Paul Birkeland
@fromthemargins.bsky.social
Working hard to be of service and leave no trace, to help build a more just and verdant world for all who follow.
You forest so reminds me of ours here in the US Pacific Northwest (PNW), Eoghan. Life at every level. And this is also the fairyland mushroom season!
November 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
You forest so reminds me of ours here in the US Pacific Northwest (PNW), Eoghan. Life at every level. And this is also the fairyland mushroom season!
Roosevelt and Ravenna neighbors created a way for people to help SNAP recipients through Rising Sun Produce. Please donate! Please use it!
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Roosevelt and Ravenna neighbors created a way for people to help SNAP recipients through Rising Sun Produce. Please donate! Please use it!
Yes. Thank you for saying this put loud. The rest of the Dems need to understand this as well.
October 16, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Yes. Thank you for saying this put loud. The rest of the Dems need to understand this as well.
I distributed these 'conversation starter' buttons to neighbors to make it easier to invite people to our No Kings protests on October 18. @seattleindivisible.bsky.social @indivisible.org @thirdactorg.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I distributed these 'conversation starter' buttons to neighbors to make it easier to invite people to our No Kings protests on October 18. @seattleindivisible.bsky.social @indivisible.org @thirdactorg.bsky.social
Here is the button artwork. I am having them made by Busy Beaver in Chicago www.busybeaver.net, $41.50 for 50 buttons. Please feel free to use this art to get your own buttons made.
September 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Here is the button artwork. I am having them made by Busy Beaver in Chicago www.busybeaver.net, $41.50 for 50 buttons. Please feel free to use this art to get your own buttons made.
We're wearing buttons that say, "Ask me what I'm doing on October 18!" This starts a conversation which, after a little back and forth, culminates in "You should join me!" Very effective! Here's what the button looks like:
September 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
We're wearing buttons that say, "Ask me what I'm doing on October 18!" This starts a conversation which, after a little back and forth, culminates in "You should join me!" Very effective! Here's what the button looks like:
I know we are 6000 miles apart, Eoghan, but your forest looks like my forest. (This video recorded last winter.) And, yes, there is solace and comfort there. Also inspiration. This is what I fight for.
September 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I know we are 6000 miles apart, Eoghan, but your forest looks like my forest. (This video recorded last winter.) And, yes, there is solace and comfort there. Also inspiration. This is what I fight for.
I don’t know who or where this is, but here’s my nomination:
April 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I don’t know who or where this is, but here’s my nomination:
Right now, progressive voices are the island of coherence in this country. Speak up. Stand tall. People lost in the chaos are looking for this island.
March 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Right now, progressive voices are the island of coherence in this country. Speak up. Stand tall. People lost in the chaos are looking for this island.
This is outrageous. Apple has caved, kissed the ring, and has bowed to the wishes of the traitorous clown in the White House.
February 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This is outrageous. Apple has caved, kissed the ring, and has bowed to the wishes of the traitorous clown in the White House.
@brenttoderian.bsky.social I wanted to share an angle on public transit that I hadn't considered before.
Today in Seattle, the state AG argued for a restraining order against Trump's ban on gender affirming care. (The judge granted the restraint.)
Today in Seattle, the state AG argued for a restraining order against Trump's ban on gender affirming care. (The judge granted the restraint.)
February 15, 2025 at 12:52 AM
@brenttoderian.bsky.social I wanted to share an angle on public transit that I hadn't considered before.
Today in Seattle, the state AG argued for a restraining order against Trump's ban on gender affirming care. (The judge granted the restraint.)
Today in Seattle, the state AG argued for a restraining order against Trump's ban on gender affirming care. (The judge granted the restraint.)
Thanks for posting this, Justine. Great turnout! I couldn't even get into the building! They turned away over 100 of us and said we could wait in the lobby.
February 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Thanks for posting this, Justine. Great turnout! I couldn't even get into the building! They turned away over 100 of us and said we could wait in the lobby.
Washington State reporting for duty.
January 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Washington State reporting for duty.
We share a climate with Ireland - temperate, rainy, moody, soulful - but with deep lowland forests (such as your rewilded land), and mountains and alpine meadows where no tree dare shade the coarse, crusty soil.
November 18, 2024 at 4:33 PM
We share a climate with Ireland - temperate, rainy, moody, soulful - but with deep lowland forests (such as your rewilded land), and mountains and alpine meadows where no tree dare shade the coarse, crusty soil.