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Close up on an ancient plate featuring a light pink octopus with bright eyes and a smile. The octopus has two arms waving above its head in a friendly manner.

hi

Hold on, when I was a kid, I was told that he was a menace to society

Justice Jackson’s War Cry: The Woman on the Court Who Refuses to Be Silent While Democracy Burns WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a time when silence equals complicity and compromise feels like surrender, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is rewriting what it means to sit on the highest court in the land. Sh…

🔥 She’s not just dissenting—she’s detonating the silence.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is sounding the alarm while others play nice with autocracy. If you think the courts are corrupt, she agrees—and she’s writing dissents like warning flares. This is more than law. This is battle. 🧵👇

Zohran: Imagine living in a city where you can afford your rent, your groceries and even a meal at a restaurant now and then without much stress

Eric Adams: Imagine a platypus so powerful that it could destroy the city. We need more cops

yall are going to "wait your turn" the rest of us into the heat death of the universe

The six conservative justices on the United States Supreme Court are a fucking disgrace.

This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.

Jon Stewart asks: How many gun deaths is too many for the GOP?

sign says: could someone explain which crimes get you deported and which ones get you elected president. it's so confusing.

Bravo this sign.

If you want to see who came to riot, look for who dressed for a riot.

Nightly votive in the porch garden.

"Those who don't believe in magic will never find it." — Roald Dahl
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The replies and quotes to this post are breaking my heart. This is ethnic cleansing in its early stages and we must ALL be resisting it by any means necessary.

Those of us with the privilege of white skin and anglo names, remember: PRIVILEGE IS COMMUNITY PROPERTY. We have to use it. Don't waste it.

We need to stage the largest protest this country has ever seen on Saturday.

Find an event near you and go.

Stand up! 🇺🇸

“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes.”

— Anne Frank on January 13, 1943

Court rules we can have as many dolls as we want

Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes? Trye a tarot deck. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes.

Absolutely surreal to have lived through the Napster days and watched as the titans of industry moved hell and high water to lock down any possible chance that someone's song might get swapped online without giving the studios a cut and now those same people are just like "well we gotta steal music"

“…Rising operational costs, a lack of structured training and mounting market pressures were placing unsustainable strain on many crafts that depend on expert hand skills.” Something I feel deeply as a career puppet fabricator.

This is sad. The climate crisis demands bold environmental action and leadership. There are sustainable alternatives for so many of our plastic consumables.

This is The Last Supper now.

This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉

Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.

You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

For every doll you deny me I will push another jet off an aircraft carrier

people in portland love lining up for things

Every time I read a news headline:

Happy Beltane 🔥

Loss of a federal grant program will limit Oregon’s disaster readiness, emergency management officials say Oregon’s Department of Emergency Management says the Trump administration’s decision to abruptly cancel a hazard mitigation grant program will “significantly impact communities” across the state.

Oregon’s Department of Emergency Management says the Trump administration’s decision to abruptly cancel a hazard mitigation grant program will “significantly impact communities” across the state. OEM said this loss will seriously impede Oregon’s ability to prepare for disasters.

Hardly living? Or living hardly?

A costume depicting the wearer, in sparkly swimsuit, protruding from the mouth of a shark. Hem evokes water.

The late great Shawna Trpcic designed this bather-eaten-by-shark costume for me at my request. I no longer need it (and can barely zip it). A waist under 29 inches should fit comfortably. It's a little brittle, but still holding together! Let me know if you're in LA and would like it.

The cover of the spring 2025 issue of Oregon Humanities magazine, featuring a photo of a puffy green-and-white flower.

The Spring issue of Oregon Humanities magazine is out, featuring families with transgender kids seeking safety in Oregon, Cherokee seed-saving practices, feral apples, Edvard Munch, Vanport memories, and a heartwarming story about teaching sex-ed. oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine/