Camilla Palmer
@serendesign.bsky.social
Designer, artist, sustainability, bikes, community, authenticity. Realism and dark humor with a much compassion as I can muster.
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URGENT!
PBOT (Portland Bureau of Transportation) is planning to remove large safety diverters this week!
Send a message today to say STOP 🛑!
SHARE with your people!
Use the easy pre-addressed email at the bottom of this Action Alert 👇
mailchi.mp/bikeloudpdx/...
PBOT (Portland Bureau of Transportation) is planning to remove large safety diverters this week!
Send a message today to say STOP 🛑!
SHARE with your people!
Use the easy pre-addressed email at the bottom of this Action Alert 👇
mailchi.mp/bikeloudpdx/...
August 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
URGENT!
PBOT (Portland Bureau of Transportation) is planning to remove large safety diverters this week!
Send a message today to say STOP 🛑!
SHARE with your people!
Use the easy pre-addressed email at the bottom of this Action Alert 👇
mailchi.mp/bikeloudpdx/...
PBOT (Portland Bureau of Transportation) is planning to remove large safety diverters this week!
Send a message today to say STOP 🛑!
SHARE with your people!
Use the easy pre-addressed email at the bottom of this Action Alert 👇
mailchi.mp/bikeloudpdx/...
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It's not 100% clear who's made the decision to remove safety infrastructure - PBOT? Mayor? Council? City Administrators?
Lack of clarity is why people who depend on safe streets to get around PDX are extra worried about this newest car-oriented decision.
Here's a contact list of your Councillors:
Lack of clarity is why people who depend on safe streets to get around PDX are extra worried about this newest car-oriented decision.
Here's a contact list of your Councillors:
Council offices contact list
www.portland.gov
August 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
It's not 100% clear who's made the decision to remove safety infrastructure - PBOT? Mayor? Council? City Administrators?
Lack of clarity is why people who depend on safe streets to get around PDX are extra worried about this newest car-oriented decision.
Here's a contact list of your Councillors:
Lack of clarity is why people who depend on safe streets to get around PDX are extra worried about this newest car-oriented decision.
Here's a contact list of your Councillors:
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Log Parking at Utrecht Science Park🪵🚲
Grooves sawed into a big old tree trunk laid on its side to neatly hold bicycles.
Log Parking op Utrecht Science Park🪵🚲
Groeven gezaagd in een grote oude boomstam die op zijn kant lag om fietsen netjes vast te houden.
Grooves sawed into a big old tree trunk laid on its side to neatly hold bicycles.
Log Parking op Utrecht Science Park🪵🚲
Groeven gezaagd in een grote oude boomstam die op zijn kant lag om fietsen netjes vast te houden.
April 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Log Parking at Utrecht Science Park🪵🚲
Grooves sawed into a big old tree trunk laid on its side to neatly hold bicycles.
Log Parking op Utrecht Science Park🪵🚲
Groeven gezaagd in een grote oude boomstam die op zijn kant lag om fietsen netjes vast te houden.
Grooves sawed into a big old tree trunk laid on its side to neatly hold bicycles.
Log Parking op Utrecht Science Park🪵🚲
Groeven gezaagd in een grote oude boomstam die op zijn kant lag om fietsen netjes vast te houden.
Utility Riding With Abi Robins
For Those Who Ride · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:18 AM
My idol just said on a podcast, "I am extremely judgemental, and I trust my gut" I'm stoked to take on this energy!
March 31, 2025 at 2:39 AM
My idol just said on a podcast, "I am extremely judgemental, and I trust my gut" I'm stoked to take on this energy!
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this is insane: Washington state is basically doing reverse congestion pricing, taxing sustainable/efficient forms of transportation to subsidize pointless highway widenings.
and this is a state with a democratic trifecta! what is going on here
and this is a state with a democratic trifecta! what is going on here
Taxing buses and e-bikes to fund highway expansion projects is madness. And yet, that's what is being proposed.
If you expect better from the Washington State senate, fill out TCC's action alert right now ⬇️
If you expect better from the Washington State senate, fill out TCC's action alert right now ⬇️
The Senate transportation budgets contain things we love ($450 million for safety on main street highways!) and others we strongly oppose, like new taxes on buses and e-bikes. Join us in asking legislators to say "no" to these taxes.
actionnetwork.org/letters/say-...
actionnetwork.org/letters/say-...
March 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
this is insane: Washington state is basically doing reverse congestion pricing, taxing sustainable/efficient forms of transportation to subsidize pointless highway widenings.
and this is a state with a democratic trifecta! what is going on here
and this is a state with a democratic trifecta! what is going on here
"We're not fighting climate change we're fighting the fossil fuel industry."
