Sam Bach PDX
@sambachpdx.bsky.social
Gay, married, oldish, tax professional, siaradwr Cymraeg (tipyn bach). Politically, economically and environmentally aware, so lean very far left by American standards, but basically Democratic socialist by European standards.
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Frisbee is really good at thinking through this stuff and her comments are the most persuasive I've heard. Every local politician, community leader, and advocate should listen to them.
Absolute banger comments about the need for bus lanes on 82nd Avenue from TriMet board member Tyler Frisbee at their meeting Wednesday. I clipped it up for your convenience youtu.be/5UwEepFnoYI
What the Bus Lane Debate on 82nd Ave is Really About
YouTube video by BikePortland
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Frisbee is really good at thinking through this stuff and her comments are the most persuasive I've heard. Every local politician, community leader, and advocate should listen to them.
Maybe there is such a thing as too many book clubs....
December 12, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Maybe there is such a thing as too many book clubs....
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One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
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US Treasury just bought back $12.5 Billion of its own debt, the largest buyback in history.
Do you realize what's happening?
Do you realize what's happening?
December 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
US Treasury just bought back $12.5 Billion of its own debt, the largest buyback in history.
Do you realize what's happening?
Do you realize what's happening?
For those in the Portland area this weekend or next, be sure to see this show! We'll be there this Friday and are looking forward to it!
www.fusetheatreensemble.com/recta
www.fusetheatreensemble.com/recta
Recta Borealis | Fuse
www.fusetheatreensemble.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
For those in the Portland area this weekend or next, be sure to see this show! We'll be there this Friday and are looking forward to it!
www.fusetheatreensemble.com/recta
www.fusetheatreensemble.com/recta
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Maybe AI knows something we don't....?
Town's Huge Christmas Mural Was Generated Using AI, Resulting in Ghastly Chthonic Horrors share.google/pq80nLcVpzNr...
Town's Huge Christmas Mural Was Generated Using AI, Resulting in Ghastly Chthonic Horrors share.google/pq80nLcVpzNr...
Town's Huge Christmas Mural Was Generated Using AI, Resulting in Ghastly Chthonic Horrors
An enormous new mural near London, depicting a crowded Christmas scene, has drawn outrage and mockery from passersby.
share.google
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Maybe AI knows something we don't....?
Town's Huge Christmas Mural Was Generated Using AI, Resulting in Ghastly Chthonic Horrors share.google/pq80nLcVpzNr...
Town's Huge Christmas Mural Was Generated Using AI, Resulting in Ghastly Chthonic Horrors share.google/pq80nLcVpzNr...
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Meta paid $16 BILLION in taxes this year, thanks to the corporate minimum tax passed in 2022.
That's the corporate tax that Trump's IRS has quietly decided to stop enforcing.
Go figure.
That's the corporate tax that Trump's IRS has quietly decided to stop enforcing.
Go figure.
November 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Meta paid $16 BILLION in taxes this year, thanks to the corporate minimum tax passed in 2022.
That's the corporate tax that Trump's IRS has quietly decided to stop enforcing.
Go figure.
That's the corporate tax that Trump's IRS has quietly decided to stop enforcing.
Go figure.
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The link to the segment is up...
It's powerful. And may be useful to share with others, including students.
@brian-goldstone.bsky.social
www.cbsnews.com/video/when-t...
It's powerful. And may be useful to share with others, including students.
@brian-goldstone.bsky.social
www.cbsnews.com/video/when-t...
November 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The link to the segment is up...
It's powerful. And may be useful to share with others, including students.
@brian-goldstone.bsky.social
www.cbsnews.com/video/when-t...
It's powerful. And may be useful to share with others, including students.
@brian-goldstone.bsky.social
www.cbsnews.com/video/when-t...
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401(k) hardship withdrawals hit its HIGHEST level ever. Great leading indicator heading into 2026.
People have no idea how BAD the October employment data is. No wonder Trump isn’t releasing it.
People have no idea how BAD the October employment data is. No wonder Trump isn’t releasing it.
November 15, 2025 at 3:54 AM
401(k) hardship withdrawals hit its HIGHEST level ever. Great leading indicator heading into 2026.
People have no idea how BAD the October employment data is. No wonder Trump isn’t releasing it.
People have no idea how BAD the October employment data is. No wonder Trump isn’t releasing it.
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Michelle Obama says America “ain’t ready” for a woman president.
The problem isn’t readiness, it’s the system.
A structure that keeps deciding who can lead will always tell someone to wait their turn.
Real change comes when you build something that doesn’t need permission to exist.
The problem isn’t readiness, it’s the system.
A structure that keeps deciding who can lead will always tell someone to wait their turn.
