Whatcom Housing Week next month. givebutter.com/26lD1l
Whatcom Housing Week next month. givebutter.com/26lD1l
Whatcom Housing Week coming up in October. givebutter.com/8vvNPz
Sleep is sacred and is vital for everyone. Insufficient restorative sleep is rampant and is completely tied to every health issue. You can make a joke and provide a factual good health reminder at the same time.
It's not just a distraction. It All* matters.
Sociopathic predator mentality.
Giving white* women the constitutional right to vote.
I've been wondering about this. I've learned recently that States have a state guard of some sort. Washington State has a State Guard that is volunteer and non-combat, but they are bound to State Constitution, U.S. Constitution, & competent orders from the governor. Not to be federalized.
Thank you so much 🪷
Can anyone name the 6 deals? What I've seen is nothing confirmed or a couple "deals" that are fragile, to say the least.
I think it's interesting how often they mention sitting down to pee. I mean, everybody needs to sit down to take a dump at some point and peeing goes with it. Happens in bathrooms across the country. Do all these maga people shit standing up?
What is the strategy behind grouping B's with C's, & D's with F's? The difference between 89% & 70% is measurably distinct.
*VEO Notations leverages AI to create instrumentation and vocals with the intent to one day find an all-human ensemble to produce the music and dance. Poetry and Lyrics are 100% authentically composed by VEO Notations.
August entry for Rise Up Music Project: "Blessings in Disguise" www.riseupmusic.org/music/8-14-2... "Maybe, sometimes that which rises up is not the Phoenix, but the flower With each cleansing shower hour by hour We are given new life. Some of it sweet and some of it sour. Holy is the fruit" --
I was thinking maybe they're co-authored with the National Park Service folks, too. Their posts make me belly laugh regularly. I mean, I've seen many examples of people who are wholesomely witty become masterfully capable of smashing people to smithereens when pissed. 😅
It's not just a damn "distraction." People need to stop over- playing the word, dismissing every Constitution-testing move. All* the multidirectional treachery matters.
OK. More than the governor. Far less than the Bellingham school district superintendent.
I've been pissed off about people over playing the word "distraction" for months. It's about multidirectional overwhelm. All* the treachery matters. The speculation over JD Vance humping couches - that was a distraction. People need to learn to make the distinction.
I call it the "American Mirage"
Restoration and reflection day. Taking the time to study the skies and the Stardust. www.chani.com/today/curren...
You can fight fire with firelines.
If he weren't constantly interrupting, he'd lose faster.
I think I got blocked on some of this as well. I was getting the ambiguous impression that they were being misleading & their reactions kind of confirm this. I don't think their aim was truly clarity & transparency. We have to keep a sharp eye & awareness on stuff like this. Accuracy is important.
Then maybe reconsider your approach when you throw out this information without explanation. Because it sounded like you were saying that ICE is permitted to do whatever they want constitutionally, and that is not the case.
I like accuracy and advancing the conversation, so I appreciate your contribution.
Will you say more about what you mean? I'm seeing and reading that the USA Patriot Act expanded surveillance powers, but did not remove all constitutional protections.
Arrests in June were at least double any month since President Donald Trump reclaimed the presidency in January. At the same time, the share of arrestees in Washington with criminal records dropped sharply, to less than one-third, the Washington State Standard reports.
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How much research at the state level has been done on fog collection & dew catchment systems? Otherwise known as Atmospheric Water Harvesting. In a situation where we have an emergency housing crisis & mold issues in Western Washington, this could be a regenerative design solution.
And there were people who had a wide variety of allergic reactions to the vaccines as well. Like how some people are allergic to penicillin. The hypocrisy wars are not helpful, to say the least. It's just circuitous logic mixed with vibe matching.
If people are calling out the dehumanizing language, then they shouldn't be using the term "magats" &/or should be calling out those who do.
Better make sure to delete "magats" from the lexicon as well then and call people out when they use it.
