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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9h

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 13h

Crypto is scam.
Crypto is crime.
Crypto is corrupt.
Crypto is theft.
Crypto is harm.
Crypto is fraud.
Crypto is waste.
Crypto is pollution.
Crypto is exploitation.
Crypto is deception.
Crypto is suicide.
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Mikael Thalen @mikaelthalen.bsky.social · 14h

EXCLUSIVE: A cell-site simulator, commonly referred to as an IMSI-catcher or "Stingray," may have been used at the ICE facility in Portland.

Analysis of cellular signals in the area showed phones receiving abnormal spikes in requests for their unique identifiers. san.com/cc/exclusive...

Exclusive: Fake cellphone tower likely surveilled protesters at Portland ICE facility

Law enforcement officials may have deployed a secretive cellphone surveillance technology last weekend at Portland’s ICE facility.

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Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 1d

when he said everything is built out of plywood he was talking about outdoor dining structures on NW 13th. that’s what PBOT’s been trying to tell us this whole time

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Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social · 1d

Personal news in the midst of
💫everything💫

It’s my last week at my favorite newspaper in Portland, @streetroots.bsky.social. I’m proud of the work we’ve done the past few years and can’t wait to see what’s next.

Excited to join my second favorite newspaper @portlandmercury.com later this month!

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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 14h

It’s important to remember that Zenith’s air permit is not simply the result of some neutral administrative processes and an “aw shucks that’s just how the law is” situation.

Zenith has been the beneficiary of *repeated* political interventions, including most recently, Mayor Wilson.

emily @soupmuse.bsky.social · 15h

Reminder Mayor Wilson rushed to approve Zenith’s land compatibility at the start of his tenure over the objections of Councilors Green and Morillo.

Whether the fuel is so-called “renewable” or not will make very little difference in a liquefaction zone when the river is on fire.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 17h

To Be or Not to Be (Lubitsch, 1942)

TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social
LA: we will fight you.
Chicago: we will fight you.
PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.
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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 1d

Next week City Council will hear a pair of legislation that formally denounces the Trump Administration's attempt to terrorize our city with militarized units, while codifying Sanctuary City status protections. Portlanders have been waiting for a formal expression of City's Council will on this.

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Will Hollingsworth @whollingsworth.bsky.social · 14h

I'm waiting for the Anti Fascist Frog Club shirts to start showing up on Temu or whatever

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Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 15h

All of that being said, the internet has been quite a delight in recent days.

A reddit post that reads: "I guess you could say I'm ANTIFA - Always. Negating. Tyranny. In. Frog. Attire."

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Will Hollingsworth @whollingsworth.bsky.social · 14h

The only acceptable California Roll is sushi 😤

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Lorreina @lorreina.bsky.social · 15h

Good morning to everyone except the lady who almost bumped me with her car because she thought a California Roll was sufficient for the red light on Cesar Chavez.

Please be mindful that people DO use the crosswalk and I hope to never touch the hood of your SUV ever again

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emily @soupmuse.bsky.social · 15h

"It's not just Portland, even though we would be the epicenter of this, if we had massive oil and toxic spills into the river, people would feel that all through up and down the Columbia basin out to the coast and beyond”

katu.com/news/local/o...

Oregon DEQ approves air quality permit for Zenith Energy after years-long process

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality approved an air quality permit for Zenith Energy's fuel terminal in Northwest Portland.

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 6d

This video is a long time coming.

People always ask me: what makes Montreal so ambitious on urbanism? (At least for bikes and pedestrians.)

I've been thinking through this and asking Montrealers, and in this video I want to cover *part* of the answer.

The Secret of Montreal’s Urbanism Success

YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!

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Alicia Victoria Lozano @aliciavlozano.bsky.social · 2d

Someone showed up with a cart of inflatables. The protest is now a dance party outside the PDX ICE facility. Federal police have mostly stood back but did unleash a toxin into the air @nbcnews.com

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emily @soupmuse.bsky.social · 15h

Reminder Mayor Wilson rushed to approve Zenith’s land compatibility at the start of his tenure over the objections of Councilors Green and Morillo.

Whether the fuel is so-called “renewable” or not will make very little difference in a liquefaction zone when the river is on fire.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 16h

TIL that making the buses faster is “ruining the city”

fuelgrannie @fuelgrannie
Blocked
sam is the east coast version of armand domalewski: he's well connected and wealthy; he's desperate to align with power, marketing himself as "just a smol bean guy;" and he's hellbent on ruining the city in which he *currently* lives for other, long term residents
Sam
@sam_d 1995
just a couple of guys talking about how we can speed up our buses

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Marco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · 1d

I would pay to have a regional railway network around Montréal like Sydney has. I would probably go visit some new corners of QC every other weekend.

Do we have a plausible theory why Australia went all in on electric suburban trains from the 1920s, but Canada didn't?

Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 1d

LEURA, 108km from Central, is another charming station - everything is so charming up in the Blue Mountains - serving retail strip of cute cafes and shops popular with tourists. It has two platforms cut into the sandstone, accessed from an overhead concourse on a road bridge, with a lift. (1/3)

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1d

Pepe is Portland Frog’s Wario

Spooky Witch Kat (hag/witch/banshee) 🖤💜👻🎃💀🐈‍⬛💜🖤 @switchkat13.bsky.social · 1d

Pepe walked on the wrong side of history, so his fellow frog persons are making up for that in spades.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1d

why does the Portland airport feel like it’s from the future

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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 1d

To further litigate an off-topic pet peeve though - Oregon's public meetings law prevents the sponsor(s) of legislation from soliciting and gathering co-sponsors in advance beyond a quorum. This is a perfect example of an item that should be co-sponsored by the entire council at this agenda stage.

Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like yet another late night at next week's evening Portland City Council meeting -- but in a good way this time. #WarRavagedPortland fights back.

Two big agenda items on next Wednesday evening's City Council agenda: a resolution denouncing attempts to deploy the military, and an ordinance to specifically codify sanctuary city protections.

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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 1d

9th Cir. grants an administrative stay blocking Judge Immergut's order that the National Guard not be federalized, but notes that bc DOJ didn't appeal her second order forbidding their deployment the effect is that the NG can be federalized during continuing litigation, but not deployed to Portland.

Big Cases Bot @bigcases.bots.law · 1d

New filing: "Oregon v. Trump (national guard deployment [ca9])"
Doc #53: UPDATED ORDER FOR PUBLICATION FILED. (Susan P. GRABER, Ryan D. NELSON, Bridget S. BADE) Update: attached reformatted order. [Entered: 10/10/2025 04:15 PM]

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OPB @opb.org · 1d

Foreign seasonal workers who come to work at Pacific Northwest farms will soon earn less in hourly wages. In Oregon, agricultural workers under the federal H-2A visa will go from $19.82 an hour to as low as $15.25, a 23% reduction — other more skilled positions will pay slightly more, $17.62.

Pacific Northwest seasonal farmworkers to earn less following Trump administration policy change

Foreign seasonal workers at Pacific Northwest farms will soon earn less in hourly wages following changes at the U.S. Department of Labor.

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Will Hollingsworth @whollingsworth.bsky.social · 1d

I'd rather Alidou or Loboa

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Will Hollingsworth @whollingsworth.bsky.social · 1d

Spaanstra 🫠

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