There are so many freaks who have such complicated and weird reasons to hate e-bikes which always boil down to “but you’re not physically working hard enough and that’s gross” and no matter how they choose to say that I will always block them.

I once had a complete mindset shift in a grocery store - after work, flickering neon lights, a long line, and a baby crying. The woman behind me said, “that’s how we all feel” and I realized yeah - a lot of times when babies are crying it’s a time when I’m uncomfortable too.

I saw a post earlier where some right wing viewer of the Odyssey was surprised Lupita wasn’t actually in it very long. MY GUY THE ENTIRE STORY TAKES PLACE AFTER THE WAR WHERE HELEN IS A CENTRAL FIGURE!! These doofy bitches don’t even know what they’re mad about lol

Break our record. Every city should step up to the plate. Get as many people on e-bikes as you can, throw a big party to celebrate. DO IT!!!

Congratulations Portland, we did. We just secured the title for Largest Electric Bicycle Ride and Party. With an official count 1060 people on e-bikes (plus more on pedal bikes or riding on an e-bike) we broke Seattle’s record of 405 e-bikes and made Portland history together.

Government-promoted anti-intellectualism is a common feature of fascist states, with “intellectualism” coded as feminine and/or Jewish/leftist.

E-bike cityyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Given there was already a bluesky kerfuffle today about whether or not NJ is a top tier state, I will say that NJ raises you to be loud as hell. Not everybody uses it for good, but “IM NOT AFRAID OF YOU IM FROM JERSEY” is a real phenomenon.

Dispatches from the big ebike event in Portland - the range of ages, abilities, and bike styles really emphasizes the transformative power of e-bikes. I saw someone biking in with a cane in her basket. Don’t let anybody tell you this isn’t a viable path to sustainable transportation.

What are the jobs where non grads make more? Where are they? How many of them are there? What is the gender/age/racial breakdown? What do those jobs do to your body over time? How much will they pay if there is a sudden oversupply of workers?

I love to read. I’ve always loved to read. There were a lot of books I hated in school (looking at you, Johnny Tremaine) but one step into a library confirmed that there are all sorts of books for all sorts of people and I could read what I want on my own time.

I watched “There’s Something About Mary” on a bus to my friend’s bat mitzvah but didn’t really pay attention to it. The first one I watched by my own choice was “Cruel Intentions.”

My husband is telling the dog his to do list and the dog is following him around like

This whole thing is absolutely bonkers - the mayor’s office sending a term sheet without input from the council or the public seems like a terrible starting place for negotiations. Why is Mayor Wilson so willing to give everything away for free while bypassing any kind of reasonable process?

Sometimes I log onto bluesky and I start trying to sleuth out why everyone is so mad and then I’m like…I just want to hang out with my little housing friends and watch my little Korean cooking shows and go to bed.

I will never forget watching my great aunt die of emphysema in the hospital - all the vapes and nicotine pouches and general sense of despair were always going to lead back here and as the adults in the room we have to stop it in its tracks.

Mormons keep showing up like 2+ times a week to talk to our across the street neighbors and every time we see them we’re like

If your air is visibly poison, please consider wearing an n95 or better. The collapse of healthcare and rise of fascism is a real bad time to get sick or disabled. Please also consider donating to mask blocs in affected areas so more people can access protection. Give/get mask mutual aid:

This is a good example of what I mean when I say PPB doesn’t need more money, they’re just addicted to demanding it and used to getting what they want. They have the money and authorization to hire more people, more money doesn’t solve their shitty reputation.

One person is dead, another is in critical condition after 2 separate car crashes in PDX happening within minutes of each other on July 13 One of the crashes happened on Burnside & NE 24th. Here's the letter BikeLoud sent last week to @mayorkwilson.bsky.social @portlandcouncil.bsky.social & PBOT

'the explicit purpose of corridor zoning is to concentrate both air pollution and the perceived social pollution of apartment dwellers in quarantine zones that single-family homeowners can avoid.' yup

This is why I will never be a permanent daylight savings freak. I know that I’m blessed to be able to go to sleep when the sun is still out but the months when sunrise is like an hour+ after I wake up are roooooooough.

I adopted a dog in January who had lived in shelters most of his life and had absolutely no idea how to be around people and now he gets mad if I’m too busy to let him sit on my lap on the couch after dinner and it’s the absolute best.

Obviously all these outbreaks are bad and we need systemic solutions (starting with farm worker protections & rebuilding our public health infrastructure!) but I have never been so happy I grow greens/herbs in a hydroponic system in my living room and have a blueberry bush in my yard.

