Many new wildfire starts, especially in the Cascades and Blue Mountains of Oregon, thanks to a dry thunderstorm outbreak yesterday and overnight. #orfire #orwx #wafire #wawx

#ttrpg players are good folks. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/16/dungeons-dragons-tabletop-games-politics

It’s Sunday, so I’ve gotta give this post one more bump. How about the story of the lovely gift of a century-old granite lantern in 1964? We gave them a Benson Bubbler! 😅 japanesegarden.org/2024/02/12/p...

meanwhile, the Oregonian leading off today with news of the death of sometime who was more important and influential in our community

Nap time with #millie. #dogsofmastodon

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@david_chisnall/116901167730598410 This is what I was subtooting in my former post.

One of the reasons I figure this is My Last IT Job is that I am really not willing to run my resume through various slop machines to make it acceptable for other slop machines to read and decide if my quarter century of experience is valuable or not. I am unwilling to play this game. #infosec […]

I've had this ridiculous idea bouncing around my head for years, and tonight I finally did it. Take that, overhanging greenery! #biketooter

This article says that the Rose Garden would be without a significant tenant without the #blazers but um, y'all, the #portland #fire exist and I think they probably have been filling more seats than the men's team recently […]

Again, someone needs to secretly drop off a kitten on my doorstop for #millie to raise because the cat delivery system is letting me down and Mandy won't let me go to Oregon Humane. :)

Does anyone know if #meta pervert glasses automatically open the QR codes that they see? That would be a handy ... er ... feature. Yeah, that's it. A feature. Please I am begging you to implement this.

It's nice to be in a place in my career when a #recruiter reaches out and I can tell him, "No. I have no interest whatsoever to work for #nike." #infosec #getfedihired if you really want to but I wouldn't...

Um, #nba Commissioner Adam Silver, can the #blazers please have a re-do with the owner you have saddled us with? He has shown the city and fans no respect whatsoever and treat us with open contempt. And this besides the fact he could only buy the team on the backs of poor people he'd fleeced on […]

RE: https://apobangpo.space/@dnkboston/116890288962392598 I boost anything about Sun Ra and/or the Arkestra after seeing the latter play several times now. They are all old men but they can still bring it.

What's the strangest tool you have ever worked with? For me, it was a giant contraption made out of PVC pipes and tubing called, as I recall, the hydrodynamic root elutriator. Its job was to remove the soil from samples of native grass roots. I lost many brain cells working with PVC glue in a […]

Wait wait wait... There are Canadians who WANT to come to the United States, still? Anyway, sounds like Hood River's short term rental rules are working as designed to me. Own a home? Live in it […]

It seems like the simplest thing to do about the Maine Situation is to award the seat to the person who came next in the ranked choice voting. That's kind of what RCV is for.

I think my prediction that gas will be ten dollars a gallon by the end of the year is holding up pretty well. And our media continues to pretend that there is some kind of ceasefire with Iran. It's kind of an odd ceasefire where everyone continues shooting at one another anyway. Maybe that's not […]

Dude hasn't dropped out of the race yet?

When the Portland boosters start claiming we should make residents pay 100% to upgrade Moda Center because EcOnOmIc BeNeFiTs, ask them how's that going to work when FIFA in Seattle is proving to be a bust. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/06/seattle-business-world-cup #pdx #moda […]

Hey one of the advantages of recruiting women for public office is that they rarely go around sexually assaulting people and then lying about it. Just had that thought. You know, just for no reason in particular.

An excellent idea for #pdx. All cities should have a participatory budget program. https://www.opb.org/article/2026/07/06/portland-ballot-measure-for-more-public-say-in-city-budget-clears-hurdle/

Oh my god we just saw a bunch of restored film of #devo with Jerry Casale at the #hollywoodtheatre and it was pretty amazing.

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Pretty sure the last line of this article means "another bad apple continues to be paid by my tax dollars, you know along with that guy who liked to play Nazi dress-up. "He retired from the Police Bureau in May." Why?! Why wasn't he fired last November? Remember this when they want to steal the […]

Visited these swallows nesting in the wall of Bless Your Heart Burgers yesterday. Not sure what kind of pipe that is, but I'm glad the heavy rain we had several days ago didn't wash them out. #BirdOfTheDay #WildMotion 📷🌿🪶

The Glacier hops I'm growing are getting quite tall now. This one has reached the roof which is about 25 feet / 7.6 meters and it still wants to go higher. In past years I had lines going up to the peak of my roof which is probably another ~8 feet / 2.5 […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Oh man it hurts to see Tony Hawk selling old people supplements for several reasons including what it means about me.

