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Claire Willett

@clairewillett.bsky.social

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Chaos Muppet. Raconteuse. The internet’s gay Catholic aunt. Covering arts philanthropy at orartswatch.org. Writing books and plays at clairewillettwrites.com. Mentoring lefty grantwriters at tinyurl.com/8thHousePDX. I wish ill upon JK Rowling.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · Jul 24

here’s your Claire World freshman orientation:

1. gay shit
2. Catholic shit
3. Star Trek
4. Watergate
5. morally ambiguous female characters over forty
6. Billy Joel
7. fuck TERFs

welcome, please send these people some money

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The Refaat Alareer Camp - by The Sameer Project

The Sameer Project, a mutual aid organization led by three Palestinians in the diaspora, are the proud directors and funders of a tent encampment in Central Gaza that provides shelter and specialized ...

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 7m

also genius to be like ….. both absurdist and also attack-proof??? apparently they repel pepper balls lmao

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 34m

the reporter going “so just to be clear, you guys are frogs now because of the other frog? there’s no other significance to the frog thing?? I would love for there to be more to it than that” and the frogs are just like “nah man we’re here to support the original frog”

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 36m

I can’t believe an inflatable frog is my hometown’s symbol of resistance, and yet of course since I am from here I absolutely can

this is old school homegrown “rioting over the airport changing its carpet” Portland freak shit. it transcends the Portlandia mythos. writers would not think of this

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1h

MY HEART

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1h

this is a more faithful to the book Sherlock, who had a lot more nuance

and whose cocaine energy tbh made him a lot of fun

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1h

I was saying a week or so ago that I have NO problem with him being insufferable to the cops or assholes or kind of just the world generally, but I need him to be nice to Watson and Mrs. Hudson and to the clients. that’s my line. I don’t want him being shitty to kind people who don’t deserve it!

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 4h

a chaos bisexual with poor mental health who treated playing Holmes like he was Conan Doyle's lawyer defending the text from TV changes?? no one was ever more made for Tumblr

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 4h

okay when we see it again from Holmes’ POV at the start of s2 and he wants to call out to the sobbing Watson but he stops himself just in time, I LOST IT

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 6h

it really has been amazing how much one person in a frog suit destroyed their fantasy visuals over the past week. this wouldn't work everywhere but Portland, you are doing amazing sweetie

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 6h

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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 13h

Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design

Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme

tweet from childish branzino @absflora:
timothée chalamet is the new benedict cumberbatch in the sense that you can say ANYTHING and we know who you mean. tiffany chevrolet. timpanogos charlemagne. symphony cabernet. jiminy castaway.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12h

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

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Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 5h

Thiessen having a good chuckle about his fired liberal colleagues - some of whom he worked with for 15 years - is a good reminder that token conservatives at mainstream news outlets are/were there to destroy them, not to contribute to them.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 7h

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 4h

guys I have to say, Jeremy Brett Stan Bluesky is like the most wholesome corner of the world out here on Hedy Lamarr's internet

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 3d

Robert Taylor is not f*ckng around.

Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 3d

In response to an investigation launched by the federal government into the Portland Police Bureau’s policing practices at the local ICE facility, the city attorney shot back, laying out a pattern of excessive force used on protesters, and favoritism toward conservative streamers by federal police.

Portland City Attorney to US DOJ: “Please Do Not Fail America”

Portland’s city attorney says federal police are brutalizing protesters, and the government is weaponizing its longstanding settlement agreement with the city. In response to an investigation launched...

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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 13h

From our sister paper @chicagoreader.com, a trio of stories about how the incursion of ICE and federal agents in Chicago makes life extremely difficult for the unhoused, immigrants, and anyone who believes in free speech.

ICE Targets Chicago’s Homeless Community

[This roundup of news about ICE and the incursion of federal agents and troops in Chicago comes from our sister paper, the Chicago Reader—eds.] Feds target unhoused Chicagoans Since September, at leas...

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6h

I donated some copies of Let This Radicalize You for distribution at an ICE watch training for folks who want to join school patrols in a nearby neighborhood. Not everyone got a copy, because 120 people showed up for that training tonight. I am endlessly proud of Chicago.

A display of copies of Let This Radicalize You on a table in front of a sign that reads: "Let This Radicalize You offers stories, strategy and heart for the kind of collective care and resistance we're building together today. It helps us move from reacting to organizing. Showing how ordinary people protect each other, build power, and keep hope alive. Take a copy. Read it. Stay connected."

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 4h

The fact that their ticket was mysteriously canceled the day before and then they were questioned by DHS is both one of the greatest political scandals and crises of my lifetime and just another fucking Thursday in 2025.

Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 6h

Mark Bray and Yesenia Barragan, and the family, have safely embarked on their trip to Spain after being questioned by DHS.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 4h

this really made me laugh

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 4h

oh my heart

that's beautiful

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 4h

Burgerville I'm so sorry baby you do not deserve this

Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 2d

Apropos of nothing, Sec. Kristi Noem is currently praying over Burgerville with Portland ICE officials.

A screenshot of a video of Noem praying at a conference table with other people wearing suits. Fast food bags and water bottles sit on the table.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 4h

I googled it because I had to make sure he didn't die

you know how it goes

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 4h

right????????????????????

ma'am who do you think you are fooling

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 4h

oh no to be clear I am really enjoying him!! I just had a real soft spot for David Burke

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 4h

EMILY THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE TOO

I think it was Trump (or she WANTED it to be Trump) and that's why she's so claws out for Laura Loomer in a deeply uncomfortable way that does NOT feel like it's about work

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 4h

it's truly so funny how the MAGA caucus who swept into office on a wave of "destroy everything" rage energy somehow are always surprised when they find each other impossible to work with

oh word??? the lone holdout on your bill is the same five people it always is??? who could have foreseen

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