Elayna

I asked this of an editor at DPI and the answer was "definitely just tell us it wasn't for you, silence is awkward"

Remote didn't work last night. Rubbed the batteries in my hands again for any 30 seconds. Works great now! It's been 4 months.

We need that forest so we can breathe, keep your filthy hands off it BLM

This new-to-Portland program hands pregnant women cash every month — and research says it works The Bridge Project provides 36 monthly payments to new mothers. Data show the cash helps participants find stable housing and work

A direct cash program for people who are pregnant and earning less than $39,000 a year launched this month in Multnomah County and is still accepting applications. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Food insecurity in Oregon rose 50% in the last year. We need our farmland producing FOOD, not AI slop.

Jesse Jackson reading "Green Eggs and Ham" is so wonderful. RIP

The economy is working exactly as intended... for about 157 people.

Great let's do it. Nothing better than a fresh start!

No thank you

"Money is more important than people!!"
And this is the crux of it. There are 2 types of people in the world: those who give a shit about people and those who don't, and it's 100% impossible for one to understand the other.

Pam Bondi loves dogs. Always had them, one after another. She got involved with dog shelters and dog rescue, and once pulled off to the side of a busy road and got out of her car to chase down a stray. Another dog she helped was a Saint Bernard named Master Tank. She adopted him from a shelter after he was lost during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, not long after her own Saint Bernard had died. The story has been told but bears repeating. Master Tank belonged to Steve and Dorreen Couture and their grandson, who was 4, recovering from the murder-suicide of his parents and losing his dog during the storm. Bondi said the dog was a “walking skeleton” and “dying from heartworms” when she adopted him. The Coutures eventually tracked down Master Tank, but instead of giving him back, Bondi hired a lawyer, who accused the Coutures of abusing the dog, which Bondi had renamed Noah. “She lied,” Dorreen told a Palm Beach Post columnist years later. “My little grandson begged her to take the dog home, and she refused. She thought she would just wear us down. That we were unstable people and would just quit.” The case was settled out of court, with Bondi securing visitation rights, but she never did visit. She got another dog.

This is some genuinely psycho shit...

Notes on winter When the world turns whimsical

Wild fact from @billmckibben.bsky.social's latest newsletter:

"The last colder-than-average month on planet earth was in February of 1985, which means that no one under the age of forty has ever known one."

Highway filled with car congestion

If you widen that highway

you won’t reduce emissions

or congestion.

What you WILL do

is spend a lot of public money

to induce even more cars

emitting even more GHGs and pollution

in the same or worse congestion

with people still demanding that you widen the highway.

Period.

And a moratorium!!

three men are standing next to each other on top of a hill . one of the men is holding a sword . ALT: three men are standing next to each other on top of a hill . one of the men is holding a sword .

Fuckin' wiiiiiild that Kevin Spacey isn't on the "salacious" list...

Data center moratorium NOW

I hope the people who live around there sue ICE for damages

A mug with the text "fuck yeah I heard it was time to punch some Nazis"

Seems like a good day for one of my favorite mugs

Mapping Food Deserts and Grocery Consolidation To help users explore how corporate concentration has reshaped food access across the United States, ILSR created an interactive map that shows food deserts alongside the location of different types…

1. We have a new tool for exploring how corporate concentration has hollowed out grocery access in your region: an interactive map that shows food deserts along with the location of every grocery store in the US by type — independent, small chain, large chain, or megachain like Walmart or Kroger.

I'm good

Ahh there it is

Do you root for the Empire when watching Star Wars?
Do you cheer for the Nazis in Indiana Jones?
When you watch Pocahontas, are you like "man, fuck those Native Americans"?
Do you miss bullying the nerds in high school?
Do you pick up a firearm instead of going to therapy?
Congrats! ICE wants you!!

I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity

Jesus fucking christ these people are so goddamn stupid and so many goddamn stupid fucking people voted for this goddamn stupid fucking administration I'm so goddamn fucking sick of these goddamn stupid fucking people running our goddamn country

In phrases I never thought I'd have to say: this is another reason why sustainable food systems are important, so the fascists can't use food to trick people into being detained.

The number of video call moderators who don't automatically mute all participants is too damn high

23 percent of Democrats are loco en la cabeza

The Dark Queens is VERY good. My favorite thing is poets writing nonfiction.

It's been 3 months. Batteries still working great. 🤷‍♀️