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Sharon Helms
@sharonhelms.bsky.social
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plants, poetry, people. accessibility advocate. we keep us safe. PDX. she/her.
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alexandragallant.com
"You have to use AI."

...why?
People keep saying that AI is inevitable. Like Bartleby, I'd prefer not to... We "have to use it!" My response to that is simply... WHY? Why is it being pushed so much and into so many things? Once you've gotten people to cede their decision making to an algorithm, eventually they'll stop thinking for themselves. Why would I outsource thinking for myself to a machine? I have a brain.
December 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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portlandmercury.com
Despite the efforts of tech CEOS, plenty of people are tired of generative AI. A group of Portland artists made their positions on AI known at a recent forum discussion at Mother Foucault's Bookshop. Speakers shared their takes on the machine takeover—and suggested potential ways to push back.
Portland Artists Hold a Round Table on Generative AI “Machine Nightmares” at Mother Foucault's Bookshop
Taylor Griggs
www.portlandmercury.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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opbkmhdcreators.bsky.social
Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social shares her story for our “what our audience doesn’t know” series.

"Realizing how OPB inequitably values our colleagues has hurt morale across the entire organization."

-Alex Zielinski, OPB reporter/producer
December 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
love seeing great people recognized for great work @meganpiont.bsky.social @prisonculture.bsky.social
Gen-Zine: DIY publications find new life as form of resistance against Trump
Zines have made a resurgence as communities seek to share information on everything from ICE raids to local elections
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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350pdx.bsky.social
Data centers are adding massive energy loads, & we’re paying the bill in our utility costs. Right now, we have the opportunity to speak up about data centers, making sure they pay their fair share.

Comments due by December 15. Modify and send this one-click email: tinyurl.com/datacosts
#portland
December 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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multnomahmastergardeners.org
Emerald ash borer (EAB) — a small, metallic green beetle that kills ash trees — has been detected in multiple new sites in Oregon, including southeast Portland. Because of this, all of Multnomah County is now under quarantine. See comments for a list of what you can do. More: OregonEAB.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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wnwagner.bsky.social
OREGONIANS!!! Due to new legislation passed this year, the Oregon Public Utility Commission is developing new guidelines for how to divide energy costs between residential & commercial customers. TELL THEM DATA CENTERS NEED TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE!!!
apps.puc.state.or.us/docketpublic...
Oregon Public Utility Commission - Submit Public Comment - DocketPublicComment
apps.puc.state.or.us
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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bikestuffpdx.bsky.social
This video really represents what Portland OR is like, with a group of random cyclists on cargo bike restocking free food pantries across the northern part of the city. If we have any war here is about who can be nicer and more compassionate toward people in need.
youtu.be/LCGXbGIA7V4?...
North Portland Mutual Aid Ride
YouTube video by Bike Stuff PDX
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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bookshop.org
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
sharonhelms.bsky.social
Rainy Sunday activity: folding zines to distribute at No Kings 2 on Oct. 18. Thanks, @meganpiont.bsky.social for sharing these resources!
Two stacks of folded zines and a bone folder on a black cutting mat. The zines are "How to report ICE and help keep our neighbors safe - Portland OR edition" and "We marched! now what?"
October 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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breazeal.bsky.social
Made a poster inspired by Jack the "Freedom Chicken".

Will have another variant and one with a blank sign for you add your own message to the country or Trump.

#freedomchicken #warravagedportland #trump #chicken #taco #protest #portland
October 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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chowleen.bsky.social
you who are neither before nor after
you who arrive with blue plums
that have fallen through the night
perfect in the dew

-W.S. Merwin, To the Light of September"
#everynightapoem sharing Merwin on his birthday
TO THE LIGHT OF SEPTEMBER When you are already here you appear to be only a name that tells of you whether you are present or not and for now it seems as though you are still summer still the high familiar endless summer yet with a glint of bronze in the chill mornings and the late yellow petals of the mullein fluttering on the stalks that lean over their broken shadows across the cracked ground but they all know that you have come the seed heads of the sage the whispering birds with nowhere to hide you to keep you for later you who fly with them you who are neither before nor after you who arrive with blue plums that have fallen through the night perfect in the dew
September 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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vaccinium.bsky.social
A screenshot of reddit. Title: Attn Federal agents visiting Portland antifa has secret lairs under these specific trees. Then a picture of a tree of heaven. Body text: I am certain of it. You'll need to eradicate all the trees that antifa has mockingly and very blasphemously called the tree of heaven. Please kill any and all tree of heavens you see while you are here.
September 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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counciloravalos.bsky.social
We keep each other safe. If you see ICE or if you know someone who’s been detained, call the PIRC hotline:
1-888-622-1510.

