Allan
@arudwick.bsky.social
Dad on a bike,
Strong Towns PDX
Eliot, Portland, Oregon
Strong Towns PDX
Eliot, Portland, Oregon
from @clmarohn.bsky.social on building a bottom up solution to our current problems
www.panoptica.ai/the-gutenber...
www.panoptica.ai/the-gutenber...
The Gutenberg Moment
Every communication revolution births chaos before it births order. Gutenberg's press collapsed the gatekeepers of knowledge in the fifteenth century—and it took centuries of war, displacement, and in...
www.panoptica.ai
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
from @clmarohn.bsky.social on building a bottom up solution to our current problems
www.panoptica.ai/the-gutenber...
www.panoptica.ai/the-gutenber...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
You can get out and look at them
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
You can get out and look at them
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the older i get the more i Dislike What The Internet Has Brought Into My Life, but it also gives me more appreciation for The Good Things, and it's hard to argue XKCD isn't one of the better things the internet has ever produced
Cancer remission.
xkcd.com/3172/
xkcd.com/3172/
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
the older i get the more i Dislike What The Internet Has Brought Into My Life, but it also gives me more appreciation for The Good Things, and it's hard to argue XKCD isn't one of the better things the internet has ever produced
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agreed. all the more reason we need more e-bike subsidy programs - just feels like we haven't yet found a way to make a mass-produced $1000 ebike safe and durable enough for mass uptake. if social programs existed to cover an extra couple hundred bucks of the cost, could change what gets built
I know a lot of people for whom Rad was their gateway into the magic of bike life. This is sad for them and for the company, who are already in a bad financial situation. I am personally not regretting spending more on quality e-bikes with certified components.
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
agreed. all the more reason we need more e-bike subsidy programs - just feels like we haven't yet found a way to make a mass-produced $1000 ebike safe and durable enough for mass uptake. if social programs existed to cover an extra couple hundred bucks of the cost, could change what gets built
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It comes after years of testing equipment and empowering local cyclists to pick up leaves, gravel, and other debris themselves.
bikeportland.org/2025/11/24/b...
bikeportland.org/2025/11/24/b...
BikeLoud wants to boost DIY bike lane sweeping effort
Portland's grassroots response to the challenging problem of leaves in bike lanes continues to evolve.
bikeportland.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
It comes after years of testing equipment and empowering local cyclists to pick up leaves, gravel, and other debris themselves.
bikeportland.org/2025/11/24/b...
bikeportland.org/2025/11/24/b...
Nice view from the #24 this morning Portland
*Used some minor AI filtering to remove a fencepost on the left pic
*Used some minor AI filtering to remove a fencepost on the left pic
November 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Nice view from the #24 this morning Portland
*Used some minor AI filtering to remove a fencepost on the left pic
*Used some minor AI filtering to remove a fencepost on the left pic
City Park, 1911 vintageportland.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/c...
City Park, 1911
Did you know that goats once grazed in Washington Park? Check out this postcard postmarked 1911. City Park was renamed Washington Park in 1912. Portland City Archives, AP/19811 Click here to view t…
vintageportland.wordpress.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
City Park, 1911 vintageportland.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/c...
Only about 20 percent of the cost of the project is the actual bridge; about 60 percent is the cost of widening five miles of highway, building elevated approaches and rebuilding seven interchanges. A bridge design incorporating a lift span ... could be vastly cheaper than the current IBR design.
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Only about 20 percent of the cost of the project is the actual bridge; about 60 percent is the cost of widening five miles of highway, building elevated approaches and rebuilding seven interchanges. A bridge design incorporating a lift span ... could be vastly cheaper than the current IBR design.
the last paragraph is especially damning
if one were to build a lift span bridge, the overall structure could be much lower, and as a result, the approaches could be much lower, and this would obviate the need to rebuild, high in the air, the interchanges just north and south of the river
if one were to build a lift span bridge, the overall structure could be much lower, and as a result, the approaches could be much lower, and this would obviate the need to rebuild, high in the air, the interchanges just north and south of the river
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
the last paragraph is especially damning
if one were to build a lift span bridge, the overall structure could be much lower, and as a result, the approaches could be much lower, and this would obviate the need to rebuild, high in the air, the interchanges just north and south of the river
if one were to build a lift span bridge, the overall structure could be much lower, and as a result, the approaches could be much lower, and this would obviate the need to rebuild, high in the air, the interchanges just north and south of the river
Why you can’t bribe your way to a low fixed span bridge cityobservatory.org/why-you-cant...
wild that the people running the IBR project are continuing to make mistakes.
wild that the people running the IBR project are continuing to make mistakes.
Why you can’t bribe your way to a low fixed span bridge – City Observatory
cityobservatory.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Why you can’t bribe your way to a low fixed span bridge cityobservatory.org/why-you-cant...
wild that the people running the IBR project are continuing to make mistakes.
wild that the people running the IBR project are continuing to make mistakes.
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the fact that amtrak cascades hit another ridership record in FY25 despite shutting down for two weeks and spending half the year running smaller trains with higher prices bc of the horizon recall is another sign that the demand for rail in the pnw is genuinely insatiable
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
the fact that amtrak cascades hit another ridership record in FY25 despite shutting down for two weeks and spending half the year running smaller trains with higher prices bc of the horizon recall is another sign that the demand for rail in the pnw is genuinely insatiable
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Our Democratic mayors would prefer to subsidize parking for wealthy suburban business owners than to make their cities great places for their actual residents
www.axios.com/local/washin...
www.axios.com/local/washin...
