iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/11/2026

The pumpkin exhibit by the Tiny Interactive Media Museum (T.i.M.M.) can be seen at the SW 5th & Jefferson Max rail stop. It's pretty awesome. www.thetimm.com #portland

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/10/2026

Me: I hate IP movies. They're all a bunch of cynical cash grabs, pushing out creative, original stories. Also Me: I've got my Godzilla Minus Zero tickets for the OMSI big screen. Squee! omsi.edu/events/godzilla-minus-zero

Godzilla rises out of the sea, his dark, rough-textured head and jagged dorsal spines bursting through a wall of spray as water streams down his face and shoulders. Heavy gray storm clouds fill the sky behind him.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/10/2026

This is my usual desktop background. It's making me a little wistful today.

A desktop wallpaper illustration of the Star Trek: The Next Generation crew in a wooden oval frame, each character wearing a silly towering headdress of tropical fruit, flowers, and leaves. The framed portrait hangs by a wire from a nail on a retro wallpaper pattern of pink hibiscus and orange roses.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/10/2026

Happy "International Coffee Day" to all who celebrate. And if you missed out today, no worries. There will be another one tomorrow. And another the day after. And the day after that ...

A black-and-white retro clip-art drawing of a smiling, wide-eyed woman with dark curled hair holding up a mug of coffee beside her face.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/10/2026

The New York Times is trying to stir up shit in the Alaska senate race, and their article uses a conveniently misleading graphic (shown first below). The second image is the full screenshot from the Anchorage, AK sample ballot. See what's missing from the NYT […] [Original post on pdx.social]

A New York Times article screenshot headlined "Inside Democrats' Secret Effort to Stack Alaska's Ballot." Below it, an angled close-up of a sample ballot lists Gerald L. Heikes, Mary Peltola, and two Sullivans highlighted in yellow: "Sullivan, Daniel J. Jr." with no party listed, and "Sullivan, Dan S. (Registered Republican) Incumbent."

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A screenshot of the full "United States Senator" section of the same ballot shows the four candidates and write-in line from the previous image. This view adds the ranked-choice grid: five red ovals per row in columns labeled "1st Choice" through "5th Choice."

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/10/2026

I turned in my ballot three days ago. Woke up this morning to a message, "We haven't received your ballot. Don't forget to turn it in." 😱 An hour ago, got the message, "Your ballot has been accepted and counted." 😅 #OregonVotes

An "I Voted" graphic shaped like the state of Oregon, with "I Voted" in large yellow serif letters on a navy blue silhouette of the state. A small "#oregonvotes" hashtag in yellow sits at the lower left corner.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/10/2026

I visited the Hood River valley today, and now I have a good 10 lbs of baking apples. Lucky me.

A cardboard box filled with red apples streaked with yellow and green sits under a sign reading "Red Rome," with a handwritten price of $1.79 per pound. The sign describes the variety as best for baking and a found seedling from 1820s Ohio, with a tart-to-sweet gauge pointing to 4 and icons for an oven, pie, a fresh apple, and salad.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

Cool things your can do at the #library. (Number 42,883 in a series.) #portland #multnomah

A red-and-black sign taped with blue painter's tape above a library book return reads "This Book Return is an Official Ballot Drop Site, October 14 - November 3, 2026," with the Multnomah County Library and Multnomah County logos. The stainless steel return chute hangs open in the brick wall, holding a yellow-and-white Multnomah Votes official ballot return envelope.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

How to do a shitty promotional email. 1. Don't say (in text) what you are trying to promote. 2. Make "PURCHASE TICKETS" look like a link, but it's just underlined text, and there's no functioning link in the text. (I suspect it's for their staging of Pride and […] [Original post on pdx.social]

A Mozilla Thunderbird screenshot of an email from Stumptown Stages headed "FINAL WEEKEND!" that lists "Best Ticket Availability" times, performance dates, and the venue address, but its text never names the show being promoted. The words "PURCHASE TICKETS" appear in red, underlined like a clickable link, above the box office phone number.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

@jette.bsky.social just returned from a trip to the UK, and she brought me back this fabulous present. I have the best wife ever.

A can of Batchelors Original Mushy Peas with a blue label showing a green splash behind yellow and white lettering, plus badges reading "1 of your 5 a day," "High in Protein," and "British Grown and Packed" with a Union Jack heart. The can stands on a black glass cooktop.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

Mmmmm, who wants a big pile of disgusting slop?

