Steve Portigal
@steveportigal.bsky.social
Superb user research consultant; author of Doorbells, Danger and Dead Batteries & Interviewing Users (http://portigal.com/books), Host
Dollars To Donuts podcast
Dollars To Donuts podcast
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And now some personal news! My book Occupied Minds is for sale on Amazon!
I hope you’ll check it out. It’s only $2.99!
www.amazon.com/Occupied-Min...
I hope you’ll check it out. It’s only $2.99!
www.amazon.com/Occupied-Min...
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It’s no longer shocking that Trump uses his power to target an outspoken opponent—that’s the hallmark of authoritarianism.
What’s remarkable is that he did it less than 24 hours after signing a bill letting 8 GOP senators embezzle $500k–$1M from taxpayers.
What’s remarkable is that he did it less than 24 hours after signing a bill letting 8 GOP senators embezzle $500k–$1M from taxpayers.
November 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
It’s no longer shocking that Trump uses his power to target an outspoken opponent—that’s the hallmark of authoritarianism.
What’s remarkable is that he did it less than 24 hours after signing a bill letting 8 GOP senators embezzle $500k–$1M from taxpayers.
What’s remarkable is that he did it less than 24 hours after signing a bill letting 8 GOP senators embezzle $500k–$1M from taxpayers.
OH NO!
‘Poker Face’ Canceled at Peacock, Rian Johnson Shops New Version With Peter Dinklage Taking Over for Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale
'Poker Face' has been canceled at Peacock after two seasons. Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne are shopping a new version starring Peter Dinklage.
variety.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
OH NO!
Great framework from @leahgreenberg.bsky.social in today's "What's the Plan" - I heard it as a 2x2 assessment of how much of a fighter a Dem is (or not) - on one axis is how progressive they are, but on the other axis is how much they see today's situation as an emergency - super insightful
November 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Great framework from @leahgreenberg.bsky.social in today's "What's the Plan" - I heard it as a 2x2 assessment of how much of a fighter a Dem is (or not) - on one axis is how progressive they are, but on the other axis is how much they see today's situation as an emergency - super insightful
I don't follow much celeb goss because it mostly involves people I haven't heard of or don't care about, but Ozzy-fam vs. Roger Waters is the sweet spot for me of people saying mean things to people who are assholes. Lots of fun details! (though objectively awful of course)
The Osbourne Family Slams Roger Waters for Insulting Ozzy After His Death: ‘A Miserable, Ugly Human Being’ and a ‘F—ing C—‘
Sharon, Jack and Kelly Osbourne are slamming Pink Floyd's Roger Waters for insulting Ozzy Osbourne after the latter's death.
variety.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I don't follow much celeb goss because it mostly involves people I haven't heard of or don't care about, but Ozzy-fam vs. Roger Waters is the sweet spot for me of people saying mean things to people who are assholes. Lots of fun details! (though objectively awful of course)
GOP Tired: sex with 8-year olds
GOP Wired: sex with 15-year olds
(or something like that, bad taste skeet, I know, but the GOP minions trying to make the pedophile ring okay for reasons like this is in extremely bad taste already)
GOP Wired: sex with 15-year olds
(or something like that, bad taste skeet, I know, but the GOP minions trying to make the pedophile ring okay for reasons like this is in extremely bad taste already)
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
GOP Tired: sex with 8-year olds
GOP Wired: sex with 15-year olds
(or something like that, bad taste skeet, I know, but the GOP minions trying to make the pedophile ring okay for reasons like this is in extremely bad taste already)
GOP Wired: sex with 15-year olds
(or something like that, bad taste skeet, I know, but the GOP minions trying to make the pedophile ring okay for reasons like this is in extremely bad taste already)
Okay so there's
1. The 3 emails the NYT just published (bad bad)
2. The shit-ton of emails the R's just released to try and drown us (really f'n bad)
3. The "files" which they are going to vote on next week (we have no idea)
#shakesHead
1. The 3 emails the NYT just published (bad bad)
2. The shit-ton of emails the R's just released to try and drown us (really f'n bad)
3. The "files" which they are going to vote on next week (we have no idea)
#shakesHead
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Okay so there's
1. The 3 emails the NYT just published (bad bad)
2. The shit-ton of emails the R's just released to try and drown us (really f'n bad)
3. The "files" which they are going to vote on next week (we have no idea)
#shakesHead
1. The 3 emails the NYT just published (bad bad)
2. The shit-ton of emails the R's just released to try and drown us (really f'n bad)
3. The "files" which they are going to vote on next week (we have no idea)
#shakesHead
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BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
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This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
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UPDATE — Here are the at least 11 congressional Democrats, 15 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 8 Democratic candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
UPDATE — Here are the at least 11 congressional Democrats, 15 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 8 Democratic candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:
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I just walked out of federal court where I pleaded NOT GUILTY to the charges against me.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
November 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I just walked out of federal court where I pleaded NOT GUILTY to the charges against me.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
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Adelita Grijalva is FINALLY sworn in and is now officially a member of Congress
November 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Adelita Grijalva is FINALLY sworn in and is now officially a member of Congress
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BREAKING: Federal judge in Mass. issues a new TRO in the SNAP benefits challenges, this one in the multistate challenge, ordering that — at least — contingency fund payments be released by noon Thursday. She also continues blocking the 11/8 directive that states "undo" full SNAP benefit payments.
