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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 54m

from my WIFL interview with @jdandeneau.bsky.social

I don’t know how many people have actually internalized this, but the vast majority of local Democratic operations are staffed and run by blue-haired little old ladies who have been doing this for 40 years and are funding it with bake sales, and are keeping the flame alive in a time when parties are as weak as they’ve ever been. If you are under the age of 50 and you show up and act normal for, like, 3 months, they will do whatever you want because they’re so excited to have a young person there. Parties are weak right now because of some factors that are outside of our control, but a lot of factors are within our control and the big one is that we just haven’t paid enough attention to the atomic-level units, and party infrastructure. If you strengthen those, then party identity as a whole will follow. Party strength as a whole will follow.

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Mike @mike.perham.net · 6h

I'm honored to join the BikeLoud board and help advocate for cycling as a daily transportation around Portland.

BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 8h

More BikeLoud new & returning Board members just re/elected:
Chris Dearth, @cathytuttle.bsky.social,
@omglolwtfbbq.bsky.social, @mike.perham.net

photo & statement from Mike Perham: Vision and priorities for BikeLoud:
I’d like to see the greenways made local access only for cars, with plazas allowing commercial, dense single stair housing and hardscape modal filters every few blocks. I’d like to see the Green Loop and the 40 Mile Loop furthered/improved. I’d like to see the state invest in regional bike tourism like the Salmonberry Trail and HCRH Trail between Troutdale and Hood River. Without safe infrastructure for bikes, we won’t see significant mode shift.

Since I don’t have a lot of context or history with BikeLoud’s past advocacy efforts, I’m not sure how it needs to change yet but I want to learn!

Experience, skills, and perspective:
My passion is policy reform around small scale housing development and transportation. Dense housing and amenities is the lever which we use to overcome car dependency but we have to legalize it first!

Other volunteer work and leadership roles:
I’ve volunteered with FB4K.org and got my LCI from the League of American Bicyclists. I’ve invested in and own a minority share in BikePortland.org and the Portland Mercury because I believe media is critical to providing sunlight on questionable policy decisions by our government agencies.

What else BikeLoud members should know:
You’re never too old to try something new. I recently took up mountain biking and some of those blue lines are terrifying to an old, slow guy like me but I regret nothing.

photo and statement from Julian Dunn: Vision and priorities for BikeLoud:
I believe that cycling in Portland is on the cusp of a renaissance. Choosing your mode of transportation is one small but significant way in which individuals can push back against the dominant narrative of how they should be living their lives, particularly in the current political climate where it feels like we are powerless. However, politics and activism are most powerful when practiced locally: we have the opportunity as cyclists to take advantage of the new form of city government to guide our elected leaders and bureaucrats to focus on new priorities, ones that benefit all Portlanders. For BikeLoud specifically, this means sweating the small stuff: ensuring that cyclists' interests are represented in any and all forums where transportation issues might be discussed, encouraging the city to do more tactical urbanism rather than focusing only on enormous "big dig" projects, and simply being present in the community (events, outreach, etc.) to encourage more people to regard cycling as a natural mode of transportation, rather than an outlier.

Experience, skills, and perspective:
I have been a product management executive for about five years, and a product manager (PM) in software before that. The profession requires a lot of diplomacy, negotiation, tact, while also being a clear communicator especially about goals and their measures. I believe my experience dealing with often challenging personalities and ability to vary my communication style to the moment can be a positive asset to BikeLoud.

>20 years ago I was also the executive director of a non-profit internet service provider in Toronto, as well as the founder of another non-profit (in server co-location), so I have some experience with non-profit governance although it comes from a different jurisdiction (Ontario) and in a different field.

Other volunteer work and leadership roles:
I have been a volunteer with CASH Oregon for…

photo and statement from Cathy Tuttle: Vision and priorities for BikeLoud:
Putting Portland decision makers -- Mayor, Council, and regional government & business leaders -- back on track for supporting a system that allows 25% of all trips by bike in the next decade. Our climate future depends on it!

Experience, skills, and perspective:
Planning skills. Non-profit management.

Other volunteer work and leadership roles:
I'm currently on the Board of BikeLoud and run its Bluesky social media channel. I also serve on the national board of America Walks, and the board of Seattle Neighborhood Greenways (a nonprofit group similar to BikeLoud) that I founded in 2014.

