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small edits, big changes

Cars are about to get really expensive. May I recommend an ebike?

I don't want to jinx it, but it actually looks like the weather might actually be GLORIOUS for this! Come and ride with us on April 4th! 1:00pm departure from the Creston "shady" park. #BikeBus #ParkCrawl

If you're of the age with a uterus, consider using telehealth for HRT. Multiple times. Stockpile those hormones for our trans community. If you're of the age with testicles, consider doing the same with testosterone. Community takes care of each other.

We have each other. We are the Resistance now. All of us.

A little sweetness to counter everything else you might be struggling with. youtu.be/0Y-xqaUUbdQ?...

Hey: if you're an REI member you get to vote on the board of directors. There are three candidates on the ballot, all of whom oppose workers rights, and REI has blocked pro-worker candidates. When you get your email ballot, vote "withhold" on all three to support workers.

Very few Dutch cyclists wear helmets. Yet theirs are among the safest streets on earth. Why? They understand it’s more beneficial to calm motor traffic, build dedicated infrastructure, and nurture a culture of everyday cycling. Not force the most vulnerable users to armour up. youtu.be/P7trv9paMxA

Another world is possible. 47/100

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows

BikeLoud General Meeting Today! let's talk Tues Mar 4 5:30PM mingle - 6PM meetup 807 NE Couch Indoor bike parking No Q' No Taqueria stays open for us & we'll buy $100 of tacos for y'all! Bring some cash + your appetite for more! Find out about many new projects getting started + share your ideas.

Not to toot my own horn, but to ring my own bell: I just “wrapped up” a nearly year-long database build by giving logins to the partners. Many, many, so many 5am meetings, an intense past week, and I must say, I'm pretty proud of it.

This here. This is how it’s done. #USgeneralstrike

somehow i am only just now learning righteous gemstones finally returns this sunday

hey fam my partner and i are facing an imminent eviction this week details on the gofundme page we're trans queer elders/former sex workers/sexual violence survivors and we're running out of time. if you can give or share the post, love u babes #mutualaid www.gofundme.com/f/itsgonnabe...

My partner has a Tesla.

Newly renovated and expanded North Portland Library includes a Black Cultural Center with art from local Black artists.

Breakfast on the Bridges might be our favorite Portland bike event. And it happens the last Friday of EVERY month! Friday Feb 28 7-9AM Find friendly folk + tasty treats on 4 bridges: Blumenauer, Tilikum Crossing, Flanders Crossing, Steel Bridge 28 days of PDX 🚲❤️ 27/28 from @bonbpdx.bsky.social

After the KRK Ryden show opening at @brassworksgallery.bsky.social on March 8, I will be at this DEVO/Ween tribute show show at @thefixinto.bsky.social!! Let’s grab some joy where we can in this crazy devolution process. 🔺🥔

What if we simply reduced the amount of lane miles we maintained? Closing streets to motor vehicle access to save on maintenance costs had always seemed like a fringe notion. Today it was thrust closer toward the mainstream by a Portland city councilor named Mitch Green.

"Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words." - Ursula K. Le Guin

#hope #portland

When they ask what you do for a living, say, I love. -Jaiya John 37/100

I've been screaming this for years.

"It is no longer enough to say, 'The other side is really bad, so vote for us because we’re slightly less bad.'" In this op-ed, Angelita Morillo calls on fellow Democrats to stand up to Trump. ⤵️

This slide is an easy way to see who has/doesn't have complete sidewalks citywide. "This is another problem we would very much like to tackle, but for which we lack funding to address," - Cohen says

Love quiets fear. -Octavia Bulter 35/100

estrogen is bestrogen

Yes, it could be that I am a tiny piece of God, and each of you too, or at least of his intention in his hope. ~ Mary Oliver, At The River Clarion #maryoliver #poetry #poem

no king but biking

I know love is real because I exist and I’m full of it. 31/100

It’s a bit later this year, true. But it’s been a busy winter so far, and I’m not going to miss out on the 20th anniversary of my longest-running ride! And maybe you can join me? urbanadventureleague.wordpress.com/2025/01/16/p...

Vilification of working-class Southerners is one of the most glaring examples there is of casual Liberal racism.

Menopause Resources - docs.google.com/document/d/1... #menopause #portlandmenopause #pdxmenopause #crones

Happy Presidents’ Day! No throne is too high to topple. Eat the rich.

Boy howdy, do I, a trans woman, have some thoughts about how the gender revolution put a lot more emphasis on letting girls do boy stuff, and almost none on letting boys do girl stuff, which if anything reinforced the idea that girl stuff is inferior if not shameful.

You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. - Louise Erdrich (from her novel the Painted Drum) 27/100

If you’re happy and you know it stay in bed If you’re happy and you know it stay in bed If you’re happy and you know it getting up will surely blow it If you’re happy and you know it stay in bed.