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Normality has left the building

@brontestreet.bsky.social

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Portland, OR Book lover, Democratic county party officer, queer community member. Former journalist in an upside down world. Digital journey and experience designer. Interested in the unglamorous work of grassroots resistance. #orpol #actlocal

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Normality has left the building @brontestreet.bsky.social · 8h

Stand tall. We will win.

Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 1d

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.

Normality has left the building @brontestreet.bsky.social · 8h

She was not just thrown to the ground. She was assaulted and indecently exposed by masked men.

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Normality has left the building @brontestreet.bsky.social · 13h

Thank you Portland frog.

✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 14h

🎨@ptrikodactyl

Normality has left the building @brontestreet.bsky.social · 14h

Maintain a feeder and you’ve got a loyal friend and daily visitor. I recently read that hummingbirds are approaching domestication. We have such a symbiotic relationship that they are becoming more and more integrated into human lives.

Normality has left the building @brontestreet.bsky.social · 14h

A vote for No Saint on Killingsworth.

Normality has left the building @brontestreet.bsky.social · 1d

And yet, here we are.

Normality has left the building @brontestreet.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve read there are many officials who could swear her in. Why does she / leadership not pursue that I wonder?

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Normality has left the building @brontestreet.bsky.social · 1d

Frogs, together strong.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 1d

I love this image.

Normality has left the building @brontestreet.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s all dig deep and tap into our invincible calm.

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Anne Lamott (@annelamott1)

I love this so much because I always forget it and think everything is hopeless and doomed: oh Albert! Be still my heart.

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Normality has left the building @brontestreet.bsky.social · 1d

😹😹😹

Normality has left the building @brontestreet.bsky.social · 1d

Loomer has a line? She’s had a line before, hasn’t she?

Normality has left the building @brontestreet.bsky.social · 4d

It’s all on our fucking dime.

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Normality has left the building @brontestreet.bsky.social · 4d

Aah, the sweet taste of fast food for breakfast.

Normality has left the building @brontestreet.bsky.social · 4d

I keep fighting the urge to recommend a better donut shop.

Normality has left the building @brontestreet.bsky.social · 5d

Oh come on now. Too sweet!

Normality has left the building @brontestreet.bsky.social · 5d

This is stupid.

Normality has left the building @brontestreet.bsky.social · 7d

Qs any of us can ask. Call your officials!

Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 7d

Qs journalists can pose to any official with exec power (gov, state police dir, AG, county state's atty, sheriff, mayor, city police chief):

-What have you done to investigate potential state law violations by the federal govt

-Whose job is it to follow up + when did you last discuss it w/ them

Normality has left the building @brontestreet.bsky.social · 12d

Also, communism has failed for thousands of years. 😹

Normality has left the building @brontestreet.bsky.social · 12d

This is what leadership looks like in this moment.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

Normality has left the building @brontestreet.bsky.social · 12d

Is he that f@*king stupid?

Normality has left the building @brontestreet.bsky.social · 14d

And hard on our roads!

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Normality has left the building @brontestreet.bsky.social · 15d

I miss the days when I could leave the house in Portland,OR without worrying that I'd run into anonymous thugs doing illegal things and causing harm to us and our neighbors.

Normality has left the building @brontestreet.bsky.social · 15d

☎️

Multnomah County Democrats ❌👑 @multdems.bsky.social · 15d

What to do if you sight ICE? 🚨 Call the PIRC hotline, which has trained validation and followup volunteers.

Put the number in your phone: PIRC 1-888-622-1510. And as Councilor Avalos reminds us, share CLEAR information about your sighting: (Count, Location, equipment, activity and Report time.)

Councilor Candace Avalos @counciloravalos.bsky.social · 15d

We keep each other safe. If you see ICE or if you know someone who’s been detained, call the PIRC hotline:
1-888-622-1510.

Make sure you’re using the CLEAR model (Count, Location, Equipment, Activity, and Report Time) when you call.

Normality has left the building @brontestreet.bsky.social · 15d

New user. Nihilist. Block party.

Normality has left the building @brontestreet.bsky.social · 16d

Who would the direct order come from?