Omg you guys places for cars to sleep are not more important than BASIC FUCKING SANITATION! Your city is stinky and unbearable in the summer because trash just gets piled on the sidewalk don’t worry about on-street parking!!!!! No hate to NYC but like…trash bins are an obvious win.

My whole life I’ve heard about the philanthropy of the very rich, and how holding them accountable for any harms they do is unnecessary. How many people does this fuck have to kill, maim, and sicken before we admit that the premise is wildly incorrect?

I just saw commercials for something called rula followed by something called nulo and I’m begging companies to stop choosing names that make them sound like children learning to sing scales.

The newest season of “Uncover” about Cyber Check is an extremely infuriating reminder of how important good defense attorneys are to the entire criminal justice system.

stop. if you think the existence of a warrant is part of the conversation in any way, you cannot, by definition, argue that it makes any difference whether the guy they killed had a warrant or not. because right guy or wrong guy, an arrest warrant isn't a death sentence.

Can we at the very least make a vote conditional on actually getting information??? This seems so silly! You either vote no because Dundon didn’t hold up his end of the bargain or you push the vote until you have what you need. Those are your options!

Hey, you should come to our 4th Annual Inner Eastside for All Ride on July 26th! We are hosting it with our amazing friends at @strongtownspdx.bsky.social and @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social, and we're excited to envision an even more welcoming and wonderful Inner Eastside with you!

"Corridor zoning" amounts to jamming low-income residents into big, bland apartment buildings alongside stroads, where they can serve as a buffer, absorbing all the noise & air pollution cars produce, protecting the precious single-family homes that dominate everywhere around them. It's abominable.

This would be an absolute disaster for Portland and Oregon more broadly. We are already starting to see the impacts of legislative inaction on transit service statewide - federal cuts on top of that would set us back decades. www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...

So if I tell a democratic operative about the time I shocked my husband with the speed at which I devoured a Big Mac and reference that my grandpa was a fireman, do I get to be a manly man fast tracked to Congress, or…

ITS THE 12th OF JULY STOP SETTING OFF FIREWORKS IM JUST TRYING TO TAKE MY DOG OUT TO PEE!!!!!

Man there’s a lot of Pilates content on Instagram that makes it look absolutely miserable. My favorite class I ever took the teacher was super nonjudgmental and great at suggesting modifications to make things easier and harder. We should stop making exercise seem like a nightmare!

In the great words of Mitch Hedberg, “every book is a children’s book if the kid can read.”

Speaking of cargo bikes, I was just biking home from the gym and saw a guy on an urban arrow with a kid in the front. I slowed as I was passing to say “great bike” and it turned out to be an old coworker taking his daughter to a swim lesson!!! Bikes are so cool!

The heater in the pool at my gym is fixed and it’s only been like a month since I last swam but I somehow can’t remember what my morning routine is on swim days. Currently downing too hot tea so I can pack my bag and get out of here in the next 45 min.

Absolutely incredible news. Electric cargo bikes are better for the environment, for the roads, and for fun. They are a statement that the car bloat over the past few decades has nothing to do with functionality.

This is such an absolute failure. It happens way too often in this city. It is not inevitable - cities that never thought they could reduce vehicular violence have been more successful than Portland. I got hit biking recently too, and I don’t want anyone else to go through that.

I’m on my annual re-watch of pretty little liars and it’s so funny to catch your fiance making out with your teen sister and then blaming her for it lol

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Imagine if the Oregon legislature hadn’t sat on their asses and actually funded transit statewide. We could be on this list instead of cutting bus lines, reducing frequency, and just about guaranteeing a drop in ridership.

Friday + dog kept me up all night + stress about him going to the vet tomorrow + migraine meds = 🫠

And also, as someone who watched someone close to them get radicalized while in the military, if this is “normal” for marines we have a HUGE FUCKING PROBLEM.

What are we doing here? Are we trying to tell the “bad” Jews from the “good” ones? Are we trying to accuse him of dual loyalties? The wrong loyalties? Are we assessing how “Jewy” he actually is? Are we holding him responsible for the actions of another country?

if you got taken in by Platner: 1) center the experiences of those he hurt 2) admit you were wrong 3) spend the next few days figuring out how to not get taken in by a guy doing *exactly* the same thing next time, because there will be guys doing *exactly* the same thing for the rest of your life

Once when I was a teen I was meeting a friend at her boyfriend’s house in a town I wasn’t familiar with and I couldn’t find his house and had no cell service. I was dressed like little red riding hood and had to knock on a random door and ask to use their phone.