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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 1h

Congratulations to the happy couple

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4h

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

Unicorn bride marries Kenny from South Park at Portland ICE protest

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

www.oregonlive.com

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 1h

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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poorly drawn cats @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social · 2h

just 50 vampurrs away from the goal! grab yours before he vanishes into the night 🦇

www.makeship.com/products/vam...

vampurr the plushie being gently held. he’s so soft!!!!

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Elemental1025 @elemental1025.bsky.social · 2h

Tfw you read a pov-flipped bonus post from an author you’ve loved for a long time, and… confirm, I guess, that a char she’d written that you loved, & after 3+ books had been convinced was deliberately written as autistic-coded, was in fact just being written as a garden variety “asshole”. 😔

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Jenét Morrow @jenetallday.bsky.social · 14h

Once again, if your library has Hoopla, check to see if their plan includes TV shows and movies. If so, you'll have access to Acorn TV, MHz Choice, AMC and BritBox shows and more.

Jenét Morrow @jenetallday.bsky.social · Feb 6

On a budget? A reminder to check to see if you have access to Kanopy and Hoopla through your library. Hoopla has ebooks, music, movies and TV shows. A lot of AMC and Acorn TV shows on that platform. And Kanopy has a kids section with unlimited "borrows". #library

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 14h

FYI, all law enforcement already treats Black Americans this way. Welcome!

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 19h

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 19h

Happy Friday afternoon folks. Here be some leaf sheep wishing you a lovely day 🌊

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Jennifer Molidor @jennifermolidor.bsky.social · 1d

Hanging onto every bit of good news

The river has come alive in the Klamath with wild Chinook salmon. The wider ecosystem is healing.

This most powerful story of Indigenous-led #rewilding after the largest dam removal in US history keeps getting better.

lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/9/o...

One Year After Klamath Dam Removal, 'There's Just Fish Jumping All Over the Place': Scientists Describe Improvements to Water Quality and Wildlife

lostcoastoutpost.com

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Faith Smith @faithsm.bsky.social · 1d

Cervical cancer is one of few cancers we can prevent with the HPV vaccine. But it falls at the intersection of three cultural issues with strong political opposition — broad access to low-cost or free reproductive health care, access to vaccines for children, and sex education. via @19thnews.org

Cervical cancer could be eradicated. But not with Medicaid cuts and anti-vax politics.

The cancer has a known path of prevention, but that also means it falls at the intersection of cultural issues that are facing strong political opposition.

19thnews.org

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Saki 🦄🪶✦Fae NTVtuber✦【NTVN】【V-Chunky】 @nightmaresakito.bsky.social · 1d

A beautiful native woman flipping the bird in response to Monday, Oct. 13th, Columbus Day. “Fuck Christopher Columbus.” Happy Indigenous People’s Day!

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Dwuff 🇿🇦✨ @dwuff.com · 1d

Unironically: If you think you might be, the ND community is very welcoming to self-diagnoses (because running the medical gauntlet is frustrating and frequently misses the mark) - and if the tools help you, they help you. I also suggest checking out @autisticadvocacy.org and @thinkingautism.com 🧡

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 1d

Here is a baby otter to end the week

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 1d

A billion dollars is the socio-political equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work as ruthlessly and diligently to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 1d

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 1d

It’s #BannedBooksWeek! Author Nikkolas Smith reminds us that when they ban books about justice and equality, they reveal their fear—not our failure.
The more they push back, the more creators will rise.
Art is resistance.
Stories are power.
Keep the fight alive.

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Elemental1025 @elemental1025.bsky.social · 1d

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 1d

How A Publisher Almost Killed The Book I Waited My Whole Life To Write: a thread

My novel Villager came out in 2022. It was published by Unbound, who had little marketing/sales power. But I was excited & proud, since I worked so f-ing hard on it.

Here's an extract: www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...

our cat Charles with Villager, shortly after it was published

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 1d

Thoughts and prayers Kristi Noem

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

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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Simon's Cat @simonscatofficial.bsky.social · 1d

It's #WorldMentalHealthDay 💖 😺

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 1d

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