Darcy Burke
@darcyburkeauthor.bsky.social
Mom to 2 amazing humans and 7 rescue cats, historical mystery & romance author, history nerd.
Damn, I love my city. ❤️🐸🇺🇸
Y’all here is a fun fact: Portland has a brand new volunteer organization called “operation inflation” that allows people to borrow inflatable costumes for protests. They just started a couple weeks ago and have like a 160 costume library (and counting because people keep donating).
OPERATION INFLATION
www.operationinflation.com
October 19, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Damn, I love my city. ❤️🐸🇺🇸
Pretty accurate.
LA: we will fight you.
Chicago: we will fight you.
PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.
Chicago: we will fight you.
PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.
October 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Pretty accurate.
This is what’s really happening in Portland at the ICE facility. This should enrage you regardless of party or ideology. Peaceful protest is who we are.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest
An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.
www.oregonlive.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This is what’s really happening in Portland at the ICE facility. This should enrage you regardless of party or ideology. Peaceful protest is who we are.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
This is batshit bonkers.
The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.
Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show
A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.
bit.ly
October 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
This is batshit bonkers.
Paracetamol is Acetaminophen which is Tylenol. At least we can get real science from other countries.
UK medicine regulator confirms there is no evidence paracetamol causes autism in children www.gov.uk/government/n...
MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children
Paracetamol should be taken as directed in the patient information leaflet
www.gov.uk
September 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Paracetamol is Acetaminophen which is Tylenol. At least we can get real science from other countries.
This is so incredibly dangerous. We are headed back to the Dark Ages with this BS.
President Trump and HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are expected to tie autism to acetaminophen use during pregnancy, and present a cancer drug as a possible treatment. There is little credible scientific evidence for either claim.
The Trump administration is expected to link autism to Tylenol use during pregnancy
President Trump and HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are expected to tie autism to acetaminophen use during pregnancy, and present a cancer drug as a possible treatment. There is little credible scientific evidence for either claim.
n.pr
September 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is so incredibly dangerous. We are headed back to the Dark Ages with this BS.
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The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
September 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
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Great collab between @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social and @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social for the @latimes.com! Share widely
September 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Great collab between @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social and @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social for the @latimes.com! Share widely
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We are in an unprecedented time--when most people's needs are simply not being addressed by politicians, because addressing those needs will upset the uber-wealthy who hold the purse strings of political donations.
August 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We are in an unprecedented time--when most people's needs are simply not being addressed by politicians, because addressing those needs will upset the uber-wealthy who hold the purse strings of political donations.
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A few days ago my dear friend Ed passed away from cancer. Ed was a Marine who served in the Vietnam War. He cared deeply about our country & that's what we talked about every day.
His dying wish was to see his awesome cats placed in a good home.
DM me if you're interested in 1, 2 or all 3.
His dying wish was to see his awesome cats placed in a good home.
DM me if you're interested in 1, 2 or all 3.
July 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A few days ago my dear friend Ed passed away from cancer. Ed was a Marine who served in the Vietnam War. He cared deeply about our country & that's what we talked about every day.
His dying wish was to see his awesome cats placed in a good home.
DM me if you're interested in 1, 2 or all 3.
His dying wish was to see his awesome cats placed in a good home.
DM me if you're interested in 1, 2 or all 3.
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My take on the consequences of the media's "original sin."
member.democracydocket.com/the-medias-o...
member.democracydocket.com/the-medias-o...
May 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
My take on the consequences of the media's "original sin."
member.democracydocket.com/the-medias-o...
member.democracydocket.com/the-medias-o...
99¢ today (4/21) only! “Briskly paced and sharply plotted, with smart, compelling characters and an intriguing psychic twist, A WHISPER OF DEATH is the launch book for what promises to be a terrific historical mystery series. I loved it!”-NYT Bestselling Author Amanda Quick
geni.us/AWhisperofDe...
geni.us/AWhisperofDe...
April 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
99¢ today (4/21) only! “Briskly paced and sharply plotted, with smart, compelling characters and an intriguing psychic twist, A WHISPER OF DEATH is the launch book for what promises to be a terrific historical mystery series. I loved it!”-NYT Bestselling Author Amanda Quick
geni.us/AWhisperofDe...
geni.us/AWhisperofDe...
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For whatever reason ICE doesn't have a Bluesky account. So I thought I'd drop this in here. Note the Free Speech crowd has now put the good folks at ICE in charge of stopping, detaining and deporting "Ideas".
April 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
For whatever reason ICE doesn't have a Bluesky account. So I thought I'd drop this in here. Note the Free Speech crowd has now put the good folks at ICE in charge of stopping, detaining and deporting "Ideas".
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I told ChatGPT that I wanted to be a philosopher as a kid.
And then it said that I was a DEI hire?!?!!??
God, we are fucked.
And then it said that I was a DEI hire?!?!!??
God, we are fucked.
April 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I told ChatGPT that I wanted to be a philosopher as a kid.