Make sure you’re using the CLEAR model (Count, Location, Equipment, Activity, and Report Time) when you call.
Call the hotline. As always, ensure you have the PIRC hotline number saved and be prepared to call us as soon as possible if your loved one is detained, ICE has stopped you or is at your door, or you witness an ICE detention. Please call the hotline, rather than messaging us on social media, or emailing us, as the hotline is where we answer most quickly. Enroll in ECO. If you are not already enrolled in the Equity Corps or Oregon program to receive free legal services, call 1-888-274-7292 (Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5pm). Complete a family emergency plan in case of detention (visit PIRC’s website). Take care to follow all traffic laws. Unfortunately, ICE sometimes uses minor violations to pull people over.
September 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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gideonklindt.bsky.social
So many great costumes and puppets at the Sun Day event in PDX! The puppet team with the Blue Heron really stood out.

#SunDay #thirdact #climatechange #solar #wind #PDX
September 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
sharonhelms.bsky.social
@tinakotek.bsky.social Why is Oregon one of the most difficult states to get a COVID vaccine? Are you taking steps to ensure Oregonians don't need a prescription?
luckytran.com Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Sep 9
Updated COVID vaccine availability map 9/9

It's most difficult to get a shot in these states, which require prescriptions and have no MinuteClinics: ME, OR, UT, WV

These states require prescriptions but do have MinuteClinics: AZ, DC, FL, GA, LA, NC, VA

In all other states, no prescription needed
Updated COVID vaccine availability map 9/9 It's most difficult to get a shot in these states, which require prescriptions and have no MinuteClinics: ME, OR, UT, WV (yellow shading) These states require prescriptions but do have MinuteClinics: AZ, DC, FL, GA, LA, NC, VA (yellow shading with lines) In all other states, no prescription needed (green shading)
September 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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nickknudsenus.bsky.social
The scale of the rally in Portland is MASSIVE.

Simultaneously crossing the Morrison and Hawthorne Bridges in one long parade of democracy.

Tens of thousands of people. #NoKings
June 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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repdexteror.bsky.social
Why are we here if not to fight for the people who sent us? Giving away our power is not fighting back.
March 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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carolcosmo.bsky.social
Shop small and support a human artist at Alberta Street Gallery in Portland Oregon
March 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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martharichart.bsky.social
I made this the other night while procrastinating, mainly because I thought all the posts about the blackout were boring. It feels like there is momentum bringing people together!
A poster for the economic blackout on February 28. It is a big red Jack rabbit on an aqua blue back ground. It says economic blackout in hand done black type. There are two black speech bubbles. One says “don’t buy stuff Friday February 28th. The other says we have power. Below it says No Amazon, Walmart, target, gas food, gas. Below that it says OK small business, use cash. Designed by Martha Rich.
February 27, 2025 at 1:39 AM
sharonhelms.bsky.social
Stop the Coup! protest in downtown Portland, Oregon.
Protest in downtown Portland on President's Day 2025. Many people are gathered on the sidewalk, holding signs with slogans such as "Democracy doesn't accept Dogecoin" and "Save Civil Service"
February 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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laurenhudgins.bsky.social
Nearly everyone driving by in a Tesla has had the decency to look ashamed. #TeslaTakedown
Sign says "Trump clean up after your DOGE." Image is a dog with Musk's head pooping on "We the people."
February 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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kissane.myatproto.social
Lisa Sterle's incredible Ten of Swords tarot card from the Modern Witch tarot, depicting a woman with long hair lying on a jagged landscape under an ominous sky. She's stuck full of swords and looking at her phone. It's captioned EVERYTHING IS FINE.
February 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
sharonhelms.bsky.social
No thoughts, only vibes!
Kokoro, a tortoiseshell cat, is in a basket with her rainbow catnip toy. She's on her back with all four paws up, claws extended. Her mouth is partly open and showing her teeth. But she does not look fierce at all, definitely a no thoughts only vibes moment.
November 5, 2024 at 7:13 PM
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ivacheung.com
Y'ALL: A parent, after their little one got their treat, told me, "I'm dressed as a glottal stop." Then handed me this.

"I'm a linguistics student and I'm trying to educate people about the glottal stop!"
A flyer titled "Glottal stop" and a description of how it appears in many Indigenous languages.
November 1, 2024 at 2:14 AM