Michelle DuBarry
@dubarrypie.bsky.social
Writer of grants and occasional essays.
Safe Streets 💛 Unions 💙 Medicare for All ❤️
Safe Streets 💛 Unions 💙 Medicare for All ❤️
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Michelle DuBarry
@dubarrypie.bsky.social
· Aug 18
Staying Tender
Listening to parents who are newly grieving, I notice the places where their voices break. It is not when they describe the concrete details of suffering and lifeless bodies; it is in the emptiness th...
www.thesunmagazine.org
My essay in The Sun Magazine is a love letter to bereaved parents, my friends, and a dog named Shitter. I hope you will read!
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I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
February 1, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
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Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
February 1, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
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Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
At the Labor Against ICE rally. Peaceful protest, lots of kids, and tear gas. They are tear gassing children.
February 1, 2026 at 12:48 AM
At the Labor Against ICE rally. Peaceful protest, lots of kids, and tear gas. They are tear gassing children.
I keep getting questions about why my union isn't participating in the "general strike" I/we are 100% in solidarity with all of it but we just declared impasse and are headed for an actual strike over wages and benefits. Members are confused. Wish we would have picked a different word for today.
insisting on calling every mass day of protest or one-day boycott a "general strike" is not the move. it's good to see people rallying around the cause, it matters, but if you want to be part of a large-scale labor action that shuts down the gears of capital, start by unionizing your workplace!!!
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 PM
I keep getting questions about why my union isn't participating in the "general strike" I/we are 100% in solidarity with all of it but we just declared impasse and are headed for an actual strike over wages and benefits. Members are confused. Wish we would have picked a different word for today.
Dems waffling on tax reform are accepting (among other things) $50M in cuts to my kids' school district. Kids are sitting on cabinets b/c there's no room for 40+ chairs, teachers asking for pencil donations. There is nothing left to cut! DO SOMETHING you absolute cowards.
Oregon Democratic lawmakers targeted by union-backed group
An advertisement campaign that rolled out Thursday is expected to ramp up in the near future.
www.oregonlive.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Dems waffling on tax reform are accepting (among other things) $50M in cuts to my kids' school district. Kids are sitting on cabinets b/c there's no room for 40+ chairs, teachers asking for pencil donations. There is nothing left to cut! DO SOMETHING you absolute cowards.
Solidarity with these beautiful people
Singing
January 23, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Solidarity with these beautiful people
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ODOT’s budget is fucked. They could either stop spending hundreds of millions on a doomed freeway expansion that is billions of dollars away from completion or raid the $15m a year program for sidewalks near elementary schools. Guess which Dems are choosing #orpol
bikeportland.org/2026/01/22/l...
bikeportland.org/2026/01/22/l...
Lawmakers eye Safe Routes to School funding to backfill maintenance hole
They wouldn't come for the kids' money, would they?
bikeportland.org
January 23, 2026 at 6:28 AM
ODOT’s budget is fucked. They could either stop spending hundreds of millions on a doomed freeway expansion that is billions of dollars away from completion or raid the $15m a year program for sidewalks near elementary schools. Guess which Dems are choosing #orpol
bikeportland.org/2026/01/22/l...
bikeportland.org/2026/01/22/l...
This is so good and so sad. "Bewildered nostalgia" is how I feel as a reader, too. (also as a human generally)
When the AI slop summer reading list dropped last year I knew I had to write about making book lists. Thanks to @thebaffler.com for letting me go long with bewildered nostalgia & regret on 20 years of Internet book culture & how we made the slop book list inevitable. thebaffler.com/after-the-fa...
List and Shout | Lydia Kiesling
The labor involved in making lists was as close to the opposite of a transcendent reading experience as a disillusioned culture worker could get.
thebaffler.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:08 PM
This is so good and so sad. "Bewildered nostalgia" is how I feel as a reader, too. (also as a human generally)
As a District 2 resident I’m very interested to see those text messages 👀
There's been a lot of talk about Dan Ryan's apology to the @portlandmercury.com last week, but he didn't follow up on what was a damning revelation from @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social's 1/13/26 article on just whose interests Councilor Ryan is serving. 1/4 www.portlandmercury.com/news/2026/01...
