iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social)
That’s the big announcement? Geez… we are a nation being repeatedly traumatized by a handful of assholes.
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That’s the big announcement? Geez… we are a nation being repeatedly traumatized by a handful of assholes.
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He’s going to hate the ones for adults then.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social)
I attended a memorial for a 15 yr old girl today. It’s incredible how much it takes to stay alive. It takes everything. Survival is resistance, and resistance is hard. #onedayatatime #hugsomebody
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social)
Switching from only a weekend dose of the news station and a daily dose of All Classical Music has done more for my nervous system than all the verbal and written possessing ever could. www.allclassical.org
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social)
Tax the rich
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
I agree with your assertion.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Nah. I do feel like my yard is harboring more bees of the not very nice kind though. 🤷
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Fired? You mean promoted? We’re in the upside down right now.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social)
Survival is resistance.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social)
I really like this social change map. Where do you find yourself when it’s time to help? www.socialchangemap.com/home/underst...
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I need this kit
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Rock star
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
You know, those could be hurdles the media is throwing at you.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Collusion
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
No puns intended. Why does autocorrect hate me?
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Fire hose
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
He just can’t help himself. Drinking from the firehouse. No puns in tender… and yet!
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Can we secede already??!
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social)
I hate this guy. Everyday he proves how he’s the worst of us. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social)
Every day
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
She’s confused. And so am I. This is nuts! My wife just said this is straight out of The Handmaid’s Tale. Anyone know more about this?
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social)
You know, those kids got to the Epstein island somehow. Where did they come from?Russia?Who took them there? you know Jeff and Don didn’t feed themselves, so who worked there? Do those same people work at Mar-a-Lago now? People have been trafficked. Offer to get them out of a dangerous situation.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s a really good point.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Is Prince Andrew there, ya wonder?
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Don’t pretend then. Just enjoy it.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
@in-otter-news.bsky.social @owldaily.bsky.social
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
What are the odds that Melania has been threatened to silence as well?
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe someone should just ask Melania.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social)
Do you know who knows who’s in the Epstein files? Melania Trump. Has anyone considered helping her out if that marriage, especially if she doesn’t want Baron to become a sexual predator. #Epstein
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Magic
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Is it though?
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh so much older than everyone…of….us.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
How beautiful.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
That can’t be the third of this set. It would taint the other two. It needs to be a new three wherein someone in particular starts it off. I mean I think three in a set of a particular type could totally happen.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Well he’s not wrong about one thing: it really is not even believable. The stuff coming out of his mouth is not even believable either.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
God that was such a great day.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social)
Quietly removing women from senior military positions www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social)
Whooo boy!
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Must be something important that needs to drop between now and September. Brace yourselves.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Dog party
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social)
It’s got to stop.#ABOLISHICE
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m sorry I offended you. I thought we were having a discussion. It wasn’t personal, but I seem to have missed that is was for you. I apologize. I’m happy to hear that we seem to be on the same page in support of groups we do not belong to.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Wow.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Welp. I’m not an immigrant, nor am I black, Ukrainian, houseless, Trans or Palestinian and yet, I’m marching and protesting and calling my senators and funding campaigns that address the needs of these groups. Making supporting those needs my business. What do you think about that?
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
What if you want to be someone who gets involved in the business of things that don’t directly impact you (aka someone else’s business)?
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
I agree with you wholeheartedly. The racism is rampant, systemic and insidious. History matters deeply and we need to hear it, see it, remember it. I’m with you. What else do we have, but informed action fueled by hope?
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Go get him !!
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social)
Black Lives Still Matter. This fight has not ended. Rather, it continues to expand because these incidents highlight the insidiousness of police brutality and immunity. Gross. We can’t count on the police when they don’t even know how to keep themselves from violence. Can we count on each other?
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Racism is the pandemic that education and or legislation was supposed to vaccinate us from. But obviously, some people are either uneducated or resistant. God. Police immunity has to be abolished, otherwise the whole institution just needs to go.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Is there even a family??!
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
So true.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Are you in Portland? If you don’t know who it’s exciting for, that might be why. We have the most potential to help our poor, marginalized & houseless folks right now than we’ve had in a long time. There is always unrest when there’s injustice. And the only way out is through. It’s giving me hope.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
I could not disagree with you more. If we all minded our own business, we would never have passed the civil rights act of 1965 or any of the voting rights acts of this century. We cannot just mind our own business. We have to fight for each other. No one is free unless everyone is free. Get uncomfy.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Fully. Fuck off
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Dude, read the room.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Respect, Fuck off.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Keep at it. Change takes time.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Yep
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
The word history is doing some heavy lifting in that sentence. It’s a very exciting time in Portland. Fingers crossed.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Yep
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
But I think you’re right, we need them now. And a few more groups just like them besides. It takes a minute to get past the terror and organized. The ferocity at which the Trump regime has acted has caught us by surprise.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
I hope you never need them.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Bruh
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
The Black Panthers started that way.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social)
We could be doing this.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Release the Assange!
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Love those rainbow fists! Woot!
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
It was very very different. Local opinions were weighted more heavily, encyclopedias and newspapers held to an almost sacrosanct level of reverence, and we could not hear from people accross the world in real time, let alone see them. It was better in some ways, and worse in others.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
I believe another version of that scripture is “Vengence is mine, sayeth the Lord.” That’s how I’ve heard it quoted, anyway.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
YES!!
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social)
We could be doing this.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Sometimes just listening to competence can bring the blood pressure and the fear down to pre-hype levels. Thank you Rep Stansbury for your steady, reality checks on the DJT regime. Hang in there.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social)
I love these hot takes. The script flip is delightful and awesome!
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
It might have been “Rama and my’s marriage” which is objectively not better. But it’s a bit of a tongue twister. So I say we give him a pass…😅
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Everyday a new grift. The land of exploitation opportunities right now.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Let’s just hope there’s a bug in it.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Oxanjo Figaro Frisky Blackjack Mr Bojangles Bitey & Scratchy
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
There lies the rub
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social)
Maybe free compulsory education shouldn’t end at 12th grade… maybe continuing education in science, history and sociology should be required.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
I wonder what would happen if we made continuing college education for adults compulsory? Like, in order to keep receiving government benefits, you need to prove you’ve taken a recent science, history and sociology class from an accredited university or college … this would be free. W/ acomodations
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social)
An invitation to hold on by Isaac Pickell, ladies and gentleman. Beautiful.
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Wow.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social)
Oregon license plate @cascadiaresistance.bsky.social
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
You spelled life wrong
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
A gift, honestly.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Efeminate Batman? I’d listen.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Yah, not attractive.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social)
We need more Carl Sagan and less Chuck Schumer
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Consider Insomnia. It’s pretty cool to see his range.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Divorce proceedings. Irreconcilable differences. Plus abuse. Plus money mismanagement. We deserve alimony.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Agree, the shows cancellation hits hard.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social)
This is mildly helpful, and hopefully encourages new people to come out and protest. It’s always good to know your rights.
Writers Guild of America West (@wgawest.bsky.social) reposted
WGA statement on Paramount’s decision to cancel the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
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@cascadiaresistance.bsky.social
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social)
As the ICE raid caravan drives North on I-5, I’m wondering if they’ll use the same playbook at California. And I’m thinking about how contacting them might be effective ahead of time. Can we “Tesla” protest ICE at Home Depot, or do a “know your rights” table? chandelierslife.com/de/blogs/cha...
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
So so much
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social)
Sacramento.
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
You deserve it!
iisawell (@iisawell.bsky.social) reply parent
Is this the “prisoner swap”? God help us. How best to be sand in these gears?