Since I am hoping Blazers reps are lurking around to read the room, here’s what I wonder: what are they so afraid of? If they have a good case for public money, then they should be delighted to make a case to the public

Cheers to Councilor Green for his integrity in not signing an NDA to cover Blazers-Portland negotiations for public funds

"Facing a $160 million general fund deficit, the mayor proposes..." to spend multiple millions on a sports arena while making "steep cuts across major bureaus" www.wweek.com/news/city/20...

I noted Wilson and the city's secret, hidden negotiations with the Blazers before I even knew city councilors were asked to sign an NDA apparently in order to participate in the next set of talks

The Blazers Moda money grab is getting worse! On IG, @councilortkl.bsky.social says she was asked to sign an NDA to be part of a group of councilors discussing Moda renovation. If the Blazers want public money, they should be willing to have conversations in public www.instagram.com/p/DXZ1YtZDQv...

Portland's mayor actually said we'd be a "flyover city" if we don't use taxpayer money to renovate the Moda Center. Pretty gross!

Nice to see some electeds - in this case, Portland councilors - being so darn sensible about Moda renovations www.portlandmercury.com/news/should-...

Millennials will be like "I just want to move into the country and share a plot of land with my friends", not knowing that what they actually want is a cottage court in a walkable city with decent espresso nearby

Oh boy. Jonathan’s work is incredibly important for transportation in Portland. This is a real loss. But I hope it’s a good thing for him. bikeportland.org/2026/04/15/i...

Next Door is really the best social media destination if you want neighborhood coyote gossip. Which I do, a whole lot.

I don't think I want a county chair who will be aligned with our mayor

Years ago Vancouver WA didn’t want light rail from Portland. Now they’re (understandably) upset the new plan has only station instead of two www.opb.org/article/2026...

Ladds 500 is so big that there were more folks I didn’t see than did see - and know they were there because of social media posts

1/5 - Job update: I’m now an investigative reporter at Street Roots! I sent my first official pitch to SR about 6 yrs ago. Its editors then spent the next 1.5 yrs schooling me, before sending me off to jobs at PBS NewsHour, NPR stations and beyond. www.streetroots.org/news-stories...

My favorite weirdos at my favorite Portland bike event: the Ladds 500

I recently learned that it was actually Republicans who initially proposed and supported vote by mail in Oregon and Washington (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/u...

Today I learned that trimet bus back doors have a motion detector. It’s so good that I complained!

The First Lady publicly broke from her husband in a very public statement today. That seems like a big deal.

Why are back doors on trimet busses so hard to open now? So many people struggle with them

ODOT is guilty of every single one of these www.pew.org/en/research-...

Idaho legislators make it illegal for Boise city hall to display rainbow pride flags, so now Boise city hall has rainbow flagpoles 🌈 www.idahostatesman.com/news/politic...

Finally went to Lovely's Fifty Fifty for the first time! And it was excellent. Arrived a few minutes after it opened and was seated right away. Cheers to @ecosozialismus.bsky.social for the inspiration list

Wow I already really do not like this guy at all. The Blazers are really testing their fans. This all seems so scuzzy

Hey, all, it's that time. Please send a few dollars to Councilor Morillo's reelection campaign so she can qualify for matching funds in the Small Donor Program

Wow, it is AMAZING how committed our city is to doing something that we folks in the city DO NOT WANT. You can tell they know we don't want it because they made it a huge secret. A code name!

Hey, Portland folks: there's a reply guy who uses a woman's name who has only about 100 followers who I am pretty sure is a right wing troll, probably a man, but who pretends to be reasonable, and then will say nasty things in your replies about some of our best city councilors (for example)

I think I'm gonna write in Pencil for the primary oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/03/31/a...

For understandable reasons, my local bike shop will no longer do any work on my ebike, even on non-electrical things. I have depended on them a lot. I am hearing about more bike shops who won’t/can’t work on ebikes that aren’t their brands, even reputable ebikes (not just Rad or big box ebikes)

Joe Cortright says the Moda Center deal is extortion, Sherman Antitrust and Rico violations cityobservatory.org/nba-extortio...

This is from ten years ago and yet the threats and bribes the NBA and Blazers are making to Portland and Oregon are exactly what's talked about here www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcwJ...

The only way to resolve this is to rip out I84

"If I voted to give the PCEF money to this project, I’d be remembered as one of the councilors that decided to raid a climate fund in order to subsidize some billionaires." www.wweek.com/news/2026/03...

Apple (the fruit) news from Washington state as a palate cleanser (gift article) 🍎 🍏 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/u...

The bus driver looks at me like I’m bullshitting when I use my Thorns ticket as my bus ticket

I’ve never heard anyone yell at a tv like my girlfriend yells at our alma mater and it‘s hilarious and ridiculous and makes me so happy

"This is the oldest trick in the megaproject playbook — the Robert Moses strategy: get a shovel in the ground, then dare anyone to stop you." - Joe Cortright in a guest opinion bikeportland.org/2026/03/19/o...

Novick 2026

Truly extraordinary, perhaps Novick’s best achievement. He should run for reelection on this www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

The Interstate Bridge Project is channelling their inner Robert Moses: Say anything, promise anything to get the project started. They'say $7.5 Billion for "Phase 1," but their design means they'll be back and insist you pay for Phases 2/3. Start construction and you're on the hook for $15 billion

The "core set of projects" is effectively half of Solomon's baby; once you build a new high level bridge, you have to rebuild the interchanges. ODOT & WSDOT have designed this so once you start, you must build everything. They're signing us up for $15 billion and 20 years of construction hell.

Hey folks, we're hiring an Organizing Director! Location: Portland, OR Position Type: Full-time exempt at 32 hours Salary: $95,000 Benefits: $500 monthly healthcare stipend, generous PTO, flexible schedule, hybrid work options, professional development portlandneighborswelcome.org/hiring

This fucking guy buying the blazers says it’s a $4.2 billion investment in the state, but it’s not. It’s a private investment in a sports franchise. I have not seen one cost benefit analysis of to what degree the city or state will actually benefit from $600M in stadium renovations.

“At least 3 other city councilors told OPB that they have been told by Blazers representatives that their political career would suffer if they didn’t agree to the deal." www.opb.org/article/2026...

Also this week: PPS is laying off folks mid-year, PCC faculty & staff are on strike, Portland State U is in retrenchment, and Trimet is reducing routes

Is there a way to crowdsource opinions from a small-ish group of friends, something narrower than social media but bigger than, say, a group chat or individual or small group discussions?

The Oregonian has a great series looking at housing in Portland by focusing on the Burnside corridor www.oregonlive.com/topic/gettin...

Oh wow, this is terrible

There was some chatter on here recently about lost Canadians. You can learn more here and find out if you too might have a claim to Canadian citizenship www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...