Stephen
@madmansjw.bsky.social
Ex-vampire, public health newbie. Will see how often I post, but it will be mostly pics of my rescue dogs, also Fencing. He/him (STE-ven)
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what I want trans kids, queer kids, and gender nonconforming kids to know:
you are loved
you are so much more powerful than the ghouls using your healthcare as a political pawn, and you WILL outlive them (they know this, and it is why they're attacking you)
you are loved
you are so much more powerful than the ghouls using your healthcare as a political pawn, and you WILL outlive them (they know this, and it is why they're attacking you)
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
what I want trans kids, queer kids, and gender nonconforming kids to know:
you are loved
you are so much more powerful than the ghouls using your healthcare as a political pawn, and you WILL outlive them (they know this, and it is why they're attacking you)
you are loved
you are so much more powerful than the ghouls using your healthcare as a political pawn, and you WILL outlive them (they know this, and it is why they're attacking you)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Flogging Molly
Murder By Death
The Longest Johns
The Menzingers
Foo Fighters
Flogging Molly
Murder By Death
The Longest Johns
The Menzingers
Foo Fighters
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
November 28, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Flogging Molly
Murder By Death
The Longest Johns
The Menzingers
Foo Fighters
Flogging Molly
Murder By Death
The Longest Johns
The Menzingers
Foo Fighters
A movie that takes place where you are from.
(Also, literally filmed at my highschool and NE Portland in general)
(Also, literally filmed at my highschool and NE Portland in general)
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A movie that takes place where you are from.
(Also, literally filmed at my highschool and NE Portland in general)
(Also, literally filmed at my highschool and NE Portland in general)
This is surprisingly easy to do and fun to have even if you don't have kids.
If you own your house everything costs $700 everyday BUT you also can just paint a chalk wall in the kitchen on a whim
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This is surprisingly easy to do and fun to have even if you don't have kids.
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If you own your house everything costs $700 everyday BUT you also can just paint a chalk wall in the kitchen on a whim
November 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
If you own your house everything costs $700 everyday BUT you also can just paint a chalk wall in the kitchen on a whim
My Top 5 film Genres:
Deep, cutting satire that is also over-the-top hilarious
Regular people dealing with the extraordinary
Sword fighting
Small group against the world
Superheroes
Deep, cutting satire that is also over-the-top hilarious
Regular people dealing with the extraordinary
Sword fighting
Small group against the world
Superheroes
Top 5 Film Genres:
Average Joes ineptly involved with crime
Yearning and Burning
The Vibes Are Off
Arty But Not Too Arty
Hotel Transylvania
Average Joes ineptly involved with crime
Yearning and Burning
The Vibes Are Off
Arty But Not Too Arty
Hotel Transylvania
Top 5 Film Genres:
Finish The Puzzle And Die!
Never Mind "What Is It?" Just Eat It
Henge-porn
These Ghosts Are NOT A Trauma-Metaphor
If You Go To That Cabin The Trees Will Try To Fuck You!
Finish The Puzzle And Die!
Never Mind "What Is It?" Just Eat It
Henge-porn
These Ghosts Are NOT A Trauma-Metaphor
If You Go To That Cabin The Trees Will Try To Fuck You!
November 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
My Top 5 film Genres:
Deep, cutting satire that is also over-the-top hilarious
Regular people dealing with the extraordinary
Sword fighting
Small group against the world
Superheroes
Deep, cutting satire that is also over-the-top hilarious
Regular people dealing with the extraordinary
Sword fighting
Small group against the world
Superheroes
Still optimistic.
It is going to be interesting as to what the final straw will be when it comes to this administration.
I am still optimistic that it will not last a year.
I am still optimistic that it will not last a year.
November 13, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Still optimistic.
I was on a jury for a Spousal Rape case this year. It was devastating to hear it from the victim and thankfully she was able to break free from that relationship.
The jury listened and now he is behind bars.
The jury listened and now he is behind bars.
Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue."
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I was on a jury for a Spousal Rape case this year. It was devastating to hear it from the victim and thankfully she was able to break free from that relationship.
The jury listened and now he is behind bars.
The jury listened and now he is behind bars.
Or, and hear me out, we could use that money to fix things in Oregon.
This is like getting a raise at work and instead of using it to fix your leaky roof, you give back to the company.
This is like getting a raise at work and instead of using it to fix your leaky roof, you give back to the company.
The announcement marks the sixth consecutive budget cycle that Oregon taxpayers have received a kicker payment, the fourth-largest since the late 1970s.
Oregon confirms $1.4 billion ‘kicker’ tax refund coming next year
For now, any taxpayer who filed Oregon taxes earlier this year can expect some money back if they file with the state next year — nearly 10% of what they owed the state in their 2024 personal income taxes. Kicker refunds are delivered in the form of tax credits rather than checks.
www.opb.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Or, and hear me out, we could use that money to fix things in Oregon.
This is like getting a raise at work and instead of using it to fix your leaky roof, you give back to the company.
This is like getting a raise at work and instead of using it to fix your leaky roof, you give back to the company.
As an avid blood donor, my house is filling up with Red Cross swag. At this point, I also get $30 in gift cards.
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
As an avid blood donor, my house is filling up with Red Cross swag. At this point, I also get $30 in gift cards.
One of my major problems with SNAP benefits is that, instead of it being a short term fix for people, it has become a bail-out for companies to maintain low wages. No one that works 40hrs should need SNAP.
SNAP is a great program, but it is being abused by corporations not people in need.
