David Davis

A few reports of a large fire unfolding at the Pacific Seafoods plant on the Newport Bayfront.

Chelsea Wolfe at the Elsinore. Salem (Oregon) witchy folks have never had it this good.

Independence Day tradition: Watch the local AQI get clobbered in the name of freedom. The breeze may mitigate that a bit tonight, though.

Gonna be thinking about this one for a while... "I believe...The Lonesome Crowded West is the greatest Northwest record ever made." — Ben Gibbard www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OL9...

In Oregon, the following refuges are facing expansion and/or opening of hunting: Bandon Marsh, Hart Mountain, Julia Butler Hansen, Lower Klamath, Malheur, Tualatin River, Upper Klamath, Wapato Lake. Check for your own local refuges in the article.

Real disappointed in Ward 6. Voting for the candidate from the same real estate and chamber pipeline that brought us Hoy.

Defeat of the transportation funding measure didn't really translate to a bump for Diehl over Drazan.

Announcing this just on fkaTwitter is a choice...

Drove over the top to Bend this weekend. South Cascades snow levels are indeed low--6-8 inches when it should be 6-8 feet. That means the higher elevations will come online for fire much earlier this year. With a major mid-July or August lightning bust, we'll burn more big holes in the canopies.

Not sure what sort of omen a daytime coyote appearance may mean, but I'm going to assume it's not good. (It's not the biting coyote from west Salem, unless that one learned how to cross a river or bridge and travel across town.)

"How can we communicate with optimism about the future … when we're living in the here and now where American democracy is in peril? … And we're supposed to ignore it? Leave it to others to wrestle with …? No no no no no. … "That is tonight's Last Word on my last day at the Washington Post."

Carpenter says it's investing in Oregon journalism as it closes more newspapers. Cool story.

We just don't know how well we have it... www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZk2...

Owning a movie/TV car seemed like some real weird stuff...but I would make an exception for Columbo's Peugeot (now up for auction): bid.rlspear.com/Public/Aucti...

A nice feel-good story out of Portland: The Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation (rail museum home to the city-owned historic steam locos) is buying the Oregon Pacific Railroad, the shortline which currently hosts the museum's passenger excursions. www.facebook.com/100000247872...

The most depressing bit of the hour-by-hour NWS forecast is the shrinking envelope of daylight.

What are we even doing here?

This guy wouldn’t stay out of the kitchen during a mopping sesh, so this was the compromise. (the counter was then also fully cleaned)

Between Shari's shuttering and most coffee shops closing in early evening or switching to 21+ to serve alcohol, bored high school students have vanishingly few third spaces. www.opb.org/article/2024...

Wobbly memes rule.

Something of a grail for Godspeed You Black Emperor fans: Very clean recording of a nearly three-hour, pre-hiatus show has surfaced archive.org/details/gybe...

Probably the least bad Monday? New stamp preview day:

Launching with a PSA: If you haven't cleaned your laundry dryer vent in a while, definitely make that happen. A DIY brush is $25. Add a vacuum/shopvac and drill and you're good to go. I'm ashamed at how much came out but relieved my house won't burn down...at least for this particular reason.