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@darkest-timeline.bsky.social

This is definitely the darkest timeline. Chronically online neurodivergent from PDX. Overeducated and opinionated.

created November 8, 2024

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Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Tragedy. There's a Romona statue nearby.

3/9/2025, 3:00:00 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

I put tuna on them. It's delicious.

2/9/2025, 8:21:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Voting in primaries is the move.

2/9/2025, 6:45:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

I read a recent study that devs *thought* they were more efficient with AI but turned out to be 20% slower.

2/9/2025, 6:04:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

But they know the one quote!

2/9/2025, 4:11:25 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

She famously lost her election which was why she was even free for the cabinet.

2/9/2025, 4:02:38 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

May this also stick to every GOP enabler who failed to rein him in.

2/9/2025, 3:25:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

They've been mad since her first TikTok.

2/9/2025, 2:42:55 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

To be clear, she had a history of postpartum psychosis, so hormone changes were not nice to her body, but still!

2/9/2025, 2:40:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social)

If you wonder why Gen X won't STFU about menopause, this is why:

2/9/2025, 2:35:22 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

That's a lion. Lions have two dancers, dragons about ten.

2/9/2025, 1:52:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

He was nearly fired from that one.

2/9/2025, 5:53:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

If I have to dig back I've always got Community darkest timeline memes, but at this point that's just lazy.

2/9/2025, 5:48:23 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

I weirdly had a great one.

Highest deficit ever
2/9/2025, 5:44:31 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Highest deficit ever
2/9/2025, 5:10:12 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

We've got a patio that we want to use as a Jackary charge station.

2/9/2025, 5:02:57 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

I had some panels installed this year, and I'm thinking I'll add some in the future. Price of PGE isn't going down.

2/9/2025, 4:22:21 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Just in time for nobody to be eligible for the tax credit..🫠

2/9/2025, 2:26:34 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm glad we at least had you fighting for us.

2/9/2025, 2:24:02 AM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah. They can require engineering inspections to make sure the roof can handle the weight, etc.

2/9/2025, 2:22:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Ugh.

2/9/2025, 1:58:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

The Baileys would want him to retire. 😆

2/9/2025, 12:49:54 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

I don't think Vance being president will make that better.

2/9/2025, 12:40:39 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

I think it's safe to say his bone is petite.

2/9/2025, 12:32:21 AM | 32 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm in Portland now, so my choice here is which direction I want for my beautiful views.

1/9/2025, 9:19:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Soft spot for the SW Chief because that's what we took to see the grandparents in California.

1/9/2025, 9:12:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Also I don't know which schools have a program, but when my kids were young it was Sunnyside, and I'd expect they'd try there again.

1/9/2025, 9:10:12 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh, and apparently he's still very into the Kennedy name even if all the other Kennedys think he's an asshole.

1/9/2025, 8:53:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

I used to do 4H entomology back in the day! I was actually really good at it. Grand champion at county, but my parents never took me to state. We also did baking, sewing, art, and geology.

1/9/2025, 8:52:15 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

I sure hope this works out! My kiddos are adults now, and we kept trying and hoping for a real 4H presence. Come on! Portlanders love keeping chickens and canning things!

1/9/2025, 8:48:40 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Are "normal people" the folks I've already blocked because they're lecturing me about how they're going to save me from my echo chamber?

1/9/2025, 8:46:20 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

I'd love to do ridiculous - but ridiculous you still live in, like that penny lane floor in a room you actually use. A trick door for a real bedroom. Wtf with all those closets being nothing but conversation starters when people are living outside in tents.

1/9/2025, 8:42:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Fuck, when I'm in Amsterdam, I feel like the pedestrians need the helmets.

1/9/2025, 8:36:49 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social)

Two families could live comfortably in the spaces they're using for shenanigans. Tax the rich.

1/9/2025, 8:19:32 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

This is good feedback. I might rethink my plans. How were the views? I've considered the Canadian Rockies route just because you sleep through so much on Via.

