Before you buy Girl Scout cookies you should know they support transgender girls and reject donations from anti-transgender organizations. Then buy a couple more boxes

At the moment, #4.

Andrew, we're voting you off the island and back to the suburbs. Our new ad just aired during Survivor.

Challenging momergency this evening. My mom doesn't handle being sick well. Refuses most meds. Doesn't like most doctors/nurses. Got her to the ER, she was adamant that she didn't want me to stay, but also pissed off at me when I didn't stay? I always feel like a crap daughter in these situations.

nerds freely nerding in their nerd field is really lovely www.science.org/content/arti...

The Surveillance Empire That Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“..if the Supreme Court either nullifies Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act or makes it much more difficult to enforce, recent studies indicate that Dems could lose as many as 19 congressional seats in the process, putting control of the House effectively out of reach for the foreseeable future”

If you’d like to help me pay for my prescriptions while I’m furloughed, consider buying some of my books directly from me! DM for details 🏴‍☠️📚🖤

Had 2 separate dreams last night that my car completely died while driving it. It's got me rather paranoid while out running errands today.

From Parker Molloy:

In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Bluesky family,if you have any connections in procurement or global sourcing and commodities,or know of any openings,remote,or greater Seattle area,can you please DM me. If you want a leader,known for innovation in sourcing and long term cost saving,my love is your guy. Thanks,friends

My dad took the train from Seattle to South Dakota this week, and I'm thoroughly enjoying his texts to me about the experience. He is LOVING it. It was snowing as they passed thru Glacier National Park, apparently.

PEOPLE! There are LITERAL CBRN EXPERTS on this site who will tell you that the best thing you can do for tear gas or pepper spray is to just flush your eyes and face with water. Any “home remedy” bullshit is just that: bullshit. It won’t help and can actually make things worse. Spread THAT word.

i forgot that i saved this, but my book is currently in an exhibit about Indigenous picture books at the Carle Museum (which made me squeeeee) and they provide an amazing list of recommendations of Indigenous picture books by subject matter are

I've got to figure out some way to lower my stress levels. It feels impossible to do right now, given everything. But my body is sending me some pretty big signs that I'm not doing okay. Something has to give/change. I just have no idea how.

Well, think we’re gonna be 3D printing a bunch more Aztec death whistles

They make a desert and call it peace. —Tacitus

There are no merits. Using laser pointers against aviation is a fantastically bad idea, it will get someone killed and probably not who you want killed. If caught and found guilty, the likelihood you will spend years in prison is high. Get a grip, people.

Portland setting the tone and showing the Resistance how it’s done.

Pinecone wars with the neighbor boys, shooting hoops in the dark, playing soccer in the neighbor's empty lot, backing the vw convertible out of the basement garage, summer night hikes to the hot springs...good memories.

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

We’ve lost a diamond.

EXCLUSIVE: A cell-site simulator, commonly referred to as an IMSI-catcher or "Stingray," may have been used at the ICE facility in Portland. Analysis of cellular signals in the area showed phones receiving abnormal spikes in requests for their unique identifiers. san.com/cc/exclusive...

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

I really regret not buying beer at the grocery store this afternoon. Epic fail on my part.

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education. America’s children deserve better than this.

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion. As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

Banana bread in the oven, rain on the roof, hot coffee in my mug, new book in my lap. Saturday is starting off strong.

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized? TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

Thank goodness.

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. 

It wasn’t the feds —  it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help. He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Dinner's ready, I think.

Humans. Watch this and learn about why Line 5 is not good for the Great Lakes 🌊🌊

Good god.

2 or 3 for me. And now I'm craving steak, damnit. That's definitely not in the budget.

The house showing may have been canceled, but at least we have chocolate chip cookies in a clean house that smells good.

I read @erininthemorning.com's newsletter and promptly wrote emails to Kirsten and Chuck calling them on their anti-trans bullshit. I won't vote for politicians who throw trans Americans under the bus.

Trying hard to not feel hopeless, but a second house showing just canceled for tomorrow. It's been several weeks since the last showing, and I was so relieved to get 2 this week. Only for both to bail. 😕 I need this house to sell. And it's (understandably) such a crap market right now for sellers.

Don't like this one bit, if it happens.

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

"These are children who have never held a weapon. We taught them how to handle assault rifles and machine guns, RPGs. After that, they were sent to the front. We were training them to get killed.” #KeepEyesOnSudan www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Tonight's the kind of night where I miss my college cat. I had this big floof of a barn cat named Miles, an absolutely crazy cuss who'd make you bleed if you looked at him wrong. Unless you were me. He adored me & would sit in my lap for hours, purring like a madman. He was a good cat.

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

a high armhole allows for freer and more comfortable movement

Really don't have the budget right now to fuck up dinner. But here we are. Pizza delivery is on its way. I'm too tired/frazzled and thoroughly disappointed in myself.

Ok, this is just funny. isportlandburning.com

welllll fuck me running

Gavin Newsom fucking sucks, part MCXVII he still has until the end of the week for the rest of the bills so unfortunately it’s time to suck it up, call his office, and politely ask this living hairpiece to do the bare minimum to protect the most vulnerable among us

Thanks to all my #uglydogs & friends, I have found a new place to live! I am moving to a little Mojave high desert town west of JTNP. I have rented a 1-BR apt & move in 10/15. In order to get me set up in my new home w/ expenses covered, including gas & electric plus moving costs. I am asking for