Mark Friesen
@mfriesen.bsky.social
Maps, data, journalism @oregonian | @mujschool grad | MS Cartography/GIS Dev @uwmadisongeog | Your creature comforts aren’t the only things worth fighting for.
Fine @robwdavis.bsky.social piece @propublica.org on how anger, conspiracy theories and poor state messaging doomed Oregon's wildfire risk map. www.propublica.org/article/oreg...
August 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Fine @robwdavis.bsky.social piece @propublica.org on how anger, conspiracy theories and poor state messaging doomed Oregon's wildfire risk map. www.propublica.org/article/oreg...
NEW 🗺️: DOJ releases a new list of "sanctuary jurisdictions" with 12 states, 18 cities and 4 counties. A previous list had 14 states, 200 cities and nearly 400 counties. Portland and Oregon remain on the list.
August 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
NEW 🗺️: DOJ releases a new list of "sanctuary jurisdictions" with 12 states, 18 cities and 4 counties. A previous list had 14 states, 200 cities and nearly 400 counties. Portland and Oregon remain on the list.
My friend Dave has restored a sweet '68 912 coupe in Irish green, so if you're a car nerd with some American green to throw, check it! And don't miss the video in the BaT listing bringatrailer.com/listing/1968...
1968 Porsche 912 Coupe 5-Speed
Bid for the chance to own a 1968 Porsche 912 Coupe 5-Speed at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #187,965.
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April 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
My friend Dave has restored a sweet '68 912 coupe in Irish green, so if you're a car nerd with some American green to throw, check it! And don't miss the video in the BaT listing bringatrailer.com/listing/1968...
Vive la France!
The AP was banned from the event but the French press corps conspired to get a US AP reporter inside and insisted she be allowed to ask her question.
French Resistance Steps in After AP Banned From Trump-Macron Presser
The Paris Press Corps today ensured that an AP reporter could enter and ask a question.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Vive la France!
Reposted by Mark Friesen
Tom Homan asks “where is that line,” as if it is mysterious or unknowable. It’s not. Tom’s saying it that way because he’s too much of a coward just to say “she should be arrested for telling people their rights.” Also, to be fair, he may be too dim to understand the line.
Tom Homan confirms on Fox News that he's asked the DOJ to investigate AOC
February 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Tom Homan asks “where is that line,” as if it is mysterious or unknowable. It’s not. Tom’s saying it that way because he’s too much of a coward just to say “she should be arrested for telling people their rights.” Also, to be fair, he may be too dim to understand the line.
This feels like a subplot in a '90s mob movie. "You work for US now, mayor."
There’s a benefit called “pretrial diversion” where, extremely rarely, the feds will dismiss criminal charges against you if you stay out of trouble for a while.
Never seen it as “if you run a major city the way we want for a year.”
Never seen it as “if you run a major city the way we want for a year.”
“You are directed … to dismiss the pending charges in United States v. Adams, No. 24 Cr. 556 (SDNY)…. The Justice Department has reached this conclusion without assessing the strength of the evidence or the legal theories on which the case is based”
February 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This feels like a subplot in a '90s mob movie. "You work for US now, mayor."
To not understand (as VP!) that normies (even those that voted for you) will quickly tire of and begin to resent the onslaught of chaos requires a level of terminal Online Brain that is quite remarkable.
February 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM
To not understand (as VP!) that normies (even those that voted for you) will quickly tire of and begin to resent the onslaught of chaos requires a level of terminal Online Brain that is quite remarkable.
I can’t tell you how much I’d rather spend the next four years listening to British podcaster dudes talk about the effects of lorry logistics and railroad gauges on the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941
January 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I can’t tell you how much I’d rather spend the next four years listening to British podcaster dudes talk about the effects of lorry logistics and railroad gauges on the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941
Aw, Steve's the best!
Watching live news coverage of the Pacific Palisades fire and Steve Guttenburg appears out of the smoke to provide a PSA.
January 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Aw, Steve's the best!
Dog owner’s cardinal rule of finding unexpected dog vomit: Always look for the Second Location.
a brown and white dog wearing a floral collar
ALT: a brown and white dog wearing a floral collar
media.tenor.com
December 20, 2024 at 3:19 AM
Dog owner’s cardinal rule of finding unexpected dog vomit: Always look for the Second Location.
