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Steve Portigal

@steveportigal.bsky.social

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Superb user research consultant; author of Doorbells, Danger and Dead Batteries & Interviewing Users (portigal.com/books), Host
Dollars To Donuts podcast

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Problemista was really great!

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From Patriot Front to perimeter of joy "This June, things went differently. Instead of Patriot Front protesters, the First Street bridge was awash with a rainbow of umbrellas, held by allies and volunteers." #GoodNews
rivertonranger.com/news/fremont...

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Steve Bannon loses his last bid to stay out of prison.

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Rational brain says the Trump sound bites will be the lasting legacy here, lizard brain says we’re in deep trouble Need to shut lizard brain up

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Ezra Levin, from Indivisible "When voters focus on the personalities, we struggle. When voters focus on the stakes, we win. And what all the data so far tells us is that many, many voters do not yet understand the stakes. "

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BREAKING NEWS: The Supreme Court just undid decades of regulatory law, making it far more difficult for federal agencies to issue rules and regulations that carry out broad mandates enacted by Congress.

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"I switched out the halloumi for bacon and it was delicious!" ???

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"goop Marin" sounds like the French name for some kind of horrifying earth mother creature (pronounced goo-Marahn)

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Although I do like learning about this music info (elsewhere) Stefflon Don Not to be confused with Teflon Don. Stephanie Victoria Allen (born 14 December 1991), better known by her stage name Stefflon Don, is a British rapper and singer.

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When my Music News feed contains headlines like "Diplo accused of revenge porn" it's going to be an enjoyable Friday #sigh

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Anyone else hosting Wordpress at Flywheel having weird problems this morning (503 on my wp-admin page, weird code appearing on my site, and their chat - the only way to get help - is broken)?

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For those asking, including @petersagal.bsky.social, I'm not convinced that has been done.

The short version is get something serious to the 11th C and ask for a recusal.

Thus far, however, Cannon is preventing this by never making any decisions at all, instead just ordering hearing after hearing

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NEW: Former Uvalde (Texas) schools police chief Pete Arredondo has been indicted on child-endangerment charges

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Well you can protest but then I have the right to drive my car into you, apparently.

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Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters issued this memo today requiring teachers in all schools to keep a Bible in their classroom and teach from it as a historical document. (Via KOCO 5 News)

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Just FYI we’re entering a summer Covid wave right now (especially western regions in the US); you can see it in the CDC wastewater plot here (and anecdotally a bunch of my friends are suddenly testing positive). www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVI...

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The idea is really provoative; that tube looks like caulking or some other glue which makes sense given the way you're using it, except ya know you're also supposed to be eating it?

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aka all the Torment Nexus references on social media nowsadays

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Japanese scientists have found a way to attach living skin to robot faces. The researchers say it paves the way to making convincingly realistic, moving humanoids with self-healing skin that will not easily rip or tear. (oh man those pictures don't look don't look)

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you'll have to pry skeets from my cold dead hands

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I was never able to figure out how to do much with it; didn't use it often enough to possibly get over that re-learning curve, glad I don't have to use it any more!

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I had to wait 24 hours but no it didn't generate a newsletter.

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Is it "the parting on the left is now the parting on the right" because it's about hairstyles - "and the beards have all grown longer" or is it "the party on the left" because ya know that's how we talk about the parties in the US at least?

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So, the double standard here is Biden needs to do one armed push ups and Trump needs to not take a dump on stage while screeching the n-word?

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No way to tell from the Mailchimp RSS documentation if I add a backdated post to my blog, does that count as "new" content that will go out in an email? I assume not and I don't want it to, but I can't believe I have to create a test post and see what happens to find out for sure :(

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Me, I'm waiting so patiently Lying on the floor I'm just trying to do this jigsaw puzzle 'Fore it rains anymore

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Are there Tar-level fan-theories that explain just what the hell was going on in "All of us Strangers" ?

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I'm just a simple country political scientist but I'm pretty sure if any other major presidential candidate said this it'd be covered none stop for weeks and everyone would agree that their campaign was over

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Yeah it's like he's somehow inconsistent or something

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Mom put her kid in the car after a day at the zoo. Then the doors wouldn’t open because the battery died. Sealing the 20-month-old inside in the middle of a national Heat Dome in the Arizona desert. Because Teslas are fucking dumb death traps.