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Ben Wrex @benwrex.bsky.social · 16h

hey man wanna buy some stickers? ko-fi.com/benwrex/shop

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I've opened a shop. Come take a look!

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arwyn @arwynsays.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

you know that feeling when like ten million people rec you a book and say it's sooooo gooooood and ~~life affirming~~ and turns out what they mean by that is it's regressive sappy bullshit where everyone is perfect and gets along and only ~mean people~ ever offer conflict? anyway i hate this book.

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arwyn @arwynsays.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

the rumsfeld quote with the known unknowns etc was my first real experience of public illiteracy. don't get it twisted, i loathed him and i still think he should be convicted for war crimes, but what he said that one time was both fully sensible and entirely correct. that's how knowledge works.

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arwyn @arwynsays.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

this eve my temporarily coned dog tried loving on (comfort licking) my old lady dog mara, as he does, but the cone must have hurt her because she snapped, and then he threw a full minute tantrum trying to get the cone off because it hurt his beloved mara. pictured: an orange cat & his coned dog.

in low light, a blond shorthair floppy ear dog lays in a black cone, slumped, at rest, staring forlornly at his kitty, who blends into the foreground, orange against brown and pink, looking around as if to say, are you taking MY picture?

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Random Jeweler @randomjeweler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I notice that if someone self diagnoses with a mental health thing it's a problem but it's ok to use real conditions as insults. So weird

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Evelyn 💗 @evieevolving.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is the energy I want from ALL my politicians instead of racing to the bottom about how much Oregon sucks, actually.

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arwyn @arwynsays.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

(please read this thread and also the linked article!) OMG I REMEMBER HER THIS IS SO COOL!!! 😍😍😍

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

JCO, speaking like a true chaos gremlin shit-poster. Joyce, honey, there are no machine made clothes. They’re all made by humans. Closest we’ve gotten is an underwear that’s laser cut and has the seams welded, but they don’t stay on anyone’s ass, and they’re plastic panties, so they suck.

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arwyn @arwynsays.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

di$ney did Alice dirty and now I'm angry that's the version we collectively remember, and not the feral, hyper logical, slightly menacing, very true to life six year old girl carroll ACTUALLY wrote.

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arwyn @arwynsays.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

lol, there's no such thing as "machine-made clothes". ALL clothing is made by human hands. yes, there's sweatshop made and there's bespoke, but uhhhh all that means is we've decided to undervalue and abuse one set of workers. soooo... actually yeah, accidentally good analogy, well done.

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Portland Jobs with Justice @jwjpdx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Mobilize Next Tuesday o the PPS Board Meeting to Pause School Closures! Wear Blue!

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arwyn @arwynsays.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

we coulda done this with covid. we still could, at any moment. at any moment we can orient ourselves to the stance that ALL beings on this planet have value and their own needs, and we can ask what, specifically, do each of us need? how do we best meet all those needs? or we could point and laugh.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I really wish that Covid hadn’t happened, but it did, and either we adapt to the reality that it makes some people permanently sick and at risk, and they still deserve humanity, or we keep scapegoating and ostracizing anyone who points that fact out, anyone who has to survive it, anyone broken by it

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It’s like shouting “you do you!” At Sisyphus while kicking his rock back down to the bottom.

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Noor Lovelace @noorlovelace.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I just told my partner that there are a lot of days where I really, really do not want to mask. But I still do, every single day, because the alternative is me either becoming more disabled, making my healthy partner more disabled, or getting more dead. It makes me sad that people

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RI DaSēr @sotreu.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026

Another goal of the covid conscious lesbian bar hit piece is to make disease mitigations a basis for mockery and social ostracization So that when the next plague/mass disabling event happens (and more are coming), the "surplus" population will die off that much faster and quieter

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arwyn @arwynsays.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

because reverse birthdaying is fun, because everyone deserves cake sometimes, and because i want whomever takes it to know that i AM glad they're here.

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arwyn @arwynsays.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

okay this came EXACTLY when i needed it to. amazing.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And finally, people who mask, are often disabled, immunocompromised or chronically ill, are allowed to socialize. We are allowed to meet our friends out and not risk our lives. That’s what you told us to do, right? Get on with life? Not live in fear?

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arwyn @arwynsays.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

bought a (quarter) sheet cake from Costco, which even my family of 8 cannot eat, but never fear i had A Plan: boxing up a bunch of pieces and putting them in the free fridge.

a piece of white, decorated, two layer cake in a clean take out container, with a hand written label reading Happy My Birthday! Thanks for being my neighbor.

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Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

anyway! this thread has gotten away from me somewhat, but the point is this: communities that allow healthy disagreement are much better placed to resist assholes who weaponize social justice language, because it minimizes the fears that lead to both groupthink and automatic capitulation.

