amy martin

Illustrator, formerly art director @ Portland Monthly, author. Symphony City (2011). Streetlights person. Living just to find emotion.

[amy martin @amykate75]

female staffers must dress like women

[Janel Comeau 🍁 @VeryBadLlama]

I have transgendered
the aliens
that were in
the prison

and which
also were probably
executing
the babies

forgive me
I have the best rallies
so large
and so not bored

[Organizermemes @OrganizerMemes]

I’m sorry what the fuck

[Hanif Abdurraqib @NifMuhammad]

look surely when I die there will be at least a couple people who are like “man that guy fucking SUCKED” but one does hope to lead a life where the end result is just a few disparate background singers joining in on that tune and not an entire, massive, collective choir

[Kevin Allman @KevinAllman]

Editor in me: Don’t use “announced,” son. Use “claims.”

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

To ask for classrooms without mold or mice is not radical. Students and teachers deserve decent classroom conditions and teachers deserve decent pay. I stand with @pdxteachers and Portland teachers in their fight to make their schools better for students and themselves.

[Sara Schonfeld @SaraSchon]

Yes.

[Wajahat Ali @WajahatAli]

You have a diverse, global movement that includes Jews that are critical of Israel's occupation, the settlements & want a ceasefire. Maybe just maybe all of them aren't Hamas, anti semities or a "far left" fill in the blank bogeyman. Maybe the Administration should pay attention.

[Wesley @WesleyLowery]

an amazing human who leaves a remarkable legacy

[Rami Ayari @Raminho]

NEW: @UNHumanRights NY Office Director @CraigMokhiber resigns in protest over timidity of key parts of #UN system on issues pertaining to Palestinian Human Rights. In letter to @volker_turk he says: "This is a text-book case of genocide. The European, ethno-nationalist, settler colonial project in Palestine has entered its final phase, toward the expedited destruction of the last remnants of indigenous Palestinian life in #Palestine."

[Adam Johnson @adamjohnsonCHI]

If you think Israel’s goal is to “eliminate Hamas” you have tofu for brains. Even if they kill every nominal Hamas fighter in Gaza they still will have done nothing to eliminate violent resistance, which historically doesn’t disappear after you kill 3300 children

[Suzette Smith @suzettesmith]

Portland Teachers marching downtown. March stretches out of eyesight, probably most of the Burnside Bridge. Leave time, or get here to listen to their excellent marching band.

[amy martin @amykate75]

@helenjung hard pass on that! definitely support the teachers.

[amy martin @amykate75]

@jowrotethis it's so, so good

[Suzette Smith @suzettesmith]

Portland is having one of those “remember me, motherfucker” rains.

[Sam Sanders @samsanders]

Pay teachers more

[Antonio Sierra @antonio__sierra]

Really important per person housing costs from Alex's story on homelessness in Oregon:
1-bdrm Portland apartment: $18,000 per year
Indoor shelter bed: $33,000
PDX Safe Rest Village: $40,000-$64,000
Oregon Dept. of Corrections: $50,000

[Alex Zielinski @alex_zee]

I spent the past month (months, maybe?) digging into the roots of the state's homeless crisis -- and potential solutions.

Here's part one of the resulting story (stay tuned for the second half, coming tomorrow): https://t.co/m8bTL31MKl

[amy martin @amykate75]

@likaluca that's really something

[amy martin @amykate75]

@AlannaBennett nudity