See how easy that was? Thank you @theguardian.com

Marta: 17

"We heard all the right things in yesterday's 'independence' memo." It's like Susan Collins wrote this.

You will want to read this novel when it's published!

Looking forward to this memoir!

Important message from the supporters of @thornsfc.com

Election Day in Oregon but my vote has already been counted because Oregon votes 💯 by mail and that is particularly helpful in an election like this one with a slew of candidates for judges, which are critical for democracy. Voting at home lets us research candidates as we vote.

Excited that @wapress.bsky.social will be publishing my debut novel. #BookSky #Debut #writingcommunity

Congratulations! Looking forward to reading this!

Thrilled that my debut novel, inspired by the life and work of 20th century French glassmaker Marguerite Huré, will be published in 2027 by @wapress.bsky.social The Light Through Broken tells a sweeping story of ruin and renewal, secrecy and truth, & ponders the price of living an authentic life.

Portland Fire fans set a WNBA attendance record (19,335) for a team's first game.

Put this pub date on your calendar!

Please congratulate @vkornberg.bsky.social on her poetry collection, Strange Gift, released today! Ellen Bass calls it "a lush debut, a narrative collection full of gift after Strange Gift." And @sfreligh.bsky.social says, "This is one stunning debut." wanderingaenguspress.com/strange-gift...

The view of Tehran’s skyline overnight on Sunday was apocalyptic: Billowing smoke and towering oil fires turned the horizon orange as Israeli strikes ignited fuel depots outside the Iranian capital. By morning, dark, oily smoke hung over the city. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/w...

BREAKING: U.S. District Judge Amy Baggio on Friday granted a preliminary injunction sought by residents of Gray's Landing by the Portland ICE facility. This bars federal agents from using tear gas and other chemical munitions at a level that is "likely to reach" the affordable housing complex.

RIP, Jesse Jackson

Thank you, @merkley.senate.gov

The Guardian: A federal judge in Portland, Oregon issued a temporary restraining order on Tuesday that bars federal officers from shooting or firing tear gas at nonviolent protesters and journalists outside an ICE facility in the city’s residential South Waterfront neighborhood.

@wyden.senate.gov @merkley.senate.gov

Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps

@nytimes.com "Tame"? Doesn't that adopt the administration's claim that higher ed *was* out of control? What other verbs could have been used? Control? Damage?

My data is safe. Thanks @marcelias.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone who submitted to the 2025 Literary Awards Program with @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social. We are thrilled to announce our Winners' Circle: Congratulations to our our grand prize winner, @sudhab.bsky.social, and our runners-up Cara Lynn Albert and Terese Svoboda, and ! buff.ly/92ASZax

From the Portland Japanese Garden: "In light of the recent events unfolding in our city and to help bring calm and compassion to our community, Portland Japanese Garden will open for free from 1:30 to 3:30pm on Friday, January 9 and Saturday, January 10 until we reach capacity."

The annual Medicare wellness exam is not healthcare

President Trump said Wednesday that he would abandon for now his efforts to deploy the National Guard in Chicago, Portland and Los Angeles.

President Trump overstepped his authority when he sought to deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, to protect the ICE office there, a federal judge ruled, issuing a permanent block on troop deployments to the city.

BREAKING: Federal Judge Immergut in Portland rules Trump admin CANNOT deploy National Guard to Oregon. Grants state & city a PERMANENT injunction, barring troops indefinitely.

BREAKING: A Trump-appointed judge rules Trump’s Portland military takeover unconstitutional. Judge Immergut permanently blocked Trump’s order to federalize Oregon’s National Guard — calling it a violation of the Tenth Amendment and a power grab beyond lawful authority.

This deserves a fully developed Sunday NYTimes news feature, with a daily front-page follow up including updates on the status of the 12 criteria, consistent with coverage of major world crises. #nokings #nytimes #democracy Are We Losing Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1... #nokingspdx #portland #nokings

Federal officers “gassed” Portland police officers and fired pepper balls at one local officer outside the U.S. Immigration and Enforcement building in the city in the past month. www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Art: it's good for you! www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

LEGO: "Retired Product"

So much truth requires a lot of words over a lot of hours. 👏👏👏

“If you refuse to let my people go, I will send a plague of frogs across your entire land. . . They will come up out of the river. . . .They will enter the houses of your officials. . . Frogs will jump on you, your people, and all your officials.” Exodus 8:2-4 #nokingspdx #nokings #portland

Where there's no smoke, there's no fire. No #Portland burning. The beauty of peaceful protest is that performing a counter-narrative is much more effective than arguing against one. #nokingspdx @wyden.senate.gov

@portlandpolice.bsky.social striking the right tone at #nokingspdx #nokings #portland

@wyden.senate.gov #nokingspdx #portland #nokings

I had made myself a note (so many notes!) to circle back around to the wonderful @bethcastrodale.bsky.social in November to see if she'd had time to read my debut novel Sunshine Girl. She beat me to the punch with this amazing review! Thank you, thank you, Beth. smallpresspicks.com/sunshine-girl/

‘Photos don’t go bigger than mine’: the epic, impossible images of the great Andreas Gursky

Portland wasn't burning down in 2020, either. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

After identifying the Portland city councilors as Democratic socialists at the start of this article, @kellen.bsky.social (or the @nytimes.com editor) refers to them consistently as simply "socialists". There is a difference. The terms are not interchangeable. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

@lidiamiles.bsky.social You made The Guardian (see photo of Powell's) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

In 1993 Sharon Kaplan Roszia & I published "The Open Adoption Experience" (HarperCollins) to help families and professionals know what to expect and how to work through difficulties. We said, "Open adoption is more of a relationship than an institution or process."

'Kavanaugh claims that it is just “common sense” to stop Latinos who look like they might be engaged in low-wage jobs and question their immigration status.' What else is just "common sense"? Paying men more for comparable work? Saying marriage can only be between a man and a woman?

"Lifts restrictions" doesn't quite say "okayed racial profiling"

m.youtube.com/watch?v=3E5j... Texas legislators explaining that the Parable of the Good Samaritan is specifically about helping those who aren't like you.