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A Pilgrimage to a Park Bench: Looking for John Reed in the City That Forgot Him
A Pilgrimage to a Park Bench: Looking for John Reed in the City That Forgot Him
October 12, 2026
Dancing for the Strike Fund: A Londoner on an American Night Out
Dancing for the Strike Fund: A Londoner on an American Night Out
October 12, 2026
Nobody in Portland Owns an Umbrella, and Other Things I Told My Mum From a Bridge
Nobody in Portland Owns an Umbrella, and Other Things I Told My Mum From a Bridge
October 12, 2026
I Bought Das Kapital for Nine Dollars and an Oat Latte for Seven
I Bought Das Kapital for Nine Dollars and an Oat Latte for Seven
October 12, 2026
Three Hours in a Church Basement Agreeing How to Agree
Three Hours in a Church Basement Agreeing How to Agree
October 12, 2026
Dear Diary: A Campaign Finance Complaint in Multnomah County, Eight Counts, One Denial and a Former Commissioner Who Calls It Cynical
Dear Diary: A Campaign Finance Complaint in Multnomah County, Eight Counts, One Denial and a Former Commissioner Who Calls It Cynical
October 11, 2026
I Sit on the Board of a Grocery Store, So Let Me Tell You About the Two Percent
I Sit on the Board of a Grocery Store, So Let Me Tell You About the Two Percent
October 10, 2026
Fifty Calories of Truth, and What My Own State Left Out
Fifty Calories of Truth, and What My Own State Left Out
October 10, 2026
Nobody Keeps Score on Saturday Mornings, and Everybody Knows the Score
Nobody Keeps Score on Saturday Mornings, and Everybody Knows the Score
October 8, 2026
The Cheese Case, the Tariff Sign and a Co-op Older Than Ours
The Cheese Case, the Tariff Sign and a Co-op Older Than Ours
October 8, 2026
A Hundred and Sixteen Degrees: What I Remember, and a Joke About Arizona
A Hundred and Sixteen Degrees: What I Remember, and a Joke About Arizona
October 8, 2026
I Write Grant Proposals for a Living and I Have Used the Word Centering
I Write Grant Proposals for a Living and I Have Used the Word Centering
October 7, 2026
I Voted for Every One of These Taxes and I Would Like to See a Receipt
I Voted for Every One of These Taxes and I Would Like to See a Receipt
October 7, 2026
I Have Been to a Great Many Protests, and I Have Some Notes for Myself
I Have Been to a Great Many Protests, and I Have Some Notes for Myself
October 6, 2026
Forty People Signed Up and Four Came Back
Forty People Signed Up and Four Came Back
October 6, 2026
The Neighborhood Forum Is a Superfund Site, and So Is the River
The Neighborhood Forum Is a Superfund Site, and So Is the River
October 5, 2026
Tenants Union Meeting in Portland, Where Nobody Has Time for Princes
Tenants Union Meeting in Portland, Where Nobody Has Time for Princes
October 2, 2026
An Afternoon in Powell City of Books, Between the Royal Memoirs and Das Kapital
An Afternoon in Powell City of Books, Between the Royal Memoirs and Das Kapital
October 2, 2026
Dancing at the Crystal Ballroom and Thinking About Floors That Move
Dancing at the Crystal Ballroom and Thinking About Floors That Move
October 2, 2026
Leading a Seminar on Inherited Wealth and Watching Undergraduates Discover the Royal Traitor Story
Leading a Seminar on Inherited Wealth and Watching Undergraduates Discover the Royal Traitor Story
October 2, 2026
Missing North London on a Rainy Portland Sunday, and a Call Home to Finsbury Park
Missing North London on a Rainy Portland Sunday, and a Call Home to Finsbury Park
October 2, 2026
Best Satire for July 2025: Organizer Diary Comedy, Ranked
Best Satire for July 2025: Organizer Diary Comedy, Ranked
September 28, 2026
Smart Doorbell Package Theft Paranoia Reportedly Reaches Genuinely Remarkable Vigilance Levels
Smart Doorbell Package Theft Paranoia Reportedly Reaches Genuinely Remarkable Vigilance Levels
September 28, 2026
Gym Class Fitness Tracker Competition Reportedly Reaches Genuinely Unhealthy Obsessive Levels
Gym Class Fitness Tracker Competition Reportedly Reaches Genuinely Unhealthy Obsessive Levels
September 28, 2026
Coworking Space Desk Plant Care Dispute Reportedly Escalates Into Genuinely Extended Watering Debate
