Telling Lies In the early days of gaming there were a lot of attempts to emphasize the “video” part by trying to make movies playable. In the ’80s and ’90s, this meant janky exercises in laserdisc frustration (Dragon’s Lair), CD-ROM pixelation, and failed titillation (Night Trap). By 2020 they had figured out how to make […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News: Meat Factories Forced to Stay Open, Georgia’s Lysol Cocktail, and Lakers “Criminally Liable” for SBA Loans
Trump requires meat factories to stay in operations because… AMERICA MUST HAVE MEEEEEATS! alle12 / Getty Images Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • Today the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Oregon jumped to […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Tues April 28
Kung Fu Theater: Five Fingers of Death (with the Hollywood Theatre‘s Dan Halsted and the New Beverly Theater’s Quentin Tarantino) Joni Mitchell once said “don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone,” and boy if that doesn’t apply to Dan Halsted’s monthly tribute to all things whoop-ass, […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News: Colorado & Nevada Join Westside Gang, New Virus Symptoms, and Surprise! Anti-Science Protesters Catch COVID-19.
In a weird turn of events, those protesting “stay at home” orders are getting COVID-19. SO WEIRD. Sean M. Haffey / Getty News Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • As of today, Oregon has […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Mon April 27
Mondays with Me: Read-along with Michelle Obama Maybe this isn’t so much for you as it is any little kids you have tear-assing around the house as we head deep into month two of quarantine. But who cares? It’s Michelle Obama volunteering to help those young’uns practice their reading, and also giving you a little […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Sun April 26
Sign O’ The Times Last Tuesday, CBS aired a special on the fourth anniversary of Prince’s death, “The GRAMMY Salute to Prince,” a concert taped in January, hosted by Maya Rudolph, and featuring a whole mess of accomplished artists putting their spin on the Purple Majesty’s most memorable songs. I’m sure it was good, and […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Sat April 25
Portland Indigenous Marketplace Indigenous Come Up is taking the latest in their series of marketplace events online after COVID-19 made going out and doing the in-person shopping thing a health-threatening activity. But they’re dedicated to giving a lot of local makers as big a spotlight as possible, and so they’re inviting you to engage with […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News Roundup: Oregon Contact Tracing Plan, a Postal Service Threat, and Dr. President Trump’s Lysol Sideshow!
“Friends and neighbors, let me be the first to sell you this MIRACLE COVID CURE: Trump’s Famous Lysol Disinfectant Elixir!” ALEX WONG / GETTY IMAGES Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • As of today […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Fri April 24
The I, Anonymous Show The long-running Portland Mercury column “I, Anonymous” is famous for asking readers to send in their most whacked-out rants and scandalous confessions—anonymously! In this special LIVE-STREAMED edition of The I, Anonymous Show, your host Kate Murphy will read some of the wildest and uncensored I, Anonymous submissions we’ve ever received. And […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News Roundup: Non-Urgent Med Procedures Return, Majority Supports Stay-at-Home, and Moscow Mitch Says “Let Them Eat Cake”
Senate Majority Turtle Mitch McConnell tells troubled states to file for bankruptcy. Alex Wong / Getty News Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • As of today the total number of positive COVID-19 cases in […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Thurs April 23
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I AmThere are a lot of things available on the virtually un-scalable mountain range of content comprising Hulu/Netflix/Prime/YouTube/etc., but you should definitely make sure you carve time out of your day to witness the rise of the prolific Nobel-winning author Toni Morrison, who holds forth on her life busting up the […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: EARTH DAY Edition
Earth Day LiveSo of course, in this bizarre dystopian timeline we got shunted into somewhere around 2016, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day would be happening in the middle of a global pandemic, but: This might be the most important Earth Day of the last five decades, and that’s why the 2020 version isn’t just […]