What else BikeLoud members should know:
I live in the Netherlands. I show up for on-line board meetings, and I work remotely on board activities and Bluesky social media. Being on the BikeLoud Board keeps me closely plugged into our operations.

photo and statement from Chris Dearth: Vision and priorities for BikeLoud:
Lobbying the City to dedicate resources and staff to make Portland more cycle-friendly.

Experience, skills, and perspective:
I worked my entire career in the political and environmental world. I was legislative director and environmental projects manager for Governor Kitzhaber so I became very familiar with state government and policy. Later, I was the sustainability manager for Portland Planning Bureau so I learned much about how the City government works. Finally, I was renewable energy project manager so I'm knowledgeable about energy policy and non-profit management.

Other volunteer work and leadership roles:
Formerly board member of the Oregon League of Conservation Voters and Salmon Safe. Now active with Mazamas and Friends of Crater Lake (ride the rim!)

What else BikeLoud members should know:
I have been a passionate cyclist all my adult life. I cycled to work daily when I worked downtown. And I have cycled in many parts of the world, including Cuba, Iceland, most of Europe.

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Mike @mike.perham.net · 6h

That exists, it's called the Jones Act. Many think it has had the opposite effect. conversableeconomist.com/2024/04/24/t...

Merchant Marine Act of 1920 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 12h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Mike @mike.perham.net · 1d

One thing I haven’t seen reported about the ICE building protest: they have 10-20 costumes on a rack that anyone is free to use. Put it on, inflate it and protest!

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 1d

i know politicians don't want to hear it - but if you actually want more family sized homes, the answer isn't increased FAR - it's legalizing taller point access blocks, and not limiting the number of instances per lot.

www.archdaily.com/1034936/50-s...

50 Social Housing Units – DE PEUS A TERRA i el cap pels núvols / Miel Arquitectos + MARMOLBRAVO + MADhel

Completed in 2025 in Barcelona, Spain. Images by Jose Hevia. DE PEUS A TERRA (i el cap pels núvols) is a building with 50 social housing units in the Bon Pastor neighborhood of Barcelona, where common...

www.archdaily.com

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Mike @mike.perham.net · 5d

Yep, I-5. And double loaded so the only windows for half the units look right at it. High quality of life!

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Mike @mike.perham.net · 5d

Free idea for Peacock: educate us about the big 5 families running Portland. Expose the backers of the status quo.

Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 5d

For our third installment of “Harrell's Big Business Backers,” we present Christopher Larson, a retired Microsoft executive who forked over $50K to Harrell’s campaign. What's he buying? Lower taxes for wealthy folks like him.

The back of the baseball card graphic with bulleted points that retired Microsoft executive; spent 160 million renovating his mansion in the highlands, an exclusive shoreline gated community; Lost 19 paintings worth about $50 million, including a Monet, in his 2012 divorce settlement. kept the 1911 Rolls-Royce. silver ghost, valued at 1.4 million in his divorce, but lost the 11 Volvos.

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Mike @mike.perham.net · 6d

Young people tend to vape these days, not nearly the fire risk of a cigarette. Are multifamily stoves usually electric now?

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Mike @mike.perham.net · 6d

The tariffs are his slush fund, to pay his henchmen, etc.

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Mike @mike.perham.net · 6d

“Biker gang terrorizes innocent drivers“

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Burrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 6d

anyway I am not an energy analyst and but punching holes in the earth to pull up liquids and moving it in ships or pipelines amongst continents to then boil it and again move it in trucks or pipelines to burn it is a really dumb way to move a car… never mind the horror show of CO2 emissions

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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 6d

The best thing to do for housing affordability is one that costs us nothing. Allow 4 story 8 plex stacked flats citywide in Seattle and other various King County 2nd tier cities and let people build without a bunch of rules and stipulations

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Mike @mike.perham.net · 7d

Really happy to see the Council improving our parks amenities.

I will note it requires a truck/trailer and parking spot. No tricycles. I also worry they'll have gas generators running all day unless PPR provides utility hookups.

Jonathan Maus @jonathanmaus.bsky.social · 7d

Great news from Portland Parks. They've made it easier and cheaper for mobile vendors to set up at local parks!

