Vivian S.
@vivianherself.bsky.social
baby bureaucrat in a big bureaucracy
this is my personal account, little thoughts are all my own
this is my personal account, little thoughts are all my own
In terms of personal impact, the worst part of my 30+ hour airline travel saga this past weekend was having to wear compression socks the entire time.
November 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
In terms of personal impact, the worst part of my 30+ hour airline travel saga this past weekend was having to wear compression socks the entire time.
Can we agree that November 1 is far too early for Christmas music?
November 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Can we agree that November 1 is far too early for Christmas music?
Happy to mainstream the most complex of all kinship systems, the Chinese 亲属系统 in which there is a specific designation for almost every member's kin based on their generation, lineage, relative age, and gender. Family gatherings are a memorization exercise.
Auntie/Uncle works just fine, y'all. 🙄
Auntie/Uncle works just fine, y'all. 🙄
October 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Happy to mainstream the most complex of all kinship systems, the Chinese 亲属系统 in which there is a specific designation for almost every member's kin based on their generation, lineage, relative age, and gender. Family gatherings are a memorization exercise.
Auntie/Uncle works just fine, y'all. 🙄
Auntie/Uncle works just fine, y'all. 🙄
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Feeding America has a page where you can input your zip code and it'll show you all of the food banks near you overlaid on a map. If you need it, it's there. If you don't need it, think about donating money if you have it and your time if you don't.
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
Find Your Local Food Bank | Feeding America
Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and mobile pantries in your community.
www.feedingamerica.org
October 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Feeding America has a page where you can input your zip code and it'll show you all of the food banks near you overlaid on a map. If you need it, it's there. If you don't need it, think about donating money if you have it and your time if you don't.
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
I already see shoppers in my area WinCo putting items back at the register they can't afford on SNAP allocations. I already have dolled out dollars from my own wallet when this happens. I fear empty markets and no Sunday evening rush at the check out line when folks lose SNAP and are going without.
October 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I already see shoppers in my area WinCo putting items back at the register they can't afford on SNAP allocations. I already have dolled out dollars from my own wallet when this happens. I fear empty markets and no Sunday evening rush at the check out line when folks lose SNAP and are going without.
757,000 Oregon residents who receive assistance through SNAP could lose this needed resource for November if the federal government shutdown persists.
This would impact over 143,000 SNAP participants in Multnomah County, and the shoppers at my neighborhood market.
This would impact over 143,000 SNAP participants in Multnomah County, and the shoppers at my neighborhood market.
October 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
757,000 Oregon residents who receive assistance through SNAP could lose this needed resource for November if the federal government shutdown persists.
This would impact over 143,000 SNAP participants in Multnomah County, and the shoppers at my neighborhood market.
This would impact over 143,000 SNAP participants in Multnomah County, and the shoppers at my neighborhood market.
Soggy neighborhood farmers market this morning, overhearing more than one conversation amongst shoppers about the impending loss of SNAP benefits and how they were strategically spending their dollars accordingly.
This market offers a SNAP cash match, doubling shoppers bucks.
This market offers a SNAP cash match, doubling shoppers bucks.
October 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Soggy neighborhood farmers market this morning, overhearing more than one conversation amongst shoppers about the impending loss of SNAP benefits and how they were strategically spending their dollars accordingly.
This market offers a SNAP cash match, doubling shoppers bucks.
This market offers a SNAP cash match, doubling shoppers bucks.
I can always recall having enough food at home but it wasn't until I was much older that I learned how many times my parents went without a meal during the toughest times.
October 25, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I can always recall having enough food at home but it wasn't until I was much older that I learned how many times my parents went without a meal during the toughest times.
Many of our neighbors will be facing food insecurity this winter. Money can be more useful for food banks than food, but there are many tasks to fill like delivering meals and boxes, serving hot meals and making bagged sandwiches. Ask around and see how you can help.
October 25, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Many of our neighbors will be facing food insecurity this winter. Money can be more useful for food banks than food, but there are many tasks to fill like delivering meals and boxes, serving hot meals and making bagged sandwiches. Ask around and see how you can help.
Gen Z door kid at the new underground music venue just told me my jacket is 'so sick' so basically I'll be riding on that confidence boost for a few days.
October 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Gen Z door kid at the new underground music venue just told me my jacket is 'so sick' so basically I'll be riding on that confidence boost for a few days.
If anyone asks me for my papers, I'll show my birth certificate which lists my mother's nationality as "Remainder World" because geopolitical contexts are not arbitrary but borders are.
October 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
If anyone asks me for my papers, I'll show my birth certificate which lists my mother's nationality as "Remainder World" because geopolitical contexts are not arbitrary but borders are.
