Kaliko Castille

I always get a boost of creativity during the holidays.

I don't think it's a coincidence that it's when I usually force myself to slow down and focus on the things my mind is actually interested in rather than reacting to a constant flood of competing priorities.

Pentagon says it might recall Sen. Mark Kelly to military service for court martial over ‘illegal orders’ video | CNN Politics The Pentagon said Monday that it is investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired US Navy captain, in light of “serious allegations of misconduct” the department has received against him, and co...

This is not just about the Trump regime’s gross mistreatment of an American patriot and US senator. It is designed to intimidate anyone who would question Trump‘s lawlessness and his likely plan to eventually use our military against his civilian opponents.

It's just wild to me that folks would look at $900 million in potential revenue and think --- "hmm...I'm not sure if that's a good idea b/c business lobbyists are taking up more time than community on my calendar".

And that they didn't take time to forcefully lobby their colleagues in this Op-Ed.

1 > 0.

Base44 is crazy. I'm building out an app in a matter of hours that would have cost me months and thousands of dollars a year ago.

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I'm supposed to be on PTO but I got high and ended up building out an app for work.

Keep hope alive!

I do find it odd that they wrote this op-ed and didn't explicitly call for decoupling to happen rather than just mentioning it in passing.

The lack of leadership is pretty mind boggling.

Someone needs to develop an app that I can pay one subscription and get access to all paywalled articles.

Deleted all social apps from my phone with the goal of keeping them off this whole week.

Will still allow myself to post on social this week but only from my computer.

Man, Rest In Power to one of the greats!!

I’ve got one meeting at 9:30 that I gotta take but am otherwise not working until next week and I’m pretty pumped about it.

My brain needs a break.

I think it’s honestly disgusting and deeply unserious that the Revoke the Permit people have clipped videos of my women colleagues eating pizza at the dais as some kind of shaming tool, which is now being used by right-wing media to harass them in misogynistic ways. Congrats everyone.

Missed a handful of fun evening events with some important organizations and even cooler people this week but got to celebrate my oldest daughter’s 4th birthday and my youngest daughter called me the “best dad ever” three times at dinner last night so excuse me while I never go back to work again.

Would buy.

Me tooo!!! Hope you enjoy yourself!!

Time to move past the neverending trial stage. Yes, basic income reduces homelessness.

After two hours of driving around Portland, I can confirm that the Wal Mart Supercenter (save the moralizing!) in Tigard is the best place to get a helium tank if your daughters 4th birthday is tomorrow and you need to blow up some K Pop Demon Hunters balloons.

Medicare for All would save $450B a year.

Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.

Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.

There is not a chance in hell.

Marshall Islands Launches Nationwide Universal Basic Income Program Using Digital Infrastructure Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands — November 19, 2025. The Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has introduced a nationwide Universal Basic Income (UBI) program, marking the...

BREAKING: Marshall Islands becomes the first country to launch a Universal Basic Income program. Every resident (about 33,000 people) will receive $200 every 3 months. This works out to being about 11% of GDP per capita. If the US did that same percentage, the UBI would be about $770/mo.

Time for us to incentivize Limited Profit Developers so we can get rid of this myth that building housing is too expensive to do right or with actual people in mind.

In the past month, I've had APANO represented at/organizing with:

*Democratic Party of Oregon Summit
*Republican Party of Oregon Reagan Dinner
*Working Families Party State Committee
*Portland DSA on A.I. Rent Price Fixing

I've never been more politically agnostic + committed to getting shit done.

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Imagine being the one dude who voted against releasing the Epstein Files.

Oregon state lawmaker Annessa Hartman, 37, diagnosed with cancer The news comes a day after lawmakers celebrated the life of Rep. Hòa Nguyễn, who recently died at 41.

Prayers, thoughts and good vibes up for Rep. Hartman!!

Heavy news for the community just a day after Hòa's celebration of life at the Capitol yesterday.

Annessa is one of the good ones. Keeping her and her girls on my mind.
www.opb.org/article/2025...

It's a blessing and a curse to be pretty new to the Oregon political scene because sometimes I sit in on calls and will legitimately be the only vote on one side of an issue.

Might fuck around and start a child care trade association so I can do child care advocacy full time until we finally achieve universal child care in Oregon.

Got over 100 registrants for tonight's town hall with Mayor Wilson and the Executive Director of Prosper Portland.

Looking forward to helping to facilitate tonight's conversation with our community.

Feds report more than 560 immigration arrests in Portland area in a month The figure is higher than estimates from a local immigrants rights group.

We had 560+ of our fellow Oregonians kidnapped by the Trump administration last month --- that's just in the Portland metro area.
www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/11...

Had a very similar meeting with a very similar sounding legislator today.