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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 6h

in all the discussion (and sometimes tokenizing) of Portland protests being a creative spectacle that neutralizes law enforcement, don’t overlook:

Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 9h

Members of the Unpresidented Brass Band were bull rushed & brutalized in the middle of playing "Ghostbusters." One was sent to the hospital and another tackled, arrested, and taken across state lines where she is still being detained.

Read more about Sunday's protest in Portland here:

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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 8h

Got off the bus to walk in the rain.

A clutch of pink roses all wet from the rain shower.

One yellow and red rose drooping from the water.

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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 9h

Sad tennis courts looking like a swimming pool.

Through the window of the high school you can see the blue of a tarp and an empty court.

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 9h

Tami needs help raising the remainder of her rent. Together we can get her there.

Tami @chronictami.bsky.social · 15h

$300/875! Any support is greatly appreciated.

Tami @chronictami.bsky.social · 2d

Losing hope that I'll be able to keep my home. Not sure I can raise the full $875 this month for rent. I'm scared of being on the streets again. Last time, I had to rely on an abusive man to protect me. Please help me not go back there. tamilove21 on Cash App, Venmo, and Paypal.

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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 18h

Bloom on campus

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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 18h

Weird little morning.

ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 1d

Yes!

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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 1d

I’m tired. I’m glad you’re here.

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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 1d

My reporter on the ground!

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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 1d

Fwiw my coastal Oregon friend who is an extreme Portland hater has said *nothing* to me about the city this week.

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 1d

The US federal attack on Portland has resulted in the best advertisement for a city that I have ever seen. Round-the-clock joy, community solidarity and silliness that much of the West has lost and longs for.

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 1d

columbus was a monster and thanksgiving is an act of collective genocidal delusion. tis the season for this little ditty evangreer.bandcamp.com/album/amab-a...

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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 1d

Babby the crow was crying this morning and let me just say that there is a whole lot going on.

ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 1d

Oh and exploiting loopholes by purchasing properties and renting it to family members. One reason among many I am not a family values girly.

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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 1d

The housing market (God, what an ugly phrase) is just musical chairs—with property owners renting to other property owners because it’s cheaper for them to rent other peoples’ homes than it is for them to live in their own investment properties.

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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 1d

“I am a senior citizen,” Beasley said in June. “I am tired.”

In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 2d

As climate change increasingly becomes a threat not just to homes, but to the very foundations of retirement, even the most careful savers are finding personal effort can’t outpace the risks woven deeply into the financial system.

@adamlmahoney.bsky.social reports

inthesetimes.com/article/clim...

Climate Change Puts A Generation’s Retirement On The Line

Early retirement withdrawals for hardship have tripled since 2020, as disasters strike and insurance fails–leaving workers on their own in old age.

inthesetimes.com

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Baltimore Beat @baltimorebeat.bsky.social · 1d

From West Baltimore, a farming legacy baltimorebeat.com/from-west-ba...

A Black woman with her locs in a bun smiles as she holds a bucket of plants.

A person wearing a navy blue t-shirt with yellow and white lettering and a gray backwards baseball cap works on a farm.

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 1d

Trying their hardest to incite violence to fit the narrative‼️

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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday was blue, this morning brownish grey.

Outside the window, storm clouds moving in.

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Rachel Hands @rachelhands.com · 2d

“It’s a form of resistance that requires us to put aside ego, and the need for personal gratification, to become a node in a living network of care, support, and defense.”

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."