@dianainoregon.bsky.social
Oregonian by way of NYC
Politics, travel, anti-fascism, and no more fucks to give #StopIsraeliGenocide
Politics, travel, anti-fascism, and no more fucks to give #StopIsraeliGenocide
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“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere.”
Elie Wiesel (1928-2016), writer and Auschwitz survivor
#HandsOff ‼️
Elie Wiesel (1928-2016), writer and Auschwitz survivor
#HandsOff ‼️
Always take sides against the oppressor. That’s not being “divisive,” that’s being an advocate for humanity and equity
#HandsOff
#HandsOff
YES.
Hope all 57 men involved are shaking in their boots right now. Maybe there will be some justice at last.
Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
Hope all 57 men involved are shaking in their boots right now. Maybe there will be some justice at last.
Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case (Gift Article)
Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed the New York State attorney general to investigate allegations by a former Cornell University student that several men sexually assaulted her.
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2026 at 12:42 AM
YES.
Hope all 57 men involved are shaking in their boots right now. Maybe there will be some justice at last.
Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
Hope all 57 men involved are shaking in their boots right now. Maybe there will be some justice at last.
Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
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NO FLUID was found in Nolan Wells' lungs or airways, per the autopsy report by the Mississippi State Medical Examiner.
How do you die by "accidental drowning" if there is no water in your lungs?
How do you die by "accidental drowning" if there is no water in your lungs?
September 24, 2026 at 9:00 PM
NO FLUID was found in Nolan Wells' lungs or airways, per the autopsy report by the Mississippi State Medical Examiner.
How do you die by "accidental drowning" if there is no water in your lungs?
How do you die by "accidental drowning" if there is no water in your lungs?
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The U.S. Supreme Court revived a flawed citizenship database that states like Texas have used to erroneously kick eligible voters off the rolls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
The Supreme Court is letting Trump use a faulty database for purges. What it could mean for voters
The Trump administration said states made “some 60 million voter-verification queries" to its flawed SAVE system between January 2025 and April 2026.
www.democracydocket.com
September 25, 2026 at 8:22 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court revived a flawed citizenship database that states like Texas have used to erroneously kick eligible voters off the rolls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Kennedy Center Shelved Repairs Now Cited for Closure, Whistle-Blowers Say www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/a...
Kennedy Center Shelved Repairs Now Cited for Closure, Whistle-Blowers Say
In a letter to Congress, former employees say the center delayed a plan to address the leaks that its officials now cite as a serious safety risk.
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Kennedy Center Shelved Repairs Now Cited for Closure, Whistle-Blowers Say www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/a...
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New in PN: The trickle of Republicans opposing Trump will become a flood
"Republicans — even some who not long ago donned red MAGA hats — have decided their survival calculation has been flipped upside-down, and now the riskiest move isn’t to break from Trump; it's to stick with him unequivocally."
"Republicans — even some who not long ago donned red MAGA hats — have decided their survival calculation has been flipped upside-down, and now the riskiest move isn’t to break from Trump; it's to stick with him unequivocally."
The trickle of Republicans opposing Trump will become a flood
The risk of bucking him is now outweighed by the risk of NOT opposing him.
www.publicnotice.co
September 23, 2026 at 12:01 PM
New in PN: The trickle of Republicans opposing Trump will become a flood
"Republicans — even some who not long ago donned red MAGA hats — have decided their survival calculation has been flipped upside-down, and now the riskiest move isn’t to break from Trump; it's to stick with him unequivocally."
"Republicans — even some who not long ago donned red MAGA hats — have decided their survival calculation has been flipped upside-down, and now the riskiest move isn’t to break from Trump; it's to stick with him unequivocally."
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Giving an external committee power to veto research funding because it doesn’t align to a political agenda will not only harm science, it is a threat to democracy.
White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants (Gift Article)
Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Giving an external committee power to veto research funding because it doesn’t align to a political agenda will not only harm science, it is a threat to democracy.
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The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force.
Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon.
Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.
Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon.
Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.
Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report
A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.
www.opb.org
September 19, 2026 at 9:19 PM
The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force.
Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon.
Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.
Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon.
Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.
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I'm in love.
2026: Time for the Midterms
YouTube video by Hamilton
www.youtube.com
September 18, 2026 at 1:15 AM
I'm in love.
