It’s spring in the Columbia Gorge and the wildflowers are out. And so are you miserable, littering, drunk turds. By all means, come out to our HOME and park where you want. Jump out a trample someone’s yard or an indigenous site to take your photos. Please, leave your clif bar garbage and wrappers and […]
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Good Morning, News: Tenants Unions Fight Back, Feds Turn Their Gaze on PPS, and Trump’s Trying to Make Voting 19th Century Again
The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! Good morning, Portland! It was a beautiful, (but too-warm-for-March) day yesterday, and today […]
Healing Is An Art
Hey everyone, I just wanna talk for a minute about something we all run into at some point: talking with someone who might be dealing with projection. Basically, that’s when someone puts their own feelings, thoughts, or frustrations onto someone else—often without even realizing it. So, when you’re having a conversation with someone like this, […]
Shhh, don’t tell
Lovers, buskers, babies, cosplay, picnickers, runners, fashion shoots, influencers, and more lovers. So many lovers. Bikes had to be walked due to the crowds, so for once we didn’t have to worry about getting taken out by a speeding cyclist. More racial diversity than you expect to see here in Portland. Formal wear of all […]
Disassociate
After all that time working to recover. All I’ve done and all the work that I still have to do to move forward. You chose a time that should have been a celebration. A significant moment when I was allowed to believe I could do it. You said I was going to be removed from […]
Pull in the string with the note that’s attached
Hey, I just want you to know that it’s completely okay to feel shy or embarrassed sometimes. You’re not alone in feeling this way, and it doesn’t change how amazing you are. The past is behind us, let’s talk about the present. Take things at your own pace, and remember, it’s perfectly normal to have […]
Current Events
oh wow, the demise of america is really ramping up! the great beast whines and crumples, sloughing diseased flesh, organs failing, decrepifying! wardens blinded cannot percieve the destruction, and the faithful cannot imagine it! a new world wriggles from a dying womb, unseen, unthinkable! zoinks!!
Good Morning News: Hegseth’s Epic Screw-Up, Portland Low- Income Tenants vs. Landlords, and Oregon Lawmaker Wants to End Squatters’ Rights
The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! Good Morning, Portland! It’s spring. Trees are blossoming. Sunshine is hanging around. […]
She Called Me Up Today
Fine, if the thing you want to do together is not talk, I’d be thrilled to do that with you. Understand that this is not a message to you specifically, hell, it could be a direct message to someone else. Cause we all know this princess has plenty of suitors to choose from. Kan’t you […]
Still bitter, but getting better
I’ve lived long enough to see most of my biggest bullies slip on their own banana peels. Most of them just look like someone else’s victim. The drive to one day walk past them, knowing I got better and they stayed the same, is less inviting with every day that passes. Damn compassion bullshit. I […]
It’s not in the words that you told me, yeah
Kan’t you stop talking out of your ass for one second. I’m not as strong or as smart or as hopeful or as loving as you, there are some differences when it comes to that. Let alone the fact that you claim to have an army, and guns, and a navy, and an erforce. Like, […]
Equity? Not at PPS
Like a good bureaucracy, PPS talks about equity while continually upholding inequitable practices. Jefferson is losing roughly 25% of their teaching positions in this year’s cuts. PPS says it’s because of enrollment. Every construction delay comes with increased costs and decreased enrollment. Enrollment is also low because PPS continues not to return Jefferson to being […]
