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ASRG
@asrg@tldr.nettime.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
The Anti-AI Protests Have Arrived in Portland, and This is Only the Beginning

By @jaredwhite | @theinternet

According to reports from pro-#AI attendees at a business meetup in #Portland, #Oregon, anti-AI protesters showed up outside, throwing eggs and paint at cars and distributing pamphlets with the following message:

“BUTLERIAN JIHAD AGAINST AI

never ending destruction and death propels the machine of progress. AI rides on the front of this beast, annihilating humanity, leaving nothing in its wake but sterile boxes to lock us in and apps to keep us sedated. while the techies are inside sipping their cocktails the rest of us are faced with a choice: to accept our position at the bottom of the social order or find our people and bring the whole thing down. only we can decide to smash the screens that are brainwashing us into submission.

the time is now,

the day is here,

ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK!”

Read more: https://theinternet.review/2025/08/15/the-anti-ai-protests-are-here/

Image of a protest pamphlet with the headline “BUTLERIAN JIHAD AGAINST AI.” Below the title is a paragraph that begins: “never ending destruction and death propels the machine of progress. AI rides on the front of this beast, annihilating humanity, leaving nothing in its wake but sterile boxes to lock us in and apps to keep us sedated. while the techies are inside sipping their cocktails the rest of us are faced with a choice: to accept our position at the bottom of the social order or find our people and bring the whole thing down. only we can decide to smash the screens that are brainwashing us into submission.” It ends with the lines: “the time is now, the day is here, ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK!”
Image of a protest pamphlet with the headline “BUTLERIAN JIHAD AGAINST AI.” Below the title is a paragraph that begins: “never ending destruction and death propels the machine of progress. AI rides on the front of this beast, annihilating humanity, leaving nothing in its wake but sterile boxes to lock us in and apps to keep us sedated. while the techies are inside sipping their cocktails the rest of us are faced with a choice: to accept our position at the bottom of the social order or find our people and bring the whole thing down. only we can decide to smash the screens that are brainwashing us into submission.” It ends with the lines: “the time is now, the day is here, ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK!”
Image of a protest pamphlet with the headline “BUTLERIAN JIHAD AGAINST AI.” Below the title is a paragraph that begins: “never ending destruction and death propels the machine of progress. AI rides on the front of this beast, annihilating humanity, leaving nothing in its wake but sterile boxes to lock us in and apps to keep us sedated. while the techies are inside sipping their cocktails the rest of us are faced with a choice: to accept our position at the bottom of the social order or find our people and bring the whole thing down. only we can decide to smash the screens that are brainwashing us into submission.” It ends with the lines: “the time is now, the day is here, ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK!”
Arbella Bet-Shlimon
@abshlimon@spore.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

The University of #Oregon appears to be planning to close programs in the #humanities in its School of Global Studies, likely eliminating majors and laying off faculty. Our colleagues there want maximum visibility now to help stave this off https://newsletter.uauoregon.org/after-accepting-a-25-million-gift-uo-lays-off-faculty-in-new-schnitzer-school-fear-of-larger-cuts-in-fall/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMQaNNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHirFIJi6EKHTdRBIa7X9cGg4YhBGCIbrVuW_yV2eQ4LgaALM8KDdFzTy66ne_aem_I6LRxdcD2DjtQUPCYinD1A #histodons #academia #academicchatter #pnw

