Mike
@mike.perham.net
BikeLoudPDX board, small scale housing development in Portland, OR
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WSDOT: Hi SEPA we want to build a massive "diverging diamond" interchange on I-90 at SR-18 to facilitate additional sprawl is that cool?
SEPA: Sounds fine to me
City of Seattle: Hey SEPA, we'd like to allow people to build more homes in the heart of our city
SEPA: Slow down just a minute fella
SEPA: Sounds fine to me
City of Seattle: Hey SEPA, we'd like to allow people to build more homes in the heart of our city
SEPA: Slow down just a minute fella
February 1, 2026 at 4:29 AM
WSDOT: Hi SEPA we want to build a massive "diverging diamond" interchange on I-90 at SR-18 to facilitate additional sprawl is that cool?
SEPA: Sounds fine to me
City of Seattle: Hey SEPA, we'd like to allow people to build more homes in the heart of our city
SEPA: Slow down just a minute fella
SEPA: Sounds fine to me
City of Seattle: Hey SEPA, we'd like to allow people to build more homes in the heart of our city
SEPA: Slow down just a minute fella
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A Democratic lawmaker from Portland is introducing legislation that would allow the state to withhold certain payments from the federal government when courts find that federal officials have unlawfully withheld money due to Oregon.
Oregon could pause federal payments in battle with Trump administration under new bill
Rep. Willy Chotzen, D-Portland, will introduce the legislation during the session that begins Monday.
www.oregonlive.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:30 AM
A Democratic lawmaker from Portland is introducing legislation that would allow the state to withhold certain payments from the federal government when courts find that federal officials have unlawfully withheld money due to Oregon.
This clock in Schiphol is amazing to see. It’s a 12 hour video of a guy constantly drawing and redrawing the hands. www.atlasobscura.com/places/schip...
Schiphol Clock in Schiphol
It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.
www.atlasobscura.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:05 AM
This clock in Schiphol is amazing to see. It’s a 12 hour video of a guy constantly drawing and redrawing the hands. www.atlasobscura.com/places/schip...
The Ws just keep piling up for decongestion pricing.
ha this is wild. Manhattan congestion pricing actually reduced traffic more *outside* of the toll zone than inside it www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Congestion Pricing’s Unexpected Winners: Suburban Drivers
NYC’s controversial toll program hasn’t just sped up trips inside Manhattan, a new paper finds. It’s easing traffic in outer boroughs and neighboring counties.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:59 PM
The Ws just keep piling up for decongestion pricing.
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Portland's public transit agency is in a dire financial place, and it's unclear when—or if—help will arrive.
In the meantime, TriMet is going to have to make major bus and MAX service cuts. Riders still have a limited time to weigh in on the changes through a survey.
In the meantime, TriMet is going to have to make major bus and MAX service cuts. Riders still have a limited time to weigh in on the changes through a survey.
TriMet’s Present Crisis, and Uncertain Future
TriMet is facing a $300 million budget gap, and it’s unclear when—or if—the public transit agency can expect any new funding to help fill the void. As a result, the agency is planning to make some maj...
www.portlandmercury.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Portland's public transit agency is in a dire financial place, and it's unclear when—or if—help will arrive.
In the meantime, TriMet is going to have to make major bus and MAX service cuts. Riders still have a limited time to weigh in on the changes through a survey.
In the meantime, TriMet is going to have to make major bus and MAX service cuts. Riders still have a limited time to weigh in on the changes through a survey.
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This collection has been all over Amtrak TikTok but I didn't share it because it's entirely too Gen Z for a person of my age or body type.
January 30, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This collection has been all over Amtrak TikTok but I didn't share it because it's entirely too Gen Z for a person of my age or body type.
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Portland’s east waterfront after we demolish I5 next year
January 29, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Portland’s east waterfront after we demolish I5 next year
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I wonder how much of the masking has to do less with protecting agents from being doxed and more to do with protecting the government from us finding out how many of the agents are know figures from the world of white nationalists, Jan 6ers, accelerationists, and militias, or just plain unqualified.
