Allan
@arudwick.bsky.social
Dad on a bike,
Strong Towns PDX
Eliot, Portland, Oregon
Strong Towns PDX
Eliot, Portland, Oregon
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it helps that portland seems blessed with a good local ST chapter
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
it helps that portland seems blessed with a good local ST chapter
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Nearly every local conversation or ST member I've met (and I've presented at three national gatherings etc) has been great. They're pretty much all earnest and caring folks trying to make their community better.
November 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Nearly every local conversation or ST member I've met (and I've presented at three national gatherings etc) has been great. They're pretty much all earnest and caring folks trying to make their community better.
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You think this lotto winner is shedding tears over the $628 million - extreme generational wealth - he’s taking home?
Yeah.
Neither should the other filthy billionaires.
Yeah.
Neither should the other filthy billionaires.
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 AM
You think this lotto winner is shedding tears over the $628 million - extreme generational wealth - he’s taking home?
Yeah.
Neither should the other filthy billionaires.
Yeah.
Neither should the other filthy billionaires.
On reading this my takeaway is that the yimbys in CA already went through the strong towns approach of doing the next easiest thing until it led to state level reforms.
Skipping some of the intermediate steps doesn't seem like a major problem or major disagreement
Skipping some of the intermediate steps doesn't seem like a major problem or major disagreement
a definitive, succinct and save-to-link-to-in-the-future rundown of the nuanced political differences between national median yimbyism and strong town, by @maxdubler.com
www.maxdubler.com/blog/2025/11...
www.maxdubler.com/blog/2025/11...
On The Tension Between YIMBYism and Strong Towns — Max Dubler
Special thanks to those who gave their thoughtful feedback on this piece. The past couple of months have seen quite a bit of Discourse about the differences between Strong Towns and YIMB...
www.maxdubler.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
On reading this my takeaway is that the yimbys in CA already went through the strong towns approach of doing the next easiest thing until it led to state level reforms.
Skipping some of the intermediate steps doesn't seem like a major problem or major disagreement
Skipping some of the intermediate steps doesn't seem like a major problem or major disagreement
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All print books are 50% off at Island Press, including my book Human Transit, the book that welcomes everyone into clear thinking about public transit! Stock up for the holidays! Print edition only (because giving ebooks is no fun)! islandpress.org/books/human-...
Human Transit, Revised Edition
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November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
All print books are 50% off at Island Press, including my book Human Transit, the book that welcomes everyone into clear thinking about public transit! Stock up for the holidays! Print edition only (because giving ebooks is no fun)! islandpress.org/books/human-...
Dear New Seasons: www.portlandmercury.com/i-anonymous/...
love this. "Listen, I want to shop at your store. You're (kinda) local and you employ a ton of Portlanders and buy from local farms and breweries and....
You're the most expensive. What happened to you New Seasons? You used to be cool."
love this. "Listen, I want to shop at your store. You're (kinda) local and you employ a ton of Portlanders and buy from local farms and breweries and....
You're the most expensive. What happened to you New Seasons? You used to be cool."
Dear New Seasons:
Listen, I want to shop at your store. You're (kinda) local and you employ a ton of Portlanders and buy from local farms and breweries and wineries and bakeries. You have a great variety of local seaso...
www.portlandmercury.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Dear New Seasons: www.portlandmercury.com/i-anonymous/...
love this. "Listen, I want to shop at your store. You're (kinda) local and you employ a ton of Portlanders and buy from local farms and breweries and....
You're the most expensive. What happened to you New Seasons? You used to be cool."
love this. "Listen, I want to shop at your store. You're (kinda) local and you employ a ton of Portlanders and buy from local farms and breweries and....
You're the most expensive. What happened to you New Seasons? You used to be cool."
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I haven’t heard anyone doing that. It’d be a hard/weird stat tho, because of how quickly usable/not usable can shift.
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I haven’t heard anyone doing that. It’d be a hard/weird stat tho, because of how quickly usable/not usable can shift.
