Maggie Sheldon
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Writer, reader, director of social at The New Yorker. Live from Portlandia.
Picked up these two at Powell’s today. It feels like time to finally read “My Brilliant Friend,” and I’m a big Wesley Morris fan.
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Portland is a beautiful, vibrant city full of some of the kindest, most welcoming people you’ll meet anywhere, not to mention some incredible activists and artists. Fuck this guy.
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The New Yorker
about 1 month ago
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Something I’ve remembered this summer, from Wu Tang to LCD Soundsystem: Life is short. Buy the tickets.
2 months ago
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Tonight’s overindulgence at Powell’s. I don’t need new books to add to my TBR stack, but then again, I do, I do!
3 months ago
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At my first Portland Pickles game. Impeccable vibes. I love this city.
3 months ago
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We’ve reached the stage of parenthood in which we can watch The Simpsons together as a family, and this is good. Holds up!
3 months ago
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When you're being inundated with all this Fourth of July brouhaha, don't forget what you're celebrating, and that's the fact that a bunch of slave-owning, aristocratic, white males didn't want to pay their taxes.
3 months ago
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It’s a proud northwest tradition to honor the solstice with a torrential downpour.
4 months ago
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Sometimes I am in such an acerbic mood that nothing will help but Fiona Apple, on LOUD. Begging this woman for a new album to get us through 2025.
4 months ago
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Jason Avant
4 months ago
See also: fear of my adopted city Portland, Oregon
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William Shakespeare
4 months ago
He’s a disease that must be cut away.
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This whole conversation is generous and vulnerable and very uplifting. Recommend.
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4 months ago
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Loo-hoo-ser-her.
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4 months ago
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Sometimes a Sunday clean blows, and sometimes it’s the only thing that will soothe my weary soul. Good jams help.
4 months ago
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Fight For A Union
4 months ago
Portland, Oregon SHOWED UP to say
#NoKings
in America! 💪
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The New Yorker
4 months ago
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Guy Richards Smit.
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William Shakespeare
4 months ago
Hell is empty, And all the devils are here.
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David Dayen
4 months ago
The correct way to connect the authoritarian presence in LA and the Big Beautiful Bill is that the bill gives the government the resources to do this in dozens of cities at once. So if you don't like what's happening in LA, it's coming to your town if the bill passes.
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Merriam-Webster
4 months ago
A herring is a fish. When a herring is preserved by salting and smoking, it turns red and smells. It's so pungent that it's a great diversion to distract hunting dogs from their trail. Now, a ‘red herring’ refers to anything that diverts attention from the issue at hand.
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Had a meal last night that was so good, my eyes haven’t rolled back into place yet. If you’re in Portland, OR, go to Oma’s Hideaway. Order everything. Transcendent.
4 months ago
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Wes Anderson is just so Wes Anderson.
4 months ago
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Chris Hayes
4 months ago
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
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“Someone once told me that whenever Julia Child burned or oversalted a dish, she put it down in front of her guests with the words, ‘This is the best thing I’ve ever made.’” Love these words on proudly owning your work from
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#1000wordsofsummer
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4 months ago
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Merriam-Webster
4 months ago
A ‘snafu’ is a situation marked by errors or confusion. ‘Snafu’ comes from WW2 and is an acronym for “Situation Normal, All F*cked Up.” Yes, really.
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It’s taken us about 24 hours to prepare for a 24-hour camping trip. Marriage hanging by a thread, kids crying before the car’s left the driveway.
4 months ago
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1038 words this morning. Might seem paltry but more than I’ve been able to eke out in awhile.
#1000wordsofsummer
5 months ago
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The New Yorker
5 months ago
Congratulations, Faizan Zaki!
#NewYorkerCartoons
A cartoon by Jimmy Craig, from 2021. See more from New Yorker Humor:
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Is it a sign of progress that now I can show up on Zoom without makeup or am I just mildly depressed . . . we may never know.
5 months ago
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A couple days ago, my 10-year-old daughter was telling me about her dream house. There will be waterslides, pools, elevators, an all-you-can-eat candy bar, gardens, a movie theatre, a pet dragon who lives on the rooftop terrace.
5 months ago
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I can’t leave
@powells.bsky.social
without a haul. Kicking off the long weekend with the biggie by
@michaelluo.bsky.social
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5 months ago
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“Republicans? More like the ReSUCKlicans.” My 10-year-old, spitting bars. 🥺
5 months ago
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Tim Onion
5 months ago
People keep asking why The Onion is doing well right now, and it's simply because we just refuse to kowtow. I cannot stress enough how good it is for your business and your soul be strong and even fun in the face of the ongoing horror and bullshit.
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Time for another round of Is Everything Terrible or Do I Have PMS, a weekly game show with no prizes.
5 months ago
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Lately I’ve been *gasp* talking to my friends on the phone, and it is faaaar more rewarding and less onerous than keeping up with texts. Maybe this is part and parcel of the post-social era? I want to talk on the phone like I’m 16 again.
5 months ago
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One of the best songs on one of the best albums from the very best artist. Love Stevie.
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5 months ago
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I’m at the stage in my elder online life when the only thing I want to post is pictures of flowers, like this beauty, post spring shower.
5 months ago
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I’m the kind of sick that makes one stare at the word “height” for 5 minutes questioning the spelling, the meaning, life itself.
6 months ago
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The New Yorker
6 months ago
Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.”
#NewYorkerCovers
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The New Yorker
6 months ago
In a new report, Sarah Stillman investigates deaths related to starvation, dehydration, and neglect in county jails across the U.S.—a crisis that at times has been covered up by private health companies and government officials.
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Must read.
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6 months ago
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Feels like a crime not to participate in Record Store Day in Portland but first, I gotta get a record player. Any recs for something affordable with good sound quality for a newbie?
6 months ago
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Love this guide.
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6 months ago
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The New Yorker
6 months ago
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper.
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Signed off “Love, Mabb” on a work e-mail to kick off my day, doing great.
6 months ago
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Gremliny Nussboo
6 months ago
And THAT'S why you always clean the blender
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The New Yorker
6 months ago
“When words stop meaning what they’re meant to mean, then we’re in trouble.” In a new interview, the novelist Katie Kitamura talks about why writing is particularly important right now.
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Brad Johnson
6 months ago
Oh wow: Portland Oregon is NOT KIDDING
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Go Portland!
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6 months ago
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I’m not emotionally stable enough to deal with the lice outbreak that has descended upon my household.
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