It appears that, with no prior consultations, the departments of Religion and Classics (two separate units), and the programs in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, German & Scandinavian, Judaic Studies, Arabic Studies, and Holocaust Studies (the latter five all parts of a previously-consolidated mega unit called the Schnitzer* School of Global Studies and Languages) are facing imminent announcement of elimination (expected the week of Sept 7), with layoffs of pre-tenure, tenured, and career faculty in these units. The reason given is "financial exigency" -- university administrations across the country (and in blue states like Oregon also) appear to be giddy to use the Trump moment to dismantle the humanities.
It appears that, with no prior consultations, the departments of Religion and Classics (two separate units), and the programs in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, German & Scandinavian, Judaic Studies, Arabic Studies, and Holocaust Studies (the latter five all parts of a previously-consolidated mega unit called the Schnitzer* School of Global Studies and Languages) are facing imminent announcement of elimination (expected the week of Sept 7), with layoffs of pre-tenure, tenured, and career faculty in these units. The reason given is "financial exigency" -- university administrations across the country (and in blue states like Oregon also) appear to be giddy to use the Trump moment to dismantle the humanities.
It appears that, with no prior consultations, the departments of Religion and Classics (two separate units), and the programs in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, German & Scandinavian, Judaic Studies, Arabic Studies, and Holocaust Studies (the latter five all parts of a previously-consolidated mega unit called the Schnitzer* School of Global Studies and Languages) are facing imminent announcement of elimination (expected the week of Sept 7), with layoffs of pre-tenure, tenured, and career faculty in these units. The reason given is "financial exigency" -- university administrations across the country (and in blue states like Oregon also) appear to be giddy to use the Trump moment to dismantle the humanities.
Arbella Bet-Shlimon
@abshlimon@spore.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

The University of #Oregon appears to be planning to close programs in the #humanities in its School of Global Studies, likely eliminating majors and laying off faculty. Our colleagues there want maximum visibility now to help stave this off https://newsletter.uauoregon.org/after-accepting-a-25-million-gift-uo-lays-off-faculty-in-new-schnitzer-school-fear-of-larger-cuts-in-fall/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMQaNNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHirFIJi6EKHTdRBIa7X9cGg4YhBGCIbrVuW_yV2eQ4LgaALM8KDdFzTy66ne_aem_I6LRxdcD2DjtQUPCYinD1A #histodons #academia #academicchatter #pnw

It appears that, with no prior consultations, the departments of Religion and Classics (two separate units), and the programs in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, German & Scandinavian, Judaic Studies, Arabic Studies, and Holocaust Studies (the latter five all parts of a previously-consolidated mega unit called the Schnitzer* School of Global Studies and Languages) are facing imminent announcement of elimination (expected the week of Sept 7), with layoffs of pre-tenure, tenured, and career faculty in these units. The reason given is "financial exigency" -- university administrations across the country (and in blue states like Oregon also) appear to be giddy to use the Trump moment to dismantle the humanities.
It appears that, with no prior consultations, the departments of Religion and Classics (two separate units), and the programs in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, German & Scandinavian, Judaic Studies, Arabic Studies, and Holocaust Studies (the latter five all parts of a previously-consolidated mega unit called the Schnitzer* School of Global Studies and Languages) are facing imminent announcement of elimination (expected the week of Sept 7), with layoffs of pre-tenure, tenured, and career faculty in these units. The reason given is "financial exigency" -- university administrations across the country (and in blue states like Oregon also) appear to be giddy to use the Trump moment to dismantle the humanities.
It appears that, with no prior consultations, the departments of Religion and Classics (two separate units), and the programs in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, German & Scandinavian, Judaic Studies, Arabic Studies, and Holocaust Studies (the latter five all parts of a previously-consolidated mega unit called the Schnitzer* School of Global Studies and Languages) are facing imminent announcement of elimination (expected the week of Sept 7), with layoffs of pre-tenure, tenured, and career faculty in these units. The reason given is "financial exigency" -- university administrations across the country (and in blue states like Oregon also) appear to be giddy to use the Trump moment to dismantle the humanities.
Anarchism News
@anarchismhub@todon.nl  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Puget Sound Anarchists: Dragged into Moonlight Part III: Even More on the NPA and its Contemporaries

https://pugetsoundanarchists.org/dragged-into-moonlight-part-iii/

submitted anonymouslythis is Part III of a multi-part series, click here for Part I, and here for Part II The Northwest Pioneer Association…

#Analysis #AntiFascist#Featured#PNWHatewatch #Antifa #Antifascist#Northwest#NorthwestPioneerAssociation#NPA#NWTI#Oregon#Papergoy#Portland#Research#TheBase

ProPublica
ProPublica boosted
activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Oregon liberals, opposed to nuclear power in the 1970s, created a complex process for getting new energy projects approved.

