malena
@seachanger.bsky.social
“there’s nothing new under the sun but there are new suns”
-Octavia Butler
# 1 St. John’s bridge fan acct
Alaska->PDX
-Octavia Butler
# 1 St. John’s bridge fan acct
Alaska->PDX
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malena
@seachanger.bsky.social
· Dec 24
“From Doom Loop to Green Loop: how a new focus on green infrastructure and just transition is making Portland a national climate resiliency leader”
- cool newspapers someday maybe
- cool newspapers someday maybe
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Portlanders: There's still time to voice your opinion about Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) use in your city.
Public comments on PPB's review of its ALPR policy are due TODAY.
What would you like to see that is not here in this policy?
www.portland.gov/police/direc...
Public comments on PPB's review of its ALPR policy are due TODAY.
What would you like to see that is not here in this policy?
www.portland.gov/police/direc...
February 14, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Portlanders: There's still time to voice your opinion about Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) use in your city.
Public comments on PPB's review of its ALPR policy are due TODAY.
What would you like to see that is not here in this policy?
www.portland.gov/police/direc...
Public comments on PPB's review of its ALPR policy are due TODAY.
What would you like to see that is not here in this policy?
www.portland.gov/police/direc...
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I think people here can critique the phrase "this is not who we are" and still celebrate people like that New Jersey guy with the flag in the video but maybe I'm just overestimating everyone's capacity to understand different contexts
February 14, 2026 at 6:32 PM
I think people here can critique the phrase "this is not who we are" and still celebrate people like that New Jersey guy with the flag in the video but maybe I'm just overestimating everyone's capacity to understand different contexts
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It's not an easy thing to get excited about ("Politicians should make more money!") but it's a major issue basically everywhere. Ever wonder why so many state legislators happen to own car dealerships? It's because only wealthy people can access one of the main entry points into US elected office.
my very close friend (and a kickass pro union negotiator) has been asked to run for jeff golden’s OR state senate seat but she’s a single mom and doesn’t think she can afford the pay cut
I am ready to give her 20% of my own paycheck
I am ready to give her 20% of my own paycheck
February 14, 2026 at 5:57 PM
It's not an easy thing to get excited about ("Politicians should make more money!") but it's a major issue basically everywhere. Ever wonder why so many state legislators happen to own car dealerships? It's because only wealthy people can access one of the main entry points into US elected office.
my very close friend (and a kickass pro union negotiator) has been asked to run for jeff golden’s OR state senate seat but she’s a single mom and doesn’t think she can afford the pay cut
I am ready to give her 20% of my own paycheck
I am ready to give her 20% of my own paycheck
February 14, 2026 at 5:42 PM
my very close friend (and a kickass pro union negotiator) has been asked to run for jeff golden’s OR state senate seat but she’s a single mom and doesn’t think she can afford the pay cut
I am ready to give her 20% of my own paycheck
I am ready to give her 20% of my own paycheck
maybe more of us can start to think critically about all the guys whose primary contribution during massive humanitarian crises is to micromanage other peoples terminology. these are the same people who legit couldn’t handle people saying black lives matter or refer to Israel’s genocide by its name
God the gall of @jaketapper.bsky.social lecturing that Minneapolis small business owner about the meaning of the word "concentration camp" while people are being crammed into poorly resourced buildings by the thousands and shuttled off never to be heard from again
February 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
maybe more of us can start to think critically about all the guys whose primary contribution during massive humanitarian crises is to micromanage other peoples terminology. these are the same people who legit couldn’t handle people saying black lives matter or refer to Israel’s genocide by its name
if council wants to spend it, they should do the work it takes to make climate resilience & just transition a clear priority across PDX agencies. cut the green tape and let’s get to work. PCEF could & should power a municipal climate revolution
The tension around this debate isn't just what to fund, it's about who has the power. Should the PCEF committee have 100% control of how "their" $$ is spent? Or should city councilors be able to dictate? (Council technically has final say, but politics is politics.)
