This one of the most disappointing and concerning decisions I have witnessed. The work of @leahsottile.bsky.social and @ryanjhaas.bsky.social on Hush, s2 was phenomenal. It elevated rural voices and shed light on a story deeply meaningful to their community & elevated the role of journalism itself.

Middle seat on the airplane gets both arm rests, aisle gets one, window gets one - that is the rule. But watch what ensues when a woman stuck between two men asserts her entitlement. 👇

I bet you the East Wing would still exist if that inebriated raccoon was president

We need your help to reach our mini goal of $6,600 or 30% of our urgent end of year campaign today. Please make a gift at thestreettrust.org/GG, while you'll be entered to win amazing Blazers prizes - & so we can advocate for the vital safe transportation investments our communities need now.

💥🚲🇧🇪 𝗖𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝘂𝗺: +𝟳𝟬% 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 That's according to record-breaking new figures published today by the Belgian Cycle Logistics Federation (BCLF). Unveiled at an event in Brussels this morning, the BCLF-comissioned, 71-page 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 report says 👇

Portland Mayor acting like Martin v. Boise wasn't overturned, insists on counting shelter beds yet to come online. Quality coverage here, per usual, from @alexzee.bsky.social.

“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”

Now do adults. #GuaranteedBasicIncome www.salemreporter.com/2025/11/28/o...

Sous chef Charlie Schaeffer used to sport a tee, "Of love and soup, the latter is best." No point in the US calendar year embodies that maxim better than the weekend after Thanksgiving.

All of this feels like blind #solutionism. These things get rolled out because corporations expect profit, not because there’s any coherent public vision guiding them. There’s no proper framework shaping the direction, nor are cascading consequences of these shortsighted decisions properly assessed.

A fitting moment to bring back this old transit meme. However they’re powered—gas, hydrogen, electricity, or driverless—leaning on cars instead of investing in quality public transit is still a poor long-term strategy.

As someone who's been practicing "buy local" and "reduce, reuse, recycle" for three decades now, I say the U.S. green movement needs to pay more attention to supporting closed loop, symbiotic, and regenerative business on the supply side, and more upcycling and sharing economy on the consumer side.

‘The Street Trust, said the effort to send the transportation package to voters “doesn’t protect struggling households, it leaves them stranded – threatening transit for seniors, making it harder for kids to get to school safely, & blocking basic services like plowing roads & filling potholes.”’

Always grateful for the relatively quiet city on holidays in the U.S. - a stark reminder how much of our lives we involuntarily give over to polluting automobiles. I live 30 blocks from 205, and even at this distance the absence of traffic hum is a blessing. usa.streetsblog.org/2020/09/14/t...

Thousands of rare American recordings — some 100 years old — go online for all to enjoy A collaboration between UC Santa Barbara and the nonprofit Dust-to-Digital Foundation laist.com/news/arts-an...

The anti-safety, anti-transit, highways-only effort in Oregon is moving forward. That’s why we need your help more than ever: secure.everyaction.com/WSaU0GvJc0GP...

I don’t know why Oregon democrats don’t frame this as an anti-worker issue where Republicans are opposing a jobs program. Without the transportation package there are jobs that will be lost and our transportation infrastructure will decay.

At some point in the past 5 yrs, the transit service we currently have became radical. The level of transit service itself did not change.

My sense is the people that signed don’t realize they’ve just cut winter plowing, maintenance, transit, and basic safety measures. Going to be a rough year. The legislature *could* pass something else, but it would have to be substantially different than HB 3991.

Where's the progressive push back on this anti-tax campaign / gubernatorial gambit? Even Trump’s gov't closed DOGE, yet Oregon's anti-gov't extremists want to drag us backward by defunding our transportation system. I feel like a lone voice in the wilderness on this. www.opb.org/article/2025...

maybe these chatbots and LLMs pose such an existential threat to higher ed (esp. four-year colleges) in the U.S. because neoliberalism's already devolved them, for the most part, into job-skilling, assignment turn in centers. (just my ignorant, dropout take, ofc.)

Yesterday we gathered at Luuwit View Park to mark the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims #WDoR2025, led by @pdx-fss.bsky.social. Traffic violence continues to take lives & injure 1000s every year, disproportionately harming BIPOC, low-income, & unhoused Oregonians.

