Denise Ruttan
@teawhilewriting.bsky.social
Reader, photographer, occasional writer, legal assistant. Movies, vinyl, sci fi, gaming, comics, knitting, sewing, sports. Queer. She/they
Links: https://teawhilewriting.carrd.co
Links: https://teawhilewriting.carrd.co
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Finding a friendship across time and space that you felt an emotional connection with is so rare. I wish I could have met you, seen the home of your Cornish ghost stories, tried your sticky English toffees. No insipid crush obsession was too much for you to hear
I miss you, @chaoticauthor.online
I miss you, @chaoticauthor.online
December 3, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Finding a friendship across time and space that you felt an emotional connection with is so rare. I wish I could have met you, seen the home of your Cornish ghost stories, tried your sticky English toffees. No insipid crush obsession was too much for you to hear
I miss you, @chaoticauthor.online
I miss you, @chaoticauthor.online
Whoops. I am talking about my crush more on main because I used to vent about him to my friend who passed of pancreatic cancer, who was the only one who understood. I am sorry. It really is a very boring story that I am still obsessed with
December 3, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Whoops. I am talking about my crush more on main because I used to vent about him to my friend who passed of pancreatic cancer, who was the only one who understood. I am sorry. It really is a very boring story that I am still obsessed with
My current crush doesn't listen to music, but the only reason why that wasn't a turnoff was because he played trumpet in high school and his mom was a classical pianist. Still. Does not compute! Doesn't matter what kind of music you listen to, listen to something!
We all know that hippies love their hippie music. Anything from Buffalo Springfield to Schpongle, they love it. But we all love music. Literally everyone is into some sort of audio choreography. But my weird hippie neighbor is not that way. I can play Grateful Dead and she's like, "Who's this?"
Shit
Shit
December 3, 2025 at 6:49 AM
My current crush doesn't listen to music, but the only reason why that wasn't a turnoff was because he played trumpet in high school and his mom was a classical pianist. Still. Does not compute! Doesn't matter what kind of music you listen to, listen to something!
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Star Trek wine advent calendar day 1.
DS9 Defiant themed California Chardonnay poured in a thematically incorrect glass.
DS9 Defiant themed California Chardonnay poured in a thematically incorrect glass.
December 2, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Star Trek wine advent calendar day 1.
DS9 Defiant themed California Chardonnay poured in a thematically incorrect glass.
DS9 Defiant themed California Chardonnay poured in a thematically incorrect glass.
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Someone please leak the entirety of the Epstein Files so the world can move on from this stupidity and throw the criminals in prison to rot.
December 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Someone please leak the entirety of the Epstein Files so the world can move on from this stupidity and throw the criminals in prison to rot.
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anytime i stay up late shitposting another red bull gets its wings
December 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
anytime i stay up late shitposting another red bull gets its wings
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I noticed in the 90s and '00s, as the internet shortened the metaphorical distance between different countries' then-unique video games cultures, that while my (British) friends and I would say we'd "finished" or "completed" a game, Americans on forums would always say they'd "beat" a game. 1/2
December 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I noticed in the 90s and '00s, as the internet shortened the metaphorical distance between different countries' then-unique video games cultures, that while my (British) friends and I would say we'd "finished" or "completed" a game, Americans on forums would always say they'd "beat" a game. 1/2
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I regret to inform you that a woman cannot have a different opinion on sports without being laughed at. No different than twitter. Smdh.
December 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I regret to inform you that a woman cannot have a different opinion on sports without being laughed at. No different than twitter. Smdh.
Used to think my work friend was terrible with boundaries, but I'd always knock on his door when he wasn't on the phone and often feel like I was bothering him. Then he started opening his door when he was open to chatting and I felt reassured, even if it wasn't constant. Someone learned boundaries
December 3, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Used to think my work friend was terrible with boundaries, but I'd always knock on his door when he wasn't on the phone and often feel like I was bothering him. Then he started opening his door when he was open to chatting and I felt reassured, even if it wasn't constant. Someone learned boundaries
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November sunset from a few nights ago. Ocean Beach, San Diego, California
#sandiego #sdca #oceanbeach #beach #surfing #dogbeach #ocean #sunset #sunsetchasers #obpier #landscapes_lovers
#sandiego #sdca #oceanbeach #beach #surfing #dogbeach #ocean #sunset #sunsetchasers #obpier #landscapes_lovers
December 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
November sunset from a few nights ago. Ocean Beach, San Diego, California
#sandiego #sdca #oceanbeach #beach #surfing #dogbeach #ocean #sunset #sunsetchasers #obpier #landscapes_lovers
#sandiego #sdca #oceanbeach #beach #surfing #dogbeach #ocean #sunset #sunsetchasers #obpier #landscapes_lovers
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Half my timeline starving while the other half is buying $440 lego sets and IM the one folks are mad at for pointing out they could change that.
December 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Half my timeline starving while the other half is buying $440 lego sets and IM the one folks are mad at for pointing out they could change that.
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overheard a dad at the bookstore showing his little girl a copy of Redwall and saying “it’s like Lord of the Rings but with small animals!”