"Racist, Dehumanizing": Chat Images Show Portland Power Players Disparaging Councilors of Color
Messages obtained by the Mercury contain a slew of offensive tropes sent during a council president election
www.portlandmercury.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:53 PM
As a District 2 resident I’m very interested to see those text messages 👀
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Dr Speed is my primary care doc. I’m saddened and enraged that a guy trying to bike home from work had to be run over by a negligent & irresponsible driver. We need better/safer bike & pedestrian infrastructure in Bend. It’s too dangerous out there!
A GoFundMe has been launched for a man who was critically injured after his bicycle was hit by an SUV that allegedly ran a red light.
Bend family doctor critically injured after SUV runs red light, GoFundMe launched
A GoFundMe has been launched for a Bend family doctor critically injured while riding his bicycle after an SUV ran a red light. The fundraiser is helping cover medical expenses.
www.centraloregondaily.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Dr Speed is my primary care doc. I’m saddened and enraged that a guy trying to bike home from work had to be run over by a negligent & irresponsible driver. We need better/safer bike & pedestrian infrastructure in Bend. It’s too dangerous out there!
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A thread about the enraging way PSU is treating their faculty member & how you can help: Last spring, PSU President Ann Cudd threw tenured Professor Yasmeen Hanoosh under the bus when she was doxxed for a sarcastic remark made while being heckled by a pro-genocide group + www.opb.org/article/2025...
Portland State professor alleges discrimination and retaliation in tort claim against the university
A social media video of the professor at a pro-Palestine demonstration led to discipline. Her lawyers say the content of the clip was sarcastic, taken out of context and part of a private conversation...
www.opb.org
January 16, 2026 at 6:43 PM
A thread about the enraging way PSU is treating their faculty member & how you can help: Last spring, PSU President Ann Cudd threw tenured Professor Yasmeen Hanoosh under the bus when she was doxxed for a sarcastic remark made while being heckled by a pro-genocide group + www.opb.org/article/2025...
Moderates on council should vote for @councilorkanal.bsky.social as a gesture of good will and formal rebuke of the racism and sexism of their supporters.
The Mercury has obtained a series of images of group messages that show racist, sexist, and homophobic tropes used by a local developer and other local conservative political activists during a council president election. Readers may find this content offensive.
"Racist, Dehumanizing": Chat Images Show Portland Power Players Disparaging Councilors of Color
Messages obtained by the Mercury contain a slew of offensive tropes sent during a council president election
www.portlandmercury.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Moderates on council should vote for @councilorkanal.bsky.social as a gesture of good will and formal rebuke of the racism and sexism of their supporters.
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Portland Police Press conference on the shooting of 2 Portlanders:
-DHS said the victims had been involved with a shooting. Nope!
-But they were def part of Tren de Aragua
-actually no
-But TdA is real and active in Portland
-We can't name single crime TdA has been involved with in this city
-DHS said the victims had been involved with a shooting. Nope!
-But they were def part of Tren de Aragua
-actually no
-But TdA is real and active in Portland
-We can't name single crime TdA has been involved with in this city
January 9, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Portland Police Press conference on the shooting of 2 Portlanders:
-DHS said the victims had been involved with a shooting. Nope!
-But they were def part of Tren de Aragua
-actually no
-But TdA is real and active in Portland
-We can't name single crime TdA has been involved with in this city
-DHS said the victims had been involved with a shooting. Nope!
-But they were def part of Tren de Aragua
-actually no
-But TdA is real and active in Portland
-We can't name single crime TdA has been involved with in this city
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Billions of dollars to ODOT for continued endless polluting freeway expansions, while TriMet and other transit agencies across the state prepare for massive service cuts.
A profound public policy failure of Oregon government. #orpol #orleg
A profound public policy failure of Oregon government. #orpol #orleg
Go to trimet.org/servicecuts to learn more about the service cuts, share your feedback this month and help us shape the future of our transit service. The survey closes Jan. 31.
Planned Bus and MAX Service Cuts
Due to a growing budget gap, we must cut some TriMet service starting in November 2025.
trimet.org
January 5, 2026 at 8:03 PM
If you write about public health, I am begging you to stop using car crash deaths as a foil. The implication that we accept some kinds of child deaths but not others is very painful to people (including me) who have lost children in crashes. These deaths are preventable, too.
