Samantha Swindler

We saw Disclosure Day at Regal Lloyd Center, and there was a commercial for war.gov before the film, and the whole theater booed. That was the most memorable moment for me.

oregonlive.comAfter 43 years, this week is the final Rose Show at Lloyd Center mallLast chance to eat some caramel corn, walk the mall and smell thousands of roses on display around the ice rink.

4 June

The Lloyd Center never smelled so good! 🌹

politico.comNo credentials, no problem as TMZ DC shakes up Hill media bubbleTMZ’s new, kind of troll-y Washington team says their dream stories could be what bills are passing to who’s clogging the toilets in Congress.

28 Apr

Honestly? Yeah, you get 'em, TMZ.

oregonlive.comHere’s what could replace the shuttered Bob’s Red Mill store in MilwaukieThe prospective buyer needs a zoning change to move forward, and city staff are concerned about preserving industrial land within Milwaukie.

23 Apr

There’s an interested buyer for the ol’ Bob’s Red Mill store:

variety.comThe Onion Says It Has a Deal to Take Over Alex Jones’ Infowars, Plans to Relaunch Right-Wing Site as Parody of ItselfSatire site the Onion says that it has landed a deal to let it take over Infowars, the right-wing conspiracy-fueled site run by Alex Jones.

20 Apr

Tim Heidecker is taking over Infowars? Let's gooooo

oregonlive.comAnonymous artists are secretly filling Portland’s cracked sidewalks with mosaic artOver the past few months, the Portland Tile Guerrillas have installed dozens of artworks featuring Grateful Dead lyrics and tributes to local history.

4 Apr

A fun thing I learned for this story is that Portlanders are responsible for fixing the sidewalks along their property, and they're supposed to pay for a permit for the privilege.

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sarah jeong

@sarahjeong.bsky.social

1 Apr

the venn diagram of people obsessed with immigrating "the right way" and people who put up sheds in their backyard without a building permit and then blow their tops off when their nosy neighbor reports them is a circle

Julia Azari@juliaazari.bsky.social

this also reveals the lie at the core of "we're ok with immigrants who do it the 'right way'" because it demonstrates how "the right way" is always subject to the whims of the ruler(s), and, importantly, their racism.

oregonlive.comWhere your favorite Lloyd Center stores are moving as Portland says goodbye to the mallFloating World Comics and Brickdiculous are headed to another mall, while the Star-Wars themed stores are taking a mobile approach.

31 Mar

BlueSky fixed its links problem! So anyway, here's the latest missive out of Lloyd Center:

20 Mar

I quit using BlueSky when thumbnails stopped working for Oregonian news links, and I refuse to do the extra step of uploading a photo. Come on, guys. Fix this.

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Elliot Njus

@elliotnj.us

9 Mar

Debts might actually kill an Oregon ‘ghost town,’ so it’s trying to sell City Hall @editorswindler.bsky.social reports: www.oregonlive.com/pacific-nort...

oregonlive.comThe mystery of the Les Schwab pinball machine: how a tire company prop ended up in an Astoria arcadeThe custom game, featuring plastic “free beef” steaks and company slogans, can be played at Galactix arcade on the Oregon coast.

19 Feb

How a Les Schwab pinball game made it way from Portland to Gresham to Olympia to Astoria:

www.oregonlive.com/entertainmen...

18 Feb

oregonlive.comThe last two Chinese restaurants in Portland’s Chinatown hold on — and hope for a comebackGolden Horse Seafood and the Republic Cafe are the last of the longtime eateries serving a neighborhood that was home to generations of Portland’s Chinese and Japanese residents.

17 Feb

Here's your reminder to go eat in Chinatown this week:

Elliot Njus@elliotnj.us

The last two Chinese restaurants in Portland's historic Chinatown are barely holding on. Owners say the neighborhood is coming back — but customers haven't. @editorswindler.bsky.social reports:

mpr.orgMeet Minnesota Bathrobe Lady Sam Stroozas of MPR News | Minnesota Public RadioEarlier this week, an unexpected and fast-moving incident unfolded in St. Paul, Minnesota involving both federal and local law enforcement. As crowds gathered and questions mounted, one of our MPR New...

15 Feb

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Pink Salad@pinksalad.bsky.social

Bathrobe lady is MPR reporter/badass Sam Stroozas www.mpr.org/stories/2026...