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Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

what often seems to characterize toxic behaviour in leftist spaces, then, is a pattern of attack and capitulation: say, a person who consistently demands apologies, concessions and change from others, whom they speak about and to with a hostility they would call bigoted if directed at themselves

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Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

because if you trust someone, you SHOULD be able to safely disagree with them! that doesn't mean the act of disagreement is guaranteed to feel wonderful for either of you; it means you should trust each other enough to be able to ask questions or gently push back without immediate hostility

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Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

and this becomes an even more apt comparison when you consider that, regardless of political alignment, such people invariably flourish in spaces that value performativity over substance, conformity over debate, dogma over nuance, and ostracization over compromise

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Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

you know the type of hyper-judgemental, mean-spirited, profoundly hypocritical bible-basher who thinks that everything *they* do is morally sanctioned by god, whereas anyone who disagrees with them even slightly must be listening to demons? the left also has those; they just use therapyspeak.

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arwyn @arwynsays.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"...we are required to *attend* to others in their specificity, to ask and re-ask *with* them: What matters here and what else might be possible?" bc "...there is no singular ideal state but rather only shifting, specific, and always relational possibilities for better and worse forms of being."

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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arwyn @arwynsays.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

been putting aside $10 a month for political donations for a while, and i just sent most of a year's worth to mitch, angelita, and teacher tiffany, enough to max their matches. best political dollars i could spend. reverse birthday gifts are the best.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

www.mitch4portland.com

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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Small donations matter! I’m about 300 new Portland donors away from reaching the 3rd tier of Small Donor Elections which allows me to unlock more matching funds. Even $5-10 is huge! Thanks to everyone who has supported and shared our donation links 💙 secure.actblue.com/donate/angel...

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Donate to Angelita Morillo for Portland City Council in District 3!

Help give Portland the progressive leadership we deserve!

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Many women thought that not being a sex worker would keep them safe from certain abuses. That respectability politics would save them. But when the goal is misogyny and taking women's rights, there is no real safety. It may have happened to sex workers first, but it was always coming for you, too.

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

i'm traveling and can't sit down to write out the portland police's history of using town halls, press conferences, and leaks to campaign against elected officials but they are repeat offenders and we should call it what it is: election interference by a cartel of armed washington state residents

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/09/2026

This guy who assaulted a sitting member of Congress got 28 years and 10 months less jail time than a Texas resident who transported a box of zines that contained constitutionally protected content opposing ICE reason.com/2026/06/25/t...

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Texas man gets 30 years in prison for transporting 'anti-government' pamphlets

The case stems from a violent anti-ICE protest, but critics say the government's prosecution threatens First Amendment rights.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 18/09/2026

What this paper is saying basically: is the flu is seasonal, covid is not.

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arwyn @arwynsays.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

portland leftist™ 2024: both president candidates are the same! portland leftist™ 2025: oh no the president that was completely the same as the other candidate utterly destroyed the field i work in and now i am permanently unemployed. portland leftist™ 2026: both governor candidates are the same!

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arwyn @arwynsays.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

you in 2026: is emotional neglect even abuse though? my queen george eliot in 1871: LOOK AT THIS TRAUMATIZED BB WHOSE INTELLECT AND EMOTIONS WERE SQUASHED BY A HARSH, STUPID, NEGLECTFUL, FEARFUL MAN, SOMEONE BE NICE TO HER RIGHT THIS INSTANT

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Portland Jobs with Justice @jwjpdx.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Ocean Hasso speaks about how his Episcopalian faith is the underpinning of his labor organizing. His faith requires him to respect the dignity of every human being, he strives to uplift the dignity of his colleagues, and says that the City is not acting in a way that respects their dignity.

Ocean Hasso, CPPW member, speaks about the city is disrespecting workers' dignity.

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arwyn @arwynsays.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

there is a direct line between the pseudohuman subservience of "ai" and the elder abuse to — slash voter abuse through — mitch mcconnell.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026

We are not going to get out of the fascism problem by accepting just enough fascism to turn the heads of the fascism-curious.

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arwyn @arwynsays.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

we tell a story about the greats of literary canon being dense, pretentious, and then you read the most fanfic style flirtation, you find an autistic character who is smart of head and dumb of ass, you read meta and have to pause to appreciate the sheer bitchiness, and you realize:

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

When disabled people oppose Assisted Dying, it’s almost never from a religious point of view. It’s not because we’re anti-choice or that we want to force people to suffer. We oppose it because society devalues disabled lives and uses these programs in an unethical manner. They become eugenics. 🧵

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

today would have been a perfect day, on the 25th anniversary of 9/11, t o dismantle DHS, dismantle ICE, and dismantle the surveillance state.

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 10/09/2026

OK Imma come back and read this later but my first, instinctive response is: Nope, it can't just be a matter of ingredients, because I have been burned before by TOO MANY BOOKS where I was like "Oh what a great premise! Incredible ingredients!" and then the person just... could not write.

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arwyn @arwynsays.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

i had a newborn, and bought a first gen iphone because COMMUNITY?? in my PALM????? similarly, i had computers and internet before most people, and my friends were *envious*. we wanted that shit. i know *one* person who fluffs ai, and a couple who use slop. dazzit. everyone else complains about it.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 09/09/2026

As a side note, it is a shocker to me how many people simply do not understand that civil rights protests broke the law. Do they think Jim Crow was a polite suggestion and everyone was just following it until the civil rights era out of civility?

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