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Best Christmas ad yet! Knocks John Lewis into a cocked hat.

Wish list. Pentax K1000 | Arista Edu 400 #filmphotography #streetphotography #photography #filmisnotdead #analog #believeinfilm #Pentax

It really is just simple geometry. You cannot build a functional city if everyone brings a 2-ton living room on wheels with them.

The hate crime charge against Alexa Wilkinson for photographing vandalism of the New York Times building is a dangerous precedent, no matter what you think of Wilkinson.

Every journalist hit with a stinger grenade or pepper ball by law enforcement while covering a protest is a message from the government: Stop showing the truth. Journalists must speak out.

Everyone should have the right to speak up against injustice without ending up in a database. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this. can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.

Nearly half of America’s children—48.9%—now grow up in families considered poor, according to Oxfam’s 2025 inequality report. It’s a statistic that should shake the nation to its core: in the wealthiest country in human history, almost one in two kids are struggling to meet basic needs.

In the face of this cruel government shutdown, we’re taking another significant step to protect Maryland families and children: I’ve signed an executive order releasing $62 million to help Marylanders who rely on SNAP benefits put food on the table.

PDX has a generational opportunity to rebuild NE 82nd into a delightful street that supports people walking, taking the bus, biking, driving, making deliveries, gathering outside. So far the designs we're seeing aren't rising to this opportunity. Really hope you can help @senkhanhpham.bsky.social!

EFF was created for scary moments like the one we’re facing now. For 35 years, EFF has fought to ensure your rights follow you online and wherever you use technology, and we're here and ready to Take Back CTRL. Join us at www.takebackctrl.org. Music: how the future dies by mobygratis.

This is good, but when people talk about this I want to emphasize: we have not run out of money for SNAP. The money is there, it has been allotted and saved specifically for this instance. Trump refuses to release the billions of dollars that Americans have already allotted to continue food stamps!

BREAKING: The full bench of the 9th circuit has agreed to take up the Portland National Guard case and vacated the panel decision that had blessed Trump’s deployment.

i'm sure it was coincidental that the only pop star making massive donations to trans youth and spotlighting black trans women faced a misogynistic smear campaign for nearly a year.

I wish people defended smeared victims of sexual violence the way they defend problematic male candidates for office

In the two years since the state started charging a 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million, the effort has created a $5.7 billion windfall, with the surplus being used to fund bridge repairs, bolster literacy programs and address the transportation system’s budget deficit.

If BRT, TOD, TSP, or LRT mean anything to you, and/or you just care about transit, cycling, housing, land use — or any facet of transportation and urban planning — you should find a way to participate in this conference. bikeportland.org/2025/10/14/t...

On Wednesday 10/15 at 6 PM, City Council will be hearing the first two pieces of legislation related to Portland's response to the federal government. A short 🧵on this meeting: There are three items on the agenda: The first is the Urban Forest Plan. The other two are about the federal gov't. 1/5

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy. www.chosun.com/english/nati...

I *firmly believe* that autism was *selected* in nature, due to there being a benefit in having people in your tribe that see the world differently, and approach problems in a different way, than one that was full of people who all operated similarly. Autistic people improve their communities.

The most underappreciated issue in urbanism is the Anglosphere’s transit construction cost problem. It’s not just that we’re spending too much money on any particular project. It’s that we could be getting *much more transit* for the *same amount of money we’re currently spending*.

Oregon has been the national leader on vote-by-mail for decades. Now Donald Trump thinks he can undermine our elections for his own benefit. Hell no.

"An 83-year-old Bend man was cited for reckless driving Friday morning after crossing the double-yellow line..." People don't want to give up driving because we've made driving a prerequisite to participating in society. This is why investing in transit, walking, biking and rolling are important.

Plus flowers, plant all the native flowers you can find. Overseed at first and let nature sort the balance.

The global phenomenon of “bikelash” has become one of the biggest barriers to implementing interventions that make our streets more liveable, accessible and sustainable. So how do we best manage it as advocates for change? Here are eight strategies we recently presented at the Velo-city Conference.🧵

Don’t take safe space away without expanding it nearby. There’s a reason why people were riding on the sidewalk in the first place!

Crab-like creatures are famed for having evolved five times in evolutionary history. But anteaters have evolved at least 12 times--in half the evolutionary span. Cool story by @jakebuehler.bsky.social for @science.org

Public libraries have overwhelming public support, so why are they under attack? Thank you to @itpi.bsky.social for highlighting how the fight for libraries is part of a broader assault on public knowledge and democracy. Read SHHH! NO MORE → inthepublicinterest.org/shhh-no-more/ #ForOurLibraries

With Alaskan Way bikeway opening, Seattle has a complete bike route along its downtown waterfront for the first time in city history #SEAbikes #Seattle www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/07/25/w...

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

“The United States, with its enormous highways, sprawling suburbs and neglected public transport systems, is one of the most car-dependent countries in the world. But this arrangement of obligatory driving is making many Americans actively unhappy, new research has found.” Via @theguardian.com.

Game changer! #cycling #Bangkok www.nationthailand.com/thailand/ban...

Floating around with mum!

Grateful for journalists who keep their eyes on the things that most of us can’t/don’t. Including this: HHS is proposing to stop NIH support for HIV clinical guidelines. Uh oh. 🫣🧪🛟 www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

💬Journalists covering protests: Use CPJ's WhatApp chatbot to access all of our physical, digital, and psychosocial #JournalistSafety resources. 📲 Add CPJ’s chatbot using the number +1 206-590-6191, and text the number “Hello” to select from a menu of safety resources.

The "Penguincubator" or book vending machine launched by Allen Lane at Penguin/Bodley Head in 1937. For the price of a pack of cigarettes, you could get a novel. The machines were set up in busy spots in London, and the authors published aimed to raise the bar of what was available in paperback.

show me where the rainbow hurt you, ron

"30 km/h (20 mph) speed limits work. From Brussels to Bologna, recent evidence suggest that they work best at their simplest, when the limit applies across a whole city. In Bologna, road deaths have dropped by half. In Wales... deaths and serious injuries have fallen by more than a third."

Since he started at Crater Lake in January, Kevin Heatley has seen Crater Lake’s permanent workforce cut in half, and onboarding seasonal staff was delayed by a month. "Things are not OK," he said.

After almost two years of work led by Portland nonprofit Depave (including a spat with the city over convoluted zoning codes), an unused parking lot at a historically Black church in Cully is now a green oasis, complete with garden beds, a picnic area, play structures, and more.

A man tried to make a statement by burning 100 library books — the community responded by donating over 1,000 more. Book burners always lose in the long run. Reason, facts, and free thought can't be silenced. www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-n...

staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch 🧢 @trumpfile.org

The U.S. mail is a vital system of communication and commerce that should not be distorted into infrastructure for dragnet surveillance.

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

vandalism www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...

Like every other late 30-something I know, I'm thinking a lot lately about how the transportation system will shape my parents' lives as they age (which to some extent is already happening). Learned a lot from this conversation with @gregshill.com, including some surprises.

The radical right-wing legislature in Utah passed a bill that banned public schools and buildings from flying pride flags. But they are still allowed to fly city flags. So check out Salt Lake City’s newly adopted city flags.

“Everyone predicted this would happen in a second Trump administration, yet politicians in a position to prevent it prioritized empty rhetoric over putting up a meaningful fight." Read our statement on the repeal of DOJ guidelines protecting journalists. freedom.press/issues/trump...