Ugh Angelita is always so fucking iconic

“But if AI replaces all the workers, who will have $ to buy the products?” misses the point *entirely*. They’re not building AI to just replace workers, they’re building AI to replace society itself. If AI can do all the grunt work, you eliminate the utility of the majority of people to the rich.

We are given only a limited number of truly perfect summer days in our time on Earth. One of the more insidious cruelties of fossil fuel greed is how it slowly strips those days from us, more and more throughout our lifetimes, perhaps without us even realizing what we have lost.

Multiple Portland city councilors say they never saw the term sheet for the Moda Center renovation deal before the mayor and city administrators sent it to the Blazers. This contradicts what the city said in a press release at 4:45 p.m. last night, suggesting council had reviewed it. Read more:

At this point I don't really think anyone is even bothering much with denying climate change, instead there's just this insidious loss of interest, and resignation, but the thing is as bad as it is and will get it could still get a LOT worse depending on what we do

The extreme weather we have now is not the new normal. It’s going to keep getting worse as long as we continue to burn fossil fuels.

At AppleBee’s explaining the dangers and thrills of poppers to my 93 year old grandmother. My fault for bringing up the death of #lindseygraham

This is how I found out Lindsay Graham died.

I am hearing that on his deathbed Lindsey Graham received the light of Islam and unhesitatingly recited the Shahada. Even now he looks down on the Ummah from the gardens of Jannah. Truly there is no god but Allah, and Mohammad is his prophet!

You all have been asking me who supporting for president in 2028. After years of abject corruption, division, and ineptitude—it’s clear we need someone who can unite folks around a new message, is principled, and has the energy to get the job done. Only one man is up to the task: Mitch McConnell

So someone’s young and and idealistic and joins the military. They hate it and it radicalizes them against empire. That’s a common thing and there are tons of decent people who’ve gone down that road. There aren’t any decent people who after they get out, instead decide to merc it up as a PMC.

Death to articulation! Long live the beautiful box!

Does anyone have any good single source to do a deep dive on Platner? I feel like I’m so behind on the discourse, and I’d like a comprehensive rundown on what’s going down.

Seriously: everybody loved the walkable downtown vibe of Seattle during the World Cup. *Everyone.* They wrote articles about it in newspapers around the world! We cemented our reputation as a global city! And now ... we just have to let all the cars back in? Why?

Thank you! Seconding your comments RE: Jamey. She has demonstrated how to get stuff done to make people's lives better and also understands how to use a position of leadership to lift up others. She deserves everyone's vote and support.

Portland isn't divided over the Blazers. Portland has been divided by a negotiating strategy that needs the mayor, the council, Salem, and the fans fighting each other instead of negotiating together. That ends today 🧵 edankrolewicz.substack.com/p/the-moda-d...

I feel like this is gonna come in handy…

Unfortunately, you will not find the words “global warming” or “climate change” in this article.

One trip in the morning. One trip in the afternoon. www.routle.city/trimet

The Oregonian editorial still takes potshots at councilors who refused to roll-over and immediately take the deal on the table--yet they now concede the public deserves a much better deal. How convenient.

Have news orgs considered one of the reasons local journalism might be dying is that their websites are literally unusable? I can’t fucking read anything. Every outlet, doesn’t matter which one: the page reloads, pop ups are uncloseable, the “read more” button doesn’t work. Truly untenable.

"Before the cuts, the NWS was launching weather balloons twice per day (once in the morning and once in the evening) from 100 locations. Today, the number of morning launches in the Lower 48 has been reduced by half"

live view from the great american state fair

TWELVE LANES vs ONE Light Rail. Congrats Link for dethroning I-5 as busiest transportation infrastructure in Seattle

Environmental adlibs! For every person who dies in a __________(climate disaster) going forward, we should _________(fun activity) a(n) _________(polluting industry) executive!

KARL: Rs are gonna make you the poster child for the D Party MAMDANI: Let them. We don't have to ask ourselves what life looks like if a socialist wins. I won last year & over the course of the last 6 months what we've delivered for working people are the very things we were told were impossible.

This, not polar bears, is what climate crisis means. Cascading infrastructure breakdowns. Can't get around coz roads have buckled; power plants shut down coz rivers are too hot & shallow Never forget that the "economy" is a wholly owned subsidiary of nature phenomenalworld.org/analysis/glo...

