Binnig at Hanging Rock
@binnig.bsky.social
Portlander. Transportation & housing hobbyist.
Tried asking my 5-year-old classic philosophy thought-experiments at bedtime and I was unprepared for the confidence of her answers:
“How many grains of sand do you think make it a heap?”
“A hundred.”
“How many grains of sand do you think make it a heap?”
“A hundred.”
November 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Tried asking my 5-year-old classic philosophy thought-experiments at bedtime and I was unprepared for the confidence of her answers:
“How many grains of sand do you think make it a heap?”
“A hundred.”
“How many grains of sand do you think make it a heap?”
“A hundred.”
Councilor Morillo is right on all counts here.
![From Politico: “There is very little to win in attacking a federal building and getting gassed and beaten every night," [Morillo] told POLITICO over the phone in early October, and said she's proposed a neighborhood ICE watch that can be more effective and help more of the immigrant community.
"This is also a propaganda war," Morillo added. "We have to show that our city is not what they're painting it to be.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/24/trump-paints-chaos-portland-stages-comedy-the-courts-get-to-decide-whos-right-00620058](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t23hzc3tqzjcimwzdcn5baxr/bafkreidcu7deirb7gzz7ohikglhgyw5qsyabafy63j5wkssf7bn6etzz4a@jpeg)
October 29, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Councilor Morillo is right on all counts here.
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happening tonight, 6pm at PCC southeast on 82nd and division. come join portland DSA along with BikeLoud and other advocates to testify in support of BAT lanes on 82nd. wondering what to say? reply here and I’ll DM you our testimony guide
super important for people to turn out as much as possible in support of BAT lanes in the coming weeks because this is not settled yet. if you want to join the DSA in testifying, wear red to the 82nd ave CAC meeting at 6pm on wednesday at PCC southeast trimet.org/82nd/cac.htm
Community Advisory Committee
The CAC serves an important role in representing our community and will provide feedback to the project’s decision makers.
trimet.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
happening tonight, 6pm at PCC southeast on 82nd and division. come join portland DSA along with BikeLoud and other advocates to testify in support of BAT lanes on 82nd. wondering what to say? reply here and I’ll DM you our testimony guide
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“Whose streets?”
Me: PBOT’s
“Whose streets?”
Me: well now this is Multnomah County’s bridge
Me: PBOT’s
“Whose streets?”
Me: well now this is Multnomah County’s bridge
October 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
“Whose streets?”
Me: PBOT’s
“Whose streets?”
Me: well now this is Multnomah County’s bridge
Me: PBOT’s
“Whose streets?”
Me: well now this is Multnomah County’s bridge
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Cities used to be full of co-living spaces. But Seattle demolished almost half of its downtown SROs in the 60s and spent the 00s layering building restrictions.
Luckily WA re-legalized SROs in 2024 (kicking in now-ish), building on a similar OR win in 2023.
Luckily WA re-legalized SROs in 2024 (kicking in now-ish), building on a similar OR win in 2023.
Washington Bill Would Legalize Low-cost “Co-living” Homes | Sightline Institute
Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, Google, and Apple. UPDATESMarch 19: Governor Inslee signed HB 1998.Feb. 22: HB 1998 passed the S...
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October 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Cities used to be full of co-living spaces. But Seattle demolished almost half of its downtown SROs in the 60s and spent the 00s layering building restrictions.
Luckily WA re-legalized SROs in 2024 (kicking in now-ish), building on a similar OR win in 2023.
Luckily WA re-legalized SROs in 2024 (kicking in now-ish), building on a similar OR win in 2023.
My father-in-law gave me “Rules for Radicals” for Christmas a couple years ago and the biggest surprise to me was how much Alinsky’s advice to radicals was “don’t scare the normies because you will need them.”
In fairness I think people forget that the last chapter of “Rules for Radicals” is all about the need to appeal to the conventionally-minded white middle class.
October 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
My father-in-law gave me “Rules for Radicals” for Christmas a couple years ago and the biggest surprise to me was how much Alinsky’s advice to radicals was “don’t scare the normies because you will need them.”
