Diana
@drpotter.bsky.social
Cat lady. Writer. Copy editor. Book reader. Traveler. Melter of metals and maker of enchanted jewels. PNW forever.
Opinions are my own and all that jazz.
Opinions are my own and all that jazz.
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an actual living nightmare
It happened to us in PDX. My wife managed to trap it in our bathroom, and we had a shit covered rat running around our bathroom for an hour until I could get home and murder it.
December 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
an actual living nightmare
Life without a phone is a lot more relaxing than I thought it would be. Sure it's a pain, if I want to check my email or remember I needed to add something to the grocery list it involves a laptop, but I have no clue what's going on in the world. That's nice.
December 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Life without a phone is a lot more relaxing than I thought it would be. Sure it's a pain, if I want to check my email or remember I needed to add something to the grocery list it involves a laptop, but I have no clue what's going on in the world. That's nice.
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I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1740
December 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1740
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You see someone come on on a chair and then get up and walk off, it doesn’t mean shit. You don’t know what they’re dealing with and why they did that.
Truly mind your own business.
Truly mind your own business.
December 19, 2025 at 4:34 AM
You see someone come on on a chair and then get up and walk off, it doesn’t mean shit. You don’t know what they’re dealing with and why they did that.
Truly mind your own business.
Truly mind your own business.
Tonight I learned what air sickness is like and how extra horrible flights are when multiple people puke. Do not recommend. F- for sure.
December 19, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Tonight I learned what air sickness is like and how extra horrible flights are when multiple people puke. Do not recommend. F- for sure.
I uh um er this is scary.
December 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I uh um er this is scary.
I don't think I left for the airport early enough 😫😫😬😬
December 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I don't think I left for the airport early enough 😫😫😬😬
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If you doubt this, look at Democrats! Despite having wildly more popular policies, they lost in 2016 and 2024 for one single reason: demobilization.
Infighting drove down participation, leaving room for Trumpists to take power.
Infighting drove down participation, leaving room for Trumpists to take power.
December 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
If you doubt this, look at Democrats! Despite having wildly more popular policies, they lost in 2016 and 2024 for one single reason: demobilization.
Infighting drove down participation, leaving room for Trumpists to take power.
Infighting drove down participation, leaving room for Trumpists to take power.
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The Vanity Fair photographer knew what he was doing. (I doubt I’m the first to notice this but it hasn’t graced my TL)
December 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The Vanity Fair photographer knew what he was doing. (I doubt I’m the first to notice this but it hasn’t graced my TL)
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Strippers are now the No. 1 donor of toys to children's hospital in Portland.
This year, they broke their own record raising over $183,000 for Doernbecher Children’s Hospital having a successful Tata for Toys once again.
This year, they broke their own record raising over $183,000 for Doernbecher Children’s Hospital having a successful Tata for Toys once again.
December 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Strippers are now the No. 1 donor of toys to children's hospital in Portland.
This year, they broke their own record raising over $183,000 for Doernbecher Children’s Hospital having a successful Tata for Toys once again.
This year, they broke their own record raising over $183,000 for Doernbecher Children’s Hospital having a successful Tata for Toys once again.
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The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
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These two are my favorites:
Friends! Countrymen! We descend from immigrants and revolutionaries!
Friends! Countrymen! Opposition to the machinations of tyranny stares you in the face (Again!)
Friends! Countrymen! We descend from immigrants and revolutionaries!
Friends! Countrymen! Opposition to the machinations of tyranny stares you in the face (Again!)
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
These two are my favorites:
Friends! Countrymen! We descend from immigrants and revolutionaries!
Friends! Countrymen! Opposition to the machinations of tyranny stares you in the face (Again!)
Friends! Countrymen! We descend from immigrants and revolutionaries!
Friends! Countrymen! Opposition to the machinations of tyranny stares you in the face (Again!)
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Become ungovernable
December 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Become ungovernable
Tonight I learned that raisins in meatballs are a thing. A thing that should not exist.
December 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Tonight I learned that raisins in meatballs are a thing. A thing that should not exist.
What. And I mean this absolutely. The fuck.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
What. And I mean this absolutely. The fuck.
It's ugly sweater or holiday glam day in this office. Almost everyone is in a polo and slacks. NYC tech I guess.
December 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It's ugly sweater or holiday glam day in this office. Almost everyone is in a polo and slacks. NYC tech I guess.
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4/ Ventilation saves lives. Clean indoor air, through ventilation or filtration, dramatically cuts the spread of respiratory infections. It’s time to treat air quality like food hygiene: a basic public health requirement.
December 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
4/ Ventilation saves lives. Clean indoor air, through ventilation or filtration, dramatically cuts the spread of respiratory infections. It’s time to treat air quality like food hygiene: a basic public health requirement.
There are a lot of bad things one can say about Portland. But PDX is easily the best airport in the entire US and I better not hear any disagreement.
December 16, 2025 at 2:46 AM
There are a lot of bad things one can say about Portland. But PDX is easily the best airport in the entire US and I better not hear any disagreement.
This is true but also it's WSU. Don't malign my alma mater's amazing life changing cheese by associating it with uw.
FYI it's not too late to ship your loved ones a 30 ounce sealed container of high quality canned Cougar Gold cheese straight from the University of Washington and have it arrive before Christmas. nothing says "i love you" like cheese that can be aged indefinitely
creamery.wsu.edu/cougar-chees...
creamery.wsu.edu/cougar-chees...
December 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
This is true but also it's WSU. Don't malign my alma mater's amazing life changing cheese by associating it with uw.
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It is rare that i reach out to as many trump advisers and officials that I did today and get literally no one willing to defend this, even off the record.
"Trump Dances on Rob Reiner's Grave"
BREAKING: Trump Dances on Rob Reiner’s Grave
Even for President Donald Trump, this is sickening.
zeteo.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:17 AM
It is rare that i reach out to as many trump advisers and officials that I did today and get literally no one willing to defend this, even off the record.
Nothing has ever made me feel so old as the hotel I'm staying in in Manhattan. Course it has a nightclub and is a hostel so not shocking.
December 16, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Nothing has ever made me feel so old as the hotel I'm staying in in Manhattan. Course it has a nightclub and is a hostel so not shocking.
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Since 9/11, the FBI has spent a ton of resources effectively entrapping angry poor people into pretending they were engaging in a terrorist plot and then "stopping" the plot that never had any chance of being carried out. This is almost certainly another such case.
www.techdirt.com/tag/own-plot/
www.techdirt.com/tag/own-plot/
December 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Since 9/11, the FBI has spent a ton of resources effectively entrapping angry poor people into pretending they were engaging in a terrorist plot and then "stopping" the plot that never had any chance of being carried out. This is almost certainly another such case.
www.techdirt.com/tag/own-plot/
www.techdirt.com/tag/own-plot/
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One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.
I would really really like to know what makes someone think it's a good idea to fly with a hacking cough talking about how bad you feel. Wear a fucking mask. It's not hard. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
December 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I would really really like to know what makes someone think it's a good idea to fly with a hacking cough talking about how bad you feel. Wear a fucking mask. It's not hard. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh