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Taulby Edmondson @taulby.bsky.social · 18m

It should be read that way. Feds killed a guy in Portland in 2020, during Trump 1.0, for allegedly murdering a far-right activist. Whether he was guilty or not, it was extrajudicial.

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 3h

The literal reading of this statement is Pam Bondi is planning extrajudicial executions of random protesters.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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malena @seachanger.bsky.social · 5h

Spain's congress passes a sustainable mobility law, unlocking euros to study replacing flights with train travel, among other things. The law frames mobility as a new right “that public authorities are obliged to regulate and safeguard” as “a means for the exercise of other rights”

EL PAÍS @elpais.com · 5h

Claves de la Ley de Movilidad Sostenible: las empresas impulsarán ir en bici y compartir coche y el Gobierno reducirá los vuelos cortos
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Claves de la Ley de Movilidad Sostenible: las empresas impulsarán ir en bici y compartir coche y el Gobierno reducirá los vuelos cortos

La norma, aprobada con suspense este miércoles en el Congreso, desbloquea la llegada de 10.000 millones de euros desde Bruselas

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malena @seachanger.bsky.social · 5h

If you want to learn more about depaving and green transformation as a community tool to fight the climate legacy of urban redlining, Depave PDX is offering our first Depave 101 webinar next Wednesday the 15th. Beam in from wherever you are to join the depave movement!
www.depave.org/network-even...

Intro to Depave Webinar — Depave

Have a project idea, interest in getting involved, or just have some questions you want answered about our work? Learn more about Depave through this live webinar introduction to the organization!

www.depave.org

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malena @seachanger.bsky.social · 5h

If you love Framelab, I would def recommend reading some of the many pieces they've published on this topic, which they view as of core importance. you do not win fence sitters by posting on X, which is a fully weaponized brain melting machine at this point

www.theframelab.org/elon-musks-x...

Elon Musk's X (Twitter) is dying. BlueSky ahead

Influential social media users are migrating to BlueSky, abandoning Elon Musk's Twitter, aka X, in droves.

www.theframelab.org

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Local Area Newsie @localareanewsie.bsky.social · 11h

I hate to say it but antifascist protests in PDX have had this for 10 years. We had DU's Sunflowers, the Banana Brass Band, hell I've seen that unicorn before.

These tactics aren't new and are only effective if the overall media wants to cover it. Usually they ignore it to call us terrorists

Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 16h

Mascot rave actually seems like an incredibly effective tactic. There's absolutely no way to spin that the dancing unicorn was threatening.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 19h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 7h

Class 1 e-bikes, which require pedaling and have electric assist that tops out at 18mph, are very different than throttle-operated class 2 and 3 bikes, which are themselves very different from the bigger, faster electric motorcycles that are proliferating under the “ebike” label.

David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 9h

My unpopular urbanist opinion is that big, hyperfast two-wheelers are a menace and should be banned from bike lanes/paths (with enforcement).

These things endanger everyone riding a bike or legal e-bike. Worse, they deter some from even trying.

E-bikes have evolved into e-motorcycles. Law enforcement is lagging behind.

Serious injuries are on the rise in emergency rooms around the country, as electric cycles become bigger and faster. Lawmakers and police departments are scrambling to address the problem.

www.inquirer.com

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 7h

Cities are developing a new approach to developing housing: Integrating it into mixed-use library projects. These investments improve neighborhood vitality, add housing & improve services.

In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, I create a database of such projects & point to success stories ⏬

Aging Libraries Could Offer Cities a Unique Opportunity to Build New Housing While Improving Public Services

Since 2000, more than 1,800 apartment units have been built in combined library-housing developments. These projects not only address local housing needs but…

www.urban.org

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malena @seachanger.bsky.social · 7h

That would be true if it was an even playing field, but as @theframelab.bsky.social and others have analyzed, if the architecture and management of the site is entirely devoted to an ideological outcome that opposes you, it is NOT a strategic or useful place to pose your ideas.

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malena @seachanger.bsky.social · 7h

i believe that's the tip of the iceberg. our bodies have evolved over a very long time using the autonomic nervous system to evade danger by moving the body. cars force us to experience a great deal of danger (even if the waking mind is used to it) without moving our bodies

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malena @seachanger.bsky.social · 8h

can we rewind to the timeline in which there were no survivors

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malena @seachanger.bsky.social · 8h

til i live next to a distribution hub supplying 90% of Oregon’s liquid fuel supply!

Verde PDX says the city's safety updates for this 6 mile stretch are not good enough and more public comments are needed by oct 17

here's Verde's action alert in english & spanish:
mailchi.mp/11907fbb89f5...

screenshot of the public comment site for the proposed CEI changes showing a project timeline and map of the area along the willamette river. The deadline for public comments is October 17

What is the CEI Hub & the Policy Project?

The Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub is a six-mile stretch of industrial land in northwest Portland along the Willamette River. It serves as a hub for the storage and

distribution of liquid fuels that provide 90% of Oregon’s liquid fuel supply.

Portland is updating the rules for the Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub — and right now, the city needs to hear from you.

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 18h

It's a whole block party vibe over here.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 22h

Presidents have federalized a state's own Guard to use over its objection, most famously desegregation. And sometimes regular military has been used. But taking one state's soldiers and putting them in another state? This is a completely unprecedented breakdown of what the Union fundamentally is.

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malena @seachanger.bsky.social · 11d

I get that the replies are gonna be a hodge podge around here but for the love of gahd can people stop with the “this isn’t the USA i know!” bs

This is the USA! you’re standing in it! veil’s off! step one is stepping away from denial as a cope

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malena @seachanger.bsky.social · 19h

you gonna put fenders on?

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malena @seachanger.bsky.social · 19h

or people would say "i'm going to [larger city] where there's a REAL [insert hobby] scene"

malena @seachanger.bsky.social · 19h

yeah, like it wasn't gritty enough to qualify

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Banned Randy @bannedrandy.bsky.social · 23h

Had to get a photo of the Sparkle Pony™® in front of the Shouting Dancing Deliverance storefront before it prolapses onto itself. It’s a landmark and a tradition.