Khris Soden
@khrissoden.bsky.social
Owner of PastPortland.com, the Portland history site. Dungeons & Dragons DM and player. Occasional illustrator, supposed artist. Logistics is my day job.
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Attending any events in Saudi Arabia is questionable; the comedians who performed in Riyadh were rightly criticized.
But for the director of PBOT to attend an event in the country that smuggled out one of its citizens after his reckless driving killed a local teenager is particularly galling.
But for the director of PBOT to attend an event in the country that smuggled out one of its citizens after his reckless driving killed a local teenager is particularly galling.
December 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Attending any events in Saudi Arabia is questionable; the comedians who performed in Riyadh were rightly criticized.
But for the director of PBOT to attend an event in the country that smuggled out one of its citizens after his reckless driving killed a local teenager is particularly galling.
But for the director of PBOT to attend an event in the country that smuggled out one of its citizens after his reckless driving killed a local teenager is particularly galling.
The image in this post is is like an eye chart for right-wing weirdos. I can read down to row 6 before I start seeing names I don't recognize.
If this is liberty, give me death now please :( (So many libertarians are such lost souls.)
December 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The image in this post is is like an eye chart for right-wing weirdos. I can read down to row 6 before I start seeing names I don't recognize.
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Season 2 of Hush was what had finally convinced me to make a monthly OPB contribution…
On the day that @opb.org CEO Rachel Smolkin posted this video, saying OPB’s funding gap of $5 million was closed, I was also told by the Chief Content Officer that Hush was canceled. Eighty percent of my income, and my health insurance - gone. I was given no reason for the cancellation. 1/x
OPB has closed this year’s $5 million budget gap created when Congress ended federal funding. Our work is not done. A strong future for free and fair journalism requires your support.
https://www.opb.org/pressroom/presidents-update-funding-cut-update-building-trust/
https://www.opb.org/pressroom/presidents-update-funding-cut-update-building-trust/
December 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Season 2 of Hush was what had finally convinced me to make a monthly OPB contribution…
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We need Vintage Portland to start a BlueSky. Thank you for your attention to this matter and DO repeat this insight.
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
We need Vintage Portland to start a BlueSky. Thank you for your attention to this matter and DO repeat this insight.
Had a terrible experience on my evening walk tonight: attacked by a stray pit bull! Got a couple of bites on my forearm but my layers protected my skin. Fought it off enough that I thought that I could get away when a SECOND dog ran up and joined in.
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Had a terrible experience on my evening walk tonight: attacked by a stray pit bull! Got a couple of bites on my forearm but my layers protected my skin. Fought it off enough that I thought that I could get away when a SECOND dog ran up and joined in.
Went on Facebook today (my mom uses it) and saw an easy Portland history question that was answered very incorrectly by someone using ChatGPT. If you have an “olde” (pre-1931) address, use my site, PastPortland.com, instead of the fabrication machine! Local historians have correct answers!
PastPortland
A history of Portland, Oregon.
PastPortland.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Went on Facebook today (my mom uses it) and saw an easy Portland history question that was answered very incorrectly by someone using ChatGPT. If you have an “olde” (pre-1931) address, use my site, PastPortland.com, instead of the fabrication machine! Local historians have correct answers!
Luv to have a military helicopter fly really low directly above our apartment building! It was a tan color - I don't think I've seen that one yet.
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Luv to have a military helicopter fly really low directly above our apartment building! It was a tan color - I don't think I've seen that one yet.
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“Angelita Morillo proposed an amendment reallocating money from a city sweeps program, instead funding housing and food assistance, support for immigrants.”
Portland City Council will consider an amendment next week to redirect $4.3 million from the city program that sweeps homeless encampments. If passed, the budget adjustment will instead invest $2 million in rent and food assistance, and support for immigrants and refugees.
City Council Mulling $4.3 Million Cut From Homeless Sweeps Budget
“We’re in a position right now, where people are going to end up being unhoused for the long-term, and we have to take action,” City Councilor Angelita Morillo said, explaining a proposal to divert fu...
www.portlandmercury.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“Angelita Morillo proposed an amendment reallocating money from a city sweeps program, instead funding housing and food assistance, support for immigrants.”
Favorite costumes I've seen so far today:
• Santa Claus
• Pre-teen kid dressed totally normal but strolling down the street in a Michael Myers mask
• Santa Claus
• Pre-teen kid dressed totally normal but strolling down the street in a Michael Myers mask
October 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Favorite costumes I've seen so far today:
• Santa Claus
• Pre-teen kid dressed totally normal but strolling down the street in a Michael Myers mask
• Santa Claus
• Pre-teen kid dressed totally normal but strolling down the street in a Michael Myers mask
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As always, @khrissoden.bsky.social goes out of control with his terrain for today’s D&D game
October 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
As always, @khrissoden.bsky.social goes out of control with his terrain for today’s D&D game
Was doing some paper crafting and coming up with designs is a lot like web programming except you have physical versions of all your past failures leading up to the current build (which also failed).
