Fliss
@flisswave.bsky.social
Howling into the void since dinosaurs roamed. From Carolina, now Oregon coast. Dogs, art, photography, books, expressions of despair. Black & trans lives matter, no gods no masters. She/her. Portfolio: https://6000onions.wordpress.com/portfolio/
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@flisswave.bsky.social
· Nov 15
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Attempting to bridge the gap, i think this account replicates me on mastodon, where I am somewhat more active: bsky.app/profile/flis...
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The US is close to an institutional collapse across multiple public health agencies. Trump/RFK have purged anyone with expertise, many have fled and they’ve been replaced w functionaries who are either incompetent or malicious. I don’t think many understand how close to the edge we are right now.
a night time view of a city with a few buildings lit up
ALT: a night time view of a city with a few buildings lit up
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December 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The US is close to an institutional collapse across multiple public health agencies. Trump/RFK have purged anyone with expertise, many have fled and they’ve been replaced w functionaries who are either incompetent or malicious. I don’t think many understand how close to the edge we are right now.
#ArtAdventCalendar 4/24 originally shot on Tri X with an 80s Praktica in probably 2019 or thereabouts? Then I tinted a scan in photoshop. Forgot about it, recently rediscovered, stuck it up on the wall & decided it was OK after all. #photography #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm #oregoncoast
December 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar 4/24 originally shot on Tri X with an 80s Praktica in probably 2019 or thereabouts? Then I tinted a scan in photoshop. Forgot about it, recently rediscovered, stuck it up on the wall & decided it was OK after all. #photography #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm #oregoncoast
December 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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December 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 2: Diary Madrid
A visual diary or artist’s journal is a good way to observe, record thoughts, experiences & memories, use watercolor, pencil & ink, and do some urban sketching. Fun & meaningful.
#ArtYear #watercolor #ink #journal
A visual diary or artist’s journal is a good way to observe, record thoughts, experiences & memories, use watercolor, pencil & ink, and do some urban sketching. Fun & meaningful.
#ArtYear #watercolor #ink #journal
December 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
#ArtAdventCalendar 2/24 this is a fast acrylic sketch on a small canvas I did last summer outside with my granddaughter, drinking a margarita and painting while she drew with crayons and played with Barbies.
December 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar 2/24 this is a fast acrylic sketch on a small canvas I did last summer outside with my granddaughter, drinking a margarita and painting while she drew with crayons and played with Barbies.
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Reporter @shaanthx.bsky.social recently traveled to Newport to learn more about the coastal city's fight against ICE is making waves across Oregon.
‘People will boycott’: How a coastal city's fight against ICE is making waves across Oregon • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Hundreds of Oregonians from Newport and nearby have turned out to two public meetings to voice unanimous opposition to a potential facility.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Reporter @shaanthx.bsky.social recently traveled to Newport to learn more about the coastal city's fight against ICE is making waves across Oregon.
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give it up for Henry yall
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
give it up for Henry yall
I was going to do one of those 5 animals you've seen in the wild only have it be 2 in one day - I'll add the other one to the thread - but instead looked at this and thought ah! #blueskymonday ! We dont get a lot of those this time of year 😀 #elk #eastcoastkin #photography #phoneography #oregoncoast
December 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I was going to do one of those 5 animals you've seen in the wild only have it be 2 in one day - I'll add the other one to the thread - but instead looked at this and thought ah! #blueskymonday ! We dont get a lot of those this time of year 😀 #elk #eastcoastkin #photography #phoneography #oregoncoast
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For day 1 of the #ArtAdventCalendar, one of my favorite pictures I’ve taken
December 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
For day 1 of the #ArtAdventCalendar, one of my favorite pictures I’ve taken
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#ArtAdventCalendar A collage of acrylic paint textures on copy paper. Painting of the papers/textures was done on a Gelli plate.
December 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar A collage of acrylic paint textures on copy paper. Painting of the papers/textures was done on a Gelli plate.
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 1 - a flannel quilt made for my son and his wife. The pattern is Supersized Diana by Gudrun Erla of GE Designs.
December 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 1 - a flannel quilt made for my son and his wife. The pattern is Supersized Diana by Gudrun Erla of GE Designs.
Happy December! I took this photo a year or so ago and made the cyanotype print in late September. It has been toned (soaked, lol) with a mix of tea and coffee to turn it brown. #ArtAdventCalendar #art #cyanotype #altprocess
December 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Happy December! I took this photo a year or so ago and made the cyanotype print in late September. It has been toned (soaked, lol) with a mix of tea and coffee to turn it brown. #ArtAdventCalendar #art #cyanotype #altprocess
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November 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Current status. Making the pre Thanksgiving Costco trip pain go away. #phoneography #cocktail #drinks ingredients in alt
November 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Current status. Making the pre Thanksgiving Costco trip pain go away. #phoneography #cocktail #drinks ingredients in alt
Four was playing in the living room and I was eavesdropping as she told a story. "What are you going to do," she said in an ominous voice, "in the time of the frogs?"
November 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Four was playing in the living room and I was eavesdropping as she told a story. "What are you going to do," she said in an ominous voice, "in the time of the frogs?"
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An interview with a historian who set out to weave a textile of the type that would have been sold to plantations for use by enslaved people, using period equipment.
www.publicbooks.org/cloth-and-co...
www.publicbooks.org/cloth-and-co...
Cloth and Complicity: Seth Rockman on Plantations, Textiles, and the Art of Weaving - Public Books
“But I had found a set of instructions in the archives of one of New England's leading manufacturers of low-end woollen cloth for enslaved wearers.”
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November 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
An interview with a historian who set out to weave a textile of the type that would have been sold to plantations for use by enslaved people, using period equipment.
www.publicbooks.org/cloth-and-co...
www.publicbooks.org/cloth-and-co...
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
Last weekends walk. #forestfriday #moss #pnw #photography #phoneography #mushroom #fall #eastcoastkin
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Last weekends walk. #forestfriday #moss #pnw #photography #phoneography #mushroom #fall #eastcoastkin
This is really, really bad. MOST of the health care providers in rural areas are nurse practitioners or physicians assistants and there ALREADY aren't enough of them. Now there will be even less. Or, probably, none.
Another blow for good paying middle class jobs courtesy of the orange demon.
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
Nursing is no longer counted as a 'professional degree' by Trump admin
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it implements various changes to student loans.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This is really, really bad. MOST of the health care providers in rural areas are nurse practitioners or physicians assistants and there ALREADY aren't enough of them. Now there will be even less. Or, probably, none.
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It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend
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I am moving out of state and have an outdoor cat who is very skittish that I simply can’t take on a plane without risking life and limb. Would anyone in PDX like to adopt a moody gray lady? She could be fine inside a home with no other cats, she doesn’t tolerate them (hence outside). DM if so.
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I am moving out of state and have an outdoor cat who is very skittish that I simply can’t take on a plane without risking life and limb. Would anyone in PDX like to adopt a moody gray lady? She could be fine inside a home with no other cats, she doesn’t tolerate them (hence outside). DM if so.
Reaching the end of #flyday with another one from the archives, also 2019. #murmuration #pnw #oregoncoast #birding #photography #canonphotography #eastcoastkin
November 15, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Reaching the end of #flyday with another one from the archives, also 2019. #murmuration #pnw #oregoncoast #birding #photography #canonphotography #eastcoastkin