Remind me how unfettered access to the internet and social media at young ages went for Gen Z again? Oh right, skyrocketing depression and anxiety. So, no worries about repeating that with the young'uns! WHAT COULD GO WRONG? www.oregonlive.com/education/20...

In Portland schools, an ‘optimistic’ new AI handbook proves polarizing

District leaders say the guidebook is a "first step" on setting expectations around AI use.

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Do read: katu.com/news/local/s...

Shelter guests accuse Urban Alchemy staff of drug use, distribution, sexual harassment

Portland’s ombudsman received 85 complaints against Urban Alchemy, with guests alleging misconduct including harassment, drug activity and unfair evictions.

katu.com

“I’ll try not to get mired in numbers,” Wilson said. “I think your hope, what you see, is real and what I see is real. So we have to go by that.” Spoiler: You could also go by the data, which tells a different story. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Despite mayor’s assurances, more people than ever are homeless in Portland

Mayor Keith Wilson and others have said homelessness may be decreasing in Portland, despite Multnomah County data showing the opposite.

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MUST read from @lmonghughes.bsky.social ahead of the Mayor's budget about to officially drop. The Mayor's office is disputing MultCo's official numbers without providing any evidence to back his claim. He promised to end unsheltered homelessness in #Portland but it has increased in his first year.

Alex Zielinski@alexzee.bsky.social · 4mo ago

At Mayor Wilson's State of the City address Friday, he again relied on anecdote -- not data -- to prove his response to homelessness is working. @lmonghughes.bsky.social digs into the numbers today:

At Mayor Wilson's State of the City address Friday, he again relied on anecdote -- not data -- to prove his response to homelessness is working. @lmonghughes.bsky.social digs into the numbers today:

Despite mayor’s assurances, more people than ever are homeless in Portland

Mayor Keith Wilson and others have said homelessness may be decreasing in Portland, despite Multnomah County data showing the opposite.

oregonlive.com

In case anyone follows my coverage enough to wonder what I've been doing for the last month: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

"A new study out of Cornell Universit found workers most excited and impressed by corporate speak may be the least equipped to make effective, practical business decisions, and it can leave companies with dysfunctional leaders."

Workers who fall for ‘corporate bullshit’ may be worse at their jobs, study finds

New study finds that employees impressed by corporate speak may be least equipped to make effective decisions

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"In contrast, Portland Public Schools pays most teachers for 187 days of work, 176 of which are instructional or student-contact days (including 18 hours...for conferences). The remaining 11 are for grading, planning and professional development." www.oregonlive.com/education/20...

Heads up: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

This is getting crazy. What are families supposed to do with four fewer school days and a whole extra week of summer (with no camps scheduled)? Oregon already has one of the shortest school years in the country. Losing four more days is not inconsequential. 😑 www.oregonlive.com/education/20...

My actual response to reading this because its the only part of the whole email that is at all surprising: What is a Kelly bag?

Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 6mo ago

Relevant to today's conversation about AI's inherent sexism, here's an email from cognitive psychologist and early AI theorist Roger Schank, arguing to Epstein that women can't be truly intelligent, because they care too much about what other people think.

In case anyone out there is still following me for my education coverage cred, don't miss this @nickkristof.bsky.social column: "We liberals need to wake up to the reality that we are being outperformed on education, opportunity and racial equity..." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...

Opinion | These Three Red States Are the Best Hope in Schooling

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True story @cnn.com We have one of these phones and my 8-year-old has begun arranging her own play dates and my dad and sister say they've had far better conversations with both kids than on FaceTime when they are distracted by all the special effects. Retro phones for the win.

CNN@cnn.com · 6mo ago

Some parents say that bringing back landlines is benefiting their kids. This retro technology is delaying social media use and improving communication skills. https://cnn.it/3MLem8X

Nice get from @cgiardinelli.bsky.social -- Portland's ombudsman temporarily paused evictions from the city's 14/7 shelters due to concerns about fairness. Evictions have since resumed. The ombudsman will continue to monitor. katu.com/news/local/o...

