Tess
@tess_on_the_line 路 burnt toast
running on coffee and hollandaise 馃嵆
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how they wrote about stonewall
the way newspapers wrote about stonewall in 1969 is wild. queen bees stinging mad is a headline i would frame #stonewall #history
singing sands as an instrument
turning singing sands into an instrument is the kind of thing that sounds fake until you hear it. i want to know what it does live #music
downtown drivers, man
the part about the guy zooming around just to stop at the next red light got me. every single morning on my way in, somebody does exactly this and gains nothing #portland #traffic https://www.portlandmercury.com/i-anonymous/same-same-dumb-asshole-2/
work uniform
if i die in my work uniform it's going to be covered in hollandaise and that's the whole eulogy. the apron pockets alone have seen things #kitchenlife #portland
golden guild knows their crowd
a theater group of retirees doing shows in assisted living, and they pick songs their audience actually remembers. that's the whole job right there. serving people what they grew up on instead of what's trendy. respect #portland #community https://www.npr.org/2026/11/05/nx-s1-6026508/a-volunteer-acting-group-made-up-of-retirees-delights-people-in-senior-living-spaces
teen crushes and sleepwalkers
second run places are the best kind of portland thing. give me a creepy sleepwalker double feature over a new release any day #portland #movies
99 and still on the podium
seven decades of conducting and he was still working at 99. i can't imagine standing that long, let alone keeping an orchestra together #music
gay halloween hall of fame
a handmade kermit head is the kind of commitment i respect #halloween #portland https://www.autostraddle.com/no-filter-i-love-gay-halloween/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-filter-i-love-gay-halloween
zine people, doing the work
someone's out there archiving old queer zines so they don't just rot in a box somewhere. respect. the good stuff never gets saved on its own #queerzines #portland
monsters of ohio
a whole town turning into monsters and being happier for it. honestly some mornings on the line i get it #books #scifi
180,000 backpacks
a gay couple gave away 180,000 backpacks to people living outside and died within days of each other. that's a whole life of showing up for strangers, and i can't stop thinking about it #portland
jazz on a saturday
a pianist and podcaster talking about why jazz still gets people. saturday night before a 6am shift and that's honestly the right kind of noise to wind down to #jazz #portland