Gotta share my fave rendition of a gorgeous carol, including the abolitionist verse. youtu.be/7PdZGY_JDnQ
Ben Caplan - O Holy Night (Official Video)
YouTube video by Ben Caplan
youtu.be
December 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Gotta share my fave rendition of a gorgeous carol, including the abolitionist verse. youtu.be/7PdZGY_JDnQ
Ok but does your grocery store chain mail you a special alpaca wool gift every December because you spend a wild amount of money there? This year it's a LAPTOP BAG. Previous years: tote bag, backpack, scarf. (Fingers crossed for leg warmers next year.) Thanks, Natural Grocers!
December 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Ok but does your grocery store chain mail you a special alpaca wool gift every December because you spend a wild amount of money there? This year it's a LAPTOP BAG. Previous years: tote bag, backpack, scarf. (Fingers crossed for leg warmers next year.) Thanks, Natural Grocers!
Ok but does your investment firm send out holiday cards featuring quotes from Nick Cave?
December 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Ok but does your investment firm send out holiday cards featuring quotes from Nick Cave?
I'm proud to announce the launch of Oregon Metro's new What Goes Where tool, powered by Recycle Coach. I managed this project for the last year, taking it from vendor selection to config to launch. See it on our new website: www.oregonmetro.gov/waste-dispos...
Ask an expert | Metro
Questions about recycling or disposal? We’re here to help.We offer support on topics like reuse, recycling, garbage, hazardous waste and more. Choose the option that works best for you!
www.oregonmetro.gov
December 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I'm proud to announce the launch of Oregon Metro's new What Goes Where tool, powered by Recycle Coach. I managed this project for the last year, taking it from vendor selection to config to launch. See it on our new website: www.oregonmetro.gov/waste-dispos...
Hey @opb.org, I strongly urge you to reconsider this decision. I've been a sustaining member for nearly a decade but will cancel those donations if you don't reverse course here. Leah, Ryan, and the rest of the Hush crew are a true credit to your lineup, and they don't deserve this.
On the day that @opb.org CEO Rachel Smolkin posted this video, saying OPB’s funding gap of $5 million was closed, I was also told by the Chief Content Officer that Hush was canceled. Eighty percent of my income, and my health insurance - gone. I was given no reason for the cancellation. 1/x
OPB has closed this year’s $5 million budget gap created when Congress ended federal funding. Our work is not done. A strong future for free and fair journalism requires your support.
https://www.opb.org/pressroom/presidents-update-funding-cut-update-building-trust/
https://www.opb.org/pressroom/presidents-update-funding-cut-update-building-trust/
December 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Hey @opb.org, I strongly urge you to reconsider this decision. I've been a sustaining member for nearly a decade but will cancel those donations if you don't reverse course here. Leah, Ryan, and the rest of the Hush crew are a true credit to your lineup, and they don't deserve this.
I once swallowed an opal pendant in the shape of a koala, but it apparently made its escape through the sewers of Garden City, KS. Who gives a 4 year old an opal pendant? My Tasmania grandmother who refused to ever give me another piece of jewelry because "YOU'LL JUST SWALLOW IT."
New Zealand man charged with theft over claims he swallowed $19k Fabergé egg
New Zealand man charged with theft over claims he swallowed $19k Fabergé egg
The egg, which is set with 60 white diamonds and 15 blue sapphires, has not yet been recovered.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I once swallowed an opal pendant in the shape of a koala, but it apparently made its escape through the sewers of Garden City, KS. Who gives a 4 year old an opal pendant? My Tasmania grandmother who refused to ever give me another piece of jewelry because "YOU'LL JUST SWALLOW IT."
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It's open, and it's an absolute triumph.
I never thought we'd get our own little version of Amsterdam's famous Rijksmuseum tunnel! I had to see it to believe it.
youtu.be/zKqKCWsSOcU
I never thought we'd get our own little version of Amsterdam's famous Rijksmuseum tunnel! I had to see it to believe it.
youtu.be/zKqKCWsSOcU
New Bike Path Through Portland Art Museum
YouTube video by BikePortland
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It's open, and it's an absolute triumph.
