Kara Woo
@karawoo.com
software engineer | #rstats | PDX | she/her
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“I don’t know what TriMet will do. I don’t know what I’d recommend, except to say that a city with Portland’s pretensions to sustainability should not be in this position.”
Portland's transit agency @trimet.org is proposing to delete all service within 1/4 mile of a major medical center!
They appear to be so broke that this, and many other dramatic cuts, are the least-bad option. My deep dive:
humantransit.org/2026/01/port...
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They appear to be so broke that this, and many other dramatic cuts, are the least-bad option. My deep dive:
humantransit.org/2026/01/port...
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Portland: Dire Transit Service Cuts Planned — Human Transit
Very bad transit service cuts are coming to Portland. Just a couple of years ago, we worked with Portland’s TriMet to develop an ambitious service expansion plan called Forward Together. Now, the age...
humantransit.org
January 29, 2026 at 4:28 PM
“I don’t know what TriMet will do. I don’t know what I’d recommend, except to say that a city with Portland’s pretensions to sustainability should not be in this position.”
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Mood in minneapolis right now
January 24, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Mood in minneapolis right now
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the children are protesting from inside the camps. i hope they know that we hear them.
There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:
January 25, 2026 at 12:30 AM
the children are protesting from inside the camps. i hope they know that we hear them.
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In February, legislators will return to Salem. PCUN had a legislative strategy to press for higher wages for farmworkers and secure their collective bargaining rights.
Then more than 2,000 of her fellow Woodburn residents disappeared — abducted by masked thugs carrying guns and badges.
Then more than 2,000 of her fellow Woodburn residents disappeared — abducted by masked thugs carrying guns and badges.
Mass abductions in Woodburn shift focus for farmworkers’ union’s approach to legislative session
The union had plans for addressing farmworkers' wages and collective bargaining rights, now they are solely focused on immigrant justice and safety
www.streetroots.org
January 24, 2026 at 4:48 AM
In February, legislators will return to Salem. PCUN had a legislative strategy to press for higher wages for farmworkers and secure their collective bargaining rights.
Then more than 2,000 of her fellow Woodburn residents disappeared — abducted by masked thugs carrying guns and badges.
Then more than 2,000 of her fellow Woodburn residents disappeared — abducted by masked thugs carrying guns and badges.
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This appears to be true of the Oregon family detained while seeking emergency medical care
January 23, 2026 at 7:03 PM
This appears to be true of the Oregon family detained while seeking emergency medical care
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The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
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ICE is sending these kids to the concentration camp in Dilley, Texas, where they're preparing to have so many children that they're opening a new school there. They're actively hiring teachers now. I reported on it last month. We have to get people out of there.
January 23, 2026 at 1:27 PM
ICE is sending these kids to the concentration camp in Dilley, Texas, where they're preparing to have so many children that they're opening a new school there. They're actively hiring teachers now. I reported on it last month. We have to get people out of there.
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They locked their key fob on the car. Protesters paid tow truck drivers not to help them lol
Community effort in Woodburn forces ICE agents to leave town
Residents in Woodburn say they are taking matters into their own hands when it comes to immigration enforcement in the city.
katu.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:35 AM
They locked their key fob on the car. Protesters paid tow truck drivers not to help them lol
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What an absolute circus shit show that was wildly unneeded. A lot of people should be embarrassed but they wont be
Vote
Dunphy - 9
Novick - 2 (smith, Ryan)
EPG - 1 (Novick)
🎉
Dunphy - 9
Novick - 2 (smith, Ryan)
EPG - 1 (Novick)
🎉
January 14, 2026 at 9:30 PM
What an absolute circus shit show that was wildly unneeded. A lot of people should be embarrassed but they wont be
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Councilor Ryan says he has to be "a voice for those who are voiceless" on this city council, which is a wild rhetorical position given the Owendoff news that just came out and validated everything we already more or less knew about him
January 14, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Councilor Ryan says he has to be "a voice for those who are voiceless" on this city council, which is a wild rhetorical position given the Owendoff news that just came out and validated everything we already more or less knew about him
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it is a credit to @councilordunphy.bsky.social for stepping up and even more so to @councilorkanal.bsky.social for passing the nomination, even if I am furious at the reasons he had to do so.
this was honestly a really ugly and deeply disappointing process. but it brought a lot out into the light.
this was honestly a really ugly and deeply disappointing process. but it brought a lot out into the light.