15 Feb

My husband asked who Keke Palmer was (I want watch The Burbs) so I just stared at him and said "ROSE," but sadly, this did not help.

oregonlive.comA love story on ice: Jerry and Tally’s six decades at Lloyd Center ice rinkThey’ve skated together at Lloyd Center since 1967. Now their rink is disappearing.

13 Feb

Grab yer tissues before watching the video 🥹 This Portland couple, ages 80 and 75, have been ice skating together at Lloyd Center since 1967.

oregonlive.comAmtrak offers first look at fancy new trains. Here’s when they’ll debut in the NorthwestThe new Airo trains will be coming to the Amtrak Cascades line in 2026.

TRAIN NEWS

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Chuck Slothower

@chuckslothower.bsky.social

wweek.comThe Unofficial Mayor of Sellwood Is an Elderly Orange CatChristen McCurdy

Solid piece of Sellwood cat journalism. I'm on Team Batman. But the real heads know about Bella and Nacho.

Willamette Week@wweek.com

Nutmeg usually arrives at the Sellwood CVS early in the evening and hangs out until the store closes at 10.

oregonskating.orgStars on Ice in Portland — OSCOSC Members: Stars on Ice is available through your code RQORSKATECOUNCIL on https://www.rosequarter.com/events/group-tickets .

If you, too, are obsessed with skater Ilia Malinin, he's coming to Portland in May:

oregonlive.comAstoria’s Love Locks at Pier 39 become a Valentine’s Day traditionOn Feb. 14, get married at Pier 39, where an officiant will preside over commitment ceremonies or full weddings — as long as you bring your marriage certificate.

Astoria is for lovers 🫶

oregonlive.comI hope I’m wrong, but this is why I fear the Trail Blazers could be as good as gone | Bill OramTom Dundon may not necessarily want to move the Trail Blazers, but he strikes me as agnostic to where the team plays.

9 Feb

Hooboy, @billoram.bsky.social making me care about sports. 😬 (Yes, I had to Google "Clay Bennett.")

9 Feb

Why can't cities or fans own their sports teams? It's a public benefit. (And this is how I learned about the Green Bay Packers.)

oregonlive.comMeet the Oregon skiers and snowboarders headed to the 2026 Winter OlympicsThese four athletes are going from the Oregon Cascades to the Italian Alps for the Olympics.

8 Feb

There are four Oregonians representing Team USA in this year's Olympics:

oregonlive.comWho was Ah Bing? New children’s book reveals Oregon story behind famous cherryAuthor Livia Blackburne and illustrator Julia Kuo transform Ah Bing's sparse biography into a fable about family, prejudice and the fruit that changed the global market.

7 Feb

Like millions of Americans, I’m excited for Super Bowl LX because my husband will be gone for 4 hours watching the game with friends and I can finally finish Heated Rivalry. 🙏

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The Oregonian

@oregonian.com

7 Feb

Little is known about the orchardist in Oregon who forever changed the international fruit market in 1875 by cultivating the popular Bing cherry. But two artists used their keen imagination to grow the few seeds of Ah Bing’s biography into a poignant children’s book

oregonlive.comU.S. citizen was running errands. After ICE stop, she ended up at the hospital insteadThe Oregon woman was on her way to pay rent and to buy a cake for her grandson’s birthday when federal agents started following her.

4 Feb

A U.S. citizen suffered a concussion, a torn rotator cuff and bruised ribs after immigration officers stopped her on a Salem street, broke her car window, pulled her out and then left abruptly after discovering her passport in her purse, advocates said.

oregonlive.com‘Save Lloyd’ pushes back as owners move forward with teardown of mall and its ice rinkThe master plan dedicates about 23% of the Lloyd Center redevelopment for courtyards, plazas and green space, including a 2.3‑acre urban park.

3 Feb

Here's the concept for the new Lloyd Center. We also now know the main mall will shut down at some point this year, and yes, the whole thing is slated for demolition, including the ice rink:

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Alex Baumhardt

@alexbaumhardt.bsky.social

1 Feb

Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com

oregonlive.comOregon animal rights initiative aims to ban hunting, fishing, slaughtering of livestockThe measure would criminalize any activity that injures or kills animals.

31 Jan

It is bonkers that they have 79% of the signatures needed to put this on the ballot, and they have until July to get there.

n.pr'Melania' is Amazon's airbrushed and astronomically pricey portrait of the First LadyAmazon paid $40 million to acquire the documentary, and is spending $35 million more to promote it.

