Fischer 🛠️🚇
@fischer.bsky.social
full stack content engineer, portlander, t1d
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made it through hopscotch without walking into a mirror ✅
December 30, 2025 at 2:45 AM
made it through hopscotch without walking into a mirror ✅
reading criticisms of portland's 1924 zoning code
December 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
reading criticisms of portland's 1924 zoning code
I don’t consistently wear a mask at events myself but this is always what I think of when I see people making fun of masking in public youtu.be/FxdW8HjpSpc?...
December 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I don’t consistently wear a mask at events myself but this is always what I think of when I see people making fun of masking in public youtu.be/FxdW8HjpSpc?...
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Thinking about the time Sacks and his buddies started a run on their own bank and had to be bailed out.
David Sacks, presumably, on the push by some in the tech and VC world to fund a primary challenge to Congressman Khanna.
December 29, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Thinking about the time Sacks and his buddies started a run on their own bank and had to be bailed out.
if you think the tech fascists who grew up reading tolkien are bad just wait until we get fascists who grew up reading brandon sanderson
December 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
if you think the tech fascists who grew up reading tolkien are bad just wait until we get fascists who grew up reading brandon sanderson
very exciting development in beaverton politics 👀
Do you wish your local city council had more transit nerds?
Well, you're in luck! Follow my campaign account at @evelynforbeaverton.bsky.social.
I'm super excited to have a chance to give back to my hometown. Learn more at evelynforbeaverton.com!
Well, you're in luck! Follow my campaign account at @evelynforbeaverton.bsky.social.
I'm super excited to have a chance to give back to my hometown. Learn more at evelynforbeaverton.com!
December 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
very exciting development in beaverton politics 👀
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Noticed that Baerlic Brewing has an “Eastside Pilsner” and now I’m dreaming of getting Little Beast to brew an “Inner Beastside for All” promotional beer
December 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Noticed that Baerlic Brewing has an “Eastside Pilsner” and now I’m dreaming of getting Little Beast to brew an “Inner Beastside for All” promotional beer
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Central City tax on parking lots -> funds a revolving loan fund for development -> Central City parking lots get developed
December 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Central City tax on parking lots -> funds a revolving loan fund for development -> Central City parking lots get developed
some interesting proposals in this
December 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
some interesting proposals in this
fascinated to learn that paris has "social mixing" targets that require more social housing to be constructed in neighborhoods with a smaller stock of existing social housing and vice versa
December 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
fascinated to learn that paris has "social mixing" targets that require more social housing to be constructed in neighborhoods with a smaller stock of existing social housing and vice versa
portland city council needs more focus, but it also isn’t passing enough ordinances. we also need a stronger city council president, but not like multnomah county where the problem is that the county chair has too much power
December 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
portland city council needs more focus, but it also isn’t passing enough ordinances. we also need a stronger city council president, but not like multnomah county where the problem is that the county chair has too much power
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All I want for Christmas is this.
December 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
All I want for Christmas is this.
one of the weirdest dumb ideas in US traffic engineering is the assumption that streets choked with personal vehicle traffic will make for easy freight deliveries
I actually think freight should have priority on more than one street downtown.
That doesn't mean they're all designed to accommodate a WB-67 semi, but it would mean loading is prioritized at the curb more than short term parking.
That doesn't mean they're all designed to accommodate a WB-67 semi, but it would mean loading is prioritized at the curb more than short term parking.
Looking forward to the Wilson Administration getting a crack at the draft Downtown Seattle regional center plan. As it stands right now, we're apparently only planning on public transit having priority on one single street downtown, which is wild.
December 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
one of the weirdest dumb ideas in US traffic engineering is the assumption that streets choked with personal vehicle traffic will make for easy freight deliveries
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some folks at Portland Monthly did, and wrote about it www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drin...
Every McMenamins in Portland, Oregon, and Its Suburbs Ranked
The best (hello, Edgefield and Rock Creek!) and worst (most of the I-205 corridor) of the local brewpub-theater-hotel chain, which turned 40 in 2023.
www.pdxmonthly.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
some folks at Portland Monthly did, and wrote about it www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drin...
good thread. wish it wasn’t topical
2025 was brutal for US transit. Agencies faced budget deficits, flat ridership, and open hostility from the White House.
I wrote a series of stories outlining ways to help transit endure.
Lesson #1: Whatever you do, don’t cut service. Riders will leave – permanently.
Here are a few others 🧵
I wrote a series of stories outlining ways to help transit endure.
Lesson #1: Whatever you do, don’t cut service. Riders will leave – permanently.
Here are a few others 🧵
The Last Thing US Transit Agencies Should Do Now
Rising costs and widening deficits as pandemic aid runs out are challenging bus and train operators in many cities. But cutting service needs to be a last resort.
www.bloomberg.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
good thread. wish it wasn’t topical
I’m skeptical about mutual aid as a campaign strategy but if you want evidence about what campaign strategies work you do need people to periodically try stuff that conventional wisdom says is not a maximally efficient use of campaign $$
December 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I’m skeptical about mutual aid as a campaign strategy but if you want evidence about what campaign strategies work you do need people to periodically try stuff that conventional wisdom says is not a maximally efficient use of campaign $$
re: avatar cultural relevance
none of you are ready for avatar cultural hegemony
look, you’re going to watch it along with hundreds of millions of other people and it’s going to be an amazing three and a half hours and then like a Pop Rock on the tongue it will be gone
December 27, 2025 at 6:07 AM
re: avatar cultural relevance
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just watched james cameron’s avatar with hal and he won’t stop talking about how good it was
November 10, 2024 at 6:04 AM
just watched james cameron’s avatar with hal and he won’t stop talking about how good it was
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A significant move Vancouver made this week was moving forward with enabling novel Single Egress & Space Efficient Stairs. Led by the great team in Development, Buildings & Licensing, supported closely by Vancouver Fire Rescue Service; and Planning this will be transformative for low-rise apartments
December 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
A significant move Vancouver made this week was moving forward with enabling novel Single Egress & Space Efficient Stairs. Led by the great team in Development, Buildings & Licensing, supported closely by Vancouver Fire Rescue Service; and Planning this will be transformative for low-rise apartments
greetings from large doug/small kamala
From our family to yours, merry Christmas! We hope your day is filled with good people and good food.
December 26, 2025 at 5:56 AM
greetings from large doug/small kamala
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millennial terrorist googling: wirecutter gas mask. j kenji lopez alt pipe bomb recipe
December 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
millennial terrorist googling: wirecutter gas mask. j kenji lopez alt pipe bomb recipe
millennial terrorist googling: wirecutter gas mask. j kenji lopez alt pipe bomb recipe
December 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
millennial terrorist googling: wirecutter gas mask. j kenji lopez alt pipe bomb recipe
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nick kristoff has the opportunity to do the funniest thing possible
this post has everyone at christmas eve dinner crashing out. everyone is yelling / has bluesky open / is finding opponents to donate to. literally has ruined christmas lmao
Cutting property taxes for Oregonians affected by wildfires. Canceling planned freeway tolls. Pausing local new taxes in the Portland area. We have to keep going to make life more affordable for Oregonians.
December 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
nick kristoff has the opportunity to do the funniest thing possible