Pat Rafferty

@rob_sheridan I hate what this place has become! Would you consider cross-posting tweets to Mastodon? (e.g., with moa.party)? I’m getting out of here, but I don’t want to miss your posts.

I hate that I'm contributing value to this right-wing hate site by posting here. But for now it still brings me value, and unlike the owner of this site, my wife & kids haven't disowned me so I still have to make a living. But while I'm still here, I'm blocking ALL advertisers⬇️

@cabel Turn on that moa.party crossposter! It’s a good half-step to getting the hell out of here. @foozmeat approved! (You crossposting would certainly make it easier for *me* to leave.)

Loving it here on Parler. Great site

@cpragman @siracusa Twitter should probably start a Patreon.

Which service will fall over first, Twitter.com or mastodon.social?

Shell reported Q3 profits of $9.5 BILLION. And Republicans not only did nothing to stop it, but they carried water for those fuckers by helping them pretend that high prices were due to inflation, and not just pure unadulterated corporate greed.

@Jonathan_Maus @BikePortland I’ve got bad news for you about billionaires…

i wouldn't say no to a billionaire who wanted to buy @BikePortland, but i'd damn well make sure they weren't an arrogant jerk.

another social media company potentially at the whim of an arrogant billionaire. been trying to tell folks for years, community media > social media (and yes I'm biased) washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

Yet again, the media has not learned its lesson from 2016. The NY Times writing about an antisemitic, anti-democratic, election denying, pro-insurrectionist, QAnon believer as if she were an underdog sports figure returning from an injury.

Your daily reminder that the Portland Police Bureau was never defunded, and currently has the largest budget in Portland history.

Average Weekly Wages 1973: $873 2022: $813 Median Home 1973: $30,200 2022: $433,100 Monthly Rent 1973: $108 2022: $2,002 Tuition and Fees at University of California 1973: $150 2022: $13,104 Boomer: But why can't the slackers pay for college & pay off their loans like we did?

@kajerstin Where’s this photo from? That’s the most revealing picture I’ve seen of what it looks like inside now.

@OhColeman That reminds me of a one season UPN scifi show from 1996 that I still haven’t watched (Homeboys From Outerspace).

government: hey is it cool if we spend $115,000 to house this poor person for a year voters: wtf?? absolutely not government: but what if I told you they had a small amount of marijuana and need to be punished voters: in that case absolutely, spend as much as you like

I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it a thousand times: If the punishment for breaking a law is a fine, then that law only exists for the poor.

There is no ‘teacher shortage’. There are thousands of qualified experiences teachers who are no longer teaching. There’s a shortage of respect and proper compensation for teachers allowing them to actually teach.

I know no better arguments for banning AR-15 type semiautomatic rifles Than 400 cops being afraid to take on an 18 year old with one

This country sucks shit but at least it’s almost over.

This Ohio tragedy is, among many other things, a lesson that there is no account deemed sympathetic enough to break through to people who simply do not care about the suffering they’re causing. Instead we get denial, misdirection, or attacking those who told the story.