December 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
overheard a dad at the bookstore showing his little girl a copy of Redwall and saying “it’s like Lord of the Rings but with small animals!”
I always side eye people who turn off quote reposts because we don't always want to dunk on you, sometimes we want to agree with you and boost your correct opinion
December 3, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I always side eye people who turn off quote reposts because we don't always want to dunk on you, sometimes we want to agree with you and boost your correct opinion
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guy who thinks that American westward expansion was genocidal but not colonial because while the natives were displaced there was no expectation that annexed territory would be politically subordinate to a metropole in the eastern United States
December 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
guy who thinks that American westward expansion was genocidal but not colonial because while the natives were displaced there was no expectation that annexed territory would be politically subordinate to a metropole in the eastern United States
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December 2, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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Why yes, I do like flying on airplanes. Thank you for asking.
December 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Why yes, I do like flying on airplanes. Thank you for asking.
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September 2025
Not A Drought Year
Bloomington Minnesota
Not A Drought Year
Bloomington Minnesota
December 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
September 2025
Not A Drought Year
Bloomington Minnesota
Not A Drought Year
Bloomington Minnesota
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Took my kid’s pet 🐀 to the nonprofit Odd Pet Vet.
Mid apt kid says “um, why is there a tortoise walking down the hall?”
Vet: oh that’s Bling, he’s had free rein of this place for 14 years
Me: protecc bling at all costs 😍
Mid apt kid says “um, why is there a tortoise walking down the hall?”
Vet: oh that’s Bling, he’s had free rein of this place for 14 years
Me: protecc bling at all costs 😍
December 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Took my kid’s pet 🐀 to the nonprofit Odd Pet Vet.
Mid apt kid says “um, why is there a tortoise walking down the hall?”
Vet: oh that’s Bling, he’s had free rein of this place for 14 years
Me: protecc bling at all costs 😍
Mid apt kid says “um, why is there a tortoise walking down the hall?”
Vet: oh that’s Bling, he’s had free rein of this place for 14 years
Me: protecc bling at all costs 😍
Bluesky is the platform I yap the most on, so I suppose this is the place where you find me the most annoying or the most charming depending on what you think of me. Oh well. I know I'm not everyone's cup of tea, and that is quite all right. My people pleasing days are over
December 3, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Bluesky is the platform I yap the most on, so I suppose this is the place where you find me the most annoying or the most charming depending on what you think of me. Oh well. I know I'm not everyone's cup of tea, and that is quite all right. My people pleasing days are over
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I kind of miss movie rental stores. If there was a ten year old movie that I wanted to watch, chances are it would still be on the shelves of a Blockbuster, etc.
There is no legal way to stream the movie I've been looking for because it's been delisted from Canadian streaming sites.
There is no legal way to stream the movie I've been looking for because it's been delisted from Canadian streaming sites.
December 2, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I kind of miss movie rental stores. If there was a ten year old movie that I wanted to watch, chances are it would still be on the shelves of a Blockbuster, etc.
There is no legal way to stream the movie I've been looking for because it's been delisted from Canadian streaming sites.
There is no legal way to stream the movie I've been looking for because it's been delisted from Canadian streaming sites.
cw: weight
I have been struggling with perimenopausal/comfort eating weight gain. I haven't been doing much about it, no exercise, have IBS, just portion control. I weigh myself every week. 2 weeks ago I was 180 lbs. Tonight I was 171 lbs. Whaaat. Middle age makes no sense
I have been struggling with perimenopausal/comfort eating weight gain. I haven't been doing much about it, no exercise, have IBS, just portion control. I weigh myself every week. 2 weeks ago I was 180 lbs. Tonight I was 171 lbs. Whaaat. Middle age makes no sense
December 3, 2025 at 5:54 AM
cw: weight
I have been struggling with perimenopausal/comfort eating weight gain. I haven't been doing much about it, no exercise, have IBS, just portion control. I weigh myself every week. 2 weeks ago I was 180 lbs. Tonight I was 171 lbs. Whaaat. Middle age makes no sense
I have been struggling with perimenopausal/comfort eating weight gain. I haven't been doing much about it, no exercise, have IBS, just portion control. I weigh myself every week. 2 weeks ago I was 180 lbs. Tonight I was 171 lbs. Whaaat. Middle age makes no sense
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me explaining moby dick even though i only know the first sentence: ishmael is just his nickname his real name is moby dick
December 3, 2025 at 4:49 AM
me explaining moby dick even though i only know the first sentence: ishmael is just his nickname his real name is moby dick
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So embarrassing when you’re out buying groceries and you realize you forgot to live a meaningful life
November 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
So embarrassing when you’re out buying groceries and you realize you forgot to live a meaningful life
I was going to see a movie this week but I have decided instead to go to a local concert. Prog-rock group Stick Men is touring to the Whiteside on Thursday before they head to Portland. Seeing a local concert by myself isn't as scary as dealing with PDX parking! New Year goal: More concerts!!
December 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
I was going to see a movie this week but I have decided instead to go to a local concert. Prog-rock group Stick Men is touring to the Whiteside on Thursday before they head to Portland. Seeing a local concert by myself isn't as scary as dealing with PDX parking! New Year goal: More concerts!!