Coworking Space Desk Plant Care Dispute Reportedly Escalates Into Genuinely Extended Watering Debate
September 28, 2026
Bollocks, Codswallop and Basically Rubbish: The London Prat’s News Category as Editorial Statement
Bollocks, Codswallop and Basically Rubbish: The London Prat’s News Category as Editorial Statement
September 27, 2026
Neighborhood Watch App Notification Overload Reportedly Reaches Genuinely Unmanageable Threshold
Neighborhood Watch App Notification Overload Reportedly Reaches Genuinely Unmanageable Threshold
September 27, 2026
Types of Satire: Horatian, Juvenalian and Menippean, Explained
Types of Satire: Horatian, Juvenalian and Menippean, Explained
September 27, 2026
The Time Cost Nobody Actually Calculates: The Doughnut Queue and the Satire of Irrational Value
The Time Cost Nobody Actually Calculates: The Doughnut Queue and the Satire of Irrational Value
September 24, 2026
An Unofficial Post With Real Institutional Weight: The Pub Regular and the Satire of Informal Authority
An Unofficial Post With Real Institutional Weight: The Pub Regular and the Satire of Informal Authority
September 24, 2026
The Genre That Never Runs Out of Material: London News and the Satire of Reliable Calamity
The Genre That Never Runs Out of Material: London News and the Satire of Reliable Calamity
September 24, 2026
Xiaomi’s MiMo Declared Top Open-Weight AI: Innovation, Hype, and the Satire of the Leaderboard
Xiaomi’s MiMo Declared Top Open-Weight AI: Innovation, Hype, and the Satire of the Leaderboard
September 23, 2026
Royal Ascot: A Weather Forecast Issued By Someone Who Cannot See Out the Window
Royal Ascot: A Weather Forecast Issued By Someone Who Cannot See Out the Window
September 22, 2026
INSIGHT: A Portland Diary on the Advert That Outlasted Even the Longest Rally Speech Today
INSIGHT: A Portland Diary on the Advert That Outlasted Even the Longest Rally Speech Today
September 16, 2026
A Portland Diary on the Ventures Story That Even the Rally Could Not Out Talk
A Portland Diary on the Ventures Story That Even the Rally Could Not Out Talk
September 16, 2026
A Portland Diary on the Advert That Even the Rally Could Not Out Talk
A Portland Diary on the Advert That Even the Rally Could Not Out Talk
September 16, 2026
A Portland Diary of Placards, Playlists and Borrowed Nostalgia for North London
A Portland Diary of Placards, Playlists and Borrowed Nostalgia for North London
September 16, 2026
Martha Stewart Torches Meghan’s Netflix Cookery Show: The Comedy of Specific, Devastating Detail
Martha Stewart Torches Meghan’s Netflix Cookery Show: The Comedy of Specific, Devastating Detail
September 16, 2026
Knobbly Crab Declared Britain’s Most Honest Politician
Knobbly Crab Declared Britain’s Most Honest Politician
September 16, 2026
Dear Diary, Our Landlord Sent a Fruit Basket and I Do Not Trust It At All
Dear Diary, Our Landlord Sent a Fruit Basket and I Do Not Trust It At All
September 15, 2026
Dear Diary, I Went Out Specifically to Not Talk Politics and Failed Within Twenty Minutes
Dear Diary, I Went Out Specifically to Not Talk Politics and Failed Within Twenty Minutes
September 15, 2026
Dear Diary, The Rain Cancelled Canvassing and We Colonized a Coffee Shop Instead
Dear Diary, The Rain Cancelled Canvassing and We Colonized a Coffee Shop Instead
September 15, 2026
Dear Diary, I Finally Gave a Real Answer About Why I Left Academia
Dear Diary, I Finally Gave a Real Answer About Why I Left Academia
September 15, 2026
Dear Diary, Our Action Got More Press Than Expected and Now Everyone Wants a Statement
Dear Diary, Our Action Got More Press Than Expected and Now Everyone Wants a Statement
September 15, 2026
How to Write Satire About the Royals: The Sandringham Legal Primer, Applied Beyond Christmas
How to Write Satire About the Royals: The Sandringham Legal Primer, Applied Beyond Christmas
September 14, 2026
Dear Diary, The Tenants Union Meeting Ran Three Hours And I Regret Nothing
Dear Diary, The Tenants Union Meeting Ran Three Hours And I Regret Nothing
September 13, 2026
