It's with heavy hearts that we share that Claude, our beloved albino alligator, has passed away at the age of 30. Claude brought joy to millions of people at the Academy and across the world during his 17 year tenure. We will miss him dearly. 🤍

Really can't overstate how problematic robotaxis become at scale: "Urban traffic is constrained by the fact that getting around by car either requires (expensively) paying someone else to drive or (inconveniently) driving oneself. Without such constraints the result could be brutal gridlock."

In the latest @lookbothwayspod.bsky.social, I noted that economic arguments can broaden political support for limiting urban cars and creating bike-/ walk-friendly places. It's working in conservative South France! French urban planner: "Nobody wants to buy a coffee and sit in a parking lot."

Smells like car bloat: "More than 3,800 people were killed almost immediately when they were struck in 2023, an indication that high speeds and larger vehicles are making impacts more violent. The rate at which pedestrians are declared dead at the scene of the crash has more than doubled."

This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse. aspph.org/department-o...

Leading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix: bit.ly/4hVDlBC Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers. It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.

ODOT & WSDOT have committed a little over $320 million so far on planning for the Interstate Bridge Replacement. #orleg #orpol #walege www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opin...

I realize why someone who's a CEO of a car wash feels threatened by this project, but if Tarlow is going to take the extraordinary step of becoming an outspoken critic of it, the least he can do is come up with a factual, good-faith argument against it. bikeportland.org/2025/11/10/d...

I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.

Not an urbanist, a 10 year old.

Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer. Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss. 'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.

San Diego PK practice. #RCTID

HAPPENING NOW: Portland Police Commander Franz Schoening testifies that federal officers on Oct. 18 barraged protesters with crowd control munitions — not because of any violence but because another federal officer accidentally shot tear gas onto the roof of the ICE facility.

these guys just love doing this. nothing like 8 storm troopers beating the absolute shit out of a defenseless old person www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest. n.pr/3X0UZtS

“Mom, why do we have to ask the AI for permission to eat, today?” “In the 20’s, people who liked computers convinced everyone it was too hard to read and write.”

Blazers fans: "No, don't take Chauncey Ray Billups, no... "

The Gamblers (flipped), by Hendrick Ter Brugghen, 1623, 📸 by Cameron Browne

Hang it in the Louvre.

#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al. A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator" 3 cops on a 53 yo woman.

Once a major public health threat, kala-azar is now close to elimination in South Asia. At #WHOSEARO78, we co-hosted a high-level event with the Govt of India, the Govt of Nepal, WHO South-East Asia, and Gates Foundation India to mark 20 years of the Regional Kala-azar Elimination Initiative.

Thousands of riders streamed onto the street as federal troops held long guns on the roof above, police officers on bikes looked over their shoulders nervously while holding back crowds on the sidewalk, and a brass band played what felt like a hero's march. bikeportland.org/2025/10/13/p...

WAR-TORN PORTLAND

Amazing Emergency Naked Ride. Here’s the moment thousands of riders rolled through the protests at the ICE facility and cheers erupted. 😮💯

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…” Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

Hearing SCOTUS justices argue that conversion therapy may not be harmful because "medical science has been wrong before" makes it 100% absolutely clear that they're out of their depth, they're not qualified to evaluate medical science/ ethics, & they'll arrogantly claim expertise they don't possess.

The Oregon National Guard general says if they were to be deployed, they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters and not ICE

‘What is already an innovation gap could become an innovation chasm.’ Large pharma companies withdrawing from R&D for infectious disease therapeutics has a growing impact on non-profit medical research orgs like DNDi, writes our R&D director in @statnews.com. www.statnews.com/2025/10/09/p...

Portland Mayor Wilson says he's interested in taking over the lease of the city's privtely-owned ICE facility -- a suggestion that came from DHS. (And he rejects feds' ask for "free speech zones" where ppl can be penalized for protesting outside of.)

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.

wizard frog is insane

BOOM 🔥: Judge Immergut issues a second Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting the relocation, federalization, or deployment of ANY NATIONAL GUARD FROM ANY STATE into the state of Oregon.

It was a beautiful Sunday in Portland. Farmer’s markets, the Portland Marathon, peaceful protests, and some views of Mt. Hood. This city is vibrant, peaceful, and resilient. We do not need a federal occupation, and we sure as hell don’t want one.

"Burning to the ground," I tell ya...

history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.

Not only does this story get a number of basic facts wrong, it doesn’t take time to actually explore why Portlanders elected these folks. Coming in with a pre-baked PDX story to fit a NYT narrative about NYC is harmful, especially at this moment.

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

Who are non drivers? @nrdc.org repport finds: -34 million disabled people -47 million young people (over 10 who don't own cars) -5.6 million people who are 75+ -Millions of others who don't own their own vehicle #WeekWithoutDriving www.nrdc.org/resources/wh...

What I imagine every time I hear "Radical Left."

More guns than people… Is it freedom or a national death cult that keeps growing?

I work with Veterans. If I told them that they "killed people and broke things for a living" they would (rightfully) tell me to go to hell. Those that have had to kill someone in the line of duty most often view it with sadness, regret, and one of the worst experiences of their lives.

Somos Conejito Malo 😘💀

This NPR story is journalistic malpractice. "Defensive walking/biking" is just terrible framing for this issue... They also don't mention that the advocate source for the entire thing is from a nonprofit that's basically a wholly owned subsidiary of the auto industry. www.npr.org/2025/09/25/n...

The fact that this article on soy causing deforestation doesn't cover how all that soy is being used is a wild media failure. The vast majority (70-80%) is being fed to animals. It's not the "world's taste for soya" it's the world's taste for meat. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

I feel like I am taking crazy pills. Charlie Kirk’s ultimate goal, which he said time and time again, would have been the suppression, through threat of violence and the use of state power, of the rights of those he disagreed with, including freedom of expression. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...

Bessent and Bondi are working overtime to make sure a bunch of rich pedophiles and Epstein accomplices are never held accountable. Following the money is one way to serve justice. Today I'm introducing my bill to force the Treasury to hand over its Epstein files.

Channing Tatum thinks Toronto is dope! He's here for the TIFF premiere of his film "Roofman" and told us what he loves most about the 6ix! #TIFF50 #TIFF2025 #ChanningTatum

If you get sick in the future, be prepared for your doctor to ask if you or anyone you have contact with has recently traveled to or emigrated from Florida.

We are outraged and deeply distressed that armed federal agents came onto our campus—making arrests on the very ground where, in 1942, Japanese American families were forced to board buses bound for concentration camps. It was a deliberate act of provocation and intimidation.