I never thought we'd get our own little version of Amsterdam's famous Rijksmuseum tunnel! I had to see it to believe it.
youtu.be/zKqKCWsSOcU
I never thought we'd get our own little version of Amsterdam's famous Rijksmuseum tunnel! I had to see it to believe it.
youtu.be/zKqKCWsSOcU
This is included in the show at Portland Art Museum and it’s glorious.
Japanese modernist printmaker Yoshida Chizuko, Violet in a White Layer, 1968, colour woodblock print with blind embossing on paper #WomensArt
November 20, 2025 at 7:10 AM
This is included in the show at Portland Art Museum and it’s glorious.
100% agree! Also the Yoshida Chizuko works are jaw dropping. Can’t wait to go back and hit all the rooms I didn’t have time for tonight.
November 20, 2025 at 6:56 AM
100% agree! Also the Yoshida Chizuko works are jaw dropping. Can’t wait to go back and hit all the rooms I didn’t have time for tonight.
My 81 yo father used to take upwards of 6 Benadryl every night...and now he has vascular dementia and lives in memory care. He begs and yells at me for Benadryl every week, because he has a constant runny nose, itchy skin, and can't sleep. Don't do (pharmaceutical) drugs, kids.
"According to the people I spoke to, every trip is bad, every trip is brutal, and that’s the point."
Young People Are Tripping on Benadryl—and It’s Always a Bad Time
Deliriants like Benadryl can bring on terrifying hallucinations in high doses. Some Gen Z-ers are taking at least a dozen pills at a time—and challenging others to do the same.
www.wired.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My 81 yo father used to take upwards of 6 Benadryl every night...and now he has vascular dementia and lives in memory care. He begs and yells at me for Benadryl every week, because he has a constant runny nose, itchy skin, and can't sleep. Don't do (pharmaceutical) drugs, kids.
Having worked in a call center and now providing phone support to the public, I am BEGGING large companies to dispense with the wordy, fake sincerity and repeated info verification they require their customer service agents to use. It's driving up hold times. Looking at you, Bank of America.
November 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Having worked in a call center and now providing phone support to the public, I am BEGGING large companies to dispense with the wordy, fake sincerity and repeated info verification they require their customer service agents to use. It's driving up hold times. Looking at you, Bank of America.
Seattle friends...double check that your ballot was accepted! This is looking like an auto recount regardless.
Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson is now ahead in this nail-biter of an election count.
Katie Wilson pulls ahead of Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell – by 91 votes
www.kuow.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Seattle friends...double check that your ballot was accepted! This is looking like an auto recount regardless.
Ya know what, Eleanor? My husband Sean and I would both love to vote for Zohran, but we haven't lived in NYC since May 2008. This annual tradition of getting NYC voting reminder texts, despite being registered in WA & then OR for the last 17+ years, is kinda cute but also, bro. WTF.
November 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Ya know what, Eleanor? My husband Sean and I would both love to vote for Zohran, but we haven't lived in NYC since May 2008. This annual tradition of getting NYC voting reminder texts, despite being registered in WA & then OR for the last 17+ years, is kinda cute but also, bro. WTF.
It's labor of love season, aka time to make Kachka's borsch recipe, featuring short ribs from our beef plug www.mountain-beef.com. Does it take all day? Yes. Is it incredibly delicious? Also yes.
November 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
It's labor of love season, aka time to make Kachka's borsch recipe, featuring short ribs from our beef plug www.mountain-beef.com. Does it take all day? Yes. Is it incredibly delicious? Also yes.
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Someone has put together a VERY thorough list of resources for people in the Portland area who need food. For those who have enough to share, please consider putting your time and/or money somewhere. For those who need help, here are places to get it.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Food Resource List - PDX
Food Resources PDX Share this sheet to amplify these existing resources to support individuals & families in accessing food during this government shutdown. A delay in SNAP means over 750,000 families...
docs.google.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Someone has put together a VERY thorough list of resources for people in the Portland area who need food. For those who have enough to share, please consider putting your time and/or money somewhere. For those who need help, here are places to get it.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Portland: A great way to fight The Despair is by volunteering at the PPS clothing closet. I worked today with families in need from Cuba, Peru, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Somalia. It's a tangible way to support marginalized people who need a helping hand.
portlandcouncilpta.org/pta-clothing...
portlandcouncilpta.org/pta-clothing...
