Not feeling well so I'm masking up every time I have to go out. If the person who gave me this crud had been masking, I probably wouldn't have to feel like this.

Ah, another opportunity to post my old homage to the Twitter Fail Whale and the greatest news event ever. Excellent.

Minerva, my beloved awful beastie, is dead. I wish so much I could hear her trilling chirp as she hopped onto my bed to cuddle my chest and purr until she got irritated. This was her last week.

Made a euthanasia appointment for Minerva at 3pm. Life is so hard and I wish my little soft cat could be OK but she can't.

Whoa. I think my college bestie is going to be a Taos town councillor.

ICE detained a U.S. citizen for 7 hours in Portland after she photographed ICE agents. As of Tuesday morning, ICE still had her phone and her engagement ring, she said. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Have been bawling yesterday and today worried about my horrible little cat and thinking this vet visit might be the last of her, but maybe it's a treatable infection and it looks like she'll live to spite another day. I hope so. I hope so.

I can’t believe that our government is arguing over sandwiches as part of their defense of human rights abuses *in more than one case*

we ended up where we are now for a number of reasons, but one was that Dick Cheney realized he could go on camera, lie about saying things he’d previously said on camera, and TV interviewers would just sputter

Food pantries need food! @mattvillers.bsky.social needs cargo bikers & helpers! North Portland Mutual Aid Ride Sat 11/8 Meet 1. Ride 1:30PM Start 8811 N Lombard Stop @ St Johns Grocery Outlet End Peninsula Park Ride ~11 miles to 8-9 pantry & fridge locations www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...

Heading to nowhere for a week tomorrow and I cannot wait to get a break from the sound of surveillance planes.

ICE shot an American citizen and food bank worker who tried to block them arresting an immigrant by pulling his car in front of them. After being released from hospital: "He is now facing charges for assault on a federal officer." www.calonews.com/featured-top...

I really don't want to move with a bunch of old baking materials, so I'm stressing out my bread robot making constant loaves for PDX Free Pantries. On my way to a party, I was able to put one in the hands of a food seeker still warm.

I'm at a party where two snails just got engaged.

Pumpkin skeeball.

It started raining hard just in time for trick-or-treating. That's so mean!

It's that time of year #Halloween

Halloween blood drive. It may sound altruistic but I'm really just trying to pass along my PFAS to someone else.

If you're in Portland trying to stretch the last of your SNAP, H Mart on Belmont had a lot of good manager specials, especially if you eat fish, meat, or eggs.

I see a lot of textiles dumped around the city, so I wrote a zine for @mendingbloc.bsky.social on how to rescue clothes and sheets/blankets from the trash and bring them back into community use. mendingbloc.carrd.co#stuff

Glad they are getting some support so that the non-profit coffee shop doesn't have to absorb all the costs of feeding the neighborhood.

Right-wing agitators at the Portland ICE facility appear to have committed multiple illegal acts on Saturday night. Not included in this video is the crowd going to a resident’s apartment across from the ICE facility and live-streaming their harassment.

You can find info and a map of Portland's free fridges and pantries here. sites.google.com/view/pdx-fre...

Don't believe the reviews. We gave Guy Fieri food poisoning on purpose.

This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.

What the hell. @counciloravalos.bsky.social is a wonderful and courageous human. This had better not be arson.

PPB is playing into MAGA's disingenuous complaints abt sidewalk access (it's easy to go around) & forcing a way clearing in the rain, while the right wing carnival crowds around making the unnecessary compliance difficult. Now the MAGA carnival is stealing protest supplies from the left.

Several protestors arrested outside the Portland ICE facility were brought to a Vancouver, WA jail. That's because a WA law requires county jails to hold people arrested by feds if there's space, and the feds don't have to reimburse them for costs without a contract. www.opb.org/article/2025...

I hope ICE has insufficient and sweaty rain gear.

OP says this is PIRC confirmed.

Federal agents raided the WRONG HOME in Portland—no warrant, guns drawn on a family with a baby. ICE still arrested 2 people after realizing the mistake. ICE official on the aggressive tactics: "If people interpret that as aggressive, so be it."

Five very loud helicopters just shook the windows of my house.

Why do I crave cheese so much when I'm stressed out?

I love this protest, because the urban stroll is such an element of the culture fascism disdains.

Hey #sfba friends -- here are a couple of posters for you, created by the same artist who made them for Chicago. Print and share with everyone who needs them!

Since the East Wing is traditionally office space for the First Lady, the destruction says a lot about what the current administration thinks of the role of women in government.

Seriously?

ICE hates music!

Senator Jeff Merkley just crossed 20 hours in his marathon floor speech on authoritarianism. He began speaking at 6:20pm yesterday.

Bringing Minerva to the vet today. She's sick in so many ways. Pretty sure I'm going to get bad news.

They remind me of predators hunting animals herding together for safety.

Our entire autocentric culture tells people they are dominant behind the wheel, automobiles support that and produce the literal vehicle to enact their worst impulses, and our legal system ensures that few pay any consequences for that.

Helped my partner load for food distribution. Selection, quantity, and quality low at the depot today. Lots of concern for everyone losing SNAP in November.

I just called ACECO & left a furious message: 301-588-0707 Then I sent this email via their contact page acecoworld.com/contact/ (If you do either, remember not to say or write anything that could win you a call from law enforcement.)

I've been the most paranoid of my friends for so long that I'm able to comfort their anxieties. Ex: Nah. The local police don't have a Stingray. Oh, that helicopter is just a flight school, not DHS.

Hey Portland, I want to clear up any confusion or questions about the recent ruling in the 9th Circuit. Today, on October 20th, 2025, a panel of judges ruled 2-1 to put a stay on the temporary restraining order (TRO) that blocked federalization of the Oregon National Guard. 🧵

So… the Goblin Market small press comics fair in South London yesterday was lovely. Well done, Goblins! The highlight was definitely catching up with chum and former @brokenfrontier.bsky.social teammate Becky Burke for the first time since her detention by ICE. Very emotional moment.

LICE.

Worth reading for conversations with people who always think you need to sympathize and compromise. It won't go both ways.

Devastating update from Sulala animal rescue re Dr. Mu’ath even if a civilian leaves a “safe zone”, it remains utterly illegal to target them. This is murder. A war crime. Northern Gaza’s sole remaining veterinarian was murdered during the ceasefire. www.instagram.com/reel/DP_hjNI...