Shiela Pardee @shielapardee.bsky.social · 09/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/shielapa...open.substack.comThe Fallen Houses of my GrandparentsWhen I was at work at my weekend job, in the busy middle of my life in the 1980s, I thought seriously and reverently about the bones of the Native Americans that lay partly excavated and exposed to vi... 000
Shiela Pardee @shielapardee.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Fourth of July at the Prefontaine Pro Track meet in gorgeous Eugene. 000
Reposted by Shiela PardeeThe Real News Network @therealnews.com · 18/05/2026“This is a massive and unprecedented presidential plunder of the American people,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin.therealnews.com‘A $1,700,000,000 fraud on the American taxpayer’: Trump to drop IRS suit in exchange for MAGA slush fund“This is a massive and unprecedented presidential plunder of the American people,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin. 32410
Reposted by Shiela PardeeThe Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 03/01/2026Young boy reading book in a ruined bookshop in London devastated by an air raid - 1940 13382641252
Reposted by Shiela PardeeJust A Grandmom🇺🇸 @grandmompa.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Hey, Mikey, Get back to work! Signed, your 340 million bosses 12313
Reposted by Shiela Pardeeheavenbear.bsky.social @heavenbear.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Yep! Hahaha! Blessings! Hahaha! 312536
Reposted by Shiela PardeeNancy Flanagan 🎼 @nancyflanagan.bsky.social · 11/10/2025"It's interesting that if you say the Constitution creates a separation of powers systems in which there are no kings, they think you hate America.” (David Noll) 412740
Reposted by Shiela PardeeSteve Everitt @steve-everitt.bsky.social · 28/08/2025New rule. A parent may only propose removing a book from the school library only after reading it in its entirety and delivering a book report to the librarian. Until then no discussion shall be entered into. 430172572813
Reposted by Shiela PardeeJake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 27/08/2025DO NOT PUT CHILDREN ON TV TALKING ABOUT A SHOOTING THEY JUST LIVED THROUGH The media who do this are heartless bastards 14185063065
Reposted by Shiela PardeeJoshua Collins @murosinvisibles.bsky.social · 28/08/2025I dont care about two random incredibly rich people getting married or Cracker Barrel Abolish ICE 0194
Reposted by Shiela PardeeDaniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 06/08/2025If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages 147177546412
Reposted by Shiela PardeeGareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Does anyone else find it crazy that you can walk into a bookshop and be charged £9.99 for a paperback novel that took the author a year to complete, but £17.99 for a completely blank notebook? 343113761161
Reposted by Shiela PardeeJan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 03/07/2025THE SORT OF "CHRISTIAN" WHO PREYS 42570224
Reposted by Shiela PardeeShane Claiborne @shaneclaiborne.bsky.social · 03/07/2025The word of the Lord. 2033379
Reposted by Shiela Pardeebluevoter24.bsky.social @bluevoter24.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Freedom OF religion, Freedom FROM religion. #politics #activism #religion 221166173091
Reposted by Shiela PardeeJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Just a reminder that generative AI is theft of labor and intellectual property, uses vast amounts of energy/ water, provides at best mediocre results (if not outright lies or misinformation), actually affects your ability to think over time (mind duh), and is in general a really fucking bad idea. 3632371138
Shiela Pardee @shielapardee.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Greetings from Eugene Oregon where we stand strong against the Trump dictatorship. 020
Reposted by Shiela PardeeFalkor&Ashar's Dad @oregonamis.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Just remember, if some Rabble starts Rousing... Sit down Signs down Cameras up Pass it down the wave. 062
Reposted by Shiela Pardee"Get off our necks" @rain-y.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Stay peaceful anyone going to protests. Rumor is Proud Boys and Oath Keepers will be entering the protests to cause problems. Don't let them get to you. Sit down and let them be the ones standing. Make them the spectacle. 5242
Reposted by Shiela PardeeJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Happy Saltmarsh Day to all who celebrate! (I do.) 424057
Reposted by Shiela PardeeNotes In The Margin @notesinthemargin.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Still no raids on meat packing plants or poultry processing plants in red states, huh? So.. not really an immigration issue as much as a vendetta against cities that despise Trump. 942846
Shiela Pardee @shielapardee.bsky.social · 26/04/2025I nominate Francis Spufford' historical novel Golden Hill (Scribner, 2016) for a stunning last line award: "And I remember how good it was to scream. " Does anyone else have a stunning last line to nominate? 000
Shiela Pardee @shielapardee.bsky.social · 20/04/2025" . . . how much survives will depend on our own deliberate choices" Ross Douthat, NYT, Apr. 19, 2925. Native Camas blooming in Alton Baker Park this morning 020
Shiela Pardee @shielapardee.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Quoting from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkely of Oregon: The Republican budget bill will also pile on over $37 TRILLION in new debt. That's more debt created by a SINGLE BILL than created in the entire 249-year history of our country. What happened to fiscal responsibility? 010
Shiela Pardee @shielapardee.bsky.social · 31/03/2025At the Plantin-Moretus print museum, Antwerp. 020
Shiela Pardee @shielapardee.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Triliums in Hendricks Park were lovely yesterday. 010
Shiela Pardee @shielapardee.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Just dropped my March 15th Ides of Trump postcard in the mail. West Coasters, it's not too late to put a few choice words on a postcard to our lying leader and send to the White House. It will be like nothing he's ever seen before! 000
Shiela Pardee @shielapardee.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Oregon Senator Ron Wyden has denounced the Trump administration's purge of Democrats from the formerly bipartisan Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Resistance #3: in honor of Oregon Democrats like Wyden, I volunteered to work with Democrats of Lane County. 020
Shiela Pardee @shielapardee.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Resistance#2: the magnificent mountain Denali, fully out on a perfectly clear day, July 2003. 040
Reposted by Shiela PardeeAlisa Kesten @alisakesten.bsky.social · 21/01/2025I spent my day with grandchildren; focused on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 04514
Shiela Pardee @shielapardee.bsky.social · 21/01/2025I'm beginning a daily action campaign against Trump hate. Today, in response to Trump freeing all the January 6th haters, I am making a donation to the Southern Povery Law Center, which works to reduce the power and influence of white supremacist hate groups. Ideas? 010
