the testimony about how we need public money to go into private hands so then the private sector can give to philanthropic organizations / non-profits was actually the clearest explanation of the rot of neoliberalism I've ever heard. The government should just fund public services & employ people.
Weed shop staff love to banter with you while you're at the atm. Their version of the dentist asking questions with their hands inside your face.
Breathing in wildfire smoke from your own state is healthy, actually. That's locally grown produce.
Real dead horse but: Two michigan voter sound bites on morning edition today. One voting El Sayed for policies they approve of. One voting Haley purely for horse race reasons. Do you see why the latter is exactly the problem?
That passage in freud’s Three Essays where he’s like “actually guys the tension [inherent in a sexual act before orgasm] itself isn’t pleasurable for me.”
Isobel Fox@isobel.bsky.social · 2w agoyearning is a bad feeling and i hate it quite a lot
I don’t think I’ll be calling for a Walgreens clerk to unlock a case so I can buy toilet bowl cleaner.
What can you even say to someone trying to normalize partner rape other than “face the wall”? You could be such a vile misogynist you don’t consider women to be people, and this would even then be inexcusable.
Asher Langton@asherlangton.bsky.social · 3w agoThe full quote is even worse.
OPB is hiring an enforcer, if siding with power at the expense of workers is your thing.
I haven't read it yet—does anyone know whether our local cop union gets a shoutout in @stschrader1.bsky.social's BLUE POWER?
Kevin Foster@kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 4w agoPortland’s local media continues to reference a city report about how police response times have spiked in recent years, but they don’t mention that police staffing was effectively stable during this time.
Love to be governed by The Guys Guarding Two Doors. They care deeply about our community and it shows.
More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 4w agoIn a hearing where residents grilled officials on data centers, a resident of Tyrone Township, Michigan, asked a simple question: Have you signed an NDA with any party regarding developments that could affect the town? The majority of the township's officials refused to answer.
Hello, Portland! As part of the Oregon Summer Writers Workshop @mccormackwc.bsky.social there are outdoor faculty readings/book signings open to the public every night... Yes, I'll be reading from TERRY DACTYL on Thurs, July 16, 7:30 pm, check out that lineup! And, all these fantastic readings💞
Water rights in the American West are so baldy dystopian and everyone should learn how they work.
ProPublica@propublica.org · 4w agoRead the story here:
Mom can you come pick me up? Yeah ... I know. I know, but they've found a way to make perimenopause awareness and hrt-as-cis-healthcare super cringe. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
‘It affected my confidence in my pussy’: gen X punk legends rage at menopause festival
At Menopunkapalooza, riot grrrls sang and rallied around a topic still taboo today: women’s health during midlife
theguardian.com
Boycotting @ebbooksellers.bsky.social until @ahablives.bsky.social personally apologizes for last night.
Accurate. It's hell. That said, I could write a mean puppy killing newsletter. I've sold my sould so many times already.
bijan@bijan.bsky.social · last mo.every job i see these days is like: LEAD CONTENT ANALYST, Puppy Killing Factory (remote). $350,000 - $500,000. You will edit our internal newsletter (circulation 500). Associate Editor, Nonprofits, Global Good Magazine (in office, NYC). $27,000 - $28,000. Lead ALL of our fundraising efforts!
every job i see these days is like: LEAD CONTENT ANALYST, Puppy Killing Factory (remote). $350,000 - $500,000. You will edit our internal newsletter (circulation 500). Associate Editor, Nonprofits, Global Good Magazine (in office, NYC). $27,000 - $28,000. Lead ALL of our fundraising efforts!
"a world where power relations other than the ones we experience daily are possible; an imaginative intervention that is nourishing to sit with and think with" locusmag.com/review/the-c...
The Curve of the World by Vonda N. McIntyre: Review by Niall Harrison - Locus
The Curve of the World, Vonda N. McIntyre (Aqueduct 978-1-61976-280-0, $21.00, 408pp, tp) May 2026. Cover by Ruby Rae Jones. Do not try to match the Idaean timeline to ours, writes Vonda N. McIntyre i...
locusmag.com
Last night Portland closed off most of the main public bridge where people watch fireworks so the local Blues Festival could put an invite-only thousand dollar a head outdoor dinner there. Continually surprising how a town this small can be so fully locked down by the interests of the donor class.
HOLY MOLY ITS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND. Come out and visit us in the vendor hall for BETWEEN TWO CONS this weekend because the other parts of the convention are sold out. My good buddy will be running my vendor table but I'll be running around and also selling the official Between Two Cons MERCH.
This weekend is Between Two Cons! Badges are sold out but you can still visit the vendor hall! Cairn Press will be there, selling first and third party modules. If I seem even more "extra" than usual, I apologize in advance. I'll be busy! See you in Portland. tabletop.events/conventions/...
Between Two Cons
tabletop.events
A nation coming together as one to say: Alexi Lalas please shut the fuck up.
saluting the oregon city municipial elevator in honor of @spicybigdad.bsky.social
