Amy Wheeler
@amynew.bsky.social
PDX. I’m not a librarian, but I get to work with them
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If you are in the Portland metro please support a local collective of women farmworkers and get a beautiful wreath! www.mujeresluchadoras.org/shop/p/2024-...
Oregon Holiday Wreath — Mujeres Luchadoras Progresistas
Beautiful holiday wreaths made to support farmworker women in Northwest Oregon
www.mujeresluchadoras.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
If you are in the Portland metro please support a local collective of women farmworkers and get a beautiful wreath! www.mujeresluchadoras.org/shop/p/2024-...
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Put librarians in charge. They would very quietly and quickly just figure it out and then take no credit.
November 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Put librarians in charge. They would very quietly and quickly just figure it out and then take no credit.
WTF
A citizen ballot initiative backed by the Portland Police Association will seek to reroute 25% of revenues from the Portland Clean Energy Fund tax to fund the hiring of 400 additional police officers.
Ballot Initiative Will Seek to Reroute 25% of Climate Tax Revenues to Hiring Police
Sophie Peel
www.wweek.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
WTF
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Want a party that actually fights back? Run for office. We’ll help you. runforwhat.net
Run for Something
Find offices you can run for
runforwhat.net
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Want a party that actually fights back? Run for office. We’ll help you. runforwhat.net
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I had so much I needed to get done today but instead I’m stressed out that the party that is supposedly meant to represent us is run by so many feckless assholes we might lose everything in one fell swoop — get your backs up and meet the moment or fucking retire you assholes!!!
November 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I had so much I needed to get done today but instead I’m stressed out that the party that is supposedly meant to represent us is run by so many feckless assholes we might lose everything in one fell swoop — get your backs up and meet the moment or fucking retire you assholes!!!
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ICE is active in D2 today. Please support your neighbors in the best way you're individually able to.
🚨🚸 - Safe routes to school is more than a talking point. If you are in North Portland this afternoon, please heed this call to support after school pickup today at James John & Cesar Chavez Elementary Schools and George Middle School. #AbolishICE
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November 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
ICE is active in D2 today. Please support your neighbors in the best way you're individually able to.
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State Rep. Christine Drazan just pursued -- and won -- an open Senate seat, even though she plans to run for governor.
That may seem confusing until you realize Senators can raise political cash during legislative session. Reps cannot. #orleg #orpol
www.opb.org/article/2025...
That may seem confusing until you realize Senators can raise political cash during legislative session. Reps cannot. #orleg #orpol
www.opb.org/article/2025...
Republican Christine Drazan appointed to Oregon Senate
The former house republican leader is expected to announce she’ll run for governor in 2026.
www.opb.org
October 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
State Rep. Christine Drazan just pursued -- and won -- an open Senate seat, even though she plans to run for governor.
That may seem confusing until you realize Senators can raise political cash during legislative session. Reps cannot. #orleg #orpol
www.opb.org/article/2025...
That may seem confusing until you realize Senators can raise political cash during legislative session. Reps cannot. #orleg #orpol
www.opb.org/article/2025...
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Food shortages in poor communities leads to ppl engaging in survival tactics. The State frames this as senseless crime. They criminalize poor, hungry folks for trying to live. They send in troops and put folks in prisons, lining the pockets of private prison owners.
Wash, rinse, repeat.
Wash, rinse, repeat.
October 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Food shortages in poor communities leads to ppl engaging in survival tactics. The State frames this as senseless crime. They criminalize poor, hungry folks for trying to live. They send in troops and put folks in prisons, lining the pockets of private prison owners.
Wash, rinse, repeat.
Wash, rinse, repeat.
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There are two Portland, Oregons. I live in the real one. open.substack.com/pub/leahsott...
64. The Absurdity
There are two Portland, Oregons. I live in the real one.
open.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
There are two Portland, Oregons. I live in the real one. open.substack.com/pub/leahsott...
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An “accident chain” is a collection of small mistakes or oversights that, together, can lead to an accident, injury or death. As the former CEO of one of North America’s safest freight trucking companies, I’ve learned to see these potential chain-links everywhere.
www.newsweek.com/portland-may...
www.newsweek.com/portland-may...
Portland Mayor: ICE Facility Is a Disaster Waiting To Happen
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s visit to Portland was a taxpayer-funded whistle-stop tour to prop up a ludicrous fable of domestic terrorism.
www.newsweek.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
An “accident chain” is a collection of small mistakes or oversights that, together, can lead to an accident, injury or death. As the former CEO of one of North America’s safest freight trucking companies, I’ve learned to see these potential chain-links everywhere.
www.newsweek.com/portland-may...
www.newsweek.com/portland-may...
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I’m still thinking about this, actually.
School kids go through mass shooter drills these days the way we went through fire drills when we were their age. And it’s OUR fault. The least we can do is let them have their own ridiculous and loud JOY. “6-7” makes it them laugh and they’ve EARNED it.
School kids go through mass shooter drills these days the way we went through fire drills when we were their age. And it’s OUR fault. The least we can do is let them have their own ridiculous and loud JOY. “6-7” makes it them laugh and they’ve EARNED it.
October 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I’m still thinking about this, actually.
School kids go through mass shooter drills these days the way we went through fire drills when we were their age. And it’s OUR fault. The least we can do is let them have their own ridiculous and loud JOY. “6-7” makes it them laugh and they’ve EARNED it.
