Raven Campbell
@ravenmcampbell.bsky.social
Planner. Mum. Pan/bi. She/her. Prone to fangirlism. Silliness abounds. #rctid #baonpdx 🏴DMs open.
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Sometimes wonder if what the UK needs is a thinktank that doesn't do any new research, it just repeats obviously true statements that people try to ignore because they're inconvenient.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Sometimes wonder if what the UK needs is a thinktank that doesn't do any new research, it just repeats obviously true statements that people try to ignore because they're inconvenient.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
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"People who are good at their jobs should do be doing their jobs, not admin related to their job that they may not be any good at."
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"People who are good at their jobs should do be doing their jobs, not admin related to their job that they may not be any good at."
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“Benefit fraud is tiny in relation to the absolute spend; back office paper pushers are actually absolutely necessary to free up user-facing staff; most decisions governments make are generally a trade off”
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“Benefit fraud is tiny in relation to the absolute spend; back office paper pushers are actually absolutely necessary to free up user-facing staff; most decisions governments make are generally a trade off”
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Means testing costs money, often more than it saves. Most families in poverty are in work. Most pensioners are not in poverty. People who are hanging around a town centre at 11am are not representative of the general population.
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Means testing costs money, often more than it saves. Most families in poverty are in work. Most pensioners are not in poverty. People who are hanging around a town centre at 11am are not representative of the general population.
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One way you can objectively see bias is media is who they define as "activists" and who they don't. You'll see people who show up to, for instance, left wing protests or bike lane rallies defined as "activists" while people showing up to right wing protests or anti-bike lane rallies are not... 🤔🚩
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
One way you can objectively see bias is media is who they define as "activists" and who they don't. You'll see people who show up to, for instance, left wing protests or bike lane rallies defined as "activists" while people showing up to right wing protests or anti-bike lane rallies are not... 🤔🚩
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What are you made of?
1. tea & tenderness
2. books & baked goods
3. cheese & confusion
4. moss & chaos
1. tea & tenderness
2. books & baked goods
3. cheese & confusion
4. moss & chaos
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
What are you made of?
1. tea & tenderness
2. books & baked goods
3. cheese & confusion
4. moss & chaos
1. tea & tenderness
2. books & baked goods
3. cheese & confusion
4. moss & chaos
The darkest part of me wants the mls final to be nycfc Minnesota because it would be in Minnesota in December, and, just lol
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 AM
The darkest part of me wants the mls final to be nycfc Minnesota because it would be in Minnesota in December, and, just lol
I have a difficult time with authority.
I need someone in an authority position to be *better* than me.
It's also why I inherently cringe when "advocate for yourself" comes up as a phrase.
I need someone in an authority position to be *better* than me.
It's also why I inherently cringe when "advocate for yourself" comes up as a phrase.
November 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I have a difficult time with authority.
I need someone in an authority position to be *better* than me.
It's also why I inherently cringe when "advocate for yourself" comes up as a phrase.
I need someone in an authority position to be *better* than me.
It's also why I inherently cringe when "advocate for yourself" comes up as a phrase.
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really is incredible how often "men are having a problem, let's fix it using someone else's entire life" comes up. does the institute for family studies understand that children are whole complete human beings whose existence cannot be used as a coping mechanism for their fathers' anxieties? (no)
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
really is incredible how often "men are having a problem, let's fix it using someone else's entire life" comes up. does the institute for family studies understand that children are whole complete human beings whose existence cannot be used as a coping mechanism for their fathers' anxieties? (no)
I’ve never liked “you make your own luck” as a response to “lol I lucked out in that”.
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I’ve never liked “you make your own luck” as a response to “lol I lucked out in that”.
Ooof, and I thought the Timbers had a tough schedule.
The whitecaps and sounders apparently have five or six game away stretches next season
The whitecaps and sounders apparently have five or six game away stretches next season
November 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Ooof, and I thought the Timbers had a tough schedule.
The whitecaps and sounders apparently have five or six game away stretches next season
The whitecaps and sounders apparently have five or six game away stretches next season
My spouse on his last assignment ended up with a graveyard shift gig.
Their sleep schedule is still messed up. They’ve gone to bed really early. Like, before 6 pm.
Their sleep schedule is still messed up. They’ve gone to bed really early. Like, before 6 pm.
November 23, 2025 at 2:40 AM
My spouse on his last assignment ended up with a graveyard shift gig.
