Portland peeps, if you think you know your town, this is a fun game. Waaay back there was a guesswherepdx Flickr group that I participated in, no idea if that's still a thing. Anyhoo, submit a pic, make a guess, show off your local knowledge.

My favorite improvement to the pollinator garden (mint patch) by the back door is this little watering station. An old Buffalo china saucer and some good rocks, keep a water bottle handy on the steps and just give it a splash on my way in and out.

Submitted my letter today, and I did use a form just for the structure, but it’s definitely my words. Even if Vought throws them out, it was still cathartic in a way.

i think the idea is they know people will share these stories like wildfire because people are obsessed with the idea of retributive justice against sex offenders especially those who offend against children and they'll reach some folks who are on the fence about giving PPB climate dollars

Mainstream Respectable opinion is that people joking about a bad person's death represents a culture of cruelty, but really it represents a culture of impunity. It's a coping mechanism for watching someone do evil their whole life and never seeing consequences

This one hurts. Scott just threw some money at the paramedic documentary Randy and Kevin (and Steve Buscemi!) have been shopping. My first crush at 6 years old, will miss you, Randy. Looking forward to seeing the movie, until then, on MeTV every afternoon at 5. intotheunknowndoc.com/home#about

RIP. My brother had Johnny Gage and Roy DeSoto dolls with whom he'd execute many elaborate, to scale, rescues of other intellectual property. www.tvinsider.com/1274911/rand...

Randolph Mantooth 1945-2026

DID YOU KNOW IF YOU FIND A HORSESHOE CRAB THATS BEEN TAGGED BY THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AND SUBMIT THE LOCATION YOU SAW IT USING THE FORM ON FWS DOT GOV SLASH CRABTAG THEY SEND YOU A BEAUTIFUL CRAB PIN

NEW IDSG. Maine Character Syndrome - The Fall of Graham Platner. An angry, but also heartfelt, reaction from @danielharper.bsky.social & myself. idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/news-roundup...

We got a pretty good gaggle of bears fishing the lip at Brooks Falls tonight. www.youtube.com/live/EwTH5yY...

So what have we learned from all this?

Mike @humanistreport.bsky.social with good Platner perspective, too. youtu.be/UVESpeFmRDw?...

Kav with some more much deserved tough love. So frustrating to watch people who are smart about so many things reveal how shallow their political convictions really are. youtu.be/v8BfC26dffo?...

So if you were around when I first criticized Platner you might remember me and a few other female vets talking about this being a likely reveal. At the time one of his earliest defenders insisted it was our bias. No, it was our experience www.cnbc.com/2026/07/06/g...

Not going to say told you so re Platner, but really want to encourage people who want to build a stronger left movement to trust your gut when you get bad vibes about men seeking power. Platner’s indignant defensiveness about the tattoo was all it took for me to see through his persona.

Currently watching the only traditional 4th movie in my repertoire: The Right Stuff. Still a banger.

Got some time from Scott's contractor friend this long weekend so spontaneous front porch replacement is happening. Guess that means I'm going to be painting next week, and even looks like good weather for it.

Incredible photo.

100 years ago.

Please, no fireworks this weekend Terrible for wildlife. Cannon Beach has banned them. Laser pointers also--no. Last year at Haystack Rock an endangered oystercatcher chick died due to such "celebrations." This year, two chicks may make it if we can all just do... nothing. That's all you have to do.

By the way, the Katmai bear cams are back online and the big names are already catching fish on the lip. Highly recommend having the bearcams on when it's really hot, just looking at that cold Alaska water can bring your core temp down. www.youtube.com/@explorebears

Going to see Alex Cox tonight with Dead Souls at @cstpdx.bsky.social so of course I've had Salsa y Ketchup stuck in my head all morning. youtu.be/oqPFHajaVjg?...

Pocket Fire time lapse. A much better looking fire than most running tonight. youtu.be/zGRe_RNPDGM?...

I'm never watching the games, but I can always tell when the US scores because my whole house shakes and I have to turn on every fan in the house to cover up the screaming. Giving the soccer bar behind me a pass for now, but after World Cup I'm back on my NIMBY bullshit about their noise.

i kinda love this answer, it’s very illuminating. it’s not about female athletes at all, it’s about the fragile egos of delusional psychopathic parents who want returns on their perceived investments

Not only is it a skill issue but "You need to work within the system and within the Party" is what the people freaking out about this have explicitly been telling critics to do for decades. I guess they didn't mean it, didn't think anyone would try, or were confident it couldn't work.

Had to dig up a hard copy for this one.

ezra klein, come on down and get your prize

Yeah, unless your house-made is curry or chutney, don’t.

Whenever I hear someone claiming that USAID was evil from a leftist perspective, I hear someone saying “yes, millions ARE dying because Musk and Trump killed USAID, but at least they’ll die free of American imperialism.” Notably it is never the people saying this who are dying.

Feel like I’ve been really rocking it in the kitchen lately, but I think it’s just because I planted a good herb garden this year. I will never again not have dill and Thai basil planted.

Live from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool: #LogansRun

GREETINGS, MORTALS (Virginia tiger beetle edition) Tetracha virginica. She has come to the black light cafe the past few nights 💚

I'm literally a professional crustacean scientist, but in motion this looks more like a @realgdt.bsky.social fantasy creature! Btw it's swimming butt-up. Paddles are back legs, long ones are front legs. Weird branched stuff is its food royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

It's official, Hollywood executives are the most universally hated demographic.

From that woman's actual post (and not NY Post's editorialization of it)... like, dude, this would have been a much better response when asked about it when this story came out:

I saw another article on the cursed Portland subreddit about The People’s Depot can recycling center moving. I was honestly apprehensive about it at first due to being a realistic TriMet employee, etc but after talking to a guy on the train who recycles cans, i am in support of the relocation

I managed to get an AI slop channel removed from YouTube (at least for now)! It was posting completely made up stories about people who died while hiking, and I framed the complaint that they were faking local emergencies, which I know is a problem YT actually cares about.

Husband finally had to admit I was right and there was no possible way to get the chest freezer we bought from a friend down the basement stairs. We got it in another way, but not before getting stuck and banging it up a bit.

Have a pity for Matt Stoller, smeared as a sexist for expressing populist views, just for needing to specify things like "lady politics" and a "feminized lens"

How is Graham Platner even a debate at this point. Are we really this broken

Platner just isn't the guy you wish he was. Sorry.

Alex Cox coming to the @cstpdx.bsky.social with his crowd-funded "final" film, Dead Souls, July 3. Bonus screening of Walker afterwards. Tickets still available, probably not for long! cstpdx.com/event/an-eve...

Bet this is an AI transcription error, lazy reporter and disengaged editor.

Bonus of house sitting for good friends and cooking out of their kitchen for 2 weeks - have some ideas for what to get them for X-mas.

She is made of but cardboard, so her time on this mortal coil will be brief, but I hope she entertains and educates many during her stay. Wish her luck, everyone. 🫡

Starting to feel nauseated by some people I respect fawning and drooling over Graham Platner performing his "troubled veteran" persona. None of his stories about his service are compelling or consistent, I just don't get it.

Getting caught up on The Pitt while housesitting and Fiona Dourif looks so much like her dad it's distracting, but I was totally taken aback that Taylor Dearden was Bryan Cranston's kid. Also, she's great in this.