Many student debtors are being quoted a ten-fold monthly student debt payment. From $50 a month to $500 a month. From $35 a month to $300+ a month. Trump's payment increase will crush working people and we need an opposition party to stand up and fight back now.

No MultCo libraries, but still cool.

Patrons can check out physical hang tags like library books, with each pass covering parking for one vehicle at any state park day-use area across Oregon. https://mrf.lu/JHbL

I also think about pets — people who leave their cats outside and when can we safely walk dogs??

Simply irresponsible advocacy from an editorial board. There is no reasonable policy case for devoting $600 million of taxpayer money to underwrite the luxury pursuit of a private business. None.

SO GOOD

“I started seeing stars“ as her husband stands next to her with stars on his shirt directly at her eye line

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THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH WANTING A 32-HOUR WORKWEEK WITH NO LOSS IN PAY THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH WANTING TO WORK LESS

It’s a good time to be a dues-paying member of your local chapter.

I didn’t feel any sense of embarassment about writing when it was my actual job in a newsroom. But now that I’m on my own, for whatever reason, I totally feel a sense of shame. “What have you been up to lately?” *squirms uncomfortably, mutters quietly* “writingabook”

I think almost every single email I ever got from the DOE in the last few years has had some kind of issue. They have some truly horrifically incompetent people pushing out these notices.

Ok Ravenous (1999) was a really solid movie. It had been on my radar for a really long time but for whatever reason I never bothered to watch. But maybe it’s better I waited; I feel like I’m in a better position to fully understand its anti-colonialism themes.

I won’t even entertain arguments about air conditioning for individuals and families. Know who the real enemies are. It’s not your neighbors who are trying not to die during heatwaves.

Spent a decent chunk of my day writing/researching for a story I want to get out of my brain and I feel very excited about it

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NEW: Meta paid hundreds of contractors to pretend they were kids—and then prompt rival chatbots like Gemini and ChatGPT to talk about subjects like suicide, sex, eating disorders, and self-harm. From @dmehro.bsky.social and @joelkhalili.bsky.social

Whattttttttt

lmao. corporate dems have no fucking teeth. All gum all the time. That should be their motto.

The Sierra Club might be cool with a republican CEO of the BPA but I’m still absolutely suspect of any human being willingly putting an R next to their name

In the high desert of Central Oregon, the Deschutes River is a lifeline for farmers and landowners. A century-old water law, however, entitles just a few thousand people to more than half of its volume. with @opb.org

57 years ago today, people at Stonewall refused to accept injustice. Pride was born from protest—not celebration alone—and reminds us that lasting progress has always come from people showing up, defending our communities, and demanding better.

I happened to be in Seattle this past weekend and it was really awesome to be able to observe the excitement and soccerlove — it was like a current of electricity flowing through the air

You could say Garfield’s search for lasagna is a form of “work.” 😂

Coming back from a vacation to a pet who loves you is one of the best feelings in life. Came back yesterday and it looked like my dog was going to jump out of her skin. Missed her so much ❤️

Idk why I haven‘t embraced the term “humanist“ because that is what I am. I think I will start.

Seems like the only ones decrying Democratic Socialism are either already in power or have lots of money (or both)

One of my friends told me that my husband is one of the few spouses of her friends that she actually likes Married him for a reason 💖

getting through this 1k-page book at a molasses pace because I will read one or two chapters before bed (fairly short chapters) and immediately want to sleep. Bad for finishing books, good for combatting insomnia

It is simply impossible for me to have the brain space to review every movie, book, service, place, etc. I interact with. I’ve been telling myself that verbal, direct praise is also good if applicable, sharing recs, etc.

finally after years of ignoring the Chihuly museum, I finally visited. Really I just always found the price to be too high, and I still do, but we went anyway. The work is cool, but the demonstration is what made it worth it to me. I think they should add a room celebrating other glass artists too.

OpenAI and Microsoft are being sued by the owners of 400 local newspapers nationwide for mass copyright infringement. The publishers claim the two tech companies illegally scraped their content to train their AI models — jeopardizing local journalism in the US.

This past week I also saw puffins on Haystack Rock for the first time. And later, a family of bears at Hurricane Ridge. Feeling very invigorated by nature and the PNW ❤️

The massive coalition of local newspaper publishers filed a federal lawsuit today against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging the technology companies systematically copied copyrighted reporting from nearly 400 local newspapers to train & develop commercial AI products. newjerseyglobe.com/media/nearly...

Why do we even still call orcas killer whales? Just say orca. It is more clear and accurate.

I love volcanoes. I wish I would have known this about myself much earlier in life. 😩 I would be a geologist/volcanologist comms person or something.

New: In response to a lawsuit brought by Debt Collective members, the U.S. Department of Education says "no borrower will be required to move off the SAVE Plan until September 29, 2026 at the earliest" and that “most borrowers…will get even more time than that.”

Nobody is trying to "end religion." Churches are open across America, and the First Amendment protects everyone's right to worship, or not. The real threat to religious freedom is politicians exploiting faith for political power while pretending they're the victims.

I don’t think people are losing religion because they work too much or are getting lost in the capitalist machine. I think people are just feeling like they can find community & spirituality via other means. I am completely unafraid of a society without organized religion.

Good news Friday

finally saw disclosure day and sorry but it’s a big meh from me. I’ve never been much of a spielberg fan girl though. and that was an unequivocally spielberg film.

Happy Juneteenth, or what many Black Americans call 'Jubilee Day' or 'Emancipation Day'. A reminder that many of our household debts—medical debt, student loans, etc—are illegitimate. But reparations to Black Americans is a very legitimate debt that we do owe and must pay.

yay snacksssss that’ll help 💩💩 just put kombucha on tap, that’ll solve all morale issues 💀

pause payments. cancel the debt.

For the first time in Trump's administration, we're calling on Trump to issue a pause on all federal student loan payments. Today, fundamental parts of the student loan system are broken to such a high degree it can only be described as "non-functional." Major issues happening:

I was bummed — tried to get involved in the spring, and the class I signed up for was canceled due to low enrollment. Hope to try again eventually.

NEW: Across Africa, the State Department has demanded access to health data for millions of people as a condition of giving countries billions of dollars in aid needed to address HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and other illnesses.

To whom it may concern: the Lilo & Stitch remake (which I watched with my nephew) sucks. They removed everything that made it actually funny.

neurodivergent folks, including folks who are autistic, already do all of these things. they are married, they hold jobs, produce phenomenal art, and much more. I am so tired of this administration and its eugenic agenda. It’s disgusting.

Fox has reached an agreement to acquire Roku for $22 billion, after already buying Tubi for $440 million in 2020. This marks the latest case of media consolidation in an industry controlled by a smaller and smaller number of huge corporations.