Food trucks & other vendors make public spaces sticky & build community.

Hope this gives momentum to @councilorgreen.bsky.social hot dog ordinance. www.portland.gov/parks/news/2...

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Mike @mike.perham.net · 7d

This is incredible, haunting art for 2025.

www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCrin...

From the TikTokCringe community on Reddit: and everybody just lets it happen

Explore this post and more from the TikTokCringe community

www.reddit.com

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Mike @mike.perham.net · 7d

CFO, software developer, product manager

Michael Andersen @andersem.bsky.social · 7d

Lender, developer, capital investor

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Mike @mike.perham.net · 7d

This is the next stage in our housing struggle. We can’t build if there are no workers.

Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 7d

"Forty-five percent" of US construction firms "report experiencing project delays due to shortages of their own, or subcontractors' workers."

A growing economic debacle. It does not have to be this way. Wise and visionary public policy can channel migration into lawful, orderly pathways.

Construction Workforce Shortages Are Leading Cause Of Project Delays As Immigration Enforcement Affects Nearly 1/3 Of Firms

92 Percent of Construction Firms Report Having a Hard Time Finding Workers to Hire, As 45 Percent of Firms Say Labor Shortages are Causing Project Delays, New Nationwide Industry Survey Finds

www.agc.org

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Mike @mike.perham.net · 7d

My toothbrush handle has a cavity, presumably for weight savings and high performance.

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Portland: Neighbors Welcome @pnwelcome.bsky.social · 8d

We are excited to announce that we are co-sponsoring a Single Stair Design Competition along with our friends at @strongtownspdx.bsky.social and the University of Oregon School of Architecture! The competition will be open to undergrad + grad students in Oregon and Washington pnwdreams.org

Flyer describing a Pacific Northwest Single Stair Design Competition. It is sponsored by Portland: Neighbors Welcome and Strong Towns PDX. It is eligible to Undergrad + Grad students in Oregon and Washington. The prizes are 1st: $1500, 2nd: $1,000 (x2), 3rd: $500 (x3). Important Dates are: November 15th, 2025, which is when registration is due, and April 1st, 2026 which is when submissions are due. To learn more, the website link is PNWDREAMS.ORG

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Mike @mike.perham.net · 8d

I must be super jaded because I saw that and thought “only 12 months?” but I guess I’m used to the 5 year bike lane process.

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coachbalto.bsky.social @coachbalto.bsky.social · 8d

To the millions of people who tagged Benson Boone to join our #BikeBus, thank you. You helped make something truly magical happen.

To #BensonBoone and his team, your energy and kindness gave our kids and community a memory we’ll never forget. 💛

Learn more about the movement at BikeBusWorld.org

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Mike @mike.perham.net · 8d

It was such an odd title for a podcast, it took me about a month before I realized The Neighborhood Listen is a play on “Neighborhood Watch”.

Comedy Bang! Bang! World! @cbbworld.bsky.social · 8d

The Neighborhood Listen crew on CBB!

Then, first-time guest Dracula’s mom shares concerns she has about her adult vampire son. 🦇 🍆

Paul F. Tompkins, Kylie Brakeman, Brett Morris, Nicole Parker Redford, and THE Scott Aukerman. Three hats, two glasses, and one professional podcast selfie.

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 8d

Will I be the first to suggest the carbon offsets worked exactly as planned: they delayed real action for another 25 years

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8d

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions The failure of carbon offsets to cut planet-heating pollution is “not due to a few bad apples”, a review paper has found, but down to deep-seated systemic problems that incremental change will not solve. Research over two decades has found “intractable” problems that have made carbon credits in most big programmes poor quality, according to the study. While the industry and diplomats have made efforts to improve the system, it found much-awaited rules agreed at a UN climate summit last year “did not substantially address the quality problem”. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Mike @mike.perham.net · 8d

We could do this with much of Portland’s eastside grid, with carts and seating at each.

World Bike Forward @urbanupgradeglobal.bsky.social · 9d

Urban cul-de-sacs are a cheap, immediate way to calm down side streets. Cars can reach any address, but not cut through. Foot traffic instead good for business.

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Mike @mike.perham.net · 8d

what if we’ve already moved into our fat bear phase of the year???? please schedule any fascism further in advance, kthx.

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