31 Jan

This is how you launder a bribe publicly:

NPR@npr.org

Amazon paid $40 million to acquire the documentary, and is spending $35 million more to promote it.

newsinthegrove.comSuperintendent links federal immigration enforcement to student withdrawals, warns of staff reductionsIn a mid-year update to the Forest Grove School Board, Superintendent Suzanne West said the district faced layoffs and that federal immigration enforcement is believed to be driving a spike in student...

29 Jan

In Forest Grove schools: "As a community, I suspect we will be feeling it for a generation. I don't think this is going to end soon. I think we're in it for the long haul, and the long term effects of what staff and students are feeling, we won't know the full effect of that for many years."

oregonlive.comOregon’s second-most famous carpets will be back in the spotlight next monthThe Oregon State Capitol’s carpets have inspired a popular line of carpet-themed merchandise.

26 Jan

If you'd like a brief intermission from the tragedies, take a minute to read about some lovely carpet.

23 Jan

It’s happening for me.

23 Jan

What appreciate about this is we’re 18 minutes into episode 1 and here we go. None of this Bridgerton episode 5 crap. 😅

21 Jan

If you're into hyperfixation, have you tried ... journalism? I just spent an hour looking up photos of carpets from U.S. state capitols. For work.

21 Jan

There are too many inside jokes on Bluesky tonight for me to possibly explain to anyone not on this app.

oregonlive.comSnake yoga is officially a thing in Portland and it’s selling out fastHISSS reptile shop hosts monthly snake yoga where pythons and boas join participants. The instructor says snakes are surprisingly calming and help people confront their fears.

21 Jan

I get that snakes are not a *popular* animal but I'm still surprised by the number of people who heard about this and said "absolutely not!" Come on folks, snakes are cool!

registerguard.comHow did Oregon get its name? These are the likely originsMany theories have been floated about the origin of the name "Oregon," but one has emerged as the most likely.

20 Jan

Grease. The state is likely named for grease. I love it.

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Maxine Bernstein

@maxbernstein.bsky.social

16 Jan

A storm tore open the roof of this massive Oregon landmark. Will anyone save it? @editorswindler.bsky.social w/ @mark-w-graves.bsky.social photos www.oregonlive.com/pacific-nort...

oregonlive.comA storm tore open the roof of this massive Oregon landmark. Will anyone save it?The Port of Tillamook Bay has offered to sell the historic blimp hangar for just $1 to anyone willing to preserve it, but repair estimates range up to $50 million.

etix.comFishbone - In Your Face 40th Anniversary TourPlease note, when selecting the Print at Home or Mobile Delivery method, you will not have access to view your tickets until 14 days prior to the performance. For over four decades, Fishbone has been an unstoppable force in music, well-known genre disrupters fusing punk, ska, funk, and soul into an explosive sound that is as socially conscious as it is musically innovative. Emerging from the Los Angeles punk scene, the band quickly carved out a reputation for their high-energy performances an...

16 Jan

Mad? Stressed? Down about the state of the world? What you need is TICKETS TO A SKA SHOW.

16 Jan

Seems like if I take the dog in for lab work and they can't collect urine so they ask me to do it at home, I should get a discount. 😑

oregonlive.comHe rode a horse to Portland ICE protests claiming to be Mexican. His family says his story isn’t trueAnd according to court records, his name is not Mateo Garcia.

14 Jan

A wild ride of a story:

29 Dec 2025

If any drone operators are going to be at Bing in the New Year in Milwaukie, I’d be very interested in any aerial photos of the event! I will even pay you for them! (But not, like, *a ton* because I’m a journalist and this is for charity.)

savelloyd.comSave Lloyd Center Mall

22 Dec 2025

Rewatching "Stranger Things" and we're at the season where they're protesting the mall because it's hurting Main Street. Today, Portland folks are protesting to save the mall that was killed by (lots of things but mainly) online shopping. Man, times have changed. savelloyd.com

oregonlive.comPortland’s most heartwarming strip show has raised nearly a quarter million dollars for hospitalized kidsThe 15th annual Tatas for Toys event raised a record $60,000 for Doernbecher Children's Hospital.

17 Dec 2025

Over four hours on Tuesday night — through a combination of lap dances, live music, comic skits and auctions — Portland’s strippers and burlesque performers raised more than $60,000 for patients at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.