I don't think we should talk about climate change anymore, we should talk about kitchen-table issues. Like how climate change will destroy your kitchen table and everything else you have

latest IBR news: Tolls as high as $4.70 High tolls expected to deter traffic to ~30% lower than today, but new bridge still built to ~twice current size Tons of I-205 diversion expected Only $1.7B raised from these high tolls Even w/tolls, still *$2.5 BILLION* budget gap just for IBR phase 1

My latest @nytimes.com oped shows that the White House is dramatically understating the cost of the war in Iran. By my calculations—and I show my work—this war will cost the typical American family thousands, and it could cost them tens of thousands. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/o...

I-5 southbound at the Moda Center will be closed for over a month. In my view, this is a test run for when we get rid of I-5 in the inner eastside altogether. That won't happen without generational investment in transit and years of work... but it DEFINITELY won't happen if we don't talk about it.

Update: I am being sued for $5 million. Brian Owendoff is so pissed about this SpongeBob GIF, we’re going to court. LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

My problem with democrats refusing to say genocide and instead saying “I think what has been done to the Palestinian people has gone too far” is that it implies there’s a medium level of killing Palestinians that is reasonable.

Less than 24 hours in a LA and I’ve already seen a Waymo: - lost in a restricted-access parking lot - merge lanes without using a blinker - circle the block several times completely empty But yes, more vehicles on the road without the benefit of at least having employed someone is a good thing.

Texas eliminated 5 Democratic seats with no voter approval. Louisiana suspended election with no voter approval. Tennessee erased last majority-Black district with no voter approval. But VA Supreme Court blocks redistricting map approved by 3 million voters www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Palmer drought index. Worst ever. Worse than the dust bowl. Fire season is coming.

It is SO funny to call unpaid community organizers & volunteer DSA members the 'professionals' ("pros") when this system has forever been domineered by *actual* paid/for profit business lobby interests

We have a year’s worth of economic data since Liberation Day, when President Trump announced much higher tariffs on most imported goods and countries, and the data are definitive; the tariffs have done significant damage to the economy.

After some discussion on a previous post, it was suggested that while we couldn't do a TriMet livery in the Flag of Portland colors--beyond a one-off wrap--we could make the next generation of streetcars be in a livery embracing Rose City's white, blue, yellow, and green. As such: 5 options.

We had 200 people being turned away a month from drug treatment because THERE WERE AND ARE STILL NOT ENOUGH BEDS! And getting rid of 110 got rid of some funding too, exacerbating the problem. But hey, at least a few people scored cheap political points to further entrench us in this system.

You want me to go into the details? Like where the devil is in?

It’s true and along the way, the Republican Party embraced Dixie. The Dixification of rural areas in the north threatens to end the American experiment.

In Paris, we’ll always be proud of these radical transformations. We never tire of seeing this former motorway transformed into a vibrant public space 💫 << Cities for people | Happy proximity >>

It's been 175 years since Portland was founded this year. I think as celebration, @trimet.org should do a bus wrap that's their current livery but adorned with the colors of the City of Portland flag.

Oh, I'm very familiar.

Happy May Day. A better world together.

"A huge number of American votes are totally misinformed about everything and were convinced to vote for Trump for totally absurd reasons" is an opportunity, not an intractable problem. Dems need to start aggressively playing the game of winning these voters that they've ignored for decades.

Did you know? All around Portland where there are old sidewalks, you can find these metal rings sticking out of the concrete. They’re actually old horse ties: rings people used to tie up their horsies. A local artist has recently been adding paper horses to them. This lil guy is a cyclops horse. ❤️🐴.

The Voting Rights Act is essentially dead and it’s quite possible that we will, like when a similar SCOTUS gutted civil rights at the fall of Reconstruction, see a disappearance of much of the Black congressional representation, especially in the most heavily Black states, which are in the South.

So this is embarrassing but I’m only just now kinda learning about basketball and… what do you mean the TrailBlazers have a literal IDF soldier on the team? In PORTLAND?????

Waymo coming to Portland seems like something that is just meant to signal "see?! Portland is a real big boy city! We get all the same enshittification as other cities so you gotta take us seriously!"

