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1. Campaign on big issues that are directly relevant to your voters
2. Don't get distracted from point one
3. Present as a decent human with manageable baggage
4. Don't be old as fuck.
Go forth and do likewise
2. Don't get distracted from point one
3. Present as a decent human with manageable baggage
4. Don't be old as fuck.
Go forth and do likewise
Several European left-wing officials said they had been in contact with members of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign in New York in the hope of emulating his success in future local elections.
www.politico.eu/article/zohr...
www.politico.eu/article/zohr...
Europe’s left flocks to New York to take notes on Mamdani’s meteoric rise
Several European left-wing officials said they had been in contact with members of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign in New York in the hope of emulating his success in future local elections.
www.politico.eu
November 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
1. Campaign on big issues that are directly relevant to your voters
2. Don't get distracted from point one
3. Present as a decent human with manageable baggage
4. Don't be old as fuck.
Go forth and do likewise
2. Don't get distracted from point one
3. Present as a decent human with manageable baggage
4. Don't be old as fuck.
Go forth and do likewise
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Put a quack in charge, expect to be royally ducked.
October 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Put a quack in charge, expect to be royally ducked.
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They're not even trying to hide it anymore.
Steve Bannon Just Assured People That Trump Has A 'Plan' To Stay In Office In 2028 In Alarming New Interview
www.comicsands.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
They're not even trying to hide it anymore.
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History has many painful lessons.
October 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
History has many painful lessons.
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🎉 Giveaway Time! 🥳
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🔗 Spread word of Pathfinder: Abomination Vaults for a chance to win: bit.ly/PAVSteamDeck
⏳ Competition ends 31st October!
Enter now to explore dungeons, battle monsters, and uncover epic treasure on your very own Steam Deck.
🔗 Spread word of Pathfinder: Abomination Vaults for a chance to win: bit.ly/PAVSteamDeck
⏳ Competition ends 31st October!
October 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🎉 Giveaway Time! 🥳
Enter now to explore dungeons, battle monsters, and uncover epic treasure on your very own Steam Deck.
🔗 Spread word of Pathfinder: Abomination Vaults for a chance to win: bit.ly/PAVSteamDeck
⏳ Competition ends 31st October!
Enter now to explore dungeons, battle monsters, and uncover epic treasure on your very own Steam Deck.
🔗 Spread word of Pathfinder: Abomination Vaults for a chance to win: bit.ly/PAVSteamDeck
⏳ Competition ends 31st October!
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Wounded Knee is a dark stain upon our nation’s history. We must remember it for what it truly was, not for what white nationalists would have it be.
September 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Wounded Knee is a dark stain upon our nation’s history. We must remember it for what it truly was, not for what white nationalists would have it be.
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The report issued Tuesday by experts commissioned by the United Nations' Human Rights Council calls on the international community to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible.
A UN inquiry accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza, joining a rising chorus
The report issued Tuesday by experts commissioned by the United Nations' Human Rights Council calls on the international community to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible.
n.pr
September 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The report issued Tuesday by experts commissioned by the United Nations' Human Rights Council calls on the international community to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible.
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These are the #BDS consumer boycott targets named in the ground breaking report "From economy of occupation to economy of genocide" by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.
Read more: bdsmovement.net/news/naming-...
Read more: bdsmovement.net/news/naming-...
July 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
These are the #BDS consumer boycott targets named in the ground breaking report "From economy of occupation to economy of genocide" by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.
Read more: bdsmovement.net/news/naming-...
Read more: bdsmovement.net/news/naming-...
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The former rabbi of Washington, D.C.'s largest synagogue denounces starvation in Gaza, joining more than 1,000 rabbis and Jewish leaders from across the world petitioning Israel.
More than 1,000 rabbis and Jewish leaders denounce starvation in Gaza
The former rabbi of Washington, D.C.'s largest synagogue denounces starvation in Gaza, joining more than 1,000 rabbis and Jewish leaders from across the world petitioning Israel.
n.pr
August 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The former rabbi of Washington, D.C.'s largest synagogue denounces starvation in Gaza, joining more than 1,000 rabbis and Jewish leaders from across the world petitioning Israel.
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This is where the Trump regime sent people innocent of any crime.
July 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is where the Trump regime sent people innocent of any crime.
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Zohran Mamdani has come under fire for what his critics perceive as unrealistic policies. But one progressive economist regards him as a model for any politician seeking to counter the rise of right-wing populists.
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June 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Zohran Mamdani has come under fire for what his critics perceive as unrealistic policies. But one progressive economist regards him as a model for any politician seeking to counter the rise of right-wing populists.
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If you think ICE is bad now, just wait till they hire 10,000 more agents and open more concentration camps.
June 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
If you think ICE is bad now, just wait till they hire 10,000 more agents and open more concentration camps.
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Most people are familiar with the green, spicy paste served next to sushi or sashimi, but the vast majority of folks in the U.S. have been eating dyed-green horseradish.
