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 😵‍💫

“I went around the corner to see if spring was there.” “Did you find it?” asked Toad. “No,” said Frog. “There was only an old worm asleep on a tree stump.”

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

Journalism industry news: Gannett is retiring Gannett (the name that nobody knows) in favor of USA TODAY CO. (the name that everybody knows)

East Bezos Ball Demolished to Make Way for More Ball Room: tinyurl.com/4hucab54

Two key updates on this story now posted (w extended video showing new clip). PPB says driver wasn't cited because, "It is not safe for someone to put themselves in harm’s way in front of a moving vehicle which is what our officer witnessed." bikeportland.org/2025/10/20/v...

Today’s vintage transit find is an apron worn by “Tri-Met Escorts” (as the badge reads) at the grand opening celebration of MAX light rail in 1986.

Know something that’s never down due to AWS? A gosh dang newspaper.

🗞 In the new issue of Street Roots: New exhibit honoring Ursula K. Le Guin, homelessness in Corvallis, the 'emergency' World Naked Bike Ride and more. Find a vendor in your neighborhood: streetroots.org/vendors#locate

Train to Hood River 🤩

Uh oh I just drove past a scene on Grand Ave involving a semi truck, a Brookville streetcar, PBOT, and police. Really hope there wasn’t a collision 🤞🏻

ICE Detains Leaves as They Turn Brown: tinyurl.com/37euaejk

New posters just dropped in downtown Portland, now in color! 🐸🐸🐸

My dad’s from Detroit and we were rooting for the Tigers purely based on nostalgia, but we’re happier that the Mariners won bc of—well, current events. Also I have another excuse to wear my vintage Mariners merch now! 🔱

Portland City Council member Angelita Morillo humorously criticizes Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, leading to laughter from CNN's Boris Sanchez.

Like I said: Kristi Noem is a liar, has no honor, and we are lucky that we have a proud protest tradition that shows this administration we are not backing down. 🫡🐸🐔

War ravaged? Portland?! They must be talking about the condition of my kitchen sink.

“Praying at Burgerville,“ a new memoir from Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast

Guys I’m gonna be completely honest… I’m not religious but I totally get it. I thank god for my Burgerville order, too. Especially the rosemary shoestring fries and marionberry shakes. That shit deserves a little praise.