Stumbled across an old election notice I received from Vigo di Cadore while purging documents today. Forgot that Italy offers discounted train travel if you return to your hometown to vote. There’s something charming about that.

What double the median income in Portland gets you versus inner ring suburbs of Detroit.

In other news, I finally worked up enough energy and resolve to walk into Planet Fitness and cancel my account. No one needs that kind of recurring monthly guilt in their life.

trains #amtrak #transit

My most used AI prompt is without a doubt “how do I rewrite this to ensure I don’t sound like a dick.”

Is the clothing at Fred Meyer getting cooler or am I just aging into it 🤔

Goff 🫣

From NW Portland. #pdx

A non-technical person’s drama with Bonfire: “It’s easy to deploy Bonfire with Yunohost!” “Oh, you can’t do that on a Mac. But you can run a Debian VM!” Downloads UTM, Installs VM “Oh, Debian 13 isn’t supported!” Installs new Debian 12 VM Installs Yunohost “Bonfire failed to install.”

It looked a little different from Washington County. #PDX Threads RE: https://www.threads.com/@justine_berlin/post/DRBp1LYDky9

Did anyone I know in Portland, OR actually see the northern lights last night? Couldn’t see anything myself but was thinking about heading out of town tonight if they’re visible with the naked eye and not just though a camera lens. #PDX Threads

Mid 40s millennial. Graying, balding, skin showing its signs. Working on physical and mental health because the second act hits different. RE: https://www.threads.com/@wander_adibah/post/DQ8JmT7EvPK

Skyline from the East Bank of the Willamette: https://bbear.blog/posts/skyline-from-the-east-bank-of-the-willamette

A Very Portland Weekend: https://bryanrobb.com/a-very-portland-weekend/

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQqXrlyjN3I/ #Mamdani

I’ve slowly been building out a new website under my own name. As part of that, I’m filling in some details about trips I’ve taken over the last couple of years. Here’s a post about the second leg of my trip to Italy last year covering the Dolomites and some dual […] [Original post on threads.com]

Not sure why I never thought of this before, but testing out using a private web form as a lightweight CMS for status updates.

How mail-in voting works when a state treats voting as a right, not something to be suppressed.

While we aren’t the hellscape Trump makes us out to be, people love to glamorize Portland as a planning paradise. We’ve got many of these around metro Portland, and several in my own neighborhood. Sometimes these pocket neighborhoods work, sometimes they don’t. Don’t get me wrong: some can be […]

I need a new hobby like I need a sharp stick in the eye, but I’ve always wanted to learn how to paint. Maybe in another season of life.

A lot has happened in the world of Nikon firmware updates the last year or so. The Zf is such a fun camera. Nikon Zf Update That Adds Film Grain and Improves Focus Is Available Now | PetaPixel https://petapixel.com/2025/10/28/nikon-zf-update-that-adds-film-grain-and-improves-focus-is-available-now/

Slowly starting to believe ATProto will be what IndieWeb hoped it could be.

I was looking at getting a Remarkable Paper Pro but the friction to read books is just too much. I’m not a big Amazon fan, but using Kindle Scribe Colorsoft with Libby would be amazing, especially for reading graphic novels with my son. https://youtube.com/shorts/Ze9SHndbJ0Y?si=cEaEhtn44129NjB-

Post by @rickcogley "When you change your domain’s DNS (NS records), you can flush the records in major DNS providers to force a quicker propagation:" Cloudflare: https://1.1.1.1/purge-cache/ Google: https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/cache OpenDNS […]

Congratulations to my colleagues on completing this much needed resource. Washington County opens new addiction recovery center in Beaverton https://www.kptv.com/2025/10/25/washington-county-opens-new-addiction-recovery-center-beaverton/

I think Ghost should’ve gone the ATProto/PDS route like Leaflet.pub.

Having been deep in the Apple ecosystem for almost 15 years, I’ve rarely found Samsung or Google products appealing. But I stopped by a big-box store today and tried out some of their tablets and phones. I was impressed. For the first time, much of Apple’s lineup feels stale in comparison.

Western Pet Supply in Raleigh Hills has no chill.

Watched: Napoleon, 2023: https://bryanrobb.com/watched-napoleon-2023/

Love Kraft (20th Anniversary Edition): https://bryanrobb.com/love-kraft-20th-anniversary-edition/

Thoughts on 🧩 NeoDB? "NeoDB is an open-source software and global community platform since 2021. It helps users to manage and explore collections, reviews, and ratings for various cultural products, including books, movies, music, podcasts, games, and performances." https://neodb.net/

Trump vows to ‘take care’ of Portland, calls protests ‘insurrection’ https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/10/trump-vows-to-take-care-of-portland-calls-protests-insurrection.html

New satellite image shows White House wing demolished as part of Trump ballroom plan https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cgmx8pwvgz0t

Listening Now: Authoritarianism, but Make It Look Normal.: https://bryanrobb.com/listening-now-authoritarianism-but-make-it-look-normal/

Forever Is A Feeling: The Archives: https://bryanrobb.com/forever-is-a-feeling-the-archives/

Left my hat at the Dentist’s office but made off with their sunglasses in my jacket pocket. Wednesday is shaping up as expected.

Watching: Björk: Cornucopia 🍿 https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1201149-bjoerk-cornucopia

“ICE was allowed to add 101 parking spots and a 5,198-square foot detention center on one condition: People could not be detained for more than 12 hours or overnight.” To fight ICE, Portland leaders turn to what they know best: Zoning […]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP1jhXUDRd_/ #citizensunited

When the spam is sent to a plus-addressed email accounts found in a data leak 🧑‍🍳😘🤌

Did one of those things where I lost all my ActivityPub followers in a transition from one account to another. Good times. AP often seems like more hassle than it’s worth, with inconsistent implementation.

Still the worst possible location conceivable for a MLB stadium in PDX. While I do want a pro team, I’ll go on record as saying this will never be built. Bill to help fund ballpark in bid to bring MLB to Portland passes House, heads to governor’s desk […]

Hudson’s Detroit and its moods. First two photos by Ryan Southen (@rsouthen on Instagram), third by Ben Fidelman (@bfidelman on Instagram). As the only tall glass curtain building in the middle of a sea of historic beauties, Hudson’s in Detroit stands out. The lines feel deliberate and […]

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s first images are stunning — and just the start https://www.npr.org/2025/06/23/nx-s1-5355034/vera-c-rubin-observatory-first-images

When I look at my own childhood photos, it’s often the Polaroids that fill me with the most joy. So when my wife got me a Polaroid camera for my birthday earlier this year, I got excited. It’s a brick, but I’m trying to get in the habit of taking it out with us more often.

My friend Chris just released his fifth album under the banner of Love Axe. If you like politically and socially conscious acoustic and indie rock, you should check out Optimism Paranoia Desperation Abolition. https://album.link/i/1802302038