It’s now being used to stall developments in wind and solar — with a 76-year-old activist leading the charge.

https://www.propublica.org/article/irene-gilbert-oregon-solar-green-energy-policy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Energy#Environment#Solar#Oregon#CleanEnergy
Thom Zehrfeld
@TRZPhotography@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

The "Morning Glory" is a cool restaurant located in Ashland, Oregon home of the Shakespearean Festivals. Check out prints and much more at: https://pixels.com/featured/morning-glory-and-bicycles-thom-zehrfeld.html#AshlandOregon#Oregon #restaurantart #artinrestaurants#MorningGlory#BuyIntoArt#WallArtDecor#Prints#Puzzles#Art#Photography#Fotografie
#ArtForSale#ArtMatters#MastoArt#Mastodon#HospitalityInteriors
#InteriorDesign#Wallart#WallArtForSale#PhotoOfTheDay#FediGiftShop#GiftIdeas#FediArt#Prints#FediArtShop#Colorful

The "Morning Glory" is a cool restaurant located in Ashland, Oregon home of the Shakespearean Festivals. Check out prints and much more at: https://pixels.com/featured/morning-glory-and-bicycles-thom-zehrfeld.html #AshlandOregon #Oregon #restaurantart #artinrestaurants #MorningGlory #BuyIntoArt #WallArtDecor #Prints #Puzzles #Art #Photography #Fotografie #ArtForSale #ArtMatters #MastoArt #Mastodon #HospitalityInteriors #InteriorDesign #Wallart #WallArtForSale #PhotoOfTheDay #FediGiftShop #GiftIdeas #FediArt #Prints #FediArtShop #Colorful
The "Morning Glory" is a cool restaurant located in Ashland, Oregon home of the Shakespearean Festivals. Check out prints and much more at: https://pixels.com/featured/morning-glory-and-bicycles-thom-zehrfeld.html #AshlandOregon #Oregon #restaurantart #artinrestaurants #MorningGlory #BuyIntoArt #WallArtDecor #Prints #Puzzles #Art #Photography #Fotografie #ArtForSale #ArtMatters #MastoArt #Mastodon #HospitalityInteriors #InteriorDesign #Wallart #WallArtForSale #PhotoOfTheDay #FediGiftShop #GiftIdeas #FediArt #Prints #FediArtShop #Colorful
The "Morning Glory" is a cool restaurant located in Ashland, Oregon home of the Shakespearean Festivals. Check out prints and much more at: https://pixels.com/featured/morning-glory-and-bicycles-thom-zehrfeld.html #AshlandOregon #Oregon #restaurantart #artinrestaurants #MorningGlory #BuyIntoArt #WallArtDecor #Prints #Puzzles #Art #Photography #Fotografie #ArtForSale #ArtMatters #MastoArt #Mastodon #HospitalityInteriors #InteriorDesign #Wallart #WallArtForSale #PhotoOfTheDay #FediGiftShop #GiftIdeas #FediArt #Prints #FediArtShop #Colorful
ASRG
@asrg@tldr.nettime.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
The Anti-AI Protests Have Arrived in Portland, and This is Only the Beginning

By @jaredwhite | @theinternet

According to reports from pro-#AI attendees at a business meetup in #Portland, #Oregon, anti-AI protesters showed up outside, throwing eggs and paint at cars and distributing pamphlets with the following message:

“BUTLERIAN JIHAD AGAINST AI

never ending destruction and death propels the machine of progress. AI rides on the front of this beast, annihilating humanity, leaving nothing in its wake but sterile boxes to lock us in and apps to keep us sedated. while the techies are inside sipping their cocktails the rest of us are faced with a choice: to accept our position at the bottom of the social order or find our people and bring the whole thing down. only we can decide to smash the screens that are brainwashing us into submission.

the time is now,

the day is here,

ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK!”