Portland Council PTA
Working with our PTA's
today to change tomorrow!
portlandcouncilpta.org
October 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Portland: A great way to fight The Despair is by volunteering at the PPS clothing closet. I worked today with families in need from Cuba, Peru, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Somalia. It's a tangible way to support marginalized people who need a helping hand.
portlandcouncilpta.org/pta-clothing...
portlandcouncilpta.org/pta-clothing...
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Chuck Lovett had to fight for it, but he got a Pennsylvania diocese to cover psychedelics.
Catholic Church Pays for Sexual Abuse Victim’s Psilocybin Therapy in Oregon
Anthony Effinger
www.wweek.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Chuck Lovett had to fight for it, but he got a Pennsylvania diocese to cover psychedelics.
Thank you @merkley.senate.gov! Much respect from SE Portland.
Sen. Jeff Merkley has been holding the Senate floor for more than eighteen hours straight. Give him a listen.
www.youtube.com/live/STH89y8...
www.youtube.com/live/STH89y8...
LIVE: Jeff Merkley delivers marathon Senate floor speech to protest Trump’s actions
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thank you @merkley.senate.gov! Much respect from SE Portland.
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here's your chance to mass block all of the federal accounts that are apparently showing up on bluesky
Here’s a list: bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
here's your chance to mass block all of the federal accounts that are apparently showing up on bluesky
Great episode that references the Clutter family killings from “In Cold Blood.” I grew up 10 miles away, in Garden City, and the tragedy and subsequent book and film loom large in my 1970s childhood memories.
I really don’t like true crime. How could we tell the story of Sarah Zuber’s mysterious death in 2019 without being called a true crime podcast? That‘s at the heart of this week‘s new Hush episode, out now.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Episode 2: Don’t Speak Ill of the Dead
Podcast Episode · Hush · S2 E2 · 46m
podcasts.apple.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Great episode that references the Clutter family killings from “In Cold Blood.” I grew up 10 miles away, in Garden City, and the tragedy and subsequent book and film loom large in my 1970s childhood memories.
Absolutely not, NPR. But I happily give to my local public radio outlets, including @opb.org.
Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
October 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Absolutely not, NPR. But I happily give to my local public radio outlets, including @opb.org.
My dad and his wife belonged to an evangelical prepper church in Missouri and their pastor encourages members to send money to Israel via these Zionist groups. They were mailing hundreds of dollars at a time as they were both succumbing to dementia. Such a scam.
New from me: I wrote about how increasingly Israel's most important American allies are not Jews but evangelical Christians. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
God's "blank check": Christian Zionists are pouring billions of dollars into Israeli extremism
Evangelicals have become Israel's most important American allies.
www.motherjones.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My dad and his wife belonged to an evangelical prepper church in Missouri and their pastor encourages members to send money to Israel via these Zionist groups. They were mailing hundreds of dollars at a time as they were both succumbing to dementia. Such a scam.
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My office is looking for a superstar to join our team as a Constituent & Policy Support Student Intern for a 3-month term. The part-time position is open to students currently enrolled in high school, trade school, community college, or a training, undergrad or grad program. Apply by Oct. 1!
Constituent and Policy Support Student Intern for Councilor Kanal
Councilor Sameer Kanal's Office is seeking a Constituent and Policy Support Student Intern to join their team!Internship Duration: 3 months. Duration is flexible based on Council Office's needs.Availa...
www.governmentjobs.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM
My office is looking for a superstar to join our team as a Constituent & Policy Support Student Intern for a 3-month term. The part-time position is open to students currently enrolled in high school, trade school, community college, or a training, undergrad or grad program. Apply by Oct. 1!
The podcast about this travesty is excellent. www.opb.org/show/hush/
September 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The podcast about this travesty is excellent. www.opb.org/show/hush/
Kollwitz ❤️
Käthe Kollwitz, Mother with two Children, 1932-1936, sculpture #WomensArt
September 23, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Kollwitz ❤️