GOOD. Keep it up.

RFK: “Where did all this autism come from? It never existed when I was a kid!” “A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”

Colored lightning over Portland seems to be multiple blown transformers. I saw big flashes of pink and blue in the sky above SE PDX. It’s a mess out there tonight. Windstorm with 20mph winds.

✨ The final JaJa Flow Jams of 2025 are 12/17 & 12/24 🎄 Christmas Eve is shaping up to be something really special! A PopCart holiday party with our JaJa artist fam, open space to flow, and lots of collective joy. If you’ve been meaning to come… this is your sign 💜 #jajapdx #popcartpdx #pdxravefam

Oxford University Press has chosen “rage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year. The open-compound word, which beat out “biohack” and “aura farming,” goes back at least to 2002. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/a...

What if your holiday shopping was a reinvestment in #Portland? 🌹 The "Local Multiplier Effect" means every dollar spent at an independent shop circulates up to 3X more in our local economy. Our guide features 30+ local businesses to help you shop intentionally. No generic superstores allowed. 🚫📦

Chosen family is a journey, not a destination.

I heard Von Ebert Brewing is open today, and doing a lil potluck for anybody who is looking for a place to hang out. There may be a Reddit special too 💜 www.reddit.com/r/Portland/s...

Shameless boyfriend crush post, on this, the early hours of Turkey Day.

Wanna encourage YOU to keep your money circulating in our local economy this holiday shopping season. It’s better this way. 💜

Last week a coworker tried to convince me that the agents “would never touch me or do anything to cause a law suit.” And now I feel way less reassured, knowing this woman is supposed to be part of my community’s safety network.

I can’t with this clown anymore. Blocking so they can’t keep tagging me all day, and leaving receipts.

This is why women I know personally got burnt out on their local elected positions. Having tough skin is one thing. But constant threats and gender based violence cannot continue to be normalized in 21st century politics. Our country is so cooked.

JaJa Flow Jam ✨ Artists of all disciplines open up the building on Wednesdays in an “open house” format ~ flow arts, circus + aerial, DJs, bands, multimedia visual artists, vendors, screen printing, clay studio (to name a few!) #JaJaFlowJam Wed 7-11 pm $10

Reminder to self - don’t feed the trolls and virtue signalers. I am here on Bluesky because I miss Twitter but there’s no going back. Algorithm, please connect me PDX creatives, community organizers, independent journalists, makers, movers, shakers of multi-media art forms & artist entrepreneurs

The bill last numbered H.R. 9495 would empower the Treasury Secretary to designate any nonprofit the Secretary wishes to kill a “terrorist supporting organization” and revoke the tax-exempt status on which it depends for survival. Unconstitutional but lethal in the harm it would do while in force.

Street Photog Dustin Pattison is having his opening reception at The Jupiter Hotel this evening and there’s gonna be a sauna 🧖 I love the way grownups in Portland party. 😆 🌊

I’m on my way to a “beach party” at the Jupiter Hotel tonight, got my bath robe and I’m stoked to dance with PopCartPDX and Human Access Project. Our #willametteriver rules! 🌊

Tis the Season for a Winter Coat Drive! I've teamed up with PopCartPDX to gather & redistribute winter coats, gloves, socks & hats. Find me on Wednesdays at JaJa Flow Jam from about 6-9pm, taking donations and serving hot tea on the PopTrike. Come Share the Cozy with me!

✨❄️POPTRIKE COAT DRIVE UPDATE! ❄️✨ I’ve collected 3 coats so far! Wednesday night, I am setting up the PopTrike coat collection station inside JaJa during Flow Jam. I (Annette) will be there about 7-10pm, serving hot tea and gathering coats for redistribution to anyone who needs cozy winter gear.