Read more: https://theinternet.review/2025/08/15/the-anti-ai-protests-are-here/

Image of a protest pamphlet with the headline “BUTLERIAN JIHAD AGAINST AI.” Below the title is a paragraph that begins: “never ending destruction and death propels the machine of progress. AI rides on the front of this beast, annihilating humanity, leaving nothing in its wake but sterile boxes to lock us in and apps to keep us sedated. while the techies are inside sipping their cocktails the rest of us are faced with a choice: to accept our position at the bottom of the social order or find our people and bring the whole thing down. only we can decide to smash the screens that are brainwashing us into submission.” It ends with the lines: “the time is now, the day is here, ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK!”
Image of a protest pamphlet with the headline “BUTLERIAN JIHAD AGAINST AI.” Below the title is a paragraph that begins: “never ending destruction and death propels the machine of progress. AI rides on the front of this beast, annihilating humanity, leaving nothing in its wake but sterile boxes to lock us in and apps to keep us sedated. while the techies are inside sipping their cocktails the rest of us are faced with a choice: to accept our position at the bottom of the social order or find our people and bring the whole thing down. only we can decide to smash the screens that are brainwashing us into submission.” It ends with the lines: “the time is now, the day is here, ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK!”
Image of a protest pamphlet with the headline “BUTLERIAN JIHAD AGAINST AI.” Below the title is a paragraph that begins: “never ending destruction and death propels the machine of progress. AI rides on the front of this beast, annihilating humanity, leaving nothing in its wake but sterile boxes to lock us in and apps to keep us sedated. while the techies are inside sipping their cocktails the rest of us are faced with a choice: to accept our position at the bottom of the social order or find our people and bring the whole thing down. only we can decide to smash the screens that are brainwashing us into submission.” It ends with the lines: “the time is now, the day is here, ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK!”
Thom Zehrfeld
@TRZPhotography@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

The "Morning Glory" is a cool restaurant located in Ashland, Oregon home of the Shakespearean Festivals. Check out prints and much more at: https://pixels.com/featured/morning-glory-and-bicycles-thom-zehrfeld.html#AshlandOregon#Oregon #restaurantart #artinrestaurants#MorningGlory#BuyIntoArt#WallArtDecor#Prints#Puzzles#Art#Photography#Fotografie
#ArtForSale#ArtMatters#MastoArt#Mastodon#HospitalityInteriors
#InteriorDesign#Wallart#WallArtForSale#PhotoOfTheDay#FediGiftShop#GiftIdeas#FediArt#Prints#FediArtShop#Colorful

The "Morning Glory" is a cool restaurant located in Ashland, Oregon home of the Shakespearean Festivals. Check out prints and much more at: https://pixels.com/featured/morning-glory-and-bicycles-thom-zehrfeld.html #AshlandOregon #Oregon #restaurantart #artinrestaurants #MorningGlory #BuyIntoArt #WallArtDecor #Prints #Puzzles #Art #Photography #Fotografie #ArtForSale #ArtMatters #MastoArt #Mastodon #HospitalityInteriors #InteriorDesign #Wallart #WallArtForSale #PhotoOfTheDay #FediGiftShop #GiftIdeas #FediArt #Prints #FediArtShop #Colorful
The "Morning Glory" is a cool restaurant located in Ashland, Oregon home of the Shakespearean Festivals. Check out prints and much more at: https://pixels.com/featured/morning-glory-and-bicycles-thom-zehrfeld.html #AshlandOregon #Oregon #restaurantart #artinrestaurants #MorningGlory #BuyIntoArt #WallArtDecor #Prints #Puzzles #Art #Photography #Fotografie #ArtForSale #ArtMatters #MastoArt #Mastodon #HospitalityInteriors #InteriorDesign #Wallart #WallArtForSale #PhotoOfTheDay #FediGiftShop #GiftIdeas #FediArt #Prints #FediArtShop #Colorful
The "Morning Glory" is a cool restaurant located in Ashland, Oregon home of the Shakespearean Festivals. Check out prints and much more at: https://pixels.com/featured/morning-glory-and-bicycles-thom-zehrfeld.html #AshlandOregon #Oregon #restaurantart #artinrestaurants #MorningGlory #BuyIntoArt #WallArtDecor #Prints #Puzzles #Art #Photography #Fotografie #ArtForSale #ArtMatters #MastoArt #Mastodon #HospitalityInteriors #InteriorDesign #Wallart #WallArtForSale #PhotoOfTheDay #FediGiftShop #GiftIdeas #FediArt #Prints #FediArtShop #Colorful
ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Oregon liberals, opposed to nuclear power in the 1970s, created a complex process for getting new energy projects approved.

