Such sad news! Alan was an absolute legend and a visionary who was one of the key figures that elevated Oregon craft beer to heights far beyond what pretty much any other region in the world could muster.

Man, this Charlie Kirk statue story has layers. Every fact presented just gets more and more hilarious. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

By all means, mayors of Portland suburbs, you are more than welcome to commit the tax dollars of your own cities to contribute to the Moda Center. But if you’re not willing to put up your own cities’ funds, then you are welcome to eat my whole ass in the alternative.

people who talk about traitors and all that always seemed a bit loony to me, but if youre committed to calling things what they are, you have to conclude that musk, thiel, this crew theyve put together, these people have all committed base criminal acts that are death penalty eligible? it's very odd

You do not have to hand it to Lindsey Graham, but he was correct on this point.

The killing of Joan Sebastian Guerrero by ICE is not an isolated event. It is a pattern we have seen in communities across the country where militarized federal agents rip away fathers, mothers, neighbors, & loved ones. It will continue until real changes are made. That's why we need to ABOLISH ICE.

Incredible timing.

Realizing that I just don’t read living authors very often! Gonna have to fix that. I think I only have three that fit this prompt: Salman Rushdie Thomas Pynchon George RR Martin I could add Pat Rothfuss if he’d ever finish the goddamned King Killer Chronicles.

Can’t wait until Oregon & Portland tax dollars are used to pay for this surveillance bullshit at the Rose Garden (and you can be almost certain that Tom Dundon will be doing exactly that). @tinakotek.bsky.social @councilorkanal.bsky.social @councilorepg.bsky.social

This woman has been the subject of three NYT pieces in 2025-26

Steve Hoffstetter on the Belgian match...

Pausa de Hidratacion

It's once again time for me to extol the virtues of the "Laura Palmer," a refreshing blend of lemonade and cold brew coffee. In all my travels I have yet to find a better beverage for a hot summer morning. It's also the best method I have personally found for accidentally consuming 400mg of caffeine

What no one ever considers is: What if "investing in Red America" is just politically hopeless? Can we maybe, for once, invest in blue America instead?

Exit light Enter night Take my hand Morocco beat the Netherlands

This is genuinely the Backrooms remembering the Arc de Triomphe.

At the behest of GOP partisans, the Roberts Court blew up campaign finance limits today in NRSC v. FEC & handed corporate donors a green light to funnel cash straight to political parties Six Republican justices sided with billionaires over the American people @msnowreports.bsky.social 👇

Is this Originalism?

I'm so thankful to Becky and her mom for their trust, generosity, and strength in front of the Supreme Court. No matter what the Court says, Becky is a hero for standing up for herself and trans girls like her. Doing what's right, even when the odds are against you, is the definition of courage.

Enjoy this article from a Minnesota newspaper in 1882 noting that Scandinavians love their home countries so much that it will take them generations to assimilate into America. www.loc.gov/resource/sn8...

A federal judge has blocked President Trump’s executive order to create a national voting list and limit who could receive a ballot by mail.

Tom Dundon can eat a bag of flaming dicks. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

This seems well researched, and I’m glad it exists. But it just reinforces what many of us already knew about rural Trump voters: they’re complete dipshits with a tenuous (at best) grip on reality, who believe authoritarianism is justified to uphold their beliefs and lifestyles. There was a lot of

lol

Related: today I learned that the Tear Garden (a side project of LPD’s Edward Ka-Spel and cEvin Key of industrial legends Skinny Puppy are playing their first shows EVER this year! Go if you can!

Heartbreaking news. Loved his reporting.

Hey @konkurrent.bsky.social, here’s a free idea!

Awesome. ai is so fucking stupid

You know all those American scientists who were doing something to do with UFOs until they disappeared? Turns out this is not only a shaggy dog story, but one that was basically written as an April Fools Day spoof, by a British writer, for ITV, 49 years ago. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Wrote another thing.

And here we go. Already Ive been tricked into sending my penis to three of these so called "Group chats". I now have no choice but to shut down my alt where I pretend to be a 36 yr old Sex Worker from Brooklyn, offering my calloused, world weary perspective interspersed with moments of gentle warmth

Great point, Shakira (4) now officially has more World Cup appearances than her ex (3)

There’s an old saying that applies here: “Fast, accurate, or cheap. Pick two.” @nytimes.com Editorial Board has evidently decided it wants fast, and is willing to make voting either more expensive or inaccurate to get it. But it doesn’t say which it wants sacrificed. So which is it, @nytimes.com?

Take the survey. Don’t give out tax money away to billionaire bullshit.

Not able to make it to one of the pop-up events happening this weekend? You can also fill out this survey to weigh in on the Moda renovation conversation:

FINALLY. Seems like you really need either peak Jordan or Wilt to pull this off.

The Wade Wilson (no, not the Deadpool one) - Tommy Kramer combo! God, I loved this team. Just before the catastrophic Herschel Walker trade that even 9-year-old me knew was idiotic. Sigh.

Marjane Satrapi

Devastated to see that Marjane Satrapi passed. When I took a couple years of Farsi in college, I used her works to help me learn sentence structure by comparing original and translated versions. She was brilliant and genuine, and romanticized smoking in a way that only a Persian-Parisian could. RIP.

A school district in Oregon is spending about $30,000 a week on fuel for buses — $6,400 more per order than in February. Some schools might have to cut staff just to keep up with their energy bills. Trump's policies are costing families.

Happy Pride 🌈

President Deals has grown bored with making deals.

As much as I dislike ai companies being closely held by a few individuals, I think I like the idea of them being publicly traded even less.

I have never heard of or listened to this podcast, but doing an episode on UHF = immediate subscription.

Thanks, Vonnegut. 💜

It’s pretty good, but I think they really missed an opportunity given that the maraschino cherry was invented here. Her name should be Mary Chino and she should be wearing khakis.