opal nova

also, let’s remove the dalles dam & set Celilo free again.

instead of responding to marketing i’ll just say random things here: let’s stop with this anti-umbrella thing. it’s weird. it’s wapato island, learn why. and beaverton is far away on transit and in our souls bc it’s pretty car-centric.

i’m grateful we’re getting rain now, and later next week.

choosing to not let manufactured outrage consume me has opened my life up to be able to think about outrageous things on a local level in a more sustainable way.

Wilder, Idaho is a small, majority-Latino community in southwest Idaho. Law enforcement abused unrelated criminal warrants as cover to go fishing in the town for immigration arrests.

After a historic settlement with Montana, new accountability measures will help ensure all students in the state can learn about Indigenous history and culture. As a mother and member of the Blackfoot tribe, Sharen Kickingwoman reflects on the importance of Indian Education for All.

imagination is so great but sometimes i wish i could turn it off.

"For Wetzin’kwa Community Forest Corporation, [stewardship after the work of managing a community forest] means putting profits from its timber harvesting back into the projects that care for the land, support cultural values and bring people together"

the original lhotp is like a slow burn GoT

i wonder if i would’ve been the same person if i never saw this as a kid 😅 youtu.be/F37EB-YDlTI?...

the algorithm knows i need about 6 pairs of pants hemmed. 😅

i am glad portland got a little rain last night but i am not seeing any in the 10 day forecast and i don’t like that.

tbh i hate computers. facebook. phones. interaction has been replaced and it’s dystopian.

the dish scrubber that has a cute face & matches the color of your dishcloths is still single use plastic. the wavy white sponges that deteriorate into the water are also really bad.

After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.

good morning everyone. here’s a reminder to carry naloxone

Daily bunny no.3348 finds a creature out of time

everyone should be able to be phone free if they want. check correspondences like 2x a month or less. i want to be underwhelmed or not whelmed at all sometimes.

i met a 66 year old woman doing grocery shopping & delivery for money. she said she tries to take the lighter orders when she can but she was struggling. i wish life was easier for people.

repotting plants makes me feel needed just enough to keep my spirits up lol

it’s friday and the week has been overwhelming and sluggish. i don’t usually drink soda, but tonight this pepsi is helping me feel like a human again. it’s the little things.

what would landlords do if it was illegal?

it’s kinda silly how close we can be to affording life and just a few things mess it up

Since 1898, cars have been banned on Michigan's Mackinac Island. Locals still get around by bike, foot and horse drawn carriage, even the fire trucks are electric or animal powered.

we are all macklemore* *kind of cringe, morally righteous

Should Governments Pay People to Bike to Work? Europe Shows How It Could Work. momentummag.com/is-it-time-g...

are any of the 30 laika studios “follow the crows” sculptures in portland painted by Indigenous artists?

i repotted plants today that I put off for too long. pretty.

there was only one mrs. oleson on lhotp. created chaos all the time. now we live in a society where there’s hundreds of mrs. oleson’s for every 100 mile radius.

we need a housing new deal. put people to work to flip houses or build them. like HFH except expanded. people need to be able to buy houses. not just apartments but houses. when most are priced out of housing, who’s country is it?

i sewed a few holes in some clothes. i can feel the wealth building happening. gonna go research investments now. 🙄

my entire feed is giving The Giver today. we tried the slim is the definition of beauty years back and it turned out that all bodies still existed and continued to be awesome outside of the creepy & harmful sphere of hegemony.

we won’t know we’re living in the irl version of The Giver, but there will be signs.

i watched these two shows yesterday and they both had similar paintings in their background.

RESULT: David Morales, a socialist challenger, has ousted the mayor of Providence David Smiley. Add Providence to NYC, DC, and Ann Arbor as socialist wins in mayoral elections.

this also goes for cars behind this car. what now that you’ve illegally passed a slow moving vehicle? just chill tf out with your road rage & hang back. yes, you have to go slower. you’re gonna live through that horrific sacrifice. 🙄

i dreamed that i sat with my grandmother and got to pet her little dog and chat with her. he was the only one she had that wasn’t a dachshund. in the dream i felt like i did when i stayed with her at elk camp at age 5-ish. but we were on a sidewalk, in front an apartment building.

My latest handmade lino print. Lady Darjeeling. #birds #art #linocut #linoprint #printmaking Liquoricelino.etsy.com

the onion used to be funny. welcome aboard the poverty train everyone. get comfortable with going nowhere and doing nothing.

raise your hand if you didn’t do anything this weekend because you need to make ends meet. 🙋🏻‍♀️🙄

Our society's unfathomable cruelty to homeless people is not just morally unjustifiable, but more expensive than housing people would be. Cruelty against the homeless is an unaffordable luxury. Abandoning homeless people to avoid offending the Protestant work ethic is an unaffordable luxury.