Nick
@ecosozialismus.bsky.social
Voted #1 Portland pizza hype guy account. Environmental lawyer, union thug, & wife guy.
cool job alert
depave is hiring a new Outreach Manager in Portland! this is the position that leads our (accessible and inclusive) depaving events, aka captain prybar
www.depave.org/jobs-interns...
www.depave.org/jobs-interns...
jobs & internships — Depave
www.depave.org
February 18, 2026 at 8:54 PM
cool job alert
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depave is hiring a new Outreach Manager in Portland! this is the position that leads our (accessible and inclusive) depaving events, aka captain prybar
www.depave.org/jobs-interns...
www.depave.org/jobs-interns...
jobs & internships — Depave
www.depave.org
February 18, 2026 at 3:49 PM
depave is hiring a new Outreach Manager in Portland! this is the position that leads our (accessible and inclusive) depaving events, aka captain prybar
www.depave.org/jobs-interns...
www.depave.org/jobs-interns...
my bike cost me $200 plus not very much $ for materials and tools to maintain it
The idea that someone who gets around with a $2000 piece of equipment is "elitist" while someone who uses a $30,000+ piece of equipment that costs hundreds of dollars per month to operate is "normal" is quite the brainwashing.
February 18, 2026 at 8:38 PM
my bike cost me $200 plus not very much $ for materials and tools to maintain it
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Countries that do not use Fritos as currency could be "left behind," says Frito-Lay CEO Ken Biddleman
February 18, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Countries that do not use Fritos as currency could be "left behind," says Frito-Lay CEO Ken Biddleman
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I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
February 18, 2026 at 1:07 PM
I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
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one reset I'd personally appreciate: behind the insistence that we must offer the electorate a little bigotry is the idea that commoners are more bigoted than the richer and more educated, who can be appealed to with high minded policy. but then you Ctrl+F "phrenology" in the Epstein files
What strikes me is that 'the volk' have incredibly incoherent and everywhere ideas, but the people who claim to speak for them in the press are like clerics who think there are two poles for all politics and everything must fit between them. These poles are like, eight inches apart
February 18, 2026 at 1:19 PM
one reset I'd personally appreciate: behind the insistence that we must offer the electorate a little bigotry is the idea that commoners are more bigoted than the richer and more educated, who can be appealed to with high minded policy. but then you Ctrl+F "phrenology" in the Epstein files
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“The Owendoff network is far-reaching. Democratic Party elites like City Councilor Dan Ryan rely on his counsel. […] He’s also a central figure in the emerging ecosystem of right-wing and corporate dark money PACs trying to intervene in Portland’s elections.”
Brian Owendoff's One Big Club (You Ain't In It) - Portland DSA
Brian Owendoff sent racist text messages about Portland City Councilors to a group chat of local pro-corporate political agitators. Our research reveals he’s just one node in a network of powerful peo...
portlanddsa.org
January 17, 2026 at 12:31 AM
“The Owendoff network is far-reaching. Democratic Party elites like City Councilor Dan Ryan rely on his counsel. […] He’s also a central figure in the emerging ecosystem of right-wing and corporate dark money PACs trying to intervene in Portland’s elections.”
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The future of the CEI hub is more important than the future of the Moda Center.
February 18, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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The future of the CEI hub is more important than the future of the Moda Center.
February 18, 2026 at 2:31 PM
The future of the CEI hub is more important than the future of the Moda Center.
38 billion on concentration camps
ICE expects to spend $38.3 BILLION on its plan to turn warehouses across the country into immigrant detention centers, according to agency documents.
The plan’s budget is more than the total annual spending for 22 states.
The plan’s budget is more than the total annual spending for 22 states.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:08 PM
38 billion on concentration camps
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ICE expects to spend $38.3 BILLION on its plan to turn warehouses across the country into immigrant detention centers, according to agency documents.
The plan’s budget is more than the total annual spending for 22 states.
The plan’s budget is more than the total annual spending for 22 states.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:53 PM
ICE expects to spend $38.3 BILLION on its plan to turn warehouses across the country into immigrant detention centers, according to agency documents.
The plan’s budget is more than the total annual spending for 22 states.
The plan’s budget is more than the total annual spending for 22 states.
