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My coworker apologized for disturbing me while I was crying, but actually I was finishing my lunch in my office and was deep on a quest to figure out where Chuck Palahniuk threw his tonsils in the mid-90s (in a jar, into the woods, behind his house, is as far as I've tracked down)

I googled okra to make sure I was remembering the right thing (I was), found it is also called lady fingers, and now I've invented the Worst Tiramisu

Corvallis peeps! Tonight is the first public meeting of the Tenant Bill of Rights, 6.30pm in the student lounge of WestM. Check out TBOR.actcorvallis.org for more deets.

My deepest apologies to Brooke and also YES PLEASE

I desperately need @ihatejamesdobson.bsky.social 's take on this song that's been stuck in my head since I was a tiny person youtu.be/sQWN2fZVHJc?...

It's time to replace the filters in our purifiers and restock supplies! contribute thru vnmo

ID: a cool-toned pastel flyer featuring the clean air corvallis logo, our fundraising goal, and a qr code for vmo. Text reads "Help us buy more air filters, masks, and rental spaces for events! Goal: $500"

Tenant Bill of Rights meeting tomorrow, 7pm! DM for address. DYK Corvallis is the most rent-burdened city in Oregon, and the 2nd most in the United States? Of course you did, you pay into it every month!

Poached egg plant - white flowers with a yellow circle center, and frilly green leaves

"Oregon sunshine", bright yellow flowers with thick green leaves

Oregon checkerbloom, wide green geranium-like leaves with tall stalks of purple-pink flowers

Another Oregon checkerbloom, close up on the flowers. A cluster of pink-purple blooms growing up a stalk. The flowers at the bottom have bloomed first, gradually getting smaller to the tip of the stalk which only has small buds.

A mother's day bouquet from my garden, all Oregon natives.

Omg I'm not religious but the Pope using his last moments on earth to scold Vance is based as fuck

Listened to an old episode of @unclearpod.bsky.social. This Canadian Cold War and incompetent leadership sounds familiar....Are we living through the plot of Canadian Bacon?

Hahaha I'm a librarian. I didn't even think of that context until now!

A presentation slide depicting a series of cartoon stock images: a butt with gas escaping, a person being blown over by the wind and losing their umbrella, a crack in the ground with three people reacting in fear and running away.

I had to sit through a workplace training where they had an image of a farting butt to illustrate "you must be resilient to the winds of change"

@jamieloftus.bsky.social i think my Wikipedia app is broken

If you weren't possibly a million miles away (I can't remember which coast you live on now) I would absolutely hang out and experiment on soil blocks with you.

It ain't much but it's honest work.

Keep an eye on the ERA ballot initiative in Oregon. Currently in signature gathering, aiming to be on the 2026 midterm ballot.

Yeah, on insta. It sounds like it might be a regional thing?

Also you get results if you accidentally search for 'luberal' ugh

Just tested this, I still get results for the suggested searches. That said, delete your Meta accounts anyway, for other reasons.

ASL is a whole actual fucking language, friends. With nuance and depth and a whole cultural community. Don't tolerate this attack.

A close up of library books on a shelf. The fully viewable titles are two editions of "The Trainable Retarded"

Ooooooooooof. Looking forward to weeding this section.

I love the idea of doing this with someone, but the moment anyone tries to help it's like trying to cook together. Get the fuck out of my way 😅

Grape ivy in a white pot

Every new years I take an evening to listen to music and dote on my plants, and it's delightful and a lil bit lonely.

Today was my last day in my dept, and I start the new year as the library accessibility manager at OSULP. I'm terrified and thrilled.

I only recently discovered your show and while I'm sorry to hear it's ending, I'm excited for your next steps. WokeAF helped me feel normal about how angry I was, in a good way. Thanks for the push I needed 💜

A grid of 9 AI generated images that look approximately like penguins or roads, asking the user to "Click on the images that best match the theme of the sample image. If there are None, click Skip." The sample image looks a little like a road.

Easily one of the weirdest captchas I've come across. Nothing like navigating an AI grid to prove your humanity.

Incredible. A pescatarian dinner and nary a vegetable to be seen. It's a Christmas miracle.

Nice to know I'm at that stage where TSA has a minor panic figuring out if they should get a male or female employee to pat me down 🙃

PHL meeting was so successful!! Amazing what can be achieved by just meeting face to face.

One of my fave Christmas movies