This graph made me gasp out loud. Dead serious indeed. 🤬
Trump is dead serious. See this chart from March:
www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
September 17, 2026 at 2:04 PM
This graph made me gasp out loud. Dead serious indeed. 🤬
They will happily kill everything beautiful in this world if it makes them more money.
Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/c...
Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/c...
Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection
An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.
www.nytimes.com
September 16, 2026 at 11:24 PM
They will happily kill everything beautiful in this world if it makes them more money.
Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/c...
Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/c...
JFC
AN URGENT EXCLUSIVE: Ahmed Soliman, the 30-year-old gay man ICE expelled in April to Equatorial Guinea, a country he has no ties to, was arrested this morning and cannot be located, his attorneys say. They fear he may be in one of EG's torture prisons. prospect.org/2026/09/11/i...
Immigrant Trump Sent to African Hotel Prison Arrested After Speaking With Media, Lawyers Say - The American Prospect
Ahmed Soliman’s attorneys fear he may have been sent to one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious torture prisons.
prospect.org
September 11, 2026 at 5:18 PM
JFC
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25 years ago today America was attacked by zero Afghans, zero Iranians and zero Iraqis.
September 11, 2026 at 3:25 PM
25 years ago today America was attacked by zero Afghans, zero Iranians and zero Iraqis.
EVERY WORD OF THIS 👇🏼
9/11 should evoke many things. Memories of those lost. Admiration for the courage of those who sacrificed so much. But it also should engender humility. Before and after the attack, the U.S. national security establishment failed repeatedly. Intel failed. Our reactions to the attack...
September 11, 2026 at 5:14 PM
EVERY WORD OF THIS 👇🏼
Beautiful, heartbreaking memory
In the months after 9/11, NYT ran a daily feature called Portraits of Grief: short vignettes of the dead, remembered in their best light, as we would want to be remembered. Worth picking some at random to read (click on a letter of the alphabet at top). archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes....
September 11, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Beautiful, heartbreaking memory
Good for Britain, Canada, and France, for a start.
"Israel has been increasingly ostracized over its conduct of the war in Gaza, in which tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed."
Israeli Allies Ban Trade With Settlements as U.K. Cites ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/w...
"Israel has been increasingly ostracized over its conduct of the war in Gaza, in which tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed."
Israeli Allies Ban Trade With Settlements as U.K. Cites ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/w...
Israeli Allies Ban Trade With Settlements as U.K. Cites ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
Britain, Canada and France on Tuesday announced sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank, with Britain saying Israel had “turned a blind eye” to violence against Palestinians.
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Good for Britain, Canada, and France, for a start.
"Israel has been increasingly ostracized over its conduct of the war in Gaza, in which tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed."
Israeli Allies Ban Trade With Settlements as U.K. Cites ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/w...
"Israel has been increasingly ostracized over its conduct of the war in Gaza, in which tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed."
Israeli Allies Ban Trade With Settlements as U.K. Cites ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/w...
This is really happening:
Court Allows Trump to Pursue Mail Voting Limits, for Now www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/u...
Court Allows Trump to Pursue Mail Voting Limits, for Now www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/u...
Supreme Court Allows Trump to Pursue Mail Voting Limits, for Now (Gift Article)
The administration asked the court to clear the way for President Trump’s order that creates “state citizenship lists” and directs the Postal Service to decide who gets a mail-in ballot.
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2026 at 2:30 AM
This is really happening:
Court Allows Trump to Pursue Mail Voting Limits, for Now www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/u...
Court Allows Trump to Pursue Mail Voting Limits, for Now www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/u...
If you can find common ground with Jared kusher, but not zohran mamdani, you shouldn't be in democratic leadership
“Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, met privately in recent weeks with Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and top outside adviser, and discussed potential areas of common ground, according to five people with knowledge of the meeting.”
BRUH.
BRUH.
August 25, 2026 at 1:31 AM
BECAUSE THEY LIE
BREAKING NYT:
A month after the Trump admin declared without evidence that thousands of noncitizens had illegally registered to vote in Nevada, DHS officials were unable to substantiate the claim — finding just 185 potential anomalies, not the 16,000 claimed last month.
A month after the Trump admin declared without evidence that thousands of noncitizens had illegally registered to vote in Nevada, DHS officials were unable to substantiate the claim — finding just 185 potential anomalies, not the 16,000 claimed last month.
