Maggie Wauklyn
@simplykumquat.bsky.social
Artist, naturalist, photographer, erstwhile educator, choral member, defense investigator. With Long-COVID.
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Food Resource List - PDX
Food Resources PDX Share this sheet to amplify these existing resources to support individuals & families in accessing food during this government shutdown. A delay in SNAP means over 750,000 families...
docs.google.com
🍲 HEY: need food resources in PDX but don't want to traipse through a long thread?
No worries, jawaherpdx on IG did the work for us:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
No worries, jawaherpdx on IG did the work for us:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Nichols is a good example of a white person who doesn't understand that fascism can be unevenly distributed. Just because YOU aren't experiencing it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. This is loser shit.
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Nichols is a good example of a white person who doesn't understand that fascism can be unevenly distributed. Just because YOU aren't experiencing it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. This is loser shit.
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
After seven years of enduring, our landlord has replaced our awful, "runs extremely, dangerously too hot at all times" oven replaced with one that (I think, according to the tests I've run,) actually works like a real oven, and I'm feeling so many emotions about it it's unreal.
a close up of a man 's face with a beard .
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a beard .
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
After seven years of enduring, our landlord has replaced our awful, "runs extremely, dangerously too hot at all times" oven replaced with one that (I think, according to the tests I've run,) actually works like a real oven, and I'm feeling so many emotions about it it's unreal.
Going through photos today and found a gem of a folder called "where is Molly trapped?"
November 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Going through photos today and found a gem of a folder called "where is Molly trapped?"
One of the flight attendants on our flight home had a(n almost certainly coincidental) Rama Bob and it looked so chic on her that it genuinely took my breath away.
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
One of the flight attendants on our flight home had a(n almost certainly coincidental) Rama Bob and it looked so chic on her that it genuinely took my breath away.
I think I'm at 4 friends who:
1. Quiz me extensively about my chronic illnesses
2. Disclose that they have symptoms that line up very similarly to mine
3. Tell me they're going to the Dr. for dx
4. I warn them that many Dr.'s will not dx.
5. At appt they indeed receive no dx
1. Quiz me extensively about my chronic illnesses
2. Disclose that they have symptoms that line up very similarly to mine
3. Tell me they're going to the Dr. for dx
4. I warn them that many Dr.'s will not dx.
5. At appt they indeed receive no dx
November 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I think I'm at 4 friends who:
1. Quiz me extensively about my chronic illnesses
2. Disclose that they have symptoms that line up very similarly to mine
3. Tell me they're going to the Dr. for dx
4. I warn them that many Dr.'s will not dx.
5. At appt they indeed receive no dx
1. Quiz me extensively about my chronic illnesses
2. Disclose that they have symptoms that line up very similarly to mine
3. Tell me they're going to the Dr. for dx
4. I warn them that many Dr.'s will not dx.
5. At appt they indeed receive no dx
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
1. This sucks Extremely Much
2. You need to follow Lex, since now they'll be less easy to find casually, and Good Politics Reporting is essential right now.
2. You need to follow Lex, since now they'll be less easy to find casually, and Good Politics Reporting is essential right now.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
1. This sucks Extremely Much
2. You need to follow Lex, since now they'll be less easy to find casually, and Good Politics Reporting is essential right now.
2. You need to follow Lex, since now they'll be less easy to find casually, and Good Politics Reporting is essential right now.
I was at a thrift store today and I saw a jellycat avacado stuffie that was wearing a. LITTLE HANDKNIT PURPLE HAT WITH A POMPOM AND EVERYTHING and
1.) I was extremely tempted, but realistically:
2.) I should just make little hats or scarves for the stuffies I have.
1.) I was extremely tempted, but realistically:
2.) I should just make little hats or scarves for the stuffies I have.
November 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I was at a thrift store today and I saw a jellycat avacado stuffie that was wearing a. LITTLE HANDKNIT PURPLE HAT WITH A POMPOM AND EVERYTHING and
1.) I was extremely tempted, but realistically:
2.) I should just make little hats or scarves for the stuffies I have.
1.) I was extremely tempted, but realistically:
2.) I should just make little hats or scarves for the stuffies I have.
Reposted by Maggie Wauklyn
As SNAP hangs in the balance for nearly 42 million people, misinformation is rampant. Myths of laziness and fraud persist when we should be talking about too low wages for workers, income inequality, and our threadbare social safety net.
In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
SNAP benefits feed essential needs while still leaving many hungry for more
Journalist and author Adam Chandler explains what so much of the conversation about them gets wrong.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
As SNAP hangs in the balance for nearly 42 million people, misinformation is rampant. Myths of laziness and fraud persist when we should be talking about too low wages for workers, income inequality, and our threadbare social safety net.
In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
Happy day after Halloween, here I am dressed as a ghost at the function*
*(choir rehearsal)
*(choir rehearsal)
November 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Happy day after Halloween, here I am dressed as a ghost at the function*
*(choir rehearsal)
*(choir rehearsal)
🍲 HEY: need food resources in PDX but don't want to traipse through a long thread?
