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Every weekend you can find Portland seniors on bridges and busy street corners with signs that implore us to reject fascism. This steady consistency is a reminder to everyone who visits the city that they aren’t welcome if what they want is domination over others. They are a counter to the big white truck nationalism […]

It’s mostly just a shame that we don’t connect anymore. I went through my big rough patch and barely made it to the other side. I know why I hesitate to reach out, but I’m still disappointed when my old friends are still silent. I’m just a lame three lagged dog who can’t play the […]

The DA and PPB continues fail trans and LGBT people. There is a man who has warrants for property damage at a business and is also terrorizing and torturing, kidnapping a transgender man, and law enforcement does not care. It has been almost a MONTH, with multiple case numbers, and restraining orders, and this man […]

I realize that Portland’s national reputation is still spotty. Businesses are leaving downtown and everyone is working from home or whatever. I’m not saying that stuff isn’t true. I’m just saying I’ve spent all summer in Portland and this town fucking rules. The restaurants, the rivers, the group bike rides. The cars stopping to let […]

What’s the equivalent of the mental load that I keep hearing about? I don’t argue that my wife takes care of most of the executive functions of the house and that society has created an unfair standard for her to live by. But I’m not useless and I’m not a monster just because I’m a […]

I generally consider myself a pretty tolerant person with regards to what other people’s preferences are when riding the bus. But, I must say, I will never understand someone who opens a lone window when the temperature is in the triple digits, every single other window is closed, and the AC is working well, and […]

I’m finally feeling over you and the weird bullshit that took over my brain to put me in this position. I’m still struggling to stop drinking but I balance life and haven’t let that take me over either. I’m realizing what is important to me and trying to gravitate towards it. It’s hard to not […]

It’s frustrating how often older people are blamed or dismissed as if we personally created every problem in the world. Our generation didn’t exactly have an easy ride—we lived through the Cold War, watched leaders get assassinated, endured the Vietnam War, sky-high interest rates, crushing taxes, and constant uncertainty. We navigated crises just like younger […]

I feel your pain. Today I found out I have a terminal illness. I have no family, no friends and I live alone. I also have no car so had to take TriMet for 8 different trips. It’s 102°F outside. Not only am I ill and can barely move or speak, but I missed every […]

Since it is summer and the weather has been nice, I want to offer a PSA that I’m sure has been done many times before. To the people who play music on the trails while hiking: please, for the love of all things good, SPARE US. I do not care if you are hiking alone […]

I recently learned the term “weaponizing anti-Semitism.” We have seen the detention with threat of deportation of Mahmoud Khalil and others, who were not yet citizens, who dared to question destroying Gaza. Recently too I learned that the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) definition and accompanying text on anti-Semitism has been taken as policy by […]

Question on Tiktok “I was driving to work on Macadam and I saw this green smoke that looked like tear gas. I had to close my windows. Does anyone know what it was?” Answer: It IS the fog of authoritarianism, the vapor of tyranny, the haze of fascism, the cloud of theocracy, the steam of […]