Violet Syren
@jesstbe.bsky.social
Just a siren with a penchant for mischief and myth, nerdom and neo soul, onomatopoeia and oceans as one
#ClimateJustice #SocialJustice #BasicHumanDecency #OneLove
#Mermaid #Pirate #Artist #Advocate #Entrepreneur #Performer #Producer
#ClimateJustice #SocialJustice #BasicHumanDecency #OneLove
#Mermaid #Pirate #Artist #Advocate #Entrepreneur #Performer #Producer
So much this
November 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
So much this
I have been screaming for years that big companies have subsidized our tax dollars for 'welfare' because they refuse to pay a LIVING WAGE. $3 more an hour would help most people!
#corporategreed #livingwage #snap
#corporategreed #livingwage #snap
▫️State-specific variations, annual adjustments & household income can affect max amount
▫️Walmart's net profit (end of 1/25): $19.44B
▫️$3.00/hr raise would reduce or eliminate SNAP for some but, it wouldn't make it uneeded for all ⬇️ income individuals or families
#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory
▫️Walmart's net profit (end of 1/25): $19.44B
▫️$3.00/hr raise would reduce or eliminate SNAP for some but, it wouldn't make it uneeded for all ⬇️ income individuals or families
#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I have been screaming for years that big companies have subsidized our tax dollars for 'welfare' because they refuse to pay a LIVING WAGE. $3 more an hour would help most people!
#corporategreed #livingwage #snap
#corporategreed #livingwage #snap
Gonna be watching this...
Sounds like a partial resolution to the root of it at least. Moving homeless from one place to the next does not help anyone long term.
Sounds like a partial resolution to the root of it at least. Moving homeless from one place to the next does not help anyone long term.
Portland City Council will consider an amendment next week to redirect $4.3 million from the city program that sweeps homeless encampments. If passed, the budget adjustment will instead invest $2 million in rent and food assistance, and support for immigrants and refugees.
City Council Mulling $4.3 Million Cut From Homeless Sweeps Budget
“We’re in a position right now, where people are going to end up being unhoused for the long-term, and we have to take action,” City Councilor Angelita Morillo said, explaining a proposal to divert fu...
www.portlandmercury.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Gonna be watching this...
Sounds like a partial resolution to the root of it at least. Moving homeless from one place to the next does not help anyone long term.
Sounds like a partial resolution to the root of it at least. Moving homeless from one place to the next does not help anyone long term.
#SNAP benefits were already not enough to support people when prices were decent. $188/MO per person is barely enough for a week or two.
These benefits should realistically cover food costs for EVERY person in a household at the USDA noted actual cost levels. Even they say that's ~$1k/mo for 4ppl.
These benefits should realistically cover food costs for EVERY person in a household at the USDA noted actual cost levels. Even they say that's ~$1k/mo for 4ppl.
www.fns.usda.gov
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#SNAP benefits were already not enough to support people when prices were decent. $188/MO per person is barely enough for a week or two.
These benefits should realistically cover food costs for EVERY person in a household at the USDA noted actual cost levels. Even they say that's ~$1k/mo for 4ppl.
These benefits should realistically cover food costs for EVERY person in a household at the USDA noted actual cost levels. Even they say that's ~$1k/mo for 4ppl.
This local artist caught my heartstrings with this piece...
Creating safe spaces is critical to human health and development. What could we achieve if we all felt safe? Do you foster safe spaces when you're moving through the world?
#community #safety #success
Creating safe spaces is critical to human health and development. What could we achieve if we all felt safe? Do you foster safe spaces when you're moving through the world?
#community #safety #success
November 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This local artist caught my heartstrings with this piece...
Creating safe spaces is critical to human health and development. What could we achieve if we all felt safe? Do you foster safe spaces when you're moving through the world?
#community #safety #success
Creating safe spaces is critical to human health and development. What could we achieve if we all felt safe? Do you foster safe spaces when you're moving through the world?
#community #safety #success
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Hungry people are desperate people.
Desperate people are dangerous people.
Watch them point to crime increasing because people WILL do what it takes to SURVIVE when all other options are demolished in lieu of a ballroom, billionaire tax breaks, and other loyalist nonsense..
Desperate people are dangerous people.
Watch them point to crime increasing because people WILL do what it takes to SURVIVE when all other options are demolished in lieu of a ballroom, billionaire tax breaks, and other loyalist nonsense..
November 3, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Hungry people are desperate people.
Desperate people are dangerous people.
Watch them point to crime increasing because people WILL do what it takes to SURVIVE when all other options are demolished in lieu of a ballroom, billionaire tax breaks, and other loyalist nonsense..
Desperate people are dangerous people.
Watch them point to crime increasing because people WILL do what it takes to SURVIVE when all other options are demolished in lieu of a ballroom, billionaire tax breaks, and other loyalist nonsense..
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If you need to #EscapeReality for a bit AND you're in the #PortlandOregon area Nov 7, 8, 14 or 15, you should come laugh it out with this show. The laughs are keeping me human through the disaster of our present reality.
www.escaperealitycomedy.com
#comedy #livetheater #PDX
www.escaperealitycomedy.com
#comedy #livetheater #PDX
November 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
If you need to #EscapeReality for a bit AND you're in the #PortlandOregon area Nov 7, 8, 14 or 15, you should come laugh it out with this show. The laughs are keeping me human through the disaster of our present reality.
www.escaperealitycomedy.com
#comedy #livetheater #PDX
www.escaperealitycomedy.com
#comedy #livetheater #PDX
Most of my Halloween decor stays up year round, but there's one thing we should all toss to the garbage...
