oh, word, you have the inside track on the investigation results, or just spittin'?
Underneath solar panels, plants grew much more and used less water, "Chiltepin pepper plants produced three times as much fruit as those grown in full sun. Jalapenos matched their usual harvest while using 65 percent less water. Tomatoes grown under the array came in at twice the normal yield."
hoergen@hoergen.bsky.social · 4d ago*American farmers slid solar panels over 62,000 acres of farmland, and the biggest payoff had almost nothing to do with electricity* #Erneuerbare #Renewable #Solar #Photovoltaik energiesmedia.com/solar-panels…
Skipping right past the “stupid little tifo” bit (it was actually quite large, Brian!), to focus on the “what goes around” bit: WHAT WENT AROUND, BRIAN, IS THAT WE GOT SADDLED WITH PHIL NEVILLE FOR 3 YEARS AND NOW WE’VE DONE OUR PENANCE. WHAT WILL BE COMING AROUND IS MORE SEATTLE TEARS.
Cal Bluechel@calbluechel.bsky.social · 4d agoBrian Schmetzer was asked if Saturday night could push the #Sounders into panic. He adamantly denied panicking, but his venting of frustrations included a bizarre aside about the Timbers Army tifo:
>looking for a new PNW story >ask the author if their setting is creepy & wet or true to life >he doesnt understand >pull out illustrated diagram explaing what is creepy & wet and what explores diversity of PNW >he laughs and says "it's a good setting sir" >buy the book >its creepy & wet
campaign ad for my DSA Republican Party run where we get a local band to cover “men behind the wire” but we make it Portland woke Video of ICE and PDX attacks “Armored cars and tanks and guns came to take away our sons” cut me holding my chubby white twin sons “In the little streets of Portland “
BEAN YEAR@billhookunion.beanyear.com · 2w agoOr as a like IRA style “putting the Republican back in the Republican Party” candidate
fighting the urge to QT every despairing sounders fan with "MENTALI-TEH!!!!!"
it doesn't happen often, but this is my time to shine:
Follow-up on a previous post of mine… you actually *do* gotta hand it to Those Beans.
Ser P. Mullet@timbers-wire.bsky.social · 3mo agoDamn right I’m sayin’ yes to (scraggly, slug-chewed) beans
My eyes flip to a thousand-yard stare as my head echoes with Kamala cackling to Colbert “it was an election, Steven!!!” to explain why she dropped M4A like a hot potato.
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 2w agoThis is going to be a very funny and interesting 2028 primary
This implies that economists *do* have a “way to tell between legitimate and illegitimate results”, which, uh, lol
oliver@eikopf.com · 2w agovery tired of pretending that dismissing modern economics is somehow more reasonable than dismissing vaccines. if you’re not an expert, you don’t get to pick and choose parts of a field to believe! you have no way to tell between legitimate and illegitimate results in that field!
Choosing to translate this as “Total Football, but I can’t actually call it Total Football lest I jinx it.”
@ranchboy.bsky.social · 2w agoThis interview with Marti Cifuentes is legit. He’s very sophisticated tactically. TLDR version - he’s a Cruyff acolyte committed to “positional play”. But much more. What we saw against Seattle and beyond. #RCTID
Every thread from RCNRO is a certified banger.
Rip City Not Rip Off@ripcitynotripoff.bsky.social · 2w ago1/ The Trail Blazers' board meets today to answer Portland's term sheet. Before they do: in the last 72 hours, every story used to pressure Portland has collapsed - this morning by the NBA's national press. The receipts. 🧵 www.nytimes.com/athletic/745...
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING PORTLAND IT IS BONFIRE DAY IN SEATTLE (ON A GODDAMN THURSDAY) #RCTID
I don’t actually care when the sun comes up or down. Do whatever you guys want.
Phil lost the game in the headline 2-0 and was fired the next week
Shocking revelation that the portland mayor is pocketing his salary while working as a lobbying agent for the blazers.
Rip City Not Rip Off@ripcitynotripoff.bsky.social · 4w agoJan 2026, Mayor’s office to the team: “Mayor is happy to make calls this weekend… Send us the list and we will start working on it.” Blazers sent 10 legislators names who they wanted the Mayor to lobby, plus a confidential talking-points “toolkit.” Salem heard the team’s script in the Mayor’s voice.
It was actually nice being away from my phone for the cup. I don’t actually like being back on here. I mean, *you* all are fine, but it’s sort of like being back at the bar you’ve been trying to quit and seeing all the regulars again.
This world cup has been a death march. As if it was designed to punish those who actually enjoy watching the matches themselves. I’m hearing some people are enjoying the fact that there’s more games? I’ve watched every single one and I can’t remember half of them already. Madness.