This is supremely cool, and also, jesus fucking christ you would not BELIEVE how much work this took

Portland: Does anyone know why there’s a statue on top of the elevator bank at the Montgomery Park building? Who is she??

Portland really showing off this evening.

A nice touch: the MAX Orange line passes SE Division and 12th as well as freight and passenger trains, so it’ll also specifically notify you when the crossing has been blocked for longer than the MAX usually takes.

Great article on the storied history of Belfast dive bar The Menagerie, where I spent a lot of late nights in my early 20s: www.irishnews.com/entertainmen... (And featuring what I thought was a long lost photo of me sweating my 22 year old ass off the night Animal Collective showed up)

The line is still active today, and has three main trains in operation, but nothing quite like The Zooliner No. 2, a 5/8-scale replica of the famous mid-century GM Aerotrain.

Did you know the Oregon Zoo has the last functional mail train in the U.S.? Shortly after it opened in 1958, the Washington Park and Zoo Railway became one of the first recreational railroads in the country to have its own official postmark and cancellation stamp.

The Oregon Lottery logo really didn't have to go this hard.

My Listen To E•mo•tion shirt is on sale at Cotton Bureau today, use code “FLASHSALEFRIDAY” to get 20% off: cottonbureau.com/p/QY28QH/shi...

All proceeds donated to Call To Safety, a domestic and sexual violence crisis hotline here in Portland: calltosafety.org

Searching to see if Sonic has a canonical last name (because of today’s Connections) and, well,

Confirmed: Playdate 2 will have Bluetooth, WiFi, and a meat thermometer!

yes this is absolutely worth turning three mile island back on for sounds good

New TriMet x Bricks & Minifigs collab just dropped! trimet.org/contest/lego.htm