He’s so goddamned precious

I wrote about my personal (bad) feelings about climate change and why I think “individual action” (often denigrated) is important, at least for preserving one’s own sanity:

Amid serious allegations of misconduct at Urban Alchemy-run temporary homeless sites, new public records show the city spent months coordinating with the nonprofit’s public relations firm to help polish its public image.

Records Show City Staff, PR Firm Coordinating to Polish Urban Alchemy’s Image - Portland Mercury

Amid serious allegations of misconduct at Urban Alchemy-run temporary homeless sites, new public records show the city spent months coordinating with the nonprofit’s public relations firm to help poli...

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For weekend reading, my @portlandmercury.com review of Jane Schoenbrun's TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA

Adult Pleasure and Guilt in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma - Portland Mercury

If our psyches are byzantine HVAC systems, then your favorite piece of pop culture can lead you to who you really are.

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today in the Humorism newsletter, I wrote 83 true things about Shane Gillis: www.humorism.xyz/83-true-thin...

83 True Things About Tires Star Shane Gillis

Guy who's definitely not a MAGA diehard.

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Portland City Council adopted a term sheet for the Moda Center renovation, and the Northwest Power and Conservation Council has recommended Oregon, must create billions in new energy infrastructure, partially to accommodate the influx of data centers in the region. More in today's GOOD MORNING, NEWS

Good Morning, News: Where PCEF Dollars Go, the New Data Center Grift, and Destruction in a National Park - Portland Mercury

If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution to the Mercury, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for you...

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"If our psyches are byzantine HVAC systems, mazes of half-mapped ducts and grates and dead-ends, then your favorite piece of pop culture can lead you to who you really are. For Kris, that guilty pleasure takes the form of a psychopath who also has an air vent—a literal conduit—for a head." -Sinacola

Suzette Smith@suzettesmith.bsky.social · 6d ago

I have worked with a lot of critics who would just be like GILLIAN ANDERSON COVERED IN BLOOD but @sinacolad.bsky.social is like there's so much substance in Jane Schoebrun’s new film we don't even get to GILLIAN ANDERSON COVERED IN BLOOD www.portlandmercury.com/movies-and-t...

Writer-director Jane Schoebrun always balances high-concept metatextual fantasia with deeply tactile, impressionistic filmmaking. Their third fictional feature, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, is both a celebration and bloodletting of the slasher genre.

Adult Pleasure and Guilt in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma - Portland Mercury

If our psyches are byzantine HVAC systems, then your favorite piece of pop culture can lead you to who you really are.

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I have worked with a lot of critics who would just be like GILLIAN ANDERSON COVERED IN BLOOD but @sinacolad.bsky.social is like there's so much substance in Jane Schoebrun’s new film we don't even get to GILLIAN ANDERSON COVERED IN BLOOD www.portlandmercury.com/movies-and-t...

Adult Pleasure and Guilt in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma - Portland Mercury

If our psyches are byzantine HVAC systems, then your favorite piece of pop culture can lead you to who you really are.

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#LastFourWatched

Now that Rebecca’s back at work, these boys are back to joining me in the office.

Last week, Morillo 1 failed with a 5-7 vote. Today, @councilorkanal.bsky.social and I introduced a revised amendment because important questions remain unanswered. This morning, the revised amendment (Morillo/Kanal 1) did not pass. The vote was 6-6.

Been thinking about this one a lot since I watched it boxd.it/fJjo61

A review of Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026)

Jane Schoenbrun treats pop culture like personal conduits—like ducts digging into our psyche, shaped to fit one's true HVAC system—that lead to our inner selves. So I thought a lot about guilty pleasu...

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Did not realize I was about to get such a gorgeous glimpse of Old Portland

Also shoutout (derogatory) to Julia Brim-Edwards, who could clearly tell how stupid of a move this was by the county and voted in favor anyway Get JBE the fuck out of elected office ASAP

Fourth sequel to Meet the Parents called Fock-wads

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Starting to think Republican governance isn't a good idea.

Waldo Jaquith@waldo.net · 2w ago

Three years ago, EPA proposed cybersecurity rules for municipal water systems. Republicans sued to prevent the rules from going into effect, and that was the end of that. Now seven states' water systems are under attack by Iran.

honestly stunned by the absolute robbery of Portland approved by @councilordunphy.bsky.social alongside Clark, Pirtle-Guiney, Smith, and Zimmerman (to a lessor extent Novick) setting up Portland with the worst stadium deal in the country AS THE OPENING TERMS IN THE NEGOTIATION. flabbergasting.

Who wore it better?

Thank you, the band Garbage

Found this bust of WC Fields that is also a decanter

Buying a Terence Stamp action figure

we can’t go anywhere without her HIV stuffie

so many academics and writers outside of cinema think film criticism is easy and when it’s proven to not be the case, people defend them as if they’re children. it’s pathetic!

Please let Dom write something for your boutique Fitzcarraldo 4K release. It'll be good!

Dom@sinacolad.bsky.social · 3w ago

Here is me shooting my shot: I recently won a national award for my film criticism at the Portland Mercury, but I have never been asked to do an intro, or a Q&A, or write an essay for a physical media release, so I would like to state that I am shamelessly available for all of those things.

Here is me shooting my shot: I recently won a national award for my film criticism at the Portland Mercury, but I have never been asked to do an intro, or a Q&A, or write an essay for a physical media release, so I would like to state that I am shamelessly available for all of those things.

Announcing Winners and Placement for 2026 AAN Awards • AAN Publishers

Willamette Week and Lookout Phoenix Lead a Field of Fantastic Journalism and Art Lookout Phoenix claimed three First Place awards in only its second year of full eligibility, but it was Willamette Wee...

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Some context regarding Moda Center renovations. The Trail Blazers $600 million request is larger than any recent/planned public contribution to an NBA/NHL arena renovation. It's not "market rate" or even reasonable. What Dundon is demanding is an outlier.

I'm a budding Weird Al