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Writer. Reader. I live in a box of paints. She/her. Banner: a detail from Remedios Varo’s Vampiros Vegetarianos. Three vampires in fantastical golden outfits sip fruit through extra long straws.)

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Maybe accessorize? :) A little swirl of sour cream, a little dab of chili oil, come croutons, a sprinkle of chopped herbs or scallions can work miracles.

07.03.2026 07:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Putting citrus oils directly on your skin is usually a terrible idea bc they make you photosensitive (make your skin easier to burn) and also they evaporate very quickly so you'd smell like an orange for about fifteen minutes, lol. If you want some good citrus perfume recs I'm happy to oblige!

07.03.2026 07:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

*psst* it will freeze well (unless you'd rather get it over with, lol)

07.03.2026 05:20 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Also disagree that there is such a thing as aesthetics that are possible to separate from a politics!

07.03.2026 05:17 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Oh it's a perfume thing! It's extract of orange oil, like vanilla extract, but with water instead of alcohol so it won't affect the flavor of the juice, just the fragrance. They use it to pump up the flavor. Sorry if you didn't want a real, nerdy answer. :)

07.03.2026 05:16 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It's gorgeous. My fav from the incense line to actually wear (as opposed to admire as an art project) is Ourzazate, but Avignon and Zagorsk are right behind. I also adore Sequoia (RIP) and Palisander (ditto, dammit).

07.03.2026 05:14 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ahahaha how much time do you have.

07.03.2026 05:12 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

That totally happened to me, but it was Marfa so no one batted an eye, lol.

07.03.2026 03:04 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'm mad at them right now for letting many of the best ones go out of stock, but I hold out hope for a revival at some point.

07.03.2026 01:58 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

*gasp*

07.03.2026 01:32 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Ahahaha it's true my options are limited these days. But I love the feeling of cutting a whole section vs. trying to painfully tighten up with lots of little cuts. That's more likely when you've got lots of text.

07.03.2026 01:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Zagorsk by Comme des Garcons: Incense | Luckyscent A poetic blend of crisp pine, cedar, and soft birch wood, this fragrance captures the serene essence of a 14th century Russian monastery.

*longs* And the scent is: www.luckyscent.com/products/zag...

07.03.2026 01:31 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Cutting them later will be so much fun, tho.

07.03.2026 01:28 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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a close up of a man with the words uhh that 's bait Alt: a close up of a man with the words uhh that 's bait
07.03.2026 01:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

André Gregory is 91. ❤️

07.03.2026 00:55 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yay! Thank you!

07.03.2026 00:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

🎉

06.03.2026 22:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes I just posted about them, thank you! Will def check them out.

06.03.2026 22:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.

SCOOP — Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.

My report:

06.03.2026 22:04 👍 7036 🔁 2608 💬 82 📌 92

This is called infantile egocentrism and we're supposed to age out of it by the time we're 5 or so.

06.03.2026 22:28 👍 282 🔁 66 💬 4 📌 0
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Drifting into a One-State Reality: Active Accelerators and Possible Halts | INSS Click here to download the full Memorandum

Interesting long-form memorandum from an Israeli think tank which predicts that as Israel's one-state (apartheidst) reality further coheres and concretizes, the most likely pathways almost all end with the end of the Jewish state.

06.03.2026 00:20 👍 234 🔁 65 💬 8 📌 2
Home - Community Cycling Center

These guys also look good. I bet they’d know more about selling and swapping used bikes too. communitycyclingcenter.org

06.03.2026 21:51 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

TY!

06.03.2026 21:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Bike Farm Home Bike Farm is an all volunteer-run collective dedicated to every aspect of bicycle education, from safe commuting to repair.

Ooh these guys look cool. bikefarm.org

06.03.2026 21:46 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Past and present Citybikes owners in legal tussle over assets, shop's future Citybikes storefront on SE Ankeny. (Photo: Save Citybikes Facebook Group) Flyer created by Brian Lacy. A dispute between current and past co-owners of Citybikes Workers Cooperative has turned in...

Hmmm bikeportland.org/2022/08/19/m...

06.03.2026 21:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

PDX folks, is there a bike shop here that sells used/refurbished bikes and/or accepts trade-ins? Or an event where such a thing might happen? It feels like something this town should have but my search efforts aren’t turning up anything yet.

06.03.2026 21:25 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 5 📌 0

It’s really all attitude. I regularly wear rings half the size of my palm and they don’t feel weird to me anymore bc they’re just…my rings? I assume it’s the same for every day style people.

06.03.2026 21:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I’m already wearing a mask, man. Might as well go for it.

06.03.2026 21:04 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Goals

06.03.2026 21:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I love so much that one of the few times Bluesky shows up in the news it’s for this.

06.03.2026 20:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0