School kids go through mass shooter drills these days the way we went through fire drills when we were their age. And it’s OUR fault. The least we can do is let them have their own ridiculous and loud JOY. “6-7” makes it them laugh and they’ve EARNED it.
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The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America
A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Community will save us.
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Community will save us.
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Waking up to some careless parachute journalism from the NYT. Really frustrating that @kellen.bsky.social chooses to write that "some top filers" have left Portland due to the Preschool for All tax but neglects to mention that the number of overall filers went up by many thousands in that period.+
October 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Waking up to some careless parachute journalism from the NYT. Really frustrating that @kellen.bsky.social chooses to write that "some top filers" have left Portland due to the Preschool for All tax but neglects to mention that the number of overall filers went up by many thousands in that period.+
I also highly recommend Relinquished by @gretchensisson.bsky.social It will open your eyes to the true experience for birth moms and the propaganda/marketing of adoption in this country.
If you want to understand open adoption, it makes sense to start with birth parents—yet studies of them are few. 2+ yrs ago, I began talking w/ birth mothers to try to understand what living in an open adoption is like for them, and what rights or options they might have if challenges were to arise.
When Adoption Promises Are Broken
Many birth mothers hope to maintain contact with their child. But their agreements with adoptive parents can be fragile.
www.theatlantic.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I also highly recommend Relinquished by @gretchensisson.bsky.social It will open your eyes to the true experience for birth moms and the propaganda/marketing of adoption in this country.
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As a resident of #Portland it is impossible to capture how unhinged this is. We are a low crime city and the ICE protest "siege" consists of one auxiliary ICE office that normally has at most a dozen weirdos debating what performance art they should use to block a single driveway
Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland
September 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
As a resident of #Portland it is impossible to capture how unhinged this is. We are a low crime city and the ICE protest "siege" consists of one auxiliary ICE office that normally has at most a dozen weirdos debating what performance art they should use to block a single driveway
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Proud to announce that I’m going to be swimming 5K for the Endometriosis Foundation of America’s End Endo 5K!
Endo is something that I, along with 1 in 10 people with a uterus, live with. To join me in supporting Endo research and advocacy, tap the link below!
give.endofound.org/MaraWilson5k...
Endo is something that I, along with 1 in 10 people with a uterus, live with. To join me in supporting Endo research and advocacy, tap the link below!
give.endofound.org/MaraWilson5k...
September 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Proud to announce that I’m going to be swimming 5K for the Endometriosis Foundation of America’s End Endo 5K!
Endo is something that I, along with 1 in 10 people with a uterus, live with. To join me in supporting Endo research and advocacy, tap the link below!
give.endofound.org/MaraWilson5k...
Endo is something that I, along with 1 in 10 people with a uterus, live with. To join me in supporting Endo research and advocacy, tap the link below!
give.endofound.org/MaraWilson5k...
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Portland has spent billions on housing, with very little to show for it. Let's stop reinventing the wheel and instead learn from the successes and failures of other cities around the world to create something that actually works for Portland.
September 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Portland has spent billions on housing, with very little to show for it. Let's stop reinventing the wheel and instead learn from the successes and failures of other cities around the world to create something that actually works for Portland.
Y’all, these 2 dogs are up for adoption as a pair at Oregon Humane Society.
September 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Y’all, these 2 dogs are up for adoption as a pair at Oregon Humane Society.
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Starting the Tasks for the National Guard in Portland list.
Priming the pump with a few and gonna crowdsource the rest; feel free to submit here. I will also have a paper and pen version on my fence.
Priming the pump with a few and gonna crowdsource the rest; feel free to submit here. I will also have a paper and pen version on my fence.
It's clear that printing and distribution of my publication TASKS FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD IN CHICAGO is going to disrupt my life at a time when I have no time, so here are files you can print from. It's a double-sided 8.5 x 11" sheet of paper. Please do not edit the text. Have fun!
September 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Starting the Tasks for the National Guard in Portland list.
Priming the pump with a few and gonna crowdsource the rest; feel free to submit here. I will also have a paper and pen version on my fence.
Priming the pump with a few and gonna crowdsource the rest; feel free to submit here. I will also have a paper and pen version on my fence.
I really wish America the Beautiful was our national anthem.
Let’s go Amanda Anisimova!!
Let’s go Amanda Anisimova!!
September 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I really wish America the Beautiful was our national anthem.
Let’s go Amanda Anisimova!!
Let’s go Amanda Anisimova!!
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I want to push back against the sentiment that we live in terrible political times and we must exist as if we don't. Let me hold your hand gently when I say this:
You don't have to keep it moving like the world isn't burning. You can meet the moment *and* do daily life. Let's talk about how. 🧵
You don't have to keep it moving like the world isn't burning. You can meet the moment *and* do daily life. Let's talk about how. 🧵
September 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I want to push back against the sentiment that we live in terrible political times and we must exist as if we don't. Let me hold your hand gently when I say this:
You don't have to keep it moving like the world isn't burning. You can meet the moment *and* do daily life. Let's talk about how. 🧵
You don't have to keep it moving like the world isn't burning. You can meet the moment *and* do daily life. Let's talk about how. 🧵
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Street Roots, a Portland-based nonprofit news outlet, needs more than $250,000 by the end of the month or it may have to cut jobs and reduce services.
Facing cuts, news outlet Street Roots asks for Portland’s help
The paper needs $288,000 by the end of the month or it might cut jobs.
www.opb.org
September 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Street Roots, a Portland-based nonprofit news outlet, needs more than $250,000 by the end of the month or it may have to cut jobs and reduce services.