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Library mode. All day. Every day. Occasionally craft mode. 🇺🇦🧶 🪡
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Since moving here from the hellscape that is X, my feed is somehow now full of posts about how awesome libraries are and I am HERE FOR IT! Support your local libraries, they provide a warm space safe for everyone and the free gift of knowledge!
Not really one for introductory posts, but it doesn’t get much better than this. So an introductory quote post it is. Hi!
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Schumer and the Dems are about to teach Trump the lesson that they’ll cave whenever he abuses power to sufficiently hurt people.
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Schumer and the Dems are about to teach Trump the lesson that they’ll cave whenever he abuses power to sufficiently hurt people.
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Hey, everyone, vote in your local elections tomorrow. I don’t wanna hear any of that “my vote doesn’t matter” bullshit, because it DEFINITELY doesn’t if you do nothing. Change starts from the ground up, babes. This is how you drive change.
November 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Hey, everyone, vote in your local elections tomorrow. I don’t wanna hear any of that “my vote doesn’t matter” bullshit, because it DEFINITELY doesn’t if you do nothing. Change starts from the ground up, babes. This is how you drive change.
Love independent artists! Start your holiday shopping now so you can support the economic blackout Nov.25-Dec.2 (or longer!) in style. 💪
It's the time of year again -- time to do your holiday shopping from independent artists. It's more important than ever to support people actually making stuff!
If you're an artist or craftsperson of any kind, please reply to this with what you make and a link to your store and I'll share it!
If you're an artist or craftsperson of any kind, please reply to this with what you make and a link to your store and I'll share it!
November 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Love independent artists! Start your holiday shopping now so you can support the economic blackout Nov.25-Dec.2 (or longer!) in style. 💪
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If you or a loved one needs help with food, rent, utility, or additional resources in Oregon, please follow the thread. More resources can be found on my website at salinas.house.gov/shutdown
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Shutdown FAQ
Government shutdown FAQ
salinas.house.gov
October 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
If you or a loved one needs help with food, rent, utility, or additional resources in Oregon, please follow the thread. More resources can be found on my website at salinas.house.gov/shutdown
Share and save the resources below ⬇️ (1/2)
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Insanity.
They don’t even know who they’re killing. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
October 31, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Insanity.
Just no. What the hell? 😡
Oh, boy - here we go. This is a *huge* escalation.
Gift 🎁 link.
"State officials promise large-scale involuntary addiction and mental health treatment at Salt Lake City’s edge. Critics see 'a prison, or a warehouse.'"
It's definitely involuntary detention.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
Gift 🎁 link.
"State officials promise large-scale involuntary addiction and mental health treatment at Salt Lake City’s edge. Critics see 'a prison, or a warehouse.'"
It's definitely involuntary detention.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Just no. What the hell? 😡
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Huge thank you to the comedians, musicians, artists and writers who are just as mad and bewildered as the rest of us but are still doing their best to make life worth living for everyone.
October 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Huge thank you to the comedians, musicians, artists and writers who are just as mad and bewildered as the rest of us but are still doing their best to make life worth living for everyone.
Ugh. The sight of a Russian flag on the entrance to Pokrovsk makes me so sad. *Granted, they had to use a drone to do it--still not in control enough to move freely on foot. #SlavaUkraini 💔🇺🇦💪 Ukraine has fought so long & hard to keep this city.
October 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Ugh. The sight of a Russian flag on the entrance to Pokrovsk makes me so sad. *Granted, they had to use a drone to do it--still not in control enough to move freely on foot. #SlavaUkraini 💔🇺🇦💪 Ukraine has fought so long & hard to keep this city.
Excellent thread on labor union history.
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Excellent thread on labor union history.
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Congress has provided a contingency plan for SNAP to keep the program going for years in case of a shut down. The USDA sneakily took the plan down. Now blue states are suing to continue benefits for their constituents.
Where is the money going?
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news
Where is the money going?
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news
USDA Quietly Deletes Its Contingency Plan for Funding SNAP — NOTUS
The 55-page “lapse of funding” document for USDA is no longer available online.
apple.news
October 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Congress has provided a contingency plan for SNAP to keep the program going for years in case of a shut down. The USDA sneakily took the plan down. Now blue states are suing to continue benefits for their constituents.
Where is the money going?
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news
Where is the money going?
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news
Good lord. 🙄
HAPPENING NOW: Portland Police Commander Franz Schoening testifies that federal officers on Oct. 18 barraged protesters with crowd control munitions — not because of any violence but because another federal officer accidentally shot tear gas onto the roof of the ICE facility.
October 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Good lord. 🙄
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truth be told.. most of us are doing more than enough but the systems we are in do not reward us in those ways. gentle reminder that it is not your fault that you feel like you are failing.
October 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
truth be told.. most of us are doing more than enough but the systems we are in do not reward us in those ways. gentle reminder that it is not your fault that you feel like you are failing.
