25 December 2023

Merry Christmas! And in Portland, there just wouldn't be any holiday spirit without a holiday drag show, right? Any other nice thing we want to give the old "Portland" treatment?

Portland Jesus

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It's who you know. Sam Altman’s Knack for Dodging Bullets—With a Little Help From Bigshot Friends. Reminds me of SBF.

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So T-Mobile will start reading your texts, and if it finds content that goes against the Lefty narrative, you will be fined.

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California has lost 25% of income taxes.

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The tech that died in 2023. Quite a long list. To some of them, I say good riddance.

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Methamphetamine, fentanyl drive record homeless deaths in Portland, Oregon, annual report finds. This is the real problem. The underlying problem that underlies everything. Portland's answer: "harm reduction".

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Some states are making gold and silver transactions like money (legal tender) now, instead of as a commodity. That would be great, and remove a lot of the allure of cryptocurrency.

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