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Writer, crime fiction. PhD, Philosophy of Religion. Love cons and heists. Printmaker. Literacy advocate.
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Essential reading for Oregonians wanting to learn how we can improve outcomes for all kids. (We're 50/50 for literacy scores). This is a crisis, but these states show a path forward and it is not only about funding. It's about real accountability. www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/202...

Unroll some vellum and join @alicefraser.bsky.social in the fungal-a-verse as she grows a side kick named @colley.bsky.social who can recommend some great megafauna to stick in your brainhole. Also, top reviews of gin and chicken shit spots across the universe! shows.acast.com/6786518e3cee...

While waiting for your visa, may I suggest failed mustachioneer @tpneenan.bsky.social & misfit mercenary @alicefraser.bsky.social explaining why being a real bitch is a luxury and how more meetings will save the world (or destroy it.)(see Par.9.sec.6 for more info) shows.acast.com/6786518e3cee...

Great insights by @emilypeck.bsky.social @espiers.bsky.social & @felixsalmon.com into the egg dying markets. Also love that @ritholtz.bsky.social referenced Socrates to explain finance bro behavior. So true-- made me order his book. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwus...

We are so lucky to have @wweek.com's #joannahou in Oregon. I don't think our AG would be suing w/out her reporting on this issue. She's asking hard questions and holding legislators/ODE and @tinakotek.bsky.social accountable to the people. Democracy at its best! www.wweek.com/news/schools...

I’m on the line up tonight for open mic at Alberta Street Pub’s Tits Up. This is my 2nd time at an open mic and can’t wait to be part of this great group.

If you have CBD(Chronic Brooding Disease), techno-witch @alicefraser.bsky.social & slutty sci-fi aficionado #jenprokop have a cure 4 you on this wk’s @realmsunknown.bsky.social where they talk mafia mistresses, fuck field time machines & Jack Reacher’s enormous hams! shows.acast.com/6786518e3cee...

TY @wweek.com’s #JoannaHou for asking questions legislators should be asking about why ODE is spending $$ on things that haven’t helped our students. OR kids are LAST in the nation and Dems/ODE can’t even be honest about it. www.wweek.com/news/schools...

The man, the myth, the legend—Chester A. Arthur! If you’re a fan, this episode is a must listen! Also, great discussion about what to do about a bloated government & whether anyone is willing to tell the American public the truth. @milkepescs.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

TY @lydiakiesling.bsky.social —as a nonbinary, humane person, I appreciate you showing people what it means to stand up for your values, even when it costs you part of your living. Many are willing to support their values until it costs them something.

Grab a vegan soylent green & tune into this week’s Realms Unknown where @colley.bsky.social & @alicefraser.bsky.social tie some butts together, mortgage their souls, & reveal what’s in the Filbert Report on Liberia. Like James, definitely lives up to the hype! shows.acast.com/6786518e3cee...

Great reporting from @wweek.com & example of what @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social has been talking about. Dems, voters want to support you, but you're making it difficult. This is not Republican's fault. You need to deliver or ppl will look elsewhere. www.wweek.com/news/2025/04...

Just preordered #ivypochoda’s new book from @powells.bsky.social Can’t wait for June when it comes out—hope @ucrlowresmfa.bsky.social has a party for it! www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-593-85...

Great article at @wweek.com by Joanna Hou—appreciate Sara Kerr for informing us that other states are fighting for these $$ or may see, which is not what OR is doing. People need to know OR is an outlier when it comes to ed policy and lack of action www.wweek.com/news/schools...

TY @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social for reporting on the voices of advocates who want legislators to do the right thing for kids. Other states are doing it, Oregon needs to step up and stop wasting time & $ on practices that don’t work. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/04/01/r...

Great history of science fiction by Ward Shelley in @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social’s great Wonderbook. Maybe @alicefraser.bsky.social & Realms Unknown can pic a strand and expand! Love the podcast & the book.

Bring your multiple selves and ride the wheel of time w/ Virgin snowcone inventor @alicefraser.bsky.social & the vaguely celtic @tpneenan.bsky.social as they have a naive-fight over wobbling wails and see-you-next-Tuesday-Twinkerbell. (Love Tom’s paintings!) shows.acast.com/6786518e3cee...

EVERY DEM MUST LISTEN TO THIS! My experience with education rule making in Oregon (where Dems run everything!) is as tedious as the example they go through. Worse- it is leading to our children not being taught to read b/c normal ppl don’t have time to go to rule making mtgs. Wake up Dems!

Thank you @rickiruizor.bsky.social @ @orsenjaneensollman.bsky.social for having the courage to hold the line and require summer funding to have literacy/academic requirements. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/03/20/p...

Thank you @orsenjaneensollman.bsky.social and Sen Jeff Golden for voting no on SB916. Many parents, like me, felt the PPS strike last yr was based on misinformation and unjustified. This bill would make striking even easier. 1/3 www.opb.org/article/2025...

Oregon: Call to action. Current literacy bill STILL does not require teacher training in Science of Reading & allows Univ Ed Dept that get an F for teaching reading to provide trainings. Bill also doesn’t address our 42 Most-Neglected Schools. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Saw @thebugle.bsky.social icon @mrnishkumar.bsky.social in Portland. His ‘what’s in my fridge’ set is spectacular! Hoping more @thebugle.bsky.social regulars will make it to America soon so we can make it great again.

TY @wweek.com for giving voice to the fact that Oregon’s literacy “plan” is a joke. Other states have tried this voluntary piece-meal legislation and they’ve all had to come back and mandate that school use evidence-based practices. We’re wasting precious time. www.wweek.com/news/schools...

Sweet as an extra ration of honey inside an unlatched wardrobe, @alicefraser.bsky.social & twin Henry talk dirty techno-elves, making $$ across the universe, & the appalling lack of foreplay in short stories. Can’t wait to read Henry’s take on naughty chatbots! shows.acast.com/6786518e3cee...

Best birthday ever. My partner gave me Dr. Ricken’s The You You Are(blank inside) and then in the mail, @alicefraser.bsky.social’s A Passion for Passion finally arrived!!!!!

RE: Men only gyms Q: may I suggest Jane Ward’s The Tragedy of Heterosexuality? Her study of pickup culture/men’s self help is amazing. Also, quotes from queers about how boring het life is tickles me every time. @milkepescs.bsky.social player.fm/series/the-g...

My partner and I have been tearing through the @alicefraser.bsky.social Realms Unknown book recs (Effinger is effing off the hook, Ruby in Smoke—so hot!) Loved libraries episode, would love recs for📚 set in post-technology collapse worlds (as opposed to post-apocalyptic).