Paraphrased from this episode. Love it, let's be specific about who we need to be fighting
open.spotify.com/episode/5s6C...
Paraphrased from this episode. Love it, let's be specific about who we need to be fighting
open.spotify.com/episode/5s6C...
Canada's Climate Crossroads: Will Carney deliver real progress?
Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"We're not fighting climate change we're fighting the fossil fuel industry."
Paraphrased from this episode. Love it, let's be specific about who we need to be fighting
open.spotify.com/episode/5s6C...
Paraphrased from this episode. Love it, let's be specific about who we need to be fighting
open.spotify.com/episode/5s6C...
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There are 3.5 million orphan wells in the U.S. Many leaking methane. Consider donating to the Well Done Foundation. We need thousands of drill crews out there plugging wells. Switch oilfield workers to plugging holes instead of drilling more. welldonefoundation.org
March 18, 2025 at 4:07 AM
There are 3.5 million orphan wells in the U.S. Many leaking methane. Consider donating to the Well Done Foundation. We need thousands of drill crews out there plugging wells. Switch oilfield workers to plugging holes instead of drilling more. welldonefoundation.org
This is amazing! www.yahoo.com/news/scienti...
Scientists witness unexpected changes in rivers after knocking down dams: 'We didn't even know there was [one] there'
The effects are immediate and dramatic.
www.yahoo.com
March 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This is amazing! www.yahoo.com/news/scienti...
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Shout out to whoever made this bus stop Tesla ad, it's fantastic! 💙
It would look good hanging outside of the White House and Trump Tower too!
#ProudBlue #TeslaTakedown #TeslaBoycott #TeslaChainsawMassacre #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #TheTurdReich
It would look good hanging outside of the White House and Trump Tower too!
#ProudBlue #TeslaTakedown #TeslaBoycott #TeslaChainsawMassacre #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #TheTurdReich
March 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Shout out to whoever made this bus stop Tesla ad, it's fantastic! 💙
It would look good hanging outside of the White House and Trump Tower too!
#ProudBlue #TeslaTakedown #TeslaBoycott #TeslaChainsawMassacre #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #TheTurdReich
It would look good hanging outside of the White House and Trump Tower too!
#ProudBlue #TeslaTakedown #TeslaBoycott #TeslaChainsawMassacre #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #TheTurdReich
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Seriously just fucking shut March Madness down
The nations top research universities (R1) are under assault by the Trump administration. Pitts has paused all PhD admissions for next year.
Many R1 schools are also Division 1 NCAA schools.
All SEC, Big 10, ACC, Big 12, Ivy League schools.
Suspend sports and explain it is due to Musk, Trump
Many R1 schools are also Division 1 NCAA schools.
All SEC, Big 10, ACC, Big 12, Ivy League schools.
Suspend sports and explain it is due to Musk, Trump
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Seriously just fucking shut March Madness down
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One thing that is very noticeable in the Netherlands is the huge amount of elderly or people with mobility issues you see everywhere, all the time. The network of protected cycle tracks, low traffic neighbourhoods and car free streets gives these people so much freedom
March 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
One thing that is very noticeable in the Netherlands is the huge amount of elderly or people with mobility issues you see everywhere, all the time. The network of protected cycle tracks, low traffic neighbourhoods and car free streets gives these people so much freedom
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Rather than cynically crap on "The Dems" on social media, how about you "get out and push". Get involved with your local party and push them in a better direction. Help people running for the school board or city council. Talk with your elected officials and push them in the direction you want
March 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Rather than cynically crap on "The Dems" on social media, how about you "get out and push". Get involved with your local party and push them in a better direction. Help people running for the school board or city council. Talk with your elected officials and push them in the direction you want
"According to Meek, the proposal also would run afoul of the concept that each person has an equal vote. It could ensure that one signature in sparse Wheeler County has the same heft as more than 500 signatures in Multnomah County."
Landing a measure on the Oregon ballot could be more time consuming and expensive, under a pair of provisions lawmakers are considering putting before voters next year.
Citizen-driven ballot measures could become more rare under proposals taken up by Oregon lawmakers
Critics of the state's initiative petition system say it gives too much say to the Portland region.
www.opb.org
March 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"According to Meek, the proposal also would run afoul of the concept that each person has an equal vote. It could ensure that one signature in sparse Wheeler County has the same heft as more than 500 signatures in Multnomah County."
