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Cryptic Species

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Primary habitat, the PNW, though they love all grey areas; prone to flights of fancy; gender indeterminate; inordinately fond of the telly, comics, and lost causes.

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Cryptic Species @6impossiblethings.bsky.social · 27d

Seeing so many ppl posting "trans rights are human rights" is heartening. Also made me aware some ppl don't know which rights are unprotected or explicitly denied.

If you're unsure or talking w/ folks who are, lgbtmap.org provides a detailed overview by state and issue.

Movement Advancement Project | Snapshot: LGBTQ Equality by State

The Movement Advancement Project (MAP) tracks over 50 different LGBTQ-related laws and policies. This map shows the overall policy tallies for each state, the District of Columbia, and the five popula...

www.lgbtmap.org

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Cryptic Species @6impossiblethings.bsky.social · 5d

I love you Portland!

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 5d

PORTLAND, Ore. — A small group of federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur and raccoon danced to Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'

Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.

www.nbcnews.com

Cryptic Species @6impossiblethings.bsky.social · 5d

The shutdown isn't changing anyone's mind about ACA subsidies:

Keep the subsidies, according to:

59% of Republicans
57% of MAGA base
92% of Dems
82% of independents

Makes sense, given 70% of those w/ ACA insurance will not be able to afford their premiums if the subsidies expire.

Despite Budget Concerns, Three-Quarters of Public Say Congress Should Extend the Enhanced ACA Tax Credits Set to Expire Next Year, Including Most Republicans and MAGA Supporters | KFF

A new KFF Health Tracking Poll finds more than three-quarters (78%) of the public say they want Congress to extend the enhanced tax credits available to people with low and moderate incomes to make th...

www.kff.org

Cryptic Species @6impossiblethings.bsky.social · 5d

GOP insanity is boundless. They want Dems to be blamed for the shutdown, but actions are high visibility opportunities for the Rs to show they don't care who gets hurt.

Democratic troop pay bill blocked in House amid shutdown

GOP leaders are seeking to keep pressure on Democrats to reopen the whole government.

www.politico.com

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Jeff Merkley @jeff-merkley.bsky.social · 8d

Bringing you an update on the National Guard from my run yesterday.

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Cryptic Species @6impossiblethings.bsky.social · 8d

Way to go, Portland!

Signed,

your little sister Eugene

bring on the headless horses @ihavethatonvinyl.com · 8d

this made me have good feelings. remember those?

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 8d

Shoutout to the Boomers, really showing everybody else up in 2025

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Parkrose Permaculture ❌👑 @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 8d

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Cryptic Species @6impossiblethings.bsky.social · 8d

Love it myself. If I were ever thinking of living in a major city again, I'd go back.

Cryptic Species @6impossiblethings.bsky.social · 8d

It'd kinda nice when things like this happen to me, getting to think I'm a responsible adult. But the panic erases the win, unfortunately.

Cryptic Species @6impossiblethings.bsky.social · 8d

Adequately?! More than! But statement earrings are a nice touch.

If you hadn't mentioned your hair, I wouldn't have noticed anything at all.

Cryptic Species @6impossiblethings.bsky.social · 8d

It's devilishly hard. Plus books don't use credits, just add to your library. Possible exceptions are "free" books in a series to hook you. I am ok reading those if I am going to go for others in the series, but not sure the status.

Also, scroll the "discover" page, you can click to see Plus only.

Cryptic Species @6impossiblethings.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks, sounds like a great alternative!

Cryptic Species @6impossiblethings.bsky.social · 9d

Best to you all in Portland. Give her that happy weirdness that we love you for.

Parkrose Permaculture ❌👑 @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 9d

Kristi Noem is in PDX today.
She brings the cameras w/ her and is desperate to incite Americans to do things she can film and edit into propaganda vids.
Do not give her what she wants.
The regime is frantic to manufacture a riot. Do not give them what they want.

Cryptic Species @6impossiblethings.bsky.social · 9d

So, not surprising, but well-hidden. Indie authors are getting screwed by Audible on royalties.

Short version: DO NOT listen to Plus category books. They're stealing money from non-exclusive authors and giving it to Plus catalog authors.

Elizabeth Wheatley explains:
#audible #booksky

Audible continues to be EVIL

YouTube video by Elisabeth Wheatley

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Cryptic Species @6impossiblethings.bsky.social · 9d

Excellent point. I'm in Eugene, but if I see them, I'll do that.

Cryptic Species @6impossiblethings.bsky.social · 10d

Good question. I checked, and ME uses ranked choice if no one has a plurality. He only got 50.6% in 24. Whether a progressive would fare better, tho, IDK. Maybe, if ppl thought there was little diff btw the D and R. OTOH, the diff might prove too much, and needing Rs would explain his crossover.

Cryptic Species @6impossiblethings.bsky.social · 10d

Given it was thrown out in OR, actually it strengthened the TRO, hopefully the same'll will happen in IL.

The argument for the Portland deployment was "well, they're already federalized," said over and over. The judge was scathing.

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Cryptic Species @6impossiblethings.bsky.social · 10d

If she's honest about what happened writing it, the way it goes on and on, seems she in bad shape. Deeply engrained paranoias and biases tend to surface at times like that. So I'm inclined to think it's her mental state rather than "look, I'm special." But, yeah, that may be too kind.

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barbisblue @barbisblue.bsky.social · 10d

I DON'T SHARE MY THOUGHTS BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL CHANGE THE MINDS OF PEOPLE WHO THINK DIFFERENTLY.

I SHARE MY THOUGHTS TO SHOW THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY THINK LIKE ME THAT THEY'RE NOT ALONE.

@OlaBetiku

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Cryptic Species @6impossiblethings.bsky.social · 10d

Found a video summary of the story. JFC. There's no data and the WaPo talking heads are unbelievable.

How some veterans are EXPLOITING VA’s disability system

YouTube video by Washington Post

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Cryptic Species @6impossiblethings.bsky.social · 10d

It's behind a paywall, so I'm unable to see - when they say "some," do they actually have numbers from a reliable source? Sounds like the sort of thing that would be anecdotal or based in Trump numbers.

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Dr Surekha Davies (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 10d

A @sciam.bsky.social story on the cognitive benefits of hand-annotating books inspired my latest newsletter on maps, monsters, and making sense of Sir Walter Ralegh's "Brief and True History of Guiana" (1596).

🗃 #earlymodern #histsci #manuscript #maps #cartography

buttondown.com/surekhadavie...

Walter Ralegh's headless monsters and annotation as thinking

On writing and picturing as forms of thinking and knowledge-making, with examples of Renaissance mapmakers and publishers demonstrating exactly this in the...

buttondown.com

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Hiron Ennes (Works of Vermin out 10/14/25) @hironennes.bsky.social · 10d

Next Tuesday, Oct 14th!!! Starting the tour for Vermin at 7 PM Skylight Books in Los Angeles with Chana Porter! RSVP is encouraged but not required.

Hope to see you there! Or if I don't see you, I hope you're still there, hiding in the shadows

www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylig...

www.skylightbooks.com

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Cryptic Species @6impossiblethings.bsky.social · 10d

I wonder, tho. It's pretty common for people to believe that others would act in a way that they find negative, or that situations outside of theirs are more negative. My hunch is that 1 in 4 number is higher than the actual number.

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🐴 Jam 🎃 comms open! ⭐ @wyrdlittleguy.bsky.social · 10d

I'm trying to get a few hundred more euros soon so I can afford the deposit if I get this room and also pay business taxes please share the annoying commission and donation posts I'm sorry

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Cryptic Species @6impossiblethings.bsky.social · 10d

Hopefully she did it for herself.