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MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND

Good Morning, Portland. It's sunny for now, but DON'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. Homegirl (and by "homegirl" I mean our weather system) has some showers in store coming in the next few days, so get out there and try to get some sun on your face today.

IN LOCAL NEWS:

• OPB reports that a recent audit of the Portland Police Bureau found its Criminal Intelligence Unit collected personal, identifying information during the 2020 protests, but failed to connect it to criminal activity. The unit also kept that information far longer than permitted. Though it employed technologies like cellphone data extraction tools and traffic cameras for surveillance, officers weren't given guidelines about maintaining civil rights while doing so.

• Oregon's edibles are about to double in dosage, as the OLCC recently increased potency limits for recreational goodies. Although "doubling" sounds extreme, this actually just brings us in line with what Washington, California, and Utah already allow and they seem fine.

IN NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL NEWS:

• The US, UK, and Australia announced they plan to work together to develop hypersonic missiles which can travel at Mach 5 and zigzag around defenses. They're calling their hypersonic missile club AUKUS. In truly NSYNC fashion, the name is comprised of the countries' combined initials. While the US has quietly tested its hypersonic missiles, Russia claims to have used one in Ukraine, in early March. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby dropped some shade on the move, saying it was "hard to know what exactly the justification" was for using their fastest zigzag missile on a stationary storage facility. BURN!

• After reports of "six bites and/or nips" in the US Capitol, animal control apprehended an allegedly aggressive fox, accused of biting (and/or nipping) a journalist and a politician. Whether the fox should be held to the ineffectual laws of the human world is not being debated as much as it SHOULD BE. FREE NIPPER!

• Perhaps related to that fox and its grievances, the Biden administration announced this morning that it will extend a sixth pause to federal student loan payments. The moratorium on the loan payments, interest, and collections will now last until Aug 31.

• AHOY THERE, STONERS! The SPLIFF Film Festival—featuring short, hilarious, trippy, and thoughtful mini-movies about cannabis and made by stoners just like YOU—is coming to Revolution Hall for one night only on Saturday, April 16! GET THOSE TICKETS NOW!

• Yesterday a new music video from The Weeknd dropped, allowing fans another opportunity to ponder where the artists' succession of dystopian, neon, music video vignettes will eventually lead. While you should never trust The Weeknd for relationship advice, you must take the synths on “Out Of Time” to heart.