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Lisa - You’re fucking awesome

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/07

by Anonymous Gorgeous, hilarious, and edgy are a pretty good combination. If you were marketing anything to me, I’m pretty sure I would buy four of them. Thank you—Andrew

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Shoofly Vegan Bakery Employees Locked Out After...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/07

Staff say paychecks were late twice in a row, and the business is no longer fulfilling wholesale orders with local cafes. by Courtney Vaughn Update May 7: This story has been updated with new information about employee fundraising efforts. A popular vegan bakery in Southeast Portland has been closed since Friday, after employees walked off the job. Staff at Shoofly Vegan Bakery on SE Division say some hadn’t

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SAVAGE LOVE: Quickies

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/06

Get your sexy advice lickety-split in this edition of "Quickies!" by Dan Savage 1. I’m a heterosexual woman married to a heterosexual man, and we’ve been together fourteen years. We have two kids. We met in our late 20s, we’re now in our early 40s, and needless to say we are WILDLY different people — from who we used to be, and from each other, frankly. After having two kids, I only just got my libido back at the

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Another bully passes

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/06

by Anonymous Periodically I search the names of a few people that did me harm in the past. Probably not super healthy. A few years ago, one of my biggest bullies passed from some drug related stuff. He was dangerous when he was alive but I started to feel like he was just another victim. I guess a few weeks ago, another one passed. This one was different because I spent a lot of time looking up to him before I learned that he wasn’t

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Mercury Music Picks: Uh Oh, Portland’s Alien Boy and...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/06

Plus the stacked lineup at St. Johns Bizzare and the nostalgia of the Jesus Lizard, Alison Moyet, and Slowdive by Nolan Parker God damn, god damn, god damn—as Beyoncé would say—there’s a lotta stellar music being made in Portland right now! Longtime Rip City psych-outs, Grails drop their new album May 16 while up-and-coming pop-punkers Alien Boy drop their new one May 9. And while that’s all well and good, whose

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Good Morning News: Real ID Deadline is Here, the...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/06

by Courtney Vaughn 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 gonna get toasty today, with a high of 82 degrees and a low of 51. The sunshine should stick around through the

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Always on my mind

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/06

by Anonymous I imagine having coffee with you one morning and telling you how silly it was that my mind wrapped itself around you and tore me apart. I'd ignore how awful it felt and how little control I had. I would laugh and you would play along and add in your digs to keep the laughter plentiful. We would tell stories of growing up, exchange our pain and embrace each other. We would spend the day in our pajamas with our mugs full,

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Album Review: Fading Responsibly With Alien Boy

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/06

Pushing through anxieties and fears on new album You Wanna Fade? by Robert Husseman Sonia Weber tries to find the right words, coincidentally speaking for the masses on Alien Boy’s third album, You Wanna Fade? “I told you the other day / I don’t want things to change but I feel it deep down / That it’s, yeah, it’s all gonna rot / Away without a thought,” Weber intones on “Rhythm of Control,” the album's fifth

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Love finds a way.

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/05

by Anonymous Time and time again. Here and there. Everywhere you want to be. Many phrases like these echo through the corners of our mind. Addressing feelings on the surface and deep within our souls. Loneliness, misunderstanding, confusion, we've all experience a version of these emotions. Can you imagine what it feels like to help resolve these feelings in yourself and others? Of course you can. Let yourself imagine. Maybe there is

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Councilor Mitch Green Suggests Borrowing Money from...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/05

Green's proposal comes as Mayor Keith Wilson floats deep cuts to Portland Parks & Recreation to fill a budget shortfall. by Taylor Griggs As Portland leaders grapple with a major citywide budget shortfall, some have sought potential relief from one of the city’s most prosperous initiatives—the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF). The fund, which collects a 1 percent tax on local sales at large

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Kaitlyn - Thanks for the best haircut ever. Mel

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/05

by Anonymous At the risk of being too forward, I want to meet your cats.

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The Top 28 Events in Portland This Week: May 5–11, 2025

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/05

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and More by EverOut Staff We've whipped up a fresh batch of event picks for your perusal, with options from Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: The Wild God Tour to the Oregon Humane Society's Doggie Dash and from Viet Thanh Nguyen to Masha Gessen. For more suggestions, check out our May events guide. MONDAY CINCO DE MAYO Portland Cinco de Mayo FiestaThis sprawling Cinco

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THE TRASH REPORT: Roller Coasters (Political) &...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/05

by Elinor Jones Hello, and welcome to another Trash Report! I am Elinor Jones. Wow, I just saw that this Nikon photography account on Instagram got a pic of all of us in a tree together (I'm the one whispering): Imagine that's still us and I am reading you all of the following: Dumpster Nation President Trump had denied that any of his favorite boys would be punished for the demon group chat from hell, but apparently National

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Good Morning, News: Israel Expands Genocide Plan,...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/05

by Wm. Steven Humphrey If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but we can’t do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there

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Album Review: Times Infinity’s Boy on Horse Is Worth...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/05

The heater new LP delivers the sonic assults we've been missing by Ryan J. Prado When Portland five-piece Times Infinity first began writing songs for what would become their fifth album, Boy on Horse, they were in the midst of their rollicking 2018 West Coast tour, at which time it looked as though the country might finally escape from underneath Donald Trump’s grubby thumb. By the time the band was back from tour

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Why So Soon?

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/04

by AnonymousI realize there's a race to the finish for who dominates the AI landscape. But are we really ready to integrate this shit into everything so soon? I don't keep up with the news much, or technology (obviously). So I asked ChatGPT to give me a list of the major events that have transpired over the last 5 years. You know, just the highlights. It told me that Biden made a huge comeback in 2025, and things were looking good for

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YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: The Incompetent Dictator,...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/04

by Wm. Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, SUNDAY! It's the perfect time to catch up on some of the great reporting and stories the Mercury churned out this week! (PRO TIP: If you despise being "the last to know," then be one of the first to know by signing up for Mercury newsletters! All the latest stories shipped directly to your email's in-box... and then... YOUR HEAD.) • The Mercury's May 2025 Election Endorsements It's ELECTION TIME! And

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The Best Things To Do in Portland This Month: May 2025

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/03

Outlaw Music Festival, Pink! Rosé Festival, and More by EverOut Staff Along with May flowers, the new month brings a whole host of major local happenings like can't-miss concerts, cultural celebrations, film festivals, and more. Below, we're clueing you in to everything you need to know about during this homestretch of spring, from the Outlaw Music Festival with Willie Nelson & Family, Bob Dylan, and More

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The Mercury's May 2025 Election Endorsements

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/03

Our top picks for the May 20 Special District Election, featuring school board seats, public school bonds, and more! by The Mercury Election Strike Force On May 20, Multnomah County residents will elect new leadership on local school boards and utility boards. Portland voters will also decide whether to approve a sizable school bond measure to fund Portland Public Schools. We picked the brains of local school board

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Photos: Thousands of Portlanders Fill Pioneer Square...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/02

Sandwiched between two other pro-worker, anti-Trump rallies, the square drew the day's largest gathering. by Suzette Smith Thousands of Portlanders flooded into Pioneer Courthouse Square on May 1 to celebrate May Day, AKA International Worker's Day, and more generally, protest cruel and unlawful actions by the Trump administration. Sandwiched between two nearby gatherings, the Pioneer Square event was brief,

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