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Our Democratic mayors would prefer to subsidize parking for wealthy suburban business owners than to make their cities great places for their actual residents
www.axios.com/local/washin...
www.axios.com/local/washin...
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For the loved ones of someone killed in a traffic crash, every day is a day of remembrance. But many others need a reminder of the devastating human toll traffic violence takes each day. On Sunday, Portlanders gathered to honor the lives lost and demand action to prevent more needless deaths.
Portlanders Gather to Mourn and Demand Action on Day of Remembrance for Traffic Crash Victims
Joe Stone was 25 when he was hit by a driver while trying to cross the street near his home in 2013. Danielle Sale died in 2010, at the age of 22. Henry Zietlow was 18 when he was killed in a traffic ...
www.portlandmercury.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
For the loved ones of someone killed in a traffic crash, every day is a day of remembrance. But many others need a reminder of the devastating human toll traffic violence takes each day. On Sunday, Portlanders gathered to honor the lives lost and demand action to prevent more needless deaths.
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Billionaires are obscene and incompatible with democracy. We need a wealth cap.
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Billionaires are obscene and incompatible with democracy. We need a wealth cap.
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It is so freaking cool to see Albina Vision Trust continue to execute their vision for the neighborhood.
1803 Fund announces nearly $70M investment in Portland's Albina neighborhood
A fund focused on Black Portland is investing nearly $70 million to redevelop waterfront property and historic blocks in the Albina neighborhood.
www.kgw.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It is so freaking cool to see Albina Vision Trust continue to execute their vision for the neighborhood.
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Ask yourself: without your mobility aid (car), can you:
- get groceries
- see friends
- go to the doctor's
- go to the dentist's
- go to school
- go to a community centre
- go swimming
- get a haircut
- get take away
- go to a park
- go to a therapist
- see a gig
- go to a bakery
- go to a cafe
- get groceries
- see friends
- go to the doctor's
- go to the dentist's
- go to school
- go to a community centre
- go swimming
- get a haircut
- get take away
- go to a park
- go to a therapist
- see a gig
- go to a bakery
- go to a cafe
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Ask yourself: without your mobility aid (car), can you:
- get groceries
- see friends
- go to the doctor's
- go to the dentist's
- go to school
- go to a community centre
- go swimming
- get a haircut
- get take away
- go to a park
- go to a therapist
- see a gig
- go to a bakery
- go to a cafe
- get groceries
- see friends
- go to the doctor's
- go to the dentist's
- go to school
- go to a community centre
- go swimming
- get a haircut
- get take away
- go to a park
- go to a therapist
- see a gig
- go to a bakery
- go to a cafe
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The thing with car culture is that you create a social model where every human being is, by default, disabled and cannot meet their daily needs without a mobility device. People have a relationship to their car more akin to a wheelchair than to a train. That's a problem.
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The thing with car culture is that you create a social model where every human being is, by default, disabled and cannot meet their daily needs without a mobility device. People have a relationship to their car more akin to a wheelchair than to a train. That's a problem.
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Portland is further south than Paris
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Portland is further south than Paris
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Want to end most traffic violence? It's not just putting up signs that say "20MPH" in streets where people live.
It means narrowing drive lanes, installing speed cameras, requiring license plates on cars, adding car speed controls to #StopSuperSpeeders
Is it all worth it to save lives? Absolutely!
It means narrowing drive lanes, installing speed cameras, requiring license plates on cars, adding car speed controls to #StopSuperSpeeders
Is it all worth it to save lives? Absolutely!
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Want to end most traffic violence? It's not just putting up signs that say "20MPH" in streets where people live.
It means narrowing drive lanes, installing speed cameras, requiring license plates on cars, adding car speed controls to #StopSuperSpeeders
Is it all worth it to save lives? Absolutely!
It means narrowing drive lanes, installing speed cameras, requiring license plates on cars, adding car speed controls to #StopSuperSpeeders
Is it all worth it to save lives? Absolutely!
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This individual fought back and we all won
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This individual fought back and we all won
then they'll be annoyed.
I don't even consider that a bike lane in that state. its just leaf storage
I don't even consider that a bike lane in that state. its just leaf storage
November 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
then they'll be annoyed.
I don't even consider that a bike lane in that state. its just leaf storage
I don't even consider that a bike lane in that state. its just leaf storage
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The bike lane there is already the dumbest thing in the world and it’s much worse now
November 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The bike lane there is already the dumbest thing in the world and it’s much worse now
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I have written a lot about the perils of poorly maintained (and leaf-filled) bike lanes. That didn’t stop me from wiping out in one just now, falling on my face and scraping up my knee pretty badly. This is a truly hazardous situation, @pbotinfo.bsky.social. When are you going to do something?
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I have written a lot about the perils of poorly maintained (and leaf-filled) bike lanes. That didn’t stop me from wiping out in one just now, falling on my face and scraping up my knee pretty badly. This is a truly hazardous situation, @pbotinfo.bsky.social. When are you going to do something?
