Please don’t act like everyone loved my father. He was assassinated. A 1967 poll reflected that he was one of the most hated men in America. Most hated. Many who quote him now and evoke him to deter justice today would likely hate, and may already hate, the authentic King. #MLK

In much of SF, you can’t walk 20 feet without seeing a sign declaring that Black lives matter and no human being is illegal. Those signs sit in yards zoned for single families, in communities that organize against the new housing that would bring those values closer to reality.

Ok, I get the power outage during a freezing rain and snow on the ground in Portland. But what the heck is the green flash on the eastern horizon?

Thank you to the The Oregonian and Nicole Hayden for bringing a story on today's front-page that inspires rather than feeds fear or outrage.

A good spring day in downtown Portland. Although #FoxNews would probably declare these ducklings ANTIFA in disguise.

I got my Johnson&Johnson one&done #vaccine shot today! Then I got a celebratory burrito. It's a good day.

Never forget the initial messaging.

It doesn’t matter how dense the history of the region is. How many hundreds or thousands of years this all goes back People are dying right now. Children are dying. Babies are dying. And another generation is traumatized as we type. Ceasefire.

Incredible sequence

Is it weird that I look forward to the year 2032 so I can write two digits of the year in notes and emails - and not have any confusion with a day of the month?

The top line on crime trends, from today's UCR release:

Thank goodness UCLA is out of timeouts. #RCTID

PLEASE SHARE: Today (April 26) is the Voter Registration Deadline for the May 17 Oregon Primary Election. New Oregon voters with a valid Oregon driver's license, driving permit, or ID can register online at OregonVotes.gov. The online registration deadline is 11:59p.m.!

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A 13-year-old actor tries to buy beer, cigarettes, porn, and lottery tickets, and is turned down every time. Then he walks into a gun show and legally buys a rifle.

One small, but simple tweet: if people don't vote for the politicians that will reverse the repeal of safe reproductive health care, it will get worse. Inflation is happening all over the world, but this curtailment of rights is not. #prochoice

I happened to see this boat before going into the water. While I didn't get a picture - the name painted on this red tub of a boat with the banners? "The Donald" Yeesh.

Good day on the doors for #TeamTina

Life without Twitter has been pretty good. I am slowly scoping out a decentralized microblogging place if you want to chat there: universeodon.com/@bartajam