Mariners really capsized, eh?
October 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Mariners really capsized, eh?
St Vincent re-recorded her most recent album in Spanish, Todos Nacen Gritando, to pay tribute to her fan base in Latin America. It's fantastic and I can't believe I'm a year late from its release to enjoy it.
October 20, 2025 at 2:09 AM
St Vincent re-recorded her most recent album in Spanish, Todos Nacen Gritando, to pay tribute to her fan base in Latin America. It's fantastic and I can't believe I'm a year late from its release to enjoy it.
In a world flooded with useless camping and outdoor gear, I propose yet another one. Hear me out .. belay glasses but for stargazing.
October 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
In a world flooded with useless camping and outdoor gear, I propose yet another one. Hear me out .. belay glasses but for stargazing.
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Once again reupping WIRED's many guides for those heading to the No Kings protests this weekend.
We also made a zine that you can print out and share if you need something small and light.
www.wired.com/story/downlo...
We also made a zine that you can print out and share if you need something small and light.
www.wired.com/story/downlo...
October 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Once again reupping WIRED's many guides for those heading to the No Kings protests this weekend.
We also made a zine that you can print out and share if you need something small and light.
www.wired.com/story/downlo...
We also made a zine that you can print out and share if you need something small and light.
www.wired.com/story/downlo...
One noticable difference in my workplace going from majority POC environmental justice nonprofit to local municipal government: I hear 'alrighty' and 'okie dokie' used way more in the office.
October 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
One noticable difference in my workplace going from majority POC environmental justice nonprofit to local municipal government: I hear 'alrighty' and 'okie dokie' used way more in the office.
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What The Hell Is Going On, a thread:
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
October 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What The Hell Is Going On, a thread:
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
And this is why I will always be proud to be not just a Chicagoan, but to have been born, raised and shaped by the people and streets of Rogers Park, Chicago. Stand on it!
My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."
They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.
Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.
organizingmythoughts.org
October 13, 2025 at 3:15 AM
And this is why I will always be proud to be not just a Chicagoan, but to have been born, raised and shaped by the people and streets of Rogers Park, Chicago. Stand on it!
Similar to the discomfort I had around USians referring to early covid closures as 'lockdown', any use of Tiananmen images to describe current resistance actions in Portland is a total miss for me (especially as a first gen Chinese American, wtf).
October 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Similar to the discomfort I had around USians referring to early covid closures as 'lockdown', any use of Tiananmen images to describe current resistance actions in Portland is a total miss for me (especially as a first gen Chinese American, wtf).
Every single live show I've attended this week has artists sharing so much love for Portlanders and this beautiful landscape. Across genres, musicians understand their role in resistance art and creating joyful spaces.
October 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Every single live show I've attended this week has artists sharing so much love for Portlanders and this beautiful landscape. Across genres, musicians understand their role in resistance art and creating joyful spaces.
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I'm so proud of everyone from my old neighborhood of Rogers Park in Chicago. I see what you have been and are doing. I am so proud of how organized the community is and how much more so everyone is becoming. It is inspiring. Just one example... And this is something EVERYONE can do. Everyone.
October 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I'm so proud of everyone from my old neighborhood of Rogers Park in Chicago. I see what you have been and are doing. I am so proud of how organized the community is and how much more so everyone is becoming. It is inspiring. Just one example... And this is something EVERYONE can do. Everyone.
Going to hardcore shows at 40: okay, you can hurt your neck by headbanging.
October 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Going to hardcore shows at 40: okay, you can hurt your neck by headbanging.
I am saddened by this news. Justin Woodward, a former Castagna alum Matthew DuBois, and my dear friend Justin Buri, all Portland industry workers and my contemporaries who didn't live to see middle age.
Yesterday we learned the unfortunate and sad news that Chef Justin Woodward has died. He was the chef at Castagna, a James Beard Awards nominee multiple times, and beloved by friends and family. He will be missed. #justinwoodward #obituary #portland #bridgetownbites
Chef Justin Woodward Has Died - Bridgetown Bites
Chef Justin Woodward has died at age 43. The cause of death, according to his family, was liver failure due to alcoholism.
bridgetownbites.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I am saddened by this news. Justin Woodward, a former Castagna alum Matthew DuBois, and my dear friend Justin Buri, all Portland industry workers and my contemporaries who didn't live to see middle age.
Burgerville prayer < SuperDeluxe invocation
October 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Burgerville prayer < SuperDeluxe invocation
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If you have a better idea, you can just execute it.
October 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
If you have a better idea, you can just execute it.