SNAP is a great program, but it is being abused by corporations not people in need.
October 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
One of my major problems with SNAP benefits is that, instead of it being a short term fix for people, it has become a bail-out for companies to maintain low wages. No one that works 40hrs should need SNAP.
SNAP is a great program, but it is being abused by corporations not people in need.
SNAP is a great program, but it is being abused by corporations not people in need.
Gut feeling but I suspect that because Trump is "paying for it", he will claim that he owns it and will lease it to the government. Therefore, his family will make money off of our White House.
“What, you ask, will that grand structure be called? Did you have to ask? According to the pledge agreement sent to donors, they’ll be contributing to the construction of ‘The Donald J. Trump Ballroom at the White House.’”
www.thebulwark.com/p/our-house-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/our-house-...
Our House Was a Very, Very, Very Fine House
Trump views the physical history of the White House much as he views the nation’s laws: something to be swept aside at will.
www.thebulwark.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Gut feeling but I suspect that because Trump is "paying for it", he will claim that he owns it and will lease it to the government. Therefore, his family will make money off of our White House.
Here is the thing: from what I can tell the only part of the government that is closed is the democratic side. The republicans are still doing whatever they want, so why negotiate?
The Democrats should hold firm, but I suspect that the government is going to be "closed" for a long time.
The Democrats should hold firm, but I suspect that the government is going to be "closed" for a long time.
Q: Do you owe it to the American people to at least negotiate?
THUNE: Well, I think we have negotiated. I don't know what there is to negotiate.
THUNE: Well, I think we have negotiated. I don't know what there is to negotiate.
October 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Here is the thing: from what I can tell the only part of the government that is closed is the democratic side. The republicans are still doing whatever they want, so why negotiate?
The Democrats should hold firm, but I suspect that the government is going to be "closed" for a long time.
The Democrats should hold firm, but I suspect that the government is going to be "closed" for a long time.
I know it was written for the first administration but it still applies:
America (You're Freaking Me Out)
YouTube video by The Menzingers - Topic
music.youtube.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I know it was written for the first administration but it still applies:
Donating power red blood cells is the strangest feeling.
October 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Donating power red blood cells is the strangest feeling.
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Happy world squid and cuttlefish day!!
Text your friend a squid fact. Watch a video of a cuttlefish doing something cute.
Doodle a squid and then show it to me.
The world is cruel but squid are good.
Text your friend a squid fact. Watch a video of a cuttlefish doing something cute.
Doodle a squid and then show it to me.
The world is cruel but squid are good.
October 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Happy world squid and cuttlefish day!!
Text your friend a squid fact. Watch a video of a cuttlefish doing something cute.
Doodle a squid and then show it to me.
The world is cruel but squid are good.
Text your friend a squid fact. Watch a video of a cuttlefish doing something cute.
Doodle a squid and then show it to me.
The world is cruel but squid are good.
Happy National Black Dog Day. Here is my little demon, Delphi, doing her spin trick for her favorite treat, broccoli.
October 2, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Happy National Black Dog Day. Here is my little demon, Delphi, doing her spin trick for her favorite treat, broccoli.
I have so many, but my go to is Daybreak. A teen zombie horror/comedy with a diverse cast, good story telling, and one of the most legit heel turns on TV.
September 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I have so many, but my go to is Daybreak. A teen zombie horror/comedy with a diverse cast, good story telling, and one of the most legit heel turns on TV.
Tales from war torn Portland:
My mother was viciously attacked by a roving gang of toddlers. She was only able to escape with her PSL intact because, as she is a grandmother, she was well stocked with Dino Nuggies.
My mother was viciously attacked by a roving gang of toddlers. She was only able to escape with her PSL intact because, as she is a grandmother, she was well stocked with Dino Nuggies.
September 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Tales from war torn Portland:
My mother was viciously attacked by a roving gang of toddlers. She was only able to escape with her PSL intact because, as she is a grandmother, she was well stocked with Dino Nuggies.
My mother was viciously attacked by a roving gang of toddlers. She was only able to escape with her PSL intact because, as she is a grandmother, she was well stocked with Dino Nuggies.
Share your favorite black and white movie:
September 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Share your favorite black and white movie:
It is going to be interesting as to what the final straw will be when it comes to this administration.
I am still optimistic that it will not last a year.
I am still optimistic that it will not last a year.
September 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
It is going to be interesting as to what the final straw will be when it comes to this administration.
I am still optimistic that it will not last a year.
I am still optimistic that it will not last a year.
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September 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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A brief bluetorial about VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System)
Self-reported data about adverse effects occurring contemporaneously with vaccinations are useful but have many limitations
Self-reported data about adverse effects occurring contemporaneously with vaccinations are useful but have many limitations
a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
media.tenor.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A brief bluetorial about VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System)
Self-reported data about adverse effects occurring contemporaneously with vaccinations are useful but have many limitations
Self-reported data about adverse effects occurring contemporaneously with vaccinations are useful but have many limitations
The only thing I will say about that guy who died yesterday:
He was a fool who spread hateful and violent things for money. He died a violent death because of it.
With any luck, his name will be forgotten by next week.
He was a fool who spread hateful and violent things for money. He died a violent death because of it.
With any luck, his name will be forgotten by next week.
September 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The only thing I will say about that guy who died yesterday:
He was a fool who spread hateful and violent things for money. He died a violent death because of it.
With any luck, his name will be forgotten by next week.
He was a fool who spread hateful and violent things for money. He died a violent death because of it.
With any luck, his name will be forgotten by next week.