UNION UPDATE: tl;dr Dark Horse leadership is attempting to reduce union membership by claiming supervisory status for Senior Editors, who have never been allowed management roles. 🧵

It's not just advocates who say this. Researchers, studies, and data say it. That's why advocates say it. Reporters can just say it, too!

US push to defund ‘DEI bike lanes’ will make roads less safe, advocates say

Trump administration boasts of cutting $1.73bn already allocated for cycling improvements to city streets

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Not my district, but c’mon man. I’ll be sending a letter to Parks about this (with a cc to the D3 councilors), but this is one of those moments where in the midst of the many ongoing policy challenges that Portlanders experience that have no near term solution, you don’t add some new pain like this

City Orders Citizen-Run Youth Program to Discontinue Popular Waterslide

The Brooklyn Park water slide in Southeast Portland—used by youthful summer day campers for nearly 50 years—was shut down after coming to the attention of Portland Parks and Recreation.

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On laptop and hotel wifi right now, but yesterday I got this message on my mobile. So I’m mostly not using Bluesky while in Texas for Disability:IN. Except when back in room, maybe.

The way to understand this is to view it the way those in power do: Accessibility is something that can be automated away, just like every other concern. The fact that this is in opposition to reality is immaterial, as are the human-facing consequences. aftermath.site/xbox-layoffs...

Layoffs Leave The Future Of Xbox’s Award-Winning Accessibility Efforts In Doubt

Former workers say Xbox cuts leave less resources and experts to make sure games are developed, labelled, and tested with accessibility in mind

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Get a Life and Live It Loser

YouTube video by The Queers - Topic

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Portland: everyone who is seriously thinking of using our CLEAN ENERGY FUND to bribe our basketball team to not leave town needs to know that our transit agency is on track to cut nearly 1/3 of its service from what it was in 2025. Which is the greater crisis?

📣 NWS forecasts temps in the upper 90s today! 🧊 Cooling Center Open today (12PM–9 PM): Bud Clark Commons, 650 NW Irving St. Pets welcome, food and water avail. 🚌 TriMet won't turn away anyone heading to a center, just tell the operator. Interactive map on cool spaces & heat tips: multco.us/hot

Due to excessive heat and Multnomah County's State of Emergency, we will not turn away any riders Tuesday who are seeking a cooling shelter for lack of valid fare. The emergency declaration is expected to last until at least 10pm.

TriMet will not turn away anyone who is traveling to and from a cooling center who is unable to pay fare between 11 a.m. and 10 p.m. today (Tuesday, July 21). Please tell your bus operator that you’re heading to or from a cooling center.

Inn Between Ride #2 is tonight! This time, we traverse North and Northeast Portland: www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve... Meet at 5:30pm at Two Point Inn. Bring cash — it’s a cash-only bar! #InnBetweenRidePDX #pdxBikes #bikeFun #PedalpaloozaPDX #BikeSummerPDX #shift2bikes

Calendar

Rides calendar

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Join us Tuesday August 18 for an introductory oranizer training on solidarity and direct action in the workplace. We'll be meeting at the Albina Library in NE, 5:30 to 7:30p. This is a nation-wide tour! Visit industrialworker.carrd.co for more info and to RSVP.

Our 25th anniversary is this Monday, July 20! To celebrate, we'll be out at the Central Library stop with free coffee and plenty of free streetcar swag. Come by so we can thank you for riding! 🚃🥳🎉

Community event coming up soon for Disability Pride Month — Disability Joy block party! Hosted by PHAME and Community Vision, on Sunday July 19th, 11am–3pm, at 2446 SE Ladd Ave, Portland. Full details at the link! www.phamepdx.org/disabilityjo... #a11y #Portland #PDX

WTAF Portland. Looks like the astroturfing ghouls helping the cops raid the climate fund are jacking images from your bicycling community, including a beloved member who is deceased. Demand better. And use PCEF $ on transportation decarbonization infrastructure like bike lanes for "safer streets."

Come listen to some tasty jazz and ride bikes with the @kmhd.org ride tonight! Meet in Ladd Circle at 4:30pm, roll at quittin’ time! www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve... #jazz #KMHD #pdxBikes #bikeFun #PedalpaloozaPDX #BikeSummerPDX

💨 Portland residents may qualify for a free air conditioning unit! Call 311 or check your eligibility online before the June 30, 2026 deadline: www.portland.gov/bps/cleanenergy/cooling-portland/apply-cooling-unit

If you think PCEF has too much money you’re wrong, you just aren’t thinking big enough. We can change lives here, we just need to dream bigger than we ever have before. If something like a bike can change lives we need to do this times ten. We could bring car reliance down tremendously. Think big.

