Petra von Can
@zhuzhmeister.bsky.social
Professional ZHUZHER and artful maximalist. Forever and always a thrifty pickle. Currently covered in DIY demo dust and dog hair.
I am officially old enough, smart enough, and menopausal enough to know not to brag about how I'd ace a cognitive assessment that would ask me to recall 3-5 unrelated words "after a short delay". I can draw TF out of a clock, tho.
December 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I am officially old enough, smart enough, and menopausal enough to know not to brag about how I'd ace a cognitive assessment that would ask me to recall 3-5 unrelated words "after a short delay". I can draw TF out of a clock, tho.
Your daily reminder that people have the power to redeem the work of fools. #pattysmith
November 27, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Your daily reminder that people have the power to redeem the work of fools. #pattysmith
I have a rare blood disorder (oncology) and trigeminal neuralgia (neurology). My husband's got crap DNA so he's a type 1 diabetic AND heart patient (cardiology). His meds alone would bankrupt us without insurance, so if one of us has to go without coverage it'll have to be me.
Are we great yet?
Are we great yet?
November 20, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I have a rare blood disorder (oncology) and trigeminal neuralgia (neurology). My husband's got crap DNA so he's a type 1 diabetic AND heart patient (cardiology). His meds alone would bankrupt us without insurance, so if one of us has to go without coverage it'll have to be me.
Are we great yet?
Are we great yet?
Anyone wanna talk about that under the radar Department of Education maneuvering...?
Holy crap.
Holy crap.
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Anyone wanna talk about that under the radar Department of Education maneuvering...?
Holy crap.
Holy crap.
Remember that Vance still has holdings in AcreTrader, offering pennies on the dollar to desperate farmers.
"The original landowners sometimes continue to work the land as shareholders or tenants, which critics argue can reduce them to sharecroppers."
"The original landowners sometimes continue to work the land as shareholders or tenants, which critics argue can reduce them to sharecroppers."
November 9, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Remember that Vance still has holdings in AcreTrader, offering pennies on the dollar to desperate farmers.
"The original landowners sometimes continue to work the land as shareholders or tenants, which critics argue can reduce them to sharecroppers."
"The original landowners sometimes continue to work the land as shareholders or tenants, which critics argue can reduce them to sharecroppers."
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Bucks County ousts ALL Republicans from the Central Bucks and Pennridge school boards after both school boards were ground zero for anti-trans policies in 2021.
The wave is receding.
The wave is receding.
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Bucks County ousts ALL Republicans from the Central Bucks and Pennridge school boards after both school boards were ground zero for anti-trans policies in 2021.
The wave is receding.
The wave is receding.
You guys post all the smart stuffs and I'll keep churning out the hits.
November 3, 2025 at 4:15 AM
You guys post all the smart stuffs and I'll keep churning out the hits.
Hmmmm still radio silence on the name of the mysterious woman who's the girlfriend of the leader of Antifa. No arrest records or pictures of the arrest. It's almost as if she doesn't exist. Imagine that!
October 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Hmmmm still radio silence on the name of the mysterious woman who's the girlfriend of the leader of Antifa. No arrest records or pictures of the arrest. It's almost as if she doesn't exist. Imagine that!
It's ONE.CITY.BLOCK. This is performative, overzealous, embarrassing, and EXPENSIVE nonsense.
Noem threatens 'four times' more federal officers to Portland after meeting with mayor
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's comments on Fox News came after a visit to Portland.
katu.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It's ONE.CITY.BLOCK. This is performative, overzealous, embarrassing, and EXPENSIVE nonsense.
My father took me to see Ms. Goodall's first post Gambia lecture tour in the late 1970's. HE was wildly excited about her work. I had no idea who she was, but her presentation was life-changing. I hung on her every word, mesmerized, and in that moment she became a forever heroine. What a gift. RIP♥️
October 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
My father took me to see Ms. Goodall's first post Gambia lecture tour in the late 1970's. HE was wildly excited about her work. I had no idea who she was, but her presentation was life-changing. I hung on her every word, mesmerized, and in that moment she became a forever heroine. What a gift. RIP♥️
So they'll shut down to deprive people of necessary services and if and when we reach a collective breaking point they'll declare citizens who take to the streets "The Enemy Within" and use them as target practice for the new military....?
September 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
So they'll shut down to deprive people of necessary services and if and when we reach a collective breaking point they'll declare citizens who take to the streets "The Enemy Within" and use them as target practice for the new military....?
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Every single one of these clips was taken today in downtown Portland. Portland doesn’t want or need a federal takeover. If Trump insists on sending federal “resources” he can start with funding health care, bridges, affordable housing, and wildfire protection to name a few.
September 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Every single one of these clips was taken today in downtown Portland. Portland doesn’t want or need a federal takeover. If Trump insists on sending federal “resources” he can start with funding health care, bridges, affordable housing, and wildfire protection to name a few.
I miss the good old days when you had to actually leave the house to get radicalized.
September 13, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I miss the good old days when you had to actually leave the house to get radicalized.
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The way they discovered evidence of life on Mars and no one has the capacity to deal with that today.
September 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The way they discovered evidence of life on Mars and no one has the capacity to deal with that today.
Someone needs to name their punk band "The Loopy D and the Long Tail" - stat!
September 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Someone needs to name their punk band "The Loopy D and the Long Tail" - stat!
The hellscape that is public art! #pdx We also have some wildly talented graffiti artists!
Portland Murals and Street Art | FindMASA
findmasa.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The hellscape that is public art! #pdx We also have some wildly talented graffiti artists!
PDX let's never forget that an impenetrable line of Black Women followed by a few white girls with hockey sticks and a bunch of Dads with leaf blowers sent a test regime packing in 2020.
September 8, 2025 at 4:53 AM
PDX let's never forget that an impenetrable line of Black Women followed by a few white girls with hockey sticks and a bunch of Dads with leaf blowers sent a test regime packing in 2020.
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I wrote this five years ago. Today we heard the screams. lithub.com/in-patriarch...
In Patriarchy No One Can Hear You Scream: Rebecca Solnit on Jeffrey Epstein and the Silencing Machine
One of my favorite books when I was young was T. H. White’s The Once and Future King, and one of its central themes is the attempt of King Arthur to replace an ethos of “might is right” with someth…
lithub.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I wrote this five years ago. Today we heard the screams. lithub.com/in-patriarch...
Video games don't radicalize people, but gaming platforms are another story, and, you know, THE GUNS.
August 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Video games don't radicalize people, but gaming platforms are another story, and, you know, THE GUNS.
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Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.
August 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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1) Socials/pods/vids used to be social, there really was actual community, not long ago at all. Meeting ppl online & taking it into real life happened allllll the time. Now it's isolation. Regular ppl can’t cut through. Algorithms push the paid ppl/platforms they want you to see.
July 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
1) Socials/pods/vids used to be social, there really was actual community, not long ago at all. Meeting ppl online & taking it into real life happened allllll the time. Now it's isolation. Regular ppl can’t cut through. Algorithms push the paid ppl/platforms they want you to see.