Greg GRIFFIN
@gregpgriffin.bsky.social
PhD, AICP. HusbandFather biking & researching safe and connected communities in the Western Cascades and Willamette Valley.
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Shorter than some social media posts:
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Annotating the Judge’s Decision in the Case of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE (Gift Article)
Our critic annotates the barbed wordplay of a decision challenging the Trump administration’s theory of executive power.
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February 3, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Shorter than some social media posts:
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Municipal bonds seem generally compatible with an urbanist ethos. We just have to not check up on the cities’ use of them for funding arterial expansions or utilities for sprawl :-)
January 13, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Municipal bonds seem generally compatible with an urbanist ethos. We just have to not check up on the cities’ use of them for funding arterial expansions or utilities for sprawl :-)
“For Porter, it is not realism that defines the Trump era but rather its ‘corrupt cousin,’ machtpolitik, which pursues power for its own sake and is defined by a “sort of violent exhilaration of destruction, nihilism and vengeance.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/m...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/m...
The Theory That Gives Trump a Blank Check for Aggression
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January 9, 2026 at 4:45 PM
“For Porter, it is not realism that defines the Trump era but rather its ‘corrupt cousin,’ machtpolitik, which pursues power for its own sake and is defined by a “sort of violent exhilaration of destruction, nihilism and vengeance.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/m...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/m...
is feeling paranoid that most written text on the Internet is AI generated. Three-word sentences have their place, but they’re everywhere and consuming too much copy. Substack pushing feed, Trump administration are worst culprits at the moment. Gonna bike to lunch 🚲
January 7, 2026 at 7:09 PM
is feeling paranoid that most written text on the Internet is AI generated. Three-word sentences have their place, but they’re everywhere and consuming too much copy. Substack pushing feed, Trump administration are worst culprits at the moment. Gonna bike to lunch 🚲
Self-Driving Cars Can’t See Without Their Eyes by Nicolas Gourault www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/o...
Opinion | Self-Driving Cars Can’t See Without Their Eyes
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January 2, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Self-Driving Cars Can’t See Without Their Eyes by Nicolas Gourault www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/o...
What mammal might make tracks like these, big set and tiny close together, spaced 2-3’ apart? Cascade range, Oregon. Nordic ski for scale.
December 29, 2025 at 4:41 AM
What mammal might make tracks like these, big set and tiny close together, spaced 2-3’ apart? Cascade range, Oregon. Nordic ski for scale.
👆we miss from our Texas years. We do get to forage from the forest in Oregon, tho (Yellowfoot pictured)
December 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
👆we miss from our Texas years. We do get to forage from the forest in Oregon, tho (Yellowfoot pictured)
It's not fair that epistemology isn't on the 'menu' for almost everyone. Motion to create a high school curriculum that could be taught by the librarian on the limits and advancement of what we think we know.
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 AM
It's not fair that epistemology isn't on the 'menu' for almost everyone. Motion to create a high school curriculum that could be taught by the librarian on the limits and advancement of what we think we know.
Update: logged in again and it worked. Maybe a programmed urgency test?
December 22, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Update: logged in again and it worked. Maybe a programmed urgency test?
actually, maybe they don't want me to finish it after all
December 22, 2025 at 4:09 AM
actually, maybe they don't want me to finish it after all
The dept. of ed. is using bicycling graphics to make the FAFSA fun and cool. Maybe it was leftover from the previous administration 🤷♂️
If the goal was to help this parent contributor help, it worked.
If the goal was to help this parent contributor help, it worked.
December 22, 2025 at 4:07 AM
The dept. of ed. is using bicycling graphics to make the FAFSA fun and cool. Maybe it was leftover from the previous administration 🤷♂️
If the goal was to help this parent contributor help, it worked.
If the goal was to help this parent contributor help, it worked.
I wasn’t here when I-205 was planned 1 mile to the east, serving the same corridor, but that probably had something to do with comfort changing 82nd to the city’s system. Highway richness was achieved.
December 13, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I wasn’t here when I-205 was planned 1 mile to the east, serving the same corridor, but that probably had something to do with comfort changing 82nd to the city’s system. Highway richness was achieved.