A food trailer's banner for Bigoli, "Authentic Venetian Pasta," is illustrated entirely with AI-generated artwork, including five fake-looking, unappetizing plates of noodle heaps under the dish names. On the right, an unrealistic glossy photo shows a woman grabbing a fistful of limp, plain spaghetti and dangling it over her open mouth.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

OH NO!! The Beard Papa is gone from Uwajimaya Beaverton. 😭 CC @agnes

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

WEDNESDAY - Celebrate National Digital Inclusion Week at Multnomah County Library! ** TOMORROW ** Talk Tech Together: Strategies for Digital Empowerment Wed, Oct 07 12:30pm - 3:30pm Albina Library, Portland Join a gathering of community members and digital […] [Original post on pdx.social]

A graphic titled "Talk Tech Together" in large orange letters, with the subtitle "Strategies for Digital Empowerment," beside a photo of a man wearing a "Digital Helper" name tag showing a laptop to a smiling older woman. A banner reading "Access. Skills. Opportunity." hangs behind them.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Stop fear mongering, Guardian. The risk isn't the tool. The risk is bad design.

A screenshot of a Guardian article headlined "Georgia holds emergency meeting on A̶I̶ exposing voters' secret ballots," with the struck word "AI" scribbled out in magenta and "bad design" hand written in. In the subhead, "A Princeton researcher found that publicly available election records could b̶e̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶b̶i̶n̶e̶d̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶A̶I̶ ̶t̶o̶ link voters to their ballots," the struck words are also scribbled out in magenta.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Celebrate National Digital Inclusion Week at Multnomah County Library! Talk Tech Together: Strategies for Digital Empowerment Join a gathering of community members and digital inclusion practitioners to discuss interests, needs, and concerns related to […] [Original post on pdx.social]

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

Hey, Marshmallows: if you're a Veronica Mars fan you may be interested in this Kickstarter campaign. Jen Johans wants to write a book and is looking for support to meet the stretch goals. One week left to pitch in […] [Original post on pdx.social]

A promotional poster for the television series "Veronica Mars," with the title in red and black at the top. A blonde woman in a dark top stands at the center with hands in her pockets, flanked by six other cast members, a motorcycle, and palm trees behind them.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Can anybody in #portland suggest how I can find a new home for this over-the-range microwave oven. (Or take it yourself!) It's in fine working order (pulled it to replace with a dedicated vent hood) and I'd prefer to avoid making it landfill waste. I just […] [Original post on pdx.social]

A stainless steel over-the-range microwave sits on a concrete floor, its wide black glass front showing preset buttons for popcorn, pizza, defrost, and sensor cook alongside a number keypad. The exterior is clean and undented, with the Samsung name across the bottom and mounting hardware visible on top.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Today we wrap up my #pdxTwoYears series (see hashtag for info), celebrating favorite coffee spots around the neighborhood, with my very favorite: my front yard. My coffee of choice is Hawthorne Blend by Portland Coffee Roasters (available at New Seasons grocery) […] [Original post on pdx.social]

Two Adirondack chairs painted in Pride rainbow stripes sit on a concrete patio, one in reds and yellows and the other in greens, blues, and purple, with a dark coffee mug resting on the arm of the second chair. Behind them is a blue-gray house with a bay window and black front door, framed by flowering shrubs and hydrangeas.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

For the penultimate post in my #pdxTwoYears series (see hashtag for info), we land back in my neighborhood at my second favorite coffee spot: Fetch Coffee Roasters. fetchroasters.com You can sit indoors or out on the sidewalk. It can get busy, but I've […] [Original post on pdx.social]

The corner entrance of Fetch Coffee Roasters in a red brick building, its blue sign above a wooden door with a small awning. A maple turning orange and gold stands out front, a dark SUV is parked at the curb, and a person sits at a sidewalk table beside a matching sandwich board.

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A sunlit corner table in a coffee house, with a sesame bagel and cream cheese on a white plate, a yellow mug, and a tablet showing sheet music with a pink keyboard. Windows look out to the street on two sides, with armchairs, a potted plant, and the service counter beyond.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Google search is trash. That's why I subscribe to #Kagi. Except I've continued to use Google for specialty searches: news and images. Yesterday I posted a screenshot showing how bad Google News search is. Today I realized, "Hey! Kagi has a news search. I should […] [Original post on pdx.social]

A Kagi news search for "ed sheeran," listing article headlines from a range of news sources. The timestamps show the results are current, ranging from 24 minutes to one day old.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

At my neighborhood CVS the Red Vines are on an open shelf but the Twizzlers are locked away behind glass. And that makes total sense, because as everybody knows Red Vines are trash and nobody would want to steal them.

Two stacks of blue Red Vines Original Red Twists packages sit loose on a sparsely filled white store shelf, with several inches of bare space around them. A yellow sale tag at the shelf edge advertises a buy-one-get-one offer, and bags of caramels sit on the shelf below.