💬 We're quoted: "This referendum isn’t about protecting Oregonians: it is about defunding safety for kids walking to school, dismantling transit service, and blocking modernization projects that Oregon desperately needs." Read on to learn more about the anti-safe transportation efforts...

You can help fight back against the anti-pedestrian, anti-cyclist, anti-transit, and anti-safety agenda being pushed in Oregon and across the country with your support of The Street Trust today. ➕ Every gift of $10 or more enters you to win a vacation for @wweek.com #GiveGuide BIG BEACH DAY:

This Sunday, 11/16 at 10:30am, The Street Trust will be leading a procession to the World Day of Remembrance event lead by the Portland chapter of Families for Safe Streets, @pdx-fss.bsky.social, to honor all those who have lost their lives or been been directly impacted by roadway crashes.

A bit more about Wilson's intensified police activity. While running errands this am, witnessed PPB stopping folks in dangerous ways. 1) blocking the closed-loop streetcar on Grand, and 2) bike lane on Foster. In both cases, they could have used a non-busy car travel lane or nearby parking lot.

Reminder: Wilson's homelessness plan was never vetted, has always been unfunded. Plus, the city was out to lunch during the state transportation package where additional cleanup dollars could have been negotiated (...we barely held onto the 50/30/20 formula split FFS). www.opb.org/article/2025...

Please give if you can - between Trump and Drazan, the GOP is doing everything they can to dismantle transportation funding for anything but highways in Oregon. The Street Trust REALLY needs your support in this end of year giving campaign.

Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.

Senate Dems, do not cave. Ensuring healthcare premiums don’t surge is an 80-20 issue. They want to gut the ACA because their disdain for Obama far outweighs their concern for anyone’s health.

Just when I thought I couldn't love the Groce Out more. "Miller said customers have used about $500 of the $5,000 set aside at his Lincoln City store. McGinty said customers have used about $1,000 of the $5,000 at his McMinnville business." Practical compassion FTW.

democrats should attack the supreme court because it harms people but also because it is an explicitly partisan institution that will stymie every future democratic government. it insists that democrats are not allowed to govern, so for democrats to govern they must remake it

One trillion reasons not to buy a Tesla.

Yes, thank you for keeping up the pressure! The sighs of relief are reverberating across our state this morning. Thoughts and prayers to our grocery workers though. 😉🛒🛍️

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

I just saw someone refer to ICE as the "Gravy Seals" and I can't unsee it.

Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc

Will the gestapo end when Stephen Miller is kicked out? I don't know, but I'm more optimistic that we're going to defeat these motherfuckers today than I have been this entire administration.

🚨🚸 - Safe routes to school is more than a talking point. If you are in North Portland this afternoon, please heed this call to support after school pickup today at James John & Cesar Chavez Elementary Schools and George Middle School. #AbolishICE (TYVM if anyone has time to transcribe ALT text)

ICYMI at #portland Farmers Markets, #snapcard shoppers will get $20 for $1 whether you have $1 on the card or not https://doubleuporegon.org/

Who could have predicted this other than everyone?

Time change got you down? Give $10 or more to The Street Trust through #GiveGuide today to be entered to win a fabulous staycation that will literally lift your spirits, while helping build safe, complete streets for all! This flocking amazing prize package includes:

Big lessons for Oregon from last night's results in Virginia's governor's race.

I haven't been this happy since Kissinger died. If there's a hell, Cheney is being "alternatively interrogated" for eternity in it. www.politico.com/story/2014/1...

This is an excellent idea!!!

Dance lessons return to Portland ICE protests as city awaits ruling on troop deployment: Get caught up https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/10/dance-lessons-return-to-portland-ice-protests-as-city-awaits-ruling-on-troop-deployment-get-caught-up.html 

LAWSUIT UPDATE RE: NATIONAL GUARD IN PORTLAND: National Guard deployment remains paused until Friday; judge says deployment is likely unlawful. Today's ruling is a step toward truth and accountability. Read more about what happened and what's next.

All the befuddled European tourists at New Orleans Central Library waiting on the airport bus with 90 minute headways.

Shook by the current Multnomah Art Center gallery show, Portland culture vultures. A 90 year old, interdisciplinary artist, who sculpted and wove and wrote poems.. while raising *six* kids?? Hellooooo, feminist ideal! Oh, and Jere's art is BRILLIANT. www.multnomahartscenter.org/gallery-cale...