No worries, jawaherpdx on IG did the work for us:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
No worries, jawaherpdx on IG did the work for us:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Food Resource List - PDX
Food Resources PDX Share this sheet to amplify these existing resources to support individuals & families in accessing food during this government shutdown. A delay in SNAP means over 750,000 families...
docs.google.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:55 AM
🍲 HEY: need food resources in PDX but don't want to traipse through a long thread?
No worries, jawaherpdx on IG did the work for us:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
No worries, jawaherpdx on IG did the work for us:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
🍲 FOOD ASSISTANCE RESOURCE THREAD: PORTLAND, OR
Over on IG I've been collecting the names of organizations / mutual aid groups in PDX who do a lot of work with food distribution.
I will list them below in case you need them, OR in case you have been wondering where to donate
Over on IG I've been collecting the names of organizations / mutual aid groups in PDX who do a lot of work with food distribution.
I will list them below in case you need them, OR in case you have been wondering where to donate
October 31, 2025 at 3:09 AM
🍲 FOOD ASSISTANCE RESOURCE THREAD: PORTLAND, OR
Over on IG I've been collecting the names of organizations / mutual aid groups in PDX who do a lot of work with food distribution.
I will list them below in case you need them, OR in case you have been wondering where to donate
Over on IG I've been collecting the names of organizations / mutual aid groups in PDX who do a lot of work with food distribution.
I will list them below in case you need them, OR in case you have been wondering where to donate
How it's going:
a girl with a ponytail is eating a piece of food in a field
Alt: The scene from Howl's Moving Castle where Chihiro is eating a big dumping and crying giant crocodile tears
media.tenor.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
How it's going:
Reposted by Maggie Wauklyn
If you know someone relying on SNAP, reach out to them.
Don’t assume they can “just go to a food bank”
Don’t assume they have a contingency.
Many people, especially with disabilities, either can’t get to a food bank or have special diets they can’t accommodate.
They need help
Don’t assume they can “just go to a food bank”
Don’t assume they have a contingency.
Many people, especially with disabilities, either can’t get to a food bank or have special diets they can’t accommodate.
They need help
October 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
If you know someone relying on SNAP, reach out to them.
Don’t assume they can “just go to a food bank”
Don’t assume they have a contingency.
Many people, especially with disabilities, either can’t get to a food bank or have special diets they can’t accommodate.
They need help
Don’t assume they can “just go to a food bank”
Don’t assume they have a contingency.
Many people, especially with disabilities, either can’t get to a food bank or have special diets they can’t accommodate.
They need help
Reposted by Maggie Wauklyn
Neurobiology echoing @prisonculture.bsky.social’s wise words: “Hope is a discipline.”
“Why are traumatized people so MISERABLE?”
“Too much disappointment teaches the system that ‘wanting leads to pain,’ and so it stops responding to potential rewards. … Biologically, it’s an adaptive silencing of the very circuits that make us feel alive.” www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/an-i...
“Too much disappointment teaches the system that ‘wanting leads to pain,’ and so it stops responding to potential rewards. … Biologically, it’s an adaptive silencing of the very circuits that make us feel alive.” www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/an-i...
How Chronic Disappointment Rewires the Brain
Chronic disappointment can train the brain to expect pain instead of reward. Restoring hope means reawakening dopamine through small actions, enriched environments, and new desire.
www.psychologytoday.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Neurobiology echoing @prisonculture.bsky.social’s wise words: “Hope is a discipline.”
Via the economist: "Gita Gopinath on the crash that could torch $35trn of wealth"
I do think this sort of thing is important to keep an eye on, but also articles like this always sound like "ppl who trade hypothetical $$$ are worried that everyone will realize it's hypothetical"
archive.ph/2bF1A/
I do think this sort of thing is important to keep an eye on, but also articles like this always sound like "ppl who trade hypothetical $$$ are worried that everyone will realize it's hypothetical"
archive.ph/2bF1A/
archive.ph
October 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Via the economist: "Gita Gopinath on the crash that could torch $35trn of wealth"
I do think this sort of thing is important to keep an eye on, but also articles like this always sound like "ppl who trade hypothetical $$$ are worried that everyone will realize it's hypothetical"
archive.ph/2bF1A/
I do think this sort of thing is important to keep an eye on, but also articles like this always sound like "ppl who trade hypothetical $$$ are worried that everyone will realize it's hypothetical"
archive.ph/2bF1A/
Reposted by Maggie Wauklyn
white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
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October 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
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The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight
October 14, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight
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Somehow I don't think "Oregon has no injury in having out of state NG occupying Oregon" is going to go over well
October 6, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Somehow I don't think "Oregon has no injury in having out of state NG occupying Oregon" is going to go over well
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Video taken one hour ago outside the Portland ICE facility of the violent insurrectionists in question
October 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Video taken one hour ago outside the Portland ICE facility of the violent insurrectionists in question
Finished my extremely ambitious knitting project and I am so pleased with it, not least because I actually finished it ahead of the cold and rainy times.
October 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Finished my extremely ambitious knitting project and I am so pleased with it, not least because I actually finished it ahead of the cold and rainy times.