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October 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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one response to this (correct) observation is to say “well, the cops will attack you no matter how you dress and behave.” that’s right. images of cops and ICE beating grandmas and kids in inflatable frog costumes is a win for the opposition.
one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--
newrepublic.com/article/2016...
newrepublic.com/article/2016...
MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump
As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.
newrepublic.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
one response to this (correct) observation is to say “well, the cops will attack you no matter how you dress and behave.” that’s right. images of cops and ICE beating grandmas and kids in inflatable frog costumes is a win for the opposition.
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This is a big deal because public space only works if the public shows up, and having food trucks and other types of vendors at parks will encourage people not only to visit, but to stay there and hang out a while.
bikeportland.org/2025/10/08/n...
bikeportland.org/2025/10/08/n...
New city program makes vending at parks easier and cheaper
Imagine grabbing snack in Forest Park after a fun ride in the dirt.
bikeportland.org
October 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This is a big deal because public space only works if the public shows up, and having food trucks and other types of vendors at parks will encourage people not only to visit, but to stay there and hang out a while.
bikeportland.org/2025/10/08/n...
bikeportland.org/2025/10/08/n...
This was a nice presentation on a downtown wayfinding pilot, & left me thinking that the (bigger, but fixable) challenge for downtown Portland isn’t a lack of signs but a lack of destinations.
If you missed today's Portland State University Transportation Seminar, the video and slides are available now: trec.pdx.edu/events/psu-t...
Many thanks to Gena Gastaldi of @pbotinfo.bsky.social and Ryan & Gwen Sullivan of sparks+sullivan for a great presentation on the #WalkPortland pilot!
Many thanks to Gena Gastaldi of @pbotinfo.bsky.social and Ryan & Gwen Sullivan of sparks+sullivan for a great presentation on the #WalkPortland pilot!
October 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This was a nice presentation on a downtown wayfinding pilot, & left me thinking that the (bigger, but fixable) challenge for downtown Portland isn’t a lack of signs but a lack of destinations.
Press at Portland’s war-ravaged ICE facility.
October 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Press at Portland’s war-ravaged ICE facility.
Interesting interpretive divide between:
• It doesn’t matter what anyone does in Portland because Fox News will just loop footage from 5 years ago
vs.
• It matters a lot what people do in Portland because Fox News will still be looping it 5 years from now.
• It doesn’t matter what anyone does in Portland because Fox News will just loop footage from 5 years ago
vs.
• It matters a lot what people do in Portland because Fox News will still be looping it 5 years from now.
October 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Interesting interpretive divide between:
• It doesn’t matter what anyone does in Portland because Fox News will just loop footage from 5 years ago
vs.
• It matters a lot what people do in Portland because Fox News will still be looping it 5 years from now.
• It doesn’t matter what anyone does in Portland because Fox News will just loop footage from 5 years ago
vs.
• It matters a lot what people do in Portland because Fox News will still be looping it 5 years from now.
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Fundamental attribution error rules everything around me
Like the biggest difference between Pritzker and the rest isn't courage it's power.
September 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Fundamental attribution error rules everything around me
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A few of the images below.
Basically, they are 100% correct that Trump wants videos of people in all black fighting Homeland Security.
That’s the visual that mobilizes his base.
If he’s denied that, he doesn’t have anything.
Basically, they are 100% correct that Trump wants videos of people in all black fighting Homeland Security.
That’s the visual that mobilizes his base.
If he’s denied that, he doesn’t have anything.
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
A few of the images below.
Basically, they are 100% correct that Trump wants videos of people in all black fighting Homeland Security.
That’s the visual that mobilizes his base.
If he’s denied that, he doesn’t have anything.
Basically, they are 100% correct that Trump wants videos of people in all black fighting Homeland Security.
That’s the visual that mobilizes his base.
If he’s denied that, he doesn’t have anything.
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Vacant units come up a lot in discussions around the housing crisis
This is a good opportunity to go over what the data actually shows 🧵
This is a good opportunity to go over what the data actually shows 🧵
Yeah, that’s what I thought. Keep your dishonest framing to yourself.
Klein’s housing policy fails to address the fundamental cause of this housing crisis.
In the US, there are currently 15mil vacant homes. There are ~650,000 homeless.
