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Anarchic chaos witch. Pottery, Star Trek, weird shit and plants. Often asocial queer goblin.
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Long but Important Read:
I want to talk about something that's been on my mind: the wide range of pricing in our community (honestly in many of the communities we are a part of lol) and why context matters.
#WitchLife #MagicalBazaar #Witches
I want to talk about something that's been on my mind: the wide range of pricing in our community (honestly in many of the communities we are a part of lol) and why context matters.
#WitchLife #MagicalBazaar #Witches
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Long but Important Read:
I want to talk about something that's been on my mind: the wide range of pricing in our community (honestly in many of the communities we are a part of lol) and why context matters.
#WitchLife #MagicalBazaar #Witches
I want to talk about something that's been on my mind: the wide range of pricing in our community (honestly in many of the communities we are a part of lol) and why context matters.
#WitchLife #MagicalBazaar #Witches
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Noticed how the same people who once declared "Portland is DEAD" are suddenly jumping on the "Portland is BACK, bay-bee" bandwagon? Mercury editor Wm. Steven Humphrey has, and spends a smooth 800 words *giving them hell.*
(It's part of our annual "Winter Guide" in print and on the streets NOW.)
(It's part of our annual "Winter Guide" in print and on the streets NOW.)
Wm. Steven Humphrey's Adventures in Newspapering
[What follows is one of the many merry articles in the Mercury's Winter Guide 2025. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you're feeling generous this holiday seas...
www.portlandmercury.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Noticed how the same people who once declared "Portland is DEAD" are suddenly jumping on the "Portland is BACK, bay-bee" bandwagon? Mercury editor Wm. Steven Humphrey has, and spends a smooth 800 words *giving them hell.*
(It's part of our annual "Winter Guide" in print and on the streets NOW.)
(It's part of our annual "Winter Guide" in print and on the streets NOW.)
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Listen, it's illegal to say that politics would work out better if at the end of a politician's single term they were ritualistically slaughtered by a druidic priest in atonement to the gods for whatever sins they committed in office.
You mustn't do that.
I'm ok because I'm telling you NOT to, but
You mustn't do that.
I'm ok because I'm telling you NOT to, but
November 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Listen, it's illegal to say that politics would work out better if at the end of a politician's single term they were ritualistically slaughtered by a druidic priest in atonement to the gods for whatever sins they committed in office.
You mustn't do that.
I'm ok because I'm telling you NOT to, but
You mustn't do that.
I'm ok because I'm telling you NOT to, but
I suppose I should do a last harvest of herbs to dry
November 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I suppose I should do a last harvest of herbs to dry
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I have written my own name on a piece of paper and put it in a shoebox, thus finishing what I am calling the Determining Who is the Smartest, Coolest, Most Athletic, Sexiest, Tallest, Best Parent Device, and won't YOU all be surprised when it comes out with an answer. Also it's a Holocaust denier.
November 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I have written my own name on a piece of paper and put it in a shoebox, thus finishing what I am calling the Determining Who is the Smartest, Coolest, Most Athletic, Sexiest, Tallest, Best Parent Device, and won't YOU all be surprised when it comes out with an answer. Also it's a Holocaust denier.
Convincing myself to go and throw more pottery while I’m not in the mood
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Convincing myself to go and throw more pottery while I’m not in the mood
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Attacks on VPNs are attacks on digital privacy and digital freedom. And that battle is being fought by people who clearly have no idea how any of this technology actually works. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued ID before you can access certain content, because politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual
www.eff.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Attacks on VPNs are attacks on digital privacy and digital freedom. And that battle is being fought by people who clearly have no idea how any of this technology actually works. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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And billionaires will ensure that this common knowledge - "taxing really rich people will make things better and not destroy people" - is hotly-debated and ultimately made to feel like some crazy radical opinion.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
And billionaires will ensure that this common knowledge - "taxing really rich people will make things better and not destroy people" - is hotly-debated and ultimately made to feel like some crazy radical opinion.
Go to any other coffee shop!
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Go to any other coffee shop!
