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rssenior.bsky.social @rssenior.bsky.social · 18h

I still have one.

rssenior.bsky.social @rssenior.bsky.social · 18h

A fire at a metal shredding plant in Vancouver WA is sending a plume of noxious smoke over NE and SE Portland since before 10pm.

Screenshot of purple air map of Portland showing a plume of smoke extending SSE from a fire in Vancouver WA.

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rssenior.bsky.social @rssenior.bsky.social · 3d

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BPA makes 42nd straight U.S Treasury payment

BPA’s FY 2025 payment includes $885.4 million in principal and $258.7 million in interest.

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rssenior.bsky.social @rssenior.bsky.social · 13d

Neil Shapiro, Director, President and CEO of New Jersey PBS, had a total compensation of $837,146 for fiscal year 2024, on about 1/4 the revenue of Cascade PBS. That's nearly $70k/month. www.njpbs.org/wp-content/u...

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rssenior.bsky.social @rssenior.bsky.social · 13d

Cascade PBS's IRS 990 says that they had a surplus of $11+ million each of the last two years reported. projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o... (Part I, line 19).

Cascade Public Media, Full Filing - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica

Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as...

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pdxlinux.bsky.social @pdxlinux.bsky.social · 15d

The Portland Linux/Unix Group is constantly on the lookout for speakers for their General Monthly Meeting, first Thursday of the month at Portland State University's Engineering Building on SW 4th Avenue. If you are excited about something vaguely nerdy and want to share, get in touch! pdxlinux.org

Portland Linux/Unix Group

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Community Broadband PDX @cbbpdx.bsky.social · 15d

What would internet access look like if it wasn't controlled by megacorps, but by YOU. Publicly-owned infrastructure isn't new and it doesn't have to stay a dream in Portland. Come out and chat with other people fed up with the status quo: cbbpdx.civicrm.org/civicrm/even...

Community Broadband PDX Social | Community Broadband PDX

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rssenior.bsky.social @rssenior.bsky.social · 15d

TIL that the City of Portland has ONE computer lab, at the Charles Jordan Community Center. I kind of want to go check that out. I've been advocating for such things for a while. It *ought* to be open 24 hours. Not sure I'm so crazy about the $5 daily use fee.

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rssenior.bsky.social @rssenior.bsky.social · 17d

The primary basis for any price regulation should be the cost of providing the service, not the depth of the customers wallet. Subsidies to ensure service to those unable to afford the cost should be payed through progressive taxation, to punish society for failing to lift everyone up.

rssenior.bsky.social @rssenior.bsky.social · 20d

www.enhanced.com

Enhanced Games

At Enhanced, we are pioneering a new era in athletic competition that embraces scientific advancements to push the boundaries of human performance.

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rssenior.bsky.social @rssenior.bsky.social · 20d

This is apparently real now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAdG...

Weekend Update: Kevin Nealon on the All-Drug Olympics - SNL

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

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American Association for Public Broadband (AAPB) @aapbroadband.bsky.social · 23d

Congratulations to Superior, Wisconsin, which recently activated the state’s first city-owned broadband network! 🎉

“It is the only network of its kind in the state of Wisconsin. It is the fastest network in the Twin Ports.”

Read more about ConnectSuperior: www.wpr.org/news/superio...

Superior switches on Wisconsin’s first city-owned broadband network

ConnectSuperior began making high-speed broadband service available to residents earlier this month with the completion of its fiber optic infrastructure, though the city itself isn’t the internet pro...

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rssenior.bsky.social @rssenior.bsky.social · 27d

OPB has a $17 million surplus over the last two fiscal years, according to their 990. www.opb.org/pdf/OPB%20FY... Part I, line 19. Please, give it to someone else like Street Roots or KBOO (whose entire budget is less than what OPB pays their CEO).

www.opb.org

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · Sep 2

"If police are going to be using drones, we need much stronger limits on how they do that, including treating the flying of the drone as a search that requires a warrant,” EFF’s Adam Schwartz told @Dispatch.com. www.dispatch.com/story/news/...

