They built this system and told you that you had to accept it then they just fucked us over and laughed at you and look where that got us. A washed up game show host president and the Epstein Files.

Marjorie Taylor Greene did this THREE DAYS AGO. Fuck anyone trying to rehab that pasty bitch. www.newsweek.com/marjorie-tay...

I’m going to be real. I don’t think a system where progress is painfully, fatally slow and can be devastated at any time, setting society back for generations, is something worth fighting to maintain. I think we’re capable of coming up with something else.

This is part of why I refuse to go to religious hospitals of any kind. I am very lucky that I have that choice (so far). Oregon Health and Science University is in PDX, so I go there.

Wearing a mask is pretty much the single most effective action any individual person can take, in regards to disability allyship. It communicates both active, and visual support.

Aww damn. Alice Wong was a real one. I'll pour one out for her tonight ✌️.

The key to civilization is caring ❤️.

I had three drinks and posted too much.

I used to work the cigar counter at a large tobacco shop & newsstand. I made the mistake of wearing a lovely blue blouse to work exactly one time. I got Monica Lewinsky jokes with a wink and a nudge from (mostly old) men my entire shift.

So many men in my life said this to me all the time, and I always replied, "because I don't need one."

My single most unhinged belief is that leaf blowers should be banned. No exceptions! (Also ACAB ✊).

My first dream that I remember, when I was a smol child on a macrobiotic diet, was almost eating a cheeseburger. I could see it and smell it, but I woke up as soon as my teeth grazed that toasted sesame seed bun. If not know what cheeseburger tastes like, how can eat cheeseburger in dream? 😔.

Got AMC+ (no ads). I saw the thumbnail for the new Talamasca series & added it to my watchlist. Now I'm watching Interview w/ a Vampire & they have an unskippable ad for Talamasca before every episode. WHY?! Forcing folks to watch ads does not make them want what you're selling. LET ME SKIP IT!

Everyone in the Interview with a Vampire series is gobsmackingly gorgeous. Every one of them. (Not necessarily in a sexy way!)

How much money do we give the police!? Halve it. Quarter it. Decimate it. Tax the rich. Fixing this can be exceedingly simple.

Using AI for nuclear power plants is literally LITERALLY the single worst idea I've ever heard in my entire life... And I just heard that Trump gave Bubba a BJ. Might be time to log off for a few hours and bake something. Jeez!

If we have to deal with money, everyone in the country should get an equal income based on a percentage of the GDP. No poor, no rich. People will continue to make things because people are makers. People crave connection & achievement. Things will get done.

In my dream last night, I woke up from a nightmare and started crying. Then I spent the rest of the dream sobbing rather uncontrollably because I didn't know where I was & didn't realize I was dreaming. The thought occurred to me, but I thought it was irl b/c I van usually tell when I'm dreaming.

Why are we paying for cops to commit extra-judicial murder and bailing them out? That seems like a gross waste of taxpayer dollars, to say nothing of the ethical implications.

My friend, who stopped masking & went back to normal ASAP when covid "ended," has been trying to set me up with online support groups and/or community. And I just feel like that may be well-meaning, but ultimately it's just kind of condescending. (1/3)...

If we had a functioning healthcare system with dental coverage, she wouldn't've felt the need to do that. The rich and powerful will fight tooth and nail to keep a permanent underclass that they can exploit. They've spent my entire life working to expand that underclass.

NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."

Tax question: My maiden name is on my tax forms... WTF? I was married over a decade ago and I've legally shared a last name with my husband for that entire decade. I got a new SS card w/ my married name on it & everything. Changed. Why are my tax forms using my maiden name now?

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

"Barely legal" means 18. As in legal, but barely. 15 is 3 years *underage.* I was still making clothes for my Barbies at 15. Not playing with them! Just making clothes for them as a means to study fashion. I was the costume designer for our HS plays. Vogue + Barbie clothes made from scrap fabric.

Donald Trump was practicing child rape the right way. by Ezra Klein

I honestly didn't think I could loathe Peter Thiel any more than I already did, but it's important to be able to admit when you're wrong. I really fuuuuuuuckin' loathe that man.