Their sleep schedule is still messed up. They’ve gone to bed really early. Like, before 6 pm.
Their sleep schedule is still messed up. They’ve gone to bed really early. Like, before 6 pm.
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What the signs say 🗣️🏳️⚧️
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
What the signs say 🗣️🏳️⚧️
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Brooks is emblematic of the American intelligentsia; his entire career is built on indicting "the elites" (by which he means middle-class liberals) for being smug, self-indulgent, and insular, but he is deeply outraged by attempt to hold the actual commanding heights of power accountable.
Someday you, too, could have the moral fortitude to look upon a years-long rape circus organized by the nation's most powerful elites and declare, "The people upset about this are speaking about it the wrong way."
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Brooks is emblematic of the American intelligentsia; his entire career is built on indicting "the elites" (by which he means middle-class liberals) for being smug, self-indulgent, and insular, but he is deeply outraged by attempt to hold the actual commanding heights of power accountable.
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No, and it’s so weird. This should be one of the bigger stories league-wide this offseason and literally nobody is talking about it. If a recent, in-prime NBA, NFL, or even MLS MVP had the ability to hit free agency in an offseason there would be major coverage for months leading up to it. #BAONPDX
@chrisrifer.bsky.social I might be really late to the party on this one but have we heard anything about a Sophia Wilson contract extension/renewal? #BAONPDX
November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
No, and it’s so weird. This should be one of the bigger stories league-wide this offseason and literally nobody is talking about it. If a recent, in-prime NBA, NFL, or even MLS MVP had the ability to hit free agency in an offseason there would be major coverage for months leading up to it. #BAONPDX
the doom of valyria was an igneous province event
November 21, 2025 at 5:51 AM
the doom of valyria was an igneous province event
Yes, it works, but we can't have envious HOA nextdoor dudes complaining that it's not fair, so we won't do it as anything but a pilot.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Yes, it works, but we can't have envious HOA nextdoor dudes complaining that it's not fair, so we won't do it as anything but a pilot.
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"Greeks living in Afghanistan were Buddhist 500 years before China and a thousand years before Southeast Asia" is one of those things that sounds made up but is in fact true
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"Greeks living in Afghanistan were Buddhist 500 years before China and a thousand years before Southeast Asia" is one of those things that sounds made up but is in fact true
So is portland v seattle in seattle going to be an appetizer to the world cup final? Is that why it's on a thursday?
November 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
So is portland v seattle in seattle going to be an appetizer to the world cup final? Is that why it's on a thursday?
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The idea that the universalist ideals of decency, respect, or kindness could be *genuinely felt* by anyone is alien to them. They can only interpret that kind of behavior as "virtue signaling," some kind of clever second-order selfishness. Everyone is bad if you dig enough. That's bedrock belief.
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The idea that the universalist ideals of decency, respect, or kindness could be *genuinely felt* by anyone is alien to them. They can only interpret that kind of behavior as "virtue signaling," some kind of clever second-order selfishness. Everyone is bad if you dig enough. That's bedrock belief.
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That's what they mean when they say he "tells it like it is" -- not that he's reporting empirical truth (that's lib thinking), but rather that he's letting that interior ugliness out into the world, without apology. "Everyone is like this, he's just brave enough to be open about it."
November 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
That's what they mean when they say he "tells it like it is" -- not that he's reporting empirical truth (that's lib thinking), but rather that he's letting that interior ugliness out into the world, without apology. "Everyone is like this, he's just brave enough to be open about it."
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They can't really care about that stuff -- remember, in the reactionary mind, *no one* really cares about that stuff -- so he can only interpret their behavior as a kind of elaborate deception, some kind of long con. Thus he views them all with suspicion & disdain.
November 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
They can't really care about that stuff -- remember, in the reactionary mind, *no one* really cares about that stuff -- so he can only interpret their behavior as a kind of elaborate deception, some kind of long con. Thus he views them all with suspicion & disdain.
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That's why I say that, at its core, reactionary politics is not an alternative set of values, norms, & rules -- it is permission to *jettison* values, to ignore the dreary call of conscience, to wallow in impulse & instinct. It can't triumph via persuasion (it sounds awful out loud), only violence.
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
That's why I say that, at its core, reactionary politics is not an alternative set of values, norms, & rules -- it is permission to *jettison* values, to ignore the dreary call of conscience, to wallow in impulse & instinct. It can't triumph via persuasion (it sounds awful out loud), only violence.