Burke picked stupid fights and made herself into a firebrand for right wing politics (& yuppie self-dealing) in PDX - she even dipped her toes into the anti-ANTIFA grift. a folly of own goals & skill issues […]

So at work today, I got to play Database Admin on TV, essentially, to solve a mystery - a user table suddenly went to zero rows. Must be a hacker so I was called in, dubious. Then after a restore, while I was looking into it, it happened again! Turned out a former guy built this ETL in 2005. He […]

During the #worldcup USA match broadcast, they put the camera on legendary #thorns captain #christinesinclair, and John Strong made an error. He said she'd scored more goals than any other woman, but that's not right. She has scored more international goals than any other person of any gender in […]

Okay, since this design seems to be resonating, let's put it to use: I've put a few things online as a simultaneous benefit for the Transgender Law Center and for mutual aid. Please repost if you feel so moved. 🩵🩷 calyxdesign.com/calyxworks/m...

The secret ingredient in Operation: Get a Lab Mix to Swim - off screen geese. A recent camping trip to Prineville Reservoir, which is an #internationaldarksky park where you can see the stars.

#infosec folks: the #slateauto site allows one to create an account including your address and order info etc. But rather than having what I would consider "proper authentication" using a password or passkey, they just email you a code at every login. I don't like this, I guess for similar […]

Ja Morant? Why do we want this headcase on the #blazers?

Well sometime next year I'll likely have the cargo version of the Slate truck and I'm thinking I should put 70s-style van art on it. I'm thinking of having myself as a hobbit wizard on one side riding an elk, and on the other side Mandy riding a condor. Just in case anyone wants a future […]

#wbna history made as the #portland #fire take the Mystics to quadruple overtime.

Can one of you on the Detroit area please go find Slate's HQ in Troy and bug them until they let you drive their new minimalist electric #truck and let me know how it rides? I have no idea when they're going to make it to #portland for a test drive and I am fairly sure I want one.

I know I have been a bit of a one trick pony with the whole Rose Garden thing. But the mayor has been caught in a straight-up lie. https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/in-latest-newsletter-mayor-wilson-ridicules-blazers-fan-and-influential-critic-as-a-techbro/

RE: https://mastodon.world/@longreads/116811434654865382 A great article about a really cool guy who can cut you by throwing a playing card at you. He's also probably the best magician to ever live. And he was on the X-Files.

Guys, it's the lack of a test drive that's the only reason I haven't put $300 down on one of these rather Solarpunk trucks. Imagine, a vehicle with only enough software to function. And I probably could fix most of it myself. It's just so well designed at least in picture and video form. I am […]

Screw Tom Dundon. Why did the NBA think some guy who made his riches taking advantage of poor people would ever fit as the owner of the #portland #trailblazers. At this point I am ready to just pretend that the #fire are the only basketball team in the city and let this guy move the team and […]

Donated to XRAY FM's $55K Move to Buckman fundraiser. Second oldest half progressive news/half killer music #radio station in #Portland Oregon will have a bar and performance space, and they hope to hold record swaps, voter ed classes […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I don't need some guy from Texas to know that money intended to keep poor old ladies from dying due to the lack of air conditioning shouldn't be used for luxury box upgrades. Maybe the city should consider a different revenue stream, like a 100% tax on luxury boxes […]

Oh the truck I was thinking of is actually being made after all! This is a truck. Not these SUVs-with-a-vestigial-bed people call a truck today. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/06/the-slate-trucks-price-may-have-leaked-starts-at-24950/

My employer is still looking for a tech - we're a nonprofit that teaches migrant kids around the state of #oregon. If you have ever installed a stick of RAM or anyone like that, you're qualified. Feel free to boost and hit me up with any questions, and while I am not the hiring manager, I'll get […]

Surprisingly, for a lab mix, Mille is not interested in water, which is a bit of a bummer as I wanted her to be my #paddleboard buddy. We're going camping soon with her for the first time at a reservoir out in the desert so I can see the stars again. I have a few ideas about introducing the idea […]

Portland Metro Chamber should open this session to Portlanders.

#pdxfedi, is there a maker space that could use a gently used first generation Ender 5 filament printer and Klipper/Mainsail Raspberry Pi that now drives it? I have a newer one and no more room. It was plugging up at the heat break but I have repaired that.