Edgard Portela
@eddyplolz.com
X, Insta, TT, FB: @eddyplolz | Writer/Activist/Musician/Person. Puerto Rican. Michigander. Californian. Hablo español. Vegan.🌱 They/him. http://eddyplolz.com 🇵🇷
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Edgard Portela
@eddyplolz.com
· Nov 6
edgard | 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐚 (they/him) | Substack
hi, i'm edgard. i write essays on life, politics, & relationships; with music, poetry, & humor mixed in. ✨my mission: to inspire, to inform, and to love. ✨. Click to read edgard, by 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐚 (th...
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dude, wtf happened to nora vargas?
December 20, 2024 at 8:07 PM
dude, wtf happened to nora vargas?
i am back writing on substack, y'all! today i wrote about the first time visiting my hometown in 3 years and confronting some things that await me here... hope this resonates:
on homecomings & the ghosts that we pack away
when your past has a zip code and a monthly fee
www.eddyplolz.com
December 18, 2024 at 9:51 PM
i am back writing on substack, y'all! today i wrote about the first time visiting my hometown in 3 years and confronting some things that await me here... hope this resonates:
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Right now the prevailing ethos in DC is "Trump won so the law is immaterial and he can rule as dictator." He's not allowed to appoint his own FBI director, but everyone has decided to let him. He can't unilaterally create an agency for Elon Musk, but we're just going to treat it as real. Appalling.
December 11, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Right now the prevailing ethos in DC is "Trump won so the law is immaterial and he can rule as dictator." He's not allowed to appoint his own FBI director, but everyone has decided to let him. He can't unilaterally create an agency for Elon Musk, but we're just going to treat it as real. Appalling.
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Napoleon, December 3, 1812
i've sobered up and the cold is getting to me so I may have to retreat from history
December 3, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Napoleon, December 3, 1812
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Don't think we can ever criticize South Korea for being a reactionary right-wing democracy again when their people and legislature took this far more seriously than ours took January 6 and it wasn't even close.
December 3, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Don't think we can ever criticize South Korea for being a reactionary right-wing democracy again when their people and legislature took this far more seriously than ours took January 6 and it wasn't even close.
paloma faith dominating my spotify wrapped yet again!
December 4, 2024 at 3:01 PM
paloma faith dominating my spotify wrapped yet again!
trump's fbi nominee just legit looks like a crazy dude, that official photo of him is hard to look at. lol. please stop showing it to me! it's so unsettling. he's looking right at me.
December 2, 2024 at 6:45 PM
trump's fbi nominee just legit looks like a crazy dude, that official photo of him is hard to look at. lol. please stop showing it to me! it's so unsettling. he's looking right at me.
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Vivek is literally an unelected federal bureaucrat.
December 1, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Vivek is literally an unelected federal bureaucrat.
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one of my iron clad beliefs is that there are very few actual “schemes” in the world. instead, there are just a lot of stupid, venal people and quite a few of them hold positions of real power and authority
"Corporate leadership is as stupid as everyone else and freaked out about viral shoplifting videos" isn't as exciting as "the pharmacies are doing fascist performance art so they can uh murder all poor people" but sometimes things really are just stupid
November 30, 2024 at 11:42 PM
one of my iron clad beliefs is that there are very few actual “schemes” in the world. instead, there are just a lot of stupid, venal people and quite a few of them hold positions of real power and authority
i've had this draft kicking around for months. finally let go of my perfectionism to post it. this is my attempt to put into words my values, my "life philosophy" - i'm not perfect, but then again... that's not the point.
www.eddyplolz.com/p/on-creatin...
www.eddyplolz.com/p/on-creatin...
on creating meaning in a chaotic world
reflections on a queer puerto rican's evolving personal life philosophy
www.eddyplolz.com
November 30, 2024 at 9:29 PM
i've had this draft kicking around for months. finally let go of my perfectionism to post it. this is my attempt to put into words my values, my "life philosophy" - i'm not perfect, but then again... that's not the point.
www.eddyplolz.com/p/on-creatin...
www.eddyplolz.com/p/on-creatin...
i’m sad that kamala lost because i genuinely think she would have been a good president. i think she would have done a good job.
