When Rob Manning pitched this story 13 years ago, I was like, “Sounds great, Rob. Good luck with that.” Damn if he and his team didn’t do it! An amazing body of work, culminating with this incredible doc.

Violets are blue, Roses are red,

It’s Election Day! I know NYers are getting all the attention rn but MAN was it nice to just focus on funding the damn library.

*Stares in Oregon*

It’s like, we all agree the twice-yearly clock changing is dumb and we need to stop doing it. But it’s now a fight between the Morning People and the Evening People, and they’re dug in. Tribalism ruins everything.

Sen. Merkley basically dehydrated himself to keep from having to take bathroom breaks for 22 hours.

Four days after the 7th Circuit did the opposite for Chicago.

Thank you for this deep historical perspective @leahsottile.bsky.social

I love this thread. Great explainer of the Portland cultural protest currents that so often get simplified as “weird.”

Who do I know that lives near the Portland ICE facility and can see, hear and maybe even smell what’s happening there daily? Can I and my microphone come visit? Bonus points if your balcony looks out on it all.

Roses are red, Violets are fun,

This may be the fundamental question of our time.

OPB: Headline

It doesn’t matter. Agency staffers leak documents to trustworthy journalists because they think people need to know something. And said journos don’t actually need to be in the Pentagon to do the work.

I don’t think I’ve wanted to shoot an article out of a cannon so much in my entire life.

Roses are red, Portland’s not like ‘living in hell,’

Petrichor!

Roses are red, Violets are sweet,

Just watched the last episode of Resident Alien, and I’m here blubbering like an idiot.

Roses are red, Violets hold much mystery,

Or maybe, if you successfully complete a quiz at the end you can gift it?

Listener I met the other day: “I hate hearing the news, but I’m ok hearing it from you.” That’s why I love audio journalism. The power of the voice and the relationships you can build.

I know it’s mean but MAN did I lol at this!

Good analysis of the lack of fan support for a confusingly successful team. Only thing missing: People who live around Tampa Bay. Lots of baseball fans, but they hold their allegiances to their hometown teams.

We’ve been on this track for decades. As government support decreased, foundational support filled the gap. But the gap never got this big, this fast.

The president is - once again - trying to kill Vote By Mail, calling it a “scam.” Oregon is exclusively a VBM state. According to the Heritage Foundation (!), there have been only *18* cases of voter fraud here in 25 years.

@opb.org reporters have already amassed an impressive list of ways the federal cuts and the Big Beautiful Bill will affect the Northwest. 👇🏻

Happy Independence Day! Pls take 10 minutes to read the Declaration today. All of it. 🇺🇸

I was blown away by this girl! #accordion #flyingfingers #thunderstruck

‘I knew firsthand what it felt like to hurt as a child. I didn’t want any other child to feel that way.’ I needed this conversation.

Roses are redded, Violets are blued,

Cool. Now do Daylight Saving Time.

Roses are red, bro, Violets are blue, dude,

Roses are red, Violets have a nice petal,

I dunno I just don’t understand why we’re still arguing about stuff we settled decades ago.

I’ve read Casey’s columns for years and have pre-ordered her book. I love how allergic she is to BS about strong bodies, of which is there is so so so much.

With millions on eyes on that chimney, I expect something more decorative. That thing looks line the vent pipe on a roadside BBQ.

Not included in the final cut: the overseas factories that produce his rain gear use a precise manufacturing process that U.S. factories don’t do. The skill just doesn’t exist here.

Some tall guy that looks a LOT like me is gonna do some of that Karaoke from Hell. 4pm. Happy 503 Day!!!

I love these special elections and not just because I’m a big nerd. I’m here picking the school, fire and water district members. All their decisions affect me directly.

Me but radio.

I stayed with this interview as long as I could, but had to nope out after 20 seconds or so. Open to ideas about why I’m so creeped out. Could be the accent, and the “othering” that comes with it.

Roses are red, Rogue River Blue is great,

Roses are red, Violets have pretty heads,

It’s not that homelessness has shot up in MultCo. It’s that the county has a more accurate counting method. Keep that in mind when hearing about the autism ‘epidemic.’

Roses are red, Violets deserve a mention,

This conversation was an emotional journey I wasn’t expecting to take.

We’ve gotten heartbreakingly skilled at telling the stories of people who were killed by guns. I wanted to hear from a survivor. Jennifer’s story will stay with me forever.

I’m not a big plane pic guy, but Mount Hood was just begging for it.

Litter-ally 🏆