Eric and his dog, Tucker
pdxerl.bsky.social
Eric and his dog, Tucker
@pdxerl.bsky.social
New motto: Move carefully and fix things.

Still trying to stay sane and dry after nearly 20 years in 🌧 Portland (after Mpls, Santa Cruz, …)

PFP is Tucker. He won't take a picture of me, so you'll have to settle for this one of him. 🇺🇲 🗣️ 🇩🇪 🇮🇹
Pinned
Hello blue sky, and snowy cascades!
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Where on earth does the Trump administration get off talking about half of the country this way? What a sick way to talk about the political opposition.

Democrat, Republican, whatever—we are ALL Americans.

We need to show Trump what WE think with our voices and our votes.
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
October 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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The Off Beat will start a new era for the building that housed the landmark Kenton strip club Dancin’ Bare.
Friends of Noise’s New All-Ages Venue Opens Next Month
Chris Young
www.wweek.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Anyone surprised?
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Indeed! And this should be a direct link to that preference:

www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
Quick PSA: if you have a LinkedIn account this newly introduced setting is ON by default. Highly recommend you go turn it off unless you're fine with feeding the AI beast.
September 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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I know most folks on Bsky have left Facebook & for good reason, but I think it's important to note how that platform is distorting our information environment & breaking the brains of our fellow citizens. See, for example, the case of former local TV news anchor & shameless propagandist, Rick Dancer
June 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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I wonder why *in the intelligence world* it might be difficult to export information directly off a computer
May 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Cheerful thought for the day: There's a non-zero chance it lands on putin!

gizmodo.com/after-53-yea...
After 53 Years, a Failed Soviet Venus Spacecraft Is Crashing Back to Earth
The spacecraft suffered an engine anomaly that left it stuck in Earth's orbit for decades, and now it's slated for an uncontrolled reentry.
gizmodo.com
May 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Wow, this dude has goals! What a go-getter! I'm so impressed. If only I were half the man he is.

🤭

Actually, unlike this guy, I've got a nice life... so I'll just go back to it.

#stretch_goals #wasted_life #life_without_purpose
May 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Despicable
Please highlight this story.

ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.

kfor.com/news/local/w...
'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
kfor.com
April 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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The Port is the latest group to buckle under the Trump administration’s threat of cutting federal funding if organizations don’t disavow their own diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Port of Portland rescinds social equity policy, citing Trump executive order and federal funding
The Port is the latest group to buckle under the Trump administration’s threat of cutting federal funding if organizations don’t disavow their own diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
www.oregonlive.com
April 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Evil russians should stay in russia, not be welcomed to sing. Please sign the petition!
Soon after I reported last week, that Putin's mate Anna Netrebko had been invited to perform at the Royal Opera House, someone started an online petition.

Only 3,200 signatures so far. I'm sure we can get this to 50,000 soon, can't we?

CLICK HERE:
www.change.org/p/stop-anna-...
April 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Everyone go report this as inaccurate.
Look at this shit Google is pulling with Abrego-Garcia search results of the documents released by the DOJ. The results summary is completely misleading:
April 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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April 15, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Wordle 1,396 1/6*

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

My third Wordle-in-One!

(good fortune which I apparently share with 0.2% of solvers today)
April 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
hahahaha this is a funny one. Today will be the first time I've ever mentioned Chomsky here: And so... fuck Noam Chomsky, apologist for the russian genocide in Ukraine!
April 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Yes! I remember reading about them doing this in Gujarat.

www.bbc.com/future/artic...
March 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Sad trombone
March 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
che brutto stronzo
Italian football legend Totti set to visit Moscow for betting event, drawing criticism during Russian aggression.

🧵 1/4
March 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Languages are hard. One must, for instance, always be careful to not mix up formication and fornication.
February 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I remember being disgusted to learn that in 1981, Ronnie Reagan removed the solar panels Jimmy Carter put on the White House.

Now, here come Donnie and feLonnie to outdo them all. Break everything! Let's go back to the 1950s!

I'm really missing the relative sanity of the 1980s🤯

Leaded gas yay!!!!
The GSA is shutting down its EV chargers, calling them ‘not mission critical’
The GSA operates hundreds of EV charging stations with thousands of plugs.
www.theverge.com
February 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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February 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
There are many reasons I NEVER, ever buy HP products. Here's a new one!
HP adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone support calls
Longer wait time designed to push print or PC users to online support, sorry, 'self-solve'
www.theregister.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:35 AM