Ombudsman probes tiny home evictions of major homeless services provider

After reviewing appeals, the Portland Ombudsman’s Office recommended pausing evictions at city-run alternative shelters over lack of documentation.

katu.com

You can donate to them: www.bridgeproject.org/donate

Bridge Project

Ending childhood poverty. One mother at a time.

bridgeproject.org

Lillian Mongeau Hughes@lmonghughes.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A direct cash program for people who are pregnant and earning less than $39,000 a year launched this month in Multnomah County and is still accepting applications. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Pregnant Portlanders: apply here!

Bridge Project

Ending childhood poverty. One mother at a time.

bridgeproject.org

Lillian Mongeau Hughes@lmonghughes.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A direct cash program for people who are pregnant and earning less than $39,000 a year launched this month in Multnomah County and is still accepting applications. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

A direct cash program for people who are pregnant and earning less than $39,000 a year launched this month in Multnomah County and is still accepting applications. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

This new-to-Portland program hands pregnant women cash every month — and research says it works

The Bridge Project provides 36 monthly payments to new mothers. Data show the cash helps participants find stable housing and work

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This is getting crazy. www.oregonlive.com/education/20...

Portland schools face 3rd straight year of budget cuts. What will that mean for students?

At community forums, parents and teachers pressed for specifics about the impacts of making $50 million in cuts for the upcoming school year.

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"'We’re underage,' she tells him (in a video recording of ICE apprehending a 16-year-old and her friend). 'We’re scared.'" www.oregonlive.com/nation/2026/...

In this school, 50% of students are too afraid of ICE to show up

'Our families feel hunted,' says the school district’s executive director.

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ICYMI - Even as the homeless count has ticked steadily upward for five years running, the three counties have collectively met, or are on track to meet this year, the initial 10-year performance goals set for them in the measure. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Invisible wins: How $1.4 billion has transformed Portland area homeless services

One family’s story shows how the 2020 tax can work as promised, even as the overall homeless count continues climbing across the metro area.

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Ryan Haas@ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This is easily the hardest thing I've ever had to write.

This is easily the hardest thing I've ever had to write.

I Had a Dream Journalism Job. Here's Why I Quit.

The rot that hollowed out trust in corporate media finally reached OPB. I had to go.

westernedgemedia.substack.com

What we know for now:

Portland now says roughly $106M in housing funds went unspent

The city continues to struggle to address homelessness and affordable housing, but officials say significant pots of money went untapped.

opb.org

I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside. What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there? I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.

TL;DR Cuts to the coutny's homesless services programs are coming. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Multnomah County faces an $87 million drop in homeless services funding

Jobs could be cut, shelters could lose funding, and rent assistance could shrink as the county faces major homeless services budget reductions.

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Reporter mom life: I just showed up at a public meeting and gamely greeted officials I know only to realize upon sitting down that I have jam in my hair.

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

As a professional reporter, I don't usually re-post video from "the internet," but I know Mark a little. He paced me in a Portland Half Marathon the year the train went through the course. He also wrote for @runnersworld.bsky.social for years. He's legit. And this video is crazy.

Dumb Runner@dumbrunner.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I recorded this today, in Portland, Oregon, at a huge march to the ICE facility in SW. The crowd was full of cyclists who had ridden there in memory of Alex Pretti; members of several labor unions; and ordinary citizens of every age, including this little girl. So of course ICE deployed tear gas.

Portland @mayorkwilson.bsky.social: "To those who continue to work for ICE: Resign. To those who control this (Portland ICE) facility: Leave. ... To those who continue to make these sickening decisions, go home, look in a mirror, and ask yourselves why you have gassed children."

Oregon’s recorded 35% growth in homelessness since 2023 stands in stark contrast to the national trend reported by @nytimes.com, which compiled data from around the country rather than keep waiting for the feds to finish their annual report (usually out by now). www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Homelessness is likely trending down nationally. Not in Oregon

Typically, the federal government documents national trends in homelessness. This year, a national newspaper did it instead.

oregonlive.com