Never forget
It’s 12 November, so it’s time to mark the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale of Oregon, an attempt to clear a cetacean carcass from a beach which prompted one reporter to say “The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds”
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Never forget
So boiling amanita muscaria in two changes of water and then pan frying them is delicious and quite edible
a shooting star with the words " the more you know " behind it
Alt: a shooting star with the words " the more you know " behind it
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
So boiling amanita muscaria in two changes of water and then pan frying them is delicious and quite edible
Get to know your mutuals! List 10 random things you like:
Black coffee
Clouds
New socks
Fresh cut flowers
The smell of Beeswax
Clay
Science fiction
Graveyards
Hot tubs
The ocean
Black coffee
Clouds
New socks
Fresh cut flowers
The smell of Beeswax
Clay
Science fiction
Graveyards
Hot tubs
The ocean
I never do these 🤣🖤
Get to know your mutuals! List 10 random things you like:
Psychology
Occult philosophy
Black widows
Thistles
Charcoal sketching
Absinthe
Jackdaws
A free yew
Graveyards
The smell of burning mugwort
#WitchMadness
Get to know your mutuals! List 10 random things you like:
Psychology
Occult philosophy
Black widows
Thistles
Charcoal sketching
Absinthe
Jackdaws
A free yew
Graveyards
The smell of burning mugwort
#WitchMadness
Get to know your mutuals! List 10 random things you like:
Plants / Fungi
Spiderwebs
Fog
Cozy Spaces
Cemeteries (the older the better)
Columns of sunlight through the clouds
Research Rabbit Holes
Rainbows / Color Spectrums
Places where I can see the whole horizon
The first sliver of a new moon
Plants / Fungi
Spiderwebs
Fog
Cozy Spaces
Cemeteries (the older the better)
Columns of sunlight through the clouds
Research Rabbit Holes
Rainbows / Color Spectrums
Places where I can see the whole horizon
The first sliver of a new moon
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Get to know your mutuals! List 10 random things you like:
Black coffee
Clouds
New socks
Fresh cut flowers
The smell of Beeswax
Clay
Science fiction
Graveyards
Hot tubs
The ocean
Black coffee
Clouds
New socks
Fresh cut flowers
The smell of Beeswax
Clay
Science fiction
Graveyards
Hot tubs
The ocean
This hurts
welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This hurts
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Senator Odysseus (D - Ithaca) says he will not seek reelection, after an impromptu meeting with Senate Siren leadership, in which the Sirens offered "strong commitments" as part of a plan to smash ships upon rocks as sharp as spears and have Ithacan sailors join a meadow filled with skeletons.
those beautiful naked women have made a compelling argument i am going to steer this ship into the rocks
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Senator Odysseus (D - Ithaca) says he will not seek reelection, after an impromptu meeting with Senate Siren leadership, in which the Sirens offered "strong commitments" as part of a plan to smash ships upon rocks as sharp as spears and have Ithacan sailors join a meadow filled with skeletons.
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Sweeps aren't the answer and neither are mass shelters without a clear path to housing. Please sign this petition to demand a Housing First strategy in Portland:
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October 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Sweeps aren't the answer and neither are mass shelters without a clear path to housing. Please sign this petition to demand a Housing First strategy in Portland:
actionbutton.nationbuilder.com/share/SPK-QE...
actionbutton.nationbuilder.com/share/SPK-QE...
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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Millions of Democratic voters on Tuesday: Fight these guys. Fight them.
Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in
Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Millions of Democratic voters on Tuesday: Fight these guys. Fight them.
Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in
Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in
I went to the woods. It’s much better than looking at the news today.
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I went to the woods. It’s much better than looking at the news today.
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Guys just thought of this: what if we wrest power away from the capitalist ruling class and create a society not based on the exploitation of a laboring class
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Guys just thought of this: what if we wrest power away from the capitalist ruling class and create a society not based on the exploitation of a laboring class
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BREAKING: Judge Immergut issues a permanent injunction against Pete Hegseth and the deployment of the National Guard to Portland.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
BREAKING: Judge Immergut issues a permanent injunction against Pete Hegseth and the deployment of the National Guard to Portland.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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I liked Frankenstein
November 7, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I liked Frankenstein
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The man who threw a Subway sandwich at a federal officer in the early days of the Trump administration’s law enforcement surge in Washington, DC, earlier this summer has been found not guilty of assault. https://cnn.it/47KdxUe
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The man who threw a Subway sandwich at a federal officer in the early days of the Trump administration’s law enforcement surge in Washington, DC, earlier this summer has been found not guilty of assault. https://cnn.it/47KdxUe