Ornery Elephant

Philip Seymour Hoffman was such a badass. No flash, no ego — just pure, heavy-hitting talent. Every role felt like watching a real person unravel. I miss that kind of acting.

Feds told Oregon grocers they couldn’t offer 10% off to SNAP recipients, so they got creative with the honor system at the three Oregon stores, now offering the discount to all who need it.

• McMinnville Grocery Outlet
• Lincoln City Grocery Outlet
• Roseburg Grocery Outlet

I'm not sure who needs to hear this, but don't break your sobriety over this.

Lessons from my Ayahuasca journey.

"Life has a sense of humor, and our attitude toward life determines life's attitude toward us."

Turn signals make me happy

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day

The Crag Rats themselves are a volunteer group specializing in rescues on Mount Hood and the Columbia River Gorge, and they highlight the mountain's extreme hazards due to its glaciated terrain, weather, and overuse. Great read!!

Crag Rats are America's oldest all-volunteer mountain rescue team, and explores the ongoing dangers of Mount Hood, including the impacts of climate change, through stories of search and rescue missions.

I read a book title "Crisis on Mount Hood". A 2025 book by Christopher Van Tilburg that chronicles the history of the Hood River Crag Rats.

Business: Oregon is enduring a historic wave of job cuts — here’s where the layoffs are

A third of Oregonians say they couldn’t cover a $400 emergency

I'm a nerd, I'm a lover, I taste mild, I am butter

or whatever Alanis Morissette said

where are my fellow nerds at?

Several lines of pigs were present in abundance and evolved rapidly about three million years ago in Africa, and are present in the layers of sediment and buildup. Therefore, we can not only date finds of ancient humans, but also validate their legitimacy by the presence of these pigs. *oink oink*

Pigs 🐷
(not cops)
Pigs *oink oink* are the unsung heroes of biostatigraphy and paleoanthropology.

Does anyone want to know a fun fact about anthropology and our shared human history?

at first glance, yes - my brain thought menorah 😅

That’s comparable to the rampant job cuts in 2008 and 2009 during the Great Recession, when the state’s jobless rate peaked at over 11%.

Mike Rogoway reports that employers have averaged more than 600 Oregon layoffs per month so far this year, up from about 550 per month in 2024, according to layoff notices filed with the state.

Oregon employers have reported more than 11,000 layoffs since the start of last year, a torrid pace of job cuts amid the steady deterioration of the state’s labor market.

A Portland Catholic school finally offers a formal apology after calling police on Black parents.

In the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, thousands of Portlanders were forced out of the neighborhood due to development projects. Some of those projects were never built. A newly opened Albina development aims to create a path for some former neighborhood residents to return.

bluebity bluebity, we all go poopity

A screenshot of a tweet by the user @DaybreakFlame reads: “I kinda get it now. Like, shit, Pluto really shouldn’t be a planet, should it? I was blinded by sympathy for the underdog before now. But that's just too small.” Below the tweet, there’s an infographic shared by Terrible Maps. It compares the size of Texas, Ceres, Pluto, and the Moon by overlaying scaled circles on a map of the United States. On the U.S. map, the outline of Texas is placed for scale. To the left, a circle representing Ceres is about the same size as Texas, showing that the dwarf planet is very small compared to Earth. Slightly larger is the circle for Pluto, which is still small enough to fit several times within the continental U.S. The largest circle is the Moon, which is much bigger than both Pluto and Ceres, though still dwarfed by the U.S. outline. The overall comparison emphasizes that Pluto is closer in size to Ceres (an asteroid/dwarf planet) than to the Moon or Earth, visually supporting the argument that Pluto is too small to be classified as a planet.

okay, @neildegrassetyson.com - I'll concede, Pluto is NOT a planet... (like my opinion matters lmao)

I knew I made the right decision to quit my last job when I found out the new hire I trained was paid more than I was. The shit you find out when you put in your two weeks' notice, you know, then they fire you instead of letting you work...

I've seen people with $2 to their name give it to someone else.

Meanwhile people with hundreds of thousands are upset about giving 0.1% to others.

Back to the Frontier - watch it!

i never understood bullying, like why are you mad that i'm weird?

Smokey the Bear: "Only you can prevent racist thoughts."

To give you an idea of who I am as a person, I was in the Recycling Club in middle school...