Law enforcement officers have always been unmasked in this country until ICE started wearing them last year.
*That* is the departure from norms. *That* is the step too far.
*That* is the departure from norms. *That* is the step too far.
Tillis says he opposes ICE being barred from wearing masks: "I've seen people dox me. I've seen people take pictures and identify law enforcement officers and then put their families at risk. So, I think that's a step too far."
January 29, 2026 at 1:33 AM
I wonder how much of the masking has to do less with protecting agents from being doxed and more to do with protecting the government from us finding out how many of the agents are know figures from the world of white nationalists, Jan 6ers, accelerationists, and militias, or just plain unqualified.
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Read the highlighted sentence a few times, jfc
From @lukeferrell.bsky.social's "THE MEANS-TESTING INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX"
lpeproject.org/blog/the-mea...
From @lukeferrell.bsky.social's "THE MEANS-TESTING INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX"
lpeproject.org/blog/the-mea...
January 29, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Read the highlighted sentence a few times, jfc
From @lukeferrell.bsky.social's "THE MEANS-TESTING INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX"
lpeproject.org/blog/the-mea...
From @lukeferrell.bsky.social's "THE MEANS-TESTING INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX"
lpeproject.org/blog/the-mea...
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This thread is worth reading right to the end.
I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
AI Skills Boost - AI Skills Hub
aiskillshub.org.uk
January 28, 2026 at 9:29 PM
This thread is worth reading right to the end.
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This isn't mine, and I can't definitively find the original source. But I love this little bit of wisdom:
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
For all the fearmongering about capital flight from New York City, there’s an exodus few want to talk about: working people.
Sky-high rents and outrageous child care costs are already pushing families out of the city they keep running.
That’s what we have to change.
That’s what we have to change.
January 28, 2026 at 7:59 PM
This isn't mine, and I can't definitively find the original source. But I love this little bit of wisdom:
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
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Cargo bike delivery is much faster than polluting vans and trucks with massive benefits.
momentummag.com/cargo-bikes-...
momentummag.com/cargo-bikes-...
Cargo bike delivery is much faster than polluting vans and trucks with massive benefits
Cargo bikes can deliver goods in cities faster than vans, removing tonnes of greenhouse gas and easing congestion, according to a new study
momentummag.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Cargo bike delivery is much faster than polluting vans and trucks with massive benefits.
momentummag.com/cargo-bikes-...
momentummag.com/cargo-bikes-...
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So, to recap: a good vibes campaign *will not* move the needle on cycling in Portland unless: 1) There is a continuous, connected bicycle network throughout the city; 2) the quality of the network (primarily in terms of safety) is high enough that it 'reads' as a network to the average Portlander.
January 27, 2026 at 9:52 PM
So, to recap: a good vibes campaign *will not* move the needle on cycling in Portland unless: 1) There is a continuous, connected bicycle network throughout the city; 2) the quality of the network (primarily in terms of safety) is high enough that it 'reads' as a network to the average Portlander.
This is why the Mayor and PBOT’s recent call to market Portland as a bike friendly city feels premature. There’s no significant protected lane network anywhere. Build the Green Loop and then maybe we’ll have something high quality for tourism. But neighborhood greenways? Nah.
This is exactly the problem with 99% of bike infrastructure implementation in the US.
It is done opportunistically or paired with repaving on a piece-by-piece basis, rather than implemented *as a network first*.
This is how you get a bike network in Los Angeles like this.
It is done opportunistically or paired with repaving on a piece-by-piece basis, rather than implemented *as a network first*.
This is how you get a bike network in Los Angeles like this.
January 27, 2026 at 11:53 PM
This is why the Mayor and PBOT’s recent call to market Portland as a bike friendly city feels premature. There’s no significant protected lane network anywhere. Build the Green Loop and then maybe we’ll have something high quality for tourism. But neighborhood greenways? Nah.