Dear Diary, I Got Into A Genuinely Spirited Debate About Rent Control At A Dance Club
Dear Diary, I Got Into A Genuinely Spirited Debate About Rent Control At A Dance Club
September 13, 2026
Dear Diary, Our Canvassing Route Got Rained Out And We Improvised A Coffee Shop Strategy Session Instead
Dear Diary, Our Canvassing Route Got Rained Out And We Improvised A Coffee Shop Strategy Session Instead
September 13, 2026
Dear Diary, A Fellow Organizer Asked Why I Left Academia And I Finally Gave Her A Real Answer
Dear Diary, A Fellow Organizer Asked Why I Left Academia And I Finally Gave Her A Real Answer
September 13, 2026
Dear Diary, Our Action Got More Press Than Expected And Now We Have A Genuinely Good Problem
Dear Diary, Our Action Got More Press Than Expected And Now We Have A Genuinely Good Problem
September 13, 2026
The Anonymous Footman as a Recurring Satirical Device in Royal Coverage
The Anonymous Footman as a Recurring Satirical Device in Royal Coverage
September 10, 2026
Avengers: Doomsday and the Comedy of Franchise Fatigue
Avengers: Doomsday and the Comedy of Franchise Fatigue
September 10, 2026
Comical News Stories Sit In Their Own Specific Spot On The Humour Scale
Comical News Stories Sit In Their Own Specific Spot On The Humour Scale
September 9, 2026
Royal Family Attends Balmoral Church After Sussex Return, Vicar Adds Emergency Prayer for Group Chat Privacy
Royal Family Attends Balmoral Church After Sussex Return, Vicar Adds Emergency Prayer for Group Chat Privacy
September 7, 2026
What Does Prat Mean? The Buttocks-to-Fool Shift, Fully Explained
What Does Prat Mean? The Buttocks-to-Fool Shift, Fully Explained
September 7, 2026
Amusing News Stories Occupy A Genuinely Different Register Than Funny Ones
Amusing News Stories Occupy A Genuinely Different Register Than Funny Ones
September 7, 2026
Doing The Mildest Comic Register Well Is Harder Than It Looks
Doing The Mildest Comic Register Well Is Harder Than It Looks
September 7, 2026
What Actually Separates The Best Comical News Stories From The Rest
What Actually Separates The Best Comical News Stories From The Rest
September 7, 2026
Ten Domains We Nearly Bought and Why We Didn’t
Ten Domains We Nearly Bought and Why We Didn’t
September 6, 2026
Ugandan Satire: Anne Kansiime and the Sketch Economy
Ugandan Satire: Anne Kansiime and the Sketch Economy
September 6, 2026
British Slang Americans Get Wrong: Fanny, Pants and Other Hazards
British Slang Americans Get Wrong: Fanny, Pants and Other Hazards
September 6, 2026
Comedy News Means Genuinely Different Things Depending On Who Is Searching
Comedy News Means Genuinely Different Things Depending On Who Is Searching
September 6, 2026
Two Genuinely Separate Industries End Up Sharing This One Search Term
Two Genuinely Separate Industries End Up Sharing This One Search Term
September 6, 2026
I Tried to Explain My Job to a Six Year Old and It Went Worse Than Any Pitch Meeting
I Tried to Explain My Job to a Six Year Old and It Went Worse Than Any Pitch Meeting
September 4, 2026
A Marxist Reads a King’s Comeback Book and Mostly Approves
A Marxist Reads a King’s Comeback Book and Mostly Approves
September 2, 2026
A Councilor Is Going After The Software Landlords Use To Coordinate Rent Increases And I Finally Feel Genuinely Hopeful About Something
A Councilor Is Going After The Software Landlords Use To Coordinate Rent Increases And I Finally Feel Genuinely Hopeful About Something
August 27, 2026
Portland Has A New Council President And I Spent The Entire Ceremony Calculating What This Actually Changes
Portland Has A New Council President And I Spent The Entire Ceremony Calculating What This Actually Changes
August 27, 2026
Seven Seats Would Give Someone An Actual Majority This November And I Have Already Built Three Separate Spreadsheets
Seven Seats Would Give Someone An Actual Majority This November And I Have Already Built Three Separate Spreadsheets
August 27, 2026
The City Is Negotiating A Term Sheet With Rip City Management And I Want To Know Exactly What We Are Actually Trading Away