@bikeportland.org I saw a post you put on Instagram about how bike lanes are full of water and leaves. Do you think there's anyone collecting the data on what percentage of bike lane miles are actually usable right now? And where there's problem spots?
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
@bikeportland.org I saw a post you put on Instagram about how bike lanes are full of water and leaves. Do you think there's anyone collecting the data on what percentage of bike lane miles are actually usable right now? And where there's problem spots?
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Transportation historian Peter Norton was accused of "anti-conservative bias." His reply is remarkable.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-am-c...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-am-c...
I am conservative.
“We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful me...
www.linkedin.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Transportation historian Peter Norton was accused of "anti-conservative bias." His reply is remarkable.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-am-c...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-am-c...
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Maybe, finally, we'll get the wide protected bike lanes we need...
...because keeping robots safe is important.
...because keeping robots safe is important.
DoorDash Plans to Send Autonomous Robots into Bike Lanes.
momentummag.com/doordash-pla...
momentummag.com/doordash-pla...
DoorDash Plans to Send Autonomous Robots into Bike Lanes | Momentum Mag | Momentum Mag
DoorDash has begun rolling out Dot, its new autonomous delivery robot — a sleek, all-electric bot that can hit speeds of up to 20mph.
momentummag.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Maybe, finally, we'll get the wide protected bike lanes we need...
...because keeping robots safe is important.
...because keeping robots safe is important.
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Maybe we should just try claiming we won no matter what? Works for them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Maybe we should just try claiming we won no matter what? Works for them.
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Feeling the feminine urge to block any and all Dem fundraising texts
Truth. Yet Schumer pledges: "We will keep fighting." No.
We fought and won battles for them on Tuesday, only to be betrayed on Sunday.
We the people (and some of us a lot more than others) are tired of being betrayed by corporations, media, and the representatives who don't represent us.
We fought and won battles for them on Tuesday, only to be betrayed on Sunday.
We the people (and some of us a lot more than others) are tired of being betrayed by corporations, media, and the representatives who don't represent us.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Feeling the feminine urge to block any and all Dem fundraising texts
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Live streamers are a nearly constant presence at Portland’s ICE protests, often seeking out conflict and confrontation. That’s where the profit is.
Livestreamers are filming — and sometimes creating — conflict at Portland ICE protests for clicks and cash
As the weather turns cold and wet, fewer and fewer people are showing up to protest in front of Portland’s ICE building. But the presence of streamers has grown.
www.oregonlive.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Live streamers are a nearly constant presence at Portland’s ICE protests, often seeking out conflict and confrontation. That’s where the profit is.
djcoregon.com/news/2025/11...
the details aren't super important but I feel like home turnover being incredibly low really juices the feeling of inequality in society.
the details aren't super important but I feel like home turnover being incredibly low really juices the feeling of inequality in society.
U.S. home turnover rate hits lowest level in decades
About 28 out of every 1,000 homes changed hands between January and September. That is the lowest U.S. home turnover rate going back to at least the 1990s, according to an analysis by Redfin.
djcoregon.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 AM
djcoregon.com/news/2025/11...
the details aren't super important but I feel like home turnover being incredibly low really juices the feeling of inequality in society.
the details aren't super important but I feel like home turnover being incredibly low really juices the feeling of inequality in society.
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
@strongtowns.org national taking aim at some questionable investments in a sprawling part of Salem, OR
@strongtowns.org national taking aim at some questionable investments in a sprawling part of Salem, OR
The $28 Million “Improvement” That Makes Salem Poorer | Strong Towns
This project in Salem, Oregon, shows how federal funding rewards cities for optimistic benefit-cost narratives, not fiscal health or return on investment analysis.
www.strongtowns.org
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
@strongtowns.org national taking aim at some questionable investments in a sprawling part of Salem, OR
@strongtowns.org national taking aim at some questionable investments in a sprawling part of Salem, OR
Downtown Skyline, 1982 vintageportland.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/d...
this would be cooler if it was 3 years earlier and St Helens hadn't blown yet
this would be cooler if it was 3 years earlier and St Helens hadn't blown yet
Downtown Skyline, 1982
A view of the downtown Portland skyline from Terwilliger Blvd. Portland City Archives, AP/89492 Click here to view the image on Efiles.
vintageportland.wordpress.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Downtown Skyline, 1982 vintageportland.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/d...
this would be cooler if it was 3 years earlier and St Helens hadn't blown yet
this would be cooler if it was 3 years earlier and St Helens hadn't blown yet
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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said state employees “worked through the night” to issue full November benefits “to make sure every Oregon family relying on SNAP could buy groceries” by Friday.
