Reposted by ROSEraisin bird @bryanthomasdaly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026another new bumpersticker idea 0121
Reposted by ROSEEvan Minsker @see-saw.fun · 23/09/2026Martin Douglas drove to the home of Toody Cole and sat at her dining room table to discuss her childhood, the Rats, Dead Moon, Pierced Arrows, Pinky Tex, how the Pacific Northwest has changed over the years, and touring at 77.see-saw.funtoody cole could not be less interested in retirementSitting in the home she built with the late Fred Cole in Oregon, the Dead Moon hero sat down for a chat ranging from her childhood to the Rats to her latest EP. 0249
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Well OKAY an advantage of getting a cold when I truly have nothing better to do is that when I say speed run I really mean speed run, a hot bath and a long nap can do so much more when one isn’t chronically sleep deprived, thank you Calvinist immune system 020
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026My immune system has such Calvinist timing regarding when it sees fit to let me get sick. Oh you were hoping to ENJOY your week off between the end of work and the start of school? No no, it’s the perfect time to speedrun a cold before you have to be GAINFULLY PRODUCTIVE 040
Reposted by ROSEAnnie @anntieup.bsky.social · 22/09/2026one of the reasons correct pronouns are so important and one reason I know I’m cisgender as hell is people keep asking me if my pronouns are they/them and I keep saying no because it makes me feel itchy!!! Now imagine that feeling every day, unabated. It’s not that hard to get it right. 3111
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I turned in my keys and am no longer possessed of a full time job! Mildly cursing my younger, more innocent self who thought it would look distinguished to decorate her office with a bunch of hand-me-down Russian textbooks from a former boss, now that the me of today has to haul em home on the bus 060
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Thinking again, as I often do, about Peter the Great’s passion for amateur dentistry 170
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Speaking of I can’t believe I never showed bsky the pic I got for GWB’s custom gubernatorial cowboy boots on display at the craft museum in Houston 020
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I left the kitchen door cracked a tiny bit when taking out the compost last night and had to REPRIMAND Douglas for attempting to EXIT THE HOUSE because Misty the neighbor cat was in the back yard and he wanted to holler at her 051
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I’m reading the diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner, unmitigatedly delightful, and have come upon a passage in which she refers to her partner’s poodle as “poor inappropriate luxury article” 140
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I think we all experienced a nuanced mix of emotions when the old Really Good Stuff location burned down. Everyone was heartbroken about Tommy the shop cat so they had to issue a statement clarifying that Tommy had not perished in the blaze because he’d died of old age a few years prior 180
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I must remember to re-calculate what percentage of my furniture has come to me from Really Good Stuff over the years. When I moved into the house it was ~30% 030
Reposted by ROSEPiper @yourfriendpiper.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I don’t really want to hear criticism of Gloria Steinem from someone I’ve never seen speak positively of another feminist. Feminists carry on tho 292
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 31/08/2026When I was a teen my favorite pretentious artifact was a comp CD of every band that had played at the Funhouse in 2007 because not a SOUL in Boulder CO had heard of these bands besides me so I really felt like I’d Arrived when, years later, I shared a practice space with guys who’d been on the comp 160
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 31/08/2026A cool part of growing up as a person in the arts is the sense of superiority you feel when you are finally within shouting distance of the artists you idolized as a teenager and learn that they are for the most part Just Some Guys 180
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Last night he woke me up by repeatedly dropping an object next to my hand, which he often does when he wants to play fetch with a cat toy or hair tie, but the object was… NEITHER of those things 130
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Just walked past a house that had decorated its fence posts with protective metal caps each crowned with (mostly) the silhouette of an animal—squirrel, bird, etc. The only one that was not a silhouette was a 3D rendering of a sexy mermaid struggling to keep a top hat from falling off her head. ??? 070
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I’m glad that it’s been a while since I lived in a house with a rodent problem because Douglas proudly presented me with a half-dead moth he caught himself and ate it atop my bedspread with great relish and that would be sooooooo upsetting if it were a mouse 290
Reposted by ROSElizardbreath 🦎🪦🎃 @spindlypete.bsky.social · 20/08/2026portland deserves a mamdani. this town kicks ass and we deserve a mayor who kicks ass. i'm tired of all these business turds. i really think someone running hard on climate and transit would clean up in this environment 412314
Reposted by ROSE👻Skulliam🎃Boo-tler🍂Yikes🕷️ @yeets.biz · 17/08/2026Fructidor already!?!?! where has the year gone? it's time to get the sansculottides decorations down from the attic 05511
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Brought my mom to a gigantic outdoor group show in which I had a drawing on display and got to experience some absolute CHAMPION level “my mom talking to strangers” moments 060
Reposted by ROSEAdam @grimisham.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Influential albums cont. Oblivians – ...Play 9 Songs With Mr. Quintron(1997) 021
