Emily Essley
@antimle.bsky.social
Bureaucramancer. Relative Value Unit Shifter. (f)Artsy. Bicycle Enthusiast. Auntie Phở. She/Her. Avatar: A b/w photo of a woman wearing headphones with a cassette tape sprockets for eyes. Zig zag "lightning bolts" indicate music playing on the headphones.
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A whale carcass has washed ashore near Depoe Bay.
Wednesday is the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale.
@tinakotek.bsky.social has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
Governor. Don't let the opportunity pass you by 🐋🧨💥
Wednesday is the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale.
@tinakotek.bsky.social has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
Governor. Don't let the opportunity pass you by 🐋🧨💥
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A whale carcass has washed ashore near Depoe Bay.
Wednesday is the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale.
@tinakotek.bsky.social has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
Governor. Don't let the opportunity pass you by 🐋🧨💥
Wednesday is the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale.
@tinakotek.bsky.social has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
Governor. Don't let the opportunity pass you by 🐋🧨💥
I keep conflating the Edmund Fitz and the Mary Ellen Carter.
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I keep conflating the Edmund Fitz and the Mary Ellen Carter.
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Cool to be included in this article on being car free in this business. I’ve been bike commuting with transit to writers rooms for twenty years now.
Hollywood Without Wheels: A Not-So-Pedestrian Guide to Getting Around Town
Some of Hollywood’s most resourceful commuters explain how they make meetings and get to writers’ rooms without a car: “The idea that we don’t have public transit here is a myth.”
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Cool to be included in this article on being car free in this business. I’ve been bike commuting with transit to writers rooms for twenty years now.
You laugh, but monsieur could have croqued!
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
You laugh, but monsieur could have croqued!
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Halloween Bike Bus 2025! Cambridge Peabody/RAUC 🚲🚲🚲 @bikepedantic.bsky.social @cambbikesafety.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Halloween Bike Bus 2025! Cambridge Peabody/RAUC 🚲🚲🚲 @bikepedantic.bsky.social @cambbikesafety.bsky.social
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INITIAL PARKS LEVY RESULTS:
53% YES
46% NO
53% YES
46% NO
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
INITIAL PARKS LEVY RESULTS:
53% YES
46% NO
53% YES
46% NO
Sigh. You wouldn't know it now, but I was aloof, once.
November 4, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Sigh. You wouldn't know it now, but I was aloof, once.
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Looks like the rain may spare us, and HONKoween is looking good to go!
Want to see a marching band, five City council candidates, and like 100 elementary school kids parading through our #CambMa streets on bikes? Join us along the parade route Friday morn, 8:10-8:25am!
Want to see a marching band, five City council candidates, and like 100 elementary school kids parading through our #CambMa streets on bikes? Join us along the parade route Friday morn, 8:10-8:25am!
Huge Bike Bus crowd for the warm up to next Friday’s HONKoween ride! Including @votejivan.bsky.social!
At least five 5️⃣ of @cambbikesafety.bsky.social Bike Champions will ride with us! Join us along the route (we ride 8:10-8:25am) and cheer us on?
At least five 5️⃣ of @cambbikesafety.bsky.social Bike Champions will ride with us! Join us along the route (we ride 8:10-8:25am) and cheer us on?
October 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Looks like the rain may spare us, and HONKoween is looking good to go!
Want to see a marching band, five City council candidates, and like 100 elementary school kids parading through our #CambMa streets on bikes? Join us along the parade route Friday morn, 8:10-8:25am!
Want to see a marching band, five City council candidates, and like 100 elementary school kids parading through our #CambMa streets on bikes? Join us along the parade route Friday morn, 8:10-8:25am!
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Immigration officers have hit the city of Hillsboro hard in the past two weeks. To help students and parents feel safer, staff at an elementary school and nearby middle school, along with representatives from the local teachers’ union, have responded by standing watch in the neighborhood.
‘This community is not the enemy’: Hillsboro teachers form neighborhood ICE watch
ICE arrested a parent near Eastwood Elementary School last Monday. Teachers and parents have been patrolling the neighborhood every morning since.
www.opb.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Immigration officers have hit the city of Hillsboro hard in the past two weeks. To help students and parents feel safer, staff at an elementary school and nearby middle school, along with representatives from the local teachers’ union, have responded by standing watch in the neighborhood.
Thank you to @kkjetelina.bsky.social for highlighting the biggest Halloween risk for kids: cars!
October 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Thank you to @kkjetelina.bsky.social for highlighting the biggest Halloween risk for kids: cars!