As central Ohio law enforcement adds drones, civil liberties experts worry about abuse

At least 1,400 police departments across the country currently have a drone program. But critics say the technology isn't regulated enough.

www.dispatch.com

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rssenior.bsky.social @rssenior.bsky.social · Aug 26

Article 19:
Everyone has the right to freedom
of opinion and expression; this right
includes freedom to hold opinions with-
out interference and to seek, receive and
impart information and ideas through
any media and regardless of frontier. -- www.un.org/en/udhrbook/...

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rssenior.bsky.social @rssenior.bsky.social · Aug 16

Proportional representation or multi-member districts get rid of the arbitrary line drawing altogether (at least at finer granularities). Fwiw, I also like a US House with the same population/rep ratio (~33k/rep) as in 1792 (~10k members), fixing Electoral College too. #GonnaNeedABiggerBoat

rssenior.bsky.social @rssenior.bsky.social · Aug 16

Geographic representation is dumb.

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maryn sanders @maryn-geomorph.bsky.social · Aug 11

shamelessly made a bluesky account so I could plug my first first-author paper (!) on postfire erosion in steep rocky catchments -- go check her out!

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The influence of wildfire on debris flows in a landscape of persistent disequilibrium: Columbia River Gorge, OR, USA

Debris flow erosion in rocky catchments of northern Oregon (USA) is found to be relatively insensitive to fire conditions.

www.science.org

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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · Aug 11

Comcast and Centurylink tried to sabotage the city-owned open access network project in Bountiful, Utah

They lost and now city residents finally have choice and competition - with 14 different ISPs to choose from

Community Broadband with another win! 💪🌐💻⬇️

communitynetworks.org/content/boun...

Bountiful, Utah Finishes Muni-Fiber Network A Year Ahead Of Schedule | Welcome to Community Networks

Officials in Bountiful, Utah say they’ve completed the city’s $48 million open access fiber network a year ahead of schedule, bringing fast, affordable broadband access to the Salt Lake City suburb of...

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American Association for Public Broadband (AAPB) @aapbroadband.bsky.social · Aug 7

Loveland, CO didn’t wait around for better broadband, it built it.

Pulse Fiber is now one of the nation’s best ISPs, with 10Gb service, a 42% take rate, and PCMag’s #1 spot.

Community broadband works, and it’s spreading. 🌐

Read our full spotlight: www.aapb.us/post/meet-pu...

Meet Pulse: How Loveland, Colorado Put Community at the Heart of One of the Nation’s Top Broadband Networks

When Loveland, Colorado decided to explore community-owned broadband, it wasn’t starting from scratch. Just north of Longmont, a neighboring community whose successful municipal broadband model was al...

www.aapb.us

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rssenior.bsky.social @rssenior.bsky.social · Aug 7

(2) A representation may be any manifestation of any assertion by words or conduct, including, but not limited to, a failure to disclose a fact.
www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/o...

rssenior.bsky.social @rssenior.bsky.social · Aug 7

ORS128.886: False or misleading representations prohibited.
(1) No person shall make any false or misleading representations in the course of any solicitation of contributions.

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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · Aug 4

Community broadband continues to make strides!

Our story here comes out of Syracuse NY where the city has expanded its municipally-owned network Surge Link to 9,200 low-income households, offering $15/month service for qualified households 👏👏👏

🌐💻⬇️

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Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh at a Launch Party for Surge Link in front of the Syracuse Northeast Community Center

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · Aug 1

Incredible flash flood in Tyrnyauz (1300m asl, Caucasus, RU) yesterday...! 😲😱

This is the main town of the Baksan valley (35 km east of Elbruz, 5642m) which was already hit on July 18, 2000, by a deadly mudflow (8 fatalities, 40 missing, 930 resettled from damaged houses!)

🎥 via Kirill Bakanov

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rssenior.bsky.social @rssenior.bsky.social · Jul 19

@geoffnorx.bsky.social‬ "clear-eyed reporting" indeed. Can you mention on air your budget surplus in recent years? Can you mention the @OPB CEO's salary?

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