How every Oregon precinct voted in the 2024 presidential race and how they shifted from 2020. #orpol #dataviz www.oregonlive.com/data/2024/12...
December 17, 2024 at 12:07 AM
How every Oregon precinct voted in the 2024 presidential race and how they shifted from 2020. #orpol #dataviz www.oregonlive.com/data/2024/12...
You: Distressed your favorite childhood show is 25 years old.
Me: Still sometimes inadvertently thinking of “Infidels” as “new” Bob Dylan.
Me: Still sometimes inadvertently thinking of “Infidels” as “new” Bob Dylan.
a cartoon of spongebob and mr. krabs with the question " what "
ALT: a cartoon of spongebob and mr. krabs with the question " what "
media.tenor.com
December 16, 2024 at 3:10 AM
You: Distressed your favorite childhood show is 25 years old.
Me: Still sometimes inadvertently thinking of “Infidels” as “new” Bob Dylan.
Me: Still sometimes inadvertently thinking of “Infidels” as “new” Bob Dylan.
Reposted by Mark Friesen
Ranked-choice voting survived in Alaska — barely. It prevailed by a mere 664 votes, and would have been repealed were it not for areas with large populations of Alaska Natives provided the winning margin against Measure 2.
boltsmag.org/alaska-...
boltsmag.org/alaska-...
November 23, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Ranked-choice voting survived in Alaska — barely. It prevailed by a mere 664 votes, and would have been repealed were it not for areas with large populations of Alaska Natives provided the winning margin against Measure 2.
boltsmag.org/alaska-...
boltsmag.org/alaska-...
Bluesky really nailing the reaction gif thing. Comedy gold!
November 16, 2024 at 5:38 AM
Bluesky really nailing the reaction gif thing. Comedy gold!
Reposted by Mark Friesen
Democrats have the majority for less than two more months. I'll be using every second to push for passage of my PRESS Act to protect journalists from government spying and surveillance.
NEW: Legislation that would bar the United States government from spying on journalists—except under rare, specific circumstances—is currently stalled in Congress.
Now, with only weeks left to legislate, press advocates are urging Senate Democrats to pass the bill, known as the PRESS Act.
Now, with only weeks left to legislate, press advocates are urging Senate Democrats to pass the bill, known as the PRESS Act.
Senate Democrats Are Running Out of Time to Pass a Shield Law to Protect Journalism
The PRESS Act, which would protect journalists from government spying, enjoys broad bipartisan support and has passed the House—but it’s unclear whether the Senate will take it up.
www.wired.com
November 14, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Democrats have the majority for less than two more months. I'll be using every second to push for passage of my PRESS Act to protect journalists from government spying and surveillance.
Reposted by Mark Friesen
He might be our greatest poster
July 15, 2024 at 3:07 AM
He might be our greatest poster
Reposted by Mark Friesen
This is an important thread to read and really absorb why Christian evangelical (and right wing) support for Israel is deeply, deeply fucked up and every time you see them doing it you have to remember this is at the core of their belief system.
If you have not actually studied dispensational premillennialist theology, the critical part to know is that even though Israel must exist for the "end times" checklist to begin, later steps of the checklist explicitly involve all Jewish people forcibly converted to Christianity or dead.
October 9, 2023 at 1:51 AM
This is an important thread to read and really absorb why Christian evangelical (and right wing) support for Israel is deeply, deeply fucked up and every time you see them doing it you have to remember this is at the core of their belief system.
One forgets, sometimes, how great a song The Ballad of El Goodo is. Don’t let this happen to you! youtu.be/_9DCwmyVl38?...
Big Star - The Ballad of El Goodo (Official Lyric Video)
The official lyric video for "The Ballad of El Goodo," from the Big Star album “#1 Record.”The 180-gram vinyl reissue of “#1 Record” now available: https://...
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October 9, 2023 at 12:32 AM
One forgets, sometimes, how great a song The Ballad of El Goodo is. Don’t let this happen to you! youtu.be/_9DCwmyVl38?...
No zombie symptoms. What a ripoff.
October 4, 2023 at 6:19 PM
No zombie symptoms. What a ripoff.
Beyond the weirdness of this column I totally didn't expect the author's wikipedia page to start like this
September 26, 2023 at 5:04 PM
Beyond the weirdness of this column I totally didn't expect the author's wikipedia page to start like this