I love being told what Portland is like by people who have LITERALLY NEVER BEEN TO PORTLAND. But hey, they saw something on the news so they're better informed.

I can only imagine at the end of this some of the generals were like, "I flew all the way from APAC for this?". theintercept.com/2025/09/30/t...

The self-ingratiating and self-congratulations is one thing, but I can pretty much guarantee the local media isn't reporting much on the ICE building protests because it's a nothing story.

@airlineflyer.net transit question for you. Coming into T8 at JFK and need to get to the Renaissance at EWR at 9pm... Best method?

Trump: "I know people who live in Portland and they left." Then we find out most of them left in 1996.

Portland is so bad let me reference a crime from January. Oh wait, there's no one at the food carts, it's awful.

I ride my bike at all hours, happy to post some tranquil scenes at 11pm. Or maybe this person should post the war zone scenes they claim are so bad.

I'd love to learn more about this incident today at PDX. A C-130 landed and taxied to the FBO. A person (appears to be a woman) chased the plane and jumped inside the lowered rear door. Police showed up a little later and took them into custody. (3 hours and 11 min) www.youtube.com/live/dtHWZVq...

Your war correspondent on the ground in battle-ravaged inner northeast Portland

Live from "war ravaged" Portland

In war ravaged #Portland citizens were at the farmers market looking for the last strawberries of the season while also preparing themselves for the first big crop of pears. Really trying times.

War ravaged #Portland bike ride this morning meant a delicious cup of coffee and a 7/10 cinnamon roll. I heard the 10/10 versions are only available in peacetime.

Can we all agree this is awful design. Can't select all text in a field to erase, must use a control embedded in the field to get rid of the current selection. I can't imagine this works well for anyone using a screen reader.

Some really good news this evening out of Nevada: Avelo's requests for a preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order against the #avelNO! campaign were denied!! 🥳 I've always believed my efforts were protected political speech. This is another ruling suggesting I was right. #nhpolitics

The rewards are harder because more people are willing to pay the $800. More points out there mean more people looking for redemptions, means less availability. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/b...

Was on a call today where the conversation was about fat bear week and someone asked if we had any deadly animals west of the Cascades. One person on the call said, “they don’t have snakes or spiders but you have to watch out for the people” What the hell?

PDX will get a new lounge at some point. Or maybe it won’t. It’s like an airport that Alaska wishes it didn’t have to fly to.

T.Rowe Price: “don’t give the two factor authentication code to anyone” Also T.Rowe Price: “we need the two digit code to process the transaction” Come on people, two factor shouldn’t be this hard.

I’ve saved stuff to just a single “bookmarks” tag telling myself “I’ll organize it later”. I have not in fact ever organized them. Now I’m trying to find a breakfast spot in London I saved and having zero luck.

Tonight’s “grilling beer”.

With the detainment of the South Korean workers in the U.S. I have a hard time believing the predicted Korean Air flight to PDX actually happens. I’m still convinced that JAL could start a 3-4x/week Narita-Portland flight with a 788 and make a lot of money.

A great conversation with @stephan.wtf on this week's show. We're talking about the DL/AM ruling, fumes, and more.

Just a reminder that Nirvana was a band longer than the Confederacy existed.

I don’t think PDX is #1, but SNA? That’s like a mini-O’Hare. www.oregonlive.com/travel/2025/...

I still feel like this is a card I should dump.

The only wall plug, duh. It’s just behind the bed.

Mo Welch is right: I know I’m not a cruise person because I’ve never been in a Holiday Inn lobby and thought to myself, “you know what this is missing? The open sea”.

JUST IN 🚨: Google Searches for "help with mortgage" has now surpassed the peak of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis

The weirdest take I’ve seen today: “Lounges are crowded because they’re nice” No, they’re crowded because credit card companies and airlines saw an opportunity to generate revenue via access to lounges from yearly credit card fees.

The Delta/Aeromexico JV must dissolve by 1 January 2026. The US DOT finalized its order this afternoon. Turns out Mexico's promise to restore slots at MEX proved insufficient. I expect a lawsuit will be filed on this; no idea if they'll get a preliminary injunction to keep it alive while pending.

Some great napkin math on home electricity usage and battery storage. Iron flow batteries could be a great solution besides their massive physical footprint. shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/09...

Today I learned there is a 23km cycle track around Bangkok Suvarnabhumi airport with bike rental. It also has some kid tracks! hhblbikelane.com

Flipping PDX during some weather makes for some interesting plane movements.

Woah, this looks nice!

Seeing people compare the Floyd protests to the prayer vigils for Kirk makes my head spin. Have we collectively lost the ability to process nuanced and complex subjects?

Mmmm, airline chicken breast, my favorite.

I really don’t understand how Union Pacific can’t pull forward a car and a half and unblock the intersection. On top of this one of the Bob Stacey overcrossing elevators is still broken so ended up going about 2 miles out of my way to get around this.

I need to replace my Joby suction cup with a ball, bendable arm for GoPros. The ball joints have worn out (in two years). Any suggestions for a suction cup with an arm for a GoPro? @photojdl.bsky.social

Ok, as long as she says so. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

This is probably the footage Trump saw to make his Portland statement. It was filmed by this person: x.com/katiedavisco... Who then conveniently wrote an article about Trump’s announcement: thepostmillennial.com/breaking-tru... www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KfV...

For posterity's sake, here are the crime stats for the last year, straight from PPB.

please, i’m just trying to get home @councilorclark.bsky.social @councilormorillo.bsky.social @councilortkl.bsky.social @councilorgreen.bsky.social @pbotinfo.bsky.social

Trump says he’s ready to send the National Guard to Portland. I hope he waits until November so they can do leaf clean-up.

McNamara wanted to use Agent White but the woke eggheads at the Pentagon forced him to use Agent Orange instead

We could have won the Vietnam War had we not been so woke.

Love, and by love I mean hate, getting sent videos from family members that the “biggest threat to American Christianity” is…. Feminism. FML.

Dunno, came to hear from the mayor but my five-year old was covering her ears while someone directly behind us yelled that we were fucking white supremacists for wanting a bike event to discuss biking. On the the whole it made me sad.

I feel like in the 1980’s/90’s this would be a major plot point in a Tom Clancy novel, and the operation would be carried out as an off-book, illegal black op, with various characters trying to cover it up lest they face congressional hearings. Now the President just announces it.

Singapore’s partnership with Alaska will end on October 1. www.singaporeair.com/content/dam/...