David Beffert
@dbeffert.bsky.social
Here for soccer along with Portland stuff, politics, economics, etc. #RCTID #BAONPDX
“Word of the “knit-ins” quickly spread by word of mouth and social media: when a friend at her local knitters guild mentioned the protest, knitwear designer Michele Lee Bernstein decided to attend to show that Portland wasn’t “burning to the ground”.”
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‘Weapons of mass construction’: the US ‘craftivists’ using yarn to fight back against Trump
Fiber artists across the US are using their craft to protest against everything from national guard deployments to rollbacks on abortion rights
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December 27, 2025 at 6:28 AM
“Word of the “knit-ins” quickly spread by word of mouth and social media: when a friend at her local knitters guild mentioned the protest, knitwear designer Michele Lee Bernstein decided to attend to show that Portland wasn’t “burning to the ground”.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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One of my favorite presents ever—my dad found and framed this pic of my mother @sunminkimes.bsky.social at a Seattle courthouse after she passed her US citizenship test in 1981. Like so many of the people who come here to start a new life, she is the best of us—the bravest, strongest person I know.
December 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
One of my favorite presents ever—my dad found and framed this pic of my mother @sunminkimes.bsky.social at a Seattle courthouse after she passed her US citizenship test in 1981. Like so many of the people who come here to start a new life, she is the best of us—the bravest, strongest person I know.
Give it up for universalist liberalism
What if welcoming newcomers *is* its way of life and story as a people? Huh? What then, bucko?
December 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Give it up for universalist liberalism
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vance is a genuine lunatic
JD VANCE THINKS BRITAIN & FRANCE ARE AMERICAS LIKELY ENEMIES.
The world is getting bizarrely screwed with this kind of bull being spewed out.
The world is getting bizarrely screwed with this kind of bull being spewed out.
December 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
vance is a genuine lunatic
The second Trump administration has really reinforced the idea for me that as bad as liberalism was as a paradigm in national politics (with fights being between the left and right poles of liberalism), it was probably the best we could do. And far preferable to this fascist hellscape.
I had missed this latest delirium by Adrian Vermeule on birthright citizenship
'Common law?! NAH, it's the Roman law of adoption that should govern the interpretation of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution!'
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'Common law?! NAH, it's the Roman law of adoption that should govern the interpretation of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution!'
thenewdigest.substack.com/p/immigratio...
December 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The second Trump administration has really reinforced the idea for me that as bad as liberalism was as a paradigm in national politics (with fights being between the left and right poles of liberalism), it was probably the best we could do. And far preferable to this fascist hellscape.
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Amid reported interest from Brazil, Antony says he is “100% adapted” in Portland.
“I’m focused on Portland, leaving any future matters in the hands of my staff.” #RCTID
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“I’m focused on Portland, leaving any future matters in the hands of my staff.” #RCTID
Full story ⬇️
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Timbers forward Antony addresses transfer speculation amid Brazilian interest | The Timber Review
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December 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Amid reported interest from Brazil, Antony says he is “100% adapted” in Portland.
“I’m focused on Portland, leaving any future matters in the hands of my staff.” #RCTID
Full story ⬇️
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“I’m focused on Portland, leaving any future matters in the hands of my staff.” #RCTID
Full story ⬇️
www.patreon.com/posts/timber...
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Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal https://theonion.com/think-tank-called-the-himmler-institute-assures-nation-this-all-legal/
December 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal https://theonion.com/think-tank-called-the-himmler-institute-assures-nation-this-all-legal/
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Coincidentally, we’ve been watching Knives Out with the family over this Christmas break. I’m excited to read this after we watch the last one tonight.
New, from me: Time for something fun - I wrote about themes and fashions of the Knives Out Universe (KOU). 🧵
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Exploring the Knives Out Universe
Are they just entertaining murder mysteries or something more?
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December 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Coincidentally, we’ve been watching Knives Out with the family over this Christmas break. I’m excited to read this after we watch the last one tonight.
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remember when the democrats decided to tactically stop pointing out that these people are weird freaks no one likes
Indiana State Senator wishes you a Merry Christmas by… posting images of himself assaulting Santa Claus.
Are the fascists okay?
Are the fascists okay?
December 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
remember when the democrats decided to tactically stop pointing out that these people are weird freaks no one likes
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Launching a violent conflict in celebration of the birth of the Prince of Peace, as one does.
