There has been a tremendous amount of focus in recent months on _partisan_ gerrymanders, which is understandable. But this case has enormous implications for both the midterms next year and far, far beyond. Between Shelby Co and Brnovich, the VRA has already been weakened. The danger here is massive

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I shouldn't be surprised by the language used on the national Forest Service website but COME ON

There is so much going on these days, but one thing this week really does deserve your attention. On Wednesday, SCOTUS will hear oral arguments in a case that could overturn the VRA's protections against racial gerrymanders. Nothing is certain ahead of time.

This is the Real Zeal

My Portland-born-and-bred dad changed his (lifelong) party affiliation a few years ago, and let me tell you: he's having a real faith-of-a-convert reaction to all this shit going down

I have no clue what will happen in the market, but there's another less-optimistic word that also means "self-fulfilling rally"... 🌷

And tents. So many tents. But this is mostly one company spending what I imagine is way too much money on these ads...

I'm pretty pleased with Ridge Merino! I took a new Icebreaker shirt out with me this summer, but it fell off a line overnight and got half-eaten by some woodland creature 😆 but the shirt itself was great

I'm not going to say I haven't brought it on myself, but I cannot open Instagram anymore without having merino wool products shoved down my throat from companies I've never heard of

This will severely reduce how much I buy from REI. Having the opportunity to try things on in-person was the one real thing REI had going for it! This will give up their competitive advantage over cottage shops in NYC

Disappointing on many levels. Not only is REI _by far_ the best outdoor shop in the city (we don't have a lot of cottage shops out here), this is also likely reflective of anti-union sentiment

After (most of) a week in Paris for the first time since 2011, the biggest change I noticed was the decline in car supremacy. I'd read about the change, but holy cow — it was amazing. We can have nice things, too!

Greetings from Lyon 👋👋