JP
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Portlander. believer in a better West Coast
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This is what passes for progressivism and climate policy in California. Jane Kim’s answer for elevated fire risk and actuarial risk? Put it on the public dime. Urban renters should bail out well to do exurban property owners and landlords in fire zones. FAIR plan is already a ticking time bomb!
December 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This is what passes for progressivism and climate policy in California. Jane Kim’s answer for elevated fire risk and actuarial risk? Put it on the public dime. Urban renters should bail out well to do exurban property owners and landlords in fire zones. FAIR plan is already a ticking time bomb!
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Opinion | Trump’s crude remarks about Rob Reiner are unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner.
December 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Opinion | Trump’s crude remarks about Rob Reiner are unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner.
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I don’t think even Paul Verhoeven would’ve included the McDonald’s logo.
WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
December 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I don’t think even Paul Verhoeven would’ve included the McDonald’s logo.
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"Quebec has the lowest university tuition in North America.
And the province’s affordable daycare system and the employment insurance it offers new parents sends the message that the government supports them, said Forest.
'If people want to be happy, I think they should copy Quebec'"
And the province’s affordable daycare system and the employment insurance it offers new parents sends the message that the government supports them, said Forest.
'If people want to be happy, I think they should copy Quebec'"
There’s a happiness gap between young people in Quebec and in the rest of Canada - Joshua Bujold, an upbeat psychology student in his first semester at Montreal’s Dawson College, was taken aback to find out that happiness among young Canadians has plunged.
There’s a happiness gap between young people in Quebec and in the rest of Canada
Joshua Bujold, an upbeat psychology student in his first semester at Montreal’s Dawson College, was taken aback to find out that happiness among young Canadians has plunged.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"Quebec has the lowest university tuition in North America.
And the province’s affordable daycare system and the employment insurance it offers new parents sends the message that the government supports them, said Forest.
'If people want to be happy, I think they should copy Quebec'"
And the province’s affordable daycare system and the employment insurance it offers new parents sends the message that the government supports them, said Forest.
'If people want to be happy, I think they should copy Quebec'"
This is such a great thread. Honestly makes me appreciate the Cesar Chavez TJs. It's not fun to drive in/to, but there's loads of street parking around it and the lot is pretty big. Also it's near the bike lane on 41st!
I don't want to divert the main thread too badly so starting a new one. Everyone post your comically shitty and small local Trader Joe's parking lot and argue about why its The Worst In America in the replies.
I know everyone thinks this about the parking lot at whatever Trader Joe's they shop at, but I would like to nominate Bressi Ranch's Trader Joe's as the most comically undersized, badly designed and psychotic TJ's parking lot in America. A real exemplar
December 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This is such a great thread. Honestly makes me appreciate the Cesar Chavez TJs. It's not fun to drive in/to, but there's loads of street parking around it and the lot is pretty big. Also it's near the bike lane on 41st!
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Oh wow, absolute power corrupted you absolutely? That’s so weird, I got absolute power last year and my subjects say I’ve only gotten wiser and more virtuous
December 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Oh wow, absolute power corrupted you absolutely? That’s so weird, I got absolute power last year and my subjects say I’ve only gotten wiser and more virtuous
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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My annual Christmas trivia: Frank Capra was a Caltech graduate and lifelong science guy who told a biographer that had he not gone into film, he might have wanted to be an astronomer. When Capra was Academy president in 1937, he invited Edwin and Grace Hubble to be special guests at the Oscars.
December 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My annual Christmas trivia: Frank Capra was a Caltech graduate and lifelong science guy who told a biographer that had he not gone into film, he might have wanted to be an astronomer. When Capra was Academy president in 1937, he invited Edwin and Grace Hubble to be special guests at the Oscars.
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Privatization of services is privatization, whether it's to a non-profit or a for-profit!
December 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Privatization of services is privatization, whether it's to a non-profit or a for-profit!
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There’s Quality Train Content™, and then there’s Quality Train Content™. This is the latter.
It’s the Keiō Special Express service bound for Takaosangushi, showing how a competent railway can thread express and local services with 20 minute frequencies. So. Many. Trains.
It’s the Keiō Special Express service bound for Takaosangushi, showing how a competent railway can thread express and local services with 20 minute frequencies. So. Many. Trains.
December 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
There’s Quality Train Content™, and then there’s Quality Train Content™. This is the latter.
