some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing
18.02.2026 19:41 β π 14074 π 2342 π¬ 210 π 185@melbee.bsky.social
information scientist π§ͺ sometimes antisocial; always against racism and fascism π€(she/they) ππΌββοΈ
some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing
18.02.2026 19:41 β π 14074 π 2342 π¬ 210 π 185I need to sleep so I can work but if I medicate adequately I may oversleep and miss work andβ¦ π
18.02.2026 14:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. Itβs always a matter of will not resources.
15.02.2026 17:30 β π 41298 π 13983 π¬ 661 π 595βNEAR THIS SPOT CAPT. JAMES COOK MET HIS DEATH FEBRUARY 14, 1779β β A brick laid in the waters of Kealakekua Bay, Kona district, HawaiΚ»i
Happy Death of James Cook day to those who celebrate. On 14 February 1779 British explorer Captain James Cook was killed as he attempted to kidnap KalaniΚ»ΕpuΚ»u, the ruling chief (aliΚ»i nui) of the island of Hawaii, and hold him hostage for the return of a cutter which Hawaiians had stolen.
14.02.2026 09:42 β π 406 π 133 π¬ 6 π 7Union organizing and nebulizing
14.02.2026 22:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If you don't feel like you have a specific skill or thing to contribute that's special, sometimes willingness to do things just because they need doing is special enough. Showing up isn't a talent, but it's something you can do.
14.02.2026 19:26 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0I donβt think calling people like these NIMBYs is a well thought out strategy. π€·ββοΈ
14.02.2026 03:29 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Please honor Jamesβ memory by getting screened for colorectal cancer. Make the call today if you are 45 or have a family history. Rates are surging among young people. Catching it early is the best way to survive it.
www.cancer.org/cancer/types...
Hey, Portland Public Schools parents! We just got a survey via email about our opinion on using AI in school. Please take a minute to fill out the survey and let PPS know that youβre opposed to this attack on human critical thinking and creativity and that AI has no place in our schools.
09.02.2026 23:10 β π 16 π 7 π¬ 0 π 1[photo of a pottery bowl with the stylized face of an owl] Columbia River region, Washington or Oregon Owl Effigy Bowl, Pre-contact
Guys, guysβI found a Superb Owl that is also a Super Bowl!!!
08.02.2026 21:30 β π 790 π 217 π¬ 15 π 6This whole event read like a dumpster fire and nothing I hear about it will surprise me sadly. Also fuck Keith Wilson.
08.02.2026 20:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iβve so far transcended woke status that I want the superbowl halftime show in TaΓno actually. I blame the libs for reminding me 750 times that English isnβt Americaβs first language either.
08.02.2026 19:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0How many evangelical youth pastors barely making enough money to survive use that position of authority to do the same thing? The depravity of men willing to abuse has nothing to do with class. Any type of control or authority works for them regardless of class or net worth.
05.02.2026 21:04 β π 16 π 6 π¬ 1 π 0TSwift forever stole my joy and innocence when she was in CATS (2019)
05.02.2026 15:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A huge loss to the world. β€οΈβπ©Ή
05.02.2026 14:29 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Digital illustration drawn in a loose sketchy pencil style of four small, generalized sparrow-type birds of no specific species perching in a tangle of branches. Near each bird are words in a hand drawn blackletter style reading βMaybe itβll happen todayβ.
21.04.2025 14:44 β π 1243 π 286 π¬ 4 π 5I am hearing folks who have never been involved in putting together a protest or protecting one talking about how silly and frivolous "opsec" concerns are, and I want to say directly: you have no idea what you are talking about.
People have been killed for getting made famous by the press.
βPeople need to go there for appointments thoughβ
Shut the fuck up. Maybe the city of Portland should have thought of that before they let an affordable housing apartment building go up across the street? Is environmental racism and classism ok suddenly?
Asking again but more angry this time
02.02.2026 14:21 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0reposting with alt text for accessibility:
Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)
Cause they arenβt getting a day off today bsky.app/profile/alis...
02.02.2026 04:08 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Why was it not enough when small children and elders were getting gassed in their apartment building regularly for months?
02.02.2026 04:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 1ββ¦people who call themselves radical are undermining the most important issue right now in this country. Weβre talking about a secret police, taking people out of their homes, their communities, arresting, detaining, deporting people.β¦β
www.wewillfreeus.org/abolition-no...
She loves embedding with the far right for some strange reason. π§
01.02.2026 22:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
Who wants to help me write a parody of this song about Portland DSA getting babies and puppies tear gassed? youtu.be/Y6ljFaKRTrI?...
01.02.2026 18:55 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iβm going to be salty for a long while that whoever chose that location for this kind of rally didnβt inform the people they invited of the possibilities. Really shows some ignorance and magical thinking.
01.02.2026 17:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0A screenshot of a Twitter post from @joshcarlosjosh reading: βI wish it need not have happened in my time,β said Frodo. βLmaoβ said Gandalf, βwell it has.β
Itβs awful and I hate it here. I wish kids had not been there and that no one had gotten gassed yesterday.
01.02.2026 16:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0ICE tear gassed children!
So youβre telling me they are almost as evil as the Portland Police Bureau now?