The two-member crew of the Mahakal has not heard from the owner in over a year, nor been paid for their labor. Without an official “sign-off” letter from the ship owner, Vijay says he cannot legally disembark or return home.

I started covering this last year, and I can't overstate how important this is: the Trump administration officially labeled some of the most commonly-used forms of birth control as 'abortion' jessica.substack.com/i/173447780/...

Just in: Supreme Court rules against law banning conversion therapy for minors. 8-1 decision. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the lone dissenter. www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...

My book came out the same day as Lindy’s and has gotten far less attention. But may I humbly submit that if you’d like to know who ACTUALLY killed Roe, you should skip Helen Lewis and instead read…this book? bookshop.org/p/books/kill...

MAR 23 Hawthorne district #Portland OR. #Topsy #Art #Artivism #ArtActivism #ActivistArt #Resist #ProtestArt #PoliticalArt 158

Low key fuming for YEARS that anyone supported trump because they actually thought he’d do something for survivors. I don’t even know where to start except SEX WORKERS WARNED YA’LL.

Matinee, Portland? "Happy Together" portlandartmuseum.org/event/happy-... "Sinners", "76 Days Adrift" hollywoodtheatre.org PDX & Eugene Gay Choruses www.livemusicproject.org/events/17064... "The Fly", "Purple Rain" tomorrowtheater.org "Project Hail Mary"! tickets.omsi.edu/events/019c9...

Karolina Longtaim: “Only the elite, the rich and middle classes are being considered. Those who have been displaced from independent work, especially sex workers, are not being taken into account." www.courthousenews.com/mexico-city-...

Just a normal Sunday here researching Jane Button (nee Byers), a popular "lady wrestler" from the 1950s who opposed fluoride, ran an alternative health food store in Salem, was accused of owning a Nazi trailer park in St. Helens in the 70s, & organized the Constitution Party w/ Posse Comitatus guys.

The patagonia moms in question are objectively more radical than the self-styled revolutionaries who like to sneer at these protests.

If you're wanting a broad list of reporters on the ground in various parts of the Northwest for No Kings demonstrations, feel free to check out my Northwest News list. It's fairly active today with protest reporting. bsky.app/profile/did:...

This may be the biggest protest turnout I’ve seen in Portland. Just a sea of people at the waterfront. #NoKings @opb.org

this school was set to close bc they were always gassed by ice and were facing a 9 mo permitting challenge for moving, but needed a solution in months. we did it in weeks and then they opened on time for the new year. proud of this one! please donate to my campaign so i may keep doing this work

Data centers are already straining Oregon’s power grid, raising fears they could prompt steep increases in electricity rates or temporary blackouts amid surging energy demand. They’re also consuming vast amounts of water in small communities like The Dalles.

BREAKING: When the governor signs this bill, transgender people can be charged with a felony for using a public bathroom in Idaho. www.advocate.com/politics/sta...

Amazing! After about three years of detailed analysis, researchers found a link between periods of Van Gogh's mental health distress and noticeable changes in his brushwork. #Portland #UniversityofPortland www.up.edu/portlandmaga...

Burn it to the ground

chinga la migra! 🔶🔺🟧🟡🟪

By-the-wind sailors (Velella velella along the Oregon coast today… millions of them! #marinelife #velellavelella #oregoncoast #beachlife #ocean #hike #rockhound

RIP outdoor journalist Grant McOmie. hillsboroherald.com/remembering-...

This is amazing 👏

“It’s a calming environment,” said Taylor Otnes, a senior and a leader within Pacific’s Disabled Student Union, which helped plan the room’s various features. “Just being able to have a space where students know they can go to decompress, I find that’s really helpful,” she said.

Just want to spread the word that this app is now deleting in-person SW accounts, pointing to changes in their TOS. You may want to delete work related posts 💔

I love the quiet wisdom of this beautiful song. 🖤🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o4s...

Crusaders massacred Jewish communities and the image has been used by hate groups, including the KKK.

