"This person is always working and hustling to make sure everyone is taken care of, but who takes care of them? We recommend gifting this archetype Badger's Burrow, a cozy homebody black tea with lemon and honey built in.

New day. Same five. 📺📻📊 linktr.ee/beaverwbb

🌐 #art

This basically sums up 2025

🌈 Introducing our Book 2 feature for December! 🎉 We are so excited to feature this sci-fi tale about an android who will do anything to keep himself from being recycled. Welcome to Static Crush by Alistair Reeves @kataraqui.bsky.social 🧵

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northpeninsulareview.com/new-17-unit-... New neighbors! 🥰

Our next Family Craft Night is coming up on Tuesday, November 25th at 5 PM! Make some crafts with the Library and The Arts Center. All supplies provided and all ages are welcome!

December's Graphic Novel Book Club (for adults) will be discussing The Hidden Life of Trees! The next meeting is December 2 at 6 PM. You can pick up a copy of the graphic novel at the 2nd floor Reference Desk!

Mask chains from our crafting social this weekend! Our community is so creative!

TRUMP TOOK AWAY NEWPORT OREGON'S COAST GUARD HELICOPTER THAT PROTECTS THE DUNGENESS CRAB FLEET, TO MAKE AN 🧊🧊🧊 DETENTION FACILITY. FUCK YOU TRUMP!!! youtu.be/q6Mb4AQIx3Q?...

How can I not go?? I scream, you scream, we all scream for this to fucking end! #protest #artofresistance #portland #pdx #ice #fuckice #fucktrump

I took a break from Portland frogs and attempted some bees. I can’t decide if I like them or not… #protest #artsactivism #artofresistance #createtoliberate #painting

Transgender Day of Remembrance is this Thursday, November 20. Read our latest post for more info on TDOR, and view a list of Trans Day of Remembrance events happening throughout Oregon on Thursday, November 20. You can also find this at our link in bio. 🏳️‍⚧️🕯️ www.basicrights.org/news/s06bbla...

HEADS UP: Tickets to our Carol screening are almost sold out, and going fast! Get yours today at the link below. We also want to shoutout our event sponsor, PacificSource Health Plans! Thanks for supporting our work to uplift Oregon's LGBTQ2SIA+ community. secure.everyaction.com/2XFs3C3jKE2W...

In case you missed it: Basic Rights Oregon is hiring! Get more news updates, as well as events and calls to action, in our weekly LGBTQ2SIA+ newsletter! We'll be taking next week off from the newsletter for the holiday, so we'll see you again in two weeks. 🌈

ICYMI: Baristas linked arms in front of lines of trucks at Starbucks’ largest East Coast distribution center. Workers are escalating the ULP strike until Starbucks finally does the right thing and bargains in good faith. ✊🏾☕️

39 degrees ain’t stopping this bee and her buddies in Beaverton from defending democracy. Buzz off ICE! #protest #resist #portland #pdx #trump #antifascist

🐓🇺🇸🐸 Portland, OR Protesters & freelance journalists sued the Trump admin, DHS Sec. Kristi Noem, and DHS over violent crackdowns at Portland’s ICE site —alleging First Amendment violations and viewpoint discrimination. ACLU of Oregon filed the class action after weeks of recorded abuse.

The cast of the 50th anniversary of #rockyhorrorpictureshow Clinton Street theater! Which holds the record for the longest played Rocky Horror in the world! Only in #wartornportland

PSU’s study enlists 90 households from the Oregon Coast: Cannon Beach, Depoe Bay, Yachats and Pacific City. Researchers attached filters to participants’ washing machines and dryers to see how many microplastics they are releasing.

Less than a year from the midterm elections, state and local voting officials from both major political parties are actively preparing for the possibility of interference by the Trump administration.

Sunday plans covered, thanks to your library! https://bit.ly/4oTUWMK #Bookish #Booksky #LibraryLove #LibraryJoy #CheckOutYourLibrary

Thank you for your non compliance

"Leave It on the Track" follows a grieving teen who moves to Portland and finds healing, queer community and maybe a little romance on the roller derby track.

