Brenda
@operabrendaslp.bsky.social
Team Leader, Collins View Neighborhood Emergency Team (CVNET)
Loves: horses, hiking, gardening, cooking, music, reading, Portland Trail Blazers
Retired Speech Language Pathologist, voice specialty
Opera Stage Director
she/her
Loves: horses, hiking, gardening, cooking, music, reading, Portland Trail Blazers
Retired Speech Language Pathologist, voice specialty
Opera Stage Director
she/her
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“The guy who bedazzled this room in gold thinks your child has too many pencils.” - Jimmy Kimmel
December 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“The guy who bedazzled this room in gold thinks your child has too many pencils.” - Jimmy Kimmel
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Apparently Trump and company are sending ICE to raid naturalization ceremonies now.
My hatred for the GOP is boundless.
My hatred for the GOP is boundless.
December 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Apparently Trump and company are sending ICE to raid naturalization ceremonies now.
My hatred for the GOP is boundless.
My hatred for the GOP is boundless.
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“According to the OHA, there have been 1,475 reported cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, breaking the state’s previous record set in 1950, which was 1,420.”
Whooping cough cases spike in Oregon, breaking 1950 record
Oregon has had a record-breaking number of pertussis cases in 2025 as of Wednesday, according to the state health authority.
www.kptv.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“According to the OHA, there have been 1,475 reported cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, breaking the state’s previous record set in 1950, which was 1,420.”
Blazers would have made OKC work harder for it.
December 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Blazers would have made OKC work harder for it.
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#GVerse #FuckICE detain U.S. citizen for "looking" Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
The incident occurred at the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis. #DemsUnited
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
The incident occurred at the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis. #DemsUnited
December 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
#GVerse #FuckICE detain U.S. citizen for "looking" Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
The incident occurred at the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis. #DemsUnited
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
The incident occurred at the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis. #DemsUnited
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The EPA has removed references about humans causing climate change from its website.
No US government website can be trusted for science information.
No US government website can be trusted for science information.
December 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The EPA has removed references about humans causing climate change from its website.
No US government website can be trusted for science information.
No US government website can be trusted for science information.
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"there's a new serif in town"
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"there's a new serif in town"
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I have more respect for the Iraqi journalist who threw a shoe at George W Bush than any of the cowards in the current White House press pool.
December 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I have more respect for the Iraqi journalist who threw a shoe at George W Bush than any of the cowards in the current White House press pool.
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Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."
December 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."
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Remember, as Sean Duffy keeps telling us his ideas for air travel -- dress up nice for your flight! do a little workout before you get on too! -- this is an actual Good Thing We Wanted that Democrats secured for us before these assholes took it away
White House Scraps Cash Payments for Delayed or Canceled Flights
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Remember, as Sean Duffy keeps telling us his ideas for air travel -- dress up nice for your flight! do a little workout before you get on too! -- this is an actual Good Thing We Wanted that Democrats secured for us before these assholes took it away
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We are dealing with such corruption in every aspect of our government, I don't know how we undo the damage.
December 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
We are dealing with such corruption in every aspect of our government, I don't know how we undo the damage.
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It's very helpful when movies have the notice at the beginning that says "this film has been modified from its original version. It has been formatted to fit your screen." I otherwise never would have known that what I'm seeing on my TV is smaller than what I'd see at the theater.
December 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
It's very helpful when movies have the notice at the beginning that says "this film has been modified from its original version. It has been formatted to fit your screen." I otherwise never would have known that what I'm seeing on my TV is smaller than what I'd see at the theater.
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Glad I saved this by @longwall26.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Glad I saved this by @longwall26.bsky.social
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Same people who say the second amendment says you can have a gun in your house say the 14th amendment doesn’t mean you get to be an American because you were born in the United States
December 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Same people who say the second amendment says you can have a gun in your house say the 14th amendment doesn’t mean you get to be an American because you were born in the United States
Trying to read an article with constant interruptions from ads popping up, one of which was “How to generate income from a $1,000,000 portfolio.”
Seems like having $1M in the first place would be a good place to start!
Seems like having $1M in the first place would be a good place to start!
December 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Trying to read an article with constant interruptions from ads popping up, one of which was “How to generate income from a $1,000,000 portfolio.”
Seems like having $1M in the first place would be a good place to start!
Seems like having $1M in the first place would be a good place to start!
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We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
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Congresswoman says she was shoved & pepper-sprayed after identifying herself during ICE operation. "‘When I presented myself as a member of Congress asking for more information, I was pushed aside and pepper sprayed.’" www.commondreams.org/news/adelita...
ICE Goons Pepper Spray Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva During Tucson Raid | Common Dreams
"If federal agents are brazen enough to fire pellets directly at a member of Congress, imagine how they behave when encountering defenseless members of our community," Grijalva said.
www.commondreams.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Congresswoman says she was shoved & pepper-sprayed after identifying herself during ICE operation. "‘When I presented myself as a member of Congress asking for more information, I was pushed aside and pepper sprayed.’" www.commondreams.org/news/adelita...
Seattle offense barely gets time to catch their breath before the defense gets the ball back for them
December 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Seattle offense barely gets time to catch their breath before the defense gets the ball back for them
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Not sure I understand the news value in bringing Tom Cotton on your TV show to repeat a monstrous lie you watched him say on television earlier this week
December 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Not sure I understand the news value in bringing Tom Cotton on your TV show to repeat a monstrous lie you watched him say on television earlier this week
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TRUMP: *calls Somalis "garbage"*
OMAR: The president is a bigot
NEWSMAX:
OMAR: The president is a bigot
NEWSMAX:
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
TRUMP: *calls Somalis "garbage"*
OMAR: The president is a bigot
NEWSMAX:
OMAR: The president is a bigot
NEWSMAX:
Oh, do wait for it
December 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Oh, do wait for it
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Whoever put this sign on London tabloid rag sheets gets a 🖖 from me.
F**k the billionaires.
F**k the billionaires.
December 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Whoever put this sign on London tabloid rag sheets gets a 🖖 from me.
F**k the billionaires.
F**k the billionaires.
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41 minutes of watching two shipwrecked men trying to flip a boat and signaling for surrender/help before firing on them again reminds me of the 9.5 minutes Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck, in that it’s an agonizingly long time to be killing helpless people who clearly posed no threat.
December 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
41 minutes of watching two shipwrecked men trying to flip a boat and signaling for surrender/help before firing on them again reminds me of the 9.5 minutes Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck, in that it’s an agonizingly long time to be killing helpless people who clearly posed no threat.