Fresh wasabi is hard to get in the US — unless you live in Oregon
Jennifer Bloeser and Markus Mead of Oregon Coast Wasabi started growing wasabi in the backyard as a shade plant. Now they're one of just four wasabi growers in North America. Says Mead: “Wasabi is light phobic, so it loves the fog in the summer, it loves the rain in the winter, so the Oregon Coast is fairly perfect.”
www.opb.org
June 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Most people are familiar with the green, spicy paste served next to sushi or sashimi, but the vast majority of folks in the U.S. have been eating dyed-green horseradish.
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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has signed into law a bill that provides unemployment benefits to striking workers. The measure makes Oregon the first state to provide such pay for picketing public employees, who aren't allowed to strike in most states.
Oregon governor signs bill providing unemployment pay for striking workers
Oregon’s measure makes it the first state to provide pay for picketing public employees — who aren’t allowed to strike in most states, let alone receive benefits for it. It makes striking workers eligible to collect unemployment benefits after two weeks, with benefits capped at 10 weeks.
www.opb.org
June 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has signed into law a bill that provides unemployment benefits to striking workers. The measure makes Oregon the first state to provide such pay for picketing public employees, who aren't allowed to strike in most states.
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They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
June 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
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Oregon State University and the University of Oregon this week joined 22 higher education institutions seeking to support Harvard University in its lawsuit against the Trump administration over funding cuts and freezes.
2 Oregon universities back up Harvard in lawsuit against the Trump administration
The two schools join 22 research institutions backing Harvard in its legal battle.
www.oregonlive.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Oregon State University and the University of Oregon this week joined 22 higher education institutions seeking to support Harvard University in its lawsuit against the Trump administration over funding cuts and freezes.
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Performers who do stunt and voice work for video games went on strike in July after reaching a stalemate in negotiations over how companies can use A.I. in game development.
Performers and video game companies reach deal that ends nearly year-long strike
Performers who do stunt and voice work for video games went on strike in July after reaching a stalemate in negotiations over how companies can use A.I. in game development.
n.pr
June 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Performers who do stunt and voice work for video games went on strike in July after reaching a stalemate in negotiations over how companies can use A.I. in game development.
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2-Year-Old Unaware He’s Basis For 6 Couples’ Decisions Not To Have Kids
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April 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
2-Year-Old Unaware He’s Basis For 6 Couples’ Decisions Not To Have Kids
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As it's come up a couple of times recently: The concept of "Trump's Razor" ("With Donald Trump, the correct answer for why he's done something is usually the stupidest") was proposed years ago by @joshtpm.bsky.social, and I was the one to give it a title. Josh was the inventor, I was the marketing.
April 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
As it's come up a couple of times recently: The concept of "Trump's Razor" ("With Donald Trump, the correct answer for why he's done something is usually the stupidest") was proposed years ago by @joshtpm.bsky.social, and I was the one to give it a title. Josh was the inventor, I was the marketing.
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The Trump administration has drafted a memo to Congress outlining its intent to end nearly all federal funding for public media, which includes NPR and PBS, according to a White House official who spoke to NPR.
Trump plans order to cut funding for NPR and PBS
President Trump and GOP members of Congress have accused the public broadcasters of biased and "woke" programming. The president plans a rescission, which would give Congress 45 days to approve the di...
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Trump administration has drafted a memo to Congress outlining its intent to end nearly all federal funding for public media, which includes NPR and PBS, according to a White House official who spoke to NPR.
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Le Guin was 100% right when she called Harry Potter "ethically mean spirited". People focus on her critique of the prose of the book, or the style, or the fact it's bland. But, I think, Le Guin saw Rowling for who she really was, and wouldn't be surprised at the terf Rowling is now
February 18, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Le Guin was 100% right when she called Harry Potter "ethically mean spirited". People focus on her critique of the prose of the book, or the style, or the fact it's bland. But, I think, Le Guin saw Rowling for who she really was, and wouldn't be surprised at the terf Rowling is now
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I've seen some people saying how "AI"-generated text is now as good as certain published authors, and honestly I think it's really brave for these folks to admit in public how poor their reading comprehension has to be
April 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I've seen some people saying how "AI"-generated text is now as good as certain published authors, and honestly I think it's really brave for these folks to admit in public how poor their reading comprehension has to be
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Last week’s ouster of the Waldport mayor split the 2,200-resident town, as many of the most vocal residents side with her.
Things get ugly as mayor of Oregon coast town arrested amid tempest at city council meeting
Last week’s ouster of the Waldport mayor split the 2,200-resident town, as many of the most vocal residents side with her.
www.oregonlive.com
April 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Last week’s ouster of the Waldport mayor split the 2,200-resident town, as many of the most vocal residents side with her.
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Video of a student in my town who wrote a political op-ed being grabbed off the street by government agents bsky.app/profile/pale...
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Video of a student in my town who wrote a political op-ed being grabbed off the street by government agents bsky.app/profile/pale...