Mockingbird
@gallopingqwerty.bsky.social
Seattle-based cheese aficionado who's into hopepunk, art, and leaving the world a better place. Here to connect with folks and hold a candle against the darkness.
I still can’t wrap my head around anyone who supports this type of action.
October 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I still can’t wrap my head around anyone who supports this type of action.
They’re doing this while keeping the government shut down to force deeper cuts and avoid releasing the Epstein files.
Obama built a kitchen garden and converted a tennis court to play basketball while negotiating Obamacare with an uncooperative House and Senate.
They. Are. Different. Sides.
Obama built a kitchen garden and converted a tennis court to play basketball while negotiating Obamacare with an uncooperative House and Senate.
They. Are. Different. Sides.
October 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
They’re doing this while keeping the government shut down to force deeper cuts and avoid releasing the Epstein files.
Obama built a kitchen garden and converted a tennis court to play basketball while negotiating Obamacare with an uncooperative House and Senate.
They. Are. Different. Sides.
Obama built a kitchen garden and converted a tennis court to play basketball while negotiating Obamacare with an uncooperative House and Senate.
They. Are. Different. Sides.
Case in point 😁
October 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Case in point 😁
In these scary times, it’s important to remember that humor is also both a weapon and armor when it comes to fighting fascists. They can’t rule with fear if we’re laughing at them. Keep Portland weird!
October 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
In these scary times, it’s important to remember that humor is also both a weapon and armor when it comes to fighting fascists. They can’t rule with fear if we’re laughing at them. Keep Portland weird!
Si. Este es el camino. 😁
October 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Si. Este es el camino. 😁
I have no words. Yes, this is a real post.
September 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I have no words. Yes, this is a real post.
The fact that these are being displayed at the White House should be a bigger story.
August 20, 2025 at 5:55 AM
The fact that these are being displayed at the White House should be a bigger story.
“While the lighthouse shining the way is admittedly hard to make out through the cruel fog that envelopes us, it is out there, sturdy upon the shore, and still blazing brightly. We must trust that we will rediscover its guiding power and, together, steer this ship safely home.”
-Jay Kuo
-Jay Kuo
July 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“While the lighthouse shining the way is admittedly hard to make out through the cruel fog that envelopes us, it is out there, sturdy upon the shore, and still blazing brightly. We must trust that we will rediscover its guiding power and, together, steer this ship safely home.”
-Jay Kuo
-Jay Kuo
Prepping for medical procedures is always such fun!
Welcome to the…
Welcome to the…
May 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Prepping for medical procedures is always such fun!
Welcome to the…
Welcome to the…
Just passed Sacred Medicine House on Lake City Way in Seattle - a group of ICE agents are at this moment dragging away a cuffed man and woman from the building. SPD was there helping. 8 vehicles with lights flashing directly in front.
April 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Just passed Sacred Medicine House on Lake City Way in Seattle - a group of ICE agents are at this moment dragging away a cuffed man and woman from the building. SPD was there helping. 8 vehicles with lights flashing directly in front.
“When I wrote The Handmaid’s Tale,” Atwood says, “nothing went into it that had not happened in real life somewhere at some time. The reason I made that rule is that I didn’t want anybody saying, ‘You certainly have an evil imagination, you made up all these bad things.’
“I didn’t make them up.”
“I didn’t make them up.”
March 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
“When I wrote The Handmaid’s Tale,” Atwood says, “nothing went into it that had not happened in real life somewhere at some time. The reason I made that rule is that I didn’t want anybody saying, ‘You certainly have an evil imagination, you made up all these bad things.’
“I didn’t make them up.”
“I didn’t make them up.”
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture repainted, every statue, street, and building renamed, every date altered. And the process continues day by day. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”
- George Orwell, 1984
- George Orwell, 1984
March 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture repainted, every statue, street, and building renamed, every date altered. And the process continues day by day. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”
- George Orwell, 1984
- George Orwell, 1984
Here are a few phone numbers to call today if you’re looking for an action you can take.
March 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Here are a few phone numbers to call today if you’re looking for an action you can take.
“They’re firing lawyers. They’re firing ethics watchdogs. They’re firing federal law enforcement. They’re firing military leaders. They’re firing federal regulators.
They’re firing everyone who could stand in their way of their coup, corruption, and criminal acts.” - Melanie D’Arrigo
They’re firing everyone who could stand in their way of their coup, corruption, and criminal acts.” - Melanie D’Arrigo
February 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“They’re firing lawyers. They’re firing ethics watchdogs. They’re firing federal law enforcement. They’re firing military leaders. They’re firing federal regulators.
They’re firing everyone who could stand in their way of their coup, corruption, and criminal acts.” - Melanie D’Arrigo
They’re firing everyone who could stand in their way of their coup, corruption, and criminal acts.” - Melanie D’Arrigo