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James Baldwin was born August 2, 1924 in Harlem.

“If they weren’t open before, our eyes are now open: the police and the military, driven by settler and imperialist rage, are holding back the climate justice movement.”

Portland is going to need massive transformations to endure climate change & ensure that residents are adequately provisioned/protected.

Everything from tree canopy to dense green social housing to expanded public transit to phasing out dangerous fossil fuel infrastructure.

It’s all connected.

Experts say evidence supports Oregon county’s climate case against Big Oil | Center for Climate Integrity Academic, scientific, and local experts filed briefs refuting Big Oil’s attempts to dismiss Multnomah County’s ongoing climate accountability case.

For more info on what this is about, read this: climateintegrity.org/news/view/ex...

More of this. I love this poster. #climatejustice

Absolute chaos in the North End as Fernandez levels in stoppage! #rctid

The largest collective TIFO in MLS history celebrating the Portland Timbers All-Time XI #RCTID

Over six months of work and 20-thousand feet of painted canvas. Incredible 🤩

Crowd was electric tonight ⚡️ Timber Joey timed it right too 🔊 🪚

Welcome back home Dolla 🌹 💚

Welcome back home Dolla 🌹 💚

Keep Your Eyes On Big Business Business Interests Have Historically Lined Up With Whomever Is In Power

antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/keep-your-...

This Right-Wing Culture Warrior Wants Trump to 'Snatch' Activists Off the Streets Chris Rufo's extreme ideas have been a source of inspiration for Donald Trump and his allies. Experts say his latest suggestion reminds them of the Pinochet era.

How do we stop this? zeteo.com/p/this-right...

When Republicans get power they do whatever they want. They dont care about polls or the courts or the rule of law.

When Democrats get power they worry about pissing off Republicans who will never vote for them.

If Damian Lillard comes back to the Blazers, I’ll cancel the I5 Rose Quarter highway expansion

ICE to deport Willamette Valley vineyard manager despite public outcry for his release Family members of Moises Sotelo Casas say he will be deported this week. He was detained by immigration officials last in June.

An Oregon business owner who was detained by immigration enforcement officers last month will be removed to his home country of Mexico, according to a Thursday social media post from his family members.

Inside ICE’s Supercharged Facial Recognition App of 200 Million Images 404 Media has seen user manuals for Mobile Fortify, ICE’s new facial recognition app which allows officers to instantly look up DHS, State Department, and state law enforcement databases by just point...

New from 404 Media: inside ICE's supercharged facial recognition app of 200 million images. After scanning someone's face, it can query DHS, CBP, FBI, State Department, and state databases at once. An unprecedented linking of government databases into a single tool.

www.404media.co/inside-ices-...

YouTube video by Aly Halpert I'm Not Alone - Aly Halpert & Anat Hochberg

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I’m not alone. I’m not alone. I’m not alone.

For literally decades climate hawks and progressives have warned that internal combustion will die off and the tech of the future is electric + battery power and that if we didn’t seize the initiative China would eat our lunch and…welp!

I’m reading that he was apparently hit by an unidentified vehicle.

4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.

“California is so far using forty per cent less natural gas to generate electricity than it did in 2023, which is the single most hopeful statistic I’ve seen in four decades of writing about the climate crisis.”

www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

Cities sue Trump administration over termination of climate justice grants Local governments say the EPA’s blanket cancellation of equity-related funding jeopardizes climate resilience efforts, air quality monitoring, flood mitigation and tree planting.

Cities sue Trump administration over termination of climate justice grants | Smart Cities Dive www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/cities-...

Painting of the Calico cat standing up arching its back a little it's got its butt facing toward us head twisting around looking a little bit behind it and it's tail arches up like a cloud of smoke

How Are You? — Yutaka Murakami
watercolor

The federal government is unraveling and Oregonians need the state government to stand up and run a steady ship as we prepare for the wild times ahead

Instead we are about to layoff hundreds, maybe thousands of state employees who work snowplows, drive buses, and patch potholes

Papaya 🥭 🐈

The MAGA white Christian nationalist project is bound to fail. They dont have the numbers, and the world, specifically people of color and women, have gained more influence and wealth over the past 60 years. Still, they'll try and, in the process, destroy the country and themselves.

Newsom: The gloves are off. Let’s go. We’re gonna call out the bullshit. And the propaganda. And the weaponization of lies and disinformation on networks like Fox…

Just remembered it’s my sweet Papaya’s birthday today. My boy is 6 years old but still acts like he’s 2 🐈 🥭 🎂

Murder rates could hit record lows this year, but killings by police are rising Especially in red states.

Murder rates could hit record lows this year, but killings by police are rising. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A grey and white cat with a paw over his head

World's most handsome man looks up at you from the hole in his cat tower

Blep

It has been brought to my attention that I don't post Linus pics enough. Please enjoy these images of the world's most handsome man