Buyer's Remorse, I suppose.
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Demo Song: Protect & Serve - Proteger y Servir Original poemsong by VEO Notations, July 2015 Recrafted as a bilingual Eng/Español song with AI assistance June 2025 "Make no mistake, O Citizen No te equivoques, oh Ciudadano Open your heart again Abre tu corazón de nuevo" ko-fi.com/post/Demo-So...
I am so done with people overplaying the word "distraction". This is multidirectional overwhelm meant to keep people disoriented, disorganized, & anxiously flailing around. Just because one is studying one part of the map doesn't mean that the rest of the map is a distraction.
Request: Looking for updated recommendations for best sites and sources for livestreaming what is happening in Los Angeles. Best sites and sources for livestreaming Gaza. Best sites and sources for livestreaming Ukraine. Any other countries on your radar, please include.
Except for the fact that pacifists would all be dead without people willing to aggressively protect them. Violence should never be the preference.
Was presented on May 13, 2025. Public Engagement events coming up are 1st week of June. June 2nd, Bellingham. June 4th, Lynden.
Presentation from Health and Community Services on housing program updates. Starting ~50:00 whatcom.granicus.com/player/clip/...
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Whatcom Housing Alliance Community Summit. Wednesday, June 4th. givebutter.com/4q32N6
Due to the federal decisions to cut, slash, and maim funding to Americorps, the crews we were supposed to work with today were canceled as of this morning. I wore my Washington Conservation Corps work shirt in the park extra loudly today.
I agree with you. And then possibly this Presidency will solidify the highest number of pardons in a single year.
I postulate that they aim to terrorize them to the point of, at minimum, self-deportation and signaling others to start a trend of self-deportation. The 2 options posed seem to be "remove yourself or get caged in a concentration camp. There is no negotiation."
One maybe: maybe this is reverse psychology and if mega magas hear more of this from non-white ultra conservative folks toward all white folks, it will register differently.
My Access Pass for National Parks and other federal lands came in today. I feel super happy and relieved about it.
World Relief Western Washington, the organization that gives monetary, logistical and cultural support to the diverse local community of refugees, has lost all federal funding for refugee resettlement after the Trump administration ordered a halt of its work.
A high-stakes version of a "choose your own adventure" book. Except the book is being written by more than one author and the culminating results are yet to be determined. In other news, I ordered my Access Pass today. I thought of y'all.
Some people are bullies because they do not know any better & will course-correct their asses when people point out how they're not living aligned with their better angels & principles. The other end of the spectrum has the bullies who truly delight in cruelty. Immaturity vs. sadism. Not the same.
To be honest, despite the contention in this correspondence, I think you are a real person, & I appreciate the rounds of thoughtful sparring. Though I am not as close as others to the horrors of this particular war, I work with multilingual students, including refugees from this war. This haunts me
All* of the Democrats? No. I think there is absolutely betrayal of trust & supposed values & I want to know why. I've been in conversation with Jews & Muslims about what contracts or blackmail the general populace may not know about. Contradictions/hypocrisy is too stark. It doesn't make sense.
Harris is a 3rd Culture Kid & had to navigate between hierarchical role of her position, maintaining the wishes of the majority, while advocating for a minimum of a ceasefire. The same for Bernie Sanders & Pramila Jayapal, but with different backgrounds. To say they are the same as magas is false
I am the descendant of an immigrant & refugee. Across the decades, I have witnessed deeply entrenched sexism & rigid homophobia. I do not see much in either Netanyahu's leadership nor that of current Islam in that area of the world that would allow women & femmes in highest roles of leadership
I am active in civics in my locale, especially in regards to housing justice & education. I have witnessed massive in-fighting between both main political factions. I think we need governance across levels that acknowledge and honor the spectrum of people, not just the extremes.
No, you responded dualistially even though I have brought up 3rd culture kids, Arab Jews, and with people dual citizenship at least twice. Where I agree with you is that having only 2 major parties is a problem & many people see that & wish to change it. I am in favor of Ranked Choice Voting.
