Fischer 🛠️🚇
@fischer.bsky.social
full stack content engineer, portlander, t1d
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seeing more politicians wearing tweed blazers (classic, stylish, cool) that are just way too small (undignified, offensive, you look like a love island contestant)
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
seeing more politicians wearing tweed blazers (classic, stylish, cool) that are just way too small (undignified, offensive, you look like a love island contestant)
this rules. now imagine if you could open a pocha on the sidewalk in downtown portland instead of in a parking lot in beaverton
January 24, 2026 at 6:39 PM
this rules. now imagine if you could open a pocha on the sidewalk in downtown portland instead of in a parking lot in beaverton
feel like pure shit just want her back
January 24, 2026 at 6:28 AM
feel like pure shit just want her back
reading a paper that measures housing affordability as whether or not someone at 30% ami can afford a median 1 bedroom apartment, which I think is a mistake. that’s like a 20th percentile income — if that person can’t afford a 50th percentile apartment, that doesn’t mean they can’t find housing
January 23, 2026 at 4:39 PM
reading a paper that measures housing affordability as whether or not someone at 30% ami can afford a median 1 bedroom apartment, which I think is a mistake. that’s like a 20th percentile income — if that person can’t afford a 50th percentile apartment, that doesn’t mean they can’t find housing
me, first day at amtrak: what if we bought some more rolling stock?
amtrak procurement guy:
amtrak procurement guy:
January 23, 2026 at 5:37 AM
me, first day at amtrak: what if we bought some more rolling stock?
amtrak procurement guy:
amtrak procurement guy:
PBOT staple appreciation post
January 20, 2026 at 5:56 AM
PBOT staple appreciation post
best part about the 28 years movies is that this is canonically true
January 20, 2026 at 5:45 AM
best part about the 28 years movies is that this is canonically true
I like to revisit this article on mlk jr day every year. finding this part very resonant this year
January 19, 2026 at 8:32 PM
I like to revisit this article on mlk jr day every year. finding this part very resonant this year
benny however is bisexual and uses he/they pronouns
January 19, 2026 at 5:39 AM
benny however is bisexual and uses he/they pronouns
no that’s a straight man if I’ve ever seen one
January 19, 2026 at 5:38 AM
no that’s a straight man if I’ve ever seen one
I think about this tweet every time I see him in the news
January 19, 2026 at 3:15 AM
I think about this tweet every time I see him in the news
learned today about the iconography trimet used to use to represent bus service to different sectors of the region transitmap.net/trimet-bus-1...
January 19, 2026 at 2:59 AM
learned today about the iconography trimet used to use to represent bus service to different sectors of the region transitmap.net/trimet-bus-1...
to this day I sometimes get annoyed at this closing announcement that blamed “market conditions” in portland without mentioning their decision to shut the restaurant down for a year six months after opening
January 19, 2026 at 2:50 AM
to this day I sometimes get annoyed at this closing announcement that blamed “market conditions” in portland without mentioning their decision to shut the restaurant down for a year six months after opening
oregon century of humiliation
January 18, 2026 at 8:44 PM
oregon century of humiliation
in a special election with 20% turnout last week, sherwood voters approved two ballot measures aimed at challenging state land use regulations
January 17, 2026 at 10:06 PM
in a special election with 20% turnout last week, sherwood voters approved two ballot measures aimed at challenging state land use regulations
this was literally a thing katie wilson campaigned on
January 17, 2026 at 7:44 PM
this was literally a thing katie wilson campaigned on
I do get the accessibility tradeoffs involved with stop consolidation but some of these routes are way beyond that
January 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
I do get the accessibility tradeoffs involved with stop consolidation but some of these routes are way beyond that
if the project were to only drop BAT lanes near powell, it would be a big improvement over the “some BAT lanes” design considered by trimet earlier in the process, but this still amounts to a major attack on transit priority in this project by ODOT
January 16, 2026 at 10:08 PM
if the project were to only drop BAT lanes near powell, it would be a big improvement over the “some BAT lanes” design considered by trimet earlier in the process, but this still amounts to a major attack on transit priority in this project by ODOT
ODOT’s requires a volume/capacity (v/c) analysis of ODOT facilities near the project, and they identified several problematic areas. there are several where they think the project could get an exception, but trimet is now discussing dropping BAT lanes near powell to comply with their policy
January 16, 2026 at 10:02 PM
ODOT’s requires a volume/capacity (v/c) analysis of ODOT facilities near the project, and they identified several problematic areas. there are several where they think the project could get an exception, but trimet is now discussing dropping BAT lanes near powell to comply with their policy
now wondering how common it is to have your college campus divided in half by a freight rail line
January 16, 2026 at 5:39 AM
now wondering how common it is to have your college campus divided in half by a freight rail line
here are some good stations (broadway and morrison, 29th and belmont)
January 16, 2026 at 2:28 AM
here are some good stations (broadway and morrison, 29th and belmont)