Winter Solstice: "May this solstice bless you with the courage to rest, the wisdom to trust what is quietly forming in the dark, & the gentleness to know that nothing essential is ever hurried. May the returning light find you rooted, replenished, & at home in your own becoming." ~ Camilla Sanderson

Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time. Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Just in time for spring break, Bellinghamsters can book non-stop flights to Portland, OR, from Bellingham International Airport starting mid-March. The airline made the route expansion announcement today.

Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight

The whole Third Term Project isn’t actually about Trump. The people behind it know he will likely be dead or enfeebled by 2029. It is about them, the vastly unpopular group around Trump, wanting to grift us forever without elections.

Today I announced an agreement between Washington state, Oregon, and British Columbia to renew and strengthen our partnership. Together, the Cascadia region will address housing affordability, invest in clean energy, and create the conditions for long-term economic growth.

Quilts are math and project management with perseverance! This Jelly Roll Quilt in a Weekend took a lot of weekends - I took it apart three times before the lines matched up. Then, I hated the binding so I took that apart and redid it. Now, it drapes on my chair and I love it so much.

A few weeks ago, I made this cute bag. 🐝 It is wonky, has flaws, but it was my first attempt at sewing different weights of felt. I need to practice creative stitches, buy better stabilizer, and keep trying!

This was a two year process to finish this Kaffetastic Rainbow Star quilt. This quilt is pure joy! So many errors, so may crooked lines - so much learning for a first quilt. 🌈🩷

I’m obsessed with quilted bags and rainbows. A fun, small bag that I made in summer 2023. Pattern from @thelittlegreenbean (her reels and videos are helpful!)

I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.” It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”

This heartfelt and meaningful statement by Portland resident and author Cristina Breshears on another social media platform bears reposting here. I don't think the intent is to idealize Portland but to remind all of us what is important and why. (Posted here with permission.)

You're gonna need a bigger tent

"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen. By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

As always, there is so much danger for women in “ Christian” fundamentalist communities . Excellent 🧵 on the mix of Vance, Thiel, project 2025 authors and the oppression of women. How do you feel about having to practice the religion? You’re told to practice ?

Even linkedin gets it

👇 Jenny is a must follow - each and every thread contains links to who, how & why we are here: names, background, and research.

No one is coming to help. Not the Democratic Party, not a politician, not Black people, and no other country will come in and save us from this.

He's not blaming DEI, he's blaming women and non white people.

So much of our structures are taken for granted, our memory of what they cost wiped clean by stability. Now we’re about to find out the real price and a lot of people are gonna be upset at the final numbers.

@hcrichardson.bsky.social letter from 11/16 on the Department of Education. To me, the dismantling of the DOE is to create and maintain a underclass of uneducated NON-voters who will feed the prison system of LEGAL slavery and constant flow of menial workers. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...