indi
@indinmkng.bsky.social
tofu eating wokerati | pdx, transportation, housing, cool places for all
she/they
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Five snowplows down, 51 more to name! We are in the second year of naming our fleet of 56 snowplows and need your help.
Today, PBOT and the City Elections Office are asking the public to use ranked-choice voting to select the next five snowplow names.
www.portland.gov/transportati...
Today, PBOT and the City Elections Office are asking the public to use ranked-choice voting to select the next five snowplow names.
www.portland.gov/transportati...
News Blog: Use ranked-choice voting to select the next five snowplow names
PBOT owns and operates 56 snowplows. Help choose the next five snowplow names!
www.portland.gov
January 14, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Five snowplows down, 51 more to name! We are in the second year of naming our fleet of 56 snowplows and need your help.
Today, PBOT and the City Elections Office are asking the public to use ranked-choice voting to select the next five snowplow names.
www.portland.gov/transportati...
Today, PBOT and the City Elections Office are asking the public to use ranked-choice voting to select the next five snowplow names.
www.portland.gov/transportati...
reminder that
- the v/c ratio that odot is using is a relic that invariably requires much more space for cars than they’ll use 23.5hrs/day at expense of all else
- metro has already stopped using v/c for this reason
- odot is updating their own policy on this right now, this could be moot by next yr
- the v/c ratio that odot is using is a relic that invariably requires much more space for cars than they’ll use 23.5hrs/day at expense of all else
- metro has already stopped using v/c for this reason
- odot is updating their own policy on this right now, this could be moot by next yr
January 16, 2026 at 2:34 AM
reminder that
- the v/c ratio that odot is using is a relic that invariably requires much more space for cars than they’ll use 23.5hrs/day at expense of all else
- metro has already stopped using v/c for this reason
- odot is updating their own policy on this right now, this could be moot by next yr
- the v/c ratio that odot is using is a relic that invariably requires much more space for cars than they’ll use 23.5hrs/day at expense of all else
- metro has already stopped using v/c for this reason
- odot is updating their own policy on this right now, this could be moot by next yr
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god this piece gets even funnier with a reread.
REPORTER: You appear to be in a racist group chat?
PAYNE: I've been told by my Asian friend that there's a tier to Asian
REPORTER: You appear to be in a racist group chat?
PAYNE: I've been told by my Asian friend that there's a tier to Asian
January 14, 2026 at 3:59 AM
god this piece gets even funnier with a reread.
REPORTER: You appear to be in a racist group chat?
PAYNE: I've been told by my Asian friend that there's a tier to Asian
REPORTER: You appear to be in a racist group chat?
PAYNE: I've been told by my Asian friend that there's a tier to Asian
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okay, this was just a straight up attempted murder, because i am 1000% certain that this TdA business is absolute horseshit, this is a lie, and this was an attempted murder
January 9, 2026 at 1:21 AM
okay, this was just a straight up attempted murder, because i am 1000% certain that this TdA business is absolute horseshit, this is a lie, and this was an attempted murder
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ICE needs to be taken apart, brick by brick, and we need to salt the earth.
January 9, 2026 at 12:31 AM
ICE needs to be taken apart, brick by brick, and we need to salt the earth.
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shoutout to the guy who signed up to testify blissfully unaware of this and just wanted to talk about legalizing kei trucks for three minutes. keep the dream alive king 👑
Big day at Oregon Transportation Commission where a vote is expected on the I-5 Rose Quarter project. Commissioners could vote to pause funding and deliver a major blow to the already embattled project.
bikeportland.org/2025/11/11/i...
bikeportland.org/2025/11/11/i...
Is this the end? State transportation commission could defund I-5 Rose Quarter project
Project staff call the question after eight years of planning and little progress to show for it.
bikeportland.org
December 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
shoutout to the guy who signed up to testify blissfully unaware of this and just wanted to talk about legalizing kei trucks for three minutes. keep the dream alive king 👑
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Much bigger scandal than some texts by city councilors (they didn’t conceal $21M and fire a chief architect of the mayors homelessness plan). The mayors people did that though
Former Housing Director Says She Was Told Not to Disclose Millions in Unspent Funds. A memo Helmi Hisserich sent to city councilors says city administration viewed unspent funds as "a big PR problem."