1/9/2025, 8:14:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

I see she's proceeded to the private insta level of meltdown.

1/9/2025, 7:04:20 PM | 17 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Gal, and she's secret service.

1/9/2025, 5:17:37 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

And if you want to get extra fancy, the Rocky Mountaineer has started offering private train tours that are basically cruises on rails.

1/9/2025, 5:13:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Wolff said Trump brags privately about Operation Warp Speed (his only success), but he's seen as "weak" on vaccines before his base. I say he should try persuading the base that vaccines are good, actually.

1/9/2025, 5:09:49 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

I know this is a terrible situation, but we really need public transit funded.

1/9/2025, 4:37:58 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Portland's been ahead of you on this trend for years.

1/9/2025, 3:54:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Five seven foxtrot toad.

1/9/2025, 5:16:31 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

It's when Aaron Burr decides he's willing to do anything for political power.

1/9/2025, 3:47:49 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

It's nuts.

31/8/2025, 10:17:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

We could call him an anti-science menace.

31/8/2025, 9:50:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Trump's record should also be the end of his political career, and yet here we are.

31/8/2025, 8:10:06 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

HRT ftw for me. I know that's not an option for everyone, though.

31/8/2025, 7:06:30 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

What service is your six figure income not getting you that you can't afford on your own?

31/8/2025, 5:41:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

He's arguing that Oregon pays even less in taxes when you factor in all types of taxes.

31/8/2025, 5:38:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Taxing corps wasn't an option on that ballot measure.

31/8/2025, 5:36:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Because we voted for rich people to pay for it.

31/8/2025, 5:30:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

If you can't budget 2500 from your six figure income, maybe you should stop getting so much avocado toast.

31/8/2025, 5:24:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

That's not how progressive taxation works.

31/8/2025, 5:20:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Rich people hate taxes, film at 11.

31/8/2025, 5:20:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

We have this thing called the MAX. Perhaps you've heard of it.

31/8/2025, 5:19:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm tired of people who don't pay the special county taxes whining that their taxes are too high.

31/8/2025, 5:18:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

8 months! I'm so sorry your kid(s) had such a long stay.

31/8/2025, 5:15:40 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

I've heard of the inside out organs thing!

31/8/2025, 4:12:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Gives you perspective for sure! There was a 24 weeker in there at the same time as our eldest, and he didn't even weigh 2lbs or, apparently, have a butthole. I didn't know that was a thing, but apparently it's possible! They gave him surgery and fixed him right up.

31/8/2025, 3:58:46 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

I made it to 30 and 33 weeks. But yeah, the NICU is the only place they'll look at your 4lb baby and say "that's huge!"

31/8/2025, 3:43:27 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

I had biiiig preemies, and we got to nine and some change.

31/8/2025, 3:38:13 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Have they tried actually being tasty?

31/8/2025, 5:42:41 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

I used to recreate artwork from faxes of worn out dyes. They just don't teach kids the same these days.

31/8/2025, 5:36:47 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Only two, but same. Kinda happens when they're preemies.

31/8/2025, 5:30:54 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

I was the first and lightest at 8lbs and some change.

31/8/2025, 5:29:57 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Quite possibly.

31/8/2025, 5:27:31 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

People were asking for it when I was in Vancouver.

31/8/2025, 5:17:57 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

He's gonna die soon, and nobody else gets immunity.

31/8/2025, 5:13:38 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

The video, anyway.

31/8/2025, 3:48:41 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

You've got mine!

31/8/2025, 12:59:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

I'd move my family and friends to my new villa in Europe, and then I do my best to overthrow this dictatorship from there.

30/8/2025, 7:26:56 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

When I grew up it was a game for kids. This whole adults playing it thing is weird.

30/8/2025, 7:16:19 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Fair point. I doubt he reads the articles, but he definitely reads the headlines.

30/8/2025, 6:18:09 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Isn't it also misunderstanding how his base thinks you get to heaven?

