UPDATE. Behold, the #newspaper industry, now with Toot Man and Yard Sale. #portland

I'll be on @opb.org Morning Edition Friday morning to talk about this story I wrote about the steep fee hikes facing Oregon's nascent psilocybin experiment. I should be on around 8:50 a.m. www.opb.org/article/2026...

Critics say increasing fees will push the already high price tag of a legal mushroom trip even higher and cause more businesses to close.

Oregon's first-in-the-nation #psilocybin program was supposed to pay for itself. After a wave of psilocybin center closures, regulators are seeking broad fee hikes. That could cause closures of more centers and the state's only testing lab. #oregon #orpol oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/07/06/i...

Prominent Christian nationalist Doug Wilson said he is okay with Latter-day Saints voting, for now, because they consistently support conservative causes and candidates. But in an “ideal Christian republic,” he said, allowing LDS people to continue to vote would be “a problem.”

A new Western Edge investigation: Women inside some Northwest Buddhist centers say the faith has long struggled to stop predatory behavior by spiritual leaders, and in some cases brushed it aside. www.thewesternedge.media/p/give-your-...

“I’m not a political person and the Postal Service is not a political organization,” oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/06/24/r...

FTC sues leading transgender health association WPATH, claiming it overstated the life-saving benefits of gender-affirming care of youth. Oregon uses WPATH guidelines. www.fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/f...

Trump administration tightens oversight of state Medicaid demonstration programs michiganadvance.com/2026/06/18/r...

Sen. Wyden: As of now, every American is subject to audit except for Trump and his family.

A Ghostface Killah pinup (2014)

ICYMI I looked at a lot of spreadsheets and talked to homeless people about #Portland's camping ban. I made you some journalism about it. No one's really tracking how well the ban is getting into more stable housing or "services." It is shuffling people around www.streetroots.org/news-stories...

I guess we’re gonna continue to see Ghost in the Willow on giant billboards in Portland. Has anyone else noticed these?

Portland's mayor, police and prosecutors say the purpose of the camping ban is to provide resources to homeless Portlanders. But none of them are tracking whether it’s working.

And she finds time to write for a piece for the Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/o...

“You acted without maturity and emotional intelligence,” www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...

Reporter @madisonmcvan.bsky.social spent weeks digitizing more than 1,000 habeas filings since ICE's "Metro Surge" on Minnesota. One quarter of those wrongfully detained had valid work permits. Some weren't just wrongfully detained, but deported: minnesotareformer.com/2026/05/22/m...

What is going on in this ad? Why is dude wearing a military uniform? Is this a Civil War uniform? What are they trying to tell us? Who are they? Hey!

No more shaming or finger wagging at people who take time to turn in their ballots. I have until Tuesday to turn my ballot in in. What's the rush?

Lindstrom made vital documentaries about our community. Go watch Alien Boy ASAP. www.oregonlive.com/books/2026/0...

“We want to help you move." “I don’t want your help.” denverite.com/2026/05/04/d...

#Portland is the latest US city to codify polyamorous rights in housing, jobs and public spaces. More could follow in a potential civil rights frontier extending beyond #polyamory. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

“That ruling found serious violations of Americans’ constitutional rights and how the Trump administration has used Section 702,” theintercept.com/2026/04/30/w...

My Google Voice number got on spam list or something. Every time I get a call, it just hangs up and doesn't leave a message. It doesn't try to sell me anything. Nobody picks up when I call back. What is even the point? Am I being harassed?

Lawmakers and advocates have long debated the authority of the state Psychiatric Security Review Board. Critics now say the board’s extreme caution stalls patient discharge and is colliding with Oregon’s strained mental health system.

In a non car-brained world, the fact that elite cyclists are regularly hit, and often killed, by drivers should lead some of the victim blaming people out there to question what they're saying. You can do everything right and still die.

Jackson County DA is hauling people convicted of serious crimes back behind bars after the Legislature passed a bill aimed at cleaning up the prison system's re-sentencing mess. youroregonnews.com/2026/04/14/d...

Multnomah County commissioners urged state officials late last year to change what they characterized as a discriminatory policy that’s contributing to people with “severe persistent mental illness” falling into homelessness.

State policy contributes to mentally ill Oregonians falling into homelessness, Multnomah County says oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/04/14/s...

Some patients at Oregon State Hospital are stuck in limbo for months. Even after being told they no longer need to be there, only a few are discharged each month from the state’s most-regimented and costly mental health treatment setting. www.streetroots.org/news-stories...

Q: Did you post that picture of you depicted as Jesus Christ? Trump: It was me. I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor. Only the fake news could come up with that one. It's supposed to be me as a doctor making people better, and I do make people better.

For more than a week, Amazon has managed to keep a death at its Troutdale, Oregon, facility out of public view. Workers I spoke to are pissed.

The Marion County Sheriff's Office has released footage of agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security arresting two people at the Marion County Courthouse on March 26. Agents had a judicial warrant for one man but only an administrative warrant for the other man. tinyurl.com/mr3bxhvy

"He’s also taken a hard line on Canada from day one, which POTUS appreciates." www.yahoo.com/news/article...

The Oregon State Hospital is under a federal contempt order because it doesn't have enough beds to admit patients. Yet about 40 patients who don't need treatment at the hospital are waiting to leave. www.streetroots.org/news-stories...

I’ve had my phone on #grayscale for not even a week and I feel like it’s already making a big difference

It's too bad they kicked down dude's door on a bad warrant. But the sheriff revived his musical relevance. apnews.com/article/afro...

“this isn’t a place where visitors will see it,” oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/03/18/r...

“The grand jury is entitled to free access at all reasonable times to such correctional facilities and juvenile facilities, and, without charge, to all public records in the county pertaining thereto.” www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Behold. The newspaper industry

New records reveal a top labor executive quietly pushed a Portland councilor to sue the city and let the mayor pick the next council president—raising fresh questions about power and transparency at City Hall.

A year after Oregon prison officials pledged to overhaul health services, an inspection by a national accrediting group found that Coffee Creek Correctional Facility still isn’t meeting standards.

Journalism people, what do you do with this situation? My reporter’s notebook just has a few more sheets of paper. If i keep using it, i will run out of paper while reporting. Filling it up and switching to another notebook in the middle of reporting means another thing to keep track of.

"A year after Oregon prison officials pledged to overhaul health services, an inspection by a national accrediting group found the women's correctional facility still isn't meeting standards." #Oregon #USA #Incarceration #Healthcare #SexualViolence

Can anyone recommend a good alternative to Google Voice?

"[D]uplicate time." "McEwen was among the 22 people the Department of Corrections released, then reincarcerated." "This is the very type of abuse of executive power that the state of Oregon claims to be fighting at the federal level." #Oregon #USA #Drugs #Incarceration #Courts