In conclusion, I agree with Councilor Morillo: It is *wild* to read this story about Dan Ryan in a legal proceeding about violating records laws comically saying his spouse gave his phone away and then oops no he didn’t after threat of contempt and not see this anywhere on the TV news.

Pretty above average

Zack Labe@zacklabe.com · 8h ago

Temperature departures around the world averaged over the last three months... 🟥 warmer than average 🟦 colder than average Data from data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/

I think quite a few of us use bikes as an important antidepressant, both as a spot treatment and to maintain baselines long term though regular use. for about 20 years I’ve referred to bikes as “good mood machines” just based on my immediate experience after I ride them

Dutch Cycling Embassy@dutchcycling.nl · 6h ago

Cycle commuters are less likely to receive prescriptions for antidepressants or anti-anxiety medication 🚲🧠 Source: Berrie et al. (2024), Does cycle commuting reduce the risk of mental ill-health? An instrumental variable analysis using distance to nearest cycle path, 🔗 buff.ly/tPSheDl

I liked this

Valarie Smith@valarie.bsky.social · 22h ago

“What if Oregon’s manifesto, going forward, were simple? Keep the air of this place smelling like the woods. Make the water so clear you can see to the bottom. Keep the coastline open forever. Make sure Oregon stays wild: in the woods, in the cities.” oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine...

Seems pretty dangerous

Cabel Sasser@cabel.panic.com · 19h ago

i have lived here my whole life, and i have never once seen a plane take off from the Willamette… …let alone do THIS. wtf.

Steph’s a real one and we would be well served to have her leadership at the EMSWCD

Steph Routh (she/they)@stephrouth.bsky.social · 5d ago

I'm running for East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District, At Large 2 seat. This is an oft-overlooked and important body. Please spread the word using our website's Word of Mouth Kit created by incredible volunteer power! Thank you. Vote by November 3! #orpol #vote2026 stephfororegon.com

Hardest assignment of my career this week: Writing an obituary for my extraordinary dad. I usually keep my personal stuff and work stuff far apart. But I really want the world to know who he was.

William Zielinski - North Coast Journal

William Zielinski, age 71, passed away peacefully on Oct. 2, 2026, in Portland, Oregon from complications of Parkinson’s disease. Bill, as he was known to most, was a loving husband, father, brother, ...

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"When one side rejects pluralism, electoral legitimacy, or epistemic accountability, then 'reconciliation' & even 'civility' function less as neutral civic virtues than as asymmetric constraints, & they risk unilaterally disarming pro-democracy forces." Gonna link to this piece every week, forever.

Frontiers | The problem with polarization research in an age of extremism

"I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block i...

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These guys won’t be happy until they see pogroms

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Tom Emmer refers to Somali-Americans as "enemy combatants" and says they should be "rounded up and put in jail"

Vancouver city planners are so based

Jennifer@jenwith1n.bsky.social · 2d ago

Vancouver, WA did the biggest upzone / deregulation possibly in the entire nation and not enough people are talking about it. And this all came from City staff - they didn’t have community advocates demanding this for years!

I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

This right here. The fact that so many “sober” minded people and institutions endorsed Sam Adams in 2024 when his full record of misconduct was fully known, should tell you everything you need to know about those people. You should not vote for or listen to anyone who endorsed Adams.

pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼@pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 3d ago

Yeah I just think a newspaper that endorsed predator and staff abuser Sam Adams has no place talking to me about propriety. It’s not about that. It’s about power. They can’t critique my effectiveness so they’ll just call me a bitch lol

Love these photos of a gansey sweater over at Highland Threads. Such great knitting. A gansey is a type of fisherman sweater with identical front and back sides. Last photo shows one from Flamborough Marine, my favorite contemporary maker for this style. highlandthreads.co.uk/wick-museum

Yeah I just think a newspaper that endorsed predator and staff abuser Sam Adams has no place talking to me about propriety. It’s not about that. It’s about power. They can’t critique my effectiveness so they’ll just call me a bitch lol

District 2, my friends, can we please gear up to vote this clearance bin Ted Wheeler out of office in 2028?

Portland Mercury@portlandmercury.com · 3d ago

Dan Ryan is under a court order not to delete messages from his personal phone, which may contain public records. In court documents, Ryan said he no longer has the phone he's been using, because his spouse traded it in the same day a judge barred him from deleting records. He says nothing was lost.

As always with Rs, the sense is not so much that they deny the physical phenomenon of climate change as the presence or absence of the phenomenon simply never enters their thinking. They interact with it *purely* as a partisan matter, something libs care about. No awareness of a world beyond.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

Burgum: "You don't the word 'climate change' as much as you did two years ago, because the legs have been knocked out from under that movement"

They asked me about my decorum and I reminded them women are being raped at Cornell, a woman running for Congress was raped in the middle of the night, so they should worry less about me being a bitch (a very gendered critique considering other behavior on council) and deliver for the working class

Kyle 🚄@kyletrainemoji.bsky.social · 3d ago

You were amazing. I saw people clapping (quietly since they told us not to) when you answered the question about bluesky

Amendment Kanal 2 to the Title 17 ordinance (part of the CEI Hub project) passes! This is an updated version of pre-filed amendment Kanal 1. It passed 10-2. Thanks to Councilors Avalos, Dunphy, Pirtle-Guiney, Koyama Lane, Morillo, Novick, Clark, Green, & Zimmerman for their support!