Banning children from riding in cars is of course ridiculous, but there's more data to support this contention than there is to support not vaccinating children from COVID-19. What Dr. Prasad (FDA Vaccine Chief) did accomplish is to document the high degree of safety of pediatric COVID vaccinations
FDA's ridiculous claims about COVID vaccines hurt our kids | Opinion
Banning children from riding in cars is ridiculous, but there's more data to support it than there is for not vaccinating children from COVID-19.
www.usatoday.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:28 PM
If you write about public health, I am begging you to stop using car crash deaths as a foil. The implication that we accept some kinds of child deaths but not others is very painful to people (including me) who have lost children in crashes. These deaths are preventable, too.
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The mayor says something really important about something that's bugged me for a long time: that we force grieving families to relive their trauma over and over again as they lobby elected officials asking them to do the right thing. I am so glad to hear him say those days are over.
"I'm so sorry that we could not have done this earlier...to have saved the loved ones in your life. But I thank you fopr the work that you have done...to ensure that this pain not be felt by others who call this same city home." — Mayor Mamdani at McGuinness Blvd. presser youtube.com/shorts/uwAYI...
Mayor Mamdani commits to ending traffic violence across NYC on third day in office #safestreets
YouTube video by Streetsblog NYC
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January 3, 2026 at 9:13 PM
The mayor says something really important about something that's bugged me for a long time: that we force grieving families to relive their trauma over and over again as they lobby elected officials asking them to do the right thing. I am so glad to hear him say those days are over.
In this hotel lobby at 6:30 am a man is talking loudly about livestock futures (volatile). His ringtone is a cow moo. A bull elk is mounted on the wall behind him, wearing a Santa hat. A very Montana morning
December 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
In this hotel lobby at 6:30 am a man is talking loudly about livestock futures (volatile). His ringtone is a cow moo. A bull elk is mounted on the wall behind him, wearing a Santa hat. A very Montana morning
I would knock a million doors, fundraise, cartwheel down the middle of my street for a candidate who promised to tax the rich and fully fund schools. I am not even sure I can muster energy to fill in the bubble on my ballot for whatever this is.
Cutting property taxes for Oregonians affected by wildfires. Canceling planned freeway tolls. Pausing local new taxes in the Portland area. We have to keep going to make life more affordable for Oregonians.
December 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I would knock a million doors, fundraise, cartwheel down the middle of my street for a candidate who promised to tax the rich and fully fund schools. I am not even sure I can muster energy to fill in the bubble on my ballot for whatever this is.
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With friends like these, who needs Republicans?
Cutting property taxes for Oregonians affected by wildfires. Canceling planned freeway tolls. Pausing local new taxes in the Portland area. We have to keep going to make life more affordable for Oregonians.
December 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
With friends like these, who needs Republicans?
A wrenching story about gun and traffic violence. Buried in this story is the fact that the 11yo's father had also been killed in a crash five years earlier. What a sweet kid. What senseless loss. Appreciate the depth of reporting by @noellecrombie.bsky.social 💔
He tried to save himself. He killed an 11-year-old instead
An explosive collision in the summer of 2023 came amid a historic surge in both fatal traffic crashes and shootings.
www.oregonlive.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A wrenching story about gun and traffic violence. Buried in this story is the fact that the 11yo's father had also been killed in a crash five years earlier. What a sweet kid. What senseless loss. Appreciate the depth of reporting by @noellecrombie.bsky.social 💔
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From my own niche: institutions of higher education should stop chasing trends, work internally to assert a set of values, and then build curriculum around those values.
just a collection of "inevitable" multi-billion dollar tech that was going to be the future of everything until everyone in the audience who was supposed to just get on board said "lol no"
December 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
From my own niche: institutions of higher education should stop chasing trends, work internally to assert a set of values, and then build curriculum around those values.
Tragically this cookie lost its arm while being transferred to the cooling rack
December 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Tragically this cookie lost its arm while being transferred to the cooling rack
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Just noting that no one is ever going to seize a tanker full of solar energy
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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U.S. seizes ‘very large’ oil tanker off Venezuelan coast, Trump says
The seizure was a significant escalation in the U.S. pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his country’s oil-dependent economy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Just noting that no one is ever going to seize a tanker full of solar energy
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
RFK 🤝 my 2009 Portland, OR new mom support group
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 9, 2025 at 6:22 AM
RFK 🤝 my 2009 Portland, OR new mom support group