November 2025
LATE NOVEMBER and EARLY DECEMBER SUMMARY
Unlike last month, I wasn't able to put together a plain language forecast. I apologize for that, but please bear with me as I have tried to explain some of the more technical terms below. • (ECMWF time-longitude Hovmöller) Strong Rossby wave flow is quickly...
Dear Darling: Why keep moving if nothing i do matters?
Dear Darling, I feel like I'm going, to use a child friendly word, fluffing crazy! Every time I sit down to get work done, I think, "Does this really matter? Am I really doing anything that's really, truly important in the world? Am I simply a hamster running in its...
Amber Fitts: Status Update, and Request for Letters and Support
Amber Fitts, longtime resident of Eugene, Oregon, and advocate for the unhoused, is being held in Idaho. She was arrested in June and is seeking support. Amber would love to receive letters to help her get through the next seven months, and funds for commissary and...
Mutual Aid Classifieds: November
The Mutual Aid Classifieds is a compilation of requests from local groups that provide material aid and support throughout town, derived from a spokes-council meeting among local orgs. This list is updated monthly. Here are the descriptions of the...
Support our Sudanese comrades
Sudan now holds the status of largest displacement crisis in the world, and the International Rescue Committee has designated it the largest humanitarian crisis ever recorded. But unless you have been closely following the global liberation struggle, you may not have...
Thanks to Eugene Police, Thanksgiving is no Picnic for the Hungry
In writing this, I spoke with Lisa Levsen and Carol Scherer, two eyewitnesses that serve with Neighbors Feeding Neighbors (a group that serves meals at WJ park four days a week), and a handful of people who regularly receive hot food at their serves, all of whom will...
EPD Gets Away with Murder (Again): Wrongful Death Lawsuit Ends in Injustice for Eliborio Rodriguez
Note: the information contained in this article is sourced from a combination of court documents, records, and testimony. On Tuesday, November 25th at the Eugene Federal Courthouse, a week-long trial for a wrongful death lawsuit initiated by the estate of the late...
Disabled Love: telling the truth in community
carnelian: telling the truth in community "So does it work? Does carnelian help you tell the truth?" my radical mental health friend asked. "Well, something does!" I said. We laughed. I thought of causes-- all the ways we get here. ...
Letter to the Editors: DIY solutions to Flock cameras
Editors note: this was an anonymous reportback. It contains some spelling errors; since we have no way of contacting the author about editing suggestions, we chose not to make any changes. this is a report and call to ation from one of the people who wont't...
FROM THE BACKCOUNTRY TO THE FRONTCOUNTRY: What the Pacific Crest Trail can teach us about Mutual Aid
While hiking the Pacific Crest Trail last summer, I found that backpackers traveled in a special kind of bubble. The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) is a 2650-mile hike that runs from the Mexican to Canadian border through California, Oregon, and Washington. Thousands walk...