Rachel
@rbeenntt.bsky.social
She/her. AuDHD and doing my best. Opinions herein are my own and do not represent the City of Medford or the State of Oregon.
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Casting Liam Neeson in Naked Gun because his name is like Leslie Nielson is just an insanely good bit.
June 28, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Casting Liam Neeson in Naked Gun because his name is like Leslie Nielson is just an insanely good bit.
I’m facilitating my first public hearing today and my first RAC tomorrow. I have such a stomachache. I know I’m totally prepared and it’s going to be fine, but new things are hard for me. I can do this. I know I can do this. *deep breath* 🫣
June 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I’m facilitating my first public hearing today and my first RAC tomorrow. I have such a stomachache. I know I’m totally prepared and it’s going to be fine, but new things are hard for me. I can do this. I know I can do this. *deep breath* 🫣
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BREAKING: Minnesota state House Leader Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were shot and killed in their suburban Twin Cities home in one of two "targeted" attacks against sitting Democratic legislators.
Minnesota lawmakers shot in targeted home attacks
Police are searching for the suspect, who they described as armed and dangerous.
www.axios.com
June 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
BREAKING: Minnesota state House Leader Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were shot and killed in their suburban Twin Cities home in one of two "targeted" attacks against sitting Democratic legislators.
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me writing "sure no problem"
June 8, 2025 at 5:49 AM
me writing "sure no problem"
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“you’re making the gestapo sad” is a hell of an argument
June 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“you’re making the gestapo sad” is a hell of an argument
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Lots of flash bangs, very smoky, things being thrown from the freeway back at the CHP officers below. It’s popping off in LA.
June 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Lots of flash bangs, very smoky, things being thrown from the freeway back at the CHP officers below. It’s popping off in LA.
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Things are escalating fast on the freeway in Los Angeles. Tear gas canisters are being kicked back and forth
June 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Things are escalating fast on the freeway in Los Angeles. Tear gas canisters are being kicked back and forth
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Trump and the fascists are going to try to make this about law and order. That narrative is total bullshit. ICE are kidnappers. They have broken the law every day, and their immoral mission to break apart families and communities and hurt countless people is fundamentally wrong.
June 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Trump and the fascists are going to try to make this about law and order. That narrative is total bullshit. ICE are kidnappers. They have broken the law every day, and their immoral mission to break apart families and communities and hurt countless people is fundamentally wrong.
I don’t think people understand how fucked we are as a state if we take the foot off the gas when it comes to funding out our homelessness and eviction prevention services. Hoovervilles will seem quaint by comparison.
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek’s bill for a statewide homeless shelter system is in jeopardy. But there’s growing concern among housing advocates that the most recent revenue forecast could imperil the bill and potentially shrink state funding for shelters.
Oregon governor’s $217M homeless shelter bill faces uncertain future as budget woes mount
Ongoing trade tensions and slow economic growth have left state lawmakers with less to spend. That could make it harder to fulfill Gov. Tina Kotek’s housing vision.
www.opb.org
June 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I don’t think people understand how fucked we are as a state if we take the foot off the gas when it comes to funding out our homelessness and eviction prevention services. Hoovervilles will seem quaint by comparison.
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There is research to show that making eye contact disrupts the cognitive resources used for complex tasks. This isn't autism research, but I think there's a good theory in here as to why autistic people find eye contact uncomfortable: it really is an overload.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
When we cannot speak: Eye contact disrupts resources available to cognitive control processes during verb generation
Although eye contact and verbal processing appear independent, people frequently avert their eyes from interlocutors during conversation. This suggest…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 31, 2025 at 3:50 AM
There is research to show that making eye contact disrupts the cognitive resources used for complex tasks. This isn't autism research, but I think there's a good theory in here as to why autistic people find eye contact uncomfortable: it really is an overload.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It’s gonna be a sprint-slog-sprint to sine die! There were too many bills this session, periodt. Fucking madness. Pass this bill and see how it goes.
Legislation to limit the number of bills Oregon lawmakers can introduce each session has bipartisan support, but some prominent Republicans are doubling down on their opposition.
Republicans intensify opposition to capping bills per session in Oregon
The legislation faced a mixed reception at its first committee hearing Thursday.
www.opb.org
May 31, 2025 at 1:39 AM
It’s gonna be a sprint-slog-sprint to sine die! There were too many bills this session, periodt. Fucking madness. Pass this bill and see how it goes.
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New data finds Americans are more likely to support labor unions over Big Business than at any time in the past 60 years.
We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power.
If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power.
