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.
Here at OMSI getting baptized in the interactive water tables What's up with this mural of Portland featuring a bunch of toilets in the middle of downtown?
January 4, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Here at OMSI getting baptized in the interactive water tables What's up with this mural of Portland featuring a bunch of toilets in the middle of downtown?
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hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
I finally succeeded in picking out glasses frames (please clap) but I think I need to have them redo the progression gradient. I have to have my head tilted waaaay back to see my computer screen, and I have to almost have my eyes closed to read.
December 31, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I finally succeeded in picking out glasses frames (please clap) but I think I need to have them redo the progression gradient. I have to have my head tilted waaaay back to see my computer screen, and I have to almost have my eyes closed to read.
I have two, I think! First is Bike Happy Hour and Bike Karaoke Ride, which I did with these lovely ladies.
December 30, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I have two, I think! First is Bike Happy Hour and Bike Karaoke Ride, which I did with these lovely ladies.
Wahhhhhhh 😭
The brand will continue to sell coffee beans through wholesale accounts and its online store.
Say goodbye to one of our favorite Oregon coast coffee shops before it closes next week
The brand will continue to sell coffee beans through wholesale accounts and its online store.
www.oregonlive.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Wahhhhhhh 😭
This was a great way to spend the morning, and there will be similar rides every month! Check the Shift2Bikes calendar for future dates! (Not scheduled yet-- soon!)
Thanks Amit for the photos of your Christmas Mutual Aid Bike Ride today! And thank you all for giving!!
Map of free fridges & pantries: sites.google.com/view/pdx-fre...
Go by bike if you can
@bikestuffpdx.bsky.social
Map of free fridges & pantries: sites.google.com/view/pdx-fre...
Go by bike if you can
@bikestuffpdx.bsky.social
December 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This was a great way to spend the morning, and there will be similar rides every month! Check the Shift2Bikes calendar for future dates! (Not scheduled yet-- soon!)
Actual footage of me arriving to the Bluesky Holiday party
December 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Actual footage of me arriving to the Bluesky Holiday party
I was cursed by this crossing my path, so now I'm inflicting this Mr. Melancholyesque bread Santa on the rest of you.
December 24, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I was cursed by this crossing my path, so now I'm inflicting this Mr. Melancholyesque bread Santa on the rest of you.
Survived another year! (52!)
December 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Survived another year! (52!)
Gaston as Cool Hand Luke.
I do not want Gaston backstory, I do not need Gaston backstory, I reject Gaston backstory
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
Disney Developing Live-Action ‘Gaston’ Movie From Writer Dave Callaham And Producer Michelle Rejwan
Disney is in early development on a new live-action pic centered on the Beauty and the Beast character Gaston.
deadline.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Gaston as Cool Hand Luke.
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Dam break at the Green River levee.
komonews.com/news/local/f...
Tukwila, Kent, Renton
(Includes the IKEA.)
komonews.com/news/local/f...
Tukwila, Kent, Renton
(Includes the IKEA.)
GO NOW: Flash flood warning issued for Tukwila area after Green River levee failure
The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a flash flood warning for west central King County, Washington, following the failure of the Green River Leve
komonews.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Dam break at the Green River levee.
komonews.com/news/local/f...
Tukwila, Kent, Renton
(Includes the IKEA.)
komonews.com/news/local/f...
Tukwila, Kent, Renton
(Includes the IKEA.)
My kiddo is accidentally writing a Pluribus-adjacent comic.
December 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
My kiddo is accidentally writing a Pluribus-adjacent comic.
I am ashamed to say that I don't know what our Oregon version of this is?
Every state in the United States has a disgusting soda that only they know about and that’s kind of beautiful
December 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I am ashamed to say that I don't know what our Oregon version of this is?
3 tests so far say whatever this is isn't COVID or flu, but I'd like to unsubscribe from it anyway.
December 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
3 tests so far say whatever this is isn't COVID or flu, but I'd like to unsubscribe from it anyway.
I am also cry laughing about this.
Back in the early www days I stumbled into a site that cataloged them and the one featured on the homepage was NIN "Down in It"
"Powers of a muppet" for "I was up above it"
Not sure I've ever laughed so hard in my life. I was actually crying, slapping my knee, gasping for air, etc
"Powers of a muppet" for "I was up above it"
Not sure I've ever laughed so hard in my life. I was actually crying, slapping my knee, gasping for air, etc
December 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I am also cry laughing about this.
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Tatas for Toys benefit has made it rain $183,000 over the past 14 years.
Strippers Are Now No. 1 Donor of Toys to Children’s Hospital
Rachel Saslow
www.wweek.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Tatas for Toys benefit has made it rain $183,000 over the past 14 years.
My kiddo has a choir performance at the Grotto coming up, and I'm feeling paranoid about landslides with this insane atmospheric river rolling in.
December 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
My kiddo has a choir performance at the Grotto coming up, and I'm feeling paranoid about landslides with this insane atmospheric river rolling in.
I don't have a picture to accompany, but my model of positive masculinity is probably that of the Murakami protagonist. Always preparing delicious and elegant meals... listening to hipster music... occasionally talking to mysterious sheep men.
December 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I don't have a picture to accompany, but my model of positive masculinity is probably that of the Murakami protagonist. Always preparing delicious and elegant meals... listening to hipster music... occasionally talking to mysterious sheep men.
I am honestly shaken up by this. So sad.
The oldest homebrew shop in America is closing. FH Steinbart was not just a small business, though—it was a critical part of the connective tissue that helped make Portland Beervana.
FH Steinbart, America’s Oldest Homebrew Store, 1918-2025 — Beervana
The oldest homebrew shop in America is closing. FH Steinbart was not just a small business, though—it was a critical part of the connective tissue that helped make Portland Beervana.
www.beervanablog.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I am honestly shaken up by this. So sad.
Hell yeah, my hometown.
December 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Hell yeah, my hometown.
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I'm going through some old photos and found this project I did a couple years ago, photographing drag queens as film noir femmes fatale. Kind of want to revisit this at some point!
December 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I'm going through some old photos and found this project I did a couple years ago, photographing drag queens as film noir femmes fatale. Kind of want to revisit this at some point!
Reposted by Emily Essley
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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"Grey was a therapist, an activist, and an inspiration and support to many Portlanders over the decades. She would post activist posters on fence outside her office so people passing by on the sidewalk could learn from their messages." - Lois Leveen
bikeportland.org/2025/12/01/w...
bikeportland.org/2025/12/01/w...
Woman killed on Cesar Chavez was on daily walk, just two blocks from her home
Grey Wolfe is remembered as a mother, counselor, and activist.
bikeportland.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
"Grey was a therapist, an activist, and an inspiration and support to many Portlanders over the decades. She would post activist posters on fence outside her office so people passing by on the sidewalk could learn from their messages." - Lois Leveen
bikeportland.org/2025/12/01/w...
bikeportland.org/2025/12/01/w...