November 30, 2024 at 2:43 AM
i’m sad that kamala lost because i genuinely think she would have been a good president. i think she would have done a good job.
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Remember folks, as the holidays approach, do not ask people why they are not consuming alcohol and certainly do not force them to drink. It's none of your business to begin with and you can seriously harm people by pushing drinks on them.
November 29, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Remember folks, as the holidays approach, do not ask people why they are not consuming alcohol and certainly do not force them to drink. It's none of your business to begin with and you can seriously harm people by pushing drinks on them.
i keep reading articles and interviews of the kamala advisers and these people have no fucking self-awareness. i feel like i have done more reflection in the aftermath of the results than them. i can’t fucking stand it, i’m fucking livid at all of them
November 27, 2024 at 11:49 PM
i keep reading articles and interviews of the kamala advisers and these people have no fucking self-awareness. i feel like i have done more reflection in the aftermath of the results than them. i can’t fucking stand it, i’m fucking livid at all of them
i'm in a polyamorous relationship with my left and right hands
November 27, 2024 at 10:43 PM
i'm in a polyamorous relationship with my left and right hands
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The fact that China doesn't like people switching to Bluesky seems like another sign that it's a great thing
November 27, 2024 at 12:46 PM
The fact that China doesn't like people switching to Bluesky seems like another sign that it's a great thing
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I’ll continue posting about how AI is crappy and evil and hopefully it gives their product low self-esteem
November 27, 2024 at 1:53 AM
I’ll continue posting about how AI is crappy and evil and hopefully it gives their product low self-esteem
happy birthday to my dad!
te amo un mundo, papi. 🥰
te amo un mundo, papi. 🥰
November 27, 2024 at 5:38 AM
happy birthday to my dad!
te amo un mundo, papi. 🥰
te amo un mundo, papi. 🥰
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this time of the morning is really my favorite. It’s still dark. It’s very quiet. No one needs anything from you. You can just lie still and let the dark and quiet consume you for an hour.
November 26, 2024 at 10:39 AM
this time of the morning is really my favorite. It’s still dark. It’s very quiet. No one needs anything from you. You can just lie still and let the dark and quiet consume you for an hour.
i love being on blue sky because i am developing mutuals that i wish i had on twitter and it’s with very very smart and talented people, i really look forward to opening this app regularly
November 26, 2024 at 10:12 PM
i love being on blue sky because i am developing mutuals that i wish i had on twitter and it’s with very very smart and talented people, i really look forward to opening this app regularly
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tell drake. i want him to know it was me. i played that shit 837283 times
November 25, 2024 at 10:47 PM
tell drake. i want him to know it was me. i played that shit 837283 times
hell of an endorsement of bluesky
lol China's state media is sad about Bluesky because it's not an easy propaganda distribution channel like X (and Facebook)
www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
November 26, 2024 at 6:26 PM
hell of an endorsement of bluesky
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I’ve created a Puerto Rican Studies starter pack to foster community in the cielos azules. Please share, join, and invite others!!! 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
go.bsky.app/42oxEXL
go.bsky.app/42oxEXL
November 26, 2024 at 1:33 PM
I’ve created a Puerto Rican Studies starter pack to foster community in the cielos azules. Please share, join, and invite others!!! 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
go.bsky.app/42oxEXL
go.bsky.app/42oxEXL
before i decide to care about wicked i need a key question answered
is fucking james corden involved in it?
please tell me he is not
is fucking james corden involved in it?
please tell me he is not
November 25, 2024 at 3:22 AM
before i decide to care about wicked i need a key question answered
is fucking james corden involved in it?
please tell me he is not
is fucking james corden involved in it?
please tell me he is not
the holding space defying gravity meme is literally the perfect example of how "therapy language" is permeating everything and it's really annoying. what does this even mean anymore
November 23, 2024 at 1:49 AM
the holding space defying gravity meme is literally the perfect example of how "therapy language" is permeating everything and it's really annoying. what does this even mean anymore
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going to call this stuff WAVE (white american vernacular english)
We should just start saying this shit again. They can’t stop us all.
November 21, 2024 at 11:46 AM
going to call this stuff WAVE (white american vernacular english)