Bravo APANO. Advocating for a system which focuses less on punishment and more on reducing harm. 👏🏼
I know a few elected officials who need to hear this but sex work is real work and if you want to combat human trafficking you should be bringing the industry above board and regulating it.
You can't save exploited workers without removing the incentive to exploit and giving workers power.
You can't save exploited workers without removing the incentive to exploit and giving workers power.
January 27, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Bravo APANO. Advocating for a system which focuses less on punishment and more on reducing harm. 👏🏼
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We could have this at Union station in Portland (and it might help us get better train service). TriMet just bought some land that could be good for this, and the city of Portland is redeveloping a bunch of land right next to the station as well.
The decision to invest €30-million in the world’s biggest bike parking (12,500 spaces) at Utrecht Central Station seems extravagant, but when you calculate the cost of the alternatives—in the context of tens of thousands of bike-train trips each day—it’s an absolute bargain...🧵
January 27, 2026 at 3:26 PM
We could have this at Union station in Portland (and it might help us get better train service). TriMet just bought some land that could be good for this, and the city of Portland is redeveloping a bunch of land right next to the station as well.
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There are so many win-wins for affordability and energy efficiency in codes and standards, it is frustrating that neither side has tried to prioritize them. Rightsizing electrical and plumbing requirements, permitting R-290 refrigerant, accepting global window standards in place of NFRC…
January 27, 2026 at 1:13 PM
There are so many win-wins for affordability and energy efficiency in codes and standards, it is frustrating that neither side has tried to prioritize them. Rightsizing electrical and plumbing requirements, permitting R-290 refrigerant, accepting global window standards in place of NFRC…
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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My dream, which I’ve been working on for a few years, is for Seattle to have a pedestrian plaza in the heart of every neighborhood.
November 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My dream, which I’ve been working on for a few years, is for Seattle to have a pedestrian plaza in the heart of every neighborhood.
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White people thought they could stop this by just standing in the way while being white. Nah. You with us now. You’re expendable. They will have someone kneel on your neck until you perish. Then say it was your fault. Welcome.
January 24, 2026 at 7:11 PM
White people thought they could stop this by just standing in the way while being white. Nah. You with us now. You’re expendable. They will have someone kneel on your neck until you perish. Then say it was your fault. Welcome.
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i return to this, almost theologically, as a sacred text that helps me to understand the world I live in, and to help guide my actions and heart
January 24, 2026 at 5:47 PM
i return to this, almost theologically, as a sacred text that helps me to understand the world I live in, and to help guide my actions and heart
Both of these people are amazing, a must see for me.
SUNDAY: I'll be streaming with the remarkable Paul F Tompkins!
Make sure to tune in January 25 at 7 PM CT on Twitch or YouTube!
Drop any questions you think I should ask below!
@pftompkins.bsky.social
Make sure to tune in January 25 at 7 PM CT on Twitch or YouTube!
Drop any questions you think I should ask below!
@pftompkins.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Both of these people are amazing, a must see for me.
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Better streets are an antidote to loneliness and help create communities.
Listen to Derek Clifford, 50 year longstanding resident of Bethnal Green, talk about the transformative effect of the LTN residents just saved from being ripped out. #LTNs #StreetsForPeople
January 23, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Better streets are an antidote to loneliness and help create communities.
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ODOT’s budget is fucked. They could either stop spending hundreds of millions on a doomed freeway expansion that is billions of dollars away from completion or raid the $15m a year program for sidewalks near elementary schools. Guess which Dems are choosing #orpol
bikeportland.org/2026/01/22/l...
bikeportland.org/2026/01/22/l...
Lawmakers eye Safe Routes to School funding to backfill maintenance hole
They wouldn't come for the kids' money, would they?
bikeportland.org
January 23, 2026 at 6:28 AM
ODOT’s budget is fucked. They could either stop spending hundreds of millions on a doomed freeway expansion that is billions of dollars away from completion or raid the $15m a year program for sidewalks near elementary schools. Guess which Dems are choosing #orpol
bikeportland.org/2026/01/22/l...
bikeportland.org/2026/01/22/l...