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Karoline Leavitt officially announced the "Launch of a large-scale investigation to find the people behind 'No Kings.'"
I've saved her some time.
I've saved her some time.
October 29, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Karoline Leavitt officially announced the "Launch of a large-scale investigation to find the people behind 'No Kings.'"
I've saved her some time.
I've saved her some time.
If you see this, quote with a vampire that isn’t Dracula.
October 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
If you see this, quote with a vampire that isn’t Dracula.
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Portland Letter Carriers Union has passed a resolution saying that its members are committed to reporting any ICE sightings to local rapid response groups: “As you know, letter carriers are on every street, every day. So we’re a big set of eyes and ears.” 💌
October 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Portland Letter Carriers Union has passed a resolution saying that its members are committed to reporting any ICE sightings to local rapid response groups: “As you know, letter carriers are on every street, every day. So we’re a big set of eyes and ears.” 💌
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BREAKING: The Ninth Circuit has restored the block on Trump’s National Guard deployment in Portland. The appeals court voted to rehear the case and vacate an earlier extreme ruling that let him seize Oregon’s troops.
Ninth Circuit Restores Block on Trump’s Portland Guard Deployment
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:46 AM
BREAKING: The Ninth Circuit has restored the block on Trump’s National Guard deployment in Portland. The appeals court voted to rehear the case and vacate an earlier extreme ruling that let him seize Oregon’s troops.
Stayed up much too late watching baseball last night but it led to fun conversations with kids today over our baseball book display and seeing if any of them (elementary age) actually got to stay up late! 😂❤️📚⚾️🧢
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Stayed up much too late watching baseball last night but it led to fun conversations with kids today over our baseball book display and seeing if any of them (elementary age) actually got to stay up late! 😂❤️📚⚾️🧢
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Food resources in and around Portland, Oregon
If you are not personally food insecure, please donate to a local community org that keeps us all fed
I’ll add to thread as I find more. Please add any others.
#portland #pdx #food #resources #communityaid
If you are not personally food insecure, please donate to a local community org that keeps us all fed
I’ll add to thread as I find more. Please add any others.
#portland #pdx #food #resources #communityaid
October 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Dear Democratic Members of Congress:
I am urging each of you to adopt a food pantry this week. Make it clear that Trump and the GOP are withholding $5 billion in a contingency fund that could fund SNAP benefits and feed Americans, so you're adopting a food pantry in your district.
I am urging each of you to adopt a food pantry this week. Make it clear that Trump and the GOP are withholding $5 billion in a contingency fund that could fund SNAP benefits and feed Americans, so you're adopting a food pantry in your district.
October 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Dear Democratic Members of Congress:
I am urging each of you to adopt a food pantry this week. Make it clear that Trump and the GOP are withholding $5 billion in a contingency fund that could fund SNAP benefits and feed Americans, so you're adopting a food pantry in your district.
I am urging each of you to adopt a food pantry this week. Make it clear that Trump and the GOP are withholding $5 billion in a contingency fund that could fund SNAP benefits and feed Americans, so you're adopting a food pantry in your district.
Ooof. What a thread. 👍🏻
I really think we should do a whole series about facts like this:
Have you noticed that poison ivy seems worse and itchier?
It's not your imagination. It's Climate Change.
grist.org/climate/clim...
Have you noticed that poison ivy seems worse and itchier?
It's not your imagination. It's Climate Change.
grist.org/climate/clim...
October 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Ooof. What a thread. 👍🏻
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Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.
October 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.
Such a good read for those of us trying to be brave and not sure what to do next. ❤️💪🏻
My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."
We Have to Move
"There are living, breathing people all around you who need your sense of decency to be made material. Don’t give up on them, or on you."
organizingmythoughts.org
October 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Such a good read for those of us trying to be brave and not sure what to do next. ❤️💪🏻
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
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2023: Gov. Bill Lee signs record tax break for corporations
2024: Lee signs new record tax giveaway for corporations ($2B most of which went out of state)
2025, Jan: Lee signs $1.1B voucher handout to private school parents
2025, Oct: Lee says state can’t afford to feed kids
2024: Lee signs new record tax giveaway for corporations ($2B most of which went out of state)
2025, Jan: Lee signs $1.1B voucher handout to private school parents
2025, Oct: Lee says state can’t afford to feed kids
October 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
2023: Gov. Bill Lee signs record tax break for corporations
2024: Lee signs new record tax giveaway for corporations ($2B most of which went out of state)
2025, Jan: Lee signs $1.1B voucher handout to private school parents
2025, Oct: Lee says state can’t afford to feed kids
2024: Lee signs new record tax giveaway for corporations ($2B most of which went out of state)
2025, Jan: Lee signs $1.1B voucher handout to private school parents
2025, Oct: Lee says state can’t afford to feed kids