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Hey y’all. Just a random person who has not used this website in literal years, coming back to reblog this because it’s important. No, I don’t work at Powell’s. Have a nice day.

hi guys-

breaking from my normal posting to bring up something really important to me.

have you heard of powell’s city of books? they’re famously the world’s largest independent bookstore, lauded as a family business, tourist landmark, and progressive icon of portland oregon.

i work there.

currently our union is fighting to have the company pay us a living wage.

it’s embarrassing how little powells pays us- we barely make more than minimum wage right now- and most people don’t know that the famous business they’re supporting treats its workers like dirt.

when asked to consider our wage proposal, our lead hr officer stated: “We have all worked jobs where the pay and our personal needs were not in alignment.” this isn’t about personal needs “being in alignment.” my coworkers can hardly afford rent or afford to even feed themselves with our current wages.

what am i asking for?

if you love books, love or know powell’s, or just want to stand in solidarity with fellow workers, i’m asking for you to let powell’s books know how you feel about their insulting wage proposal: email our union and they will pass on the message to corporate-

community@ilwulocal5.com

it can be as short and sweet as you want to make it. we want to show the company that people are paying attention to the example they set and won’t stand for it.

also literally just sharing this post to let everyone know what we are asking for helps too. share it on booktok, tell your friends, tell your book club, spread the word. powell’s skates by on its reputation and in doing so hides its betrayal of the workers that dedicate their lives to make it the special place it is.

thank you for reading ❤️

links to our original union instagram post: here

and read some examples of community member emails: here + here

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Okay guys. Not that I use this thing much, not that I’ve ever used it to post or look for NSFW stuff, not that I have a whole lot of followers around to care, but I’m officially done with Tumblr.

All ways to contact me can be found at this little corner of my long-forgotten website:

https://www.somestrangecircus.com/contact

Thanks for the memories.

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                                    Cherrim and Dratini fusion!                                      Cherry Blossom Dragons. 

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I wrote a weird ramble on weird birthdays that got pretty weird.

https://www.somestrangecircus.com/single-post/2018/11/08/Circus-Rambles---On-a-few-weirdly-unlucky-birthdays

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Can we have an AU where Zuko hires the cabbage dude instead of Combusion Man?

How to Summon the Avatar

1. Set up a cart selling cabbages.

2. That’s it. Just wait for him to show up.

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Animal Crossing GameCube was so heartless. Villagers would randomly paint your roof. It was so hard to make money. One time a villager sold me a mystery item without even asking and took all the money I was carrying. 12 thousand bells. It was a pitfall seed.

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I'm only saying this for your sake, but objectively, it's not a smart idea to bring politics into normal hobbies. You might lose supporters of your blog just because of your political stance, and that would be terrible since you're so amazing!! It's only a suggestion, but I really reccomend not bringing politics into anything.

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October YouTube Roundup is here, slightly late but no less filled with links to YouTube videos.

https://www.somestrangecircus.com/single-post/2018/11/03/Circus-Recommends---October-2018-YouTube-Roundup

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Hey, I saw a few posts about donating to synagogues or Jewish charities with multiples of $18, because it’s Jewish tradition, which is true. The number 18 in Hebrew is represented by characters that for the word chai (with a hard ch, not like the drink), which means life, so it’s considered meaningful.

But just so you know:

(1) It’s totally okay if you give a different amount. No one is going to say “They gave us $10, they must disrespect us and our traditions.” Unless you give, like, literally the Nazi numbers (*gestures at Milo*), they’re going to say “How kind that this person thought of us at all.”

(2) If you want to donate a multiple of chai but $18 or $36 or whatever is out of your price range, $1.80 (or multiples thereof) also carries with it same meaning. On behalf of every broke Jewish grad student, I can vouch for the fact that this is 1000% acceptable and welcome.

(3) You even thinking about giving to the Jewish community means a lot. It’s a reminder we’re not alone. So, thank you.

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Halloween Costume Ideas

I’ve been planning on taking my sister and her friend’s trick or treating since last year, but my current health means I won’t know if I can walk until that night. Or, if I can walk, how long I’ll be able to walk for. So we were going to cancel going trick or treating, but then I realized my Nana has a wheelchair I could borrow for the night.

My question is - does anybody have any good ideas for a fairly easy Halloween costume that would be easy to include a wheelchair in the concept? I’d like it to be something that doesn’t require me to ride the whole time since it would be the tween girls pushing me, and while they’re plenty strong enough to, being able to get out and walk if there is a hill or something would be helpful.

@thebibliosphere @vampireapologist @thatsthat24 I’m tagging y’all in case you wouldn’t mind signal boosting for me?

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Slightly disillusioned rambling about growing up and how it sucks. Honestly, I need to write more blog posts. I'd forgotten how helpful it was to just vent sometimes.

https://www.somestrangecircus.com/single-post/2018/10/20/Circus-Rambles---On-growing-up-and-how-much-it-sucks

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A quick ramble about therapy deadlines.

https://www.somestrangecircus.com/single-post/2018/10/17/Circus-Rambles---On-a-deadline-for-being-better

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Friends can break your heart too man and that shit hurts like hell

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My haul from Olympia Zine Fest today! https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo5Us5XBAID

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