"Every apartment building that replaces a surface parking lot reduces vehicle miles traveled...and with it decreases the tire wear load, the brake dust, and the carbon inventory..." 👏👏👏 www.theurbanist.org/op-ed-the-or...

I have gotten far enough in learning another language to be annoyed that Google translate defaults to speaking as a man and there is no way to change it. 😠

Diego Hernandez Garcia was working at a construction site when ICE came. They detained him, stripped him of his deferred action status, and “mistakenly” put him on a flight to El Salvador. A judge ordered him to be brought back. Now they deported him again. www.wvlt.tv/2026/05/26/h...

Dear Stephen Colbert, You may be no fan of dictionaries or reference books, but we're fans of yours. ❤️ -The Wordinistas at Merriam-Webster

Just logged onto x for the first time in a while and….say what you will about Bluesky but I am happy no bot/cam girls are trying to solicit me here. My inbox was full of junk messages.

New from PP: You know those 'Kavanaugh stops,' where justice allowed racial profiling but said they'd be no big deal? Well, ICE agents have now stopped and held this American *3 times* Earlier this month, they *shackled him* He's thinking of moving to Mexico www.propublica.org/article/immi...

new zealander everlee wihongi was due to meet with her lawyer yesterday. then ICE moved her to their most notorious tent facility in texas: 3000 people, highest death rate, most sexual assaults. and today, she disappeared off the system. please RT: www.webworm.co/everleehasdi...

Happy Birthday to the Parking Reform & Modernization Act! 🎂 @jessdbateman.bsky.social www.sightline.org/2026/05/07/w...

Good explainer about the Maine Senate race. Written prior to Mills dropping out, but clear her campaign was not going well. themainemonitor.org/graham-platn...

Tom D. continues to crush it on NextDoor.

Last call to be our lead housing researcher—apply by May 8!

I personally don't fly Spirit Airlines, but their existence reduced ticket prices among other airlines, benefitting everyone who flies. www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...

Today would be a good time to get a subscription and a tote bag. membership.theonion.com/iw

Leaks apparently 💦

These heroes would inspire the growing Black Freedom Movement. Snipes's murder, for instance, prompted a young 17 year old to write his first letter to the editor demanding full equality for Black Americans. That 17 year old was Martin Luther King, Jr.

Some people say we don’t build beautiful things anymore and, like, lol. Motherfuckers, we built this:

Loved the walkability connection to the small bookstore economy. My favorite bookstore -Twice Used Tales- is also on Capitol Hill 🏙️ ❤️ 📚 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

As astronauts, we didn't ask about political parties in space. The only thing we asked was what the mission required. But now we have a new mission to preserve our democracy—which requires us to defend constitutional values.

So in the past 15 months the total number of homeless people downtown is ⬆️ almost 3x, but instead of most of them being in tents ⛺️ now the vast majority are sleeping without any tent at all. 🌧️ I know Jan to April is not apples to apples but yikes. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

The Southern Poverty Law Center says it’s the subject of a criminal investigation by the Justice Department over its past use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups. The SPLC was founded in 1971 and used civil litigation to fight white supremacist groups. apnews.com/article/sout...

So proud of the @theonion.com! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC7c...

1,392 days to approve 91 units of housing in Seattle. This is just for the land use permit. Construction permit will take another ~300 days to approve. This was through “administrative” design review which is supposed to go faster. Took 6 correction cycles. We have to fix this stuff.

Texas' only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...

I had a long-time assumption that it took extreme & violent means to overthrow an authoritarian and restore democracy. Likely because of how much we are taught about WWII history. But time and again, its elections. No bunker suicide required. Just ordinary people peacefully voting.

Transportation engineers please note the narrow street widths. Zoning reform can not make cute cities alone!

Why do we need to "Unlock" Middle Housing? Because it's naturally more affordable!

Would love to hear people in-the-know’s opinions on this. I’ve heard that Portland city council has interpreted public meetings law in a way that they are reliant on lobbyists for basic communication between offices. I assume this bill was the fix? Unclear. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Yesterday, Kansas City, MO eliminated minimum parking requirements across much of the city, scrapping an outdated rule that stifled urban vitality, wasted valuable land, and made many of the City’s most beloved neighborhoods illegal to build today. @urbanlabkc.bsky.social

Anyone can declare a cease fire

The perfect time for this perspective from #Artemis2.

Claims we have no power to impact what happens are nevertheless an intervention in what will happen, by discouraging participation, by encouraging passivity, surrender, acquiescence. If you insist that a given outcome is inevitable, you are lobbying against resistance.

Come work with me!

Breaking News: Mortgage rates climbed for the fifth straight week as the war in Iran weighed on the U.S. housing market.

I’m trying not to think about the birthright citizenship case too much, but it’s impossible not to.

Please tell me this is an April Fools. The FROG?! www.wivb.com/news/nationa...

Not a joke unfortunately. I just bought myself a proper air filter for the upcoming fire season.

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

Watch the documentary 'No Place to Grow Old' at Dear Portland this Thursday (March 26), hosted by @pnwelcome.bsky.social

At least 25 naturalization ceremonies, the final step in becoming a citizen, in Oregon and Washington have been canceled since December. Prospective citizens don't know when or if they'll be rescheduled.

This horrific story gets worse when you find out how this young woman originally came to the US: as a 17-year-old on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane

Attn tiny home fans: Join @citizen-cate.bsky.social and the Washington Tiny House Association in Bellingham this Thursday for a meetup and policy talk! Structures Brewing @ 5pm

What a year it’s been. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

WHY DO WE DO THIS?! We have 10,000 design standards but still end up with this nonsense.

What a waste. This is a freshly rebuilt street working as designed. Sends the entire block of storm water across the ADA ramp to reach the drain.

Yesterday, Oregon's legislature voted to ban underfunded inclusionary zoning from the Portland metro area. It's a big turnaround, and I hope a path forward for other states too. www.sightline.org/2026/03/05/o...

Timely reading given this winter’s record snow drought. ⬇️

We are a few thousand subscribers away from being a bigger print newspaper than the Washington Post. We are a mere flurry away from humiliating one of the two Big Space Perverts. Ask not how a Space Pervert can dominate you. Ask how you can dominate a Space Pervert. Subscribe below.

Builders in South Texas have been raising the alarm more than anyone else about how ICE raids are impacting the construction industry. Now I understand why. TWICE as many arrests in Texas as any other state. 👀 www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

This 53 year old man who lived in my neighborhood w/no criminal record & who had been in the US for 30 years, was detained and thrown into a cold cell for days, caught pneumonia and COVID there and deported. He finally died. I am so angry. www.kptv.com/2026/02/21/n...

“Prison would actually be better, because if you’re in prison, you get a sentence – they tell you how long you are going to be there.”