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Think Bigger and Better

Portland Mercury ·

2025/08/17

by Anonymous So here's my radical plan to save Portland: Throw some red meat to Clackamas County and Vancouver residents by paving all of I-205 to the limit of the easement. Shut down I-5, through Portland and reclaim the real estate to create more housing and green space. Create a transit corridor to move people not cars. Eliminate the main things that make urban living unpopular with families, noise, bad air quality, and danger, all of

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YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: A New Era for the Blazers,...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/08/17

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.) • Portland Trail Blazers Soon to Have New Owner After Years of

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Fake

Portland Mercury ·

2025/08/15

by AnonymousI hope you know I was never rolling anything ulterior. I was confused when I reached out, sure, but look, even that was a long time ago now. We spent years building a new friendship as new people, striking sparks and setting fires with a platonic chemistry as the people we’ve become. Right? That’s what I thought, anyway. But it always felt weird, like you didn’t or couldn’t quite trust me, but we couldn’t talk about it

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Time for me is 0:00

Portland Mercury ·

2025/08/15

by Anonymous The bubblegum shortage has escalated into a full-scale outage, with retailers confirming shelves are bare and warehouses empty. Distributors say back-orders have reached record highs, and manufacturers have no confirmed date for resuming production. The last supplies vanished overnight, and the people are all out of bubble gum. Consumer groups are calling on federal, state, and local officials to treat the shortage as an

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Highest 2 Lowest Is Spike Lee’s Fanboy Homage to...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/08/15

For fans of making fun of Boston sports fans. by HR Smith In 1963, Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa—already a globally-recognized icon for works like Rashomon (1950), Seven Samurai (1954), and Throne of Blood (1957)—released a film based on King’s Ransom, a not-very-good pulp novel by the US mystery writer Ed McBain. That film, High and Low, stars Kurosawa’s long-time collaborator, the actor Toshiro Mifune. It's a

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The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/08/15

Rockstar Energy Open, Jade International Night Market, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15 by EverOut Staff Got a need for speed this weekend? Check out thrilling events like the PDX Adult Soapbox Derby (speedsters in homemade "cars"), the Rockstar Energy Open (speedsters on skateboards), or the Portland Criterium (speedsters on bikes). If you're in the mood for a more laidback activity, there's also

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Good Morning, News: Willamette River in the Grips of...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/08/15

I, for one, welcome early versions of the bodies our AI masters will wear. by Suzette Smith If you appreciate the Mercury's interesting and useful news & culture reporting, consider making a small monthly contribution to support our editorial team. Your donation is tax-deductible. Good Morning, Portland! Are you ready for RAIN? because today will have a lot of RAIN, lingering into Saturday and bringing daily

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Ticket Alert: TV on the Radio, Raekwon & Mobb Deep,...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/08/15

Plus, Eliza McLamb and More Event Updates for August 14 by EverOut Staff Tik tok, tik tok, it’s ticket time. Eclectic rockers TV on the Radio haven’t released a new album in the last 10 years, but that’s not stopping them from touring. Now that Wu-Tang Clan has completed their farewell tour, Raekwon & Mobb Deep are teaming up to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their albums Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... and The

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The Willamette River is Full of Green Algae

Portland Mercury ·

2025/08/14

There's an advisory for harmful algae throughout most of Portland's stretch of the river. Advocates say state action could prevent algal blooms in the future. by Taylor Griggs This summer, Portlanders have made their way down to the shores of the Willamette River in droves, keen to get the most out of our city's public swimming spot. Now, a harmful algal bloom is putting the fun on pause, at least for a while

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Photo Essay: Rage Against the Room

Portland Mercury ·

2025/08/14

Inside Portland's newest method of stress release—smashing glass, TVs, and more in the RAGE ROOM. by Corbin Smith I am in the back room (of the back room) of Stormbreaker Brewing in St. Johns, wearing an industrial jumpsuit, a safety helmet with a big clear plexiglass visor, and one gardening glove. David Tate—who also goes by “Thor,” and told me that since leaving the military he has done everything in his

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Nobody 2: Twice the Carnage, but Not Enough

