Decades ago, PFB appeared while we were burning a Christmas tree and random brush in a barrel. They were super nice as they made me put the fire out with the hose I had handy. Then one of them gave me a tip - "if you had some wieners or something, this would be a cooking fire and you'd be legal."

Mitch Green@councilorgreen.bsky.social · 20h ago

Just want to acknowledge here that while I wasn’t aware of the burn ban, it was still a dumb thing to do and you gotta check these things. Especially me. I didn’t, I own that, and I am really grateful for the responders on Engine 18 who showed up to make sure the situation was under control.

"Portland is a dying city" ass motherfucker foh

lotta different opinions today, but one thing has been made very clear ALL MY HOMIES HATE TOM DUNDON

Did some modeling at the dais to show you what would happens if we pass my amendment: we’d generate free cash flow from the current encumbrances of Moda fees net of debt service on a $120MM bond issuance. No PCEF $, no general fund obligation and reduced public contribution by 2/3rds

Mitch Green@councilorgreen.bsky.social · 4h ago

We’re hearing testimony on the Moda term sheet today. I have filed an amendment that seeks to do two broad things: 1. empower the Joint Authority to limit expenditure public funds in the public interest with transparency and accountability 2. Reduce City’s commitment from $400M -> $120MM

I got yer anti billionaire agenda right here

...did Brian Owendoff just say "the Moda Center has over $600M in deferred maintenance" a week after the Blazers' Dewayne Hankins said the Moda Center has NO deferred maintenance..? hmm... 🤔

Owendoff "REDUCE POLITICAL RHETORIC" lmao

Kate Lieber telling people that the legislature didn't even consider the need for private investment is the clearest tell that the fix was in

Nick@ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 3h ago

the sports Oregon guy saying this is a "process none of us asked for" is pretty cynical. Actually, the corporate insiders absolutely wanted this process. They coordinated it during "Project Mt. Hood". They just thought it was going to get the hundreds of millions out without friction.

All this City Council testimony seems to assume there's some powerful lobby for spending no money on Moda and letting it rot into the earth.

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For the past five months the only refugees the USA has accepted are white South Africans fleeing equality & safety meanwhile they are disappearing or strapping ankle monitors on any Haitian they can get ahold of. It needs to be understood how thoroughly connected these two things are.

not great

Nathaniel Glasgow@ncglasgow.bsky.social · 22h ago

extremely yucky outside

People who don't live in Portland are very eager to hire other people who don't live in Portland to do violence to people who do live in Portland.

Portland Mercury@portlandmercury.com · 23h ago

A ballot initiative that sought to direct 25 percent of Portland’s Clean Energy Fund toward hiring additional police officers failed to gather enough valid signatures to qualify for the November ballot.

Excellent idea, spare no expense!

Kori 🌹@koriander.bsky.social · 23h ago

Looks like it’s happening, not sure what they could possibly gain from the suit after missing the filing deadline

There is another way to live that is not at war with the planet. 😷

extremely yucky outside

🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 PRR shows the city asked Blazers the questions we all have been wondering, but somehow none of these made it into the draft term sheet. So who decided to remove or dilute the City’s June negotiating demands—and what did the Blazers, the NBA, or political leadership say that caused it?

After 4 extremely wrong guesses I made a final, less wrong guess. Cardle 5/5 Total Score 1073 🔴 🔴 🟢 🔴 🔴 🟢 🔴 🔴 🟢 🔴 🔴 🟢 🟢 🔴 🟢 www.playcardle.com

Councilor Olivia Clark, Dirty Deleter

Brandon Mullen@brandonmullen.com · yesterday

Councilor: when you make public statements, people listen. When you delete a public statement, it would be helpful to understand why. What was the reason this statement was deleted?

Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:

Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says

Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...

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Here's the full story of "There Will Come Soft Rains," a short story from 1950 by sci fi author Ray Bradbury. It invokes the fear of nuclear annihilation, but also considers the accidental cruelty of automation and AI decisions. It's set today, this very day. users.wpi.edu/~zrbutzke/Do...

Beneath the angry yellow sky, we assumed the Service Position.

Nathaniel Glasgow@ncglasgow.bsky.social · 2d ago

I set aside this week to finally fix a few things on the Audi so I can sell it (probably). Could have timed this better.

The Cracking is always Downward with these ghouls. "Let's punish the people with the least power in this situation." We don't even know how the fire started yet. No thought of Cracking Upward on the real estate speculators who own these dangerous buildings (who are the real victims, I guess).

Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

I set aside this week to finally fix a few things on the Audi so I can sell it (probably). Could have timed this better.

US automakers will be back asking for yet another public bailout in a few years. One of many depressingly predictable recurring cycles in US politics.

The American E.V. Has Been Crushed. Will It Take the U.S. Auto Industry With It?

The largest U.S. automakers have backed away from electric vehicles, even as global sales are booming. The decision may make them obsolete.

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It's weird seeing even pretty left-leaning liberals get so bent out of shape about things like subsidized groceries or free public transit while just accepting basically infinite gov expenditures on objectively horrible and destructive shit as unassailable or even necessary.

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If you ever feel disheartened that other people don't recognize your value, keep in mind that multiple record labels turned down The Jimi Hendrix Experience when they had the finished version of Hey Joe in hand.

Welcome to the 2026 Blazers offseason, where you're either laid off amid the Moda Center debate or stick around long enough to become a shameless minion declaring war on Portland. Nice bit of work by @defector.com and @christhompson.bsky.social : defector.com/tom-dundons-...

Tom Dundon's Shameless Minions Expand The Scope Of His War On Portland | Defector

Fans of the Portland Trail Blazers should prepare themselves for a very unpleasant time. Tom Dundon, the team’s new owner, is digging in. Arena renovations would improve the value of his property, and...

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