It happened! The @nytimes.com profiled Paulina! The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years. Gift Link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...

OREGONIANS!!! Due to new legislation passed this year, the Oregon Public Utility Commission is developing new guidelines for how to divide energy costs between residential & commercial customers. TELL THEM DATA CENTERS NEED TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE!!! apps.puc.state.or.us/docketpublic...

🧵Spotted at a Christmas Market in Aotearoa New Zealand: A tiny human is aghast at Mum's suggestion that she needs a nap. Shaking her head vehemently, she roars: "I'm NOT sleepy!" Mum sighs, agreeing that she is indeed not looking tired. Tiny Human is indignant. "But I AM Mum! I'm VERY SLEEPY!" (1)

I just gave a little webinar + Q&A for writers debunking some of the so-called rules of writing, and it was fucking depressing how many questions people had about using AI "ethically".

I'm sitting here grinning like a loon.

Hello, Monday 😉 Tisha Mark ©2025, Into the Calm, oil on linen, 14"x11" Original is available: tishamark.com/product/into... #art #painting #TraditionalArt #SciArt #bsnm

I make each of my flower necklaces by casting real flowers in silver incl snowdrop & bluebells. I also hand-sculpt much-loved bird species to make wearable versions incl wrens & blackbirds 20% off my jewellery atm with code TINYOWL20 Cut off day for🌲orders is Tue 25 Nov: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...

A thread of great pictures and even greater alt-texts.

If you don't love this article, I'll give you a full refund. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...

Please help if you can, especially if you live in the area and enjoy comics and community building. Katie is a Portland treasure, she has helped me and countless other creatives get their work out there 💕

Huh. Now Seattle and Portland both have mayors K. Wilson.

November in Portland

I just spent several happy minutes here. Some lovely writing.

God I hate these people. (That's just my daily refrain in the face of the news.)

One thing I think has occurred to me since my earlier post is that the problem most of us on the left are feeling right now is *powerlessness*. The right are entrenching themselves. They’re visible AF. They have all the media. They frame every debate.

Starbucks workers this Thursday 11/13 are starting a long strike to win a first union contract *** NOBODY SHOULD BUY ANYTHING FROM STARBUCKS AS LONG AS WORKERS ARE STRIKING ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY*** Consumer boycotts are very powerful when combined with workplace militancy

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Oregon families are starting to see their November food stamp benefits restored to their Oregon Trail Cards after state employees worked through the night to issue the funds, Gov. Tina Kotek said Friday. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Union baristas are calling on allies to STOP BUYING STARBUCKS if we go on ULP strike. If our communities stand with us in action, we can take back power from the billionaires & CEOs. nocontractnocoffee.org

One of my favorite kinds of text messages to get. (I love Oregon's longstanding all-vote-by-mail system.)

An eye-opening article for me as an asexual person, but I imagine it might be helpful to people struggling with other marginal and hard-to-define identities as well.

It's interesting to me that Dick Cheney ISN'T on the trending topics list this morning.

Excited to join Joe Dunthorne at the Miami Book Fair this November. His book Children of Radium dives into a legacy of science, guilt, and the shadows history leaves behind. Hope to see you at the panel! 🗃️

I just slid my ballot into a drop box at my local Multnomah County Library. It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Nobody questioned my right to vote. I note this in case it's the last time.

How to ruin a MAGA streamer's day:

Thinking seriously about a stack of these bad boys. (Not glamorous unless you're a notebook nut like me.)

Happy to report that when I looked a couple of hours ago, Heretic Coffee has raised damn near $200K. Donations here: checkout.square.site/merchant/MLW...

Nice work on the shadows there.

Portland comes to the rescue! 🛟

We're rich enough to do both, you craven monster.

Okay but where can I GET said biscuits in the USA?

I'm neither terribly patriotic nor particularly sentimental, but this makes me feel sick inside.

RIP

I just had one of those heart-dropping "oh no!" moments when I logged in and saw Kenny Loggins trending. Phew!

"Featuring thirteen brand-new stories by A. K. Benedict, Angela Slatter, Mason Cross, Una McCormack, Lavanya Lakshminarayan, Thana Niveau, James Lovegrove, Derek Farrell, MK Hardy, John Llewellyn Probert, Martyn Waites, Aubrey Wood, and James Goss."

What The Hell Is Going On, a thread: I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong. So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.

Apropos of nothing except the need for beauty and great writing, here's a fine little travelogue about going home to a place that isn't home anymore. www.wishmoonstudio.com/updates/2025...

Some years ago, in the city of York, there was a society of magicians. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

join us if you're gonna be in portland oregon on october 10th events.humanitix.com/rumble-publi...

Any Truckers in Oregon out there?

War ravaged Portland. Casualties are mounting.

Portland the best thing you can do is not protest. Think about how STUPID he looked when the National Guard was picking up garbage. We can do that again, but better. They will look like morons, we will look disciplined, which will scare the shit out of him. He can't manipulate us, we aren't MAGA.

War ravaged Portland

War ravaged Portland

War ravaged Portland

War ravaged Portland.

If you see this post a bridge.

Good yard art or best yard art?

open.substack.com/pub/houseofm... Wrote about the radical act of returning to one's body in a digital age designed to detach us from them.