@ratchetwrench.bsky.social
I live in Portland, Oregon and I work in a grocery store. Lifelong biker 🚲 - I still haven't driven a car. header by www.yuumeiart.com
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My previous lead fell through, so...
Does anyone in Western Washington have an electric piano with weighted keys that they no longer use and would be willing to give away?
I have a ten year old ADHD kid whose heart is set on one for Christmas but it's not in our budget this year.
Does anyone in Western Washington have an electric piano with weighted keys that they no longer use and would be willing to give away?
I have a ten year old ADHD kid whose heart is set on one for Christmas but it's not in our budget this year.
December 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
My previous lead fell through, so...
Does anyone in Western Washington have an electric piano with weighted keys that they no longer use and would be willing to give away?
I have a ten year old ADHD kid whose heart is set on one for Christmas but it's not in our budget this year.
Does anyone in Western Washington have an electric piano with weighted keys that they no longer use and would be willing to give away?
I have a ten year old ADHD kid whose heart is set on one for Christmas but it's not in our budget this year.
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ICYMI! Two of the greats chatting about empires etc in their novels.
I am SO EXCITED to share this Fifth Saturday extra: @annleckie.com and @byzantienne.bsky.social in conversation about questions of empire and imperialism in their respective novels.
Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
Ann Leckie and Arkady Martine: in conversation — Speculative Insight
Ann Leckie and Arkady Martine have both written novels that focus on empires, imperialism, and colonialism, and how people react to and work within those structures. I asked them to chat with me, a...
www.speculativeinsight.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:52 AM
ICYMI! Two of the greats chatting about empires etc in their novels.
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I'm mostly a journalist but my not-so-secret dream is to be a real fiction writer. So when @annaleen.bsky.social asked me to write something for a collection full of some of my all time heroes I was shocked and so, SO honored. You can now get that book (ideally from your local indie bookstore)!!!
We Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope
Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope
bookshop.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I'm mostly a journalist but my not-so-secret dream is to be a real fiction writer. So when @annaleen.bsky.social asked me to write something for a collection full of some of my all time heroes I was shocked and so, SO honored. You can now get that book (ideally from your local indie bookstore)!!!
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I think my endo’s office has randomly cancelled an appointment on me for the second time this year.
IF ANYONE IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN HAS AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST THEY *ACTUALLY LIKE*, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!
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IF ANYONE IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN HAS AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST THEY *ACTUALLY LIKE*, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!
(Please repost!)
December 3, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I think my endo’s office has randomly cancelled an appointment on me for the second time this year.
IF ANYONE IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN HAS AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST THEY *ACTUALLY LIKE*, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!
(Please repost!)
IF ANYONE IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN HAS AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST THEY *ACTUALLY LIKE*, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!
(Please repost!)
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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The new Ursula K. Le Guin exhibition at Oregon Contemporary is a sprawling love note to Portland's most far-out visionary.
The exhibition compiles her hand-drawn maps, and features a reproduction of her NW Thurman writing room... plus doodles of cats!!
The exhibition compiles her hand-drawn maps, and features a reproduction of her NW Thurman writing room... plus doodles of cats!!
Oregon Contemporary’s Le Guin Exhibition: Earthsea Maps, Cat Drawings, and a Full-Scale Reproduction of Her Writing Room
A Larger Reality: Ursula K. Le Guin isn’t a typical exhibition. Ursula Kroeber Le Guin wasn’t a typical artist. Curated by her son, Theo Downes-Le Guin, the new show installed at Oregon Contemporary i...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The new Ursula K. Le Guin exhibition at Oregon Contemporary is a sprawling love note to Portland's most far-out visionary.
The exhibition compiles her hand-drawn maps, and features a reproduction of her NW Thurman writing room... plus doodles of cats!!
The exhibition compiles her hand-drawn maps, and features a reproduction of her NW Thurman writing room... plus doodles of cats!!
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Such a powerful video from @boston.gov and @streets.boston.gov about the impact of e-bikes (and the city's e-bike voucher program). Just look at the joy these bikes have brought to Steven and Muriel Leonard!
September 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Such a powerful video from @boston.gov and @streets.boston.gov about the impact of e-bikes (and the city's e-bike voucher program). Just look at the joy these bikes have brought to Steven and Muriel Leonard!
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Today is a good day to make Mychal Threets proud of you. Read a book that brings you joy. Some people read by listening. Some people read by touch. Some people read with their eyeballs. All reading is reading. Remember your meds and have some water!
November 30, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Today is a good day to make Mychal Threets proud of you. Read a book that brings you joy. Some people read by listening. Some people read by touch. Some people read with their eyeballs. All reading is reading. Remember your meds and have some water!
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does anyone have any experience or advice for accessing cat allergy treatment???
December 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
does anyone have any experience or advice for accessing cat allergy treatment???
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Thanks to all who have reposted this thread to help get the word out. The selling of these books "as new" on Amazon is making it more difficult for Unbound authors to rebuild what we lost and move on.
Quick note to anyone thinking of buying my books: please purchase the new Swift Press versions, NOT the relatively small number of Unbound versions still knocking about, & being sold by OOINYA. Unbound stopped paying me for my work early in 2024 and I will never see a penny for these books.
December 1, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Thanks to all who have reposted this thread to help get the word out. The selling of these books "as new" on Amazon is making it more difficult for Unbound authors to rebuild what we lost and move on.
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Also, to be clear, when a trans instructor at OU is being punished and targeted for quite fairly grading a terrible essay, it’s bizarre to see academics online debating the rubrics.
That’s…not the problem.
That’s…not the problem.
December 1, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Also, to be clear, when a trans instructor at OU is being punished and targeted for quite fairly grading a terrible essay, it’s bizarre to see academics online debating the rubrics.
That’s…not the problem.
