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Cami Kaos (she/her) @camikaos.bsky.social · 1d

I love the way Portland loves.

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

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Kate Ertmann @katelovesmath.bsky.social · 2d

Yesterday I got to go see a performance of Oregon Ballet Theatre’s DRACULA - along with @camikaos.bsky.social & @semaphoria.bsky.social - and
it was lovely and gothic and #highlyrecommend

www.obt.org/event/dracula/

The characters of Dracula and his bride, Flora. Dracula stands behind Flora with his arms holding Flora’s arms open, the shades of pink and purple showing in the under part of his cape. Flora is on point with one leg extended and wearing a draping short sleeve white effervescent gown. They are both very pale, which makes sense since they are, technically dead, though immortal.

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 5d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4d

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

Unicorn bride marries Kenny from South Park at Portland ICE protest

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

www.oregonlive.com

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BRCHaus @brchaus.bsky.social · 6d

We're heading to downtown Portland shortly - thankfully, I can check this resource to see what's ahead!
isportlandburning.com

Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

isportlandburning.com

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Ipstenu (Mika E.) @ipstenu.org · 6d

This is the kind of ‘hate’ mail we get at @lezwatchtv.com

1. Buddy, all words are made up

2. The term appears to have been coined in 1914

3. It is hateful to deny someone their identity

4. How bored are you to actually write that message?

There are no “Cisgender” women. There are women. They are normal. There are men pretending to be women, they are “transgender women.” They are not equivalent. Those two terms are not balanced. Women are normal, transgender women are an anomaly. There is nothing hateful or phobic about this stance. It’s simply the way things are. Twisting reality and inventing names helps no one.

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Cami Kaos (she/her) @camikaos.bsky.social · 6d

I was about to say “Not to get all heavy on you on a Monday morning,” but it’s Thursday and time is a flat circle. Anyway. Here’s a post about Portland.

camikaos.com/2025/10/09/d...

dispatches from hell… sorry, I mean, Portland… 01

When I was a kid, we had drills. Fire drills. Earthquake drills. Soviet-bombing drills. That was pretty much it. I’m nearly fifty now. The active shooter and lockdown stuff came later, when my daug…

camikaos.com

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Cami Kaos (she/her) @camikaos.bsky.social · 6d

I hope for a is it snowing collab in the months to come.

Rick Turoczy @turoczy.bsky.social · 6d

Friendly reminder isportlandburning.com

Screenshot from https://isportlandburning.com/ showing that Portland is, in fact, not burning

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Cami Kaos (she/her) @camikaos.bsky.social · 6d

This month’s Dear Cami started with a letter from @penguin.bsky.social asking how I journal, eat, meditate—basically, how I keep going.

www.wearegalpal.com/museletter/d...

(or ask me something messy, tender, or impossible for a future column: tinyurl.com/dearcami

Dear Cami

www.wearegalpal.com

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Cami Kaos (she/her) @camikaos.bsky.social · 7d

It’s the snow of food franchises. Portland is obsessed.

Rick Turoczy @turoczy.bsky.social · 7d

No matter what's happening in the newscycle, Portland local media is always guaranteed to absolutely giddly lose their shit over the unverified rumor of an @n-in-out.bsky.social potentially maybe possibly opening in the area.

Every. Single. Fucking. Time.

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Cami Kaos (she/her) @camikaos.bsky.social · 13d

for those of you worried about the war zone I'm living in...

siliconflorist.com/2025/10/01/p...

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Cami Kaos (she/her) @camikaos.bsky.social · 20d

Dear hearts, the October issue is brewing…
But I can’t finish it without you.

If you’ve got a question—messy, honest, hard, or strange—you’ve got until Monday, Sept 29 to throw it my way.

Feed me your dilemmas.
Feed me your chaos.
Feed me your questions.

tinyurl.com/camikaos

💌 Submit a Question to Dear Cami

Dear Cami is a monthly advice column for neurodivergent folks (and the people who love us). It’s a place for honesty, curiosity, and side-eye at the systems making everything harder than it needs to b...

tinyurl.com

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Cami Kaos (she/her) @camikaos.bsky.social · 22d

any of it good?

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Annika Boo-ranti Klein @noirbettie.bsky.social · 22d

very interesting to have a rapture on bisexual visibility day.

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Cami Kaos (she/her) @camikaos.bsky.social · 22d

yep. it was too late.

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Cami Kaos (she/her) @camikaos.bsky.social · 22d

After a weekend off the internet... I'm terrified to look at anything.

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Cami Kaos (she/her) @camikaos.bsky.social · 22d

Having finally watched 28 Years Later over the weekend, the only thing I can say is that it's already time to watch it again.

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Cami Kaos (she/her) @camikaos.bsky.social · 22d

Took 48 hours off social + news. Didn’t read a thing, didn’t post a thing. For two days it was like I didn’t exist, and honestly? Bliss.

camikaos.com/2025/09/22/d...

do not see me…

There are times I do not want to be perceived. Whole stretches. Weeks when I am strictly available to my tiny family and no one else. I’ve always been like this: I withdraw, go hermit, disappear. I…

camikaos.com

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Cami Kaos (she/her) @camikaos.bsky.social · 26d

This was a very rollercoaster post for me. I was

1) so excited about dot grid index cards
2) in awe of you for finding them, but of course, if anyone would, it would be you
3) Deeply grieving their outrageous cost.

What a ride for a Friday morning.

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Cami Kaos (she/her) @camikaos.bsky.social · 27d

Now that I've started Dear Cami, an advice column for neurodivergent folks and the people who love us, I find myself with an insatiable need for questions. I hunger for them. Like brains.

Feed me. Submit your question:
tinyurl.com/camikaos

💌 Submit a Question to Dear Cami

Dear Cami is a monthly advice column for neurodivergent folks (and the people who love us). It’s a place for honesty, curiosity, and side-eye at the systems making everything harder than it needs to b...

tinyurl.com

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Cami Kaos (she/her) @camikaos.bsky.social · 27d

Anyone know where I can get 8mm or 10mm tungsten beads? I'm working on something weighted...

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Cami Kaos (she/her) @camikaos.bsky.social · 27d

It's because we live in hell now.

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Cami Kaos (she/her) @camikaos.bsky.social · 28d

Now that you see it how does it feel?

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Cami Kaos (she/her) @camikaos.bsky.social · 28d

Thank you so much for sharing. Both the post and your answer. Your glasses really are a signature you look <3

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