Homeland Security Unable to Prove That Thousands of Noncitizens Registered to Vote in Nevada
The Department of Homeland Security told Nevada election officials that it identified 185 “potential” noncitizens on the state’s voter rolls, not the nearly 16,000 it claimed last month.
www.nytimes.com
August 21, 2026 at 5:23 AM
BECAUSE THEY LIE
White supremacists in action. So ashamed of this country
US tells schools not to alter discipline policies to reduce racial disparities reut.rs/4qzB2IQ
US tells schools not to alter discipline policies to reduce racial disparities
The U.S. Education Department has issued guidance urging schools to stop what it calls "racial balancing" in student discipline policies, prompting concerns that the Trump administration is making it harder to address longstanding racial disparities in school discipline.
reut.rs
August 19, 2026 at 11:30 PM
White supremacists in action. So ashamed of this country
This is just shameful. White Centrist Dems are NOT HELPING THIS FIGHT AGAINST FASCISM.
Wasserman Schultz Wins Democratic Primary in Historically Black District www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...
Wasserman Schultz Wins Democratic Primary in Historically Black District www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...
Debbie Wasserman Schultz Wins Democratic Primary in Redrawn Florida District
The congresswoman won her party’s nomination in Florida’s 20th District over several Black candidates who sharply criticized her decision to run there.
www.nytimes.com
August 18, 2026 at 11:44 PM
This is just shameful. White Centrist Dems are NOT HELPING THIS FIGHT AGAINST FASCISM.
Wasserman Schultz Wins Democratic Primary in Historically Black District www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...
Wasserman Schultz Wins Democratic Primary in Historically Black District www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...
JFC they are going to destroy everything for the twin gods of crypto and AI. There is no there there.
FLASHBACK — J.D. VANCE: “I’m not sure the dollar being the reserve currency is actually good for 🇺🇸.” 🤔
Seems like it should be a bigger deal the vice president believes the dollar should no longer be the 🌎 reserve currency because it helps 🇺🇸 consumers too much.
Seems like it should be a bigger deal the vice president believes the dollar should no longer be the 🌎 reserve currency because it helps 🇺🇸 consumers too much.
August 16, 2026 at 6:38 PM
JFC they are going to destroy everything for the twin gods of crypto and AI. There is no there there.
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Trump leaving journos on decoy plane after viciously attacking them at a press dinner that feted his power neatly captures how media submits to his authoritarian abuses.
And nothing will be learned from it, as @sulliview.bsky.social says on our pod. She's great here:
newrepublic.com/article/2142...
And nothing will be learned from it, as @sulliview.bsky.social says on our pod. She's great here:
newrepublic.com/article/2142...
Trump Secret Plane Swap Suddenly Looks Darker as Damning New Leaks Hit
As Trump’s plane escape starts looking worse, press critic Margaret Sullivan explains what this tells us about his abusive relationship with the media—and ponders whether anything will be learned from...
newrepublic.com
August 13, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Trump leaving journos on decoy plane after viciously attacking them at a press dinner that feted his power neatly captures how media submits to his authoritarian abuses.
And nothing will be learned from it, as @sulliview.bsky.social says on our pod. She's great here:
newrepublic.com/article/2142...
And nothing will be learned from it, as @sulliview.bsky.social says on our pod. She's great here:
newrepublic.com/article/2142...
It's almost like every new tech invention gives men a new way to harass women.
womensagenda.com.au/latest/smart...
womensagenda.com.au/latest/smart...
Smart glasses are giving men a new way to secretly film and harass women: research
Researchers are warning that women face new harassment risks from smart glasses which are being used by men to secretly record women.
womensagenda.com.au
August 11, 2026 at 1:51 AM
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Good for Talerico.
"Trickle down economics is not a theory, it is theft."
"Trickle down economics is not a theory, it is theft."
A Senate candidate talking about the Powell memo????
Pinch me, am I dreaming????
Pinch me, am I dreaming????
James Talarico: 50 years ago, a corporate lawyer named Lewis Powell circulated a memo around DC — a blueprint for how corporations could amass political power, reverse the gains of the Great Society and the New Deal, and rig the system for themselves.
And it worked.
And it worked.
August 9, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Good for Talerico.
"Trickle down economics is not a theory, it is theft."
"Trickle down economics is not a theory, it is theft."