Nathan Williams
@nathanmwilliams.bsky.social
Making a movie about democracy: https://peoplestownhall.org/democracyfilm
This is Ford's Young Mr Lincoln in a nutshell.
Seva@seva.bsky.social · 5d agobiggest surprise from the Lincoln bio I'm reading. The dude just loved to get into fistfights. He's cornered by a gang after beating their leader and yells: “I’m the big buck of this lick!” And they back down! Who knew the great emancipator had a little WWE in him?
Almost 20 years since this was published and I still think about it at least once a week.
City Auditor should indeed amend this language in their guide. "We recommend your voter registration is current..." sure doesn't convey the strictness of the year minimum registration requirement in the charter itself.
Brandon Mullen@brandonmullen.com · 3w agoUnfortunately, this requirement was missing from the Auditor's Office's requirements on their site, from multiple sections of their candidate guide, and missing entirely from their video webinar.
My favorite Sam Neil fact will always be that he designed a future Australian flag that replaces the union jack with the aboriginal flag for Event Horizon and insisted the film use it.
ICE is engaged in a very large escalation nationwide, with the agency claiming to be hitting record arrest numbers amid the return of quotas. This has gotten very little attention from the media because ICE learned lessons from the chaotic disasters of Kristi Noem’s tenure. Keep a watch.
WA Whistles@wawhistles.bsky.social · 4w agoICE is surging in the Seattle area. (Map shows activity in the last week) Do you have your whistle with you?
I'm not a Mainer so what do I know but gotta think a couple of these folks are asking why they didn't run for Senate instead.
Shaedon and Ja doing 360° windmills on fastbreaks while down 30 will be MUST SEE TV this fall.
If Rs win in 2028 and replace Sotomayor, it's gone. I don't know why a bloc of left-wing voters convince themselves "the court shouldn't matter, you can't blackmail me" but that happens every decade and a half for some reason
Richard M. Nixon@dicknixon.bsky.social · last mo.Barring changes to the Court you will see another go at birthright citizenship within 10 years.
Who's going to the last Cherry Bombs game tonight?
There are only a few days left for low-income households to apply for a free air conditioner via the city's Cooling Portland program. www.streetroots.org/news-stories...
City lets Cooling Portland program evaporate
There’s only a few days left for low-income households to apply for a free air conditioner from the city
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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”
Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2mo agoAll those visiting Vancouver for the #WorldCup and cheering our public transit, walkable downtown, & vibrant waterfront, might be interested to know that almost everything noteworthy about our city-building began with the turning point rejection of the freeways that lobotomized so many other cities.
The three players in this photo: 1. Nigerian heritage, grew up in England, and is only a citizen thanks to birthright citizenship. 2. Born + raised in Holland, has a dad who immigrated to the US from Suriname. 3. Said he wanted to “make people who look like me proud” while playing on Juneteenth
Community centers, misting stations, and malls, oh my! Help get the word out that dozens of cool spaces across Multnomah County are open today to help beat the heat. Visit our interactive cooling map for details, including hours of operation: link.multco.us/interactive-map-cool-spaces
This is going to be requisite for viable 2028 candidates.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago"All options have to be on the table" -- Warnock on expanding the Supreme Court
I've built the plane as we're flying it so many times. Just once can we build it before it takes off?
I'm not a Mainer so what do I know but gotta think a couple of these folks are asking why they didn't run for Senate instead.
Portland, we are letting LOS ANGELES beat us in transit use per capita. C'mon now, folks.
Yonah Freemark@yonahfreemark.com · 2mo agoIn total transit ridership per capita, the highest ranked large urban areas are: 1—NYC 2—SF 3—DC 4—Boston 5—Seattle 6—Chicago 7—Philly 8—LA 9—Portland 10—Salt Lake www.urban.org/urban-wire/t...
Yet another day to be glad I live in the better of the two Portlands!