Vote
Dunphy - 9
Novick - 2 (smith, Ryan)
EPG - 1 (Novick)
🎉
Dunphy - 9
Novick - 2 (smith, Ryan)
EPG - 1 (Novick)
🎉
January 14, 2026 at 10:17 PM
it is a credit to @councilordunphy.bsky.social for stepping up and even more so to @councilorkanal.bsky.social for passing the nomination, even if I am furious at the reasons he had to do so.
this was honestly a really ugly and deeply disappointing process. but it brought a lot out into the light.
this was honestly a really ugly and deeply disappointing process. but it brought a lot out into the light.
That city council president election was a shitshow and has given me even more respect for @councilorkanal.bsky.social. I’d hoped to see him as president but am glad to have him representing D2.
January 14, 2026 at 10:14 PM
That city council president election was a shitshow and has given me even more respect for @councilorkanal.bsky.social. I’d hoped to see him as president but am glad to have him representing D2.
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It's worth reflecting on why Dunphy is acceptable but Kanal is not. The answers might be uncomfortable.
January 14, 2026 at 9:34 PM
It's worth reflecting on why Dunphy is acceptable but Kanal is not. The answers might be uncomfortable.
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howling at the fact that someone just took photos of this man's phone from behind him. he was talking shit with his phone font set to large and screen at max brightness
The Mercury has obtained a series of images of group messages that show racist, sexist, and homophobic tropes used by a local developer and other local conservative political activists during a council president election. Readers may find this content offensive.
"Racist, Dehumanizing": Chat Images Show Portland Power Players Disparaging Councilors of Color
Messages obtained by the Mercury contain a slew of offensive tropes sent during a council president election
www.portlandmercury.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:42 PM
howling at the fact that someone just took photos of this man's phone from behind him. he was talking shit with his phone font set to large and screen at max brightness
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preview says 3, as of now the headline is updated to 6
January 13, 2026 at 6:24 PM
preview says 3, as of now the headline is updated to 6
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out: the polycule unionizing
in: the polycule joining a mesh network
in: the polycule joining a mesh network
January 10, 2026 at 11:37 PM
out: the polycule unionizing
in: the polycule joining a mesh network
in: the polycule joining a mesh network
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"Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” her mother said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.” www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
‘She was an amazing human being:’ Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent
Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in the Twin Cities with her partner.
www.startribune.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:57 PM
"Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” her mother said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.” www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
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NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
www.advocate.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:55 PM
NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
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Meanwhile, my mom group chat is now sharing all the incidents of day care raids that happened in Minneapolis and Saint Paul today and yesterday.
Caregivers abducted in front of toddlers.
Caregivers abducted in front of toddlers.
I learned she’s a local mom, my friends knew her.
And this morning fellow moms at my kid’s elementary began mobilizing to help our members of our school community living in fear.
I don’t know what sense to make of any of this but it’s making me so emotional.
All we have is each other.
And this morning fellow moms at my kid’s elementary began mobilizing to help our members of our school community living in fear.
I don’t know what sense to make of any of this but it’s making me so emotional.
All we have is each other.
January 7, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Meanwhile, my mom group chat is now sharing all the incidents of day care raids that happened in Minneapolis and Saint Paul today and yesterday.
Caregivers abducted in front of toddlers.
Caregivers abducted in front of toddlers.
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NYT gonna NYT: "Both Mr. Mamdani and Mr. Maduro identify as socialists, though they have no relationship.” — would be funny if they did this every time you write about two capitalists.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
Mamdani Called Trump to Criticize Venezuela Strikes
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:01 PM
NYT gonna NYT: "Both Mr. Mamdani and Mr. Maduro identify as socialists, though they have no relationship.” — would be funny if they did this every time you write about two capitalists.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
kid has learned “unbelievable” and is deploying it much like “inconceivable”
December 31, 2025 at 10:51 PM
kid has learned “unbelievable” and is deploying it much like “inconceivable”