House Hobbit
@househobbit.bsky.social
Aiming for a slower semi analogue life.
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Best Christmas ad yet! Knocks John Lewis into a cocked hat.
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Best Christmas ad yet! Knocks John Lewis into a cocked hat.
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Wish list.
Pentax K1000 | Arista Edu 400
#filmphotography #streetphotography #photography #filmisnotdead #analog #believeinfilm #Pentax
Pentax K1000 | Arista Edu 400
#filmphotography #streetphotography #photography #filmisnotdead #analog #believeinfilm #Pentax
November 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Wish list.
Pentax K1000 | Arista Edu 400
#filmphotography #streetphotography #photography #filmisnotdead #analog #believeinfilm #Pentax
Pentax K1000 | Arista Edu 400
#filmphotography #streetphotography #photography #filmisnotdead #analog #believeinfilm #Pentax
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It really is just simple geometry.
You cannot build a functional city if everyone brings a 2-ton living room on wheels with them.
You cannot build a functional city if everyone brings a 2-ton living room on wheels with them.
The entrance to the 3-storey bike parking garage at Utrecht Central holding 12,500 bicycles. It’s free for the first 24 hours, linked to the station, and used by tens of thousands every day. This is what happens when a country treats bikes as real transport infrastructure, not an afterthought.
November 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
It really is just simple geometry.
You cannot build a functional city if everyone brings a 2-ton living room on wheels with them.
You cannot build a functional city if everyone brings a 2-ton living room on wheels with them.
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The hate crime charge against Alexa Wilkinson for photographing vandalism of the New York Times building is a dangerous precedent, no matter what you think of Wilkinson.
Journalist or not, photography isn’t a hate crime
Gatekeeping over hate crime charges misses the forest for the trees
freedom.press
November 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The hate crime charge against Alexa Wilkinson for photographing vandalism of the New York Times building is a dangerous precedent, no matter what you think of Wilkinson.
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Every journalist hit with a stinger grenade or pepper ball by law enforcement while covering a protest is a message from the government: Stop showing the truth.
Journalists must speak out.
Journalists must speak out.
Journalists’ cameras become targets at Oregon protests
Federal agents in Portland are waging war on the press
freedom.press
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Every journalist hit with a stinger grenade or pepper ball by law enforcement while covering a protest is a message from the government: Stop showing the truth.
Journalists must speak out.
Journalists must speak out.
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Everyone should have the right to speak up against injustice without ending up in a database. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters
Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safety's servers, we discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock's national
www.eff.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Everyone should have the right to speak up against injustice without ending up in a database. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
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Nearly half of America’s children—48.9%—now grow up in families considered poor, according to Oxfam’s 2025 inequality report. It’s a statistic that should shake the nation to its core: in the wealthiest country in human history, almost one in two kids are struggling to meet basic needs.
November 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Nearly half of America’s children—48.9%—now grow up in families considered poor, according to Oxfam’s 2025 inequality report. It’s a statistic that should shake the nation to its core: in the wealthiest country in human history, almost one in two kids are struggling to meet basic needs.
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In the face of this cruel government shutdown, we’re taking another significant step to protect Maryland families and children:
I’ve signed an executive order releasing $62 million to help Marylanders who rely on SNAP benefits put food on the table.
I’ve signed an executive order releasing $62 million to help Marylanders who rely on SNAP benefits put food on the table.
November 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
In the face of this cruel government shutdown, we’re taking another significant step to protect Maryland families and children:
I’ve signed an executive order releasing $62 million to help Marylanders who rely on SNAP benefits put food on the table.
I’ve signed an executive order releasing $62 million to help Marylanders who rely on SNAP benefits put food on the table.
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PDX has a generational opportunity to rebuild NE 82nd into a delightful street that supports people walking, taking the bus, biking, driving, making deliveries, gathering outside.
So far the designs we're seeing aren't rising to this opportunity.
Really hope you can help @senkhanhpham.bsky.social!
So far the designs we're seeing aren't rising to this opportunity.
Really hope you can help @senkhanhpham.bsky.social!
