Who benefits from this rhetoric? The only winner in this game is white supremacists. Do better y'all.

And leave my fucking prima alone 😤😤😤

And if this was a conversation about colorism or the complexity of biracial identity then we could talk about that stuff

But instead it's just trying to turn people into math problems. A thing that only causes more erasure. It causes biracial folks to not count themselves amongst their community.

I have Afrolatino cousins and if someone tried this shit with my cousins I would climb over tables.

They are Black. The police see them as Black. Racists aren't going to alter their slurs just because they're also Mexican. But denying their latinidad is also erasure.

I'm actually not okay with the fact that there's weirdo rhetoric about whether or not a councilor is "half Black"

Like I think we need to stop perpetuating race science and calling it liberation

We all need to be thankful that I don't post everything I think about people because I don't think these conservatives and moderates can handle it

It was so insidious to see roll out in each of the EPG amendments

I've been taking a few breaks and.....I JUST got to of Smith 5 and her accusations at Avalos which.....oh my God

Also, I fucking love Avalos. She's my favorite city Councilor( of the ones who aren't my direct representatives on council)

I think the core fight is always about whether or not Trickle down economics works.

And it's fascinating to see how many amendments were made that felt like intentionally to hack down at the social housing

Dunphy: we are finally at the underlining amendment. Is there any other debate?
Zimmerman: I'd like to move Zimmerman 1
Me: GOD DAMNIT

Yes to your first question and oh my God it's a TRIP

Finally going back to watch the discussion re: Keep Portland Housed and there're a few observations

1. Dunphy HATES being Council President and I love him for it
2. There's a weird tension in the room
3. Accolades to the 🦚 crew and their ability to rebuttal their colleagues politely

Honestly I don't think he fully registered what was said

Oh this makes me mad. That's some absolute nonsense.

He has been in the room for me saying this

I work with a plumber who is an old man and I call him Gruncle.

I am now in the strange position of trying to explain to him that I think borders are fake without activating his anti communist propaganda thinking

The American Plaza Towers are the type of condo living that I want everyone to have access to.

Except the concierge service.....that feels weird.

I'm one of those trans women. I worked ground ops for Artemis I.

I am torn between celebrating the success of my friends and peers and grieving how my dream of working for NASA was shattered by hateful assholes in Tallahassee

you do not have to hand it to tucker carlson or marjorie taylor greene or alex jones or megyn kelly. they're all rats who see trump as a sinking ship and they're getting ready to jump in preparation for their next act. you do not have to fall for it.

It was honestly one of the most poetic and profound opinion pieces I've ever read

I really should subscribe to the Portland Mercury

I want to point out that the reason that Kristi Noem or her husband's sex life is under public scrutiny is because they have made their political stance to be one of sexual and gender restriction.

If they were accepting of concepts like freedom of gender expression and love then it wouldn't matter

Donate to this amazing Meme Gremlin.

Truly couldn't ask for better representation.
(No like literally, the amount of times I think something and then she says something on the dias with a similar energy is WEIRD)

Just say you don't like my donkey tattoo

I talk a lot of shit for someone who cries when I think too much about the indomitable human spirit.

They're so much and I love my second hand cargo bike

I honestly just want to convert my own so I can keep it

Oh it's a Bitch

And they don't clean the leaves off of it so I basically stopped riding my bike once fall hit

I don't actually know what the official term is for non electric bikes and I've just been referring to them as acoustic....

On that topic, I need a way to make my acoustic bike somewhat electric because it's bike season and I need to not be killed by the bybee bridge

It do be like that sometimes