On Friday morning, a coworker and I surmised that we don’t need anyone’s permission to gather some winter coats and leave them in the lost and found for anyone to come find. So, I have three coats collected so far... hopefully I collect more this Wednesday! 🧥 ❄️ 💙

Winter Coat Drive❄️💙 I’m teaming up with @popcartpdx.bsky.social to ‘Share the Cozy with PopTrike’ 🧥 Drop off coats, new socks, gloves + hats at the PopTrike during Wednesday JaJa Flow Jam (819 SE Taylor St). #PDX #mutualaidpdx

This Thursday, SBWorkersUnited is holding Red Cup Rebellion rallies at stores around the country, demanding an end to union-busting and a fair first contract. ✊☕ Here in Oregon, please come out to rally tomorrow in Beaverton at 4pm! 📆Thursday, Nov 13th from 4 - 5pm 📍9350 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy

Have PopTrike, Will Travel! (mostly in Central Eastside District of PDX). Rather than let this cute little icicle tricycle gather dust in my garage, I am seeking out reasons to bring it out into the community this winter. Holiday Hot Cocoa popup? Vintage Market? Local Art PopUp? Winter Light Fest??

Cat Memes are my current favorite emotional support doom scroll.

"With your support, and with God, we’ll find a way out of this...” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/08/m...

🔈*crackle over the country's speakers* THE BEATINGS WILL PERSIST UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES *end crackle*

Tonight! I'm testing out a mobile bike vending idea, and have free samples of Hot Coco to give out at tonight's Wednesday Flow Jam at JaJa PDX.

Dia de los Muertos is this Saturday, and Eco Lloyd is hosting a car-free bike friendly celebration by the Bear Blocks at Blumenauer pedestrian bridge. 🚲💀🎃

Why am I seeing multiple clips of MAGA Christian influencers talking loudly about abolishing the 19th amendment, this morning? 🤦‍♀️

Spreading the Word 🐸 ✊ 🪧 🦖 #nokings

Halloween Town is totally worth the drive. ;)

Like I said: Kristi Noem is a liar, has no honor, and we are lucky that we have a proud protest tradition that shows this administration we are not backing down. 🫡🐸🐔

I was (one hour ago) talking to someone about how high education is already cooked.

Interested in learning about how you can become a small real estate developer for a project in your neighborhood? Are you an advocate or local leader looking to encourage better buildings in your community? Join us tomorrow for a lecture hosted by the Incremental Development Alliance!

AmeriCorps service members need their community's support! If you know an active service member, please reach out to them during this government shut down! 📸 I was an AmeriCorps VISTA member in 2016-2017. It was difficult living on poverty wages, but the work experience was very rewarding.

I'm not a service member anymore, so I can talk about politics on the internet if I want to. And I am MAD mad.

The fuck!? We were so concerned with Hatch Act when I did Americorps for a piss poor stipend. Fuck these criminal Republicans. 😡

This is rough. Everything sucks.

Speaking at this event today

PopCart PDX crew has a lot of fun out here in great Pacific Northwest #cascadeequinox

🪩 Oregon's #CascadeEquinox Festival ushers in a new dance music-focused era in September, while still staying true to its band and live music roots. See the event's 2025 lineup featuring Disclosure, Sylvan Esso, Big Gigantic, Moon Hooch, Passion Pit + dozens more www.jambase.com/article/casc...

I’ve been having a little fun on here today, but in all seriousness: there is a very real threat that Portland enters a vicious cycle where declining economic activity-> low tax revenue-> service cuts -> further declining economic activity. Zero cost policies that activate space fight against that.

Dear algorithm, please connect me with fellow arts administrators, event organizers, and creative entrepreneurs who I can vibe with about what it takes to build, sustain and grow artist owned businesses in spite of *gestures at everything*

RFK JR: You’re just making stuff up Hassan: Sometimes when you make an accusation, it’s kind of a confession

Efffffffff Union representation is one of the few reasons I have left to keep struggling to make ends meet in my public school career.

I can’t really say for a fact how many people on this planet can DJ - mix songs one after the other - while biking uphill on a heavy, non-electric ice cream trike. But I feel like that number is pretty dang low. And Carlos B. is 1 of those humans. #bikesummer #popcartpdx #bikesxbeats #pdxdjs

You ever seen a DJ ride a bike while mixing Drum n Bass? #popcartpdx #bikesxbeats #pdxmusic #pdxdj #bikesummer

School will be back in session pretty soon, with the new cell phone ban law in place. Teachers are beginning to post about their GoFundMe campaigns and asking for direct donations of classroom supplies because their schools won’t be providing them. I’m so anxious about this school year.