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Lizzy Acker

@lizzyacker.bsky.social

I'm a reporter and advice columnist for The Oregonian. Send me questions and thoughts at lacker@oregonian.com.

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‘Absolutely appalled’: Judge blasts ICE for failing to feed detainee before court A federal judge in Eugene ordered the 22-year-old's release on supervision.

“I’m extraordinarily upset and disappointed that’s how we’re treating people,” she said.

09.12.2025 02:30 — 👍 74    🔁 29    💬 1    📌 2
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We finally know why ‘Daily Show’ star showed up at Portland’s ‘emergency’ Naked Bike Ride Now we know what Jordan Klepper was doing in town.

Important Naked Bike Ride news... www.oregonlive.com/tv/2025/12/w...

04.12.2025 19:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Oregon sportswear giant pledges to give all assets to anyone who can prove the Earth is flat Are you a conspiracy theorist who has always wanted to own your own sportswear company? Today is your lucky day.

If you can prove the earth is flat, you can have* this sportswear company. www.oregonlive.com/business/202...

04.12.2025 00:34 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Nearly 1,900 affordable Portland apartments sit empty while thousands need homes “Even affordable rents are too high,” one affordable housing provider told The Oregonian/OregonLive.

Nearly 1,900 publicly subsidized rental units are sitting empty across Portland. Why? Not for lack of need... Jonathan Bach reports:

03.12.2025 01:37 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
Claude, an American alligator with albinism, lounging on his favorite heated rock.

Claude, an American alligator with albinism, lounging on his favorite heated rock.

It's with heavy hearts that we share that Claude, our beloved albino alligator, has passed away at the age of 30. Claude brought joy to millions of people at the Academy and across the world during his 17 year tenure. We will miss him dearly. 🤍

02.12.2025 22:22 — 👍 2929    🔁 511    💬 71    📌 273
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Oregonians think these 3 towns should have their own Hallmark Christmas movie These movies write themselves.

I have a few ideas. www.oregonlive.com/trending/202...

02.12.2025 18:43 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The Oregonian marks 175 years as the West’s longest-running newspaper On Dec. 4, 1850, editor Thomas J. Dryer cranked out the first issue on a hand press inside a crude log cabin at Front and Morrison streets.

The Oregonian celebrates a big milestone this week. The institution predates most others in Oregon — not to mention the state itself

30.11.2025 22:30 — 👍 30    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 0
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The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time

People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"

25.11.2025 23:16 — 👍 1817    🔁 259    💬 208    📌 180
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Wrestlers, former coach file Title IX lawsuit against Cleveland High and Portland Schools The case alleges that Cleveland's girls wrestling team has not been given equal opportunities as the boys.

Former girls wrestling coach Kiera Gabaldon and 5 students filed a Title IX lawsuit against Cleveland HS and PPS, alleging second-class treatment in comparisson to the boys team #opreps
www.oregonlive.com/highschoolsp...

25.11.2025 00:58 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

”Wicked: For Good” is basically a movie about the two most annoying girls you knew in college getting drunk at a party and fighting over a boy.

24.11.2025 02:49 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Family of 12-year-old killed while biking files $2M suit against Hillsboro businesses, public agencies Joseph Brausen died while biking on Southeast 10th Avenue in Hillsboro.

Joseph Brausen, 12, was pedaling on the sidewalk of Southeast 10th Avenue in Hillsboro when he was fatally struck by a driver last year. He was on his way to a park.

His parents have filed a $2M suit against 2 businesses on that street and local governments

www.oregonlive.com/washingtonco...

21.11.2025 19:16 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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a man in a military uniform is standing in front of a room with people sitting at tables . Alt: Fred Armisen in a military uniform is standing in front of a room with people sitting at tables. Text reads “Right to jail. Right away.”

Rake leaves from your yard into the North Willamette Boulevard bike lane?

19.11.2025 03:53 — 👍 18    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas. Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.

NEW: ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.

Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.

19.11.2025 12:00 — 👍 2111    🔁 1175    💬 64    📌 91
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Oregon National Guard members will have to travel out of state to ‘demobilize’ from federal mission It’s unclear when the Oregon troops will return home and whether it will be before Thanksgiving.

Oregon National Guard members called up by the federal government, who spent several weeks doing very little, will now have to travel to Texas to demobilize, Sami Edge reports

19.11.2025 01:00 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

So...at the beginning of this ad you have to assume grandma is still alive? And her daughter could just call her...actual mom, instead of the AI mom?????????

14.11.2025 15:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

lolololololololol

14.11.2025 00:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Lol fine. Here's the plan before you delete this: WE WILL WALK OVER THERE NEXT WEEK

14.11.2025 00:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

And to think I just sent you a PERSONAL EMAIL.

14.11.2025 00:12 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Lololol now I know I should be checking everything you post everywhere on social media EVERY SINGLE DAY.

14.11.2025 00:12 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Wowow fight me, Zane. There's ALSO an entrance facing the Park Blocks! And go see the sculpture IRL. It's very cool.

14.11.2025 00:09 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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With the Rothko Pavilion, the Portland Art Museum opens itself up to the city The new Rothko Pavilion cracks the Portland Art Museum open to the city on all sides.

When you get a chance, go check out the new Rothko Pavilion. www.oregonlive.com/living/2025/...

13.11.2025 21:37 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Some great reporting from Zane here.

13.11.2025 00:49 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Look I understand that it's a "big news day" but I am begging everyone to put this on repeat and get on my level.

13.11.2025 00:57 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Robyn - Dopamine (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Robyn Robyn - Dopamine (Official Music Video)

We didn't get a song of the summer. Instead we're getting a song of the deep, mid-fall. youtu.be/vitil9qMN6A?...

12.11.2025 23:42 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Recommended reading

10.11.2025 19:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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IRS cancels free tax filing program, Oregon senator blasts Trump for hurting taxpayers Oregon and other states were notified Monday that a new program that let taxpayers file electronically for free is dead.

The IRS' online tax prep program, a free alternative to commercial software, is dead, federal officials informed Oregon and other states this week. @aimeegreen.bsky.social reports:

05.11.2025 23:49 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

Today I saw a maybe 10-year-old kid rollerblading home from school in the absolutely pouring rain, no coat, just vibes. I'd like to nominate that girl for Oregon Girl of the Year.

06.11.2025 23:08 — 👍 29    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That was a fun one to witness from the stands.

06.11.2025 17:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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People announces ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ and shockingly ... gets it right Let’s be honest. People Magazine hasn’t always had the best picks when it comes to naming the “Sexiest Man Alive.”

Here's some good news: www.oregonlive.com/trending/202...

04.11.2025 21:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Why Tho? What can I do when the world is falling apart? I feel helpless and hopeless in the face of the national narrative and also scared that even though my city isn’t actually burning, my country is collapsing around me.

Something I've been thinking about and apparently other people are too: www.oregonlive.com/advice/2025/...

28.10.2025 21:11 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

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