With all these wildfires poppin up all the time, we really need to require government ID and face scan to purchase matches and lighters.
For the duration of the Blazers’ time in Portland, every transit line that has a stop in the Rose Quarter Transit center should be fully funded, and should run 24 hours a day, with electric buses.
Yeah I’m gonna need yall got get me a 7th vote. I think that vote is Jamey, give her a follow, donate, volunteer. If you want a progressive council every day till November counts and everything you do or don’t do shapes that too.
Jamey Evenstar@jameyevenstar.bsky.social · 2w ago@pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social demonstrates once again why the progressives on council are the real collaborators and fiscally responsible reps Portland deserves. We need to expand the progressive table to never again allow the mayor to put his thumb on the scale. #breakthedeadlock #voteevenstar4d4
Any elected representative who votes for this should be recalled, immediately, for dereliction of duty.
Portland City Council won’t have all answers before voting on Moda Center funding package
As a deadline to commit public dollars to Moda Center renovations rapidly approaches, it appears that Portland city councilors will be asked to approve spending $120 million on arena renovations next ...
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@supergiantgames.bsky.social Just finished Hades 2 on ps5. What a treat of a game. Thanks!!!
i’ve stuck my neck out to fight for ratepayer affordability and to make sure we don’t get worked over in yet another public stadium subsidy scam, and i’ve lost two endorsements over it. that’s unfortunate, but my job is to take on affordability and matters of public trust whatever the cost. and i am
Councilor Mitch Green reaffirms opposition to billionaire bailouts and water rate hikes, vows to stand up for working Portlanders — new campaign site
Councilor Mitch Green reaffirms opposition to billionaire bailouts and water rate hikes, vows to stand up for working Portlanders
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We cannot let this garbage onto Portland streets.
John Berry@aniccia.bsky.social · 2mo agoYet another (120+) Wrong Way Waymo: Century & Crenshaw, Inglewood, CA "waymo driving in oncoming traffic. Illegally merges into left turn. I thought these cars had driver assist for these situations." OP: tiktok.kimooner Waymo's demolishing the 'telops will save robots from themselves' theory.
Yet another (120+) Wrong Way Waymo: Century & Crenshaw, Inglewood, CA "waymo driving in oncoming traffic. Illegally merges into left turn. I thought these cars had driver assist for these situations." OP: tiktok.kimooner Waymo's demolishing the 'telops will save robots from themselves' theory.
This idea that councilors should gather behind a literal paywall to talk about the Moda deal with Dundon, to get lobbied out of public view potentially as a quorum, instead of a public meeting is disturbing. That style of access-based lobbying to policy development is over.
If you use Waymo driverless car services, you are aiding and abetting fascism. Waymo helps I.C.E. agents locate people to terrorize and abduct. The company willingly shares all facial recognition, license plate and GPS data with I.C.E. and other law enforcement agencies—no subpoena required.
Waymo Self-Driving Jaguar at Traffic Light
ALT: Waymo Self-Driving Jaguar at Traffic Light
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We're out here today at this crucial conference at the intersection of labor and technology at PSU!
We still have a chance to keep these off our streets in Portland. Hold the line!
Sarah T Roberts, PhD@ubiquity75.xyz · 2mo ago"It comes after a Waymo was seen fleeing police and speeding through a San Francisco construction zone and after striking a child near a Santa Monica elementary school earlier this year." patch.com/california/a...
helluva time for the oregon legislature to decide to defund trimet and force the agency to cut transit service
The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · 2mo ago"The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System had a 6.5% increase. Metrolink, an LA-focused commuter rail system, saw a 4% jump. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency had its highest monthly ridership total since 2020."
YOU can help #SaveUSFS You’re here: you’re involved, but are your friends / family? Google Doc full of ways to help— starting w/ 8 sample social media posts, one conversation starter for friends + family, and a handy little graphic. Thanks to @nffe.bsky.social and @fedworkersunited.bsky.social.
Federal Workers United@fedworkersunited.bsky.social · 3mo agoHAPPENING NOW! We're joining federal workers & allies to defend the Forest Service staff from Trump's attempt to destroy the agency. Call Congress & tell them to stop the reorganization that would privatize our public forests. tinyurl.com/act4usfs #SaveUSFS #ProtectOurForests
Fuck off with your Ai shit!!!!!!!!!!!
people are so desperate for any public figure who looks like they're fighting trump they'll literally take ANYONE. the Nazi tattoo guy, Gavin Newsom and the transphobia machine, Tucker "actual Nazi" Carlson, and MTG. opposition to trump is literally the only thing some people care about.
Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 3mo agoin general i think to go from "jewish space lasers" to being widely accepted on the left, you'd need to do some actual, public soul-searching. but mtg is basically the same right-wing psycho, she's just broken from trump on a handful of issues.
There is no clearer case for the necessity of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 than how quickly southern states moved to eliminate Black-majority districts and dilute Black power after SCOTUS eroded Section 2. SCOTUS’s reasoning was immediately disproven by reality.
My entire lifetime has seen Republicans benefit from every structural bias in the system: two republican presidents elected while losing the popular vote,the senate being biased towards small rural conservative states,house and state legislatures being heavily gerrymandered, and a captured SCOTUS.
Breaking: Tennessee Republicans pass new 9-0 gerrymander after SCOTUS destruction of Voting Rights Act eliminating state’s only majority-Black district & last Democratic seat. Splits Memphis, which is 63% Black, into 3 districts to disenfranchise Black voters. Quite literally a return to Jim Crow
One of the funniest parts of this AI dystopia is that bsky is full of lewd bot accounts that are reposting some real shit about how “we’re sliding back into Jim Crow” but also like “subscribe to see me without panties”
🚨 Emerging scandal! 🚨 3 candidates — Kipperlyn Sinclair, Myrna Muñoz, & Tammy Carpenter — had a KGW interview about a moratorium on data centers censored after an opposing (pro-data center) campaign complained. Air the interview, @kgw.com.web.brid.gy The people deserve to have this information!
Hey @nytimes.com, I already reported this earlier this week. And the G650s you mention? I reported on those in FEBRUARY. You credit NBC News and WSJ for first reporting parts of your story. Please credit me, too.
@trimet.org it’d be great if you stopped sending big flocks of ticket checkers to profile and harass people at night. What a waste of man power and money to kick people while they’re down and make the ride worse for the rest of us in the meantime. Do better.
This has been the GOP's "starve-the-beast" scheme for nearly 50 years. Meanwhile, millions suffer and struggle to get ahead as the rich get richer. See the problem here?
This is precisely how a government sets up the framework to install a backdoor, create a firewall, and switch off the internet when it's convenient for them.
