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yes but spokane and the rest of eastern wa was running legit “defund the schools” libertarians for congress. i remember seeing clint didier for congress signs in high school in like 2010. i’m just happy they’re consistent.

*Spokane* fucking hates this

the andrew mountbatten stuff shows that being a tenured antiwoke professor at harvard gives you more legal privileges and protection from the law than your family being divinely anointed to rule a country as absolute monarchs for 1,000 years

is it bad to say that i’m tired of seeing stuff about the olympics?

love to see that!!

tbf i feel like any laundry disasters warrant a freak out! especially when it comes to fiddly stains!!

what exactly is a peptide?

i spent a few hours this afternoon attending the first hearing of the lawsuit reach cdc is bringing against the feds because of federal agents deploying chemicals in and around one of their buildings from the ice facility. the witness testimony was heartbreaking!

it’s a good day when a nazi gets punched

people online seem to be all together too obsessed with wuthering heights and how bad this movie is. like the movie hasn’t even been released yet, they cant have all seen a pre screening?

i even have a testimony template ready if you want it! send me a dm 😇

this bill will die, the housing committee is not interested in it but we still want a strong show of opposition in the commerce committee.

submit testimony opposing sb 1514 directly at this link: olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/T...

welp mark meek is at it again. his bill to repeal the basic protections against homeless sweeps & criminalization is getting a hearing and a work session in the senate commerce committee.

oh yes please!! would love to have the info if you can find it

Fan fiction is proletarian literature.

The culture surrounding it resists commodification. It's a reappropriation of the ideas, characters, and perceived legitimacy of the capitalist publishing industry.

Write that fanfic, girl. The revolution might even have a few real life enemies to lovers.

i have been saying this for years!!!

a photograph taken from behind a brown podium of a church sanctuary with a crowd of people holding up signs that read “every oregonian deserves a home.”

in salem today with a bunch of housing advocate for housing bills. i have my frustrations with this institution, but i am very inspired by many of these folks who shared stories of housing instability, their expertise as front line workers and developers to support housing.

finally watching one battle after another

'Suicide rightism' and the penguin Is it based or soy to kill yourself?

great blog maxread.substack.com/p/suicide-ri...

Any elected leader who thinks ICE in the era of Donald Trump can be fixed with body cameras and "more training" is deeply unserious, lacks commitment to civil and human rights, and should be voted out of office.

we have don getting what he wants and finding only misery, and we have peggy putting up with misery to get what she wants. we have joan being a bad ass and we have pete being an assclown.

Illustrated advocacy graphic with multiple housing-related icons: a family standing together, a house with money symbol above it, a vacation-style second home with palm trees, and a key with a house-shaped keychain. Large text reads, “Stop second house subsidies, support first-time owners!” An Oregon Housing Alliance logo appears in the bottom right corner.

Oregon is subsidizing vacation houses while first-time homebuyers face record prices. LC 276 ends this subsidy and redirects $9-$10M/year to proven down payment assistance programs.

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this is insanely fucked

a friend got me to rewatch mad men and i can’t believe i forgot how fucking perfect s1e1 is

DHS invading Minnesota in winter

that sounds much more fun. unfortunately i think all of our assignments are just spreadsheets.

i haven’t bought my bad day during the legislative session scotch this year but i’ll probably swing by the liquor store tomorrow to correct that.

i have too many spreadsheets to worry about, i can’t hold multiple fronts.

(3) a small acknowledgment that there is a stereotype that developers squeeze value out of everything and then show up to the groundbreaking in a maserati

some banger moments from the day, (1) the sheer number of proud landlords in the class, (2) my professor saying “every policy legislators pass has an impact on developer cash flows”