November 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Most of my Halloween decor stays up year round, but there's one thing we should all toss to the garbage...
For those needing #food in these troubled times in/near #PortlandOregon...
November 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
For those needing #food in these troubled times in/near #PortlandOregon...
October 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
#NYC has a portal to report #Ice breaking the law. EVERY state and county needs this!!
SHOW THEM THE RECEIPTS
SHOW THEM THE RECEIPTS
BREAKING: Letitia James has announced a Government portal for Videos and images of ICE Agents who may have committed crimes.
Please Use it and SHARE!
ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
Please Use it and SHARE!
ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
Federal Action Reporting Form
Federal Action Reporting Form Please use this form to share information regarding federal government action in New York state. Filing a complaint does not start
ag.ny.gov
October 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."
October 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."
Lemme get this right...
The govt shutdown because we don't have money for Americans to have healthcare...
But we do have money for Noem jets, a bailout to a tRump buddy, artillery over a major highway, bombing fisherman, AND the teardown of history in lieu of a guilded ballroom?
The govt shutdown because we don't have money for Americans to have healthcare...
But we do have money for Noem jets, a bailout to a tRump buddy, artillery over a major highway, bombing fisherman, AND the teardown of history in lieu of a guilded ballroom?
October 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Lemme get this right...
The govt shutdown because we don't have money for Americans to have healthcare...
But we do have money for Noem jets, a bailout to a tRump buddy, artillery over a major highway, bombing fisherman, AND the teardown of history in lieu of a guilded ballroom?
The govt shutdown because we don't have money for Americans to have healthcare...
But we do have money for Noem jets, a bailout to a tRump buddy, artillery over a major highway, bombing fisherman, AND the teardown of history in lieu of a guilded ballroom?
I haven't collaged in ages, but this came out in a week as a gift for a friend 💜
#artsky #collage #multimedia
#artsky #collage #multimedia
October 20, 2025 at 5:32 AM
I haven't collaged in ages, but this came out in a week as a gift for a friend 💜
#artsky #collage #multimedia
#artsky #collage #multimedia
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LICE 😂
Seattle, Washington
No Kings
Seattle, Washington
No Kings
October 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
LICE 😂
Seattle, Washington
No Kings
Seattle, Washington
No Kings
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Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?
October 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?
Fun fact:
Saying a lie over and over again will not make it true.
Portland is NOT a warzone.
Weird? Yes.
Determined to stand up for each other? Yes.
Ready to do it in the most fun way possible right in the face of the scum of humanity? Hell yes.
Saying a lie over and over again will not make it true.
Portland is NOT a warzone.
Weird? Yes.
Determined to stand up for each other? Yes.
Ready to do it in the most fun way possible right in the face of the scum of humanity? Hell yes.
October 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Fun fact:
Saying a lie over and over again will not make it true.
Portland is NOT a warzone.
Weird? Yes.
Determined to stand up for each other? Yes.
Ready to do it in the most fun way possible right in the face of the scum of humanity? Hell yes.
Saying a lie over and over again will not make it true.
Portland is NOT a warzone.
Weird? Yes.
Determined to stand up for each other? Yes.
Ready to do it in the most fun way possible right in the face of the scum of humanity? Hell yes.
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Please remember that the disgust people have over Christopher Columbus is not based on some modern, 21st century “woke” ideology, but rather on contemporaneous accounts of atrocities that make many modern genocides appear quaint in comparison.
Below, are the accounts of Bartlomé de las Casas.
Below, are the accounts of Bartlomé de las Casas.
October 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Please remember that the disgust people have over Christopher Columbus is not based on some modern, 21st century “woke” ideology, but rather on contemporaneous accounts of atrocities that make many modern genocides appear quaint in comparison.
Below, are the accounts of Bartlomé de las Casas.
Below, are the accounts of Bartlomé de las Casas.
Happy #IndigenousPeoplesDay!
Just a reminder:
Columbus was a fool who never set foot in America. That raping, murderous, piece of shit never deserved to be celebrated in the first place.
Just a reminder:
Columbus was a fool who never set foot in America. That raping, murderous, piece of shit never deserved to be celebrated in the first place.
October 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Happy #IndigenousPeoplesDay!
Just a reminder:
Columbus was a fool who never set foot in America. That raping, murderous, piece of shit never deserved to be celebrated in the first place.
Just a reminder:
Columbus was a fool who never set foot in America. That raping, murderous, piece of shit never deserved to be celebrated in the first place.
My Sunday has been a quiet unplug with prescient reminders.
#OctaviaButler #reading #booksky #ParableoftheTalents
#OctaviaButler #reading #booksky #ParableoftheTalents
October 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
My Sunday has been a quiet unplug with prescient reminders.
#OctaviaButler #reading #booksky #ParableoftheTalents
#OctaviaButler #reading #booksky #ParableoftheTalents
My heaven:
A workshop with all the supplies I need to create my heart's desires + a personal chef who enjoys sharing meals and creative space.
It gives #Gastronauts + #MakingIt
#artist #artresources #thisshitexpensive
A workshop with all the supplies I need to create my heart's desires + a personal chef who enjoys sharing meals and creative space.
It gives #Gastronauts + #MakingIt
#artist #artresources #thisshitexpensive
October 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
My heaven:
A workshop with all the supplies I need to create my heart's desires + a personal chef who enjoys sharing meals and creative space.
It gives #Gastronauts + #MakingIt
#artist #artresources #thisshitexpensive
A workshop with all the supplies I need to create my heart's desires + a personal chef who enjoys sharing meals and creative space.
It gives #Gastronauts + #MakingIt
#artist #artresources #thisshitexpensive