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Maggie Wauklyn

@simplykumquat.bsky.social

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Artist, naturalist, photographer, erstwhile educator, choral member, defense investigator. With Long-COVID.

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Maggie Wauklyn @simplykumquat.bsky.social · 1d

🍲 HEY: need food resources in PDX but don't want to traipse through a long thread?

No worries, jawaherpdx on IG did the work for us:

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Food Resource List - PDX

Food Resources PDX Share this sheet to amplify these existing resources to support individuals & families in accessing food during this government shutdown. A delay in SNAP means over 750,000 families...

docs.google.com

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Maggie Wauklyn @simplykumquat.bsky.social · 14h

Grandma made some real nice cloaks, and you can tell her I said so

Maggie Wauklyn @simplykumquat.bsky.social · 1d

🍲 HEY: need food resources in PDX but don't want to traipse through a long thread?

No worries, jawaherpdx on IG did the work for us:

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Food Resource List - PDX

docs.google.com

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Maggie Wauklyn @simplykumquat.bsky.social · 1d

Clackamas service Center. Particularly close to my heart as this is one of the counties I work in. These guys do so much. The deserve so much more support than they receive.

(I mean. All of these orgs do.)
www.cscoregon.org/services

Our Services | Clackamas Service Center

www.cscoregon.org

Maggie Wauklyn @simplykumquat.bsky.social · 1d

Royal Rose Foundation. Multiple Programs including harm reduction. New program is providing $100 grocery gift cares and care kits to folks who need them.
royalrosefoundation.org

The Royal Rose Foundation

Join us at The Royal Rose Foundation, a leading charity foundation dedicated to uplifting our community through impactful programs and support.

royalrosefoundation.org

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Maggie Wauklyn @simplykumquat.bsky.social · 1d

Milk Crate Kitchen. "Chef-prepared and BIPOC-led. Nutrient-dense meals using food rescue. Feeding families one cooked meal at a time. No cost. No questions asked." Several meal programs.
www.milkcratekitchen.org

Milk Crate Kitchen | Portland | Community Kitchen

Milk Crate Kitchen based in Portland, OR. Chef Michael Casper is passing out family meals once a week at no cost to those in need.

www.milkcratekitchen.org

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Maggie Wauklyn @simplykumquat.bsky.social · 1d

Community Free Store SE PDX. Another mutual aid group. Same as above. Collecting and sharing food, survival gear, will put out calls to the community when things are needed.
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Community Free Store PDX | Instagram | Linktree

We are a group of community members trying to get resources out!

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Maggie Wauklyn @simplykumquat.bsky.social · 1d

Hollywood bloc party. Mutual aid group. Runs free fridges throughout town, collects cold weather gear and other survival supplies for people who need them, generally helping folks out when the going gets tough.
www.instagram.com/hollywoodblo...

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Maggie Wauklyn @simplykumquat.bsky.social · 1d

Meals on US PDX. grassroots organization comprised of former chefs using their skills to combat food insecurity. They do a donation-based meal service 3 times a week. They also do a trans meal trains following gender-affirming surgery.
www.instagram.com/mealsonus.pdx/

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

www.instagram.com

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Maggie Wauklyn @simplykumquat.bsky.social · 1d

Equitable giving circle. Black femme led org that focuses on setting up BIPOC families with a CSA for a whole year. Also provide additional programing like free health screenings, cooking demos, etc. In the past they have done housing assistance as well.
www.equitablegivingcircle.org

Equitable Giving Circle | Portland Nonprofit Organization

Join our Giving Circle where we support BIPOC families with essential products from BIPOC businesses in Portland, OR.

www.equitablegivingcircle.org

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Maggie Wauklyn @simplykumquat.bsky.social · 1d

If you NEED FOOD HELP in the coming days, weeks, months: these are non-traditional avenues for help, but they also have a flexibility that are not always available from food pantries (i.e., some deliver, some focus on entire families, some mask, some have add'l resources.)

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Maggie Wauklyn @simplykumquat.bsky.social · 1d

If you have a bit of STRETCH IN YOUR BUDGET: I'd really love for you to donate to one of these orgs. Most of them have been doing this work for YEARS. They have experience and community knowledge that, say, someone new to the game running a fundraiser don't necessarily have

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Maggie Wauklyn @simplykumquat.bsky.social · 1d

🍲 FOOD ASSISTANCE RESOURCE THREAD: PORTLAND, OR

Over on IG I've been collecting the names of organizations / mutual aid groups in PDX who do a lot of work with food distribution.

I will list them below in case you need them, OR in case you have been wondering where to donate

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Maggie Wauklyn @simplykumquat.bsky.social · 1d

Big ol virtual hugs and solidarity from someone who had a Big Cry after a client interaction today.

Maggie Wauklyn @simplykumquat.bsky.social · 3d

How it's going:

a girl with a ponytail is eating a piece of food in a field

Alt: The scene from Howl's Moving Castle where Chihiro is eating a big dumping and crying giant crocodile tears

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d

If you know someone relying on SNAP, reach out to them.

Don’t assume they can “just go to a food bank”

Don’t assume they have a contingency.

Many people, especially with disabilities, either can’t get to a food bank or have special diets they can’t accommodate.

They need help

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Katie Jane @kj-zurda.bsky.social · 4d

Neurobiology echoing @prisonculture.bsky.social’s wise words: “Hope is a discipline.”

J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️ @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 5d

“Why are traumatized people so MISERABLE?”

“Too much disappointment teaches the system that ‘wanting leads to pain,’ and so it stops responding to potential rewards. … Biologically, it’s an adaptive silencing of the very circuits that make us feel alive.” www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/an-i...

How Chronic Disappointment Rewires the Brain

Chronic disappointment can train the brain to expect pain instead of reward. Restoring hope means reawakening dopamine through small actions, enriched environments, and new desire.

www.psychologytoday.com

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Maggie Wauklyn @simplykumquat.bsky.social · 8d

I mean it can't hurt at this point

Maggie Wauklyn @simplykumquat.bsky.social · 8d

Genuine blindside laugh line at 23:28-:30, well done

Maggie Wauklyn @simplykumquat.bsky.social · 8d

oh hell yeah

Maggie Wauklyn @simplykumquat.bsky.social · 11d

Gucci Coochie took me out

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Maggie Wauklyn @simplykumquat.bsky.social · 12d

Via the economist: "Gita Gopinath on the crash that could torch $35trn of wealth"

I do think this sort of thing is important to keep an eye on, but also articles like this always sound like "ppl who trade hypothetical $$$ are worried that everyone will realize it's hypothetical"

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Maggie Wauklyn @simplykumquat.bsky.social · 12d

Actual free access version:

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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 14d

white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly

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Maggie Wauklyn @simplykumquat.bsky.social · 15d

I think it was the pdx weekly recently that repeatedly used the phrase "no-nothing" (when in context they clearly meant "know-nothing") and I had to lie down.