October 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Was doing some paper crafting and coming up with designs is a lot like web programming except you have physical versions of all your past failures leading up to the current build (which also failed).
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If you’re a member of the Trash Mob, you can have this thing now!
October 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
If you’re a member of the Trash Mob, you can have this thing now!
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‘The Vampire’, “Ross’s Magazine”, Dec.1, 1915
October 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM
‘The Vampire’, “Ross’s Magazine”, Dec.1, 1915
At the protest I saw a handful of signs that were made with generative AI, which was pretty disappointing. Come on you guys, that's a fascist tool! Other than that it was a good time!
October 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
At the protest I saw a handful of signs that were made with generative AI, which was pretty disappointing. Come on you guys, that's a fascist tool! Other than that it was a good time!
If you’re not in Portland, you probably think of the fun & whimsical protests. That’s great! Fuck ICE. But we also have military helicopters flying over town from sundown into late in the night. They are a constant, awful presence. The Trump administration is trying to intimidate us and it sucks.
October 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
If you’re not in Portland, you probably think of the fun & whimsical protests. That’s great! Fuck ICE. But we also have military helicopters flying over town from sundown into late in the night. They are a constant, awful presence. The Trump administration is trying to intimidate us and it sucks.
I love Portland Frog but the presence of multiple Portland Frogs makes me worry that it turns into a Riot Ribs sort of situation.
October 11, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I love Portland Frog but the presence of multiple Portland Frogs makes me worry that it turns into a Riot Ribs sort of situation.
There was this common illustration style in the late 80s & early 90s that could be most charitably described as “newspaper comic strip inker’s 15-minute side gig”.
Day #136: Nestle Quik x The Atlanta Braves (1989)
October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
There was this common illustration style in the late 80s & early 90s that could be most charitably described as “newspaper comic strip inker’s 15-minute side gig”.
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He said this deliberately because he is a Nazi and he wants you to know he's a Nazi who you can't touch. He also wants other Nazis to know they can be open about the fact they are Nazis too.
This isn't an oversight, a fumble or an opportunity for a "heh, well actually, dummy" zinger.
This isn't an oversight, a fumble or an opportunity for a "heh, well actually, dummy" zinger.
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa
- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa
October 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
He said this deliberately because he is a Nazi and he wants you to know he's a Nazi who you can't touch. He also wants other Nazis to know they can be open about the fact they are Nazis too.
This isn't an oversight, a fumble or an opportunity for a "heh, well actually, dummy" zinger.
This isn't an oversight, a fumble or an opportunity for a "heh, well actually, dummy" zinger.
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Wild idea. I think consumers should be able to opt out of sharing an electric grid with data centers. I had the choice to pay a little extra on my bill to use clean energy years ago. I opted in, and the difference was minimal. Yet I wasn't given any choice about propping up a water guzzling Ai mill
October 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Wild idea. I think consumers should be able to opt out of sharing an electric grid with data centers. I had the choice to pay a little extra on my bill to use clean energy years ago. I opted in, and the difference was minimal. Yet I wasn't given any choice about propping up a water guzzling Ai mill
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Shoutout to Mythic Bastionland’s Infuriating Children table. @bastionland.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Shoutout to Mythic Bastionland’s Infuriating Children table. @bastionland.bsky.social
Reading this article this morning reminded me of a time back in 2017 when I asked a friend how things were going with his new girlfriend and he said, "Oh, I had break up with her. She's friends with Andy Ngo."
jewishcurrents.org/the-making-o...
jewishcurrents.org/the-making-o...
The Making of Andy Ngo
The right-wing provocateur’s grift exposing “the tyranny of the left” worked—until it didn’t.
jewishcurrents.org
September 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Reading this article this morning reminded me of a time back in 2017 when I asked a friend how things were going with his new girlfriend and he said, "Oh, I had break up with her. She's friends with Andy Ngo."
jewishcurrents.org/the-making-o...
jewishcurrents.org/the-making-o...
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Y'all think I'm joking but when those military jets start zooming overhead this afternoon? Well, stay calm and enjoy a beautiful fall day.
September 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Y'all think I'm joking but when those military jets start zooming overhead this afternoon? Well, stay calm and enjoy a beautiful fall day.
Even if you didn’t notice the merged books in the pile, something about the image seems “off” to you, right? It always does with AI and AI “artists” because they can’t replicate creating something by hand. 1/3
The internationally beloved bookstore said that it hired a local artist who used AI tools to help create the graphic.
A ‘wonky’ image on a Powell’s Books T-shirt was generated with help from AI. It caused an uproar
The internationally beloved bookstore said that it hired a local artist who used AI tools to help create the graphic.
www.oregonlive.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Even if you didn’t notice the merged books in the pile, something about the image seems “off” to you, right? It always does with AI and AI “artists” because they can’t replicate creating something by hand. 1/3