February 14, 2026 at 4:01 PM
if council wants to spend it, they should do the work it takes to make climate resilience & just transition a clear priority across PDX agencies. cut the green tape and let’s get to work. PCEF could & should power a municipal climate revolution
Meanwhile in cops Vs PCEF hearing yesterday, the judge said the city using PCEF for off topic stuff helps the cops case: we’ve set a precedent for repurposing a voter designated fund
that is BAD. Council wants to spend PCEF they should reshape the bureaucracy to do the work PCEF was created to fund
that is BAD. Council wants to spend PCEF they should reshape the bureaucracy to do the work PCEF was created to fund
"PCEF isn't your money. It's our money. We built the fund. We will never let it go." - Alan Hipolito, a very well-respected climate justice advocate delivered testimony that basically told councilors to get their frickin' hands off the PCEF $$ and do what the committee recommended.
February 14, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Meanwhile in cops Vs PCEF hearing yesterday, the judge said the city using PCEF for off topic stuff helps the cops case: we’ve set a precedent for repurposing a voter designated fund
that is BAD. Council wants to spend PCEF they should reshape the bureaucracy to do the work PCEF was created to fund
that is BAD. Council wants to spend PCEF they should reshape the bureaucracy to do the work PCEF was created to fund
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Much of my youth revolved around the website ZineLibrary. It went down around Occupy in a massive loss for a movement whose ideas and knowledge mostly doesn't circulate online but in person.
Anyway I've put it back online with a *thousand* anarchist zines:
zinelibrary.org
Anyway I've put it back online with a *thousand* anarchist zines:
zinelibrary.org
ZineLibrary
zinelibrary.org
February 14, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Much of my youth revolved around the website ZineLibrary. It went down around Occupy in a massive loss for a movement whose ideas and knowledge mostly doesn't circulate online but in person.
Anyway I've put it back online with a *thousand* anarchist zines:
zinelibrary.org
Anyway I've put it back online with a *thousand* anarchist zines:
zinelibrary.org
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None of this would happen if Congress did their job.
February 14, 2026 at 12:04 AM
None of this would happen if Congress did their job.
😩
The legal argument is complicated and I’m not going to be able to describe it in detail here. What I will say is that recent city decisions to change the scope of PCEF as initially adopted may be relevant here. At least, it’s made PCEF seem like a viable source of funding for all kinds of programs.
February 14, 2026 at 5:16 AM
😩
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Oral arguments are beginning for the challenge against the initiative petition to divert 25% of Portland Clean Energy Fund income to public safety/police hiring. Challengers argue the petition, which is supported by the Portland Police Association, violates the state constitution.
February 13, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Oral arguments are beginning for the challenge against the initiative petition to divert 25% of Portland Clean Energy Fund income to public safety/police hiring. Challengers argue the petition, which is supported by the Portland Police Association, violates the state constitution.
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We found the cure to male loneliness, and it's getting in a cargo bike with the homies
Life tip: Get yourself this friend group #bunchfam #cargobike
Also: Pump your tires before you do this!
Also: Pump your tires before you do this!
February 13, 2026 at 11:52 PM
We found the cure to male loneliness, and it's getting in a cargo bike with the homies
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On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
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This visualization of daily activity of ICE is unreal.
February 13, 2026 at 9:26 PM
This visualization of daily activity of ICE is unreal.
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this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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Holy moly: Seattle’s millionaire tax, passed last year, is expected to bring in $115 million in its 1st year, way more than the $50 million anticipated.
The funds will go to the city’s new social housing developer publicola.com/2026/02/11/t...
(Is NY Gov Hochul paying attention?)
The funds will go to the city’s new social housing developer publicola.com/2026/02/11/t...
(Is NY Gov Hochul paying attention?)
Seattle’s millionaire tax is a huge success. Here is how grassroots groups beat big money and are now raising tons of money for mixed income, rent stabilized housing. (We call it “social housing.”)
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP89WjsvH/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP89WjsvH/
Seattle’s millionaire tax is a wild success. #taxtherich @House Our Neighbors: Yes on 1A @Tech 4 Housing
TikTok video by Ron Davis
www.tiktok.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Holy moly: Seattle’s millionaire tax, passed last year, is expected to bring in $115 million in its 1st year, way more than the $50 million anticipated.
The funds will go to the city’s new social housing developer publicola.com/2026/02/11/t...
(Is NY Gov Hochul paying attention?)
The funds will go to the city’s new social housing developer publicola.com/2026/02/11/t...
(Is NY Gov Hochul paying attention?)