Horrified to learn of another serious traffic crash on 82nd Avenue.
Policymakers are about to make major decisions about how to reshape this critical main street. I'm committed to working with my colleagues to ensure 82nd is safer for everyone biking, walking and driving.
https://loom.ly/jOdxsQQ
Policymakers are about to make major decisions about how to reshape this critical main street. I'm committed to working with my colleagues to ensure 82nd is safer for everyone biking, walking and driving.
https://loom.ly/jOdxsQQ
Cyclist critically injured in hit-and-run crash in Northeast Portland
A woman on a bicycle was critically injured in a crash on Northeast 82nd Avenue early Sunday. The driver left the scene, police said.
www.kgw.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
PDX has a generational opportunity to rebuild NE 82nd into a delightful street that supports people walking, taking the bus, biking, driving, making deliveries, gathering outside.
So far the designs we're seeing aren't rising to this opportunity.
Really hope you can help @senkhanhpham.bsky.social!
So far the designs we're seeing aren't rising to this opportunity.
Really hope you can help @senkhanhpham.bsky.social!
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EFF was created for scary moments like the one we’re facing now. For 35 years, EFF has fought to ensure your rights follow you online and wherever you use technology, and we're here and ready to Take Back CTRL. Join us at www.takebackctrl.org.
Music: how the future dies by mobygratis.
Music: how the future dies by mobygratis.
October 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
EFF was created for scary moments like the one we’re facing now. For 35 years, EFF has fought to ensure your rights follow you online and wherever you use technology, and we're here and ready to Take Back CTRL. Join us at www.takebackctrl.org.
Music: how the future dies by mobygratis.
Music: how the future dies by mobygratis.
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This is good, but when people talk about this I want to emphasize: we have not run out of money for SNAP. The money is there, it has been allotted and saved specifically for this instance. Trump refuses to release the billions of dollars that Americans have already allotted to continue food stamps!
In the 60-year history of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, it’s never run out of money. Here are the states suing the federal government over it.
October 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
This is good, but when people talk about this I want to emphasize: we have not run out of money for SNAP. The money is there, it has been allotted and saved specifically for this instance. Trump refuses to release the billions of dollars that Americans have already allotted to continue food stamps!
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BREAKING: The full bench of the 9th circuit has agreed to take up the Portland National Guard case and vacated the panel decision that had blessed Trump’s deployment.
October 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
BREAKING: The full bench of the 9th circuit has agreed to take up the Portland National Guard case and vacated the panel decision that had blessed Trump’s deployment.
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i'm sure it was coincidental that the only pop star making massive donations to trans youth and spotlighting black trans women faced a misogynistic smear campaign for nearly a year.
Chappell Roan Unveils Midwest Princess Fund for Trans Youth — and She’s Already Raised $400K
Chappell Roan Unveils Midwest Princess Fund for Trans Youth — and She’s Already Raised $400K
Chappell Roan has announced her Midwest Princess Project for trans and LGBTQ+ youth, and the fund has already raised $400K.
bit.ly
October 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
i'm sure it was coincidental that the only pop star making massive donations to trans youth and spotlighting black trans women faced a misogynistic smear campaign for nearly a year.
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I wish people defended smeared victims of sexual violence the way they defend problematic male candidates for office
October 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I wish people defended smeared victims of sexual violence the way they defend problematic male candidates for office
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In the two years since the state started charging a 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million, the effort has created a $5.7 billion windfall, with the surplus being used to fund bridge repairs, bolster literacy programs and address the transportation system’s budget deficit.
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
In the two years since the state started charging a 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million, the effort has created a $5.7 billion windfall, with the surplus being used to fund bridge repairs, bolster literacy programs and address the transportation system’s budget deficit.
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If BRT, TOD, TSP, or LRT mean anything to you, and/or you just care about transit, cycling, housing, land use — or any facet of transportation and urban planning — you should find a way to participate in this conference.
bikeportland.org/2025/10/14/t...
bikeportland.org/2025/10/14/t...