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Trump Announces Christmas Day Strike Against ISIS in Nigeria
The president has previously said he would move to protect the country’s Christian population
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December 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Launching a violent conflict in celebration of the birth of the Prince of Peace, as one does.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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(trying to compliment my friend’s baby) wow man he’s so… tender, and… mild
December 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
(trying to compliment my friend’s baby) wow man he’s so… tender, and… mild
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I calculated a soccer-specific chess rating for 4,400 online games between ~100 players' accounts
Top 10:
1. Marten de Roon
2. Yussuf Poulsen
3. Antonee Robinson
4. Stefan de Vrij
5. Borna Sosa
6. Christian Pulisic
7. Michael Olise
8. Kevin Prince Boateng
9. N'Golo Kante
10. Josip Stanisic
Top 10:
1. Marten de Roon
2. Yussuf Poulsen
3. Antonee Robinson
4. Stefan de Vrij
5. Borna Sosa
6. Christian Pulisic
7. Michael Olise
8. Kevin Prince Boateng
9. N'Golo Kante
10. Josip Stanisic
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I calculated a soccer-specific chess rating for 4,400 online games between ~100 players' accounts
Top 10:
1. Marten de Roon
2. Yussuf Poulsen
3. Antonee Robinson
4. Stefan de Vrij
5. Borna Sosa
6. Christian Pulisic
7. Michael Olise
8. Kevin Prince Boateng
9. N'Golo Kante
10. Josip Stanisic
Top 10:
1. Marten de Roon
2. Yussuf Poulsen
3. Antonee Robinson
4. Stefan de Vrij
5. Borna Sosa
6. Christian Pulisic
7. Michael Olise
8. Kevin Prince Boateng
9. N'Golo Kante
10. Josip Stanisic
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Take every excuse you can get to cook a delicious meal, hug your loved ones, give to others, and spread light in the darkest part of the year.
December 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Take every excuse you can get to cook a delicious meal, hug your loved ones, give to others, and spread light in the darkest part of the year.
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a lot of people don't realize that Christmas carols and traditions are actually folk memories of suppressed pre-Christian events, namely the end of the Third Age and the Fall of Sauron.
December 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
a lot of people don't realize that Christmas carols and traditions are actually folk memories of suppressed pre-Christian events, namely the end of the Third Age and the Fall of Sauron.
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A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
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Who needs a village when you can have parking lots?
December 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Who needs a village when you can have parking lots?
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Congratulations to Eric Miller on re-signing where it all started! His first professional match was for Portland U-23s, May 15, 2012 at Jeld-Wen, a day he scored his first professional goal (and received his first professional booking)! #RCTID
December 24, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Congratulations to Eric Miller on re-signing where it all started! His first professional match was for Portland U-23s, May 15, 2012 at Jeld-Wen, a day he scored his first professional goal (and received his first professional booking)! #RCTID
On another note, I read a lot of non-soccer books too this year and this was by far my favorite. The writing and insight are incredible. It is not a dry history book! It's lively but also benefits from a lifetime of academic engagement in the subject.
www.powells.com/book/summer-...
www.powells.com/book/summer-...
Summer of Fire & Blood The German Peasants War | Powell's Books
A Finalist for the Cundill Prize in History From a prize-winning historian, the definitive account of the sixteenth-century uprising that revolutionized Europe "Powerful." ―Wall Street Journal The G...
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December 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
On another note, I read a lot of non-soccer books too this year and this was by far my favorite. The writing and insight are incredible. It is not a dry history book! It's lively but also benefits from a lifetime of academic engagement in the subject.
www.powells.com/book/summer-...
www.powells.com/book/summer-...
It’s the end of the year, so here’s a thread of soccer books I read and enjoyed in 2025.
December 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
It’s the end of the year, so here’s a thread of soccer books I read and enjoyed in 2025.
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Kavanaugh tries to put the "Kavanaugh Stops" genie back in the bottle
Kavanaugh goes out of his way to pen a footnote not having to deal with the case at hand.
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
December 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Kavanaugh tries to put the "Kavanaugh Stops" genie back in the bottle
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Whoops I lied... 🙃
What is the new High Impact rule and what does it mean for the Portland Thorns? #BAONPDX
📸: @kelseybaker.bsky.social
More here on HOW the HIP rule impacts the team 👇
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What is the new High Impact rule and what does it mean for the Portland Thorns? #BAONPDX
📸: @kelseybaker.bsky.social
More here on HOW the HIP rule impacts the team 👇
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Commentary: How the High Impact Player rule impacts the Portland Thorns
What is the new High Impact rule and what does it mean for the Portland Thorns?
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December 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Whoops I lied... 🙃
What is the new High Impact rule and what does it mean for the Portland Thorns? #BAONPDX
📸: @kelseybaker.bsky.social
More here on HOW the HIP rule impacts the team 👇
stumptown-footy.ghost.io/comment-how-...
What is the new High Impact rule and what does it mean for the Portland Thorns? #BAONPDX
📸: @kelseybaker.bsky.social
More here on HOW the HIP rule impacts the team 👇
stumptown-footy.ghost.io/comment-how-...