My new work ethos.

and then for hours used passive voice to pretend they had no idea who was behind the apparently spontaneous explosions

Who could have predicted this abdication of duty! Truly, so surprising!

This is absolutely a terrible time to be boarding a flight. Can't wait to see the state of the world when I land. 🫠

Journalism needs to be purged of people who don't actually do work and instead make hare brained dictates on high for their own personal enhancement. Twitter broke the brains of so many people and convinced them this profession is about clout and being rich.

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

I would go onto X to see the Republican response to war crimes but it's still all nonconsenual porn I guess, even at a time like this.

Among the constitutional amendments we will need is one explicitly ending the presidential immunity that the Supreme Court established with Trump v. United States.

Law enforcement will say that they don't go after people like Bundy because he is "heavily armed" and it is "dangerous." Funny how they only say this about white guys.

Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.

Congress explaining how kidnapping foreign leaders is A-OK and not grounds for removal.

Nobel Peace Prize 🤝 FIFA Peace Prize

I deeply believe that no women's sports team should stay on X given Grok's spread of nonconsensual deepfakes and CASM. Grok facilitated the creation and spread of this material because the misogyny is baked into X.

Katie Wilson was sworn in as Seattle mayor Friday, becoming the youngest mayor in a generation.

Katie Wilson was sworn in as Seattle’s new mayor in a public ceremony at Seattle’s City Hall on Friday.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s final print edition is today. The 157-year-old newspaper, once the most important news outlet in the South with a massive circulation of 720,000 subscribers, is going all digital. Their article about it is paywalled, which seems like a missed opportunity.

"Being an investigative journalist will expose you to cowardice from your higher-ups, and even occasional bravery from them. When either reaction occurs, the newsroom...takes sharp notice, and draws lessons for their own work about what will and will not be publishable."

Oh wow hey, law enforcement playing favorites with public records requests. Color me shocked.

All excellent options here. Make civic engagement sexy in 2026!

A government of, by, and for the readers of Soldier of Fortune magazine.

It's absolutely fascinating to me how all the drum banging about the only solution to fentanyl being police crackdowns has led to the War on Drugs becoming an actual hot war. War on Drugs 2: CIA boogaloo

Oregon saw at least 1,100 immigration arrests in 2025. The oldest person detained was 71. The youngest was 4 years old @miamaldonado.bsky.social reports: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/29/o...

Thing I did NOT have on my 2025 bingo card: friends around the country sending me photos during their holiday travels of BLAZING EYE SEES ALL on the Bestsellers wall at Hudson Booksellers in airports across the country. Believe me when I say I am floored by this!

“This is Hillsboro, Oregon, in the year 2025. For Shirley and Jasmine, and the people they serve, it’s an era of code names, secretive deliveries, encrypted messages, and concerns about government surveillance.” From Alejandro Figueroa & @hbarth.bsky.social:

"As detentions ramp up this year under the Trump administration, detainees are undergoing dizzying, cross-country flights more frequently, an OPB analysis of deportation data shows."

The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.

ChatGPT launches a year-end review like Spotify Wrapped

When the opinion and business-degreed class are running your newsroom instead of actual journalists.

Two weeks before Washington state’s biggest source of climate pollution was required to end its five decades of burning coal, the Trump administration has given it a new lease on life.

Former equity director Andrés Portela III says in an email he didn't ask for the investigation, nor did the city share its findings that discredit his claims. "This investigation wasn't for me," he wrote. "It was to make leadership feel absolved."

Oregon lawmakers failed to adequately implement Measure 110, and are now hot dog suit man trying to figure out how this could have possibly happened.

It's very important we all go back to Twitter, a website as popular with young people as chlamydia.

The was the first documented occurence of federal officers firing pepper balls in Portland this year, outside of protests at the ICE facility.

Trial begins for a security guard involved in Coeur d’Alene’s Republican town hall fiasco where a woman was dragged out by her arms for jeering at an emcee on stage. “‘My wife is blind. There is no need to grab me, I need to reconnect with my wife.”” More: www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

Portland! I did one more batch of signatures over at Broadway Books! Come git yer signed COFFIN MOONs (and a few other titles) for the holidays! Thanks again! broadwaybooks.net/book/9780593...

If you can believe it, January 1, 2026 marks ten years since the armed takeover of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. For Portland Monthly, I wrote about how the ensuing decade was dominated by anxious men and a culture of lawlessness. www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-cit...

NYT does an entire podcast on the state of journalism...and the panel has more entertainers than journalists. What the industry values and prioritizes is pretty clear by the balance of this panel.

The Guardian is out with a piece on how Oregon's legalized psilocybin dream is failing financially. I reported on these concerns in 2023 before the market even started because many people involved could see the trouble on the horizon.

Declining enrollment and budget woes vex colleges across the country these days, but leaders at Pacific and Willamette say they’re not pursuing the partnership due to financial challenges. They say the partnership will lead to better services and expanded career pathways for students.

NW Natural partners Modern Hydrogen have laid off almost all employees, and Tyson closed factory where NW natural made “renewable natural gas.” Oregon’s largest gas utility facing headwinds in decarbonizing energy supply since collaborators falter: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/11/n...

As with all major infrastructure projects, the price of the new Interstate Bridge is about to go up. Shovels still haven't hit dirt on it and serious questions around light rail remain. Monday's update to the WA legislature is going to be one to remember.

Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.

These are not serious people.

Washington state officials looking at evacuating 75,000 people from record flooding expected along Skagit River. Gov. Ferguson asking FEMA to declare an emergency in 2pm mtg (despite WA being denied aid following '24 bomb cyclone). "Lives will be at stake in the coming days."--Ferguson

Bomb cyclone denial: www.kuow.org/stories/trum...

Salem PD regularly violates public records law and apparently learned no lessons in Hush season 1. Records this old should not need any redactions under Oregon law and should be released for free. This is a money making scam because SPD doesn't want to spend money to follow the law.

@marisakabas.bsky.social has a great list of independent and worker-owned journalism if you're looking for something to spice up your media diet. www.thehandbasket.co/p/independen...

"People in Bellingham told NPR the attack sent shockwaves through the local Afghan community, which was already struggling with poverty, language barriers, and cultural isolation."

pals you gotta quit spotify

Today on @opb.org's The Evergreen: The Trump admin has been cracking down on immigrants, promising to deport people w/o legal status, & at times detaining people *with* legal status. Some immigrants are now choosing to leave the U.S. out of fear. We hear the story of an Oregonian who did just that.