The 'railvolution' returns to Portland as Mpact Transit + Community conference
If the thought of fast, frequent bus service makes your heart go pitter-pat, I have some good news
bikeportland.org
October 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
If BRT, TOD, TSP, or LRT mean anything to you, and/or you just care about transit, cycling, housing, land use — or any facet of transportation and urban planning — you should find a way to participate in this conference.
bikeportland.org/2025/10/14/t...
bikeportland.org/2025/10/14/t...
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On Wednesday 10/15 at 6 PM, City Council will be hearing the first two pieces of legislation related to Portland's response to the federal government.
A short 🧵on this meeting:
There are three items on the agenda: The first is the Urban Forest Plan. The other two are about the federal gov't.
1/5
A short 🧵on this meeting:
There are three items on the agenda: The first is the Urban Forest Plan. The other two are about the federal gov't.
1/5
City Council | Portland.gov
City Council holds regular meetings at 9:30 a.m. on the first, second, fourth and fifth Wednesday and 6:00 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month. If there is sufficient business, additional meetin...
www.portland.gov
October 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
On Wednesday 10/15 at 6 PM, City Council will be hearing the first two pieces of legislation related to Portland's response to the federal government.
A short 🧵on this meeting:
There are three items on the agenda: The first is the Urban Forest Plan. The other two are about the federal gov't.
1/5
A short 🧵on this meeting:
There are three items on the agenda: The first is the Urban Forest Plan. The other two are about the federal gov't.
1/5
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The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe
www.chosun.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
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I *firmly believe* that autism was *selected* in nature, due to there being a benefit in having people in your tribe that see the world differently, and approach problems in a different way, than one that was full of people who all operated similarly. Autistic people improve their communities.
September 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I *firmly believe* that autism was *selected* in nature, due to there being a benefit in having people in your tribe that see the world differently, and approach problems in a different way, than one that was full of people who all operated similarly. Autistic people improve their communities.
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The most underappreciated issue in urbanism is the Anglosphere’s transit construction cost problem.
It’s not just that we’re spending too much money on any particular project.
It’s that we could be getting *much more transit* for the *same amount of money we’re currently spending*.
It’s not just that we’re spending too much money on any particular project.
It’s that we could be getting *much more transit* for the *same amount of money we’re currently spending*.
How This Small City Built Light Rail For Cheap
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
youtu.be
September 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The most underappreciated issue in urbanism is the Anglosphere’s transit construction cost problem.
It’s not just that we’re spending too much money on any particular project.
It’s that we could be getting *much more transit* for the *same amount of money we’re currently spending*.
It’s not just that we’re spending too much money on any particular project.
It’s that we could be getting *much more transit* for the *same amount of money we’re currently spending*.
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Oregon has been the national leader on vote-by-mail for decades. Now Donald Trump thinks he can undermine our elections for his own benefit. Hell no.
Trump administration sues Oregon to force it to turn over full information about every state voter
"I look forward to seeing them in court," Oregon's secretary of state said.
www.oregonlive.com
September 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Oregon has been the national leader on vote-by-mail for decades. Now Donald Trump thinks he can undermine our elections for his own benefit. Hell no.
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"An 83-year-old Bend man was cited for reckless driving Friday morning after crossing the double-yellow line..."
People don't want to give up driving because we've made driving a prerequisite to participating in society.
This is why investing in transit, walking, biking and rolling are important.
People don't want to give up driving because we've made driving a prerequisite to participating in society.
This is why investing in transit, walking, biking and rolling are important.
Bend driver, 83, cited after police say he crossed center line while passing, causing 3-vehicle crash at Third Street underpass
An 83-year-old Bend man was cited for reckless driving Friday morning after crossing the double-yellow line on Third Street while trying to pass several vehicles near the railroad underpass, causing a...
ktvz.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"An 83-year-old Bend man was cited for reckless driving Friday morning after crossing the double-yellow line..."
People don't want to give up driving because we've made driving a prerequisite to participating in society.
This is why investing in transit, walking, biking and rolling are important.
People don't want to give up driving because we've made driving a prerequisite to participating in society.
This is why investing in transit, walking, biking and rolling are important.