![For the reasons stated below, the court GRANTS a
temporary restraining order staying enforcement against the states for following the United
States Department of Agriculture’s (“USDA”) conflicting Notices to State Agencies dated
October 10, October 24, November 4, November 5, and November 8, 2025, regarding
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“SNAP”) benefits for November 2025.1
The court
1
The SNAP program is detailed in the court’s Memorandum & Order [Doc. No. 26], which is
incorporated in full herein by reference.
Case 1:25-cv-13165-IT Document 101 Filed 11/12/25 Page 1 of 24
2
further orders USDA to release to SNAP/EBT processing vendors by 12:00 p.m., November 13,
2025, at minimum the SNAP Contingency Funds that the USDA previously assured the court
were being released. This order does not limit the USDA from exercising its discretion and
releasing 100% SNAP funding by that date and time.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreib2gqtdrut74zrxgyfmpyekdoctt3odbbjveij7zswo4d6k47hfkq@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
BREAKING: Federal judge in Mass. issues a new TRO in the SNAP benefits challenges, this one in the multistate challenge, ordering that — at least — contingency fund payments be released by noon Thursday. She also continues blocking the 11/8 directive that states "undo" full SNAP benefit payments.
It's now called The Sitch Room
November 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
It's now called The Sitch Room
So the Epstein news today is *not* the release of the files being held up by the not-swearing-in of Grijalva?
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
So the Epstein news today is *not* the release of the files being held up by the not-swearing-in of Grijalva?
OMG I updated my Microsoft apps and there's an annoying brightly colored icon (on my black and white document, so I can't visually ignore it) for Copilot that can't be dismissed or disabled. Really awful.
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
OMG I updated my Microsoft apps and there's an annoying brightly colored icon (on my black and white document, so I can't visually ignore it) for Copilot that can't be dismissed or disabled. Really awful.
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‘We Ain’t Buying It’ is a nationwide economic pressure campaign taking action against corporations that have colluded with this administration.
Read our full release: blackvotersmatterfund.org/black-voters...
Read our full release: blackvotersmatterfund.org/black-voters...
BLACK VOTERS MATTER, INDIVISIBLE AND UNTIL FREEDOM LAUNCH CAMPAIGN TO PUT ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON CORPORATIONS TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM — Black Voters Matter
‘We Ain't Buying It’ joins a growing, powerful collective of groups and individuals, including the Working Families Party and 50501, demanding corporations stand for democracy and DEI by hitting them ...
blackvotersmatterfund.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
‘We Ain’t Buying It’ is a nationwide economic pressure campaign taking action against corporations that have colluded with this administration.
Read our full release: blackvotersmatterfund.org/black-voters...
Read our full release: blackvotersmatterfund.org/black-voters...
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This holiday season, we’re saying it loud and clear: We Ain’t Buying It.
For too long, corporations have profited off of us. From Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, we’re taking action with our wallets to demand accountability.
Visit weaintbuyingit.com for more information. #weaintbuyingit
For too long, corporations have profited off of us. From Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, we’re taking action with our wallets to demand accountability.
Visit weaintbuyingit.com for more information. #weaintbuyingit
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This holiday season, we’re saying it loud and clear: We Ain’t Buying It.
For too long, corporations have profited off of us. From Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, we’re taking action with our wallets to demand accountability.
Visit weaintbuyingit.com for more information. #weaintbuyingit
For too long, corporations have profited off of us. From Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, we’re taking action with our wallets to demand accountability.
Visit weaintbuyingit.com for more information. #weaintbuyingit
The sheep on Alien Earth is totally the penguin from Wallace and Grommit
a blue chicken with a pink hat is looking out of a window ..
ALT: a blue chicken with a pink hat is looking out of a window ..
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The sheep on Alien Earth is totally the penguin from Wallace and Grommit
Ruin an OS:
Fleetwood MacOS
Fleetwood MacOS
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ruin an OS:
Fleetwood MacOS
Fleetwood MacOS
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A group of Senate Democrats — led by Elizabeth Warren — is pushing for an investigation into the Trump admin's use of federal agency websites and emails to post partisan messages blaming Democrats for the shutdown.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Democrats seek investigation into agency messages blaming them for the shutdown
Several federal departments and agencies posted partisan messages on their websites and in out-of-office emails during the shutdown. Democrats believe the posts violate federal law.
www.nbcnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
A group of Senate Democrats — led by Elizabeth Warren — is pushing for an investigation into the Trump admin's use of federal agency websites and emails to post partisan messages blaming Democrats for the shutdown.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Repost with an iconic fictional band.
November 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Repost with an iconic fictional band.
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cops defund communities
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
cops defund communities
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Gov. Pritzker: “All I can say is that whether it was the loss in the elections a week ago that's led to Donald Trump deciding to pull CBP out or the fact that Greg Bovino is a snowflake…Whatever it is, the people of Chicago have deserved better than having CBP and Greg Bovino in this city.”
November 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Gov. Pritzker: “All I can say is that whether it was the loss in the elections a week ago that's led to Donald Trump deciding to pull CBP out or the fact that Greg Bovino is a snowflake…Whatever it is, the people of Chicago have deserved better than having CBP and Greg Bovino in this city.”
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Wow, a Long Island jury awarded $112 Million to 674 immigrants who were unlawfully held by county police so they could be handed over to ICE
Federal jury awards $112M to immigrants detained by Suffolk for ICE
A federal jury found the county and the Sheriff's Office violated the Constitutional rights of 674 people.
longisland.news12.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Wow, a Long Island jury awarded $112 Million to 674 immigrants who were unlawfully held by county police so they could be handed over to ICE