malena
@seachanger.bsky.social
“there’s nothing new under the sun but there are new suns”
-Octavia Butler
exec director at depave.org, views here are my own
# 1 St. John’s bridge fan acct
Alaska->PDX, recently
-Octavia Butler
exec director at depave.org, views here are my own
# 1 St. John’s bridge fan acct
Alaska->PDX, recently
Pinned
how should we pay for social housing?
tax the rich
how should we pay for free buses and trains?
tax the rich
how should we end hunger?
tax the rich
how should we retrofit for climate and clean energy?
tax the rich
how should we pay for universal free childcare and pre-k?
tax the rich
tax the rich
how should we pay for free buses and trains?
tax the rich
how should we end hunger?
tax the rich
how should we retrofit for climate and clean energy?
tax the rich
how should we pay for universal free childcare and pre-k?
tax the rich
zohran and Katie Wilson should plan a cross country public high speed rail line, imo
November 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
zohran and Katie Wilson should plan a cross country public high speed rail line, imo
pilgrimage to the confluence of the columbia and willamette rivers @ Kelly point
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
pilgrimage to the confluence of the columbia and willamette rivers @ Kelly point
still escalating, still ratcheting
She was flying DOMESTICALLY. Holy effin crap.
This has the vibes of Argentina and Chile in the 1970s and I’m very serious when I say that.
This has the vibes of Argentina and Chile in the 1970s and I’m very serious when I say that.
November 28, 2025 at 5:37 AM
still escalating, still ratcheting
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She was flying DOMESTICALLY. Holy effin crap.
This has the vibes of Argentina and Chile in the 1970s and I’m very serious when I say that.
This has the vibes of Argentina and Chile in the 1970s and I’m very serious when I say that.
November 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
She was flying DOMESTICALLY. Holy effin crap.
This has the vibes of Argentina and Chile in the 1970s and I’m very serious when I say that.
This has the vibes of Argentina and Chile in the 1970s and I’m very serious when I say that.
out on the st johns bridge (which obviously should have a lane closed to cars for two way bicycle traffic)
November 28, 2025 at 4:37 AM
out on the st johns bridge (which obviously should have a lane closed to cars for two way bicycle traffic)
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Yes to the loud bike horn. It is so satisfying to watch them jump when I blow that horn right next to the driver’s head as I go around them sitting in the bike lane.
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Yes to the loud bike horn. It is so satisfying to watch them jump when I blow that horn right next to the driver’s head as I go around them sitting in the bike lane.
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Pedestrians and cyclists should get the vast share of road space.
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Pedestrians and cyclists should get the vast share of road space.
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Free gift link 🎁!
Interview with Melissa Bruntlett, author of Women Changing Cities and co-author of Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality
@modacitylife.com
Interview with Melissa Bruntlett, author of Women Changing Cities and co-author of Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality
@modacitylife.com
She’s on a Mission to Make the World More Bike-Friendly
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Free gift link 🎁!
Interview with Melissa Bruntlett, author of Women Changing Cities and co-author of Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality
@modacitylife.com
Interview with Melissa Bruntlett, author of Women Changing Cities and co-author of Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality
@modacitylife.com
on our family trip to Portland Art Museum today I learned there was once a national craze where you got with your people to sit for portraits on a paper moon, all kinds of people did it
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 AM
on our family trip to Portland Art Museum today I learned there was once a national craze where you got with your people to sit for portraits on a paper moon, all kinds of people did it
yelled at a driver to get off their phone last week after observing them slowing to round a tight corner alongside my bike with their head down watching a sideways phone screen. I think I startled her (and me) with my ferocity but what did I accomplish? making myself more mad idk
November 27, 2025 at 6:15 AM
yelled at a driver to get off their phone last week after observing them slowing to round a tight corner alongside my bike with their head down watching a sideways phone screen. I think I startled her (and me) with my ferocity but what did I accomplish? making myself more mad idk
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Some 60,000 families, many of them climate refugees, live in the area spread over 65 hectares.
Thousands left homeless by fire in Bangladesh shantytown in Dhaka
Some 60,000 families, many of them climate refugees, live in the area spread over 65 hectares.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Some 60,000 families, many of them climate refugees, live in the area spread over 65 hectares.
