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Don't go chasing waterfalls. Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to. I know that you're gonna have it your way or nothing at all, but I think you're moving too fast

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

I've been keeping a list of former Starbucks in Portland that are now other businesses. 1) 3rd & Davis is now Cycle Portland 2) 17th & Jefferson is now Rush Bowl 3) SW 9th & Taylor is now Flowers by Tommy Luke 4) SE Hawthorne & 37th is now Tov Coffee II

submitted 23 hours ago • 3 comments

Still a long way to go to get MAX ridership to where it should be, but 8% year-on-year growth for Q1 is very positive news.

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

just over the last 5 weeks, Trump has helped swing elections (against him) in Wisconsin, Canada, Australia, and the Vatican.

submitted 1 day ago • 62 comments

Posted without comment nwexaminer.com/p/thomas-lau...

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Sufjan Stevens voice:

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Portlanders: we have to get to the airport early Out of towners: oh, are you expecting it to be hard to get through security? Portlanders: no, why do you ask?

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Current TSA wait times at PDX on the first day of REAL ID implementation. I should have checked before, but this is longer than normal, right? Though I guess Alaska’s new banked schedule could also be a factor though.

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

OK, so as someone who is an urban elite but also grew up in a location more rural than anywhere in WA-03… are there parts of SW Washington without garbage service? That isn’t just a standard thing in the US?

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

lol at this summary of Ezra Klein's interview with Marie Gluesenkamp Perez old.reddit.com/r/Washington...

submitted 3 days ago • 18 comments

From today's PDX Community Advisory Committee meeting: service to Seoul Incheon International Airport remains the Port's #1 target; they're planning to meet with Korean Air Lines to discuss this further in June.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

I understand the existing ramps in the story (left) were not compliant with current ADA standards, but I'd guess they were installed after the adoption of the ADA. I do wonder if the $2 million might have been better spent replacing corners with no ramps at all, i.e. these one block away (right).

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

The Major Cities Chiefs Association violent crime report for Q1 is out... and I really wish they'd publish this with per capita rates. majorcitieschiefs.com/wp-content/u...

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Catching up on Abbott Elementary and had to search to see if anyone else found this joke as funny as I did

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

This was my Mexican husband’s first time attending a Cinco de Mayo celebration (it’s not generally celebrated in Mexico), but he was very pleasantly surprised at how much he enjoyed the event.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Portland Mayor Wilson will drop his first proposed budget at noon today. He hinted at what it'll look like at his State of the City event Friday: www.opb.org/article/2025...