Sharon Helms

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

Rainy Sunday activity: folding zines to distribute at No Kings 2 on Oct. 18. Thanks, @meganpiont.bsky.social for sharing these resources!

Made a poster inspired by Jack the "Freedom Chicken".

Will have another variant and one with a blank sign for you add your own message to the country or Trump.

#freedomchicken #warravagedportland #trump #chicken #taco #protest #portland

TO THE LIGHT OF SEPTEMBER When you are already here you appear to be only a name that tells of you whether you are present or not and for now it seems as though you are still summer still the high familiar endless summer yet with a glint of bronze in the chill mornings and the late yellow petals of the mullein fluttering on the stalks that lean over their broken shadows across the cracked ground but they all know that you have come the seed heads of the sage the whispering birds with nowhere to hide you to keep you for later you who fly with them you who are neither before nor after you who arrive with blue plums that have fallen through the night perfect in the dew

you who are neither before nor after
you who arrive with blue plums
that have fallen through the night
perfect in the dew

-W.S. Merwin, To the Light of September"
#everynightapoem sharing Merwin on his birthday

A screenshot of reddit. Title: Attn Federal agents visiting Portland antifa has secret lairs under these specific trees. Then a picture of a tree of heaven. Body text: I am certain of it. You'll need to eradicate all the trees that antifa has mockingly and very blasphemously called the tree of heaven. Please kill any and all tree of heavens you see while you are here.

Call the hotline. As always, ensure you have the PIRC hotline number saved and be prepared to call us as soon as possible if your loved one is detained, ICE has stopped you or is at your door, or you witness an ICE detention. Please call the hotline, rather than messaging us on social media, or emailing us, as the hotline is where we answer most quickly. Enroll in ECO. If you are not already enrolled in the Equity Corps or Oregon program to receive free legal services, call 1-888-274-7292 (Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5pm). Complete a family emergency plan in case of detention (visit PIRC’s website). Take care to follow all traffic laws. Unfortunately, ICE sometimes uses minor violations to pull people over.

We keep each other safe. If you see ICE or if you know someone who’s been detained, call the PIRC hotline:
1-888-622-1510.

Make sure you’re using the CLEAR model (Count, Location, Equipment, Activity, and Report Time) when you call.

Wow, those puppets are great!

So many great costumes and puppets at the Sun Day event in PDX! The puppet team with the Blue Heron really stood out.

#SunDay #thirdact #climatechange #solar #wind #PDX

@tinakotek.bsky.social Why is Oregon one of the most difficult states to get a COVID vaccine? Are you taking steps to ensure Oregonians don't need a prescription?

I don't know when... But just saying it could even make it happen

The scale of the rally in Portland is MASSIVE.

Simultaneously crossing the Morrison and Hawthorne Bridges in one long parade of democracy.

Tens of thousands of people. #NoKings

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Why are we here if not to fight for the people who sent us? Giving away our power is not fighting back.

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former colleagues from 18F have asked me to share this open letter widely - please pass on 🙏 🇺🇸 💻💪 18f.org

Shop small and support a human artist at Alberta Street Gallery in Portland Oregon

A poster for the economic blackout on February 28. It is a big red Jack rabbit on an aqua blue back ground. It says economic blackout in hand done black type. There are two black speech bubbles. One says “don’t buy stuff Friday February 28th. The other says we have power. Below it says No Amazon, Walmart, target, gas food, gas. Below that it says OK small business, use cash. Designed by Martha Rich.

I made this the other night while procrastinating, mainly because I thought all the posts about the blackout were boring. It feels like there is momentum bringing people together!

Protest in downtown Portland on President's Day 2025. Many people are gathered on the sidewalk, holding signs with slogans such as "Democracy doesn't accept Dogecoin" and "Save Civil Service"

Stop the Coup! protest in downtown Portland, Oregon.

Sign says "Trump clean up after your DOGE." Image is a dog with Musk's head pooping on "We the people."

Nearly everyone driving by in a Tesla has had the decency to look ashamed. #TeslaTakedown

Lisa Sterle's incredible Ten of Swords tarot card from the Modern Witch tarot, depicting a woman with long hair lying on a jagged landscape under an ominous sky. She's stuck full of swords and looking at her phone. It's captioned EVERYTHING IS FINE.

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No thoughts, only vibes!