Reminder that you can update your federal tax withholding to reduce your pre-payments.
December 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Reminder that you can update your federal tax withholding to reduce your pre-payments.
That’s what most of her peers did (www.dhs.gov/leadership).
Leadership | Homeland Security
List of senior leaders at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), their position, and biography – including the current Secretary.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:36 AM
That’s what most of her peers did (www.dhs.gov/leadership).
OMG, I had to look this up to confirm it’s true. I don’t know anything about her, but suggest humbly that this promotion is well deserved after what her parents have put her through.
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 AM
OMG, I had to look this up to confirm it’s true. I don’t know anything about her, but suggest humbly that this promotion is well deserved after what her parents have put her through.
“Writing criticism — offering an opinion, putting one’s skin in the game — is a form of stewardship to the commons…” writes
@meganeogrady.bsky.social, reviewing @zadiesmith.bsky.social’s ‘Dead and Alive .’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/b...
@meganeogrady.bsky.social, reviewing @zadiesmith.bsky.social’s ‘Dead and Alive .’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/b...
Zadie Smith Considers Art in the Age of Relentless Progress
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November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
“Writing criticism — offering an opinion, putting one’s skin in the game — is a form of stewardship to the commons…” writes
@meganeogrady.bsky.social, reviewing @zadiesmith.bsky.social’s ‘Dead and Alive .’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/b...
@meganeogrady.bsky.social, reviewing @zadiesmith.bsky.social’s ‘Dead and Alive .’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/b...
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this is amazing!!
It's open, and it's an absolute triumph.
I never thought we'd get our own little version of Amsterdam's famous Rijksmuseum tunnel! I had to see it to believe it.
youtu.be/zKqKCWsSOcU
I never thought we'd get our own little version of Amsterdam's famous Rijksmuseum tunnel! I had to see it to believe it.
youtu.be/zKqKCWsSOcU
New Bike Path Through Portland Art Museum
YouTube video by BikePortland
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November 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
this is amazing!!
Rest in power, Kit Kat.
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Waymo Was Thriving in San Francisco. Then One of Its Driverless Cars Killed a Cat.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Rest in power, Kit Kat.
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Indigenous rights attorney ‘called the outreach “deeply ironic,” noting that the federal government is asking tribes, whose members were the first peoples of the region, to participate in detaining immigrants who arrived more recently.’ www.king5.com/article/news...
Nisqually Tribe says it won't allow ICE detainees in tribal facilities
Chairman E.K. Choke said denying the request was in line with the tribe's values of treating all individuals with dignity, respect and compassion.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Indigenous rights attorney ‘called the outreach “deeply ironic,” noting that the federal government is asking tribes, whose members were the first peoples of the region, to participate in detaining immigrants who arrived more recently.’ www.king5.com/article/news...
Imagine if we managed cities by outcome (fatality reduction), rather than outputs (call responses). Maybe fire & police could get on board w Safe Systems.
November 16, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Imagine if we managed cities by outcome (fatality reduction), rather than outputs (call responses). Maybe fire & police could get on board w Safe Systems.
“Don’t shoot until the subject hits you in the pit of your stomach” was her advice to her pupils.
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Pioneering U.S. Street Photography, With Vienna in the Background
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November 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
“Don’t shoot until the subject hits you in the pit of your stomach” was her advice to her pupils.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/a...
This is what good decisions look like.
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This is what good decisions look like.
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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-...
Reposted by Greg GRIFFIN
"The Big Dig" podcast from Boston came to town for a conversation with OPB’s Lillian Karabaic, whose "Stop Requested" project looked into public transit across Oregon, about Portland’s own attempts to solve that puzzle and undo the harms of the past.
‘The Evergreen’: What to do about freeways
Every American city — including Portland — is divided by crumbling old highways, and every city is trying to figure out what to do with them. Listen in this week as "The Big Dig" podcast in Boston joins in.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"The Big Dig" podcast from Boston came to town for a conversation with OPB’s Lillian Karabaic, whose "Stop Requested" project looked into public transit across Oregon, about Portland’s own attempts to solve that puzzle and undo the harms of the past.