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A store candy display behind a locked glass cabinet door, with the lock visible at the left edge. Bags of Twizzlers hang on pegs alongside Jolly Rancher and Jelly Belly packages, with boxed candies on the shelf above and yellow sale tags throughout.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Today, my #pdxTwoYears series (see hashtag for info) hops over to Milwaukie, the town next door to my neighborhood, for Keeper Coffee. It's a refined spot, with the best -- way best! -- bakery case of the series so far. The outdoor seating is nice and the parking […] [Original post on pdx.social]

A sunny courtyard beside a two-story brick building, with people seated at outdoor tables under the trees and others climbing a ramp to a coffee shop at left. A busker with a guitar stands at a microphone on the right, with a speaker and bucket at his feet, and a green park bench sits in the shade in the foreground.

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A glass bakery case packed with an abundant spread of pastries: croissants, scones, fruit-filled buns, hand pies, loaf cakes, and stacks of cookies. Sandwiches sit on the top shelf beside a pink "Seasonal Syrups" sign, with a staff member working behind the counter.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Google is your trusty resource for quality search results. Here's a Google News search on "Ed Sheeran" which is very helpful, because def nothing of interest has happened to him in the past four years. Whatever happened to that guy, anyway?

A Google News topic page for Ed Sheeran, listing a series of article headlines from various sources. The dates on the results range from 2017 to 2022, with none recent.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

This post is part of my #pdxTwoYears series. (See hashtag for info.) Today, still in Woodstock, I'm moving two blocks to Woodstock Cafe. They're run by nonprofit CymaSpace, a hub for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community. You may need to speak into a mic and let […] [Original post on pdx.social]

The exterior of Woodstock Cafe, its sign showing a black crow above windows covered with flyers and a banner reading "Community Bake Sale." Red picnic tables with closed gray umbrellas fill the parking lot out front, with a long orange bench and black chairs along the storefront.

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A maple bar on a paper-lined metal tray and a red mug of coffee sit on a dark wooden table inside a cafe. Pride flags hang in the windows behind, with bar stools, a pastry case, and board games stacked along the far wall.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

This post is part of my #pdxTwoYears series. (See hashtag for info.) Today, I'm moving down the road a bit to the Woodstock neighborhood and Harder Day. Coffee They are a small, local chain scattered around #Portland. They are reliable, with nice things to nosh […] [Original post on pdx.social]

A black cup of coffee, a blue wireless mouse, and an open laptop sit on a long wooden communal table inside a coffee shop. Behind it are the espresso bar, black stools, potted plants, and a wooden shelf stacked with board games.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

This post is part of my #pdxTwoYears series. (See hashtag for info.) When I first arrived in #Portland, Slow Pour was on SE 17th, a half mile walk from my house, but they closed July 2025. This past spring they re-opened on SE 13th. That said, not a fave. They […] [Original post on pdx.social]

The sidewalk outside Slow Pour coffee shop, its round red neon sign projecting from the building above a row of wooden tables and chairs. A green "OPEN" sign glows in the window, a bicycle leans near the door, and a person in a gray hooded sweatshirt stands at the curb looking at a phone.

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A view from inside a coffee shop looking out onto the street, with a plate holding a split biscuit, a cup of jam and a pat of butter, a yellow mug, a blue wireless mouse, and an open laptop on the wooden window counter. Across the street stands a yellow building marked "SMITTY'S" with parked cars along the curb.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

This post is part of my #pdxTwoYears series. (See hashtag for info.) My first selection is ... well ... my first coffee shop. It's Blue Kangaroo on SE 13th Ave. It's the first one I visited after landing in my new neighborhood, two years ago. It's mom-and-pop […] [Original post on pdx.social]

The corner storefront of Blue Kangaroo Coffee Roasters, its bright blue wall painted with a large white outline of a kangaroo and its hanging oval sign above the awning. Street signs at the corner read "SE Lexington St" and "SE 13th Ave," with a person seated on a bench below and a red sandwich board for Cloud Cap Games & Puzzles on the sidewalk.

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A black mug of coffee and a large cinnamon roll on a white plate sit on a wooden counter at a coffee shop window, facing the street, with "KANGAROO" lettered backward on the glass. Outside, a person rides a bicycle past a crosswalk with parked cars and houses beyond.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

It's been ... what? four weeks? ... and Camp Miasma is still showing around town. If you think this might be your thing, it's worth seeing on the big screen. #portland #campMiasma

The Hollywood Theatre's tall red vertical blade sign rises above the street, spelling "HOLLYWOOD" in white letters outlined with bulbs. The marquee below reads "TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA," with the theater's ornate facade and a tan brick building beside it under an overcast sky.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

Fresh QUESO! There are QUESO QUESO tags all around the streets of Portland. But they tend to be old and faded. This one on Division is fresh and sharp. And it's fancy -- with the fade effect across the yellow and orange colors. #portland #quesoQueso