Today is the stand-in(n) for 3rd Monday — first Inn Between Ride of the summer is tonight! #InnBetweenRidePDX #pdxBikes #bikeFun #PedalpaloozaPDX #BikeSummerPDX #shift2bikes

Josh@press1forjosh.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Inn Between Rides are on the 3rd Monday of the month, except when they aren’t 🙃 Due to a heat advisory for next Monday, the June ride will instead be on Wed June 17th. Meet at Holman’s (aka Hello Inn) at 5:30pm, and ride at 6pm: www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...

The Oregon Secretary of State’s office has opened an investigation into allegations of misconduct against a campaign to divert PCEF funds to police. The state has so far received 28 of these complaints, which allege petitioners are misleading voters about the proposal or its funding source.

Dozens of Complaints Against Police Funding Petition Prompt State Investigation - Portland Mercury

Last month, canvassers began collecting signatures for a Portland ballot initiative seeking to use clean energy funds to hire police. Since then, the Oregon Secretary of State has received 28 complain...

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Hi friends! I've missed you. Here's an update on where things stand with me and BP. bikeportland.org/2026/06/17/d...

Dispatch from hiatus and update on the future

In some ways, this hiatus is a trial run of what it would feel like if I did move on.

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Four Multnomah County Library locations will stay open until 8 PM tonight, June 15 — two hours longer than their usual schedule: ✅ Albina Library, 205 NE Russell St ✅ Central Library, 801 SW 10th Ave ✅ East County Library, 475 NW Division St, Gresham ✅ Midland Library, 805 SE 122nd Ave

PLS SHARE: In addition to dozens of libraries, misting stations, and other already-open cool space , 2 cooling centers will open from Noon to 9PM today, June 15: 📍Multnomah County East Building, 600 NE 8th St, Gresham 📍Bud Clark Commons, 650 NW Irving St., Portland

A seasonal burn ban is in effect for Portland (and surrounding counties), and is anticipated to remain in effect throughout the summer:  www.portland.gov/fire/burn-ba... If your ride was planning to have a fire, please skip it. We keep us safe! #pdxBikes #bikeFun #PedalpaloozaPDX #BikeSummerPDX

Burn Ban Issued in City of Portland

This page displays the most recent Burn Ban information for the City of Portland

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Next few days are going to be hot! There’s a heat warning Sunday thru Tuesday night. Before heading out, check the weather & the calendar — events may have changed/rescheduled. www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/heatrisk/ #pdxBikes #bikeFun #PedalpaloozaPDX #BikeSummerPDX #shift2bikes #heatWave #ORWX #pdxtst

The Inn Between Ride is back for another year — one each month for Bike Summer! bit.ly/inn-between-... #InnBetweenRidePDX #pdxBikes #bikeFun #PedalpaloozaPDX #BikeSummerPDX #shift2bikes

Inn Between Ride 2026

Ride bikes to bars named “inn,” or which are in inns, by way of in-between spaces variously literal and figurative. The rides are free, but bring money for drinks and food. Join me on 3rd Mondays f…

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Bike Play runs multiple dates — opening night is tonight! Shows are on June 11-14 and 18-20, with ASL interpretation on June 13. More info at www.bikeplaypdx.com #BikePlay #pdxBikes #bikeFun #PedalpaloozaPDX #BikeSummerPDX #shift2bikes

BIKE PLAY | Original Bike Theater in Portland, Oregon

Part bike ride, part original outdoor theater, each year a new show is created as part of Pedalpalooza.

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😀🚲@enobacon.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 2mo ago

6:30 from Oregon Park: the Bike Play! #pdxBikes #BikeFun #Portland NE 30th & Hoyt Immerse yourself in “A Bikesmith’s Tale,” where you will find out if a humble peasant can woo a well-to-do noble, all while their kingdom is on the brink of war. half original theater/ half bike ride […]

The Woodstock Cafe, a nonprofit, Deaf-operated business that serves both Deaf and hearing customers, was recently burglarized 😩 Support them if you can! We hosted an event there last summer and hope to return again 🙏 www.kptv.com/video/2026/0... #a11y #Portland #PDX

Deaf-owned Woodstock Cafe hit by Memorial Day burglary; $12K in items, cash stolen

Woodstock Cafe, a deaf-owned business in Southeast Portland, was burglarized in the early morning hours of Memorial Day.

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Ooh, TrainSnap added a configurable notification threshold! Huge improvement for the SE 11th/12th crossing being able to filter out brief MAX crossings. trainsnap.us #PDX