Jenn

People are defaulting on their auto payments at an increasing rate, which is an early recession indicator.

"Ray Charles could have seen this coming."

Sharon Rider 2025

For Lent, I'm giving up.

This menu is so unhinged.

Officially**

I know AWS is nearly inescapable as an internet-using-individual, but I’m official disentangled from Amazon. Welcome home, Kobo.

On Feb. 14th the Dept of Ed sent a Dear Colleague letter to the heads of education in all 50 states saying they have until the end of Feb to remove any DEI info from all public schools or they will lose public funding… Read it and weep. No, really. Just start crying.

www.ed.gov/media/docume...

This is probably the most accurate take.

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand.
#resist

Including a pic of the episode for non-Apple people to search your podcast app!

How Project 2025 would create Podcast Episode · What's in Project 2025? · 12/09/2024 · 53m

Great episode on the breakdown of our version of democracy and creation of the imperial presidency. I’m only halfway through, but think it’s worth a listen.

The world may be on fire but it snowed in Portland this week.

RIP Constitution.

looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.

Personalized Start Page and Bookmark Manager | start.me Turn the start page of your browser into a productivity hub. Manage your bookmarks with ease. Use start.me privately or in teams. Start for free!

If you feel overwhelmed right now, pick one thing that you are knowledgeable or passionate about that you can help with, and start gathering resources. Compile knowledge. Put together a blog, put together a start.me page, get organized digitally. Make things easier for other people to find.

Dumpling Week This February, warm yourself up and support Portland’s restaurant scene by diving deep into Dumpling Week! Returning for it’s 11th year, the Oregonian’s Dumpling Week is a culinary experience that bri...

I’m here to remind Portland of some good news, finally. Dumpling Week starts Friday. www.dumpling-week.com

The back of my pin kept falling off, so I snapped the pins off and gorilla glued it to my badge holder! Pretty happy with the results.

Bookshop.org enters the e-book arena, giving indie stores a new way to compete with Amazon "Everything Amazon can do, we want to do as well or better," says CEO Andy Hunter on boosting indie sales digitally.

This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do!

www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

I haven't been posting because I'm literally lost for words.

how do i filter out people who have a facebook vibe

The United States Is In Multiple Trade Wars | Everything You Need To Know The United States is now in multiple trade wars and here is everything you need to know.

BREAKING: The United States is officially in multiple trade wars. I break down all the developments, discuss what products will be impacted, and preview what's to come. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

The US used to say the USSR was behind the iron curtain since the central committee controlled their media. We are now behind the golden curtain since the oligarchs control our media. The control is getting tighter and right-er.

HE’S REPLACING NPR WITH BREITBART !?!?!?

8am cupcake? Sure, why not? @bonbpdx.bsky.social #portland

Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:

www.404media.co/declassified...

all you people who told us to calm down can go fuck yourselves

I’d say “meta,” but we don’t use that word in this house anymore. #portland

It’s spelled “Colombia”

This is the cowardice of The New York Times. Legacy media is failing.