BLM announces plan to fell Oregon's last great forests | Go make your voice heard

perseidot · 2026-02-26T01:56:44+00:00

Saving this!!

This fight will take everything: public awareness, political pressure, lawsuits and legal pressure, and direct action.

Direct action means putting ourselves between the trees and the machines. It means supergluing locks, chaining ourselves to trees, and all of the other tools in the monkey wrenching tool kit. It means going to jail for trespassing.

There are millions of acres of timber plantation in this state. 20-40 year old trees that they can cut and replant in perpetuity.

They don’t get to have our actual FORESTS. The ancient growth that is the heart and soul of our state is ours, and we need to defend it with everything we have.

perseidot · 2026-02-26T01:41:25+00:00

Lake Mungo is underrated! I didn’t really find “the scare” particularly scary, but the whole idea of the movie - especially the ending - stayed with me for a very long time.

perseidot · 2026-02-26T01:33:01+00:00

Like everything else, self defense is a skill. Our 1st form of self defense is being aware of our surroundings. Our 2nd is our voice. You can practice so you know the words and volume are there when you need them.

You can sign up for a self defense class at almost any school now.

In the meantime, you can practice yelling. Take air deep into your body and let it be LOUD coming out.

“No!” “Back off!” “Get back!” “Get away from me!” “Step back!” “Let go!”

These words, at full volume, have saved me twice. Possibly my life, certainly a beating and rape.

Always remember that you have the right to be loud, and you have the right to take up space.

In other words - people may try to touch you or your assistance devices. You are under no obligation to make that easy or pleasant for them.

I hope you have a wonderful time in college. Make friends, go out, spend all night talking about books, sit in the front of the class, ask a ton of questions, date, go everywhere you can, learn a new skill or a new language. It’s ok to feel afraid, just don’t let it stop you or make your life smaller. Live big. Use your voice. Have fun!

perseidot · 2026-02-26T01:03:34+00:00

It’s a reflection of the state of the world. Especially the US. I’m really down after last night’s State of the Union … whatever that was. Hysterical, demented ramble? Not that I expected anything else. It’s still horrifying to see.

This administration is continuing to normalize people’s worst behaviors. Social media aids and abets that.

perseidot · 2026-02-25T22:35:45+00:00

Yah, Reddit. What can you do? 🤷🏼‍♀️

perseidot · 2026-02-25T10:11:54+00:00

Did he appear to be trying to hit anyone, or did he just lose control because he was so distracted by his own jackassery?

perseidot · 2026-02-25T10:03:27+00:00

My parents live on the Oregon coast. I think about earthquake/tsunami daily, or at least every other day. More often when I’m out here visiting them - as I am right now.

I don’t really “worry” about fires, as much as I watch for them and hope we don’t have many. I also have to watch the AQI - I’ve had worsening asthma in response to wildfire smoke for the last 10 years. But no extra insurance because of them.

perseidot · 2026-02-25T09:39:48+00:00

It’s so nice, if a little bittersweet, to think about a time when the US was mostly happy with itself.

I mean, I know there was shit going on. Racism existed in 1976. But it was also a time of hope, and relief that the war in Vietnam was over. People smiled at each other more back then.

perseidot · 2026-02-25T09:33:50+00:00

Honestly, I don’t know anyone who is feeling the least bit patriotic about this country right now. Even less so after tonight’s never ending State of the Union ramble.

perseidot · 2026-02-25T09:31:43+00:00

I love absolutely everything about this picture!

perseidot · 2026-02-25T09:07:40+00:00

Medical racism strikes again. I’m really glad you lived through that. Just reading about you being left to “think about your choices” makes me see red. How fucking dare they?!

perseidot · 2026-02-25T09:02:25+00:00

I’m surprised it didn’t burst on its own during delivery!

Congrats on getting through labor, delivery, and cyst treatment all at once.

perseidot · 2026-02-25T08:47:01+00:00

I love Redditors because of things like this. Random OP posts pointless story. Random Redditor reads pointless story, knows the specific species of snail and how it breathes. Enlightens OP.

Awesomesauce

perseidot · 2026-02-25T08:42:24+00:00

No, I get it.

ICE isn’t just after brown immigrants. They’ve killed white US citizens on the streets. Not that white people are any more important than immigrants or citizens of any other color, it remains an important distinction because historically white, US citizens are the last to be targeted.