Enough is enough! Let’s show up and raise our voices for our community. Let’s push for real protection and accountability! Salem Public Library Monday, the 24th at 6:00 PM #ICEOut #ICEOutOfOurBarrio #DueProcess #ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights #AbolishICE

Join us in Salem December 14 for a concert event featuring Kristen Grainger and Dan Wetzel of True North and others as a fundraiser for Marion Polk Food Share. www.showpass.com/comfort-joy/

In Oregon, SNAP benefits for November are available and won’t be taken away. If you have questions, please check with Oregon Department of Human Services. If you have other needs, like housing or utility costs, because you had to stretch to pay for food last week, please call @211info.bsky.social.

I put a barred owl on this pour painting of a moonlit woodland as the finishing touch. I hear them sometimes, just before it gets light in the morning. Original 12x16 and prints at zenbreeze.com/collections/... #owl #pourpainting #woodland #forest #wallartforsale #blueskyart #pacificnorthwest

Reposting this gorgeous hand-sewn collar I made a couple weeks back for the Bluesky crowd! This piece featured beveled, sanded, and burnished edges, making it a very comfortable collar for long everyday use. #leatherwork #gear #leather #leathercraft #BSNM #craft #prowlerleather

This #TransgenderAwarenessWeek, we're launching the Trans News Initiative - a nearly yearlong project dedicated to tracking and analyzing news coverage of trans communities across the United States. transnewsinitiative.org

All of my remaining 2025 Halloween items are now on sale and marked down 25% off! Head to www.beadworkbykay.ca to get yourself some spooky at a great price!

❄️🎄Tis the Season! 🎄❄️ Here are a few early holiday pieces that are now available on my website beadworkbykay.ca and my Etsy shop beadworkbykay.etsy.com

Ive seen people being told they arent real voice actors because they do fan work That's a lie. If you've done lines. You are a voice actor Doesnt matter the project. Fan work can lead to original work. It did for me and still does. Never let anyone tell you otherwise

I was recently part of an OSU web show as Richard Rider! It's now up on YouTube, and I wanna help the students who worked hard to get the attention they deserve! 🧡🖤🦫 youtube.com/watch?v=-OOQ...

Howdy!! 👉🤠👉 I'm up to compete for the title of King Dad 4! 👑 But first, I gotta make it into the contest! 🗳 If you could vote for Richard Rider, it would mean the world to be able to compete in January! 🙏 Please help Richard Rider make it into King Dad 4! 👑 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Don't forget to submit your queer books (published in 2025) for the 2026 Lambda Literary Awards - before the November 21st deadline! Submit here: lambdaliterary.org/awards/lammy... #LammyAwards #Lammys2026

Friends, the window to submit your books for the 2026 Lambda Literary Awards is closing... There's one week! Submissions close on November 21! Submit here: lambdaliterary.org/awards/lammy... 📚✨ #LammyAwards #Lammys2026

One issue in our first contract negotiation is compensation. OPB hasn't given us a proposal that addresses our concerns. Many of us struggle to make ends meet. Our current pay doesn't help alleviate the challenges we face. In the coming weeks, we’ll share more about the struggle our creators face.

🥖🍎Keep fighting for Oregon's most vulnerable families! There's no reason for a child to starve, or a senior to lose healthcare while the President builds his ballroom or wastes money on some new vanity project. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/07/o...

A fantastic roundup!

Reminder that it’s transgender awareness week! Who are some of your favorite trans writers and or artists? Please share! I’ll share some of mine below!

Bonus: I've got my special Mexi-Chocolate Birthday Torte recipe up on the blog and the matching flavorscape tea is available online and in-store all month! Just search for "Friday's Birthday Cake" to find all the yums!

Today marks the beginning of #TransgenderAwarenessWeek! To trans people across the state and the country - I will continue to fight for the equal rights and opportunities you deserve despite the onslaught of GOP attacks against the community.

If you are an author and you're offering a free eBook in exchange for a donation to a foodbank, please reach out to me to have yourself added. Link to form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

MUSICIANS!!! DROP YOUR BANDCAMPS!! 🎵🎶🎧

There are 37 donors funding the $300 million build of the new White House ballroom. Unsurprisingly, Amazon is on that list. But you know who isn’t? Independent bookstores. And this is why it will *always* be bookstores over billionaires. ✊

Happy Native American Heritage Month 2025! Happy Native American Heritage and Indigenous History Month! We're celebrating, as we do, with books by Indigenous authors, starring Indigenous characters. (Note: Despite the title of the post, these books include indigenous characters from all over.)…