Shane Portman

@shaneport.bsky.social

Emmy-nominated storyteller, mostly of the animated variety. Here’s an emoji of a mosquito doing pushups: 🦟
http://www.shaneportman.com

@shaneport.bsky.social

Yaay! We did it! In the last few hours, Shrub straight-up Seabiscuited across the finish line 🏇🏿, surpassing our 3rd stretch goal. Thank you to everyone who contributed and/or shared the campaign with others. I cannot wait for the world to see the book that @fanbasepress.bsky.social is assembling!

@shaneport.bsky.social

We’re in the final hours of the Shrub Kickstarter and I just want to thank you all for your open-hearted generosity.

The campaign closes at 12am EST/9pm PST, so there’s time if you still want to contribute and/or preorder a book to help us nudge closer to our 3rd stretch goal: bit.ly/4c4wV1q

@davidsirota.comReposted by @shaneport.bsky.social

A Democratic Party that refused to use its power to deliver for the working class ended up being a delivery system for Trump. If Democrats win power and once again do the same thing, they will be a delivery system for an even worse version of Trump - pass it on.

@bencollins.bsky.socialReposted by @shaneport.bsky.social

Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.

@chrisgeidner.bsky.socialReposted by @shaneport.bsky.social

Normally I would be upset at the number of people misspelling a senator's name, but with Schmitt, it's just fitting that people don't even care what his actual name is now.

@tressiemcphd.bsky.socialReposted by @shaneport.bsky.social

In practice, AI literacy doesn’t start with building the tool for your personal use. It starts with understanding yourself as a collection of tasks who should subcontract those out to a machine. Almost no regular person’s life currently exists as such.

@propublica.orgReposted by @shaneport.bsky.social

Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵

Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.
@theferocity.bsky.socialReposted by @shaneport.bsky.social

We can’t allow this man to get within striking distance of a viable presidential candidacy.

Mother Jones@motherjones.com

Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have prohibited future governors from handing over abortion providers, helpers, and patients to red states for criminal prosecution. The bill also barred extraditions involving transgender care.

motherjones.comNewsom vetoes bill that would ban extraditions for abortion and gender-affirming careCalifornia’s pro-repro rights governor rejects a key protection that 18 blue states have enshrined into law.
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