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Mike @mike.perham.net · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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.

Mike @mike.perham.net · 4d

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 · 4d

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

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Mike @mike.perham.net · 4d

“Biker gang terrorizes innocent drivers“

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Burrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 4d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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

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Mike @mike.perham.net · 5d

CFO, software developer, product manager

Michael Andersen @andersem.bsky.social · 5d

Lender, developer, capital investor

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Mike @mike.perham.net · 5d

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

Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 5d

"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

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Mike @mike.perham.net · 6d

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

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Portland: Neighbors Welcome @pnwelcome.bsky.social · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

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

World Bike Forward @urbanupgradeglobal.bsky.social · 7d

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 · 6d

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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Mike @mike.perham.net · 6d

the wordplay in the second line is utterly flawless. 🤣

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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamforor.bsky.social · 8d

Change doesn’t happen by chance — it takes everyday people to step up, organize, and run to win.

Join me at Rooted to Win: Working Families Campaign School to train alongside candidates, campaigners, & community leaders fighting for a future where Oregon works for all. https://loom.ly/aR_wooA

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 8d

important for us in the US to note: even a solidly right wing government can't ignore this.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 8d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 8d

Reading Impossible Toronto, on how Toronto’s side streets can be redeveloped with a denser, more European form. Applicable really to almost anywhere in North America though. Free here: impossibletoronto.ca

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Mike @mike.perham.net · 8d

Great table, death by a thousand cuts here.

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Mike @mike.perham.net · 8d

I expect bsky will wind up exactly as Twitter. I still believe in mastodon.

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