Councilor Morillo being transvestigated by a person in Lents & posts video on her IG making fun of it so then right wing extremist Republican Governor candidate David Medina stops by the comments to be horny on main and then deletes. 2026 in a nutshell.

The Iranian schoolgirl, the cancer patient whose clinical trial was cancelled, the African AIDS patient who can't get treatment anymore — none of these are "real" to our media elites. Can't imagine themselves in that situation or visualize it. But "panic at the fancy gala!" on the other hand,

Does anyone know who on here has the “Unserious Man” edit of Dan Ryan? I cannot for the life of me remember their username, but desperately need the meme format for something.

Sorry, but self-driving cars are still cars. They won't "de-center" autocentric streets; they'll reinforce them. Silicon Valley made a similar urbanist pitch about ridehail 15 years ago. Turns out, cities with ridehail have *more* cars and miles driven, not less. The same will be true of AVs.

I want to live in a country where: - the president isn‘t a fascist - the political media don’t collaborate with fascism - political violence and mass shootings aren’t a regular occurrence - there is a democratic method to depose the head of state if they’re a corrupt, demented pedo

Patriarchy isnt a reaction to Bad Feminism

They think you're stupid.

Update on the Moda Center process: I was recently asked to join a small group of councilors to stay close to the talks as the admin enters negotiation. It was conveyed to me that a condition of being in this group would be a commitment to honor an NDA between the city and the team. I refused. 🧵

I shit you not: this GIF from SpongeBob upset Brian Owendoff so much he wrote to the president of my neighborhood association and is threatening to get lawyers involved. I’m crafting a response right now. Any fun ideas of what to include in my reply would be appreciated.

Brian Owendoff is in my inbox again.

Some key takeaways from tonight's State of the City address by Mayor Wilson: - Wilson shouted out every moderate member of council by name and mentioned at least one of their policy initiatives, but did not mention any peacock member 1/4

What are folks’ over/under on Christine Drazan loosing the Republican primary?

I’m calling 911 in the City of Portland, which means it’s time to wait on hold for 5 minutes. #thecitythatworks

“Since cars have killed the city, we need faster cars to escape on superhighways to suburbs that are even farther away. What an impeccable circular argument: give us more cars so that we can escape the destruction caused by cars.” Written in 1973, when the destruction was just beginning.

Republicans called Obama a terrorist supporter for lifting a small section of sanctions in exchange for a halted nuclear program and third-party oversight now Trump might lift every sanction in exchange for literally nothing

This railing at Sound Transit's Star Lake Link light rail station has a perplexing railing that prevents you from accessing... another railing? You might think it's for people w/ disabilities to hold onto, but it's 2' from the sidewalk. It's just in the middle of this planting strip, randomly.

Mind you, federal income taxes are the lowest they’ve been in generations AND we have the biggest income and wealth gap since the Napoleonic Wars AND the social safety net in America is an absolute shambles

79 degrees in Portland, the first week of April. Growing up i often had to wear a sweatshirt on the Fourth of July

You can really tell America is winning this war when the president panic posts “open the fuckin’ strait, you crazy bastards” at 5 am on Easter Sunday along with an extension on their deadline

If you have to drive to use a treadmill then your cities planning has failed you.

Big news this week: Portland Streetcar has announced that the next generation fleet of rolling stock will be manufactured by CAF using their Urbos platform. Noe we don’t know what the vehicles will look like, since the Urbos comes in many different styles. However, here are some of the dorkiest.

Whoever works in good faith and with genuine enthusiasm on a major rail or transit project in the US, especially in California, is either a fool, a hero or a martyr, or all three at the same time. Dealing with the US political class must be just an absolute nightmare.

We choose to go to the moon, not because it is easy but because you've seen the other shit this country spends tax money on. At least going to the moon is cool.

It's hard to believe that 2016 was 35 years ago.

Today, I’m unbelievably proud to announce that I’m running for Mayor of Portland. My platform? Laying siege to Maywood Park, an illegal pseudo-city of 500 single family homes near the airport. For too long, we’ve let rightful Portland clay gone wrongfully claimed. As mayor, I’ll fix that.