Shame on @councilordanryan.bsky.social for voting no on this basic amendment to improve safety planning, especially for people who live in North Portland.

Councilor Sameer Kanal@councilorkanal.bsky.social · 3d ago

We must view the CEI Hub as a safety issue, not just an economic or a permitting / land use one. This is about how the way the CEI Hub is set up will in a disaster cause widespread detriment to human (& environmental / animal) life & health. I'm grateful my colleagues agreed that this is important.

More than half of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Starbuck's CEO took home $31 million - 1,794 times more their median worker. Live Nation's CEO made $33 million - 976 times the median pay. The system has been rigged against the working class, but the Fair Share Tax starts to change that.

Mitch Green@councilorgreen.bsky.social · 5d ago

Our Fair Share Tax proposal is coming to Committee of the Whole this Thursday morning at 9:30. If you think it’s a good idea to cut taxes for small businesses, raise taxes on large mega corporations, while raising more money to fund critical services then we need to hear from you.

MeToo went about 1% as far as it should have gone.

Alan Elrod@aselrod.bsky.social · 3d ago

This is just a relentlessly horrific story. It’s hard to adequately contextualize the moral desolation of this unfolding in the midst of a midterms against a ruling party helmed by inveterate rapists and rape apologists. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...

I think this is clearly what’s gone wrong in the oregon governor’s race. voters are wavering on kotek because they’re not sure she can get single stair done and she clearly needs to reassure the electorate on this issue

Dan Keshet@dankeshet.bsky.social · 3d ago

With Talarico up 51-45 on Paxton, it's safe to declare this race a referendum on Talarico's single stair bill. The majority of Texans are giving a resounding yes to Senator Single Stair.

This really highlights how big multinational corporations take seriously these local fights

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 4d ago

Chevron donated $150,000 to the Bay Area Council, which led a campaign against electrification rules requiring homeowners to replace gas water heaters with electric heat pumps. The Council hired a software company to send thousands of opposition emails, some without the consent of the signers.

I'm fully supportive of the Fair Share Tax proposal introduced by Portland City Councilors this week; I encourage you to reach out to City Hall in support of the initiative to lower taxes on small businesses and raise taxes on large corporations. Submit testimony in the link below:

Mitch Green@councilorgreen.bsky.social · 5d ago

Our Fair Share Tax proposal is coming to Committee of the Whole this Thursday morning at 9:30. If you think it’s a good idea to cut taxes for small businesses, raise taxes on large mega corporations, while raising more money to fund critical services then we need to hear from you.

thanks for this, Chloe. really thoughtful essay and necessary context from someone who has been there many times over to witness police violence in our town. streetwonk.substack.com/p/tweets-vs-...

Tweets vs. Tear Gas

Attacks on Councilor Mitch Green over his 2020 tweets ignore the real harm done to protesters, legal observers, journalists, and the public by the Portland Police Bureau

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A new complaint filed Monday alleges a web of new committees funded by the Metro Chamber's United for Portland PAC violated local and state elections laws by obscuring the true funding source of political billboards and filing false campaign-finance statements.

“DitchMitch” Billboard Campaign Violates Local and State Elections Laws, Complaint Says - Portland Mercury

A new complaint filed with the city, county, and state elections offices alleges multiple political action committees violated independent expenditure rules when they failed to properly report informa...

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this is of course the next move after we officially kill the proposed $3 billion rose quarter freeway expansion that intends to double the width of I-5 into the backyard of Harriet Tubman Middle School, instead of removing the freeway it entirely and replacing it with homes transit and parks

Brandon Mullen@brandonmullen.com · 5d ago

I would love, love, LOVE a local / regional politician to really pick up the ball and run with this! I know it requires massive multijurisdictional coordination and a lot of time, but just being very vocal about it and keeping it in the public imagination helps!

Solidarity to the students and parents who stormed the school board meeting tonight. The plan to close the schools is *outrageous*

i find it hilarious that the very people mad at me for shining a light on old guard, dubious backroom dealing have decided to attack me by doing even more obfuscation and committing crimes in the process. just come at me openly and on the merits guys.

“DitchMitch” Billboard Campaign Violates Local and State Elections Laws, Complaint Says - Portland Mercury

A new complaint filed with the city, county, and state elections offices alleges multiple political action committees violated independent expenditure rules when they failed to properly report informa...

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one of the ways the media shows which side they prefer, is which politicians they quote uncharitably out-of-context and which they clean up for even when what they actually say and do is offensive (the Biden story ran on the front page less than a week before the 24 election)

Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC@mattnegrin.bsky.social · 4d ago

When Trump posted a video of the Obamas as apes the NYT claimed "it was unclear if Mr. Trump was aware" that he posted it