Pleen from PDX
@pleenpdx.bsky.social
Hungry for new adventures - snack, travel and start-up fanatic, based in PDX. I post delicious tiny morsels of thoughts & events.
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One thing I’ve learned in social work: most of us are way closer to being unhoused than we think. A job loss, medical bill, divorce, or emergency and suddenly you’re sleeping in your car. Housing insecurity isn’t about bad choices… it's about being one crisis away from losing everything.
July 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
One thing I’ve learned in social work: most of us are way closer to being unhoused than we think. A job loss, medical bill, divorce, or emergency and suddenly you’re sleeping in your car. Housing insecurity isn’t about bad choices… it's about being one crisis away from losing everything.
When protests and outrage don't have the same impact after 9 years, perhaps try humor and mockery?
Some of you are making us proud with the fuckery you're dishing out! Keep it up! #Anonymous #HumanRights wagingnonviolence.org/2025/02/doge...
DOGE is hiring. The response did not disappoint.
DOGE’s hiring site has become a focal point for outrage, underscoring the important role humor and rebellious defiance play in bleak times.
wagingnonviolence.org
February 12, 2025 at 6:38 AM
When protests and outrage don't have the same impact after 9 years, perhaps try humor and mockery?
We have to ask the unaskable. It will be too late if we don't.
What do we do when working within the system no longer works? This is the great and for many, unaskable, question looming above Washington on this dark, cold February night. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
The Shriek of the Fox
In the February darkness, a glimpse into a terrifying moment unlike any other in our history...
open.substack.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:01 AM
We have to ask the unaskable. It will be too late if we don't.
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Hey I made a quick welcome guide to BlueSky :)
There's tons more, but I think these few steps will get you up and enjoying it quickly.
There's tons more, but I think these few steps will get you up and enjoying it quickly.
![So you decided to join BLUE SKY
[it's not twitter]
#1 upload an avatar
#2 set Moderation Settings
(box showing moderation hand symbol) Moderation (arrow pointing to) Content Filtering](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n5f7w4v7l65vjfaljp4727ng/bafkreicf6apaqwfq6ndwbwmhzxcvhm32t6lxf7mp652lsmk5c73mhg22di@jpeg)
![#4 Go to My Feeds
Go to "Discover New Feeds" to search for interesting feeds like "Only Posts"
Click the "+" to add the feed
(box) Go to the (gear icon) [edit my feeds] here you can pin and unpin feeds
(side note) pinned feed will appear at the top of your TL
Don't forget to "♥" the feed when you click on it to preview, this helps others find it!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n5f7w4v7l65vjfaljp4727ng/bafkreibcj3whin4lnxnch7auvdmnsnbwyegiyrb6aa7tmctv5uc6tbb4gi@jpeg)
August 21, 2023 at 10:35 PM
Hey I made a quick welcome guide to BlueSky :)
There's tons more, but I think these few steps will get you up and enjoying it quickly.
There's tons more, but I think these few steps will get you up and enjoying it quickly.
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New body discovered
October 25, 2023 at 3:06 AM
New body discovered
Timeline cleanse.
A gentle reminder to breathe, step outside and feel the sun on your face.
A gentle reminder to breathe, step outside and feel the sun on your face.
October 18, 2023 at 9:30 PM
Timeline cleanse.
A gentle reminder to breathe, step outside and feel the sun on your face.
A gentle reminder to breathe, step outside and feel the sun on your face.
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Breaking News: The House adjourned after Republicans delayed a vote on a new speaker amid deep divisions in the party, with no resolution in sight. www.nytimes.com/2023/10/11/u...
October 11, 2023 at 11:58 PM
Breaking News: The House adjourned after Republicans delayed a vote on a new speaker amid deep divisions in the party, with no resolution in sight. www.nytimes.com/2023/10/11/u...
I'm a slow processor. This helped.
I wrote about Israel and Palestine, but mostly I wrote about grief.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/the-war-in...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/the-war-in...
October 10, 2023 at 3:55 AM
I'm a slow processor. This helped.
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A reminder that you do not have to personally observe violent images in order to bear witness to history, and no one is under any obligation to do so as a means of activism or showing support.
Also, don’t watch atrocity videos. They are there to harm you. You do not have any sort of obligation to watch people suffer cruelty and people who tell you it’s your job to bear witness do not understand what they are saying.
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October 9, 2023 at 2:48 AM
A reminder that you do not have to personally observe violent images in order to bear witness to history, and no one is under any obligation to do so as a means of activism or showing support.
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Cool cool NYT just out here saying that a family that moved to a red state because people in Portland are homeless and do drugs is somehow equivalent to a family that moved to a blue state because IOWA OUTLAWED THEIR CHILD www.nytimes.com/2023/10/07/u...
Two Families Got Fed Up With Their States’ Politics. So They Moved Out.
The Nobles of Iowa moved to blue Minnesota. The Huckinses of Oregon moved to red Missouri. Their separate journeys, five weeks apart, illustrate the fracturing of America.
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2023 at 12:27 PM
Cool cool NYT just out here saying that a family that moved to a red state because people in Portland are homeless and do drugs is somehow equivalent to a family that moved to a blue state because IOWA OUTLAWED THEIR CHILD www.nytimes.com/2023/10/07/u...
Who's up for getting Trae Crowder, self-described "liberal redneck," on this platform?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfbF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfbF...
Liberal Redneck - McCarthy Ousted
Kevin McCarthy is shocked to find that the "ruin everything" contingent of his own part has ruined everything for him. Weird.Tickets/book: www.traecrowder.com
www.youtube.com
October 4, 2023 at 9:21 PM
Who's up for getting Trae Crowder, self-described "liberal redneck," on this platform?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfbF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfbF...
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GOP learns the hard way: Turning the base up too high blows out your Speaker
October 3, 2023 at 10:07 PM
GOP learns the hard way: Turning the base up too high blows out your Speaker
Let's make sure that our President and Vice-President are always in separate locations until this Republican-led sh*tshow gets resolved.
Breaking news: Kevin McCarthy ousted as House speaker after a vote led by hard-right Republicans, the first such removal in congressional history. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
October 3, 2023 at 8:53 PM
Let's make sure that our President and Vice-President are always in separate locations until this Republican-led sh*tshow gets resolved.