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Good Morning, Portland: Ladies and Gorms and Gills and Loons we are hitting those mid-70s this weekend. This is it! This is peak Portland weather. Snuggle into that hoodie that smells like basement, we are so back. Let's hit the news.
IN LOCAL NEWS:
ā¢ Two Portland residents are currently crewing vessels, part of a flotilla civilian boats in the Mediterranean Sea. They join hundreds around the world sailing en route to Gaza in an attempt to deliver aid to Palestinians. Mercury contributer Kevin Foster reached them while the small fleet was docked in Tunisia, and they shared some of their reasoning and story.
ā¢ Yours truly appeared on City Cast PDX again to talk about the Fall Arts Issue and my endless yearning fire for tote bags. In this episode you will hear two separate instances of me saying "I have a lot of tote bags, and I want more."
I am once again on City Cast PDX this morningātoday we discussed @portlandmercury.com Fall Arts Issue stories, like the opening of PAM's Rothko Pavilion, a wholesome local zine-maker meetup group, and improv comedy show Punchlines & Piledrivers. portland.citycast.fm/podcasts/pam...
ā Suzette Smith (@suzettesmith.bsky.social) September 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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ā¢ Next Portland, the blog from "urbanist in-the-know" Iain Mackenzie has plans to relaunch as a nonprofit!
Next Portland is Relaunching, With Your Help www.nextportland.com/2025/09/25/n...
ā Next Portland (@nextportland.bsky.social) September 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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ā¢ Also in build more housing, gahwd, City Councilors saw early concepts this week of a plan to rezone Portland's Eastside, which could boost apartment supply.
ā¢ Now who's ready for the Rapture? No, not theĀ New York alarm-dance band from the '00sāthe religious one! NO, NOT HOW YOU FELT WHEN LISTENING TO the New York alarm-dance band from the '00s! Surely the next best thing to being rapturedāaside from the hit track from the New York alarm-dance band from the '00sāis Wm. Steven Humphrey's rapture-topic Pop Quiz PDX! Click over and test your might!Ā
ā¢ Another heavenly experience brought to you by the Mercuryācheck out this wonderful review of One Battle After Another from critic and god's favorite Dom Sinacola. Sometimes I editor-ponder about the idea that Sinacola's reviews are more enjoyable to me than the films themselves, but I have decided that we can allow it. For cinema!
ā¢ ā¢ It's Friday morning, and new concert tickets are about to drop, including New Year's Eve with Eagles of Death Metal... holy fuck, is it time to get NYE tickets? [throws Halloween candy at calendar] Check the whole list via EverOut's round-up!
ā¢ If there are still tickets available for this local, one-night screening of The Onionās mockumentary Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile, you may also want to scoop em':
We don't have 500 followers on here, yet. But we're breaking our silence to alert all the cool kids that we'll be screening this as a special late night show on Thursday, Oct. 2. Tickets on sale soon at cstpdx.com.
ā The Clinton Street Theater (@cstpdx.bsky.social) September 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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IN NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL NEWS:
ā¢ Who's ready for the hot. new. tariff drop? Uh. Not imported pharmaceuticals, heavy trucks, and furniture, all of whom find themselves soon to be sticky with the President's promised tariff fees, starting October 1.Ā This new chaos is certainly part on the ongoing zone-flooding, meant to misdirect folks from the next story.
ā¢ A grand jury voted to indict former FBI Director James Comey Thursday, via an indictment that, according to NPR, is "very bare-bones," and "not even two full pages long." The move follows the White House's choice to force out a career prosecutor leading the US attorney's office last week because that prosecutor expressed reservations about the strength of the case. President Trump then hired an insurance lawyer with no experience as a prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan to lead. It's goofy; it's naked political retribution. I'm at the combination goofy nude political retribution. Comey responded with "I'm innocent, so let's have a trial," which is all fine and good, but not everyone can just have a trialātrials are their own forms of punishment in our legal system, unfortunately.
ā¢ NPR reports that there's a HOT NEW PENTAGON MEDIA POLICY on the books, Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman saying that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is requiring a pledge from journalists covering news there. The reporters must agree not to report on classified or even unclassified material until something is released by the Pentagon. And reporters who don't agree will be barred not only from the Pentagon but all US military bases. I wish to remind you that President Trump actually broke two stories about the murder of right wing influencer Charlie Kirk two weeks back. He likes 'good TV,' and by that I mean this guy seems to like state controlled media.
ā¢ Katie Couric putting Sydney Sweeney on blast to encourage people to get screened for colon cancer is really one of those ain't that America moments. Like sometimes we are fun and good and kind of "oh snap" weird, you guys. [takes of hat, gazes at flags, and weeps a little]
Katie Couric spoofed Sydney Sweeney's controversial denim ad to draw attention to colon cancer awareness.
ā CNN (@cnn.com) September 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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ā¢ Google is asking the Supreme Court to pause an order requiring the massive tech company to allow developers to bring their own app stores onto the Android mobile operating system.Ā
ā¢ Other tech mogulith Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle FTC allegations that it duped users into paying for Prime memberships. Doesn't really seem like that much, and it's unlikely users will see any of it.
ā¢ Sending you into the weekend likeĀ what's up bubble butts?
