This is a bit of a tattoo tour, a bit of a life tour, a history of long-lived beings and the marks they’ve acquired over millennia, and a commitment to making permanent the images and symbols and memories that make us human
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A few years ago, pundits remarked on celebrities who decided to remove their tattoos (Pete Davidson was the most notable, among others) as a rise in social conservatism. Now that we’ve arrived at that moment, some are doubling down on art and meaning
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I’m so, so sorry for your loss, Karen 🤍
Thanks, Sherrilyn. Note, there are about 8 million+ U.S. #Adoptees. Hundreds of thousands were severed from their countries of origins by intercountry adoption and do not have "original birth certificates." Most US born adoptees don't either. They ALL would be impacted disproportionately too.
down time***
The company has been buying up small, rural water companies since 2018, and is threatening to raise rates.
If that isn’t an indication that Wall Street realizes the climate crisis is here — that water will quickly become a commodity — I don’t know what is.
A few years ago, some shadowy investor group bought the company that ran, maintained, and serviced our community well. As I’m sure will not come as a surprise, we’ve had more boil advisories, more downtown, and less reliable service since
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If you’ve forded a river, you know slow going. You know the fight for
inches, the burn of trying to hold yourself upright against the current, the trust you have to place in feet you cannot see.
This is what community-building often feels like.
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Not to say it’s not worth trying, just that being in a relationship with any other person is work! It takes time! Inconvenience! Adapting to others’ needs as if they were your own!
It’s more important now than ever to decide to do the hard work, to get uncomfortable, and care about others.
If you’ve forded a river, you know slow going. You know the fight for
inches, the burn of trying to hold yourself upright against the current, the trust you have to place in feet you cannot see.
This is what community-building often feels like.
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Writing is, in itself, a show of resistance in senseless times because it is a deeply human feat of sitting with ourselves, our emotions, and our humanity. If it wasn’t, AI wouldn’t be pushed down our throats by those in power
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Anyway, it didn’t deter the students, who are braver than the dude behind the wheel of the truck will ever be.
Most other cars driving through honked, waved, clapped, etc. This is a semi-rural agricultural community, and there were probably 30-50 adults protesting out there with the students.
Watched a due coal-roll a student-led walkout protest in Mount Vernon, WA, this afternoon.
He. coal-rolled. children.
i will never stop thinking about the intersection of epstein and the shitty media men list
Now that we’re in the era of influencer journalism, which is often pseudo-journalism, I believe people will only further associate the practice of journalism alongside building a personal brand and monetizing it. That is the logical conclusion of journalism under capitalism.
I went back to Joshua Tree last week because I was desperately homesick a few weeks ago and booked a ticket to ease my heart. As always, the desert knew exactly what I needed even when I couldn’t
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This is about growth, yes, but also about the space that exists in some places to make mistakes, to try hard, and to become the best possible version of yourself when the entire world is telling you it’s bad to care, to have empathy, to feel things. It may not feel radical, but it does feel right
I went back to Joshua Tree last week because I was desperately homesick a few weeks ago and booked a ticket to ease my heart. As always, the desert knew exactly what I needed even when I couldn’t
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Leaves are budding here in the PNW. In the middle of January. Where the light is low and soft instead of strong and warm. It’s another contribution to the unease settling in this winter, one marked by more ICE in the streets than ice on the ground
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The aurora borealis shines pink and green in a clear sky full of stars in Northwest Washington.
“I asked ChatGPT”
“I asked Claude”
“I asked Grok”
well i asked the aurora borealis and it said you’ve lost your awe, how sad
MORMONS: look its very clear that God and his established authority on the earth, do not have the power to actually influence sporting events. Thats why BYU doesn't win anything important. That would be way too hard
POPE (roller skating backwards while eating a hot dog) not that hard
This is about Minneapolis. This is about every place before and every place after. It is about big progressive cities and small rural towns. It is about tapping our roots system to provide support, care, and aid to those currently most vulnerable.
the vulnerable. Those that bloomed too early and lost valuable energy to building leaves that were destined to fail. Those at risk of disease and invasive species. To survive, the forest must work together.
A big metaphor, but apt.
It’s a big metaphor, but apt. The only way the plants will survive through the hot, dry summers that are now common in the PNW will be by tapping ancient root and fungi networks, a way for the forest to work together to ensure they all survive. They’ll share resources, info, and warnings to protect
Leaves are budding here in the PNW. In the middle of January. Where the light is low and soft instead of strong and warm. It’s another contribution to the unease settling in this winter, one marked by more ICE in the streets than ice on the ground
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as i was saying
We're hoping to unseal California's OBCs 91 years later. Today the Judiciary Committee will hear SB 381. "SB 381 would allow adult adoptees in Calif. unrestricted access to original birth certificates, restoring equality, identity rights and transparency."
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It is prime birding season here in the Skagit Valley, and there is a lot we can learn from the messy, diverse flocks that land here each year in search of an easier winter, regardless of how temporary the relief may be.
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I used to take risks, or, at least, didn’t let my anxiety make decisions for me. My hope is that, in 2026, I learn how to live comfortably with anxiety and fear without letting it call the shots
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