Krista Garcia
@scaredykat.bsky.social
Crank, glutton, cat lady. Weirdly into perfume all of a sudden. Coming to terms with living in Portland.
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A white man in Dillard, Oregon was arrested for stopping people on the freeway to demand at gunpoint that they tell him if they were citizens. He shot and missed one + attempted to get another in his truck to bring to police. Before his spree, he called local PD to complain about "foreign" people.
Defendant contacted police before freeway shooting
Charles Glen Simmons, 53, of Dillard, is in the Douglas County Jail on $1 million bail after Thursday morning’s alleged crime spree. According to a press release from the Oregon
www.nrtoday.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
A white man in Dillard, Oregon was arrested for stopping people on the freeway to demand at gunpoint that they tell him if they were citizens. He shot and missed one + attempted to get another in his truck to bring to police. Before his spree, he called local PD to complain about "foreign" people.
WTF?!
portland city council confirms that two portland residents have been shot by federal agents. at this time, the city council has been told that both victims are alive.
January 9, 2026 at 12:19 AM
WTF?!
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
Did anyone else have to read this in high school?
Just started reading Future Shock, the book on every suburban shelf in the early 1970s.
Anyone else out there read this recently?
I read a few snippets with my wife and found myself using @michaelhobbes.bsky.social 's cadence. Don't think @ifbookspod.bsky.social covered this one, yet.
#booksky
Anyone else out there read this recently?
I read a few snippets with my wife and found myself using @michaelhobbes.bsky.social 's cadence. Don't think @ifbookspod.bsky.social covered this one, yet.
#booksky
December 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Did anyone else have to read this in high school?
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thinking of her today
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
thinking of her today
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Unemployed people probably shouldn't have a $895 credit card (but I do).
For Businessweek’s November issue, I have a feature about the high-fee premium credit card war being waged by American Express and Chase for the hearts, minds, and swipes of America’s affluent supershoppers. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Inside the Credit Card Battle to Win America’s Richest Shoppers
The fierce fight between Amex and Chase is playing out over higher fees, extravagant events and every perk imaginable.
www.bloomberg.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Unemployed people probably shouldn't have a $895 credit card (but I do).
Maybe what I miss most about NYC
October 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Maybe what I miss most about NYC
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We will need Nuremberg-like trials
ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.
Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.
He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.
Houston, Texas
Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.
He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.
Houston, Texas
October 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We will need Nuremberg-like trials
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Apropos of nothing, Sec. Kristi Noem is currently praying over Burgerville with Portland ICE officials.
October 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Apropos of nothing, Sec. Kristi Noem is currently praying over Burgerville with Portland ICE officials.
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This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
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I always thought when it was time for a mid career change of profession there would be professions left.
September 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I always thought when it was time for a mid career change of profession there would be professions left.
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Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"
The orange cat thing has baffled me for years! Four years apparently...
Out of curiosity I did a google trends search for "are orange cats dumb". As you can see, there was nothing for 17 years and then a distinct change in late 2021 which is when @jortsthecat.bsky.social hit the internet. 😆
September 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The orange cat thing has baffled me for years! Four years apparently...
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Marilyn Hagerty, a food columnist who startled the online world with an earnestly detail-oriented and nonjudgmental appraisal of a North Dakota Olive Garden, and who was startled in turn when the review racked up more than one million page views, has died. She was 99.
Marilyn Hagerty, Whose Olive Garden Review Went Viral, Dies at 99
“The chicken Alfredo ($10.95) was warm and comforting on a cold day,” she wrote from North Dakota. And suddenly the national media made her a celebrity.
nyti.ms
September 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Marilyn Hagerty, a food columnist who startled the online world with an earnestly detail-oriented and nonjudgmental appraisal of a North Dakota Olive Garden, and who was startled in turn when the review racked up more than one million page views, has died. She was 99.
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Gen X, finally roused from its ideological torpor, gathers outside the White House. the police are called, the fire hoses are turned on them but they start drinking it and only get stronger
March 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Gen X, finally roused from its ideological torpor, gathers outside the White House. the police are called, the fire hoses are turned on them but they start drinking it and only get stronger
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Nope. We're done. We are going to back to a text only internet. Y'all had images and sounds and fucked it up too bad. We're going gopher mode. We're getting gemini pilled. You're going to learn to use telnet and like it. You have one movie, it's pretty good.
Some of the high quality content Zuckerberg’s platform is algorithmically shoveling into the brains of American consumers. This story is 100% made up, in case that wasn’t obvious.
September 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Nope. We're done. We are going to back to a text only internet. Y'all had images and sounds and fucked it up too bad. We're going gopher mode. We're getting gemini pilled. You're going to learn to use telnet and like it. You have one movie, it's pretty good.
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The global right wing movement is a cult.
September 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The global right wing movement is a cult.
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what a fucking way to find out magic is real
If the far-right misogynist with a bad haircut wants to villainize independent women, Jezebel is more than happy to be the hag of his nightmares.
www.jezebel.com/we-paid-some...
www.jezebel.com/we-paid-some...
We Paid Some Etsy Witches to Curse Charlie Kirk
If the far-right misogynist with a bad haircut wants to villainize independent women, Jezebel is more than happy to be the hag of his nightmares.
www.jezebel.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
what a fucking way to find out magic is real
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Remember the Gaza Humanitarian Fund? The shady American nonprofit run by a Christian Nationalist that was given full control of food aid distribution sites in Gaza?
Its parent organization GH solutions hired members of an American white supremacist biker gang to run security for the all the sites.
Its parent organization GH solutions hired members of an American white supremacist biker gang to run security for the all the sites.
Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites
BBC identifies members of Infidels MC gang hired as armed security at US and Israel-backed aid sites.
www.bbc.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Remember the Gaza Humanitarian Fund? The shady American nonprofit run by a Christian Nationalist that was given full control of food aid distribution sites in Gaza?
Its parent organization GH solutions hired members of an American white supremacist biker gang to run security for the all the sites.
Its parent organization GH solutions hired members of an American white supremacist biker gang to run security for the all the sites.
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"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
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The states' Democratic governors offered few specifics Wednesday as to how they hope the Western Health Alliance could influence which vaccines will be available in their states.
Oregon, Washington, California form health care alliance to protect vaccine access
The move comes one week after the firing of Susan Monarez, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention appointed by President Trump, and several of the agency's top career scientists resigned in protest.
www.opb.org
September 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The states' Democratic governors offered few specifics Wednesday as to how they hope the Western Health Alliance could influence which vaccines will be available in their states.
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Entire childhood defined by Reagan. Twenties defined by Bush. Middle age defined by Trump. No wonder I'm so sickly and broke.
I’m so mad my middle ages are going to be defined by Donald fuking Trump
August 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Entire childhood defined by Reagan. Twenties defined by Bush. Middle age defined by Trump. No wonder I'm so sickly and broke.
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“A report…shows that all Thai foreign workers who work in Israeli agriculture have experienced some form of sexual assault at their jobs.”
654 women.
www.jpost.com/israel-news/...
654 women.
www.jpost.com/israel-news/...
100% of foreign agriculture workers were sexually assaulted, expert says | The Jerusalem Post
Out of 654 Thai foreign workers questioned, all of them said they had been exposed to sexual assault.
www.jpost.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“A report…shows that all Thai foreign workers who work in Israeli agriculture have experienced some form of sexual assault at their jobs.”
654 women.
www.jpost.com/israel-news/...
654 women.
www.jpost.com/israel-news/...