raven (she/it)

gonna be celebrating this adopted goofy sweetheart's 10th birthday tomorrow what a lovely decade with silly and floofy Loki #catsofmastodon #cats

hiii fedi, new fedi #intro since it's been a while im raven, i live in pdx (Portland, Oregon) i have so many interests in life and thus i find myself delving into all sorts of topics i work full-time as a nurse in the operating room (perioperative RN); i have my BSN and CNOR; i previously worked in the PACU (recovery room nurse) and preoperative environment (i would be the one who starts the IV); and got my start in 2016 on the floor in a step-down-ICU (was called PCU or the progressive care unit); none of my posts or views expressed here are representative of my employers or associations and groups of which i am apart. im a photographer: i shoot with a FUJIFILM X-T4, a mirrorless digital camera; i have shot a few engagements and one wedding but prefer to shoot more candid portraits; im more known for my dreamy landscape shots (i want my end result to look like it is from Lord of the Rings); all of my photography is dedicated to the creative commons under an Attribution license (CC-BY 4.0) and can therefore be used for practically any reason as i believe art belongs to us all (AI does not make art!!); none of my work uses AI because i hate AI and think it's trash. in the past i have done lots of wheel-thrown ceramic art and i plan to start that again sometime in the next year or 2; i have also done a lot of music related things and played trombone for 10 years; now i am learning guitar. i have used linux since 2013, starting with Debian Wheezy and later on was running Debian Sid and switched to Fedora in 2019; switched to Arch for a bit in 2026 and now run Gentoo on both my laptop and my server; Gentoo is awesome and it's teaching me a lot! i plan to learn how to program in C and Python and want to to contribute code to bigger open-source, AI-free projects. im trans/transfem/transgirl/transwoman; being trans is awesome and im so happy to be who i am today; i am a puppygirl; my personality is described as "puppy-coded" and i have a collar and am chipped in my left hand (Dangerous Things NExT v2); i love being silly and goofy and have been described as "a big floofy golden retriever"; i will bark on the timeline (wruff!). if i have to label my approach to relationships, i would use the phrase "relationship anarchist" to describe what i mean: i have friendships, some of which are platonic, others of which are decidedly, not; the label "lesbian" describes me pretty dang well and i have been called "extremely gay"; i do not understand monogamy or traditional romantic relationships (even having been married in the past for 13 years); i no longer identify as polyamorous because i think it perpetuates a traditional approach to relationships which i aim to avoid; each relationship is unique and has it's own dynamics and i love this! i have been vegan since November of 2017 and will always be an advocate for non-human animals; go watch the Dominion documentary to understand how the animal industries are just an extension of exploitative capitalism and how awful we have collectively decided to treat those we deem lesser. i identify as a leftist and am proudly a member of the Democratic Socialist of America (DSA); i adore anarchist philosophy and the dissolution of hierarchical ways of being in society; we all deserve free healthcare, housing, food, water, etc., no ifs ands or buts. With the climate emergency, studies estimate that half of the current world population will be dead in the next 25 years and so i practice a collapse-aware politic: we need to build skills, community, social capital, and mutual aid networks to be there for each other through collapse; not only do we need those things, we need to be able to practice being in the present moment and enjoy what we have now: we only live once and my goals are to bring joy and whimsy to the forefront, leave the world a better place than i found it, and love the people in my life for as long as, and as best as i can; my friend taught me the phrase "you can do anything" and i really take this to heart nowadays as i used to be scared and anxious about much, but with the understanding that, no matter what happens, the world will end and humanity will eventually go extinct, we owe it to ourselves to be proudly who we are, to love each other well, and to care for others as best we can while we are here; we have the power through solidarity and intersectionality to make this world a better place and i sincerely believe that labor empowers us if we stand together. i am a union steward and am on the statewide labor-cabinet at the Oregon Nurses Association; i am a member of the Caucus for Powerful Reform (CPR) and believe strongly that our union deserves democracy, transparency and solidarity; i believe in a member-led union, not a service-model. i love outdoor sports and although i am still in recovery from an MPFL repair to my knee in January of 2026, i intend to rock climb, ski, kayak, hike, backpack, sail and run; i believe that fitness is important and healthy for humans and that being outside is very very good for us! i plan to post more content here when i go on outdoor trips in the future. i am an atheist and also have sat numerous retreats at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, including a month-long silent retreat; much solace can be found in the practices of mindfulness and loving-kindness; may you be happy! may you be well! although i currently don't own a car, i plan to get a motorcycle soon (tm) and already am accumulating gear for it; my bicycle is currently my vehicle of choice, and as a Portlander, i am really really annoyed that Trimet has cut so much service; we need excellent public transit here, and as much as our bicycle infrastructure was lauded 30 years ago, we have much catching up to do to make this city (and Oregon as a whole) more friendly to car-free folk. i am known to be extremely silly, and goofy and i take pride in that; we need more whimsy and gayness in the world! i do post some nsfw/lewd/18+/whatever-we-want-to-call-it here and i make sure all my stuff is content-warned (CW'ed); im a very sex-positive person and believe that demonstrating sex-positivity and being very public about it is essential to destigmatize ourselves from patriarchal and oppressive cultural influences; please mind the content warnings! that's all i have for now and i hope that if u got this far, u at least found it an interesting read =) ttfn #introduction #introductions

woag wow hello omg hiiiiiiiii @0x6e6174@mastodon.catgirl.cloud #photography #oregon #oregoncoast #landscapephotography

a pager that does sms with built-in totp code storage, some sort of easy to turn on and off automatic sms status reply feature, and e-ink screen would make it instantly my daily driver.

