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Countx Chocula 🦇👻

@speedofhuman.bsky.social

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Weirdo nature nerd, 🪨hound, 👻 storyteller, #trans 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️, #genderqueer, #AuDHD #pwME #WUFO Liminal Earth Ambassador

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Countx Chocula 🦇👻 @speedofhuman.bsky.social · Mar 14

I finally wrote up a field report zine about some of my wild experiences in Boyer Chute, which I alluded to a few weeks back in #WUFO

📖 You can check out "Fairy-Led at Boyer Chute" here (no need for an account - click "continue as guest"): new.express.adobe.com/publishedV2/...

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Dean Spade @deanspade.bsky.social · 5h

In this clip from Episode 9 of Love in a F*cked Up World, the podcast, the brilliant Weyam Ghadbian talks about whether the prevalence of insecure attachment might stem from the widespread forced displacement generations of people have experience because of colonialism, war, and ecological crisis.

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Gail Waldby ❌👑 @gailwaldby.bsky.social · 5h

#ICE #EugeneOR #Oregon

3:31 AM
Good evening,
We were informed today by Salem that ICE is in Eugene.
We were warned that 50 to 100 cars came down 15. Went
through Woodburn and Chemeketa. They will not be
showing up as ICE but as CBP (Customs and Border
Patrol). We unfortunately can't send out the information through our government email.
I just wanted to give you heads up to share with all your contacts.

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Countx Chocula 🦇👻 @speedofhuman.bsky.social · 4h

By which I mean saying what I mean without consideration of social expectations of preserving people’s peace in the name of politeness when they are acting like a fool from a place of unexamined privilege.

Countx Chocula 🦇👻 @speedofhuman.bsky.social · 4h

I have both flavors mentioned above—I will fawn & try to preserve the peace for a while but if you push me beyond this…all wrath will descend and also I will probably consider you an unsafe person from that point forward. I’m making up for lost time with my late diagnosis by Becoming Unmasked™️ 😂

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 5h

The latest in the Oregon lawsuit that could have broad implications for what happens in Chicago in the coming weeks:

OPB @opb.org · 5h

Breaking News: U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut has extended temporary rulings blocking the Trump administration from federalizing and deploying members of the National Guard to Portland.

Oregon judge extends temporary block on National Guard deployment to Portland

The order comes as city, state and federal official wait for a ruling from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

www.opb.org

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Robin (she/he-ella/él) @merryrobin.bsky.social · 11h

Please go read, feel, and amplify @itsmeio.bsky.social words.

Solidarity will save us.

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 8h

“It’s kind of just a radical grocery store but the food is books,” Rodriguez said. “It’s cool to see what other people are grabbing. It’s kind of fun to have little exchanges and know there are people in your neighborhood who care about the same things I do.”

Radical Reads at the Haymarket Book Fair | The Loyola Phoenix

Haymarket Books hosted a Radical Book Fair at their North Side warehouse, cultivating community and resistance.

loyolaphoenix.com

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 5h

BREAKING: A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from laying off federal workers during the government shutdown.

The judge granted a temporary restraining order blocking these mass firings, countering Russ Vought who is seeking to lay off 10,000 workers or more.

Judge blocks Trump's layoffs during shutdown, calling them illegal

The administration began laying off federal workers last Friday.

www.nbcnews.com

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Countx Chocula 🦇👻 @speedofhuman.bsky.social · 6h

I got a haircut yesterday and everyone getting their haircut wore a mask, even tho there wasn’t a requirement to do so. Queers get it right y’all & Ginger is a curly-hair queen! If you’re in #PDX check them out
hairodactyl.com

Hairodactyl

Portland's Vegan & Cruelty-Free Salon & Mercantile

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Countx Chocula 🦇👻 @speedofhuman.bsky.social · 6h

Oh yeah, nothing like being at a bus stop or working as a bartender and having a complete stranger ask you “what surgeries you’ve had” with the expectant look that you will give them an ally cookie for clocking you as trans.

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Countx Chocula 🦇👻 @speedofhuman.bsky.social · 6h

This is an approach folks could take in Portland too—Portland loves a Little Free Library!

Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 10h

My neighbors have filled the Little Free Libraries with whistles so we can warn each other about ICE. Chicago is not afraid.

Countx Chocula 🦇👻 @speedofhuman.bsky.social · 6h

Just…the toxic, thoughtless, bulk inclusion in “women’s” spaces from “allies” that is actually TERFy as hell.

Countx Chocula 🦇👻 @speedofhuman.bsky.social · 6h

Relatable 😂 I’ve been on a non-fiction kick so excited for a fiction reference. It’ll be a month or so til I get it it looks like

Countx Chocula 🦇👻 @speedofhuman.bsky.social · 6h

Where’s the alt text and credit to photographers?

Countx Chocula 🦇👻 @speedofhuman.bsky.social · 6h

I have placed a hold! Will report back 😂😁

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Countx Chocula 🦇👻 @speedofhuman.bsky.social · 7h

🎉🥳👏🏻

a man in a number 21 jersey is surrounded by other soccer players

Alt: Ted Lasso & a group of soccer players dance in celebration.

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Countx Chocula 🦇👻 @speedofhuman.bsky.social · 7h

Ooo, okay, you’re convincing me. I’m not usually one to read a thing with “sword” in the title but hard to argue with that recommendation!

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Countx Chocula 🦇👻 @speedofhuman.bsky.social · 7h

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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

The acclaimed modern science fiction masterpiece, Hugo Award winner for Best Series!Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space - and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the mea...

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Countx Chocula 🦇👻 @speedofhuman.bsky.social · 7h

I’m looking for books about disability and connection to nature where there’s no talk of a “cure”. I love Sound of a Wild Snail Eating, Abi Palmer’s writing, and the collection Moving Mountains: Writing Nature through Illness and Disability.

Countx Chocula 🦇👻 @speedofhuman.bsky.social · 7h

I’m not the library, but have you read A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers yet, it’s great & there’s two more in the series if you like it.

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 5d

I might disappear for a while I’m suffering from severe, crushing depression.
I’am so so so sorry but my family is still lying in the street, in the freezing October cold.
Don’t forget them in your donations they have no one but you. Good bye

Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · Sep 6

We are in urgent need of protection and a safe place to live. We’re raising support to help us escape danger and rebuild our lives in safety. Every contribution, no matter how small, brings us one step closer to security and hope. 💛
kindly give :
#BringRuaaHome #SafetyForRuaa #HumanitarianAid

Project Bring Ruaa and Her Family to Safety

I'm helping my friend, Ruaa Naji, raise funds to help her family survive.

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bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 20h

made the quoted thread, a response to a few of @jamellebouie.net’s recent posts, into a video, because sometimes it’s nice to see people’s faces, hear people’s voices, on an ever colder internet. this is part one.

full video at normal speed:
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMfy98PR/

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 9h

Rest in power Miss Major Griffin-Gracy. May your memory be for a revolution.

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 1d

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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OPB @opb.org · 22h

It’s been two years since Hermiston officials revealed Eastern Oregon’s largest city had “forever chemicals” in its water supply. It may be years more before Hermiston residents get more information about the discovery.

After finding forever chemicals in its drinking water, this Eastern Oregon city stopped testing for them

PFAS turning up in Oregon cities remain unregulated by federal clean water laws.

www.opb.org

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