BusyJunco
@trappiste.bsky.social
Observations of Oregon, the West Coast, adjacent lands. Interests include housing, politics, local Oregon eateries, transportation, photography. Data scientist, healthcare. She/Her. On free Substack: @busyjunco.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Has the Capital Chronicle helped you keep up with Oregon news? We're trying to raise $20,000 by the end of the year to continue our work. No ads. No paywall. No fear or favor.
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Please support nonprofit news orgs like @oregoncapitalchronicle.com and @boltsmag.org, who are bringing us really good journalism during a time when we need it most.
Has the Capital Chronicle helped you keep up with Oregon news? We're trying to raise $20,000 by the end of the year to continue our work. No ads. No paywall. No fear or favor.
Donate • Oregon Capital Chronicle
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November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Please support nonprofit news orgs like @oregoncapitalchronicle.com and @boltsmag.org, who are bringing us really good journalism during a time when we need it most.
It hasn’t been getting in the national media, but ICE has been wreaking havoc in two of Oregon’s most diverse areas - Washington County, and Woodburn down to Salem. Hillsboro - a major suburb and home to Intel’s largest factories - declared a state of emergency this week as well.
City of Woodburn, Oregon declares state of emergency following sustained, illegal assault by government-aligned militia forces against local citizens
November 22, 2025 at 9:49 AM
It hasn’t been getting in the national media, but ICE has been wreaking havoc in two of Oregon’s most diverse areas - Washington County, and Woodburn down to Salem. Hillsboro - a major suburb and home to Intel’s largest factories - declared a state of emergency this week as well.
Welp. I built my second threads account up again, and started having some popular posts, and they just suspended me again for no reason. They are literally killing my account as soon as I make posts that are popular. Back to the personal diary that is bluesky, I guess.
November 22, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Welp. I built my second threads account up again, and started having some popular posts, and they just suspended me again for no reason. They are literally killing my account as soon as I make posts that are popular. Back to the personal diary that is bluesky, I guess.
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ESQUIRE: “ICE is hiring literally anybody, and it’s terrifying… people who flunk the exam, criminal records… yet they’re allowed to tear children from their beds at night.”
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 AM
ESQUIRE: “ICE is hiring literally anybody, and it’s terrifying… people who flunk the exam, criminal records… yet they’re allowed to tear children from their beds at night.”
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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Fox chyron reads "ANTI-ICE PROTESTS ROCK CHARLOTTE" while in the background on their liveshot you can see people in frog and dinosaur costumes
November 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Fox chyron reads "ANTI-ICE PROTESTS ROCK CHARLOTTE" while in the background on their liveshot you can see people in frog and dinosaur costumes
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As @lastweektonight.com covered tonight, local public media stations across the country are in crisis. You can help out by going to adoptastation.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 AM
As @lastweektonight.com covered tonight, local public media stations across the country are in crisis. You can help out by going to adoptastation.org
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This, from the people who said sending artillery shells to Ukraine would leave us unable to defend Taiwan.
Roughly a fifth of all deployed US naval ships are in the Caribbean, according to Stars & Stripes and USNI News
November 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This, from the people who said sending artillery shells to Ukraine would leave us unable to defend Taiwan.
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A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50.
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
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I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
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Alice Wong, disability rights advocate and wordsmith, dies at 51
Alice Wong, a transformational leader for disability rights and justice, who founded the Disability Visibility project to magnify disabled culture, died Nov. 14.
wapo.st
November 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50.
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
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In Northfield, Minnesota, masked ICE GOONS violently abducted a father. The Goons smashed a car window, beat and dragged the man at gunpoint, while his teenage son filmed the incident and begged them to stop. The father has not been seen since. (November 11, 2025)
November 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
In Northfield, Minnesota, masked ICE GOONS violently abducted a father. The Goons smashed a car window, beat and dragged the man at gunpoint, while his teenage son filmed the incident and begged them to stop. The father has not been seen since. (November 11, 2025)
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🚨 NASA scientists warn: critical equipment at Goddard Space Flight Center could be discarded during the shutdown, jeopardizing decades of Earth & space science missions.
📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...
#sciencepolicy #saveNASA
📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...
#sciencepolicy #saveNASA
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🚨 NASA scientists warn: critical equipment at Goddard Space Flight Center could be discarded during the shutdown, jeopardizing decades of Earth & space science missions.
📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...
#sciencepolicy #saveNASA
📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...
#sciencepolicy #saveNASA
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The Epstein case against Trump is as if everyone is looking at a 500 piece puzzle with 2 pieces missing and pretending they can't make out the picture for certain.
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The Epstein case against Trump is as if everyone is looking at a 500 piece puzzle with 2 pieces missing and pretending they can't make out the picture for certain.