"Beto" began working in CA ag in 1999. "When I was young I felt no pain. Now I always hurt - especially my back and feet. The cost of living is so high that I can't afford to take a day off. I earn $2.30/tray of strawberries. The company hasn't raised wages in years." #WeFeedYou

This is actually a specific plan that groups like Heritage and FAIR want put in place, rocket dockets to expedite mass deportations (to reach "1,000,000 deportations")

"Rocio" is a mother of 3. "I've worked in ag 20 yrs. I harvest & pack lettuce in Ventura CA. It takes packing 12 lettuce boxes to cover my weekly childcare costs. I go to UFW meetings so I could educate my coworkers about organizing to fight for a union contract." #WeFeedYou

A 3-year study published in Pediatrics examined newborns in Norway. It found a clear benefit for the baby when mom gets a COVID vaccination during pregnancy. n.pr/4uXOx6X

The planning and design process for a 40 acre botanical garden has begun in Bend, Oregon. Woohoo! www.highdesertbotanicalgarden.org

At an energy conference on Monday, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said, "The era of taxpayers subsidizing unreliable, unaffordable and unsecure energy is officially over.” Hours later, one of America’s largest oil refineries exploded.

About the time people wished they had a First Gen Honda Civic

I took a closer look at the ProPublica union’s vote to strike, including their demand for protection from AI-related layoffs. The vote marks the first time a major U.S. newsroom has authorized a strike, at least in part, over AI protections. www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/prop...

There was ONE ATC in the tower at LGA during last night's crash. ONE ATC, at LGA!, dealing w ALL air and ground traffic, including a plane filling w a strange smell and no gate to return to. The Pentagon wants $200B for a vanity war, but our ATC towers are empty. Budgets are moral documents.

Yes, this is a MUST READ about how survival depends on mutual care, community support and collective resistance ...which are the same values needed to confront authoritarianism and protect vulnerable people.

For example, the prosecution argued in filings and in court that the defendants used “black bloc”...to make those who committed illegal acts indistinguishable to law enforcement. But video evidence and courtroom testimony revealed that the defendants did not in fact wear all black.

For people who are concerned about having their devices seized at US airports starting Monday when ICE "assists" the TSA, EFF has this guide: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

On Saturday, our volunteers enjoyed the pleasant weather while making sure 49 servings of tofu tikka masala w/rice was enjoyed by our unhoused neighbors! We rely on donations to feed people Venmo- pdxfeedthestreets Cashapp- FTSPortland #MutualAid #PDX #MutualAidPDX

One more relevant note on this as the heat event across the Western US continues: A major impetus for our work to help the Northwest prepare for the next extreme heat wave is that an event like the 2021 PNW heat dome is estimated to occur *every 5 to 10 years* with 2°C of global warming.

another moment of calm, if you need it...

The village now produces hundreds of millions of kilowatt hours annually — far more than Feldheim's small population needs. www.dw.com/en/the-germa...

ProPublica journalists are a national treasure. ProPublica as a nonprofit entity is lucky to employ them. Management should come to a fair agreement, and FAST, so these folks can focus on their work.

“This creates less safety for SW's, especially migrant SW's,” she said. “We are very much against that surveillance apparatus. They really want to make certain bodies hypervisible to the state. We’re concerned about this on a deeper systemic level than personal privacy.” laist.com/brief/news/l...

BREAKING: The judge in the Oregon v. Kennedy case has granted summary judgment for the plaintiffs. This is the case dealing with the Kennedy declaration attempting to institute national standards of care for trans youth and referring providers to the HHS OIG to exclude them from Medicaid.

Nashville reporter Estefany Rodríguez is free

“If there’s one big thing every big city could be doing, plant the seed of getting to know your neighbors,” Minneapolis organizer Doran Schrantz told this magazine. “The thing that stops an authoritarian creep is civil society.” hammerandhope.org/article/minn...

NPR found at least five people in Illinois, Oregon, and Minnesota who say ICE agents arrested them without clear provocation while they were protesting and then took or tried to take what appeared to be DNA samples. www.npr.org/2026/03/18/n...

“I am 32. I am writing a report about getting shot in the head.”

Heartbreaking! 💔

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