Real change comes when you build something that doesn’t need permission to exist.
November 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Michelle Obama says America “ain’t ready” for a woman president.
The problem isn’t readiness, it’s the system.
A structure that keeps deciding who can lead will always tell someone to wait their turn.
Real change comes when you build something that doesn’t need permission to exist.
The problem isn’t readiness, it’s the system.
A structure that keeps deciding who can lead will always tell someone to wait their turn.
Real change comes when you build something that doesn’t need permission to exist.
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been awhile since I felt a literal chill down my spine but this honestly scared the shit out of me
November 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
been awhile since I felt a literal chill down my spine but this honestly scared the shit out of me
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The thing to understand about this is that this catastrophe in the UK has redounded to the political benefit of the very same people and political movement that pushed for it! Extremely perverse.
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The thing to understand about this is that this catastrophe in the UK has redounded to the political benefit of the very same people and political movement that pushed for it! Extremely perverse.
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Damn. Never realized that Oregon fatal crashes are so closely tied to VMT. This is one reason why it's so vital that we make buses and bikeways as good as possible and do everything we can w land use & housing to lower our VMT. Drive more, die more. Drive less, die less. It's that simple.
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Damn. Never realized that Oregon fatal crashes are so closely tied to VMT. This is one reason why it's so vital that we make buses and bikeways as good as possible and do everything we can w land use & housing to lower our VMT. Drive more, die more. Drive less, die less. It's that simple.
All are welcome to the United States of America!*
*No fats, no femmes, no coloreds, no....
*No fats, no femmes, no coloreds, no....
The Trump administration has ordered visa officers to deny immigrants who are obese or have certain health issues, in yet another instance of the president’s strange obsession with physical traits. trib.al/b0AtL8r
Trump Says U.S. Visas Can Be Denied to Fat People From Now On
New State Department guidance encourages embassies and consulates to deny visas to people with obesity or other health issues.
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
All are welcome to the United States of America!*
*No fats, no femmes, no coloreds, no....
*No fats, no femmes, no coloreds, no....
Isn't this what Hitler started doing in 1936. AH also controlled wages, so I'm looking forward to that rearing its ugly head....
November 8, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Isn't this what Hitler started doing in 1936. AH also controlled wages, so I'm looking forward to that rearing its ugly head....
If the top income tax rate was 94% like in 1943-44, and the tax bracket started at $3.75M (1943$200K, inflation adjusted), the US would collect $257.5M/day or $94B/yr.
SNAP & WIC combined in the US cost $100.3B last year.
SNAP & WIC combined in the US cost $100.3B last year.
If Musk meets all the benchmarks of his new $1 trillion pay package from Tesla he will be paid $274 MILLION EVERY DAY FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS
This is his part-time job
This is his part-time job
November 7, 2025 at 5:53 AM
If the top income tax rate was 94% like in 1943-44, and the tax bracket started at $3.75M (1943$200K, inflation adjusted), the US would collect $257.5M/day or $94B/yr.
SNAP & WIC combined in the US cost $100.3B last year.
SNAP & WIC combined in the US cost $100.3B last year.
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The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
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The "anti-woke" backlash was always about white collar labor competition from nonwhites, not hr bullshit. bsky.app/profile/phil...
NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams
NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams
The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...
www.thewrap.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The "anti-woke" backlash was always about white collar labor competition from nonwhites, not hr bullshit. bsky.app/profile/phil...
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Travel Oregon's $400,000 partnership with Wheel the World has mapped over 750 tourism businesses for travelers with disabilities.
How Oregon became first state to earn ‘accessibility verified’ travel designation
Travel Oregon's $400,000 partnership with Wheel the World has mapped over 750 tourism businesses for travelers with disabilities.
www.oregonlive.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Travel Oregon's $400,000 partnership with Wheel the World has mapped over 750 tourism businesses for travelers with disabilities.
Another National Coming Out Day has arrived. Welcome to the newbies, but I'm thinking coming out and living as an anti-fascist is more important right now....
Let's all do something on the 18th!
#NoKings
Let's all do something on the 18th!
#NoKings
October 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Another National Coming Out Day has arrived. Welcome to the newbies, but I'm thinking coming out and living as an anti-fascist is more important right now....
Let's all do something on the 18th!
#NoKings
Let's all do something on the 18th!
#NoKings
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Hyperpop luminary Ash scored Portland’s latest Gillette-penned production.
Mikki Gillette’s New Musical “Magnetic Electric” Gives Audiences Two Shows for the Price of One
Brianna Wheeler
www.wweek.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Hyperpop luminary Ash scored Portland’s latest Gillette-penned production.