Well done, sleepy heroes.
But I wish the United States system weren't grinding to such a disastrous end.
Well done, sleepy heroes.
But I wish the United States system weren't grinding to such a disastrous end.
The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments during the government shutdown.
Trump administration seeks to halt SNAP food aid payments after a court order
The Trump administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a judge’s order to distribute November’s full SNAP benefits during a U.S. government shutdown. U.S.
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said state employees “worked through the night” to issue full November benefits “to make sure every Oregon family relying on SNAP could buy groceries” by Friday.
Well done, sleepy heroes.
But I wish the United States system weren't grinding to such a disastrous end.
Well done, sleepy heroes.
But I wish the United States system weren't grinding to such a disastrous end.
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It’s extremely funny that the ninth circuit was trying to let Trump have his invasion of Portland but the government’s lawyers lied so brazenly and unnecessarily to the court that the judges were embarrassed into reversing course.
A federal judge has permanently barred the Trump Administration from deploying National Guard troops to Portland, following a long back-and-forth battle. Oregon leaders are celebrating the decision, but DOJ lawyers are already discussing an appeal.
Federal Judge Rules Against Trump, Barring Him from Deploying National Guard to Oregon
US District Judge Karin Immergut ruled Friday, November 7, that the Trump administration is permanently barred from deploying the National Guard to Oregon. The decision was a long-awaited ruling in a ...
www.portlandmercury.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:50 AM
It’s extremely funny that the ninth circuit was trying to let Trump have his invasion of Portland but the government’s lawyers lied so brazenly and unnecessarily to the court that the judges were embarrassed into reversing course.
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‘Huge victory’ in Portland as judge’s final order bars Trump from sending national guard
‘Huge victory’ in Portland as judge’s final order bars Trump from sending national guard
Karin Immergut said earlier she ‘found no credible evidence’ that protests in Oregon city were out of control
A federal judge in Oregon on Friday blocked Donald Trump from deploying national guard troops to Portland, ruling there was no evidence of widespread violence to justify federal intervention.
The US district court judge, Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, delivered her final order in the case on Friday. She found that protests near Portland’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility were “predominately peaceful, with only isolated and sporadic instances of relatively low-level violence”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
‘Huge victory’ in Portland as judge’s final order bars Trump from sending national guard
I feel like there's been a lot of discourse on the parks levy - it passed pretty easily (over 55% currently)
November 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I feel like there's been a lot of discourse on the parks levy - it passed pretty easily (over 55% currently)
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If you witness ICE in our community, call the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition hotline at 1-888-622-1510.
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If you witness ICE in our community, call the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition hotline at 1-888-622-1510.
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Increased ICE activity in North Portland today has led Portland Public Schools to lock exterior doors at César Chávez School and George Middle School, along with other protective measures. Other North Portland schools are monitoring the situation closely.
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Increased ICE activity in North Portland today has led Portland Public Schools to lock exterior doors at César Chávez School and George Middle School, along with other protective measures. Other North Portland schools are monitoring the situation closely.
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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Also, never breath the phrase "Jury Nullification" around a judge or lawyer. It makes them nervous. Instead, as a jury member, you only need to say "I don't believe the prosecution proved its case." You need not explain that statement. Just say "I don't believe the prosecution proved its case."
November 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Also, never breath the phrase "Jury Nullification" around a judge or lawyer. It makes them nervous. Instead, as a jury member, you only need to say "I don't believe the prosecution proved its case." You need not explain that statement. Just say "I don't believe the prosecution proved its case."