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They were deported to countries where they have no ties, held in secret camps and prisons, and stripped of their rights. @newyorker.com exposes the chilling reality of the rapidly expanding practice of third-country removals under the Trump administration. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled. Sarah Stillman reports.
www.newyorker.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
They were deported to countries where they have no ties, held in secret camps and prisons, and stripped of their rights. @newyorker.com exposes the chilling reality of the rapidly expanding practice of third-country removals under the Trump administration. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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I switched to Deezer. It was easy to transfer my faves and the first month is free to try. I'm not giving my to nazis.
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I switched to Deezer. It was easy to transfer my faves and the first month is free to try. I'm not giving my to nazis.
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This was the redistricting dog that hadn't barked yet, in Wisconsin. Could be a 2- or even 3-seat swing.
www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...
www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...
Wisconsin Supreme Court names judges to hear lawsuits on congressional maps
The state Supreme Court appointed two three-judge panels to hear lawsuits challenging Wisconsin's congressional lines before the 2026 elections.
www.jsonline.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This was the redistricting dog that hadn't barked yet, in Wisconsin. Could be a 2- or even 3-seat swing.
www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...
www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...
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8am, 1 degree C, one of London's finest LTNs and people still cycle. Provide people with safe routes, and they will cycle throughout the year. Shout out to the cyclists in shorts
November 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
8am, 1 degree C, one of London's finest LTNs and people still cycle. Provide people with safe routes, and they will cycle throughout the year. Shout out to the cyclists in shorts
a guy in a neighboring apartment saw the solution from his overhead view & ran down to direct the buses, solving the problem
”It went well and it was first and foremost fun”, summarizes audience member Helgeland.”
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/3p...
”It went well and it was first and foremost fun”, summarizes audience member Helgeland.”
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/3p...
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
a guy in a neighboring apartment saw the solution from his overhead view & ran down to direct the buses, solving the problem
”It went well and it was first and foremost fun”, summarizes audience member Helgeland.”
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/3p...
”It went well and it was first and foremost fun”, summarizes audience member Helgeland.”
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/3p...
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Oregon's Attorney General and Portland area DAs just told the feds they'll prosecute excessive force by federal agents in the state—citing evidence from the trial that shut down Trump's National Guard plan for Portland.
Oregon to Feds: Rein in Your Officers or We'll Prosecute
Prosecutors in Oregon are warning the US justice department to rein in federal agents who’ve repeatedly used excessive force on protesters, immigrants and even local police. A joint letter from Oregon...
www.portlandmercury.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Oregon's Attorney General and Portland area DAs just told the feds they'll prosecute excessive force by federal agents in the state—citing evidence from the trial that shut down Trump's National Guard plan for Portland.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
what does it mean that most of the people who liked this post don’t live in portland?
portland bike commuters should smile and wave at each other, especially when you're in a car dominated place and you see another biker. we are comrades, there is a code
November 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
what does it mean that most of the people who liked this post don’t live in portland?
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How would it feel, Mayor Wilson, to be mayor of a cycling city? Would it make PDX stronger and more resilient? Make your job easier? Make Portland more affordable?
@mayorkwilson.bsky.social
@mayorkwilson.bsky.social
Proud to see London is fast becoming a cycling city ⤵️
📈 Daily journeys are 12% up from last year to 1,500,000 trips
📈 Up by more than 40% since 2019
This is just the start, we’ll continue working with partners to improve safety and invest in more routes.
📈 Daily journeys are 12% up from last year to 1,500,000 trips
📈 Up by more than 40% since 2019
This is just the start, we’ll continue working with partners to improve safety and invest in more routes.
November 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
How would it feel, Mayor Wilson, to be mayor of a cycling city? Would it make PDX stronger and more resilient? Make your job easier? Make Portland more affordable?
@mayorkwilson.bsky.social
@mayorkwilson.bsky.social
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may have just binged the last 4 episodes of the last severance season, which turned out, i must confess, pretty effing good
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 AM
may have just binged the last 4 episodes of the last severance season, which turned out, i must confess, pretty effing good
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The emails reveal the special training given to FBI personnel working on what it called the “Epstein Transparency Project.” In some instances they referred to it as the “Special Redaction Project.” The training entailed PowerPoint slide presentations and video instruction on how to review the files.
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The emails reveal the special training given to FBI personnel working on what it called the “Epstein Transparency Project.” In some instances they referred to it as the “Special Redaction Project.” The training entailed PowerPoint slide presentations and video instruction on how to review the files.
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To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines. The U.S. hasn’t, amid political and economic pushback.
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
By @natlash.bsky.social
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
By @natlash.bsky.social
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines. The U.S. hasn’t, amid political and economic pushback.
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
By @natlash.bsky.social
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
By @natlash.bsky.social