You intentionally failed to answer my questions and moved the goalposts again. No one side is pure and perfect. I practice thinking in a minimum of 3s. So long as you think in binaries, you will continue to dismiss 3rd culture kids, Arab Jews, citizens with dual citizenship, & cultural sexism.
And there it is: your true stance for why you're commenting the way you are. Socialism vs. Barbarism, the end? Fundamentally evil, the end? You are in a hyperdichotomous mindset like too many people.
If you would like to keep moving goalposts, I have some questions: Who is more likely to amplify the voices of the Arab Jews and Palestinians with dual citizenship? The people with mixed heritage. Who is more likely to treat people who are gay or queer or trans as equal citizens of their country?
I voted Uncommited in the primaries. I understand why at a particular convention, protestors would not be allowed in. It's a convention, a rally, not a town hall, not public comment at a local council meeting. I've witnessed people do nothing but scream into microphones using "justice" to cover egos
You want to wiggle the "goalposts" in this? All Democrats are the same? All Republicans are the same? I don't think so. Harris first called for a ceasefire in March of 2024. She quickly had to go on camera soon thereafter to reaffirm alignment with Biden. Later, the same happened with Rep. Jayapal
I mean that I'm not seeing it in the thread.
Not sure where to look to read it.
Quite the detour you just took. Feel free to repost the videos you have of the blatant jeering toward the Arabs and Muslims from the dais at the DNC. Gotta keep people honest and accountable.
False equivalence.
I understand that. Admission of fault would make them shatter. But propaganda shapes minds & that's why I argue that we should care just enough to call it out, debunk it. Not throwing excessive amounts of energy at it, but being prepared to spar in return with more than "I'm not lying -you're lying"
I care more about what we know than what they say, but obviously what they say matters since it has shown that it will be repeated as many times as it takes in order for them to control and shape enough of the narrative to be doing what they're doing right now with their current pace.
They'll just say he was making the gesture Jesus made to bless and heal.
I imagine they're going to declare martial law regardless. It's the logical next step in aggressive power plays. They'll justify it any way that is most convenient to them. I think each of us needs to evaluate our fighting and/or sparring styles and decide when and where to take resolute action.
Exactly how much would you like them to visibly intervene/interfere the way the magas have throughout Democrat administrations? Do you think this would be the best and most obvious way to escalate the war? Millions of people don't believe in the power of voting or the impact of election fraud.
We're expediting sex designation change requests on birth certificates. People born in WA who want to change the sex designation on their birth certificate can do so by filing a request with us. . doh.wa.gov/DesignationC...
Instead of Taylor Swift, I would say Melinda French Gates or Mackenzie Scott 🤔
I don't disagree.
Thoughts on this law?: Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 www.congress.gov/bill/95th-co...
I thought it was a 6-3 split within the Supreme Court?
iCivics is one of my favorite game sites. When I cannot stop thinking about history & politics, playing these games helps me feel like I'm doing good study practice. Getting recentered in the basics so I can hopefully be more skillful with current times. Bilingual, too ed.icivics.org/games?_gl=1*...
Friendly amendment: the election was won by ~49% of the total votes. When this happened with Warnock's race the first time, they got a do-over. Nationally, we didn't.
Redefining Feminism, MasterClass. This was good medicine to watch. So much history and data to learn. I love the intergenerational and interdimensional aspects of everything presented and everything shared.
It all matters, though. Multifaceted attack.
"...seeds upon the winds and breezes where the soil holds and the stream freezes where a branch breaks for the hearthfire and a ghost tree falls for the funeral pyre..." Interstice - Track on Bandcamp: veo-notations.bandcamp.com/track/inters... Interstice - Lyric Video: youtu.be/X17HwKdQDMM?...
I love masonry heaters and rocket mass heaters so, so much. Earthbending, for the win.