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🚨March on Vasquez & Wilson🚨
Demand the Mayor and DA enforce the law to protect Portlanders against fascist thuggery.
Labor says: ICE OUT!
🗓️ Feb. 20, 12 PM, MultCo Courthouse (SW Madison & 1st)
Demand the Mayor and DA enforce the law to protect Portlanders against fascist thuggery.
Labor says: ICE OUT!
🗓️ Feb. 20, 12 PM, MultCo Courthouse (SW Madison & 1st)
February 18, 2026 at 6:19 AM
🚨March on Vasquez & Wilson🚨
Demand the Mayor and DA enforce the law to protect Portlanders against fascist thuggery.
Labor says: ICE OUT!
🗓️ Feb. 20, 12 PM, MultCo Courthouse (SW Madison & 1st)
Demand the Mayor and DA enforce the law to protect Portlanders against fascist thuggery.
Labor says: ICE OUT!
🗓️ Feb. 20, 12 PM, MultCo Courthouse (SW Madison & 1st)
Rats scurrying
The executive director of Made in Old Town, the shoe manufacturing project that’s struggled to deliver on the promises it made to revitalize a wide swath of the Old Town neighborhood, has resigned.
Made In Old Town Executive Director Resigns After Mere Months Leading the Shoe Project
Sophie Peel
www.wweek.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Rats scurrying
Kat Mahoney has tea on a bunch of high-level grifters
Looking at what's on the table with funds that were found at the PHB... I think it's a good time to remember some of the players in the city.
February 18, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Kat Mahoney has tea on a bunch of high-level grifters
I’m excited about busses, vaccines, indoor plumbing, solar power, high speed trains, dense urban design, cradle to grave manufacturing, green building, permaculture, bicycles, veterinary medicine, and a bunch of other things.
Not excited about the billionaire lust to destroy my job, sorry.
Not excited about the billionaire lust to destroy my job, sorry.
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 5:30 AM
I’m excited about busses, vaccines, indoor plumbing, solar power, high speed trains, dense urban design, cradle to grave manufacturing, green building, permaculture, bicycles, veterinary medicine, and a bunch of other things.
Not excited about the billionaire lust to destroy my job, sorry.
Not excited about the billionaire lust to destroy my job, sorry.
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Are you angry about SB 1586, the massive land giveaway to data centers and big business?
The good news is that constituents are too. Sen. Sollman (D-Hillsboro), the sponsor of the bill, has drawn a strong primary challenger: Myrna Muñoz, Rep. Lesly Muñoz's sister.
tinyurl.com/37tn4eup
The good news is that constituents are too. Sen. Sollman (D-Hillsboro), the sponsor of the bill, has drawn a strong primary challenger: Myrna Muñoz, Rep. Lesly Muñoz's sister.
tinyurl.com/37tn4eup
Education consultant, sister of Oregon House representative will challenge Hillsboro Democrat • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Muñoz pointed to her ties to local immigrant farm working communities while noting that she was running to improve civil rights for everyone.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Are you angry about SB 1586, the massive land giveaway to data centers and big business?
The good news is that constituents are too. Sen. Sollman (D-Hillsboro), the sponsor of the bill, has drawn a strong primary challenger: Myrna Muñoz, Rep. Lesly Muñoz's sister.
tinyurl.com/37tn4eup
The good news is that constituents are too. Sen. Sollman (D-Hillsboro), the sponsor of the bill, has drawn a strong primary challenger: Myrna Muñoz, Rep. Lesly Muñoz's sister.
tinyurl.com/37tn4eup
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im not falling for ‘you can’t just scold gen AI hobbyists’ like ive fallen for so many ‘be diplomatic and patient with idiots’es before. no. if they can’t live without this machine that’s trying to put me out of a job theyre dumb as a box of hair. like they’re clearly not worried about offending ME!
February 18, 2026 at 2:36 AM
im not falling for ‘you can’t just scold gen AI hobbyists’ like ive fallen for so many ‘be diplomatic and patient with idiots’es before. no. if they can’t live without this machine that’s trying to put me out of a job theyre dumb as a box of hair. like they’re clearly not worried about offending ME!
If you want a good shot of resistance vibes, read the testimony on SB 1586 (Sen. Sollman's sneak data center bill).
Almost all testimony submitted is in opposition.