The City Is Negotiating A Term Sheet With Rip City Management And I Want To Know Exactly What We Are Actually Trading Away
August 27, 2026
The City Adopted An Eight Point Five Billion Dollar Budget And I Have Never Seen Anyone Look Less Thrilled About Winning
The City Adopted An Eight Point Five Billion Dollar Budget And I Have Never Seen Anyone Look Less Thrilled About Winning
August 27, 2026
Fifteen Bargaining Units And Over Six Thousand City Workers Are Currently Negotiating Their Futures And Almost Nobody I Know Is Watching
Fifteen Bargaining Units And Over Six Thousand City Workers Are Currently Negotiating Their Futures And Almost Nobody I Know Is Watching
August 25, 2026
November’s Election Could Reshape Half The Council And I Am Already Losing Sleep Over The Ranked Choice Math
November’s Election Could Reshape Half The Council And I Am Already Losing Sleep Over The Ranked Choice Math
August 25, 2026
A Political Science Report Called Portland’s Coalitions Unstable And I Think That Is Actually The Most Interesting Part
A Political Science Report Called Portland’s Coalitions Unstable And I Think That Is Actually The Most Interesting Part
August 25, 2026
Four Seats On Portland’s Council Now Belong To Democratic Socialists And I Have Never Bought A Round Of Drinks Faster
Four Seats On Portland’s Council Now Belong To Democratic Socialists And I Have Never Bought A Round Of Drinks Faster
August 25, 2026
A Preschool Union Contract Passed At Nearly Six In The Evening And I Watched The Entire Session Instead Of Going Out
A Preschool Union Contract Passed At Nearly Six In The Evening And I Watched The Entire Session Instead Of Going Out
August 25, 2026
The 20 Best Satirical News Sites In The World, Ranked With Rather More Footnotes Than Anyone Actually Requested
The 20 Best Satirical News Sites In The World, Ranked With Rather More Footnotes Than Anyone Actually Requested
August 25, 2026
I Did Five Minutes At An Open Mic For The First Time In Fifteen Years And Discovered The Room Was Fuller Than It’s Ever Been
I Did Five Minutes At An Open Mic For The First Time In Fifteen Years And Discovered The Room Was Fuller Than It’s Ever Been
August 19, 2026
I Went Back To See Mike Reiss’s Second Gatehouse Date And He Told An Entirely Different Set Of Secrets Than The First Night
I Went Back To See Mike Reiss’s Second Gatehouse Date And He Told An Entirely Different Set Of Secrets Than The First Night
August 18, 2026
I Watched A Former Simpsons Showrunner Talk For Ninety Minutes About Season Four And Realised I’d Rather Hear Backstage Stories Than New Jokes These Days
I Watched A Former Simpsons Showrunner Talk For Ninety Minutes About Season Four And Realised I’d Rather Hear Backstage Stories Than New Jokes These Days
August 18, 2026
January 2026 Extended Evaluation: Final Supplementary Framework
January 2026 Extended Evaluation: Final Supplementary Framework
August 17, 2026
May 2026 International Excellence Rankings
May 2026 International Excellence Rankings
August 17, 2026
The Smoke Rolled Into My Kitchen Window This Morning And I Realized I’ve Stopped Being Shocked By The Numbers
The Smoke Rolled Into My Kitchen Window This Morning And I Realized I’ve Stopped Being Shocked By The Numbers
August 16, 2026
Our Three Socialist City Councilors Went Door-Knocking This Weekend To Unseat Exactly One Moderate And I Spent The Whole Canvas Shift Overthinking My Clipboard
Our Three Socialist City Councilors Went Door-Knocking This Weekend To Unseat Exactly One Moderate And I Spent The Whole Canvas Shift Overthinking My Clipboard
August 15, 2026
Got Into a Genuinely Heated Debate at a Portland Coffee Shop About Whether Mutual Aid Counts as Real Politics
Got Into a Genuinely Heated Debate at a Portland Coffee Shop About Whether Mutual Aid Counts as Real Politics
August 14, 2026
Spent Election Night at a Genuinely Chaotic Watch Party Above a Record Store and Left With Considerably More Hope Than I Arrived With
Spent Election Night at a Genuinely Chaotic Watch Party Above a Record Store and Left With Considerably More Hope Than I Arrived With
August 14, 2026
