ICE has shot two people in Portland today. The escalation is incredibly fucked up katu.com/news/local/i...

Iranian’s have set the first gov building on fire in Tehran

PIRC's next Migra Watch training is a virtual one on 1/14. This is a training for people living outside of PDX, specifically looking for people in McMinnville, Woodburn, Forest Grove, Oregon City, Salem,Happy Valley, Tigard, Eugene, Gresham, Beaverton, Lake Oswego us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

For @theguardian.com, I was able to identify the ICE agent who killed Renee Nicole Good is Jonathan David Ross, a ten year vet of ICE Enforcement & Removal’s Special Response Team. The @startribune.com also identified Ross as Good’s killer earlier this PM www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

DSA and PSL in Portland seem to be in full collaboration at this point and are co-organzing events here

In the fall, a group called Literary Portland for Palestine asked Portland Book Festival to divest from Wells Fargo sponsorship funding. They've since grown into a collective working to raise awareness. And because they're a literary organization, they're doing it with poems.

An Oregon lawmaker is warning of ICE agents posing as utility workers. NW Natural and Portland General Electric have published guidance in several languages on how to tell if a person is actually one of their employees.

This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

NEWS ALERT The Interstate Bridge Replacement team has known the cost of the project has doubled since August, but didn't tell legislators at September/December committee meetings The IBR now is projected to cost more than the entire pricetag of HB 2025, last year's statewide transportation package

This is the agent who murdered Renee. Share his image as widely as possible. I want to be able to put a name to this face.

PIRC's next Migra Watch training is a virtual one on 1/14. This is a training for people living outside of PDX, specifically looking for people in McMinnville, Woodburn, Forest Grove, Oregon City, Salem,Happy Valley, Tigard, Eugene, Gresham, Beaverton, Lake Oswego us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

This is a good time to learn about what sort of clothing you might want to wear to a demonstration, how to protect yourself and others from chemical weapons, proper digital security and security culture, direct action tactics, etc. Resources about all that and more: crimethinc.com/ActionResour...

Always amazed by the profiles of weird engagement farming accounts on this site. Today's was "every patriot is antifa"

Every law enforcement officer is trained to act with violence first at this point, it's why they kill so many people. They are trained that everyone is a threat. Abolish the whole system

Mayor Wilson continuing the decades long tradition of absolute shit mayors in Portland

Hey #ornithology Bluesky! Is there an ornithologist out there who'd be up for being interviewed for a piece on how people can help birds that nest in their yards? Dos and don'ts for providing nest boxes, providing nesting material, ensuring safety from predators, etc?

Overblown AV safety claims are a real problem. They give policymakers an excuse to hem and haw about slowing down cars, implementing congestion pricing, and expanding bike lanes/transit — steps that inarguably save lives but are politically controversial. A snippet from today's story

Waymo, the US AV leader, claims it “it’s already making streets safer.” But unaffiliated experts aren’t convinced. They raise a slew of caveats: 🔹 Waymo controls which data it shares 🔹 Regular software updates can introduce new risks 🔹 The role of teleoperators remains unclear

Tri-met is proposing a lot of service cuts and asking for feedback on them. Wonder how much they could preserve if they stopped paying all these security/fare enforcement staff. There will be open houses and you can provide ffeedback online as well trimet.org/servicecuts/

On top of the horrors, if anti-fat nonsense is hitting you particularly hard right now, Jey Barnes and I have a free digital resource zine to help you navigate. 💛

Here's some background on how shitty PSL/ANSWER Coalition are. rosegardendsa.substack.com/p/psl-is-a-h...

Here's some background on how shitty PSL/ANSWER Coalition are. rosegardendsa.substack.com/p/psl-is-a-h...

An autonomous group carried out direct action at Bruntons Aero Products in Glasgow, dismantling machinery used to make components for arms firms linked to Israel. The group says the aim is to disrupt supply chains enabling genocide and hold complicit manufacturers accountable.

