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Alex Halpern

@halpernalex.bsky.social

Expert generalist. Oregonian. Act locally.

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Not super appropriate for kids but okay

08.08.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There is no stomach in this country for the only way to fix this, and I don’t see that ever existing unless things get so bad that we have to just start over from scratch.

07.08.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This one made the news, but this level of corruption and cronyism is happening all the time, all over, and our systems are rotting so deeply that I genuinely don’t have a clue how we fix it, if we even can.

07.08.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely trending in the wrong direction buddy, and I’m not feeling super optimistic

07.08.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tell you what the news gets worse every day it seems like

07.08.2025 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I can multi-task

07.08.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s soccer Jakob, no one β€œactually enjoys the game on the field”

07.08.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This mfer said hot of dopamine

07.08.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Every day they find a new low

06.08.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I once went straight from work to see my friends punk band play wearing a sweater vest and he called out from the stage, β€œnice sweater vest Halpern” good times.

06.08.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh man that’s terrible

06.08.2025 02:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Two days a week I have to go be a serious person in the office so I am not at the moment BUT I do have my crocs in the car for my drive home

05.08.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I DO try

05.08.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

This summer’s β€œsong” is the same one it is every summer, Santeria, by Sublime

05.08.2025 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

As an elected member of my local school board, I would simply like to say β€œover my dead body.”

05.08.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also it wasn’t his community! He didn’t live in Kenosha!

05.08.2025 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Buddy let me tell you

05.08.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I went to college with Noah and all I can say is that he was not like this when he nineteen

04.08.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great book.

01.08.2025 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Now we see the violence inherent in the system

31.07.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@burghpunk.bsky.social did you limit replies on that song post you coward

31.07.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Garrett’s Popecorn should have been a thing

24.07.2025 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

jesus fucking christ

24.07.2025 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

This is what happens when you meet a stranger in the alps

23.07.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Loved him in Company

23.07.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

buddy

23.07.2025 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Really can’t wait for the Dems to take power so I can feel media urgency over a scandal

23.07.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Trying to imagine explaining this to my grandfather

23.07.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oliver this is not what I needed today tbh

23.07.2025 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Must go faster

23.07.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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