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When I see ICE (without due process) beat & abduct working people simply because they have brown skin, I think of these words: “Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends (Life, Liberty, Happiness), it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.”

I’m very tired, yet I persist.

People with severe ME, a condition practically no one is really aware of, live in permanent solitary confinement and in physical and mental torture.

“You know what? I just don’t like the feeling of masks even though they’re effective in preventing infections from airborne diseases like COVID. We’re all going to die anyway.”

When far-right decendents of European immigrant settlers unabashedly wish for the extermination of Indigenous people.

Laying my head on someone’s chest, feeling it slowly rise and fall while listening to their heartbeat would cure me

Today an employee at the Portland Nursery saw my Berlin Buyers Club “Cure Long Covid” tee, and immediately said “I have two friends who have Long Covid!” He then said “And no one even believes it.” I replied “but you do.”

Everything Israel is doing (destroying the food supply, poisoning food rations, firing on starving people, forcing people off their land, massacring people who flee to designated "safe spaces", etc.)follows the same playbook the U.S. used on Native Americans. Are bioweapons next?

If you need a dose of courage, remember the vengeance the Cheyenne, Lakota, Arapaho unleashed on the evils of settler colonialism and imperialism back on June 25th, 1876. From the Battle of the Little Bighorn to the liberation of the Palestinian people. #VictoryDay

Israeli woman’s new home, she just moved into yesterday, got bombed so she’s doubly upset. I can’t speak….so I’ll just play the violin. #Israel #Iran

When The Avalanches came to Portland in 2022, they sampled Brian Wilson from The Beach Boys’ song “God Only Knows.” (00:21:00) I may not always love you, but long as there are stars above you.

To all the working class undocumented immigrants from south of the border: As the son of a Cheyenne man, & as a member of my tribe, I want you to know you are supported, you are loved, & you belong in this country as only you - not Euro-Americans - are Indigenous to the Americas.

You’d think the @FBI would spring into action as the murder of a Native man who is gay is a HATE crime. But this is AmeriKKKa. #JonathanJoss

Thom Yorke ignoring 77 years of Nakba and genocide has caused me to disregard the past 32 years of Radiohead’s catalog. #ExitMusicForAGenocide

i miss the person i was 5-6 years ago that had a bunch of hobbies and social events and like....went places and did stuff. feels like i'm just rotting now

Reagan’s presidency coincided with both my parents being unemployed multiple times & my family falling into poverty. The unraveling of the social safety net, wealth inequality, & the fact that incomes haven’t kept pace with inflation for 40+ years…it all began with him.