Klein’s housing policy fails to address the fundamental cause of this housing crisis.
In the US, there are currently 15mil vacant homes. There are ~650,000 homeless.
September 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Vacant units come up a lot in discussions around the housing crisis
This is a good opportunity to go over what the data actually shows 🧵
This is a good opportunity to go over what the data actually shows 🧵
A thing I find encouraging is seeing voices within Portland’s left find ways to talk publicly about what is, and implicitly what isn’t, a productive response.
September 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A thing I find encouraging is seeing voices within Portland’s left find ways to talk publicly about what is, and implicitly what isn’t, a productive response.
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Trump’s deployment of troops to Portland is a dangerous escalation of authoritarianism. Now is the time to find our own ways of standing up and fighting back to preserve our democracy. Fellow vets: we need you to muster. And those serving: you can refuse an unlawful order as you may receive it.
September 29, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Trump’s deployment of troops to Portland is a dangerous escalation of authoritarianism. Now is the time to find our own ways of standing up and fighting back to preserve our democracy. Fellow vets: we need you to muster. And those serving: you can refuse an unlawful order as you may receive it.
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What better way to get to know what’s really going on in Portland, caught between its own struggles with good governance and an authoritarian president determined to justify a military crackdown, than through its myriad coffee shops? slate.trib.al/kiDqVhE
President Trump Says Portland, Oregon, Is an Anarchic Hellscape in Shambles. He Couldn’t Handle the Truth.
Biking is just better with a caffeine buzz.
slate.trib.al
September 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
What better way to get to know what’s really going on in Portland, caught between its own struggles with good governance and an authoritarian president determined to justify a military crackdown, than through its myriad coffee shops? slate.trib.al/kiDqVhE
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The cure to the male loneliness epidemic is YIMBY happy hours
September 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The cure to the male loneliness epidemic is YIMBY happy hours
Grinding an old axe, but I kind of think people who are rightly outraged by all this should go back and read the oral argument in Citizens United.
September 24, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Grinding an old axe, but I kind of think people who are rightly outraged by all this should go back and read the oral argument in Citizens United.
Nice crowd watching the swifts, I just wish there was somewhere to buy a hot dog.
September 20, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Nice crowd watching the swifts, I just wish there was somewhere to buy a hot dog.
“Food attracts people who attract more people. … If you want to seed a place with activity, put out food.”
—William H. Whyte
—William H. Whyte
September 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
“Food attracts people who attract more people. … If you want to seed a place with activity, put out food.”
—William H. Whyte
—William H. Whyte
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didn’t catch the full context of the greenway discussion but portland greenways are quite successful at inducing bike trips when they look like SE clinton (direct, lots of diverters) and less when they look like this. need more consistent enforcements of the standards we have!
August 15, 2025 at 4:31 AM
didn’t catch the full context of the greenway discussion but portland greenways are quite successful at inducing bike trips when they look like SE clinton (direct, lots of diverters) and less when they look like this. need more consistent enforcements of the standards we have!
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The Oregon Board of Pharmacy (OBOP?) needs to pull its head out of the sand. If not, @tinakotek.bsky.social needs to yank their head out of the sand for them. OBOP is two steps behind RFK Jr., who they absolutely need to get out in front of. ASAP. 🧵 1/x
COVID vaccine availability: another high profile case where Oregon health policy is botched. What are we doing here? Will there ever be effective management that delivers basic health services effectively? @robnosse.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Oregon Board of Pharmacy (OBOP?) needs to pull its head out of the sand. If not, @tinakotek.bsky.social needs to yank their head out of the sand for them. OBOP is two steps behind RFK Jr., who they absolutely need to get out in front of. ASAP. 🧵 1/x
A very affable police officer explained to my neighborhood association that he can’t stop people from “casing” their property if they’re just looking at houses from the sidewalk.
Then he said “that’s when I wait for them to jaywalk.”
Then he said “that’s when I wait for them to jaywalk.”
September 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM
A very affable police officer explained to my neighborhood association that he can’t stop people from “casing” their property if they’re just looking at houses from the sidewalk.
Then he said “that’s when I wait for them to jaywalk.”
Then he said “that’s when I wait for them to jaywalk.”