i think really that was it. they paraded through town putting on a spectacle whipping themselves. maybe they sold merch i don't know, autographed sweaty used flails?

because he is a treasure.

i like the idea of people waiting at the dock for the ship carrying the Next Thrilling Chapter to arrive

Celebrating the Lunar New Year at Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland.

Today, Milo, a 21-year-old mini horse, was on site to celebrate the year of the fire horse.

A mannequin wearing a black silk dress with short sleeves. It is printed with a large red and cream rearing horse motif along one side of the dress, a 1940s design by Gilbert Adrian

Happy Lunar New Year! It is the year of the fire horse and so Gilbert Adrian’s 1945 Roan Stallion dress seems appropriately flame like as it rampages across the surface of black silk @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

The fireplace at Camp 18. They have the best marrionberry cobbler.

Southern Oregon coast near Brookings #TidesOutTuesday #Photography #Oregon 📷

Portland's beloved Dumpling Week is back and it's bigger than ever with over 50 restaurants participating Portland chefs are creating their most imaginative dumplings ever.

Portland chefs are creating their most imaginative dumplings ever.

There are only 130 siheks left in the world. Three of them share a bachelor pad at the Oregon Zoo.

It’s so fitting that Oregon’s birthday falls on Valentine’s Day—there’s so much to love about our state!

cursive is art, too

A New Series from @EmpirePodUK
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Spring is just around the corner! 🌸
Bloom Outlook: www.koin.com/weather/when...

Oregon Zoo welcomes first five California condor eggs of the year The Oregon Zoo has announced that the first five condor eggs of the year have arrived.

Speaking of condors, we may not have them anymore free flying in Oregon (hopefully we will again soon), but Oregon Zoo is one of the most important facilities for California condor reintroduction.

The first five eggs of the year have arrived.
#birds #vultures #condors

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Egg-cellent news! The first California condor eggs of the season have been laid at our wildlife conservation center, and more could be on the way.

A white dog with black speckles sitting patiently with one ear perked up comically

Ear appreciation post

id like to go a single week without being forced to say "if this real life event happened in a book id call it hamfisted and the author a hack"

Federal agents use tear gas on Portland ‘ICE Out’ protesters, including children PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — What began as a peaceful demonstration in South Portland unraveled after federal agents deployed tear gas on protesters, including children. This all happened as the Rose Ci…

Portland's Mayor:

“To those who continue to make these sickening decisions, go home, look in a mirror, and ask yourselves why you have gassed children."

“Ask yourselves why you continue to work for an agency responsible for murders on American streets.”

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Happy birthday Tula-Tu! This petite party pachyderm is 1 today 💖

Mt. Hood at sunrise. Dark conifers, snowy mountaintop encircled by clouds, some at the peak, yellow sky in the background, topped with gray clouds.

Mt. Hood at sunrise this morning. Have a beautiful day. 💛🩶

YouTube video by CBC Catherine O'Hara being interviewed by good friend Andrea Martin

Catherine O'Hara chats with Andrea Martin in the peak SCTV era, 1979:

A large crescent shaped hand pie on a red cutting board.

I made a pork & cheese hand pie with leftovers (the last of my short crust pastry, pulled pork, and cheese sauce from earlier this week). 🍽️🍜

You’ll feel less confused if you admit to yourself that some people don’t care about the suffering of others, and some people like it.

Molly McIntire, in a WWII WASP flight outfit, holding a sign that reads “I guess we’re still fighting Nazis” next to Felicity Merriman in her green riding habit with a sign that says “no kings no tyrants”

Luciana Vega in a Resistance X-Wing pilot flightsuit with a sign that says “somehow Palpatine returned”

I heard we were sharing American Girl protest signs. #noICE

Beep beep, house coming through!

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Before we go, I feel compelled to talk to you from the perspective of a Minnesotan. Which I am. Not born here but been here 18 years, love it here, been embraced. You may have heard about our difficulties here. I’m not confident that our situation is being adequately explained and amplified to people around the country and around the world. I’m tempted to say it’s worse than you know but I don’t know how much you know. I’m not tempted to say it’s easier than you know because I’m confident it’s not. Abductions, people getting hurt, children getting hurt. Us parents going to school dismissal every day to guard our kids. And all around us, stories. My Korean-American friend being followed into a bakery and surrounded when she was just trying to pick up a cake. Other stories far more unpleasant than that. I do want you to know this: if the goal was to divide Minnesotans, to make us turn on our neighbors of color, our Somali neighbors, our Latinx neighbors? Ain’t working. Like at all. Quite the opposite. We are more charged up than ever to protect our communities of humans. If the goal was to silence Minnesotans, well, that was never going to work. Have you ever met a Minnesotan? They never stop talking. Saying goodbye alone can take hours. We’re still talking. And we’re taking action. People are volunteering to bring food, bring groceries, to neighbors who are scared to leave their homes because of our own government. And I hear more and more people taking on the idea of hey, if I get hurt or killed, it’s worth it for this cause. If they sought to divide us, well, whoops, because we’re more united and stronger than ever. And we’re sticking around longer than they will. So we’re hurting but we’ll be okay. Because we love our community and we’re just ridiculously stubborn. As for me, doing this job has been harder. Concentrating has been harder. Depression and anxiety, I don’t need to tell you, are really fucking real. But I am so fortunate to get up, go to work, a…

Hi. I host a pod called Depresh Mode, about mental health. I also live in Minnesota in January 2026. That's quite a cocktail!
Here's what I said in closing on this week's episode:

didn't expect to get teary reading that.

Another view of Monday night’s sunset. This time looking east towards Mt. Hood! 🌅🏔️

Seattle DOT creating sidewalk ramp and bike turnout for new crosswalk at 63rd x Beach on Alki Point Healthy street

Alki Point Healthy street

Monday morning

Last block construction. It will be a safer crosswalk at 63rd x Beach Dr

Almost there! @seattledot.bsky.social

White glazed star-shaped sugar cookie with pearl sugar balls on each tip painted with a giant sequoia stretching into a night sky with crescent moon. A very tiny person sits below it stretching its arms toward the tree.

Big tree/teeny person.