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Portland Parks has scheduled a Pre-Application Conference in advance of the design competition for the Tom McCall Waterfront Park Bowl Redevelopment Project, which will "reimagine the Bowl and create the foundation for future improvements to the entire park" www.portlandmaps.com/detail/permi...
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Portland Parks has scheduled a Pre-Application Conference in advance of the design competition for the Tom McCall Waterfront Park Bowl Redevelopment Project, which will "reimagine the Bowl and create the foundation for future improvements to the entire park" www.portlandmaps.com/detail/permi...
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Mary Shelly lost her virginity on her mom's grave, facilitated a lesbian wedding, and carried her dead husband’s heart around in a bag, so, yeah, I agree, let’s return to traditional values.
November 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Mary Shelly lost her virginity on her mom's grave, facilitated a lesbian wedding, and carried her dead husband’s heart around in a bag, so, yeah, I agree, let’s return to traditional values.
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I lost my job, my kids have measles, and I was just detained by ICE for 10 days despite being a citizen carrying Real ID. But at least I know the Oberlin Student Senate won’t be doing land acknowledgements any more.
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I lost my job, my kids have measles, and I was just detained by ICE for 10 days despite being a citizen carrying Real ID. But at least I know the Oberlin Student Senate won’t be doing land acknowledgements any more.
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Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.
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People swear up and down that the notion of "supply and demand" is somehow not relevant to Bend, Oregon...
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Well look at that... plenty of new homes gives renters more choice, stopping rent hikes 🤔
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Bend's surge of apartment construction flattens rent hikes - The Bulletin
When Ian Gray looked for an apartment to rent in Bend earlier this year, he had something not available only a few years ago: a choice. Gray, who moved to Bend for a job as the city’s first-ever urban...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
People swear up and down that the notion of "supply and demand" is somehow not relevant to Bend, Oregon...
Eppur si muove
Eppur si muove
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Recall alert: A manufacturer of organic baby formula has recalled all of its products sold nationwide.
ByHeart produces formula powder at a plant in Allerton, Iowa, and then ships it to a site in Portland, Oregon, for canning and distribution. FDA inspectors were at the Portland plant yesterday.
ByHeart produces formula powder at a plant in Allerton, Iowa, and then ships it to a site in Portland, Oregon, for canning and distribution. FDA inspectors were at the Portland plant yesterday.
Baby formula distributed out of Oregon recalled as infant botulism outbreak grows
ByHeart, a manufacturer of organic baby formula, recalled all of its products sold nationwide Tuesday, days after some batches were recalled in an expanding outbreak of infant botulism.
www.opb.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Recall alert: A manufacturer of organic baby formula has recalled all of its products sold nationwide.
ByHeart produces formula powder at a plant in Allerton, Iowa, and then ships it to a site in Portland, Oregon, for canning and distribution. FDA inspectors were at the Portland plant yesterday.
ByHeart produces formula powder at a plant in Allerton, Iowa, and then ships it to a site in Portland, Oregon, for canning and distribution. FDA inspectors were at the Portland plant yesterday.
The absolute mess that is the center and left side of the British political spectrum is really putting them in danger of handing the country to people who will take it down a very dark path.
What happens if the Greens overtake Labour in the polls? All bets are off | Gaby Hinsliff
What happens if the Greens overtake Labour in the polls? All bets are off | Gaby Hinsliff
They may lack Labour’s party machine, but Zack Polanski’s burgeoning popularity could have seismic consequences for British politics, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The absolute mess that is the center and left side of the British political spectrum is really putting them in danger of handing the country to people who will take it down a very dark path.
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Went for a bike ride today and was in just shorts/jersey. Pretty incredible for November in Oregon!
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Went for a bike ride today and was in just shorts/jersey. Pretty incredible for November in Oregon!
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NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
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These are the people who forged Electoral College vote certificates and tried to pass them off as real, right in front of the whole country.
Maybe the most insane crime of them all.
Maybe the most insane crime of them all.
BREAKING:
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 AM
These are the people who forged Electoral College vote certificates and tried to pass them off as real, right in front of the whole country.
Maybe the most insane crime of them all.
Maybe the most insane crime of them all.
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Trump is offering a pardon to any criminal who tried to help him steal an election.
The most corrupt administration in history and Republicans won’t say a peep.
The most corrupt administration in history and Republicans won’t say a peep.
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others involved in bid to overturn 2020 election
The pardons may be largely symbolic as none of the people listed were convicted of federal crimes, which the presidential pardon covers.
www.nbcnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Trump is offering a pardon to any criminal who tried to help him steal an election.
The most corrupt administration in history and Republicans won’t say a peep.
The most corrupt administration in history and Republicans won’t say a peep.
Disgusting. White supremacy enforced at home and abroad.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Disgusting. White supremacy enforced at home and abroad.