People keep sharing this but it's fake. Even I was immediately suspicious when I saw it the first time. As daring and forward-thinking as the mayor is on transportation and safe streets, putting it like this would be political suicide.

Super tiny technique practice painting. 2 1/4" X 1 3/4".

To Struggle Is to Remember A call to take action and organize events on January 18, Day of the Forest Defender, in memory of Tortuguita, killed by Georgia State Patrolmen on that day in 2023. crimethinc.com/ForestDefend... Together, we can create a world without police or deforestation.

If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free. consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov

Starting off the year with a watercolor painting. #artsky

In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.

I would like to direct all speeders to this chart

Trump denies what we've all seen with our own eyes -- that he regularly falls asleep during on camera events -- instead saying he's just "blinking." “Sometimes they’ll take a picture of me blinking, blinking, and they’ll catch me with the blink.” (4/6)

does the ball drop in roku city. are there foreworks

I wish you, and me, and all of us, strength & solidarity & joy in the new year as we find our way together: which we have done this year already, and will arise tomorrow to do again. /thread

🗞 In the new issue of Street Roots: Six months of data showing every instance between January and June 2025 in which workers through the city’s Impact Reduction Program took the homes or belongings of people living outdoors. Purchase this week's issue: streetroots.org/vendors#locate

Here's a really easy New Year's Resolution: If you're sick with something contagious, you will stay home if your circumstances allow. If you can't stay home, you will mask around others until there is no possibility you are contagious. By making these choices, you will literally save lives.

CW Abusers will throw such fucking inane tantrums when you support their survivor's callout. Of course, I can't be literally 100% these death threats are from Piper, there's still a chance it's just one of the abusers she's helped, and she just gassed them up with lies and handed them a dox.

I don't think photos really show the scope of just how big the landslide is on the Waukeena Falls trail in the Gorge. We made some big improvements today and was a great day to run chainsaws to cut out a ton of downed logs1s

I just found out people have to oay $100 a month for Tesla's self driving option and just LMAO

please bring back the lyme vaccine. i deserve it. i do not want lyme. i will accept fake knee pain for the vaccine. thank you.

Read @karimzidan.com on the conspicuous silence around the NBA’s shady new partnership with the United Arab Emirates. While UAE-backed forces are accused of mass killings in Sudan, the NBA is deepening its UAE partnership, no questions asked www.sportspolitika.news/p/nba-uae-su...

Reminder that if you still have FSA funds to spend this year, you can spend them at FSA store: fsastore.com - you can purchase menstrual products for example to donate to your local pantries and homeless shelters. I have $130 left and that's what I did yesterday.

Pretty cold day but I birded Sauvie Island by bike today. I didn't really have a goal in mind but was inspired to keep a motorless bird list this year(walking, biking, public transit) and I've seen 199 species of bird without a car and all in Oregon. #birds

NYC, this is a very unpleasant flu and you'll be miserable if you catch it. RSV and Covid are here too. Holidays make it far more likely you'll get these. CDC says 4.6 million flu cases have been reported nationally. 49,000 people hospitalizations. 1,900 deaths. You have masks at home. Put'em on!

Since you’re on Bluesky you probably didn’t need another reason to resent the gun lobby, but just in case you were on the fence… it’s killing the loons! (Though we anglers deserve most of the blame tbh.) Great/frustrating @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social feature. 👇 www.biographic.com/why-are-loon...

So it feels pretty disingenuous to lump in an increase in power use to charge electric vehicles with the massive power needs of data centers.

Seen today in NE Portland

It's really disappointing how many people follow these accounts, who love taking potshots at people still following the science on covid. We've known for years that Favreau and Pod Save America in particular are toxic AF -- why is anyone still listening to that guy about anything?

I hate that we’re having to think in these terms, but the evidence seems to be bearing out that steep fare hikes are less damaging to ridership than service cuts.

This is intended to be a heads up that our project is increasingly precarious. We'll share more in January along with an outline of how we plan to address our financial sustainability. In the meanwhile, we appreciate your continued support and hope that you'll keep us in mind when buying books! ❤️‍🔥 3/