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Fix your hearts or die? Sure. But also: Fix your hearts and live. Fixing involves doing the work, not having work done for you. People can build the path of liberation from patriarchy, but they can't walk it for you. So, walk the path. Do the work. Be a *man.* www.the-reframe.com/fix-your-hea...

The extraordinary wildfire outbreak across Oregon, eastern Washington, and southern British Columbia has become even more alarming amid critical fire weather conditions. Over 500,000 acres have already burned in OR & WA alone, and that number could be >1 million acres by Mon.

The Salem woman suffered concussion, other injuries in ICE stop at the end of January, advocates said.

If you want to understand how far-reaching the corporate rot in media is, read this gutting piece about the fall of Oregon Public Broadcasting. (And follow @ryanjhaas.bsky.social and @leahsottile.bsky.social’s new publication @thewesternedge.bsky.social which will be amazing bc they’re amazing)

The Oregon Department of Justice submitted multiple videos as trial exhibits that show federal officers using force against what appear to be nonviolent protesters outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on various nights since June. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase. The President is building an army to attack his own country.

Cleared my mind with a beautiful afternoon hike along the Deschutes River. Nature restores.

Let’s talk about Professor Jonathan Caravello, who teaches math and philosophy at CSU Channel Islands. He’s been detained by the feds based on events at a protest in Ventura County on Thursday. /1 www.pacbiztimes.com/2025/07/12/c...

"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history..." www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

Everything is a lot these days and I know I’m very lucky to live in a place in a situation that is relatively calm right now. So how about you come kayak along Lake Winnipeg with me? Hopefully it brings a little peace to your day. 1/ 🌿

NEW: Forecasters predict periods of extreme weather in the Northwest will bring the threat of rolling blackouts within the decade if the region’s current energy trends continue. With @opb.org

Their phones weren’t dead after a week off in that heat? #thewhitelotus

#handsoff in Bend, Oregon 🤣

#handsoff Bend, Oregon!

It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.

Oil and gas industry wants to be able to dump highly toxic fracking wastewater—full of benzene and heavy metals, often radioactive—with more abandon, including in rivers and streams, and White House is open to that. insideclimatenews.org/news/2003202...

Good. Nail him.

Everyone knows what happened here. Trump can only exist around people he can causally humiliate. Guys lie JD and Rubio. He wanted to do a ritual humiliation of Zelensky and Ukraine but Zelensky wouldn’t accept that and so Trump reacted like a stung bitch.

Federal funding cuts have forced wildland firefighters to cancel prescribed burns, which help prevent wildfires. “We will be more vulnerable to a catastrophic fire in the future as a result,” one firefighter said.

NEW: My staff just got ahold of this memo from House Budget Committee Republicans. It's lengthy and hard to digest but it tells us exactly how Republicans plan to sell out the American people for another round of tax cuts to the rich. We're breaking down the highlights as we go:

Here's the reality about the #LAFires this week: this isn't the first time ANY of these places have burned. Not even close. In 2018, we mapped CA fire history to look at fire frequency across SoCal. Santa Monica Mtns area burns more than anywhere else -- up to once per decade in a given spot. 🧵

Self-care, demonstrated.

Tennessee has one of the highest rates of women killed by men, and most of those homicides are committed with guns. One rural county is taking steps to try to ensure that abusers don’t have access to firearms. (Published Aug.) w/ @wpln.bsky.social

With bedtime fast approaching for the orphaned elephants in Nairobi, we gathered the herd for a special Christmas Eve meet-and-greet, led by Head Keeper Edwin

Nrew from @propublica: State maternal mortality boards are supposed to find out why pregnant patients die and how to prevent their deaths. But they’re not asking whether state abortion bans are to blame, our survey of 15 states found. www.propublica.org/article/abor...

Gooby turned 1! 😍

Spotted by our pilot, watch as teams mount a rapid response to help this bull elephant who'd been targeted by poachers. This is your donations in action! To see the full treatment, and support our work, visit: www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates...

Well this is refreshing. Hiya!