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easily onward through flowers and weed @paperbirds.bsky.social · 1h

okay i finished my songs because it was making me insane to be so close to done and not finishing and my last fucking song was a mashhup of fuck tha police and come out ye black and tans. which. fitting.

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🌈miski🌦️ @miski.bsky.social · 2h

stop putting off getting your vaccines and boosters :))))

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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knz 🌿 @kenzielynzie.bsky.social · 3h

I haven't posted here in a hot minute! hi 🥰 I make cute things out of polymer clay! AND I take custom orders as well 🩷

#art #pokemon #handmade #studioghibli #polymerclay

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easily onward through flowers and weed @paperbirds.bsky.social · 3h

i have been on-call during fleet week 5 years in a row because i have bad luck and i always forget to ask for it off. and this year without my meds? god. small mercies.

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easily onward through flowers and weed @paperbirds.bsky.social · 3h

the only good thing about this fucking government shutdown is that i don't have to put up with the fucking blue angels flying low enough to shake the houses and set off car alarms all weekend. there's still an air show but it's a canadian group in smaller jets and they seem to be flying higher.

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Eva I. @isthiseva.bsky.social · 23h

One major source of funds fell through because my LOCAL BANK KEEPS DECLINING THE TRANSFER 😡😡😡😡 So Buy Me A Coffee and Patreon remain my most reliable methods of getting the money over to them. We're still at about $600 left by next month. 👇🏽

Eva I. @isthiseva.bsky.social · Sep 7

Did the math and it's looking like we'll need to raise another $1000 (USD roughly in two-ish months.

Again, if you enjoy my work and would like to show your support to this person, feel free to check out my shop!

Alternatively, you could sub to my Patreon as well I suppose:

A promotional graphic for Is This Eva's Patreon. A speech bubble at the top reads: "Support me on Patreon!" Below are circular images depicting the three available tiers: $1 (Need For Seed), $5 (Best Buds), $10 (Beleaf In Me). Decsriptive text reads: "For early access posts, WIPs, time-lapses, high-res downloads, exclusive art, process notes, wallpapers, and more!" At the bottom is a link leading to my Patreon page. A character walking across a sunflower field holding a basket of sunflowers is imposed over the graphic.

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Ruby 💕💜🩵 @fugitiverabbit.com · 1d

My therapist has to remind me constantly that just because I'm anxious something may happen doesn't necessarily mean it will.

#art

Artwork showing a frazzled looking possum holding onto an orb/crystal ball with the text " you are not predicting the future. You have anxiety!"

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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

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

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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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · Aug 2

The guy Trump picked to lead the office that’s now investigating Jack Smith:

— said Niki Haley is ineligible to be president
— has neo-Nazi ties
— was Andrew Tate’s lawyer
— 2x Claremont fellow
— wrote for Gateway Pundit
— called for Pence to be hanged
— called for secession after 2020 election

Paul Ingrassia (lawyer) - Wikipedia

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Alastor Stuart @alasdairstuart.bsky.social · 20h

Absolutely how you do it. No one wants to be a nazi bar.

Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 23h

We banned a guy on the Steam forums for repeatedly saying there were “too many women” in our game

So he flipped his positive review to negative

Still totally worth it

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16h

A win! A federal judge has granted Chicago and the State of Illinois a restraining order against the Trump administration, blocking the deployment of the National Guard in Illinois.

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Chateau Minette @chateauminette.com · 13h

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

the administration is laser-focused on making sure Americans don't get clean energy, so Saudi Arabia (Trump's paymaster) has someone to sell their oil to in 10 years when the rest of the world has moved on to solar+batteries

Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

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Tisha Mark @tishamark.com · 6h

A tiny seascape for your evening!

Tisha Mark ©2025, Brief Encounters, oil on Gessobord, 4"x4"

Original is available:
tishamark.com/product/brie...

#art #painting #bsnm #TraditionalArt

Original seascape oil painting by Tisha Mark, “Brief Encounters” 4”x4” oil on Ampersand Gessobord (2025). The painting has white textured clouds in a gray-blue sky over a dark blue sea that is meeting a rocky shore. There are hints of green moss and red algae or seaweed on the rocks.

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 4h

5 ways YOU can use the torment nexus to maximize your workflow

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easily onward through flowers and weed @paperbirds.bsky.social · 4h

15 songs left but i'm stopping here because my anxiety is just through the fucking roof and i can't focus on what i'm doing. i don't want to be on-call. please let them put me in a position that does not involve on-call.

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easily onward through flowers and weed @paperbirds.bsky.social · 4h

i already did all the playlists i wanted so now it was just individual songs or albums & i'm down to about 20 (or just under?) songs left. so nap better not fuck up my iPod because i've had it 15 years, it means a lot to me, & i'll fucking kill him.

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easily onward through flowers and weed @paperbirds.bsky.social · 4h

i also went through my spotify likes since i don't use it much anymore since my coworker is (supposedly) revamping my beloved iPod classic & found all the songs i didn't own on youtube, downloaded them, & have been PAINSTAKINGLY going through & categorizing them with proper album names/covers etc

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easily onward through flowers and weed @paperbirds.bsky.social · 5h

20 minutes until 60 hours of nonstop on-call and my stress levels are through the roof. but we slept in, had cinnamon rolls, voted, trimmed mags' claws, went on a far (for me) walk, watched the hobbit, & are making dinner. so a good "last free day" before the 60 hours

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easily onward through flowers and weed @paperbirds.bsky.social · 1d

watching a three part video essay on why aidan and carrie were horrible for one another and aidan's complete downfall from loving boyfriend who is cheated on to controlling piece of shit because he went back to carrie when he knew he couldn't trust her and then punished her continuously

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Henry Carnell @hencarnell.bsky.social · 1d

"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."

Willamette Week @wweek.com · 1d

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Rachel Saslow

www.wweek.com

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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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Nicole aka Nimasprout @nimasprout.bsky.social · 1d

🎉 Inside Out 2 fans! 🎉
I have this original painting used in the Made by Mutant vinyl soundtrack release still available!

It is currently 20% OFF with code "ACORN" this week only!

nimasprout.shop/collections/...

Inside Out 2 painting next to back cover of vinyl soundtrack release.

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brawls @brawlite.badvibes.party · 1d

ao3 kudos emails are a beautiful reminder of how fandom is so everlasting. like, someone might read smth i wrote over a decade ago, rejoicing in a new fandom for the very first time, & i may have forgotten that singular joy, but someone will follow in my footsteps. and it's right there in my inbox.

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morningwitch 🌱 @morningwitch.com · 1d

CORDIFORM ❣️ coming soon!

a figure wearing a skirt in the cordiform pattern, with a velvet embroidered bolero.

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