30/8/2025, 5:57:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

It's too late. Someone already spotted him headed to golf.

30/8/2025, 5:56:08 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

I don't actually think they'd weekend at Bernie's him, but I do love that he's going to read all these headlines and know he's fooling no one about his health.

30/8/2025, 5:40:58 PM | 30 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

My youngest (20) has these lunch and movie events with his intellectually disabled peers, and he makes me and the hubs go to a separate movie so he can be independent with his peers, and it's actually kind of nice?

30/8/2025, 5:17:00 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) reposted

Dear Americans, welcome to the thrilling game of ‘Did this dictator die or just disappear for a day?’ We’ve been playing it with Putin and Lukashenko for decades. Enjoy the suspense.

30/8/2025, 11:43:54 AM | 24230 4344 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Wishful thinking.

30/8/2025, 5:16:42 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

States stop enforcing/aiding federal mandates or even actively resist and start creating alternate coalitions to provide the services the feds are abandoning.

30/8/2025, 3:21:44 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted

"The mainstream press is still in self-flagellation mode over how they purportedly 'ignored' Biden’s decline. (In reality, they never stopped talking about.) But this soul-searching is apparently only backward looking and exclusive to Democratic presidents." — @playtyperguy.com

29/8/2025, 4:41:33 PM | 2635 713 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

30/8/2025, 2:30:52 AM | 31 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

And we need them to help with the natural disasters we apparently are going to do nothing to prevent.

30/8/2025, 2:24:53 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

You're responding as if I gave anything other than a neutral response.

30/8/2025, 2:23:34 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

I was wondering when people would start doing that.

30/8/2025, 2:02:59 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social)

I'm increasingly thinking a soft secession is the path forward.

30/8/2025, 1:19:49 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Colin Carlson (@colincarlson.bsky.social) reposted

With O'Neill (apparently) taking over CDC (if they ever get around to firing Monarez), I think it's worth looking back to Project 2025 and asking what they actually intend to *do* to CDC. So, I went to remind myself today. Here's what's in store:

29/8/2025, 8:56:31 PM | 1292 670 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Your insurance if you haven't disclosed that.

29/8/2025, 11:10:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis (@kendrawrites.com) reposted

"Her patient had signs of what could be a cancer or could be an unusual infection — diagnoses that would require completely different treatment. Ordinarily, she would confirm an infection after sending a sample to the CDC for testing ...the CDC no longer has the capacity to do that"

29/8/2025, 6:54:45 PM | 2076 1089 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

It's not an objective fact that they've left because of this tax. And the 2025 estimates show an increase over last year. One problem they've identified is with fewer people having kids. No what helps with that? Preschool for All.

29/8/2025, 9:05:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Genderlessrodent is built different.

29/8/2025, 9:03:07 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

You're a good filter for finding people to block, lol.

29/8/2025, 8:59:07 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh God, I think I attended that conference.

29/8/2025, 8:48:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

All the red flags - maga, intolerance, JD Vance follower, etc.

29/8/2025, 8:45:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

LMAO - hadn't added them to my terf list, but someone else made sure I didn't see them anyway.

Labeled amplifier
29/8/2025, 8:30:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

They were too busy adopting parrots.

29/8/2025, 8:17:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

And a lot of the slow growth (because we are estimated to be growing again this year) is because people aren't having kids at the same rate. That's not a rich people moving problem. That's a general affordability problem. Something we could help with... Preschool for All.

29/8/2025, 6:56:52 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Here's the report to help you catch up: www.portland.gov/council/dist...

29/8/2025, 6:07:33 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Or middle class wfh folks flocking to the burbs.

29/8/2025, 6:06:20 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Darkest Timeline (@darkest-timeline.bsky.social) reply parent

Cool. Now break it down by specifically how many of them were specifically subject to this tax. The problem with jumping in on some other city's politics is that we've already had this discussion and googled the answers.

29/8/2025, 6:03:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view