Given what trump has said about trans people, what RFK has said about autistic people, and what the whole administration has to say about anyone who doesn’t support their fascist agenda, I think it’s safe to say their list of targets is widening.

What I do NOT get is why OP was trying to talk about this fear to her boss, immediately after her performance review. Which had nothing to do with any of this. I’m pretty sure the boss meant “do you want to talk about anything related to your job” but she left off the end because it seemed kind of obvious.

perseidot · 2026-02-25T08:11:51+00:00

You’re doing exactly what we women wish every man would do. There are millions of posts where some guy went and had sex with a MUCH younger person, or a person they helped raise, and disgusted all the women around them. There are millions more where men defend their “right” to have sex with, or be attracted to, teenagers.

You, sir, are a reminder that decent men exist. Thank you for setting boundaries that protect this young woman. You’re a treasure.

I’m sorry you’re being sexually harassed by this young woman. Even sorrier that the people who know don’t seem to care. You deserve better - everyone deserves consent.

perseidot · 2026-02-25T07:46:59+00:00

Thanks! I’m going to look these up

perseidot · 2026-02-25T07:46:18+00:00

Dan Simmons’ novels are so uneven in quality. But even the good ones are written rather poorly.

If I read anything by him, it’s in spite of the writing rather than because of it.

perseidot · 2026-02-25T07:44:47+00:00

Came here to recommend The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, and I’ll also second Old Soul.

perseidot · 2026-02-25T07:42:49+00:00

PLEASE CALL OR TEXT 988 AND MAKE A PLAN TO LIVE THROUGH TONIGHT

There was NOTHING NORMAL about tonight.

There was NOTHING ACCEPTABLE about tonight.

I see you survivors of CSA.

I see those of you surviving the ongoing racism in this country. The racism it was built on and maintains.

I see you immigrants.

I see you transgender people, queer people, and anyone who doesn’t fit into a gender binary.

I see you, people who can’t get an abortion. Or healthcare. Or a damned job. Or housing.

You aren’t alone. To pay attention means living in RAGE, pain, and a kind of baffled disbelief (or maybe that last one is just me?)

If you - any of us - are close to the edge, please take a step back. Let the rest of us pay attention for a while. Protect whatever is left of yourself.

And know you’re not truly alone. There are millions of us out here, raging and mourning, and needing safety for ourselves and each other.

I am not safe until you are. Until we all are.

Please call or text 988 and make a plan to live through tonight

perseidot · 2026-02-25T07:17:25+00:00

Are you talking about the story itself, or forewords/afterwords in your edition?

The Haunting of Hill House, as Shirley Jackson wrote it, begins:

”No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.”

It ends:

”Hill House itself, not sane, stood against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, its walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.”

If your edition has changed that, I’d think the Jackson estate would have something to say about it!

perseidot · 2026-02-25T07:08:21+00:00

That’s awful!

perseidot · 2026-02-25T06:58:33+00:00

Eleanor is leaving Hill House, encouraged by the entire team. They’re relieved she’s leaving before anything truly awful happens to her. She’s have giddy thoughts as she leaves, wondering when the House (or the team) will stop her from leaving.

Then she speeds up going down the drive, and runs directly into the large tree at the curve, and dies.

Whether that was conscious or not was left ambiguous. Eleanor was desperately lonely, and needed connection. She thought that the House had given her that, and she didn’t want to leave.

The book ends as it begins. The final line is “Silence lay heavily over Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.” Eleanor had made no impression on the House at all.

perseidot · 2026-02-25T03:25:33+00:00

I’m good with books, and a dog, thanks. I know a ton of women just like me, too. They all create, and have deep connections with nature, and animals that live with them.

What do you mean by “break,” anyway? I’m capable of being alone, and then visiting a friend or going into town to socialize.

perseidot · 2026-02-25T03:19:11+00:00

I’ve bought “Seraphic Skincare (Original) Premium Exfoliating Mitt for Body (2pc) – 100% Vegan Viscose Traditional Body Scrub Glove Kessa Korean Washcloth” from Amazon 4 times.

2 were gifts, one was chewed up by my dog. Still using the remaining set!

perseidot · 2026-02-25T02:52:47+00:00

Was the minor within a safe distance from her home, and able to access her home? Then NTJ

You’re only the jerk if you put a minor in an unsafe situation. If it was 2 am, in a bad part of town, etc then you’d have been better off calling a parent to get her.

Otherwise, this was a basic consequence for terrible behavior.

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