at this time, just thought y'all should know

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  planned parenthood ONCE AGAIN coming in clutch when I need emergency gynecological care which is why we must protect and defend them when you really absolutely need it dealt with ASAP they are there for you sometimes you have to drive a long way to the clinic but THEY WILL HELP YOU ❤️

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  RE: https://ecoevo.social/@sarae/116862834715942012 in Nate Bowling's comments, talking about open source, "evil," ecological v technological metaphors, and Rebecca Solnit's latest book, which I feel like we should all read (or listen to -- she reads it herself) and discuss at length

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  do not put crustaceans in your underwear no like seriously do not https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2026/07/does-she-have-crab-in-her-bra-washington-officers-say-4-hid-21-crabs-in-clothing.html?gift=a2af9c25-b213-422c-a3c0-481162675aab

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  it's almost #Caturday here and I think you need to understand just how large Grandcat Gerald's feet are I am going to miss him when he departs for the kid's new apartment but I'm not going to miss the 6" long cat hair getting into everything

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  regarding that REI #boycott, here's the latest from the #labor council: #union is asking us to skip the anniversary sale and consider additional actions in support of workers https://www.thestand.org/2026/05/support-the-rei-boycott/

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  it's really hard to give inspiring talks to civil servants and people who care about our shared history (in all its fucked up glory) in today's world but I tried real hard today to keep the lights on and talk about shared values and collaboration and working from a place of good humor and collegiality but wow I was exhausted by the time I got out of Portland

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  lots of spring Chinook running up the Umpqua tonight! https://www.youtube.com/live/S9K9exiUamI

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  #SilentSunday

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  highlight of this year's master gardener show and sale at the Douglas County fairgrounds: Fred Alley's stall selling repaired and refurbished garden tools a little early for #SolarpunkSunday, but 😉

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  how anyone could not take all this into consideration, I do not know I genuinely cannot understand

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  it's rhododendron season again #bloomscrolling

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  hey folks, since measles is going around, I asked my doctor to check and make sure I'm immune good news: I am immune to measles! what I'm NOT immune to is Hepatitis B if you're middle aged, get your immunity checked, this is the second time I've lost immunity to something I was vaccinated for as a kid

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  hey #Washington folks: labor workshops on May 2, register now and you will have something to look forward to after the general strike https://www.thestand.org/2026/04/south-sound-labor-school-returns-for-spring-session/

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  gooses and baaaby gooses!

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  I think at this point we should all agree that the Butlerian Jihad IS about Judith Butler we're going to need inspirational philosophers if we want to win the robot war and restore human dignity and honestly most dudes in philosophy are turning out to be perverts

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  #SilentSunday

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  spouse used a graphics program that runs photos through a filter to make a coloring book for the union local it didn't do a great job with the text of picket signs so there's one that says NO WAGE CATS