🚍 ACTION ALERT! 🚍 82nd Avenue is East Portland's Main Street, and our community deserves frequent and reliable transit. Join me and Representative Thuy Tran in asking the legislature to fund full Business Access and Transit Lanes on 82nd Avenue: #orleg #orpol actionnetwork.org/letters/fund...

I 💚 Seattle

A steady stream of transit riders and cyclists heading toward South Waterfront. Must’ve been like this for the better part of an hour.

this is good example of how to write a credible headline and social post about the shooting in Minneapolis without amplifying lies from the Trump administration. Facts not talking points and lies. Other news outlets and headline writers should take note.

ICE is executing protesters the right way. by Ezra Klein

#FrontPage comparison NYT editors are entrusted by their readers to prioritize what’s important. Their editorial decisions such as layout of the #FrontPage contribute to public memory. Democracywashing Minnesota under siege by Federal agents and #Minneapolis community mobilizing in frigid temps 👇

I think this pizza parlor poster is explaining intersection daylighting in Italian

An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune

More businesses should follow Rose City Coffee Co. They’re open 24hr/day and were packed at 10pm on a Friday night.

Meanwhile the editors at most of our national media are still mandating watered down both sides weasel words instead of describing what is going on plainly.

The perfect gift for the dentist in your life

I’m one of the ProPublica reporters who has been documenting the aggressive tactics federal agents are using against immigrants & U.S. citizens All eyes are on Minnesota right now, but I want to tell you about Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-YO citizen in Houston who was choked by immigration agents in October

TriMet GM announced the plans at a Metro transportation committee meeting this morning. The sale isn't final AFAIK, but TriMet has about $12 million set aside for it and the list price is $10 million. bikeportland.org/2026/01/15/t...

For those asking about the new trains: nearly all the trains are still being built. They have to go through rigorous testing in multiple locations. The first trainsets will begin testing here in this spring. All the new trainsets are scheduled to be in service by the end of this year. 💚🤎🤍

tbh I think the Mercury buried the lede, which is that an Oregonian comments section troll / real estate developer appears to be using Councilor Dan Ryan as a mouthpiece

Texting racist messages using the MASSIVE font setting is really something

Potential Line 70 + 19 combo route. This maintains a connection to 🔴🔵🟢 MAX, keeps service on Glisan and adds some new service to 28th Ave (finally!).

I have some initial thoughts on the @trimet.org service cuts so allow me to think out loud:

Why are such dire transit service cuts happening in Portland? Lack of leadership. The state transportation package is now stalled as it goes to the voters, and in any case its transit funding was only for 2 years. The region or the City of Portland may need to step up. 7/

Federal Agents Shoot 2 People in Portland Who Threatened to Exist: tinyurl.com/mjrsh7d2

A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.

Blue governor Blue legislator Blue mayor Blue region …and yet, transit cuts. “Vote blue no matter who” is a truly braindead political strategy if you care about cities and urbanism.

Due to a lack of federal and state dollars, TriMet is cutting multiple key bus lines I take. I can’t drive. I don’t have a car. Not sure what people are supposed to do other than rage against the state legislators who let this happen 🤷🏻‍♀️ Feel free to name and shame in the replies!

Furious Mayor Wilson Pounds Fist On Table Demanding Chalice Of NIMBY Blood: tinyurl.com/mr7kpkrk

this was the only thing of importance i did in 2025

Space Needle Puts On Stunning New Year’s Northern Lights Show: tinyurl.com/a4tvt2ev

Back on the train today! It looks like my Talgo is towing an Amfleet set.

A n'hood assoc. colleague remarked that "getting more housing downtown will be impossible" as the downtown is "already very built up." I hold a different impression of my community, so I took to Google MyMaps to graphically illustrate just how much land in downtown on which there is left to build.

The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story. Holy. Shit. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

A real estate developer tells Willamette Week she’s “stunned by how far Portland has fallen” Meanwhile, Portlanders remain stunned at how aggressively concerned Willamette Week is for the rich.

RIP rob reiner ❤️

Ursula had some edits to this 1974 edition of The Left Hand of Darkness. Understandable corrections, really.

“She claims Oliveira advised her not to share the information with city councilors, including Zimmerman, as it could create a ‘big PR problem.’”

Happy Leaf Day 🍂

My $6 copy of season 1 on DVD would never!

Friends I have good news: The old Shari’s in Oregon City on Beavercreek Rd. is now Sumo Sushi and Grill. This is a great day for hexagonal architecture preservationists like me.

Portland and Seattle both having Mayor Wilsons (Mayors Wilson?) is actually the funniest thing that not even Fred and Carrie could’ve written.

LETS GO SEATTLE!

If this so-called deal passes, thousands of Oregonians and millions of Americans will see their healthcare costs spike. I am a no.

If ODOT was so busy expanding freeways, they could get back to their roots: blowing up whales

Less than 100 votes separate the candidates 😵‍💫

The Trail Blazers are the surprise of the NBA season, going 5-2 since coach Chauncey Billups was arrested for his alleged role in a poker scheme.

A freight train derailment has canceled some of the morning @amtrakcascades.wsdot.wa.gov departures. Take note if you’re heading north today!

A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM

I forgot to take a pic of my FIRST ballot as a Portland resident so here’s the envelope instead 🗳️ Get ‘em in by 8pm folks!

SEATTLE DONT LET US DOWN NOW