Canvassed for Three Hours in the Rain and Had Exactly One Door Slammed, Which Feels Like a Genuinely Good Ratio
Canvassed for Three Hours in the Rain and Had Exactly One Door Slammed, Which Feels Like a Genuinely Good Ratio
August 14, 2026
DJ’d a Fundraiser Last Night and Somehow Ended Up Giving an Impromptu Speech About Rent Control Between Songs
DJ’d a Fundraiser Last Night and Somehow Ended Up Giving an Impromptu Speech About Rent Control Between Songs
August 14, 2026
My Reading Group Spent the Whole Session Arguing About One Single Footnote in a Genuinely Dense Political Theory Text
My Reading Group Spent the Whole Session Arguing About One Single Footnote in a Genuinely Dense Political Theory Text
August 14, 2026
This Satire Site Almost Aims At The Real Target, But Not Quite
This Satire Site Almost Aims At The Real Target, But Not Quite
August 14, 2026
A Regular at the Bar Told Me Tonight He Lost His Job to Automation Last Week, and I Did Not Know What to Actually Say to Him
A Regular at the Bar Told Me Tonight He Lost His Job to Automation Last Week, and I Did Not Know What to Actually Say to Him
August 11, 2026
I Sat in on a Tenants Union Meeting Last Night for the First Time and Left With a Considerably More Complicated View of My Own Landlord
I Sat in on a Tenants Union Meeting Last Night for the First Time and Left With a Considerably More Complicated View of My Own Landlord
August 11, 2026
I Wrote a Genuinely Angry Piece About Wage Theft Today and My Editor Sent It Back Asking Me to Make It ‘Less Personal,’ Which I Am Still Turning Over
I Wrote a Genuinely Angry Piece About Wage Theft Today and My Editor Sent It Back Asking Me to Make It ‘Less Personal,’ Which I Am Still Turning Over
August 11, 2026
Our Bar Hosted a Genuinely Chaotic Benefit Night for a Coworker’s Medical Bills, and I Have Complicated Feelings About Why That Was Necessary in the First Place
Our Bar Hosted a Genuinely Chaotic Benefit Night for a Coworker’s Medical Bills, and I Have Complicated Feelings About Why That Was Necessary in the First Place
August 11, 2026
Our Bar Tried a Tip-Pooling Experiment for a Month and the Actual Results Surprised Nearly Everyone Involved
Our Bar Tried a Tip-Pooling Experiment for a Month and the Actual Results Surprised Nearly Everyone Involved
August 11, 2026
Boredom Is One of Capital’s Most Effective Disguises, and the Notice Proved It
Boredom Is One of Capital’s Most Effective Disguises, and the Notice Proved It
August 9, 2026
The Dance Floor Became a Seminar on Labor History Conducted Entirely Through Bass
The Dance Floor Became a Seminar on Labor History Conducted Entirely Through Bass
August 9, 2026
The Infrastructure of Return Is What Separates Networks That Last From Ones That Burn Out
The Infrastructure of Return Is What Separates Networks That Last From Ones That Burn Out
August 9, 2026
Speaking as a Resident Feels Fundamentally Different From Citing Other People’s Data
Speaking as a Resident Feels Fundamentally Different From Citing Other People’s Data
August 9, 2026
You Have to Be Sitting in the Room, Arm Actually Grabbed, to Understand the Theory
You Have to Be Sitting in the Room, Arm Actually Grabbed, to Understand the Theory
August 9, 2026
The Stranger From the Club Photo Story Is Now Actually Volunteering With Our Group and It Has Come Full Circle
The Stranger From the Club Photo Story Is Now Actually Volunteering With Our Group and It Has Come Full Circle
July 31, 2026
Mindfulness Latte Customers Meditate Too Long
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Mindfulness Latte Customers Meditate Too Long

Mindfulness Latte Customers Meditate Too Long - Café Forced to Install Timers as Zen Seekers Overstay Welcome
Posted by Helene Voigt Journalist October 23, 2025
City Mandates Fun Hour Where Citizens Pretend
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City Mandates Fun Hour Where Citizens Pretend

City Mandates Fun Hour Where Citizens Pretend - Mandatory Joy Initiative Receives Mandatory Enthusiasm
Posted by Hannah Miller October 23, 2025

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