Almost all testimony submitted is in opposition.
SB1586 2026 Regular Session - Oregon Legislative Information System
olis.oregonlegislature.gov
February 18, 2026 at 2:11 AM
If you want a good shot of resistance vibes, read the testimony on SB 1586 (Sen. Sollman's sneak data center bill).
Almost all testimony submitted is in opposition.
Almost all testimony submitted is in opposition.
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Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
Please ffs fix this stupid law so krank ass right wingers can’t file a bad faith ethics complaint every 5 minutes
A bill before the state House would clarify what constitutes a violation of the law and how to correct it.
Can Oregon officials text each other about city business? State lawmakers want to clarify
A bill before the state House would clarify what constitutes a violation of the law and how to correct it.
www.oregonlive.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Please ffs fix this stupid law so krank ass right wingers can’t file a bad faith ethics complaint every 5 minutes
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looks like Mamdani is gonna get his rent freeze this year after all. big news on the housing beat from @smaldo.bsky.social:
Rent Board Resignation Clears Path for Mamdani Rent Freeze Promise
The new mayor is now able to appoint a majority to the Rent Guidelines Board, giving him the numbers for a signature campaign promise.
www.thecity.nyc
February 17, 2026 at 5:56 PM
looks like Mamdani is gonna get his rent freeze this year after all. big news on the housing beat from @smaldo.bsky.social:
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Last week, in a move opposed by Multnomah County and the City of Portland, the EPA rolled back rules that regulated greenhouse gas emissions.
Read County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson's and Mayor Keith Wilson's responses to this rollback here: multco.us/news/chair-j...
Read County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson's and Mayor Keith Wilson's responses to this rollback here: multco.us/news/chair-j...
February 17, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Last week, in a move opposed by Multnomah County and the City of Portland, the EPA rolled back rules that regulated greenhouse gas emissions.
Read County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson's and Mayor Keith Wilson's responses to this rollback here: multco.us/news/chair-j...
Read County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson's and Mayor Keith Wilson's responses to this rollback here: multco.us/news/chair-j...
People are being disappeared and tortured.
The horror stories rolling in from Minnesota are just the tip of the iceberg. This 20-year-old, who's lawfully present in the country, was arrested for being Latino, then jailed in a filthy cell where he couldn't even sit down. 18 days of illegal detention. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
February 17, 2026 at 8:10 PM
People are being disappeared and tortured.
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would like to shout out two portland dem candidates I’m really excited about this year:
- dr tammy carpenter @oregontammy.bsky.social in HD27
- john “waz” wasielewski wazfororegon.com in HD38
both could actively use donations and volunteers! tammy is doing canvasses now and waz is starting soon
- dr tammy carpenter @oregontammy.bsky.social in HD27
- john “waz” wasielewski wazfororegon.com in HD38
both could actively use donations and volunteers! tammy is doing canvasses now and waz is starting soon
February 17, 2026 at 5:51 AM
would like to shout out two portland dem candidates I’m really excited about this year:
- dr tammy carpenter @oregontammy.bsky.social in HD27
- john “waz” wasielewski wazfororegon.com in HD38
both could actively use donations and volunteers! tammy is doing canvasses now and waz is starting soon
- dr tammy carpenter @oregontammy.bsky.social in HD27
- john “waz” wasielewski wazfororegon.com in HD38
both could actively use donations and volunteers! tammy is doing canvasses now and waz is starting soon
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A December media blitz over a police oversight board in Salem missed how the city’s police union leveraged political spending to control a controversial city decision.
The first investigation by The Western Edge is out now.
www.thewesternedge.media/p/is-redempt...
The first investigation by The Western Edge is out now.
www.thewesternedge.media/p/is-redempt...
Is Redemption Possible in Oregon's Capital City?
The Western Edge uncovered a manufactured crisis, backroom deals, political spending, AI slop and a city council bending to appease a police union.
www.thewesternedge.media
February 17, 2026 at 6:19 PM
A December media blitz over a police oversight board in Salem missed how the city’s police union leveraged political spending to control a controversial city decision.
The first investigation by The Western Edge is out now.
www.thewesternedge.media/p/is-redempt...
The first investigation by The Western Edge is out now.
www.thewesternedge.media/p/is-redempt...