Blake PDX
@pdxblake.bsky.social
I am a loudmouth from Portsmouth. I love public education, getting around on a bike & e-cargo bike with 2 kids and creating a better future for everyone. #YIMBY #ClimateAction #Urbanism
Don't come back unless we invite you!
The California National Guard is leaving Oregon
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
California National Guard troops will leave Oregon, officials say
Some Oregon National Guard troops also will stand down.
www.oregonlive.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Don't come back unless we invite you!
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This is such an exciting project. It’s the most complete and well-executed example of quality bike and bus infrastructure in the city and it shows what PBOT is capable of when given relative design freedom and ample funding.
bikeportland.org/2025/11/14/s...
bikeportland.org/2025/11/14/s...
SW 4th isn't just about bikes (it's a dream for buses too)
It's the most complete and well-executed example of quality bike and bus infrastructure in the city.
bikeportland.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This is such an exciting project. It’s the most complete and well-executed example of quality bike and bus infrastructure in the city and it shows what PBOT is capable of when given relative design freedom and ample funding.
bikeportland.org/2025/11/14/s...
bikeportland.org/2025/11/14/s...
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Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
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Small but important victory in the lawsuit challenging the city’s approval of a land use compatibility statement for Zenith in February.
Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Environmental Advocates in Zenith Energy Lawsuit
Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Environmental Advocates in Zenith Energy Lawsuit. Environmental advocates celebrated the procedural win, saying the Land Use Board of Appeals has a better grasp on comp...
www.portlandmercury.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Small but important victory in the lawsuit challenging the city’s approval of a land use compatibility statement for Zenith in February.
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I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
The ICE officers’ stop of the car based on their scouring of license plates to access state vehicle registration data is just the kind of enforcement that Oregon’s two U.S. senators and other lawmakers this week announced that they were trying to curb.
ICE’s random license plate checks in Oregon lead to unlawful detention, judge says
State police asked to restrict DMV data sharing
www.oregonlive.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
It's fine, you can call me smug. That's just because I'm having more fun on my e-bike than you are in your car, and I spend way less money on mine!
E-bike dads is my tribe.
All this: “Convenience, more than, say, environmentalism, is driving the boom … What e-bikes are replacing is generally not the family car but the second runaround.”
@dlknowles.bsky.social @americanfietser.bsky.social
All this: “Convenience, more than, say, environmentalism, is driving the boom … What e-bikes are replacing is generally not the family car but the second runaround.”
@dlknowles.bsky.social @americanfietser.bsky.social
Parents on e-bikes are transforming the school run
They’re smug, snug and often faster than drivers
economist.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It's fine, you can call me smug. That's just because I'm having more fun on my e-bike than you are in your car, and I spend way less money on mine!
This will undoubtedly increase wildfire risk in the future. Hiding from the wildfire risk maps as #orleg seems to want to constantly do is only going to make the insurance availability and affordability crisis in Oregon worse.
Using satellite imagery, researchers have discovered that nearly 5% of Oregon and Washington’s western forest canopy — about the size of Rhode Island — was scorched and damaged in the multi-day 2021 heat dome.
2021 heat dome left Rhode Island-sized damage in Oregon's, Washington’s western forests • Oregon Capital Chronicle
OSU and U.S. Forest Service researchers found the four-day extreme heat event scorched more than 1,000 square miles of tree canopy.
buff.ly
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This will undoubtedly increase wildfire risk in the future. Hiding from the wildfire risk maps as #orleg seems to want to constantly do is only going to make the insurance availability and affordability crisis in Oregon worse.
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urgent need for PIRC volunteers on the ground in medford, gresham, aloha, eugene, clackamas, hillsboro
If you want to be helpful and defend Portland immigrants, start by taking one of PIRC's trainings. they are listed on their linktree, not their website
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Linktree. Make your link do more.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
urgent need for PIRC volunteers on the ground in medford, gresham, aloha, eugene, clackamas, hillsboro
A 🧵 with all my hopes, big and small, for the future ODOT director.
- Focus on safety over speed in all projects. Invest in returning orphan highways to local agencies and support upgrades that make them unable and safe by all users.
- Give me back the button to stop traffic on a bike going SB on Delaware crossing Lombard that was removed (niche)
- Give me back the button to stop traffic on a bike going SB on Delaware crossing Lombard that was removed (niche)
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
A 🧵 with all my hopes, big and small, for the future ODOT director.
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Good fucking riddance.
ODOT director Kris Strickler announced on Wednesday he will step down at the end of this year, as the agency continues to grapple with cost overruns on major projects and seeks permanent funding for the state’s highways, bridges and maintenance workers.
Leadership exodus continues at Oregon’s transportation agency
Agency director Kris Strickler is the latest high-ranking official to leave the state transportation department in the past year.
www.oregonlive.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Good fucking riddance.