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right - show up and fight like hell for what you believe in. If it's not enough then at least you built some capacity to try again and reach further. (from my pov i mean about workplace organizing but really, about everything)
I would just add an analogous lesson in the arena of elections for public office:
It is not losing elections that, in themselves, constitutes failure; it is reproducing the cultural norm of treating those losses as a basis for demoralization, demobilization, and not trying again that's the failure.
It is not losing elections that, in themselves, constitutes failure; it is reproducing the cultural norm of treating those losses as a basis for demoralization, demobilization, and not trying again that's the failure.
We also cannot be afraid to lose union elections. In fact, we cannot be afraid to lose on a larger scale. It is far better to fight and lose than to not fight at all. In fact, the insistence on running union elections only if we will win is contributing to our slow death.
February 13, 2026 at 6:07 AM
right - show up and fight like hell for what you believe in. If it's not enough then at least you built some capacity to try again and reach further. (from my pov i mean about workplace organizing but really, about everything)
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nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up
February 13, 2026 at 5:22 AM
nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up
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Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has said that her pumpkins act as self-portraits. The idea began as her parents owned a plant nursery and she has described the pumpkin as “a spiritual home,” a form in which she sees herself reflected #Womensart
February 13, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has said that her pumpkins act as self-portraits. The idea began as her parents owned a plant nursery and she has described the pumpkin as “a spiritual home,” a form in which she sees herself reflected #Womensart
kinda sad to read that the shovel attack on ICE didn’t actually happen, for a while we had heroes
February 13, 2026 at 5:12 AM
kinda sad to read that the shovel attack on ICE didn’t actually happen, for a while we had heroes
love to finally kick back after a day of truly nonstop meetings to read another news cycle hijacked by deranged magas, eugenics pervs, frothing nazis
February 13, 2026 at 4:55 AM
love to finally kick back after a day of truly nonstop meetings to read another news cycle hijacked by deranged magas, eugenics pervs, frothing nazis
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Ok, living through a massive corruption conspiracy in real life is weird. Movies usually portray them as highly competent, highly intelligent with utter secrecy when the one we're dealing with is full of so many dumbasses blurting out what they did that it's almost insulting. Useful, but stupid.
February 11, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Ok, living through a massive corruption conspiracy in real life is weird. Movies usually portray them as highly competent, highly intelligent with utter secrecy when the one we're dealing with is full of so many dumbasses blurting out what they did that it's almost insulting. Useful, but stupid.
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An AP review of crimes committed by ICE agents shows how their powers can be abused:
One official admitted he repeatedly sexually abused a woman in his custody.
Another is charged with taking bribes to remove detention orders on people targeted for deportation.
One official admitted he repeatedly sexually abused a woman in his custody.
Another is charged with taking bribes to remove detention orders on people targeted for deportation.
As ICE expands, an AP review of crimes committed by agents shows how their powers can be abused
Investigators say one immigration official abused his girlfriend for years. Another admitted he sexually abused a woman in his custody.
apnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:15 PM
An AP review of crimes committed by ICE agents shows how their powers can be abused:
One official admitted he repeatedly sexually abused a woman in his custody.
Another is charged with taking bribes to remove detention orders on people targeted for deportation.
One official admitted he repeatedly sexually abused a woman in his custody.
Another is charged with taking bribes to remove detention orders on people targeted for deportation.
turns out we've literally been living in a world operated by grotesque comic book villains. epstein was on the whole spreading his genes eugenics stuff way before musk
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
Jeffrey Epstein Recruited NSA Codebreakers for Genome “Manhattan Project”
The financier pursued cryptographers to “hack” the genetic code, and develop “new signals intelligence” to understand inter-cellular communication.
www.dropsitenews.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:49 AM
turns out we've literally been living in a world operated by grotesque comic book villains. epstein was on the whole spreading his genes eugenics stuff way before musk
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
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Jayapal asks Epstein survivors in hearing room to stand and raise hands if they still haven't been able to meet with Bondi's DOJ. Every single one of them doe. Jayapal then gives Bondi an opportunity to apologize. She responds by trying to attack Jayapal and Merrick Garland but doesn't apologize.
February 11, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Jayapal asks Epstein survivors in hearing room to stand and raise hands if they still haven't been able to meet with Bondi's DOJ. Every single one of them doe. Jayapal then gives Bondi an opportunity to apologize. She responds by trying to attack Jayapal and Merrick Garland but doesn't apologize.