And then it said that I was a DEI hire?!?!!??
God, we are fucked.
And then it said that I was a DEI hire?!?!!??
God, we are fucked.
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These kitties are in Portland, OR and need a new forever home because their person died. Relocation is possible, but unknown lots of peeps here in Oregon could help these gorgeous kitties. Please share!!
Gabe and Mjolnir need a new home, can you help?
Rowan, their human who has sadly passed, wished for them to remain together.
Will help get them relocated to anywhere within the United States; please read on for more details! 🧵
Signal boosts & sharing are appreciated 💙
Rowan, their human who has sadly passed, wished for them to remain together.
Will help get them relocated to anywhere within the United States; please read on for more details! 🧵
Signal boosts & sharing are appreciated 💙
March 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
These kitties are in Portland, OR and need a new forever home because their person died. Relocation is possible, but unknown lots of peeps here in Oregon could help these gorgeous kitties. Please share!!
Thread from one of my closest and dearest friends. DoD fuckery from Hegserh himself affecting people’s lives, livelihoods, and wasting taxpayer dollars. This regime is a nightmare on every level.
March 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Thread from one of my closest and dearest friends. DoD fuckery from Hegserh himself affecting people’s lives, livelihoods, and wasting taxpayer dollars. This regime is a nightmare on every level.
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Thoughts on boycotts: inflict pain on the corporation. Buying a couple 99 cent ebooks from a self-published author on Amazon is fine. Don’t buy a microwave on it. Purity is never the answer. Restraint though and thoughtfulness is.
March 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Thoughts on boycotts: inflict pain on the corporation. Buying a couple 99 cent ebooks from a self-published author on Amazon is fine. Don’t buy a microwave on it. Purity is never the answer. Restraint though and thoughtfulness is.
More of this please. Proud of Oregon’s AG getting out there. And the writer of this article, Jerod MacDonald-Evoy, did not mince words.
www.youroregonnews.com/news/governm...
www.youroregonnews.com/news/governm...
‘It is not efficiency, it is destruction’: Dem AGs challenge Trump and Musk’s federal cuts
The attorneys general of Arizona, Minnesota, New Mexico and Oregon vowed at a town hall in Phoenix Wednesday evening that they would continue to fight back against sweeping federal cuts
www.youroregonnews.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
More of this please. Proud of Oregon’s AG getting out there. And the writer of this article, Jerod MacDonald-Evoy, did not mince words.
www.youroregonnews.com/news/governm...
www.youroregonnews.com/news/governm...
I interrupt your doomscrolling to share a fun surprise! Only ONE WEEK until A WHISPER AND A CURSE can be yours! Catch up with Tilda and Hadrian for their most shocking case yet.
Preorder yours: geni.us/AWhisperanda...
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March 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I interrupt your doomscrolling to share a fun surprise! Only ONE WEEK until A WHISPER AND A CURSE can be yours! Catch up with Tilda and Hadrian for their most shocking case yet.
Preorder yours: geni.us/AWhisperanda...
Preorder yours: geni.us/AWhisperanda...
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Sheriff Robert Norris? Did you know that he's currently collecting a disability pension in California while working as a sheriff in Idaho. Isn't that something?
theidahosheriff.com/concerns-for...
theidahosheriff.com/concerns-for...
Concerns For Sheriff Bob Norris On High Dollar LACERA Disability - Dan Wilson for Kootenai County Sheriff
It appears Sheriff Bob Norris' is on a high dollar LACERA disability raising concerns from Kootenai County Citizens.
theidahosheriff.com
February 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Sheriff Robert Norris? Did you know that he's currently collecting a disability pension in California while working as a sheriff in Idaho. Isn't that something?
theidahosheriff.com/concerns-for...
theidahosheriff.com/concerns-for...
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There's going to be news about a woman illegally detained and being forcely removed from a Coeur d'Alene Idaho Town Hall meeting taking place at the high school by men that would not identify themselves wearing plain clothes because she opposed the republican viewpoints.
youtube.com/shorts/hhJdH...
youtube.com/shorts/hhJdH...
KCRCC Town Hall in Coeur d'Alene Idaho woman illegally detained
YouTube video by Devin Prewett
youtube.com
February 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
There's going to be news about a woman illegally detained and being forcely removed from a Coeur d'Alene Idaho Town Hall meeting taking place at the high school by men that would not identify themselves wearing plain clothes because she opposed the republican viewpoints.
youtube.com/shorts/hhJdH...
youtube.com/shorts/hhJdH...
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Holy hell, this @questlove.bsky.social edit is mind-blowing.
Take a break from your regularly scheduled doomscrolling and marvel at this clip. A jawdropping feat of editing by Questlove - incredible!
Ladies & Gentlemen...50 Years of SNL Music | Official Preview | Peacock Original - SNL Fanatic
YouTube video by SNL Fanatic
youtu.be
January 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Holy hell, this @questlove.bsky.social edit is mind-blowing.