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important reminder: food banks usually prefer money to direct food donations because they can buy at discounted rates
check with your local food bank to be sure but now is the time to help out
check with your local food bank to be sure but now is the time to help out
Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘the greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’
Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘the greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’
Nearly 42 million people in danger as federal government shutdown continues and Snap funding to end 1 November
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
important reminder: food banks usually prefer money to direct food donations because they can buy at discounted rates
check with your local food bank to be sure but now is the time to help out
check with your local food bank to be sure but now is the time to help out
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cannot express the levels of rage and sadness this brings me
Portland Fire & Rescue officials say they responded to reports of the fire in Southeast Portland at around 2:40 a.m Sunday.
https://www.koin.com/news/portland/portland-city-councilor-candace-avalos-car-home-damaged-in-fire-investigation-underway/?cid=bluesky_
https://www.koin.com/news/portland/portland-city-councilor-candace-avalos-car-home-damaged-in-fire-investigation-underway/?cid=bluesky_
October 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
cannot express the levels of rage and sadness this brings me
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It's whale painting day!
Join me for the 55 Anniversary Exploding Whale Day Ride on November 12th! We're gonna blow this guy up.
www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
Join me for the 55 Anniversary Exploding Whale Day Ride on November 12th! We're gonna blow this guy up.
www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
October 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It's whale painting day!
Join me for the 55 Anniversary Exploding Whale Day Ride on November 12th! We're gonna blow this guy up.
www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
Join me for the 55 Anniversary Exploding Whale Day Ride on November 12th! We're gonna blow this guy up.
www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
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At the Symphony tonight and there’s a very high density of frog costumes in the orchestra
October 26, 2025 at 3:38 AM
At the Symphony tonight and there’s a very high density of frog costumes in the orchestra
Pounded by physical embodiment of America's future, which is unfortunately super fascist. (A series)
I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
October 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Pounded by physical embodiment of America's future, which is unfortunately super fascist. (A series)
I hope ICE is up there on the roof really enjoying this weather!
October 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I hope ICE is up there on the roof really enjoying this weather!
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vs. how my dog feels about driving
October 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
vs. how my dog feels about driving
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I've seen an increasing amount of talk about the loss of third places and how America needs loads more of them. I very little discussion of how third places require higher amounts of social trust.
Our country doesn't have universal healthcare & proper social safety nets, b/c of massive distrust.
Our country doesn't have universal healthcare & proper social safety nets, b/c of massive distrust.
October 24, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I've seen an increasing amount of talk about the loss of third places and how America needs loads more of them. I very little discussion of how third places require higher amounts of social trust.
Our country doesn't have universal healthcare & proper social safety nets, b/c of massive distrust.
Our country doesn't have universal healthcare & proper social safety nets, b/c of massive distrust.
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Oregonians, we need your help.
ICE activity is increasing in our communities. If you see something, report it to PIRC's hotline (1-888-622-1510) and get your phone out to record it.
ICE activity is increasing in our communities. If you see something, report it to PIRC's hotline (1-888-622-1510) and get your phone out to record it.
October 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Oregonians, we need your help.
ICE activity is increasing in our communities. If you see something, report it to PIRC's hotline (1-888-622-1510) and get your phone out to record it.
ICE activity is increasing in our communities. If you see something, report it to PIRC's hotline (1-888-622-1510) and get your phone out to record it.
I'm actually a little emotional about this. 🥹
For the first time in 60+ years, the Uncle Sam sign in Chehalis, Washington says something factual: "Native Land."
www.facebook.com/thecentralia...
www.facebook.com/thecentralia...
The Chronicle
"NATIVE LAND": For the first time since purchasing the Uncle Sam Billboard and surrounding property for $2.5 million over the summer, the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation have updated.....
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October 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I'm actually a little emotional about this. 🥹
I can't believe we're having this conversation.
October 21, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I can't believe we're having this conversation.
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Wait, who has a Nazi tattoo??? It’s so hard to keep up with Caucasian shenanigans, omg.
October 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Wait, who has a Nazi tattoo??? It’s so hard to keep up with Caucasian shenanigans, omg.
I am team "bosc is the cooking pear" 100%. Honestly, I also often prefer bosc as the eating pear.
pleased to announce that there seems to be a passive-aggressive conflict roiling the august pages of Cooks Illustrated, Fall Harvest recipes edition. allow me to explain:
October 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I am team "bosc is the cooking pear" 100%. Honestly, I also often prefer bosc as the eating pear.
"She's fuzzy and brown, she's low to the ground, she's on the hunt she's after you."
October 20, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"She's fuzzy and brown, she's low to the ground, she's on the hunt she's after you."