Portland Mercury ·

2025/08/14

I want to see a man’s [redacted] maimed by a [redacted]. That is the catharsis I deserve. by Dom Sinacola There is a scene in Timo Tjahjanto’s The Big 4—his Netflix-backed 2022 action comedy/abattoir—that gives you all you need to know about the Indonesian filmmaker behind Nobody 2. Amidst an endless array of carnage and climactic, intestinally-forthright fight choreography, the camera's perspective follow a

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FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Enter to Win Free Tix to See...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/08/14

by Mercury Promotions Who's ready to have some fun? Well, the Mercury is here to help with FREE TICKETS to see some of Portland's best concerts and events—our way of saying thanks to our great readers and spread the word about some fantastic upcoming performances! (Psst... if you want to say thanks to the Mercury, please consider making a small monthly contribution to keep us alive and kickin'!) And oh boy, do we have some fun events

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Cool Job Alert: The Mercury Is Hiring a News Reporter!

Portland Mercury ·

2025/08/14

by Wm. Steven Humphrey Great news: The Portland Mercury is continuing its growth and hiring an additional NEWS REPORTER to join our smart, scrappy team of kick-ass journalists. Are YOU that special person (or perhaps its someone you know)? Then check out the following job posting—applications due by Friday, September 5! HELP WANTED: News Reporter Salary: $70,000 The Portland Mercury is looking to add a full-time news reporter to our

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Ex-Boyfriend Music as Shared Memory, New Genre, and...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/08/14

Bike Summer ride organizers Lucy Kennedy-Wong & Priscilla Wu want you to invest in the bit! by Cameron Crowell It started as a bit between friends. Lucy Kennedy-Wong and Priscilla Wu both work downtown for the City of Portland—Kennedy-Wong long encouraged Wu to bike a trip or two more per week even if the commute from Wu’s Brentwood-Darlington spot seems long. Naturally, the two joined Portland City Bike Bus,

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POP QUIZ PDX: Ugly Dogs, Athletic Hogs, and Which...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/08/14

See how well YOU score on this week's sassy-ass trivia quiz! by Wm. Steven Humphrey HELLOOOO, BRAINY BUTT! It's time once again to put your brainy-brain to the test with this week's edition of POP QUIZ PDX—our weekly, local, sassy-ass trivia quiz. And this week we'll be testing your knowledge on ugly (which is to say "cute") dogs, athletic hogs, expensive pigs (not the animal), and let's decide once and for all

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Good Morning, News: Local Conservatives Proven Wrong...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/08/14

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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Dr. Phil Looks Like A Penis

Portland Mercury ·

2025/08/14

by Anonymous I mean, really that's all there is to it. Once you see it, you can't unsee it. Always knew he was a dick, but didn't realize that he looks like one too.

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TriMet Safety Response Are Creepy

Portland Mercury ·

2025/08/14

by Anonymous Sorry, I know I'm supposed to like these people, and most probably do. But it's super weird the way they approach people 5 heads deep who're clearly minding their own business to initiate contact. Yes it's great that you're here to do whatever it is that you're doing that I never see you do just like every other public uniform, and I know it's just a harmless "hello", but this is Portland. Its already filled with sketchballs

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Portland Trail Blazers Soon to Have New Owner After...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/08/13

The new ownership group includes a Portland connection. by Abe Asher After years of uncertainty and months on the market, the Portland Trail Blazers reportedly have a new owner. Multiple outlets including Sportico reported on Wednesday morning that the estate of the team’s late owner Paul Allen has agreed to sell the Trail Blazers to a group headed by Carolina Hurricanes CEO Tom Dundon. Dundon, who

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Hear In Portland: Two Outdoor Summer Fests and New...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/08/13

Read all about what’s on the music forecast, Hear In Portland. by Jenni Moore After taking a couple months off for this freelance columnist’s [self-forged, unpaid] maternity leave, Hear In Portland is back, baby! For the last couple months I’ve been hard at work at home, focusing on keeping a newborn infant alive, healing from pregnancy and a c-section, breastfeeding on demand, potty training a toddler, and

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