"QUESO QUESO" stenciled on a concrete sidewalk in spray paint that fades between yellow and orange across the letters. The colors are bright and crisp with no weathering. The metal base of a street pole stands beside it with the asphalt street beyond.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

My favorite Star Trek theme? Thank you for asking. I absolutely love the Deep Space Nine intro. I remember the chills watching it when it first came out. The visuals were astounding and groundbreaking. And the theme so majestic. youtu.be/jow8K1qdx3c?si=UA2eety-FyC…

The Deep Space Nine station from Star Trek, a wheel-shaped space station with three curved docking pylons sweeping out from an outer ring around a lit central core. It floats against a purple and magenta starfield with a large planet in the upper right.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

The empty house was too sad and desolate to stay in. So we spent our final night out, at the movies. We went to the Austin Film Society theater -- one of the things we knew we'd miss most about the Austin -- and saw a screening of Paris. Texas. What a lovely and […] [Original post on pdx.social]

A view from a seat in a small dark movie theater, looking past rows of red upholstered seats toward a lit screen showing a pre-show slide for the "2024 AFS Grant for Short Films." The seats are mostly empty, with a bare knee visible at the bottom of the frame.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Exactly two years ago tonight, our Austin house had been loaded onto the moving van. All that was left was our airplane bags, a bed (which we weren't moving), and Franklin. The next morning we'd be boarding a plane to leave Texas. (1/2)

An empty house interior with bare speckled tile floors stretching from a white kitchen to a living area with a stone fireplace. The only things left are a red cat bed on the floor, a litter box near the hearth, and a few disposable cups on the kitchen counter, with a tall wooden shelf unit standing empty between the rooms.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

I finally saw Camp Miasma last weekend. I was reluctant and put it off for so long because I don't like horror (*). Turns out, it is NOT a horror movie. I enjoyed it. I conditionally recommend it. It's very queer and very weird. If you like both of those, you'll […] [Original post on pdx.social]

A movie poster for "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma," with the title in large red brush lettering below the image. Two blood-covered women stand facing forward in a snowy landscape framed by pale evergreens, under the tagline "BLOOD. LUST."

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

Looks like archive.today (archive.is, archive.ph, etc.) has gone blotto. For the past couple days the captcha has been displaying "This site is exceeding reCAPTCHA Enterprise free quota" and hanging.

A partial screenshot of a web page security check, with a reCAPTCHA box below the message "This site is exceeding reCAPTCHA Enterprise free quota." A gray browser-window graphic sits to the right.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

Email from rover.com says if I want to refuse their updated terms of service, just close my account. Except when I login to close my account it won't let me go further until I accept the updated terms of service. This sort of customer abuse should be actionable.

A cropped screenshot of dark text on a white background reading: "If you'd prefer not to agree to the updated Terms of Service, you should close your account with Rover and stop use of our online community marketplace." A third line is cut off at the bottom edge, partially showing text about still being bound by the previous Terms of Service.

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A screenshot of a notice stating that Rover has updated its Terms of Service, including the Arbitration Agreement, with "Terms of Service" appearing as a blue hyperlink. Below, text asks the reader to review it carefully and explains that clicking Agree acknowledges review and acceptance, above a wide blue button labeled "Agree."

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

I found myself in the Pearl today, so I strapped on my KF-94 mask and biked over to check out the Centennial Mills building -- or what was left of it. What I found: not much. I couldn't get that close and the top floors are gone. You can kind of see a bit of what's left in the center of this photo.

A partially demolished building sits behind a white fence, its concrete walls broken down to jagged stubs with collapsed slabs and twisted debris piled at the center. Industrial towers and utility poles rise behind it under a pale sky, with green trees filling the gaps along the site.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

Kitty office hours. Franklin's door is always open. #catsOfMastodon

A gray tabby cat lies inside an open cardboard box on a hardwood floor, front paws extended over the edge and green eyes looking toward the camera. Crumpled brown packing paper spreads across the floor in the foreground.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

Back in July, I joined my first group ride with WeBike. It was a pretty short route through downtown. That's me bringing up the rear. Nice ride, plus I got to notch another bridge crossing: my first time biking across the Steel Bridge. And I got a free Biketown […] [Original post on pdx.social]

A woman in a blue patterned shirt and red-framed glasses sits on an e-bike at the back of a group, her grey-blue helmet topped with small pink and blue twisty decorations. Four other cyclists in helmets and sunglasses line up ahead of her in a green-painted bike lane, with parked cars and city buildings in warm evening light behind them.

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Courtney Rosenthal @courtney.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

The residents of NW Irving St seem very friendly. #portland

An upstairs window of a yellow house holds a painted panel of a smiling boy in a red shirt waving, with a white bulldog beside him at the sill. Below, the covered front porch has a red door, hanging chimes and bells, a blue planter box, and gray-railed steps leading up.

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