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“The right to have access to every building in the city by private motorcar, in an age when everyone possesses such a vehicle, is actually the right to destroy the city.”
- Lewis Mumford
- Lewis Mumford
March 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
“The right to have access to every building in the city by private motorcar, in an age when everyone possesses such a vehicle, is actually the right to destroy the city.”
- Lewis Mumford
- Lewis Mumford
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Stop pronouncing it DOGE like we're 16th century Venetians addressing the duke.
Start calling it Dodgy.
dodgy /dŏj′ē/
adjective
Evasive; shifty.
Unsound, unstable, and unreliable.
So risky as to require very deft handling.
I mean, IT'S RIGHT THERE.
Start calling it Dodgy.
dodgy /dŏj′ē/
adjective
Evasive; shifty.
Unsound, unstable, and unreliable.
So risky as to require very deft handling.
I mean, IT'S RIGHT THERE.
March 9, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Stop pronouncing it DOGE like we're 16th century Venetians addressing the duke.
Start calling it Dodgy.
dodgy /dŏj′ē/
adjective
Evasive; shifty.
Unsound, unstable, and unreliable.
So risky as to require very deft handling.
I mean, IT'S RIGHT THERE.
Start calling it Dodgy.
dodgy /dŏj′ē/
adjective
Evasive; shifty.
Unsound, unstable, and unreliable.
So risky as to require very deft handling.
I mean, IT'S RIGHT THERE.
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BREAKING: HUNDREDS of New Yorkers have swarmed and shut down the Tesla dealer in Manhattan. Six have been arrested after occupying the showroom. Protests are erupting across America to reject Musk's billionaire regime. This is how we beat fascism.
Mass direct action.
#TeslaTakedown
Mass direct action.
#TeslaTakedown
March 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
BREAKING: HUNDREDS of New Yorkers have swarmed and shut down the Tesla dealer in Manhattan. Six have been arrested after occupying the showroom. Protests are erupting across America to reject Musk's billionaire regime. This is how we beat fascism.
Mass direct action.
#TeslaTakedown
Mass direct action.
#TeslaTakedown
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If driving is so freeing and convenient, why is every driver one nanosecond away from total rage meltdown?
March 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
If driving is so freeing and convenient, why is every driver one nanosecond away from total rage meltdown?
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Good expert thread on all of the subtle things that bus drivers do that self-driving buses would have to replicate.
Really bad take from where I sit (behind the wheel of a bus) because so much of the skill of an operator relies on human skills like intuiting the intentions of other humans. A surprising fraction of my work is reading faces, body language and gestures.
My personal idea of paradise would be abundant bus services with well-paid contented human drivers.
But the challenge is real. It's hard to hire enough drivers, and expensive to do what's needed to respect their humanity. So I don't think this conversation can be suppressed. 11/11
But the challenge is real. It's hard to hire enough drivers, and expensive to do what's needed to respect their humanity. So I don't think this conversation can be suppressed. 11/11
March 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Good expert thread on all of the subtle things that bus drivers do that self-driving buses would have to replicate.
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So many friends look at my cargo bike lifestyle as a hero or huge task. Honestly, it’s a cheat code.
If it’s safe to bike, it’s typically easier than driving when you have kids. Seriously!
If it’s safe to bike, it’s typically easier than driving when you have kids. Seriously!
March 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
So many friends look at my cargo bike lifestyle as a hero or huge task. Honestly, it’s a cheat code.
If it’s safe to bike, it’s typically easier than driving when you have kids. Seriously!
If it’s safe to bike, it’s typically easier than driving when you have kids. Seriously!
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“Portland becomes the best version of our city when we fill our street plazas with families, bicycles, farmers' markets, music, & small businesses. From Ankeny Rainbow Road to St. Johns Plaza, this visionary flourishing of public spaces has grown from a dream to a community staple.” - Keith Wilson
March 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
“Portland becomes the best version of our city when we fill our street plazas with families, bicycles, farmers' markets, music, & small businesses. From Ankeny Rainbow Road to St. Johns Plaza, this visionary flourishing of public spaces has grown from a dream to a community staple.” - Keith Wilson
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every line of this feels essential www.liberalcurrents.com/roadmap-to-a...
Roadmap to American Reconstruction
A roadmap for retaking power and laying the foundations for American Reconstruction.
www.liberalcurrents.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
every line of this feels essential www.liberalcurrents.com/roadmap-to-a...
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If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 30, the number is 100%.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 30, the number is 100%.
March 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 30, the number is 100%.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 30, the number is 100%.
