Marika Z-B
@pdxmarika.bsky.social
Parenting whiplash of the day: yesterday I was the best mom in the world because I bought my kid bubble gum at the grocery store. Today I’m “the worst person in the history of people” because we’ve had enough screen time for the day and the next door neighbor isn’t available to play.
July 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Parenting whiplash of the day: yesterday I was the best mom in the world because I bought my kid bubble gum at the grocery store. Today I’m “the worst person in the history of people” because we’ve had enough screen time for the day and the next door neighbor isn’t available to play.
My mom and my sister cooked tempeh in bacon grease tonight and I think that really sums up my family of origin.
May 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
My mom and my sister cooked tempeh in bacon grease tonight and I think that really sums up my family of origin.
I process travel reimbursements at work and I am absolutely judging my co-workers who tip less than 20%. You are going to get reimbursed! It’s not even your money!
May 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I process travel reimbursements at work and I am absolutely judging my co-workers who tip less than 20%. You are going to get reimbursed! It’s not even your money!
I’m so fed up with my coworkers.
April 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I’m so fed up with my coworkers.
If you want to have a real great time, might I suggest having a sick kid for a week while the city is doing work on your street? /s
April 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
If you want to have a real great time, might I suggest having a sick kid for a week while the city is doing work on your street? /s
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one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
March 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
It’s a real tragedy that The Lutz Tavern no longer has shoestring fries.
February 8, 2025 at 2:48 AM
It’s a real tragedy that The Lutz Tavern no longer has shoestring fries.
Hey podcasts! Could you not have advertisements for intentional weight loss? I’ve managed to report the ads on my social media feeds enough that I don’t see them much. But I don’t want to hear about ozempic on my history podcasts.
February 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Hey podcasts! Could you not have advertisements for intentional weight loss? I’ve managed to report the ads on my social media feeds enough that I don’t see them much. But I don’t want to hear about ozempic on my history podcasts.
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I guess we’re at the crying in the bathroom at work stage of late stage capitalism today.
February 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I guess we’re at the crying in the bathroom at work stage of late stage capitalism today.
I have some complicated feelings about this whole dismantling of USAID. My grandfather worked for them in the 60s and my mom spent a good chunk of her childhood in Ghana and Tanzania. From the stories I’ve heard it really seems like a colonialist project. 1/2
February 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I have some complicated feelings about this whole dismantling of USAID. My grandfather worked for them in the 60s and my mom spent a good chunk of her childhood in Ghana and Tanzania. From the stories I’ve heard it really seems like a colonialist project. 1/2
There is an active coup happening by Elon Musk and I just got a text asking for money to “flip the house.” Is the house going to even exist in two years? Democrats are absolutely failing us.
February 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
There is an active coup happening by Elon Musk and I just got a text asking for money to “flip the house.” Is the house going to even exist in two years? Democrats are absolutely failing us.
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Ah, the millennial experience of “every time you get some measure of financial and career stability, the world decides to do something extraordinarily stupid again”
February 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Ah, the millennial experience of “every time you get some measure of financial and career stability, the world decides to do something extraordinarily stupid again”
Tonight we prepared Pass the Parcel for my own child’s birthday party this weekend and we WILL NOT be playing by Lucky’s dad’s rules.
February 1, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Tonight we prepared Pass the Parcel for my own child’s birthday party this weekend and we WILL NOT be playing by Lucky’s dad’s rules.
Got a new car yesterday, while we were signing paperwork the dealer asked us what was the likelihood we’d buy a car “like a Tesla” in the next five years. Oh absolutely not. “I mean a plug in electric.” Oh yeah, we already own one.
January 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Got a new car yesterday, while we were signing paperwork the dealer asked us what was the likelihood we’d buy a car “like a Tesla” in the next five years. Oh absolutely not. “I mean a plug in electric.” Oh yeah, we already own one.
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Well, here comes the future and you can't run from it. If you’ve got a blacklist I want to be on it.
January 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Well, here comes the future and you can't run from it. If you’ve got a blacklist I want to be on it.
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btw they haven’t taken this down yet if you need to order more Covid tests before we all get sent to Bobby Kennedy’s All Natural Organic Bear Meat Wellness Farm special.usps.com/testkits
COVID Home Tests | USPS
COVID Home Tests | USPS
special.usps.com
January 30, 2025 at 12:21 AM
btw they haven’t taken this down yet if you need to order more Covid tests before we all get sent to Bobby Kennedy’s All Natural Organic Bear Meat Wellness Farm special.usps.com/testkits
Thank goodness for neighbors who leave their Christmas lights up. Makes after dark dog walks so much more enjoyable.
January 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Thank goodness for neighbors who leave their Christmas lights up. Makes after dark dog walks so much more enjoyable.
Was at a child’s birthday party today and there was “Pass the Parcel” (hot potato) and all the parents said “Is it Lucky’s dad’s rules?” #BlueyHasRaisedUsAll
January 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Was at a child’s birthday party today and there was “Pass the Parcel” (hot potato) and all the parents said “Is it Lucky’s dad’s rules?” #BlueyHasRaisedUsAll
My kid just said “we are aliens to other aliens.” 🤯
January 16, 2025 at 4:18 AM
My kid just said “we are aliens to other aliens.” 🤯
When you are heading eastbound on the Sellwood Bridge, you have to zipper merge! Both lanes!
January 16, 2025 at 12:26 AM
When you are heading eastbound on the Sellwood Bridge, you have to zipper merge! Both lanes!
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If I was a teen who lost access to tiktok I would simply learn to appreciate the professionalism and higher production values of linear broadcast television
January 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
If I was a teen who lost access to tiktok I would simply learn to appreciate the professionalism and higher production values of linear broadcast television
Watching city council, Dan Ryan says “I’m into decorum over drama.” F you Dan Ryan.
January 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Watching city council, Dan Ryan says “I’m into decorum over drama.” F you Dan Ryan.