Another wildfire year where people don’t know where to find evacuation information because Oregon lacks a single cohesive place to find it. WatchDuty links to maps that crash. Local govts are relying on Facebook to share critical information.

People are having trouble viewing evacuation maps and the Oregon Emergency Management’s website is glitching. This is what it shows when you click the evacuation map links in WatchDuty, the app that people widely use for fire info.

This is a reminder that the West is often filled with harmful, smoky air, but air quality doesn't make national headlines until it reaches the East Coast.

The whole West is in a snow drought, but it's especially bad in Oregon.

False spring or never winter?

The funny thing is people always want to pet him but he wants nothing to do with anyone but his two humans and his lil sis.

Clarification: Huckleberry does participate in a summer backyard hose down.

Can you imagine just waking up and looking like this? With no effort whatsoever? He doesn’t even shower.

The Dalles aims to expand its reservoir by acquiring the federal forestland around it through a bill sponsored by Oregon Congressman Cliff Bentz. Bentz told me he doesn’t know how the additional water will be used.

Google execs say they are all about transparency. Their track record says otherwise. They tried to keep their water use secret. The Oregonian had to sue to make that information public. This was one Google executive’s response when I pressed him about the lawsuit.

The plan: Spam journalists' inboxes

And Scout!

Sweet Wilbur, just happy to be getting is daily brush.

And now Pippa, perturbed that I would dare touch her with this vile thing I found.

If you’re needing some not sad content, here are the varied reactions of all my children to “skelly pets.” Starting with loyal, trusting Huckleberry.

Passing the time by taking dramatic photos of my cats bathed in the lighting of my headlamp.

I searched the hashtag out of curiosity, half expecting to at least find some posts about the Timbers or something. Almost no one is using it.

The Bureau of Land Management is no longer being shy about prioritizing logging in Oregon’s forests. I can’t say I ever noticed it using the hashtag #TimberDominance at the end of a press release before.

The Australia-based company proposing the lithium project, Jindalee Resources, posted this to X yesterday.

I learned recently that it’s not uncommon for a local court to have a “knife bush.” That is, a bush outside where people temporarily stash their pocket knives so they could get through security.

I've asked the USDA if this is accurate. They wouldn't specifically say if it's true or not, instead providing this statement.

Oregon DEQ is giving away food waste prevention week stickers & they seem weirdly suggestive.

This tree has been in my neighbor’s driveway for months & it’s barely browned. What is keeping you alive, bro? Tell me your secrets.

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Here’s what it looks like now and what it looked like on the 24th.

Best thing I’ve impulsed bought recently or maybe ever

Not for nothing, AI has done wonders to help the goth community reimagine everything as goth.

Few people who fly through the Medford airport know they could rent a conference room replica of the Oval Office.