05/30/2026
Part two of our Flux web stories! Look out for them all on our website this coming week. Link in bio!
The Lloyd Center opened in 1960 as the largest mall in America. Six decades later, Portland grapples with the loss of its most eccentric third space.
In Oregon, the rapid expansion of data centers is transforming rural communities, putting pressure on farmland, water resources, and long-standing ways of life. While supporters argue these developments bring jobs and economic growth, farmers and advocates say the costs: lost agricultural land, strained water supplies and disrupted communities, are too high.
Terms like “trauma”, “gaslighting”, “narcissist”, and “anxiety” are everywhere online now. But as therapy-speak becomes part of everyday language, therapists are asking: Are we opening the door to healing, or oversimplifying what it means to struggle?
