It also can't be understated how much more active the Thorns and Fire are in the community. I feel like I rarely see anything Timbers and even before El Cheapo took over, the Blazers kinda disappear in the summer. The Fire have a booth at the St Johns Sunday Parkways DURING THEIR GAME

amb@amb.fyi · 3d ago

Time and again I catch myself getting a little emotional at Thorns matches seeing children of all genders get stuck in rooting for the women on the pitch. Can’t help but assume the long term impacts of the next generation revering women athletes is gonna be a huge net positive to society

Maybe the funniest part of the arena shakedown is seeing investment groups claim loss of "foot traffic" for "small businesses" in the area. Like, what in the fuck are you even talking about? The place is bound by a freeway on one side, an abandoned river silo on the other, and jack shit between.

How the latest episode in our Clippers/Kawhi investigation connects to Tom Dundon's Blazers, "public-private partnership," and the hunt for a "good" sports billionaire. A breakdown with TrueHoop's Henry Abbott: youtu.be/gNlfpevP9tw?...

Reacting to Kawhi's RIFC Deal, Blazers' New Owner & "Good" Billionaires, with Henry Abbott | PTFO

YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT

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the people yearn for tom dundon hate posts

How convenient of Pablo releasing this episode, including David Samson revealing the "get the public to pay for it" strategy, the day before a public work session between the City of Portland and the Trail Blazers

Pablo Torre@pablo.show · 7d ago

We brought @davidpsamson.bsky.social and @darthamin.bsky.social back for this. Come join us in the chat at 8p ET: youtu.be/k7yjAxUqmTg?...

By exaggerating its cars' capabilities, Tesla is preying on seniors' fears about losing their mobility as their health deteriorates. It's unethical as well as deeply dangerous. This kind of thing that wouldn't happen in a country with credible oversight of car companies.

“Technology, after all, is fundamentally about power– it refers in the most elemental sense to the development of tools that extend the power of their owners.” Truer words were never spoke.

Squished in the middle of this story was this heartbreaking paragraph. Unconscionable.

Brian Lyman@brianlyman.bsky.social · last wk.

A lot of what-the-hell moments in this story, but building a data center in a floodplain in Louisiana is inviting the wrath of Poseidon.

Congratulations Portland, we did. We just secured the title for Largest Electric Bicycle Ride and Party. With an official count 1060 people on e-bikes (plus more on pedal bikes or riding on an e-bike) we broke Seattle’s record of 405 e-bikes and made Portland history together.

Dispatches from the big ebike event in Portland - the range of ages, abilities, and bike styles really emphasizes the transformative power of e-bikes. I saw someone biking in with a cane in her basket. Don’t let anybody tell you this isn’t a viable path to sustainable transportation.

dawg the brazilians are calling it asfaltos unidos in the QTs we're getting cooked

Arif Hasan, but NFL🔨⚒️🛠️@arif.bsky.social · 2w ago

this shot is so bleak lmao

Every time DST changes come into public focus I'm reminded how our time zones were largely drawn by railroad companies and corporations instead of, you know, the geographic characteristics of the planet and solar cycles

Holland Oates@phinsphan.bsky.social · 3w ago

People are gonna fucking hate this if it actually happens. Enjoy all these post 8am sunrises

Just today I heard that [REDACTED] is/are not comfortable with adjusting the acceptable number of cars on greenways from 2,000 to 500 per day. I have never heard ONE compelling argument for why we need more cars on greenways. Not one. Not ever.

Yesterday, this campaign to send 25% of climate money to cops submitted over 60k signatures to the city. This story by @taylorgriggs.bsky.social, exclusively covered by the @portlandmercury.com and never once even mentioned by any other outlet, seems like critical context for the public. 1/2

Elections Complaint Alleges Canvassers are Intentionally Misleading Public About Police Funding Initiative - Portland Mercury

Two people who were hired to gather signatures for a Portland ballot initiative that would use clean energy funds to hire police say they were trained to mislead the public about the proposal. If true...

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Scrolled one page on here and immediately knew this was a good year to be on the other side of the world for July 4th

2-way protected bike lane post of the day

Imagine we do this with the Duckworth docks

The Oregonian@oregonian.com · 2mo ago

New report says Portland has under-invested in its river and waterfront amenities.

Man he is such a gifted orator

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago

Mamdani's speech at the Knicks parade was easily the best I've ever heard at an event of that sort. I posted the whole thing on YouTube for your viewing pleasure. Highly recommended.

“He said cars were once portrayed as killing children, but the world changed its norms…. “When I was growing up, I used to play in the streets,” Huang said. “When cars came along, you obviously can’t play in the streets now.” Sigh apnews.com/article/nvid...

AP Exclusive: Nvidia's Jensen Huang says society needs 'new social norms' in the age of AI

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang — whose work helped enable artificial intelligence — is stressing in an Associated Press interview that society has no choice but to change in the advent of AI.

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Make history with us. On Sunday, July 19 we’re celebrating @biketownpdx.bsky.social's 10th birthday by attempting to break the @guinnessworldrecords.com record for largest electric bicycle party and ride. Details: www.portland.gov/transportati...

Appreciate @councilorgreen.bsky.social, @councilormorillo.bsky.social, and whichever other councilors who showed up for doing the Moda pop-ups on such a hot day. Some good questions and answers, but still a lot more to be asked and answered

Seattle elects a socialist mayor, wins the Super Bowl NYC elects a socialist mayor, wins the NBA finals Win your city a major sports title with this one neat trick

We should see this sort of thing for what it is: civilizational collapse. And it's not just PDX. Transit agencies up and down the West Coast are facing cuts, even under strong Democratic majorities. Totally unacceptable.

‘This Is Managed Decline’: Transit Advocates Worry of TriMet Doom Loop

As the agency trims services, close observers worry the quality of Portland public transit could erode for the long haul.

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I think what they really wanted is the kind of "Dunkin" that is not baked in an oven

The Oregonian@oregonian.com · 2mo ago

With no Dunkin' in Portland since the early 2000s, we visited some local doughnut shops to try and fill that donut hole in our hearts.

The amount of storage buildings being built when housing could be built is deplorable.

Kori 🌹@koriander.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For the love of god, make something people can fucking live in

The irony of getting a car captcha when signing up for summer cycle counts 🙄

Lot of devs saying code doesn't belong in this, it's just a tool, we don't really want to write more code... while some of that is true (who wants to write assembly or an http server with every new project), writing and organizing code is like creative writing for me.

Anchorage Man@sethpartnow.bsky.social · 2mo ago

So, @edzitron.com ate his Wheatties this morning

not even in the top ten most cringeyist annoying things Dundon said in the interview full of layups and softball questions from Oram, but it seems designed in a labratory to drive me personally insane to say that the blazers FO is eager to find ways to make parking near the stadium easier

The Oregonian@oregonian.com · 2mo ago

The controversial billionaire says that fans have focused on "wrong things" as he takes over in Portland.