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I went to an ACTUAL picnic and brought cake, even, but the cake wasn’t heart-shaped and thus nobody as far as I know mysteriously disappeared afterwards 070
Reposted by ROSEallison / collage, zines, mail art @allisonanne.com · 13/08/2026breathtaking suzanne jackson exhibition “what is love” at the walker art center — closes at the end of the month, not to be missed, absolutely phenomenal 2395
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Basically all I’ve done since getting back from Minneapolis is read Picnic at Hanging Rock and take weird late afternoon naps, which is in and of itself a very Picnic at Hanging Rock activity 0100
Reposted by ROSEEdward Givens @edwardgivens.bsky.social · 07/08/2026unique and powerful EP by our Portland sister the remarkably talented @katesattler.bsky.social ink yourself onto this dance card - you won't be sorry! great listen! #bandcampfridaysweetfreeze.bandcamp.comDance Card, by Sweet Freeze2 track album 156
Reposted by ROSE𝖆𝔫𝔫𝔦𝔢'𝔰 𝖈𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔱 @anniefish.bsky.social · 07/08/2026hello it is bandcamp friday and i do not have a new shiny thing (yet) but i have a large and varied discography that is worth your time i think! its been a tough week (in a tough month (in a tough year (for us all (i know)))) so anything is deeply felt <3 anniefish.bandcamp.comanniefish.bandcamp.comAnnie Fishannie fish//polly small • doll capricorn • T-Minus 15.193792102158E+9 years until the universe closes! 134
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Mercifully the bike case that actually fits my small bike arrived TODAY and NOT after my departure so if we could now focus our sorcerous energies on getting my bid for an Amtrak upgrade accepted I would be very grateful 190
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Further update is that it is raining in Minneapolis today and I forgot to pack any kind of jacket so I am making my way around the neighborhood wearing the large bike case as a fashionable shawl 070
Reposted by ROSElizardbreath 🦎🪦🎃 @spindlypete.bsky.social · 31/07/2026this is an actual city with important economic and cultural issues to discuss but maybe we can come back to your little ballgame for children if we have time at the end of the meeting sweatie 2573
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Okay I counted and there were at least NINETEEN different sets of nesting dolls that included some degree of cat motif, and a bonus poodle-themed one 070
Reposted by ROSEThe Clinton Street Theater @cstpdx.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Bulldoze the arena and turn it into a public sex forest. 1439298
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 30/07/2026However many cat-themed nesting dolls you were expecting to find in the permanent collection of the Museum of Russian Art, I assure you the real answer is: more than that 170
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I tried ordering a suitable folding bike case for my return journey but per the tracking info I have just received it looks like it’ll be arriving in Minneapolis the day after I leave, so, future attendees of Tom’s residency who happen to have the exact model of folding bike I do: you’re welcome 040
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The “Russian studies” books are roughly in chronological order and everything else is a loose combination of subject matter, appearance, and fondness—fav books I revisit over and over again are in the bookshelf nearest my bed 010
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Woke up mad early to ritualize the Jupiter cazimi and took a strange mid-morning nap as a result so I can now say, after lunch and a strong cup of “dark rose” tea, Good Morning 130
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 28/07/2026It absolutely rocks that the MIA is FREE wow unbeatable!!! Good museum with a medium-confusing layout, I think I at least glanced at most of it today, the galleries of Native art are extra special 020
Reposted by ROSEMelissa Lewis @melissa.news · 28/07/2026Nothing says summer blockbuster like Lars von Trier at the helm of “Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota” 031
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 26/07/2026If the Lloyd redevelopment results in a Pearl Street + more housing situation I will be thrilled tbh 030
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 26/07/2026I just did a huge series of drawings partly inspired by Les Enfants du Paradis and had NO IDEA that my cherished hometown mall was also inspired by Les Enfants du Paradis??!!!! I myself literally WAS one of the buskers the designers envisioned!!?!??!!! 010
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Slept eleven hours under the care of this remarkable cat 080
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Now that I've mastered the 38 hour train ride between Portland and Minneapolis I can confidently say I'd do it again: I saw a heron, a pair of swans, sunset over North Dakota and sunrise over Minnesota, tottering baby calves, bright yellow algae, bright green algae, wildflowers of many colors, etc. 190
ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Update on this is that a very kind friend is lending me a carrying case intended for normal bicycles which makes my bike look vaguely Gen Z 140
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As a Planning Board member, Carl A. Worthington began working on the project in 1966 in an attempt to revitalize Boulder's downtown. In 1973, he prepared a master plan which was approved by an 86% majority.[2] The design team consisted of three firms: Communication Arts, Inc. (Boulder), Everett Ziegel Associates (Boulder), and Watertown, Massachusetts-based Sasaki Associates.[3][4] Richard Foy, one of the architects for Communication Arts, cited the 1945 French film Les Enfants du Paradis as an inspiration for the mall, with scenes of busy Parisian streets filled with pedestrians and buskers.[5]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:coi37ylsxq3y6pxadqhib6gs/bafkreihluvkz4kzxepksc7mtyjeskvqyomdikoc5qpgoscj4jzcfavat3q)