me, surrounded by summer wildfire smoke my email: As you start planning holiday content, our boutique ice cube company has patented an entirely new process for producing dense beautiful etched ice cubes
Suzette Smith
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Portland Mercury culture editor. she/her. Signal @suzettesmith.66 or email suzette@portlandmercury.com, suzettesmith@protonmail.com
I propose that we judge the cookies baked by children super harshly and the ones baked by famous people with lots of sympathy and care
Just a train at a dead stop blocking a crossing in the middle of downtown Portland at rush hour
"Underage marmots? Buddy, you're going away for a longggg time."
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 2w agoFacing federal science budget cuts, biologist Daniel Blumstein resorted to uploading marmot videos to OnlyFans to raise funds for his marmot research. However, when he uploaded his driver’s license for verification, OnlyFans informed him that his appearance didn’t match the marmots in the videos.
Okay so Rose City Comicon people are throwing a baby romance lit fest the same weekend at Sentinel Hotel and they are actually paying swoopy-haired actors to skulk around a Saturday night ball in the roles of Prince Caedros and Prince Reyvion of the kingdom of Hallowshade
The state has made new allegations against officials in eastern Oregon, who purchased one of Amazon’s key local vendors. The DOJ alleges the officials lied to hide the value of their business with Amazon and schemed with longtime associates who “rubber-stamped” an unlawful transaction.
Oregon DOJ levies fresh allegations over local officials’ data center ‘scheme’
The state alleges public officials lied to watchdogs and accountants, and that they schemed with associates who “rubber-stamped” their deal.
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We will be calling Behemoth! “Boy Tár” until proven otherwise
Portlander screaming about storm is my political affiliation thank u very much
Another day another is this all caps word actually an acronym
cursed to hear the last line of this tweet in my head every time I step outside during smoke season
You know it's bad when it's "a hot one," and I don't even feel like re-upping that hilarious thing Ned wrote about Rob Thomas. oh fine I could never deny you
Suzette Smith@suzettesmith.bsky.social · 3y agoSeeing as it is “a hot one,” it is again time to celebrate this music blurb about Rob Thomas that lives rent free in my head. It was crafted by beloved critic Ned Lannamann.
I have such a “nothing gold can stay” attitude about summer blockbusters. I was actually very pleased to hear Dom liked this.
Portland Mercury@portlandmercury.com · 3w agoFILM REVIEW: Christopher Nolan's latest movie is a a three-hour adaptation of a nearly 3,000-year-old epic by the ancient Greek poet Homer. Does The Odyssey live up to the hype?
FILM REVIEW: Christopher Nolan's latest movie is a a three-hour adaptation of a nearly 3,000-year-old epic by the ancient Greek poet Homer. Does The Odyssey live up to the hype?
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey Is Not A Matter for Another Time - Portland Mercury
Time, spectacle, a super-shredded Matt Damon—this review explains how to appreciate it all.
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I cautiously approve of Vancouver Washington rebranding as “Vancouver USA”
Found out last night I got first place in arts criticism (the Jim Ridley award) from AAN for my work at the @portlandmercury.com aan.org/aan/announci... (couldn't have done it w/out my editor @suzettesmith.bsky.social and congrats to fellow PDXers, 2nd and 3rd @chancesp.bsky.social and Nolan Parker)
Best part: You can now search the posts of people you follow!!
Bluesky@bsky.app · 4w agov1.127 is live! We're rolling out improvements to search over the coming weeks. You'll get more relevant results and more ways to find what you're looking for. The new "Filters" button lets you query and filter by keywords, people, date range, language and more. You can even share your searches!
What I really want is that photo from last halloween of Zane wearing a ghost costume (death of print media) to a press conference.
A still from his December 2025 interview for the film:
His colleagues, family, friends and sources remember Zane Sparling as a talented reporter with a flair for language and an offbeat sense of humor that kept the job light even on days the work — and his health — were bleak. Read more at theoregonian.visitlink.me/QxR5KI
Awful news this morning — one of Oregon's best reporters has passed away, all too young. His absence will be felt by the media and by the public at large. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
Zane Sparling, reporter for The Oregonian/OregonLive, dies of cancer at 33
“He wanted his identity to be a reporter, and that’s what it was,” his father said.
oregonlive.com
What if Robin Hood but he's, like, really fucked up. I reviewed THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD for @portlandmercury.com
The Death of Robin Hood Is a Dull Act of Myth-Killing - Portland Mercury
Handsomely rendered and thoughtfully realized, The Death of Robin Hood is also stiflingly dull.
portlandmercury.com
I mean, even if this really is a call from the government it's most certainly a scam.
Is there a book that is both good and that contains primarily nice things in its subject matter.
I tried to link the video at the correct part, but if it doesn't work: 30 second mark. Incredible interaction m.youtube.com/watch?v=wESh...
William Friedkin talking shit compilation
YouTube video by Jim Cameron’s Strongest Soldier
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