It’s now being used to stall developments in wind and solar — with a 76-year-old activist leading the charge.

https://www.propublica.org/article/irene-gilbert-oregon-solar-green-energy-policy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Energy#Environment#Solar#Oregon#CleanEnergy

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ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Rural residents were upset when Oregon released a statewide map estimating property risk from wildfires.

Until then, the impacts of climate change were abstract to many people, one senator said. “This is a very big chicken coming home to roost.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-wildfire-risk-map-rural-homeowners?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Oregon#Wildfires#Map#Home#Misinformation#Climate#ClimateChange

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Felicity Shoulders
@faerye@pie.gd  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

I don't know that it's "ospreys really know their angles" so much as "ospreys don't have bad angles." So glamorous and photogenic!

#BirdPhotography #birding #oregon#FannoCreekWatershed #wetlands

The osprey back-winging as it surveys below it for food. Its tail feathers are prettily fanned, and the long wings are curled in, cupping the air. The killing hook of its beak is visible; as are the long sharp talons it uses to catch and pinion fish, gathered in against its white body.
The osprey back-winging as it surveys below it for food. Its tail feathers are prettily fanned, and the long wings are curled in, cupping the air. The killing hook of its beak is visible; as are the long sharp talons it uses to catch and pinion fish, gathered in against its white body.
The osprey back-winging as it surveys below it for food. Its tail feathers are prettily fanned, and the long wings are curled in, cupping the air. The killing hook of its beak is visible; as are the long sharp talons it uses to catch and pinion fish, gathered in against its white body.
The osprey seen from below, with the light through its neatly ticked wing feathers very distinct, as are the spreading graceful 'fingertips' of each distal wing feather. Sun is bright on the white cap of its head, and it is very clear that several feathers on the right side of its tail have recently grown in and are far too short. Nonetheless, a beautiful, striking bird.
The osprey seen from below, with the light through its neatly ticked wing feathers very distinct, as are the spreading graceful 'fingertips' of each distal wing feather. Sun is bright on the white cap of its head, and it is very clear that several feathers on the right side of its tail have recently grown in and are far too short. Nonetheless, a beautiful, striking bird.
The osprey seen from below, with the light through its neatly ticked wing feathers very distinct, as are the spreading graceful 'fingertips' of each distal wing feather. Sun is bright on the white cap of its head, and it is very clear that several feathers on the right side of its tail have recently grown in and are far too short. Nonetheless, a beautiful, striking bird.
An osprey flying above and toward the camera against a blue sky just washed with a wisp of cloud. The bird's wide-spread wings have a long graceful shape , with dark brown tracing the leading edge and decorating the trailing edge of the white wings. It has very binocular vision, so it truly does appear to be looking at us with its forward-trained golden eyes.
An osprey flying above and toward the camera against a blue sky just washed with a wisp of cloud. The bird's wide-spread wings have a long graceful shape , with dark brown tracing the leading edge and decorating the trailing edge of the white wings. It has very binocular vision, so it truly does appear to be looking at us with its forward-trained golden eyes.
An osprey flying above and toward the camera against a blue sky just washed with a wisp of cloud. The bird's wide-spread wings have a long graceful shape , with dark brown tracing the leading edge and decorating the trailing edge of the white wings. It has very binocular vision, so it truly does appear to be looking at us with its forward-trained golden eyes.
Felicity Shoulders
@faerye@pie.gd  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

I don't know that it's "ospreys really know their angles" so much as "ospreys don't have bad angles." So glamorous and photogenic!