If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
May 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
New data finds Americans are more likely to support labor unions over Big Business than at any time in the past 60 years.
We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power.
If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power.
If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
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40 years ago on this date, police dropped a bomb on a West Philadelphia neighborhood
MOVE bombing 40 years later: A day of reflection and remembrance
Forty years ago today, city officials made the unconscionable decision to bomb its own people.
www.phillytrib.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
40 years ago on this date, police dropped a bomb on a West Philadelphia neighborhood
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The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, citing moral opposition
The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
www.npr.org
May 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
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Communities in rural Oregon are uniquely impacted by a lack of shelter beds and housing options. Every statistic is a real person impacted, and I won’t be satisfied until every Oregonian has a safe place to sleep.
April 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Communities in rural Oregon are uniquely impacted by a lack of shelter beds and housing options. Every statistic is a real person impacted, and I won’t be satisfied until every Oregonian has a safe place to sleep.
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White Bird’s CAHOOTS program, which provides services to people in crisis, will no longer serve the city of Eugene.
CAHOOTS service ending in Eugene, effective immediately
The announcement is a stunning development for a service that’s been recognized nationally, especially in the wake of 2020 social justice protests, which renewed the national conversation about the role of armed officers in responding to mental health crises.
www.opb.org
April 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
White Bird’s CAHOOTS program, which provides services to people in crisis, will no longer serve the city of Eugene.
Some key benefits to WFH: 1- Never wearing a bra; 2- Stimming during mtgs without judgment; 3- Not overhearing asinine convos in the hallway and having nowhere to run; and 4- Never having to fix others’ copier paper jams. (Honestly, 4 is the best of them all.)
April 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Some key benefits to WFH: 1- Never wearing a bra; 2- Stimming during mtgs without judgment; 3- Not overhearing asinine convos in the hallway and having nowhere to run; and 4- Never having to fix others’ copier paper jams. (Honestly, 4 is the best of them all.)
Filed our taxes today, and I’ve never been more bummed about it. I generally have no objection to paying taxes, but this year, it really fucking stings. Our fed govt is so shit, man, just total shambles. I think I dragged my feet because I assumed we’d be a flaming ruin by April, but alas.
April 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Filed our taxes today, and I’ve never been more bummed about it. I generally have no objection to paying taxes, but this year, it really fucking stings. Our fed govt is so shit, man, just total shambles. I think I dragged my feet because I assumed we’d be a flaming ruin by April, but alas.
Part of me wonders if I’d be doing better if I’d been diagnosed autistic sooner. I guess it would depend on whether support and tools came with the diagnosis or just a different form of struggle, othering, and teasing than what I experienced. But I could have had community, maybe….
April 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Part of me wonders if I’d be doing better if I’d been diagnosed autistic sooner. I guess it would depend on whether support and tools came with the diagnosis or just a different form of struggle, othering, and teasing than what I experienced. But I could have had community, maybe….
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To be clear: Congress passed legislation to create the Department of Education and eliminating it would require an act of Congress. This Executive Order creates uncertainty, chaos, and fear for education leaders and families across Oregon.
March 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
To be clear: Congress passed legislation to create the Department of Education and eliminating it would require an act of Congress. This Executive Order creates uncertainty, chaos, and fear for education leaders and families across Oregon.
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Towering piles of foam and metal line the bays of a St. Vinnie’s warehouse in Eugene, and workers separate the layers of mattress material. Fabric, wood, metal and foam can be reused.
The next sleeper hit? Free mattress recycling is now available throughout Oregon
Oregon has launched a mattress recycling program to keep mattresses out of landfills.
www.opb.org
March 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Towering piles of foam and metal line the bays of a St. Vinnie’s warehouse in Eugene, and workers separate the layers of mattress material. Fabric, wood, metal and foam can be reused.
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Happy ides of march!
Today it is tradition to give the gift of stabbing to would-be dictators 🫶🏻
Today it is tradition to give the gift of stabbing to would-be dictators 🫶🏻
March 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Happy ides of march!
Today it is tradition to give the gift of stabbing to would-be dictators 🫶🏻
Today it is tradition to give the gift of stabbing to would-be dictators 🫶🏻
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In Bend, the city’s Human Rights and Equity Commission has received a record number of applicants.
City of Bend sees surge of interest in human rights and equity commission
The city of Bend receives a surge in applications to join its Human Rights and Equity Commission, a volunteer advisory board.
www.opb.org
March 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
In Bend, the city’s Human Rights and Equity Commission has received a record number of applicants.