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The crisis of elite impunity that is ruining our society cannot be more clearly or convincingly demonstrated than with the fact that all of these people wrote all this stuff into an email and hit Send.
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The crisis of elite impunity that is ruining our society cannot be more clearly or convincingly demonstrated than with the fact that all of these people wrote all this stuff into an email and hit Send.
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BREAKING: Rep. Adelita Grijalva signs the Epstein discharge petition, serving as the 218th vote to force the bill to the floor for a full vote of the House.
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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It took 50 days and a whole lot of nonsense, but Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva is finally in her seat.
Mike Johnson didn’t stall her swearing-in by accident—he did it on purpose.
Because protecting predators was apparently more urgent than serving the people.
Mike Johnson didn’t stall her swearing-in by accident—he did it on purpose.
Because protecting predators was apparently more urgent than serving the people.
November 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It took 50 days and a whole lot of nonsense, but Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva is finally in her seat.
Mike Johnson didn’t stall her swearing-in by accident—he did it on purpose.
Because protecting predators was apparently more urgent than serving the people.
Mike Johnson didn’t stall her swearing-in by accident—he did it on purpose.
Because protecting predators was apparently more urgent than serving the people.
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There are a lot of Portlanders who consider themselves progressive but turn reactionary when they see visible poverty.
The urge to just make poverty disappear from sight instead of working toward holistic solutions is why we don’t have nice things in this country.
Poverty is a social creation.
The urge to just make poverty disappear from sight instead of working toward holistic solutions is why we don’t have nice things in this country.
Poverty is a social creation.
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
There are a lot of Portlanders who consider themselves progressive but turn reactionary when they see visible poverty.
The urge to just make poverty disappear from sight instead of working toward holistic solutions is why we don’t have nice things in this country.
Poverty is a social creation.
The urge to just make poverty disappear from sight instead of working toward holistic solutions is why we don’t have nice things in this country.
Poverty is a social creation.
I hope they pull the plug on this disaster of a project from ODOT and don't reallocate it to their other disaster megaprojects.
After years of delay and months of very bad news, ODOT staff will ask their bosses if it's finally time to pull the plug.
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
November 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I hope they pull the plug on this disaster of a project from ODOT and don't reallocate it to their other disaster megaprojects.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
Thank you. The cavers should be primaried out of office and their names be forever remembered associated with their decision to cause harm to Americans in order to get "a deal".
My red line has always been lowering health costs for Americans. Donald Trump and Republicans don’t want an agreement that meets that bar. I’m a no.
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Thank you. The cavers should be primaried out of office and their names be forever remembered associated with their decision to cause harm to Americans in order to get "a deal".
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i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
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Any Democrat voting for this should be primaried as quickly as possible because they're stupid, aren't capable of recognizing they're winning, are incapable of representing their constituents, and are cowards not up to this era's challenges.
Senate Democrats asked for a year of ACA subsidies and were told to fuck off.
So they came back and asked for a pinky promise to hold a vote on ACA subsidies that they will assuredly lose?
Seriously?
So they came back and asked for a pinky promise to hold a vote on ACA subsidies that they will assuredly lose?
Seriously?
From what I have seen so far this does not seem like a good deal:
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Any Democrat voting for this should be primaried as quickly as possible because they're stupid, aren't capable of recognizing they're winning, are incapable of representing their constituents, and are cowards not up to this era's challenges.
Yes. It fits. Put the heavy stuff on the floor and then you cam squeeze the soft stuff in the rain cover all the way to the top.
November 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Yes. It fits. Put the heavy stuff on the floor and then you cam squeeze the soft stuff in the rain cover all the way to the top.
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THE SUPREME COURT AGREES YOUR CHILDREN SHOULD STARVE on billboards nationwide
The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments during the government shutdown.
Trump administration seeks to halt SNAP food aid payments after a court order
The Trump administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a judge’s order to distribute November’s full SNAP benefits during a U.S. government shutdown. U.S.
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 2:55 AM
THE SUPREME COURT AGREES YOUR CHILDREN SHOULD STARVE on billboards nationwide
This corrupt Supreme Court has no credibility and needs a total overhaul.
The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown, even though residents in some states already have received the funds.
Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments
The food program serves about 1 in 8 Americans, mostly with lower incomes.
www.oregonlive.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:57 AM
This corrupt Supreme Court has no credibility and needs a total overhaul.
Happy Friday!
President Donald Trump was formally blocked from sending the National Guard to Portland by U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut, who delivered her final order in the case Friday.
Federal judge prohibits Trump from deploying National Guard to Portland
The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut followed a three-day trial where local and federal law enforcement testified to their differing perceptions and responses to ongoing protests outside the federal immigration building in Portland.
www.opb.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Happy Friday!