I was SA'd by a serial rapist & that guy is still just walking around free to hurt people in PDX. Can't give specifics, though, b/c he actively sues his victims for libel. My only day in court was as a witness in such a libel case. Dude lost, but his victim had to pay HIS COURT FEES. No justice.

TODAY - WEST LOS ANGELES ICE is patrolling from the ocean to La Brea & W Jefferson Blvd to National Blvd. Beginning at 9:45 am, there have been multiple reports of known ICE vehicles circling in order to conduct rolling kidnappings. So far, ICE has detained at least 7 people.

Wait... The book about the fuuucking eunuchs?! That is being made into a movie? Like, an actual movie and not a porno? With Adelle?! I... I cannot believe my eyes. Wow. Wowowowowowow.

We needed a $15/hour minimum wage 15 YEARS AGO. That ish won't fly today. It's not enough. Now we need like $35/hour to not live in abject poverty, and that's still not actually a lot of money considering how expensive everything is all the time, and how prices never go down anymore.

What is with all the jets breaking the sound barrier over East Portland today? My cats are scared and it hurts my ears.

Frankenstein is so sad. Well, the monster sitch is sad. Frankenstein is a monster.

Hot damn! This pea soup is really good and I am so happy. Cheap, hearty, and delicious ☺️!

Sometimes I feel like US democracy is a tool of fascism because it allows our leaders to gaslight the electorate by saying, "you chose this." They consolidate power while forcing us to choose between "the lesser of two evils" & we're supposed to just accept that. Like... What the actual fuuuck?

I'm sauteing onion right now and it kinda smells like steak, which tells me that I am starved for good red meat right now. Steak is SO expensive though, and pot roast too 😭!

I dreamt that my husband and I were playing an irl videogame (like a holodeck). We had to collect some items, kill a baddie, get a tool, and then build our base up by planting some plants. Instead, we ate some magic mushrooms and giggled a lot before falling asleep & missing the game content 😂...

If you don't write alt text for images, or think they're superfluous most of the time, please take a moment to think about it from the perspective of someone who needs it.

I love waking up to an avalanche of notifications for people dragging me b/c I dared to suggest that CNBC uses alt text for their images. WOW. Good job bullying people trying to make the world just a little bit better. Jesus fuuuuck sometimes I think we might actually deserve *all of this.*

All most Democratic politicians do is fight the left wing of their own party. Feckless fuuucks.

She’s up by about a hundred votes, but some 1700 ballots have been challenged and are in need of curing, so click below to make sure yours was accepted! (And check your voicemails/email spam folders in case you missed a notification.)

I found my wooden back massage hook thingy within minutes of ordering a new one a couple weeks ago. Now I have two, but I lost one of them again lol.

Ahhhh another Behcet's flare. This year is really heapin' them on me. Guts to butts and throat to moat. It's ALL inflamed 😭. Guess it's a good thing Veteran's Day is tomorrow so I can spend the holiday in bed or on the couch or maybe very lazily making a huge vat of good lumpy pea soup with barley.

Testify to stop the sweeps before Wednesday!! > Scroll to item 8 > Testify on this item > Submit written testimony > Support with changes > Write a comment supporting Councilor Morillo’s amendment to defund sweeps and fund social services www.portland.gov/council/agenda

OK so dipping my toe in the local political discourse today was just as toxic as ever lol! I know that screaming vitriol at perceived enemies can help one feel as if they have a little control in a ruthless world, but that ain't it. Huge thanks to my local pdx moots for holding the line ✌️.

Our impact isn’t small when we all push on one direction. 👉🏻 gofund.me/edd687b8

An anonymous donor just offered to match up to $1,000 to my fundraiser in support of health benefits for @scarleteen.com's staff and an as-needed health fund for volunteers, which means your $1 is worth $2! Anyone want to join in with ANOTHER match to turn that into $3?

If I were the richest person in the world... I would not be, because I'd give that money away so fast. Wealth hoarding is shameful behavior. Shameful! 😤.

The absolute gall of thinking he can placate us with Therapy Speak after the democrats just threw us all under the bus like that. The GALL.

I'll have to take a Q-tip with me to buy my next chillum, so I can say that the main body can't be longer than (pulls out Q-tip) this big 🤏. I am disabled. I need a pipe I can clean three times per day with a lighter, a Q-tip, and a square of toilet roll paper...