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Jason Wells

@exasperatedman

Family, fly-fishing, good beer. I work in finance, but am a geography nerd. 7th generation Oregonian. You’ve got to kick at the darkness ‘til it bleeds daylight.

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Redmond, Fort Lewis during the war, and Redding. Possibly Hillsboro for a bit as well.

05.03.2026 18:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Paternal: GP. Even took chickens as payment for services back in the day.

Maternal: pilot, crop duster, inventor. Was the first person to convert large aircraft (B-17) to air tankers.

05.03.2026 05:49 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Apparently the new owners are fixing it up

01.03.2026 21:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

ME: pack a bag, we’re flying to kansas

MY WAYWARD SON: what kind of bag

01.03.2026 04:26 👍 1362 🔁 336 💬 25 📌 11

Ah there are the old Phil Neville Timbers we know and love: in creative in the attack and withering under adversity.

01.03.2026 00:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

While the U.S. military was plotting an attack on an adversary more than capable of launching asymmetric terrorist attacks against, and probably inside, the United States, the FBI Director was partying with the hockey team at the Olympics.

28.02.2026 17:59 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

The people of Denver must be so happy to have a hometown team now that the Summit are here.

28.02.2026 18:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

No. That park is so far out of Denver it is definitely “Great Plains vibes”

28.02.2026 18:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
28.02.2026 17:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I see your dad-post and raise you with a western dad post.

28.02.2026 06:57 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Yep, have been following along. Great that you can foster, I would fail every time

27.02.2026 06:23 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Two black dogs, one old, one young, lie on a bright green lawn with a hedge behind them.

Two black dogs, one old, one young, lie on a bright green lawn with a hedge behind them.

Adopt, don’t shop! On the left is Arwen (RIP) who we got from a shelter that brought in adoptable dogs from shelters that didn’t have capacity. On the right is Kiera, that we picked up from a shelter in Pendleton. Both great dogs!

27.02.2026 05:34 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
“One of the foundational symbols of the West, a critical recreational, cultural, and economic driver for Western states, and the beating heart and guaranteed resource protected by treaties with several Native American tribes is disappearing from the landscape,” Simon wrote of the threatened and endangered salmon and steelhead.

He lamented that the battle for the life of these declining and important species had “not been fought at the end of a hook and line, nor in the woven threads of a fishing net, nor even based on the appetites of sea lions, avian predators, or killer whales. Instead, the greatest battle has been waged in the courts,” he said.

“One of the foundational symbols of the West, a critical recreational, cultural, and economic driver for Western states, and the beating heart and guaranteed resource protected by treaties with several Native American tribes is disappearing from the landscape,” Simon wrote of the threatened and endangered salmon and steelhead. He lamented that the battle for the life of these declining and important species had “not been fought at the end of a hook and line, nor in the woven threads of a fishing net, nor even based on the appetites of sea lions, avian predators, or killer whales. Instead, the greatest battle has been waged in the courts,” he said.

26.02.2026 23:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Judge sides with salmon against Trump administration in hydropower ruling Federal judge in Oregon rejects bid to overturn Biden-era agreement to protect endangered fish populations

Judge Simon coming in hot!

Not that the RCBA was perfect, but it was a start and 1000% better than what this admin would have done.

26.02.2026 23:33 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Seriously, they took the terrible ketchup and mustard kits from last year and ran with it. Nobody liked those kits.

26.02.2026 17:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
No. Just no.

No. Just no.

No.

26.02.2026 16:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

What the hell is wrong with the Thorns kit designers?

26.02.2026 16:34 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Our family has a sheep that my daughter named (in very faint pencil) when she was 9 or so, and that sheep is COVETED. nobody will trade Betty, and she is the last one out of your hand when purchasing something.

26.02.2026 05:22 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Love your stuff Paul, but I hate giving clicks to people that platform Nazis. Please consider migrating to a better newsletter host! bsky.app/profile/unio...

26.02.2026 01:37 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Thermals - A Pillar of Salt (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
The Thermals - A Pillar of Salt (OFFICIAL VIDEO) YouTube video by Sub Pop
25.02.2026 15:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Man I really miss The Thermals.

25.02.2026 15:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Being on the downhill side of my 50s is really making me think about intentionality as it relates to who I want to be and what I want to do. Does my office job matter as much as the stress it is causing me? Absolutely not. Can I do something about it? Maybe not yet, but it is getting closer.

24.02.2026 06:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Those are some fishy looking flies!

24.02.2026 06:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
23.02.2026 00:56 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Under the water, carry the water

22.02.2026 21:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This tells the real story:

20.02.2026 12:38 👍 32 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 0

Well, and there is the old inexplicable Antony giveaway

22.02.2026 05:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Tribute to Sam Coffey?

22.02.2026 04:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

So happy to see Antony healthy again

22.02.2026 04:07 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Timbers defense looking shambolic. Big surprise.

22.02.2026 03:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0