A public-history resource for the state we love. Includes a daily podcast, weekly newspaper column, live lectures, etc. Est. 2008. By Finn J.D. John (@finnz0)
Corvallis, Oreg.
Joined April 2009
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On the podcast today: Murderers wandered valley desperate for an alibi. Claude Branton & Courtland Green had left Condon with a wealthy rancher and murdered him. Only then did they realize how bad it'd look to show up at their destination without him ... offbeatoregon.com/1804a.bran…
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On the podcast today: A.C. Edmunds, the own-goal king. Before he got involved in the temperance and women's suffrage movement in 1874, Oregon was on track to be the first state where women could vote. His efforts to "help" set the process back 40 years! offbeatoregon.com/20-01.ac-e…
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I feel like I should mention the writers in my @crimereads article:
@danahaynes @OffbeatOregon @ReneDenfeld @ellemarr_ @mary_keliikoa @NancyBushAuthor @readlisajackson @aprilhenrybooks @AngelaMSanders plus Greg Rucka, Phillip Margolin, and Warren Easley.
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Today’s thread is Part 42 of 72 parts comprising the full text of “The Packet Dancer” by J.J. Davitt. Part 43 will be released at 12 noon PST tomorrow.
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Darien called from the hotel lobby for a taxicab — not wanting to entrust anything to wireless systems —
Offbeat Oregon retweeted
Today’s thread is Part 40 of 72 parts comprising the full text of “The Packet Dancer” by J.J. Davitt. Part 41 will be released at 12 noon PST tomorrow.
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Darien bounded to the door with an alacrity that startled Daphne, barely suppressing a glad cry.
Offbeat Oregon retweeted
Today’s thread is Part 35 of 72 parts comprising the full text of “The Packet Dancer” by J.J. Davitt. Part 36 will be released at 12 noon PST tomorrow.
“You killed her?” Darien realized he was actually shouting.
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The Gladys Peto postings are on a brief (2-week) hiatus. I've got a really good one queued up and I want to make preparations to boost it a bit. We'll be back in action starting Saturday, April 2! Meanwhile, here is a sneak preview:
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This is an awesome photo of Victor Strode's "aerohydrocraft" which apparently was amazing in one-person racing boat form, but did not scale up very well. Story via @OffbeatOregon : offbeatoregon.com/1209d-aero…
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With a reverberating cry of “I come, my master!” he launched himself at the stairs moving at a dead run, leaving his slice of pizza hanging in the air behind him to drop with a wet slapping sound to the floor.
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Lou Henry Hoover was a trailblazer in many respects – the first woman to study geology at @Stanford, the first person to suggest @girlscouts should sell cookies, and the first First Lady to give public nationwide radio addresses. #ArchivesTrailblazers #IWD2022 #WomensHistoryMonth
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I love this whole series, but especially this one, featuring Miss Nona Thompkins reading her own book of poems about the Joy of Labour.
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“Not much. Kevin Hardman-Holmes talked a little about Xenu. It’s all in the report, you’ll see it. Some Dread-Cthulhu bullshit about space aliens, right?”
“That’s them,” said Quinn. “They’re — what you might call a splinter group broken away from the Church of Scientology. 9/39
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The Call of Cthulhu
By H.P. Lovecraft
“The Call of Cthulhu” is an 11,000-word novelette by #HPLovecraft. Written in 1926, it is unquestionably the most famous of Lovecraft’s stories. 1/48
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This thread is Part 7 of 8 parts comprising “Black Colossus” by #RobertEHoward. #REH #WeirdTales
A young page came running from Yasmela’s pavilion, crying to Conan in a shrill, eager voice. “My Lord, the princess asks why you do not follow and support Count Thespides?” 1/43
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Black Colossus: By Robert E. Howard
“Black Colossus” is a 15,600-word novelette by #RobertEHoward, one of his early-period #ConanTheBarbarian stories. 1/59
