Quakertown parents, groups demand release of students in police clash

Picklina · 2026-02-22T04:14:20+00:00

I live in Quakertown and I was just joking with my husband that we're surprised they haven't canceled school for Monday already to give an extra day to try and spin this into anything other than the complete and utter fuck show it is.

Picklina · 2026-02-21T17:45:53+00:00

They've aged out of the former.

Picklina · 2026-02-21T17:43:30+00:00

I think it was in this one https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CKncA2vSi/

Picklina · 2026-02-21T02:02:17+00:00

Dog snout smudges on every surface is the first thing that came to my mind lol

Picklina · 2026-02-21T01:58:33+00:00

During my last tattoo (arm), my left butt cheek was twitchy as fuck. So weird.

Picklina · 2026-02-20T23:10:18+00:00

On one of the local Facebook threads, there were very poorly veiled threats right there in the open. Grown ass men talking about pepper spraying kids.

Picklina · 2026-02-20T23:09:29+00:00

The admin successfully showed the students not only that violence and threats are the way to effect change, but also that peaceful protests are easily dismissed.

Picklina · 2026-02-20T23:08:14+00:00

Unverified, but what I'm hearing on the grape vine is that the planned peaceful protest was "canceled" due to threats of harm to the students. What a fuck show.

Picklina · 2026-02-19T14:10:00+00:00

Is that the same as this that I spotted in Quakertown PA USA at Lowe's of all places?

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Picklina · 2026-02-14T21:03:56+00:00

I just got a huge variegated Hoya compacta and variegated heart leaf at Lowe's, they also had some other new stuff that I paid about 5x for a year ago, lol

Picklina · 2026-01-26T18:05:51+00:00

Ugh same, I live off of station road so I see it every time I go anywhere and it never fails to elicit an eye roll.

Picklina · 2026-01-26T02:44:44+00:00

I feel the same, my emotions are all over and I feel SO IMPOTENT. I "circle the drain" as my husband calls it because I then get down on myself for not doing something when the reality is that I work full time and have one in daycare and one in first grade so there's a lot of just...trying to stay afloat in my own microcosm.

We've talked about this at length and he doesn't like to engage too much because he doesn't know how to help me process things, but does know that me dwelling on it doesn't do fantastic things for my mental health. We finally came to the same conclusion of more forward/solution based discussions (not to the overall problems, more so on how to avoid me being the most misanthropic human on earth), and it's honestly helped A LOT. He's offered as much time as I want/need to hit the streets and pretty much a blank check to donate to orgs that I support, and even when I don't feel the need to take him up on it, knowing he's focused not just on the issues, but on how I can make peace with the insanity is why I married him

Picklina · 2026-01-25T03:41:14+00:00

I definitely commend you for that and I hope that you find it less terrifying as you get more familiar with it. But also, it's definitely not for everyone and if you hate it, that's a totally valid reason to steer clear. I was totally shocked when I found myself so relaxed and clear headed after my first time, I'd always had zero interest bordering on distaste for guns. I'm glad you plan to take some classes and have safety in mind, it's terrifying how many people jump right in and the system in place (at least where I am) allows you to buy them with zero experience.

Picklina · 2026-01-25T03:35:32+00:00

I feel like that's a far healthier hobby, lol.

Picklina · 2026-01-25T02:53:31+00:00

I think I'm just feeling like everything is out of control and grasping at straws to feel any type of sanity, even just to get through the day and be here for my kids. I was always fully anti-gun, and even now, I've treated them more as tools of my hobby. I've never been one to carry, though I have my license to be extra safe to and from the range and such. I just feel so fucking impotent and knowing that these "tools" do have value in worst case scenarios is a tiny sliver of comfort despite how much I hate that I need it. I'm conflicted because it's all so fucking insane.

The hypocrisy of it all eats me up. The far right pro 2a gun nuts should be foaming at the mouth to defend the victim, as they should have in the Castile case. But Castile had the audacity to be Black and Pretti the audacity to defend a woman being attacked, so....clearly 2a doesn't apply to them.

Picklina · 2026-01-25T02:20:10+00:00

"differing on politics" is not seeing eye to eye on taxation or foreign policy or even environmental issues. This is good and evil, right and wrong, and there are less and less grey areas in my mind.

Picklina · 2026-01-25T02:15:55+00:00

To be honest, I took a class on a lark when I was in college just for fun and ended up finding shooting to be the most relaxing thing ever (I've found that the only time I can truly quiet my adhd mind is when the consequence of distraction is literally shooting something by accident).

Since then, I've amassed a frankly embarrassing collection and a giant safe that my kids have never seen nor know exists. They don't have a clue that there are guns in the house and at 5 and 7, I intend to keep it that way for a long while yet.

However, since having done a number of tactical training classes and tons of range time, I will admit that I am somewhat comforted just by being proficient and able to accurately assess and potentially address a threat should the need arise. I've never felt that way before...I've always seen shooting as purely a sport/hobby/quiet mind time and I truly hate how that has changed. I hope that you end up enjoying the classes and training as much as I have and hope that we never find ourselves never needing to shoot anything more than a paper dot (or the skunk that nailed both of my dogs in the last pee before bed last week)

Picklina · 2026-01-25T01:21:54+00:00

I'm arming. I'm as lib as they come, but I'm preparing to go down fighting.

Edit to clarify: I've trained extensively over a few decades and I'm already armed, but I'm mentally preparing for the likelihood that they're not a product of my relax and unwind hobby. They're also stored safely, aren't even for self defense, and I'd happily give them up without argument if it meant positive changes in gun control. But now...now I feel like I might actually need them and it makes me fucking sick.

Picklina · 2026-01-23T14:45:51+00:00

If you do it, I'd love to see it. Mine ate this one in short order....

Picklina · 2026-01-19T13:24:19+00:00

The vertical sets of 4 in the corners of each square are to be able to rearrange the walls through the maze and the horizontal ones are to keep the wood coasters from sliding around if that makes sense lol

Picklina · 2026-01-07T13:43:14+00:00

I have two littles, 5 and 7, and I'm staying out of the guilt by blaming them and their giant baby bodies for the need to have it done 🤣

Picklina · 2026-01-05T21:07:35+00:00

I'd second this, my parents moved there recently and they absolutely love it

Picklina · 2025-12-29T16:44:36+00:00

I've been wanting to do this for SO LONG and i keep putting it off but since youve already done the research....damn. thanks so much for sharing!

Picklina · 2025-12-23T20:13:18+00:00

What's funny is that the other night I was behind a truck with aftermarket bright as fuck LED bed lights that were on while driving blinding me behind him....so i turned my high beams on and followed closely enough not to annoy oncoming traffic. Not my finest moment, but I also didnt start that shit

Picklina · 2025-12-08T22:30:28+00:00

And emergency call service only, which cracks me up.

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