It’s the Keiō Special Express service bound for Takaosangushi, showing how a competent railway can thread express and local services with 20 minute frequencies. So. Many. Trains.
It’s the Keiō Special Express service bound for Takaosangushi, showing how a competent railway can thread express and local services with 20 minute frequencies. So. Many. Trains.
I'm researching New Towns for an (undergrad) paper. Reading a 1951 speech from William Beveridge (one of the creators of the British welfare state), he complains that though productivity is up across industries since the war ended, "building is a sad exception." The more things change, I suppose...
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I'm researching New Towns for an (undergrad) paper. Reading a 1951 speech from William Beveridge (one of the creators of the British welfare state), he complains that though productivity is up across industries since the war ended, "building is a sad exception." The more things change, I suppose...
I can't help but picture American cities importing this in reverse, putting the townhouses on the street and the apartments on the alley
On a 33' lot, party wall massing (no side yard).
6 stacked accessible units plus a lane townhouse unit.
6 stacked accessible units plus a lane townhouse unit.
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I can't help but picture American cities importing this in reverse, putting the townhouses on the street and the apartments on the alley
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A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
either I'm too online or there are genuinely dozens of us! dozens!!
November 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
either I'm too online or there are genuinely dozens of us! dozens!!
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
district 3 hell yeah. i did not know our game
at the transportation system plan committee tonight pbot staff presented that the top transportation wish of district 3 residents that they surveyed was building a downtown max tunnel. greatest city council district in da world baby
November 20, 2025 at 6:28 AM
district 3 hell yeah. i did not know our game
Well before I arrived in Portland, so I've only ever experienced Division post-rebuild. It is genuinely astounding how much the street has changed for the better. Amazing work from PBOT, and a huge victory for BikeLoud and all the other amazing safe streets activists in Portland!
This photo is so inspiring. I might get it framed for the Shed.
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Well before I arrived in Portland, so I've only ever experienced Division post-rebuild. It is genuinely astounding how much the street has changed for the better. Amazing work from PBOT, and a huge victory for BikeLoud and all the other amazing safe streets activists in Portland!
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After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
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Couldn't remember Jon Hamm's name or the name of his character. So I made a discovery
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Couldn't remember Jon Hamm's name or the name of his character. So I made a discovery
Unironically, I think single-stair reform might be the key to getting I-5 through the Central Eastside gone. If there are family-sized apartments and green spaces galore to replace it it'll offset a lot of commutes. not to mention that trips are falling anyway!
November 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Unironically, I think single-stair reform might be the key to getting I-5 through the Central Eastside gone. If there are family-sized apartments and green spaces galore to replace it it'll offset a lot of commutes. not to mention that trips are falling anyway!
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Many modern technologists and computer scientists are very cogent systems thinker because any sufficiently advanced technology *is people*, all technical systems are socio-technical. The capital T Tech dipshits talking about “alpha” are mainly cosplaying finance people, regardless of their training
This is absolutely the case. Tech Guys of previous generations, to the extent that that category can be read back into the 19th and 20th centuries, were shockingly well-read by modern standards
it’s also notable how the techbros of today really don’t read *books* anymore - this was really not the case for the Tech Guys of earlier generations, far as I’ve been able to tell
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Many modern technologists and computer scientists are very cogent systems thinker because any sufficiently advanced technology *is people*, all technical systems are socio-technical. The capital T Tech dipshits talking about “alpha” are mainly cosplaying finance people, regardless of their training
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who knew the jaws of victory had so much defeat to clutch
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
who knew the jaws of victory had so much defeat to clutch
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Katie Wilson now leads incumbent Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell in today's ballot drop by 91 votes.
She has closed a Harrell lead that was as large as 8 points in early results.
She has closed a Harrell lead that was as large as 8 points in early results.
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Katie Wilson now leads incumbent Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell in today's ballot drop by 91 votes.
She has closed a Harrell lead that was as large as 8 points in early results.
She has closed a Harrell lead that was as large as 8 points in early results.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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The Tea Party never reached the magnitude of No Kings. Yet it was covered as if it represented “real America,” just like MAGA today. Those are not empirical assessments, but articles of faith – ideological claims about the world that are widely shared in the American mainstream discourse.
November 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The Tea Party never reached the magnitude of No Kings. Yet it was covered as if it represented “real America,” just like MAGA today. Those are not empirical assessments, but articles of faith – ideological claims about the world that are widely shared in the American mainstream discourse.