And people were still setting off illegal fireworks near our house late last night. Because our currently raging giant wildfires and giant (fatal!) apartment fires and giant old warehouse fires are insufficient to quell the appeal of personal liberty to terrorize one’s neighbors at 1 am. 🤬

Darkest Timeline@darkest-timeline.bsky.social · 7h ago

I hate fire season.

There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are.

34 seconds of Whale Sharks feeding in a Bait Ball #wildlife

An intricate handmade figurine of Mole holding flowers from the "Wind in the Willows" story. These dolls are often made using spun cotton, wire for the frame and PVA glue to create a textured, vintage-inspired finish, and hand-painted last. (Creation by artisan shop 'cotton_toy_st') #art #crafts

I am much more accustomed to dogs running loose without any warning at all… Sprocket and I encounter off-leash dogs nearly everywhere we go in Portland and it’s scary as hell… so this was actually far more polite than I’m used to while still being completely and utterly not okay.

Linda Tirado@killermartinis.bsky.social · 4d ago

Disability is wild. I was having a nice time out on a patio with my new partner and this lady rocked up and said “if anyone minds dogs say so” before she let three pugs loose 1. Okay first off 2. Who’s gonna get sued when I get jumped on and I back my wheelchair up and break a paw. 3. The fuck?

btw: they were not sharing information with us LONG before Steve made that comment about litigation. After the legislative session ended, we basically heard nothing from them. Because they thought a handshake deal with the mayor was enough to get hundreds of millions of city taxpayer money. 🙃

Kevin Foster@kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 4d ago

In the recent council work session, Dewayne Hankins, Blazers pres. of business ops, said “the first-class standard has been wielded as a weapon, chilling our negotiations.” He says this is why they’ve shared little (basically nothing) about what the renovations entail because they fear litigation.

The LDS (Mormon) church is worth nearly $300 billion now, the richest global religious org by far. They spent about $1.5 billion on humanitarian aid in 2025. About half of one percent of their wealth. Jeff Bezos is worth about $50 billion less but donated 7 times as much (and is still quite awful).

Hit and run on our parked car a few years ago. Portland police were useless, despite having witnesses and leads. This is just one example. They did nothing about smashed windows, stolen catalytic converters, vandalism, open air drug markets, and explosions/possible gunshots. Stopped calling them.

Em, midly@lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 4d ago

It’s so funny when people are like “sure you’re an abolitionist now but wait until you’re the victim of a property crime.” Buddy, the most useful thing the police have ever done for property crime is put the form you need to submit to your insurance online.

Going through old files and keepsakes. 😊 Are Christmas coupon books from little kids good for 18 years? My daughter is 23 now and has her own apartment. I don’t see an expiration date on this. 😂

I want wetlands that protect communities from floods instead of being paved over. I want whales in healthy oceans, old-growth trees that outlive us, and night skies where the stars are brighter than the city lights.

What the US government is doing to Dr. Fauci is the embodiment of what they are doing to scientific infrastructure overall.

It’s my birthday. 🎂 Sprocket brought me his stinky fish toy as a gift. 🐟🐕‍🦺 I will try to be properly appreciative. 😂

Disability Pride and queer rights are inextricable. The question of autonomy over ourselves and our lives is not an isolated fight. It’s a fight for human dignity for all bodies, and it bugs me that this intersection gets discarded by queer people. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_re_G...

In re Guardianship of Kowalski - Wikipedia

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We decided to go back… 🌊💕🫍

This is why Disability Pride Month. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

‘The captain told me to wear a nappy on board’ – why is air travel so humiliating for disabled passengers?

From being abused by staff and other travellers to being denied access to toilets, flying is an increasingly distressing and frustrating experience for many wheelchair users. Here, they share their st...

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Portland: everyone who is seriously thinking of using our CLEAN ENERGY FUND to bribe our basketball team to not leave town needs to know that our transit agency is on track to cut nearly 1/3 of its service from what it was in 2025. Which is the greater crisis?

As a grant writer, deadlines are inflexible. So I have to get right to the big “why” - and frame my writing with meaning and purpose from the start. If I can’t formulate it in text, I talk to someone to explain why funding something makes a difference. Often, that conversation opens the flood gates.

Spoonie Authors Network@spoonieauthnet.bsky.social · 2w ago

Spoonie Author Chat (for creatives who manage spoons), July 21, 2026: Writer's Block: Do you believe it exists? How do you get through it? (Please quote-post and add #SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)

A woodcarver named Becky W (vortenjou.bsky.social, rosehip.wordpress.com) made a sculpture of my nuthatch comic, showing a white-breasted nuthatch sitting on real nuts and hatching one of them. I'm so happy

In my garden now.🪴 💐

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We got back less than two weeks ago and I miss it already. 🌊🫍

For anyone who tells you the Moda Center is this huge economic engine… no, it isn’t. Not at the scale that Wilson and other leaders keep claiming. It would take many decades to see break-even economic returns, let alone actual gain after pouring hundreds of millions into a renovation.

Kevin Foster@kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 3w ago

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson and others continue citing “$600M” in annual economic activity from the Moda Center. Nearly half of that is player salaries, i.e. far less relevant. In reality, the Rose Quarter generates ~$18M in tax revenue each year, some of which is put back into the stadiums.

Folks may wonder why my service dog is so often unvested - the answer is that in places where pet dogs are allowed, we prefer to go incognito. Less pressure, fewer questions, fewer interruptions to our day. Weirdly, when vested with “DO NOT PET,” we are approached more often with petting requests. 🫥

How arrogant to believe that our survival is not tied to the survival of endangered species that need their natural habitats preserved above all else. We are signing the death warrants of the most vulnerable as well as signing our own. Save our wild places. 💔🌎

Monterey Bay Aquarium@montereybayaquarium.org · 4w ago

Today, the federal government finalized a major change to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to remove vital habitat protections for endangered species.

DID YOU KNOW IF YOU FIND A HORSESHOE CRAB THATS BEEN TAGGED BY THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AND SUBMIT THE LOCATION YOU SAW IT USING THE FORM ON FWS DOT GOV SLASH CRABTAG THEY SEND YOU A BEAUTIFUL CRAB PIN

Glad to see @birdallianceoregon.bsky.social among those in opposition to this sham of a process that ultimately sacrifices too much of Forest Park. So disappointing to see these back room deals with PGE.

Portland Mercury@portlandmercury.com · 4w ago

Environmental activists are denouncing a deal between the city of Portland and PGE that will allow the utility company to remove more than 370 trees from Forest Park. PLUS 78,740+ signatures were submitted for an initiative petition to put a participatory budgeting measure on the November ballot.

Early July garden… 💐

I’m reminded of this ad created when I was a toddler in the late ‘70s. Women have been pressured to do all of the things and wear all of the hats for decades. It’s burnout marketed as empowerment. youtu.be/N_kzJ-f5C9U?...

Enjoli Perfume 'I'm A Woman' Commercial (1979)

YouTube video by Bionic Disco

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Account That Makes You Stupid@heyguys.bsky.social · 4w ago

Truly insidious how social media moved the goalposts from working mother to "wfh sahm." Doesn't matter that it's not actually possible for any full time job that isn't about making social media, now the decision to pay for childcare or leave the workforce is an unnecessary indulgence, girlboss!