"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944

As the crowd yearns for more

Not having his best week. He’s too tired to play with his favorite outdoor ball.

buddy, do I look like I wanna retain the 9-slice scaling option for symbols

Medicated and feeling mad we don’t let him into the scary basement

We are on day 11 of Aubie’s mystery illness. Throughout it he seems fine one day and terrible the next, throwing up, whimpering, and very lethargic. Three visits, x-rays, oral exams, and an ultrasound have not solved it. On Wednesday he finally gets the endoscopy I asked for June 17. Wish us luck.

They’re claiming that this dog showed up uninvited to a child’s birthday party in a Reykjavík suburb and stole a ball. I see no evidence to support that.

Send good wishes for Aubie. He’s been in the hospital three times in a week and hasn’t been himself at all. Poor little bean.

Anyone with recommendations for a leafy restaurant patio in Des Moines? #DesMoines #Iowa #patio #summer

June has truly been the most eventful month of my life in several years, and there’s still a week left.

Graphic design is my passion.

In case you were wondering how to impress Midwestern folks: May I suggest a story about how you went too hard at age 13 at an Olive Garden, pounded five glasses of whole milk, and threw up at the table. Guffaws does not even begin to describe it. #milk #iowa #olivegarden #theunlimitedmilkhasalimit

Our dog found a very good stick at the park this evening.

Living his best snuggly soft grass life.

Every time I watch adverts on a subscription service I already pay money to access a part of me withers and sharpens with rage.

Is it carbon monoxide

Bluesky, asking for your recommendations for Warsaw, Stockholm (especially the archipelago), and Amsterdam. I've spent a little time in each but don't know any of the cities super well.

There’s a raccoon 🦝 in our neighborhood that’s been feasting on bird eggs 🪺 and nestlings 🐦. I’ve never thought seriously about hunting until today, after hearing the screams.

Our new #garden came with a watchful garden #gnome. I quite like his ambiance. 🪏 🪴 🗿

Shadow and light and pretending this staircase connects two beautiful pedestrian streets in a seaside Mediterranean town.

Someone asked me yesterday what I would plan to do with a second #passport, as though the idea of having such immense privilege of dual citizenship was not attractive enough to pursue in absence of a specific goal attached to it.

Every web form should give you the option to submit it normal, or extra enthusiastically, relishing the experience

French National Assembly member Sandrine Josso, drugged by a colleague intending to assault her, described #France as “deeply entrenched in a culture of r@pe.” It’s about time they started talking about it. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/w...

Foxtail season is upon us and with it comes injury and even death to our furry best friends. Know the plant and the signs to keep your dog safe. www.kinship.com/dog-health/f... #dogs #foxtails #PDX #toxic

I think I’m the only person on the west coast who misses a little humidity in the summer. It makes me feel cozy, my hair wavy, and my skin luminous. I don’t miss the mosquitoes, though.

When your owners don’t offer you salad you must harvest the greens yourself

A little concerned that I have “doctors appointment” on my calendar in ten minutes with no other detail and no idea what the appointment could be.

He gets all the greetings and compliments these days, even though my eyes are also blue.

How’s everyone’s Saturday? I toured two open houses, walked the dog, shopped locally on Alberta, saw a bunch of scary posts about bugs in Portland, came home and encircled my home with 5 lbs of diatomaceous earth and Ortho Home Defense spray like it would protect me from Satan himself. We will see!

I consider this to be a direct communication from the Polish mafia and I will be in touch. 🇵🇱 🥟

Aubie doesn’t like that at all. Not at all.

It is sometimes physically painful to be somewhat of an extrovert in Portland, America’s least social city. I feel like I live among hobbits in their hidey holes.

Following months of activism, 1,500 beagles are being released from the Ridglan Farms testing facility to animal rescue groups: the Beagle Freedom Project and Big Dog Ranch Rescue. To all the dogs being released, we wish you many years in loving homes. 14/10 for all

The only thing more obnoxious than a French person correcting your pronunciation of a French word is an American correcting your pronunciation of a French word, and being wrong.

When you just want a little break from playtime with your friend

Shut down Sloth World.

Imagine if this was Biden. Falls asleep during an oval office meeting and then rages all night on untruth social. This is getting fucking ridiculous.

The west coast is extremely car centric, but the highway rest stops are so wanting. Unheated dirty bathrooms with no mirrors and no food beside vending machines. Meanwhile, Texas and Ohio have these super center rest stops that are destinations unto themselves.

I’m sure this won’t reach the target audience, but my PSA is that a woman outside alone at 9:30pm does not want a strange man to approach her. Not in a deserted parking lot, not when you’re on a bike ride and she’s walking her dog on the same dark, quiet street, not in any other dark situations.

When you forget you are a dog 🐕 and think you might be a rooster 🐓 (sound on)

If a job requires creating a @workday account to apply, I don’t bother.

When I lived in the city center, people would be out walking their dogs at 11pm, even midnight. Now in the leafy neighborhood, 10pm may as well be 3am. No one out here but me, a cat, and a distant raccoon.

Caity Weaver continues to be the most entertaining lifestyle writer of our generation.

It’s hard to choose just one, but this was Aubie’s very first day home.

Hey @nytimes.com , I couldn’t think of a less important perspective than that of luxury retailers’ quarterly performance woes in their Middle East markets during an active conflict. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/b...

Why is it #snowing in #Upstate New York in mid-April? That is ridiculous. March snowstorms were always a thing, but April should at least be some small signs of spring.

My mayor > your mayor. Unless you live in my town, of course. #PDX #mayor #picks #up #our #trash #notasnob #notmakingcreepyinternationaldealslikeformernycmayorericadams www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

It’s been a few years since this report came out, so it’s time to remind everyone that former CEO of Gravity Payments Dan Price, famous for paying his staff a generous $70k wage, is a Class A creep. Good acts don’t excuse bad ones, and people do not forget. www.nytimes.com/2022/08/18/t...

One lucky neighborhood walker will be rewarded with the offer of these flowers in a small French mustard pot-cum-vase.

The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.