#BirdPhotography #birding #oregon#FannoCreekWatershed #wetlands

The osprey back-winging as it surveys below it for food. Its tail feathers are prettily fanned, and the long wings are curled in, cupping the air. The killing hook of its beak is visible; as are the long sharp talons it uses to catch and pinion fish, gathered in against its white body.
The osprey back-winging as it surveys below it for food. Its tail feathers are prettily fanned, and the long wings are curled in, cupping the air. The killing hook of its beak is visible; as are the long sharp talons it uses to catch and pinion fish, gathered in against its white body.
The osprey back-winging as it surveys below it for food. Its tail feathers are prettily fanned, and the long wings are curled in, cupping the air. The killing hook of its beak is visible; as are the long sharp talons it uses to catch and pinion fish, gathered in against its white body.
The osprey seen from below, with the light through its neatly ticked wing feathers very distinct, as are the spreading graceful 'fingertips' of each distal wing feather. Sun is bright on the white cap of its head, and it is very clear that several feathers on the right side of its tail have recently grown in and are far too short. Nonetheless, a beautiful, striking bird.
The osprey seen from below, with the light through its neatly ticked wing feathers very distinct, as are the spreading graceful 'fingertips' of each distal wing feather. Sun is bright on the white cap of its head, and it is very clear that several feathers on the right side of its tail have recently grown in and are far too short. Nonetheless, a beautiful, striking bird.
The osprey seen from below, with the light through its neatly ticked wing feathers very distinct, as are the spreading graceful 'fingertips' of each distal wing feather. Sun is bright on the white cap of its head, and it is very clear that several feathers on the right side of its tail have recently grown in and are far too short. Nonetheless, a beautiful, striking bird.
An osprey flying above and toward the camera against a blue sky just washed with a wisp of cloud. The bird's wide-spread wings have a long graceful shape , with dark brown tracing the leading edge and decorating the trailing edge of the white wings. It has very binocular vision, so it truly does appear to be looking at us with its forward-trained golden eyes.
An osprey flying above and toward the camera against a blue sky just washed with a wisp of cloud. The bird's wide-spread wings have a long graceful shape , with dark brown tracing the leading edge and decorating the trailing edge of the white wings. It has very binocular vision, so it truly does appear to be looking at us with its forward-trained golden eyes.
An osprey flying above and toward the camera against a blue sky just washed with a wisp of cloud. The bird's wide-spread wings have a long graceful shape , with dark brown tracing the leading edge and decorating the trailing edge of the white wings. It has very binocular vision, so it truly does appear to be looking at us with its forward-trained golden eyes.
ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Rural residents were upset when Oregon released a statewide map estimating property risk from wildfires.

Until then, the impacts of climate change were abstract to many people, one senator said. “This is a very big chicken coming home to roost.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-wildfire-risk-map-rural-homeowners?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Oregon#Wildfires#Map#Home#Misinformation#Climate#ClimateChange
Anarchism News
@anarchismhub@todon.nl  ·  activity timestamp last month

Puget Sound Anarchists: Dragged into Moonlight Part II: More on the NPA and its Leader

https://pugetsoundanarchists.org/dragged-into-moonlight-part-ii/

submitted anonymouslythis is Part II of a series you can find Part I here Welcome back for Part II, below we have the…

#Analysis #AntiFascist#Featured#PNWHatewatch #Antifa #Antifascism#Bremerton#NorthwestFront#NorthwestPioneerAssociation#NPA#Oregon#Portland#Washington