That’s…not the problem.
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Conceptual spoilers for Zootopia 2 within!
I remember going to see Antz on opening day, back in the dim mists of 1998. It wasn't a premiere or a press screening, it was a mid-afternoon matinee in the West Village in New York, full of kids, the movie's intended audience.
I remember going to see Antz on opening day, back in the dim mists of 1998. It wasn't a premiere or a press screening, it was a mid-afternoon matinee in the West Village in New York, full of kids, the movie's intended audience.
November 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Conceptual spoilers for Zootopia 2 within!
I remember going to see Antz on opening day, back in the dim mists of 1998. It wasn't a premiere or a press screening, it was a mid-afternoon matinee in the West Village in New York, full of kids, the movie's intended audience.
I remember going to see Antz on opening day, back in the dim mists of 1998. It wasn't a premiere or a press screening, it was a mid-afternoon matinee in the West Village in New York, full of kids, the movie's intended audience.
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First vote of the Bluesky #CdramaCup2025 is here!!!
R1M1:
Legend of the Female General v. The Best Thing
Will you choose the slow burn historical epic with a cross dressing female lead,
or the sweet Traditional Chinese Medicine themed romance?
(vote link in post below)
*REPOSTS APPRECIATED*
R1M1:
Legend of the Female General v. The Best Thing
Will you choose the slow burn historical epic with a cross dressing female lead,
or the sweet Traditional Chinese Medicine themed romance?
(vote link in post below)
*REPOSTS APPRECIATED*
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
First vote of the Bluesky #CdramaCup2025 is here!!!
R1M1:
Legend of the Female General v. The Best Thing
Will you choose the slow burn historical epic with a cross dressing female lead,
or the sweet Traditional Chinese Medicine themed romance?
(vote link in post below)
*REPOSTS APPRECIATED*
R1M1:
Legend of the Female General v. The Best Thing
Will you choose the slow burn historical epic with a cross dressing female lead,
or the sweet Traditional Chinese Medicine themed romance?
(vote link in post below)
*REPOSTS APPRECIATED*
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Folks with Diabetes!
There is an urgent recall on some FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensors because they are showing false low glucose readings.
Check your sensor serial numbers at freestylecheck.com
There is an urgent recall on some FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensors because they are showing false low glucose readings.
Check your sensor serial numbers at freestylecheck.com
Home | FreeStyle - Abbott
freestylecheck.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Folks with Diabetes!
There is an urgent recall on some FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensors because they are showing false low glucose readings.
Check your sensor serial numbers at freestylecheck.com
There is an urgent recall on some FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensors because they are showing false low glucose readings.
Check your sensor serial numbers at freestylecheck.com
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
The Smiths
Sinead O'Conner
Kishi Bashi
The Raincoats
Leonard Cohen
bonus: Cesaria Evora
The Smiths
Sinead O'Conner
Kishi Bashi
The Raincoats
Leonard Cohen
bonus: Cesaria Evora
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
The Smiths
Sinead O'Conner
Kishi Bashi
The Raincoats
Leonard Cohen
bonus: Cesaria Evora
The Smiths
Sinead O'Conner
Kishi Bashi
The Raincoats
Leonard Cohen
bonus: Cesaria Evora
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Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan is the most formidable writing-group member: her perfectly-wrought sentences make you feel like you've never written a sentence before, and maybe should never try again.
This @post45.bsky.social piece keeps haunting me.
post45.org/2023/06/thre...
This @post45.bsky.social piece keeps haunting me.
post45.org/2023/06/thre...
Three Vasectomies, or, What is an Abortion Story? - Post45
2004: Vasectomy #2 In a creative writing workshop in college, I wrote an essay about being groomed by one of my high school teachers. (Maybe you did, too. It is a terribly banal coming-of-age experien...
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December 19, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan is the most formidable writing-group member: her perfectly-wrought sentences make you feel like you've never written a sentence before, and maybe should never try again.
This @post45.bsky.social piece keeps haunting me.
post45.org/2023/06/thre...
This @post45.bsky.social piece keeps haunting me.
post45.org/2023/06/thre...
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Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
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Gentle reminder that if you're inviting someone over, either let them bring their own food or prepare something they can eat. And ffs DON'T SNEAK INGREDIENTS INTO THINGS AS A "JOKE." You can literally kill someone.
November 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Gentle reminder that if you're inviting someone over, either let them bring their own food or prepare something they can eat. And ffs DON'T SNEAK INGREDIENTS INTO THINGS AS A "JOKE." You can literally kill someone.
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imagine what we could be doing if the federal government wasn't actively trying to throttle the growth of this industry
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
imagine what we could be doing if the federal government wasn't actively trying to throttle the growth of this industry
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There's a pretty great Tumblr post about this:
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
There's a pretty great Tumblr post about this:
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Everything seems so much harder lately. Just hard, hard, hard. (IT'S FINE IT'S FINE)
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Everything seems so much harder lately. Just hard, hard, hard. (IT'S FINE IT'S FINE)
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I just bookmarked the Cheetah Cub Cam, this is the fucking cutest
Cheetah Cub Cam
The Cheetah Cub Cam streams live from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.
nationalzoo.si.edu
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I just bookmarked the Cheetah Cub Cam, this is the fucking cutest
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This will haunt my dreams...
November 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This will haunt my dreams...
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This has just been torn down, apparently because *checks notes* it appears to be drumming up sympathy to migrants crossing in small boats.
*checks notes again* yep, for that reason. Not any other, that.
*checks notes again* yep, for that reason. Not any other, that.
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This has just been torn down, apparently because *checks notes* it appears to be drumming up sympathy to migrants crossing in small boats.
*checks notes again* yep, for that reason. Not any other, that.
*checks notes again* yep, for that reason. Not any other, that.