✍️ @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social
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Former Housing Director Says She Was Told Not to Disclose Millions in Unspent Funds
The former director of the Portland Housing Bureau says she was ousted for trying to advance City Council’s social housing policy and was unfairly blamed for revenue that went unspent prior to her app...
www.portlandmercury.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Much bigger scandal than some texts by city councilors (they didn’t conceal $21M and fire a chief architect of the mayors homelessness plan). The mayors people did that though
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anyone else VERY aroused
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Car-hating Transportation Alternatives boss Ben Furnas has been appointed to Mamdani's transition team for transportation, climate and infrastructure – and his agenda is a nightmare for the city's drivers.
nypost.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:51 AM
anyone else VERY aroused
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Happy Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Happy Thanksgiving
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have we tried leasing out the Oregon state capitol to fix all our budget problems
there is next to no pressure on the Oregon Republican party to write policy that doesn't end up with some level of financial ruin or loss in services.
it only has to "sound better" than whatever the Democrats propose, whether or not it actually keeps our state afloat.
it only has to "sound better" than whatever the Democrats propose, whether or not it actually keeps our state afloat.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
have we tried leasing out the Oregon state capitol to fix all our budget problems
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Interestingly, my cat also just got 300,000 signatures for a “wet food for every meal” ballot measure. Waiting to see how this develops.
The campaign hoping to refer Oregon's newly passed gas tax increase to next year's ballot now says it has more than 150,000 signatures -- roughly double of what it needs. #orpol
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Interestingly, my cat also just got 300,000 signatures for a “wet food for every meal” ballot measure. Waiting to see how this develops.
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happy trans day of remembrance. you are beautifully and wonderfully made and I will never stop fighting for you. the world is better because you are in it
November 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
happy trans day of remembrance. you are beautifully and wonderfully made and I will never stop fighting for you. the world is better because you are in it
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i don't harbor any illusion that it's even possible to opt-out of every AI, every absurd overreach of data collection and invasion of privacy, but it does feel good to toggle everything off that you can get your hands on, if only out of spite
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
i don't harbor any illusion that it's even possible to opt-out of every AI, every absurd overreach of data collection and invasion of privacy, but it does feel good to toggle everything off that you can get your hands on, if only out of spite
it’s the same picture
November 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
it’s the same picture
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ACTION ALERT:
Join Portland: Neighbors Welcome in submitting testimony to Portland City Council in support of Councilor Morillo's Fall Budget amendment to fund support, not sweeps, for our neighbors.
portlandneighborswelcome.org/supportnotsw...
Join Portland: Neighbors Welcome in submitting testimony to Portland City Council in support of Councilor Morillo's Fall Budget amendment to fund support, not sweeps, for our neighbors.
portlandneighborswelcome.org/supportnotsw...
November 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
ACTION ALERT:
Join Portland: Neighbors Welcome in submitting testimony to Portland City Council in support of Councilor Morillo's Fall Budget amendment to fund support, not sweeps, for our neighbors.
portlandneighborswelcome.org/supportnotsw...
Join Portland: Neighbors Welcome in submitting testimony to Portland City Council in support of Councilor Morillo's Fall Budget amendment to fund support, not sweeps, for our neighbors.
portlandneighborswelcome.org/supportnotsw...
woah woah woah let’s not be hasty everyone, when was the last time that jeff swickard or the PPA steered us wrong??? now hang on a minute while i take a big sip of my coffee
November 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
woah woah woah let’s not be hasty everyone, when was the last time that jeff swickard or the PPA steered us wrong??? now hang on a minute while i take a big sip of my coffee
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A whale carcass has washed ashore near Depoe Bay.
Wednesday is the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale.
@tinakotek.bsky.social has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
Governor. Don't let the opportunity pass you by 🐋🧨💥
Wednesday is the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale.
@tinakotek.bsky.social has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
Governor. Don't let the opportunity pass you by 🐋🧨💥
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A whale carcass has washed ashore near Depoe Bay.
Wednesday is the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale.
@tinakotek.bsky.social has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
Governor. Don't let the opportunity pass you by 🐋🧨💥
Wednesday is the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale.
@tinakotek.bsky.social has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
Governor. Don't let the opportunity pass you by 🐋🧨💥