Julie McClendon (she/her/hers)
@1juliemac.bsky.social
Professional Computer Nerd who got a CS degree in 1989 (Oregon State University). My old obsession was softball. My newer addiction is video games.
Chuck is a great leader in whatever position he holds.
In January 2025, after four years directing the National Park Service, Chuck Sams stepped down from his post and moved from Washington, D.C. to his home in Pendleton, Oregon. Back at the agency, where he’d just served as its first Native American director, 1,000 workers had just lost their jobs.
Former National Park Service director reflects on layoffs, deep cuts
The first Native American director of the park service spoke on OPB’s "Think Out Loud" about the impacts of the Trump administration on the country’s national parks.
www.opb.org
February 14, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Chuck is a great leader in whatever position he holds.
Yikes! Just north of us (about 90 miles).
A white man in Dillard, Oregon was arrested for stopping people on the freeway to demand at gunpoint that they tell him if they were citizens. He shot and missed one + attempted to get another in his truck to bring to police. Before his spree, he called local PD to complain about "foreign" people.
Defendant contacted police before freeway shooting
Charles Glen Simmons, 53, of Dillard, is in the Douglas County Jail on $1 million bail after Thursday morning’s alleged crime spree. According to a press release from the Oregon
www.nrtoday.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Yikes! Just north of us (about 90 miles).
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Growing wildfire risk and the costs of rebuilding have driven premiums up in Oregon.
Oregon proposal would give homeowners new way to lower insurance bill
Growing wildfire risk and the costs of rebuilding have driven premiums up in Oregon.
www.oregonlive.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Growing wildfire risk and the costs of rebuilding have driven premiums up in Oregon.
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The National Weather Service used AI to create a forecast for Idaho. Low chances of wind for the nonexistent towns of Cocrerrireod, Orangeotild and Whata Bod www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
January 7, 2026 at 2:32 PM
The National Weather Service used AI to create a forecast for Idaho. Low chances of wind for the nonexistent towns of Cocrerrireod, Orangeotild and Whata Bod www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
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December 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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First he wants to call soccer "football" and now he wants to recognize Boxing Day as a federal holiday?
I hate to say it folks, but I think Trump might be Secretly British™
I hate to say it folks, but I think Trump might be Secretly British™
Providing for the Closure of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on December 24, 2025, and December 26, 2025
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. All
www.whitehouse.gov
December 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
First he wants to call soccer "football" and now he wants to recognize Boxing Day as a federal holiday?
I hate to say it folks, but I think Trump might be Secretly British™
I hate to say it folks, but I think Trump might be Secretly British™
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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Speak on this!
I don’t think night people get enough credit for adapting to a world run by day people
December 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Speak on this!
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Happy Chompsgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Happy Chompsgiving!
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November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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"Miles said her son and uncle were both detained by ICE agents who initially did not accept their tribal IDs before they were eventually let go."
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"Miles said her son and uncle were both detained by ICE agents who initially did not accept their tribal IDs before they were eventually let go."
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Sometimes we have to laugh to keep from crying. [Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad]
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Sometimes we have to laugh to keep from crying. [Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad]
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Ashland, long celebrated for Shakespearean drama, is about to trade soliloquies for sarcasm, hosting the inaugural Ashland Sarcasm Festival, a comedy takeover designed to fill theaters, bars & restaurants with sharp wit, satire and laughter Dec. 5-7. ashland.news/something-wi...
Something witty this way comes: First-ever Ashland Sarcasm Festival set for Dec. 5–7 - Ashland News - Community-Supported, NonProfit News
Ashland, long celebrated for its Shakespearean drama, is about to trade soliloquies for sarcasm. From Dec. 5 to 7, the city will host the inaugural Ashland Sarcasm Festival (ASF!), a comedy takeover d...
ashland.news
November 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Ashland, long celebrated for Shakespearean drama, is about to trade soliloquies for sarcasm, hosting the inaugural Ashland Sarcasm Festival, a comedy takeover designed to fill theaters, bars & restaurants with sharp wit, satire and laughter Dec. 5-7. ashland.news/something-wi...
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LET ME BE PERFECTLY CLEAR: DOJ DID ALL OF THIS TO TRY AND STOP PAYMENTS TO PEOPLE UNDER AN ANTI-HUNGER PROGRAM.
Oh, this is wild.
DOJ went to SCOTUS *before* we got the First Circuit's administrative stay denial. (We know this because DOJ just filed a letter at SCOTUS about the admin stay denial.)
So, DOJ went to SCOTUS b/c the First Circuit did not meet its less-than-seven-hour "deadline" for a ruling.
DOJ went to SCOTUS *before* we got the First Circuit's administrative stay denial. (We know this because DOJ just filed a letter at SCOTUS about the admin stay denial.)
So, DOJ went to SCOTUS b/c the First Circuit did not meet its less-than-seven-hour "deadline" for a ruling.
November 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
LET ME BE PERFECTLY CLEAR: DOJ DID ALL OF THIS TO TRY AND STOP PAYMENTS TO PEOPLE UNDER AN ANTI-HUNGER PROGRAM.
The history of Guitar Hero. 🎸
How Guitar Hero made everybody a rock star
We can confirm: the original game totally holds up.
www.theverge.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The history of Guitar Hero. 🎸
Happy to start my Outer Worlds 2 journey. 🎮
October 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Happy to start my Outer Worlds 2 journey. 🎮
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Oh, god. I’m going to have to talk with my nephew about this. 💔
October 23, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Oh, god. I’m going to have to talk with my nephew about this. 💔
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October 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
October 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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Ongoing protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement policies took a two-wheeled turn in Portland today, when hundreds of people — some fully or partially nude — gathered for what organizers dubbed an Emergency World Naked Bike Ride.
October 13, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Ongoing protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement policies took a two-wheeled turn in Portland today, when hundreds of people — some fully or partially nude — gathered for what organizers dubbed an Emergency World Naked Bike Ride.
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Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
October 10, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
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the portland chicken guy 🥰
![Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.
There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.
What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.
It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lzlqyldh7nfc34pfffvd24ko/bafkreiap6asa64jdjb2vlv4c2sdritjrntsibvsv7baj6o4cgwcfgsjeny@jpeg)
October 10, 2025 at 3:38 AM
the portland chicken guy 🥰
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Published, promoted, and off to eat some Jeni’s.
Federal judge blocks Trump's National Guard mobilization in Oregon
"The President’s determination" that the Guard was needed "was simply untethered to the facts," Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, found. DOJ is appealing.
www.lawdork.com
October 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Published, promoted, and off to eat some Jeni’s.