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Christen McCurdy @christenmccurdy.bsky.social · 11h

I read about half of Vineland ~20 years ago and had seen trailers so I had a sense of what I was in for but uh yeah. Timely

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Christen McCurdy @christenmccurdy.bsky.social · 11h

(the cocktail was a French 75, I’m not made of wood)

Christen McCurdy @christenmccurdy.bsky.social · 12h

I saw One Battle After Another tonight and it took fully 30 minutes and a cocktail to get my heart rate back down to normal after

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Christen McCurdy @christenmccurdy.bsky.social · 13h

I rewatched Reds a couple years ago and Keaton acts her ass off in this movie

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 23h

There are so many Diane Keaton performances to remember, but a lot of people haven't seen Reds, and A) my God, see it, it is a masterpiece and B) her performance as Louise Bryant is one of the bravest, toughest, least sympathy-courting pieces of work by an American actress in the last 50 years.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 23h

There are so many Diane Keaton performances to remember, but a lot of people haven't seen Reds, and A) my God, see it, it is a masterpiece and B) her performance as Louise Bryant is one of the bravest, toughest, least sympathy-courting pieces of work by an American actress in the last 50 years.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote this in March 2024 as i was trying to reckon with the implications of a possible Trump 2.0 administration. I worried about how a political culture built around absurdist lies could, when combined with real state power, produce a state of authoritarian terror. And here we are.

It turns out, those were not the right questions to ask. The question I should have been asking is "what are the implications for American politics when a large chunk of activists, leaders, and voters in one political party stop caring in the slightest about the accuracy or even plausibility of their public statements?" It's like the difference between walking into a fast food restaurant where there's a big stack of chicken nuggets behind the counter, asking for chicken nuggets, having the person at the register say "oh, we're out of nuggets," and then winking at you and handing them over...vs. having the person behind the counter say "oh, we're out of nuggets" and then refusing to give them to you. And then when you call over the manager they also look you in the face and say "we're out of nuggets." And then when you incredulously point to the nuggets behind them they have the security
guard put you in a headlock while they call the police. Absurdist lies + power = authoritarian
terror.

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Stephen Judkins @stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 1d

This photo goes incredibly hard

Mount St. Helens in 1980 @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social · 3d

Tomorrow, we will talk about this photo.

A red Ford Pinto hatchback angles across a narrow gravel forest service road, a blue enduro motorcycle on a rear hitch carrier. Tall firs frame the view. Beyond them, a towering ash cloud from a pyroclastic density flow billows skyward. Photo by Richard Kent Lasher, May 18, 1980.

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Christen McCurdy @christenmccurdy.bsky.social · 2d

I was going to say, I’m under the impression cocaine basically did write this one!

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Christen McCurdy @christenmccurdy.bsky.social · 3d

Every fall we publish a list of the 100 Best Nonprofits to Work for in Oregon. When we started putting the issue together, we’d been reporting for months on the effects of federal funding cuts to Oregon nonprofits. We decided to put together a package about it: oregonbusiness.com/staying-the-...

Staying the Course

In 2025 Oregon nonprofits are navigating choppy waters. We talked to a few of them about how they’re navigating federal funding cuts and a challenging fundraising environment — and what keeps them foc...

oregonbusiness.com

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Mac Fox @macfox.bsky.social · 3d

Anyway, if you saw this video today: I filmed it, and it was just as much fun as it looks

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 3d

FINALLY, SOMETHING NICE!

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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Christen McCurdy @christenmccurdy.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t think it should be legal for streaming services to play “Landslide” when you just lost your job

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Christen McCurdy @christenmccurdy.bsky.social · 3d

This hurts in part because I felt like I was still building something. And because I have a list in my head of al the stories I wanted to do and things I wanted to do better.

But looking back: we had the chance to make something good and, most of the time, we did.

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Christen McCurdy @christenmccurdy.bsky.social · 3d

I have some other small items in this issue, but that one is my last reported feature for Oregon Business. The package isn’t perfect — nothing is — but it was important to me to tell the stories of how people lead in increasingly uncertain times.

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Christen McCurdy @christenmccurdy.bsky.social · 3d

And I spoke to the executive director of CASA of Eastern Oregon, whose volunteers advocate for hundreds of children in foster care. Without a shred of self-pity she told me she’s only submitting 10 hours of work a week to payroll, but continues to work full-time: oregonbusiness.com/fostering-fo...

Fostering Fortitude

Mary Collard’s work with foster kids has always presented challenges. But funding cuts affecting CASA of Eastern Oregon, which she oversees, have presented the greatest challenge yet.

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Christen McCurdy @christenmccurdy.bsky.social · 3d

And @garrettandrews.bsky.social produced this thoughtful and gorgeously piece on @oregonhumanities.org — a nonprofit dedicated to civil conversation — as it fights for funding abruptly stripped from it this year: oregonbusiness.com/money-talks/

(Please: somebody hire Garrett.)

Money Talks

Oregon Humanities runs on the notion that conversation can heal divided communities. Federal funding cuts mean an uncertain future — but the conversation isn’t over yet.

oregonbusiness.com

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Christen McCurdy @christenmccurdy.bsky.social · 3d

For that package, Amy Milshtein wrote about how food banks are coping with cuts to nutritional assistance amid mounting demand: oregonbusiness.com/the-hunger-g...

The Hunger Games

Trump-era cuts promise to wreak havoc on the state’s food pantries and programs just when Oregonians need it most. Oregon food pantries are struggling to meet the demand — but they’re also undeterred.

oregonbusiness.com

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Christen McCurdy @christenmccurdy.bsky.social · 3d

Every fall we publish a list of the 100 Best Nonprofits to Work for in Oregon. When we started putting the issue together, we’d been reporting for months on the effects of federal funding cuts to Oregon nonprofits. We decided to put together a package about it: oregonbusiness.com/staying-the-...

Staying the Course

In 2025 Oregon nonprofits are navigating choppy waters. We talked to a few of them about how they’re navigating federal funding cuts and a challenging fundraising environment — and what keeps them foc...

oregonbusiness.com

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The Clinton Street Theater @cstpdx.bsky.social · 3d

We too yearn for the heady days of the 1980s and 90s when decent, hardworking Portlanders could make their way in this town.

A cast photo from the movie Drugstore Cowboy.

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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 6d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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Christen McCurdy @christenmccurdy.bsky.social · 4d

the universe is pushing me ever closer to becoming a Typewriter Guy

Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 5d

google wants to introduce errors into my spreadsheets and attribute them to me

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Christen McCurdy @christenmccurdy.bsky.social · 4d

The Q4 issue of Oregon Business has two great pieces from Hannah Wallace. This one is a deep dive into to Oregon’s primary care shortage — what caused it, and how we can possibly fix it. oregonbusiness.com/the-doctor-i...

The Doctor Is Out

The number of primary care providers in Oregon is flatlining — especially in rural areas. But experts say the problem is curable.

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 5d

“Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time

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Christen McCurdy @christenmccurdy.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you!

Christen McCurdy @christenmccurdy.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you. It sucks but I’m hanging in there