Portland “Moderates” are trying to throw $120 million of our taxpayer dollars at a Texas billionaire but the *real* problem is the few thousand dollars of personal office fund councilors spent on educational trips and seminars to more effectively benefit the community. I am a serious person. 🤡

There's nothing else to do at the reflecting pool but loiter. It's literally the whole reason it exists, it's a public space where people are invited to linger and loiter.

1) In a hypothetical scenario in which Portland is its own consolidated city/county (let’s debate the merits & demerits of that in a different post), should the District Attorney be: a) elected by voters b) appointed by the mayor c) appointed by City Council 2) Why or why not?

It always puts me in such a sour mood when I get harassed by the “drain PCEF for cops” people. This one followed me down the block trying to convince me, though was polite enough and at least local, not one of them ones they flew in to gather signatures.

“While he didn’t stick around, Dundon expressed his support for Kotek and Wilson. ‘I like your mayor,’ he said. ‘I like your governor a lot.’” www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

The heatwave in Europe is so extreme, it's 25–32°F (14–18°C) above normal. You read that right. France recorded it's hottest day ever. The UK had its hottest ever June day. The ground is exceeding 122°F (50°C). People are dying. Tell me again why we shouldn't talk about climate change???

It would be a dereliction of duty for me to ignore the *overwhelming* body of evidence that points to deals exactly like this one as mostly subsidies to private owners at the public expense, where claims to new economic development and tax revenues are largely unsupported by the facts.

Someone has decided to spray all the parking informations signs in NW Portland, eliminating the ability to know which district you’re in and be able to pay by phone. FYI: if you did this so people don’t have to pay, that’s not how it works. This just inconvenienced a shit ton of people.

Vancouver SHOULD dream big -10,000 new units of subsidized housing -SkyTrain to UBC -Gondola to SFU -100% more bus service (as in TransLink's plan) -An intercity network that gets you anywhere in the province, car-free

Downtown highways were a catastrophe for our cities and we should remove every single one of them.

Proposal: Automated, grade-separated light metro running in a cut&cover tunnel from Park Rose TC, to Hollywood TC, to Reed College, transitioning into a bored tunnel with stops at a redeveloped East Moreland golf course, 🔸line Bybee, DT Sellwood, and Milwaukie.

periodic reminder that portland has the coolest flag and all other cities are inferior

for anyone who thinks it’s science fiction to suggest that Seattle or Portland could function if we tore out I-5 or other massive highways, worth pointing them to our neighbor to the morth, an economically thriving and livable city with virtually no big roads Americans would recognize as “freeways”

chicken strips

"All I'm saying is you look like someone who would like ranch dressing a lot, and you DO" - my BOYFRIEND, who supposedly LOVES me.

Honestly, I don’t know what the future of TriMet is. We need a serious conversation about the existential crisis the agency is in. Without real progress on land-use in the metro, regulation on autonomous TNCs, and changes in funding, we simply may not have a transit system in 20 years time.

The ‘F’ in FX-2 actually stands for “Flat Tire” #themoreyouknow

There has to be a better way to serve this area. Routle - TriMet 06/13/2026 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 www.routle.city/trimet

The Ellisons now own TikTok, Paramount, Warner Bros, CBS News, HBO, Comedy Central, and CNN, among other major channels. They are also the largest private donor to "Friends of the IDF." They also paid $7 billion for streaming rights to UFC, which is hosting an event at the White House.

you guys realize how many trees are being planted across Portland now with PCEF funding? PCEF should release some stats on this because they have them! imagine all these trees in 20-40-80 years! this is like new deal era shit

No More Freeways began filing lawsuits over the Rose Quarter project in 2019. After many ODOT withdrawals, re-filings and delays our day in court has arrived. Our first trial begins on Monday at 9am in room 14B of the Multnomah County Courthouse!

When people ask me, what city should Portland Metro emulate, I always say “Vancouver BC” The MAX needs to be elevated/tunneled (and automated) from Gresham to Hillsboro, paid for by Land Value Capture from a significant build out of retail/housing at stations.

There you have it: solar is now generating more energy than coal. That didn’t stop Trump from lighting $700 million taxpayer dollars on fire to try and prop up the coal industry. But the proof is there. Solar is cheaper, cleaner, more reliable.