oh look at that www.pew.org/en/research-...

so i'd like to announce that i have two online talks coming up: “Countercultural Fascism” and “A Short History of Nazi-Satanism”
 April 9 and 16, 2026 at 1 pm EST / 10 am PST sliding scale $10–$100 (covers both)
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I haven’t thought about the phrase “let your fingers do the walking” in decades!

Scientists have discovered a giant new species of stick insect in Australia, which is over 15 inches long and researchers say may be the heaviest insect in the country.

I feel this so hard, as an unpaid 24/7/365 caretaker. The importance of uninterrupted time for doing things like eating and sleeping cannot be understated. These are things I rarely get.

"Fuck ICE" Seen in Portland, Oregon

"No War But Class War" Seen in Kielce, Poland

and THE most important tool is MY OWN BODY which is being DESTROYED BY THIS JOB

you do not get to tell me that I am failing in doing my job when EVERY SINGLE TOOL AVAILABLE IS BROKEN OR INADEQUATE

Preschool For All has been a game changer for preschool providers in our County. Keeping a big reserve tells providers like Melody that in case of an economic downturn, they won’t be left holding the bag. This keeps their doors open, letting parents go to work - creating a more stable economy✨

Wait, so you’re telling me that a bunch of high-paid corporate lobbyists subsidized by public $ were misleading the public about tax flight to try to cut taxes for the rich? Nah, couldn’t be!

Tax flight isn’t real, exhibit number 658,912 www.portlandmercury.com/news/2026/03...

What is this about? I can't figure out the substance of this resolution. @ecosozialismus.bsky.social? www.wweek.com/news/health/...

Weak not woke is what pisses voters off.

testify

thing about being old is your bio gets long and it’s hard to pick out just the relevant bits because it’s… all relevant? I should just commit to being A Mystery

"Eat the Rich" Very Hungry Caterpillar pasteup spotted in Hamburg, Germany

this looks really intriguing!

Can’t stop thinking about an excellent meeting the other night where the facilitator kept saying little affirmations like “thanks for that excellent observation” and wow, that was tremendously impactful to me

If you want to know who took your money, it's the people with all the money. And if they can talk you into believing anyone else is to blame, they will keep picking your pockets and purchasing themselves politicians and getting away with it.

that girl in the airplane in the middle is me :)

Heaven forbid a woman has a hobby

just migrated to Northsky. That was easy!

he rented an airplane and made me fly it. I was terrified and fell in love with him immediately

This is one of the many reasons that delivering on universal preschool in Multnomah County is so important! Please support it, regardless what your tax-hating buddies are telling you! @friendsofpfa.bsky.social @shannonsingleton.bsky.social

Release the Owendoff files!

I have so much to say about this but none of it has anything to do with aviation. heh

Dem leadership: changing this is a difficult process, you fool. You rube. You utter infant. Give us between $5 and $50 Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it

I saw it too:

we should think of means-testing like we do high tax rates. When you have very high tax rates, people or companies will spend lots of money to avoid or evade them. Similarly complex means-tests require large amounts of money to enforce.

issues like this literally sank an org i was a part of years ago

Make no mistake, we are now seeing white American citizens being murdered by law enforcement because we never truly addressed the way our law enforcement treats Black Americans. If we do not help each other, it’s only a matter of time before we all lose. Our liberation is tied together.

big point of contention in horticulture, too. Plant patents are bullshit

it ain’t about teaching a man to fish. you gotta just give him the goddamn fish

billionaires control our country. the only stance with an answer to that problem is the socialist one. democrats have repeatedly said they will bring prices down without taxing the rich. they will fix healthcare without making it universal. these are at best fantasies, at worst lies.

he asked if he could lick the ice cream container

I am SO SICK OF THE WIND

Can't stress enough how much AI will never replace all jobs in the world People have this silly idea of most work being stuff like factories & warehouses, in reality most work has always been care work; childcare, Doctors, nurses, service workers, social workers etc quiet sexism hides this fact

my DSA chapter is currently doing exactly this!

In addition to shaping local politics that affects day-to-day life whether on a school/library board or board of supervisors or safety committe or what have you, local politics can also be used as a springboard to regional and state, potentially picking up seats in state houses.

Happy to see this aspect of water pollution covered in the NYT, and appreciate @mikegrunwald.bsky.social making the point that factory farms should be regulated like other polluting industries. It's not that wild to say so, even a shill like Mike is agrees! (kidding) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/o...

somehow I opted into this one too, along with the ability to grow nearly any food-producing plant. it's an incongruous array but it's what I got

last time this Eucalyptus perriniana fell over a few years ago, it was small enough that we could push it back upright, stake it, and it was actually ok! But it lacks an anchoring root to the east/northeast, where it really needs one. So i'm giving up. And in its stead I will plant.... nothing! ha

yea I think billionaires’ brains are fucked but I do think they legit still think A.i. could replace a huge swath of the working class do you know what capitalism does to the working class when it isn’t dependent on us? I’ll give you a hint. it’s genocide. THAT is why you oppose A.i.

today is map day

shit

This is a good point and I wonder if it’s had an effect in Portland

Essential reading for new socialists/communists: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVZg...

internal bleeding, huh? give him a tampon and an aleve and tell him to quit being so hysterical