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morning fedi

excited for when we can hopefully have e2ee here on fedi. might just become my go-to way to message folks besides email.

women cozy and cute and sweet and the bestest

lunch thought: sometimes my todo list is too long and it's overwhelming to just pick something, but if i do just pick something, i can start checking things off

love being a Gentoo user thus far! was scary and had doubts during install (a lot of which i didn't even have a hand in) and thought about just going back to Arch, but i intend to stay on gentoo long-term!

@b@mrrp.place more like the spok gen a, but on a open hardware platform

will u tutor me on gentoo stuffs @0x6e6174@mastodon.catgirl.cloud

@0x6e6174@mastodon.catgirl.cloud is meowing at me

looks like im gonna have to switch to firefox on gentoo now,,,, !!! The following installed packages are masked: - www-client/chromium-151.0.7922.169-r1::gentoo (masked by: package.mask) /var/db/repos/gentoo/profiles/package.mask: # Sam James (2026-09-24) # Increasingly challenging to maintain with increased release cadence, # upstream toolchain changes, and conflicts between trying to provide # a consistent experience for Gentoo users (avoiding bundled where possible) # vs. getting updates out in a timely manner. Many unfixed vulnerabilities. # # Keeping it in ::gentoo isn't a matter of just supplying an updated ebuild, # but a commitment to keeping it up to date and finding a compromise between # users' expectations (like various USE flags & not forcing all bundled # components) and maintainability. # # Still supported packages include: # www-client/google-chrome variants # Other chromium-based browsers: # www-client/microsoft-edge # www-client/opera # www-client/vivaldi # qtwebengine-based browsers (uses chromium's engine): # kde-apps/konqueror # www-client/falkon # www-client/qutebrowser # Other browsers: # www-client/firefox and www-client/firefox-bin # www-client/seamonkey # # Removal on 2026-10-24. Bug #982204.

"Resident Evil" (2026) was very very well done. Cregger is 3/3 on his films ("Barbarian" 2022 , "Weapons" 2025)

leaving her in the bed sweetly snoozing, placed the latte next to her for when she wakes up while i go do errands

really wanna get back on my bicycle again!! need to strengthen my knee a bit more. also need a front rack installed so i can store my backpack in it.

@wikimediafoundation@wikimedia.social The Wikimedia Foundation’s statement and its frequently asked questions section is full of very carefully-worded language that is common among companies and organizations that have fought against unionization. - 404 media I expect this of capitalists and big business. However. This is your vision statement: Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That’s our commitment. your workers deserve a workplace that reflects these values and the work they are doing to make this possible. do better.

still remember how someone at a nurse union conference complimented me on my Wildfang coveralls and told me im one of the few ppl she's seen pull-off a "flight suit"

@Chloe@catwithaclari.net was just on this bus on Sunday! Too expensive honestly, compared to the Mt. Hood Express, which i like a lot more.

cannot believe that some of u haven't/hadn't seen "Treasure Planet" (2002)

@Mycroft@meow.social i really enjoyed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_World fwiw =)

tired,,,,,, and too many things to still get done today

@lunacb@wetdry.world thank you so much!! i have always loved photography and still feel imposter syndrome about it to some degree, but i love the art of it and what i am able to convey about the places i visit and the people i take portraits of

@Chloe@catwithaclari.net @b@mrrp.place woof woof!

@Chloe@catwithaclari.net bc,,,, it's The Dalles

nini fedi

cuddles and friendships with lesbians makes my heart happy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TKqqBCmDHA wow, what a fucking set

nini fedi <3

20241030 | The Tree at the Japanese Garden Took this at a very arduous time in my life,,, My relationship with a dear-one of many years was crumbling, and this was taken during, I think, our last event together before we ended The peace that the Portland Japanese Garden provides is definitely soothing and I have gone back solo and with many folks and it's always serene If you ever make it to #pdx, please go! It's so pretty!

practicing guitar for around 30 minutes a day before my lesson the week after next and learning/mashing-up somthing that is really sweet,,,, may never see the light of day or be posted here, but im hoping my new instructor will like it on our first lesson (i have never had a guitar lesson and would qualify as a beginner, but i know basic chords)

The Pacific Northwest is so beautiful

getting my photography and camera settings to the point i can shoot SOOC like maybe 0.5 of the time is really nice