D3 is a treasure 💙

Portland needs to put the brakes on this entire process. Rethink, regroup and negotiate.

I made an animation which shows the effects of air pollution on pedestrians waiting to cross the road, along with what can be done to reduce its harmful effects: stepback.gregdev.com Thank you to @ianwalker.bsky.social for the inspiration for doing so during a conversation a couple of weeks' back!

“Corridor zoning” was a political grand bargain we should no longer find acceptable for urban housing politics in the twenty first century. It’s time to buck up and legalize the urban just future where housing as abundant, accessible, and affordable - and not just relegated to the major streets

Congratulations to our friends at Multnomah County this victory at the supreme court in the fight against flavored tobacco. I am proud to have played a part in this policy when I was with the American Cancer Society. Congrats to the whole Flavors Hook Oregon Kids coalition and everyone involved!

I don’t think people should be in uniform when providing their opinion on political matters.

We have not even begun to pay the price for highest levels of co2 in millions of years Because there is a climate time lag It will take the climate system 15 to 20 years before the full manifestation of current co2 levels are reflected in global temp rises

Curbside Serenade in Mt. Tabor park, Portland is magic.

A daughter is one step closer to putting Big Oil companies on trial for their role in the heat wave that killed her mother.

Maine is in absolute outrage! Protesters took over Senator Susan Collins’ office chanting "VOTE HER OUT" after an ICE thug brutally executed a 26-year-old Colombian man. We demand immediate accountability for this state-sponsored murder! Enough is enough!

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

We’ve done quite a bit of this in Portland too, but PPS is so worried about bee stings and sight lines right now that most bushes and (definitely) mini forests are not allowed

Portland should have a couple dedicated bike expressways. Closed to cars, and all stopsigns along it face cross-traffic. Even just one, running east/west, and maybe one north/south would be cool. This sharrow and afterthought bike lane stuff we got going on is not enough for cross town trips.

100 years ago Oregon Electric ran 33 trains a day between Portland and Salem

This is so wild

It was so fun to warm our 🌎 and the atmosphere But today, one could argue " consequences are on the way, fast and furious" Melting in #Greenland 2026 #ClimateCrisis #cryosphere

victory lapping on this one

“The low cost of public transportation in Seattle reduces the overall cost of living for residents by balancing out housing costs to allow Seattle to be the fifth lowest in housing and transportation costs among major metropolitan cities” From @jimaloisi.bsky.social www.mmi.mit.edu/_files/ugd/2...

My hot take is that the people who have not stopped complaining about Portland for the last six years actually get on fine here and like it but they get community and dopamine from complaining about shit together. They’d be less happy elsewhere and the know it but in too deep to stop now.

Turns out if you get a bunch of bikes and ride ‘em around with your friends, you can end up having a really good time.

Beaver dams in coastal wetlands help protect young salmon: www.earth.com/news/beaver-...

Deep irony of the Trump presidency is that if he had done as little as possible he would have been seen as a successful president.

e-biked for meetings today from st johns to montavilla/80th to taborspace to mississippi and back to st johns and it was so beautiful, Portland is so GORGEOUS today

Games aired on local broadcaster. Affordable tickets to Blazers games.

Now we have space balls down under

Solid-state batteries are safer and more capable—but harder to mass-produce. They also represent an opportunity for non-Chinese companies to get back in the game. www.wired.com/story/prolog...

This was utterly predictable

Granddaughter saw a otter eating sea urchins. So chill😀

Tire dust!! It's the same stuff that's been killing the Coho Salmon - It's destroying our bodies too.

This is so powerful. Inspired by the March of a Thousand Robes in Poland, retired and sitting judges in the United States walked down the streets of Columbus, Ohio to stand up for the Rule of Law. #JusticeinMotion

No on 1 This is why

do i think changing an obscure building code will singlehandedly solve Portland’s housing crisis? No Do i think it’s worthwhile to reform regulations and engage in a little market-crafting so that we have pro forma cost-effective family sized multifamily homes legal and ready to build? Yeah, i do

with a few changes to local building codes and state directives on local zoning, oregon could begin to build hundreds of these beautiful, affordable, accessible multifamily homes around every major transit station in the greater portland region. all eyes on the 2027 legislative session

anyway, due to accidents of history we’ve learned that there was a very coordinated effort to simply extract hundreds of millions of dollars of public money and put it into private pockets on threats and vibes. but saving transit is beyond the pale. got it.

This morning a driver struck and killed Louisa Gag, a biking advocate and transportation planner. Gag had coauthored a Vision Zero Action plan: visionzeronetwork.org/wp-content/u...

Pacific Northwest is the best.

Love this for them

pretty classy response from @mitchgreen.bsky.social, and it's annoying he's not getting more credit from good governance types for actually asking tough questions about these blank checks the city's being asked to sign for these costly megaprojects www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Even a desperate third-grader knows that if you want to pass a test, you don't copy the answers of the dullest kid in class. The "Prosperity Council" says we should copy "best practices" from 5 states that Oregon outperforms >90% of the time. Don't copy losers. cityobservatory.org/dont-copy-lo...

When will physical reality of oil supplies catch up with markets

That’s very kind of you! I feel like I’m reaching new people these days so just wanted them to know where I’m coming from. Also trying to post on a variety of platforms for people who are done with Meta, so I’ll post those links below 💗 www.instagram.com/reel/Daeb1Jm...

An often forgotten part of labor history is that trade unions have historically sided with the people to protect the environment and scrutinize construction projects. While protecting one’s own job is important, I wonder what disciplined solidarity would look like. labornotes.org/2020/07/aust...

It’s true, Seattle. I want to ban rental junk fees & improve affordability for renters. My proposal will be heard in committee tomorrow. Join me at 12:45 at City Hall as we outline our legislation to create a fair, predictable, & equitable rental market. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

there is a cohort of men who resent the responsibilities and obligations of adulthood — of the fact that you owe things to other people. it is a fundamentally childish impulse that they have reconfigured as the height of masculinity, and i think it informs the parasocial attraction to platner.

You know why cargo bike parents are bad ass? Because you are rebeling against 99% of American parents that drive their kids around. That takes guts. At risk of being excluded, threatened, or injured, you all are standing firm on your convictions. You are a testament to a better way.

Global warming is starting to move faster. The energy imbalance “suggests that the models may also be under-predicting future warming" Great reporting here: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Today I'm thinking about how we continue to fight for our liberties, resist tyranny & bullies, and organize to ensure this great experiment in democracy can continue to grow and deliver for all our nation's people. I believe in us. Happy Interdependence Day!

These guys are such loosers

I was nterviewed for NPR, coming out for team AC. www.npr.org/2026/07/03/n...

Welcome to our climate changed world.