Josh Baker
@joshbaker.bsky.social
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if you're lucky enough to be a homeowner, can't recommend enough biting the bullet and going for the heat pump. just got mine installed last week. it's marvelous.
Oregonians have a little over a month to take advantage of federal tax credits helping to offset costs of home energy upgrades like heat pumps and solar panels.
Oregonians have 5 weeks to secure expiring federal home energy tax credits
The nonprofit Energy Trust of Oregon is encouraging residents to invest in heating and cooling pumps and solar panels, before federal money goes away.
www.opb.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
if you're lucky enough to be a homeowner, can't recommend enough biting the bullet and going for the heat pump. just got mine installed last week. it's marvelous.
I say this sincerely: this makes the city worse. Infuriating.
Well, PBOT got what they wanted and the street seating at Taqueria Los Puñales has been removed. But at least we have two extra parking spaces on Belmont.
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I say this sincerely: this makes the city worse. Infuriating.
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Portland, please stand with crash victims and their families, have some hot chocolate, and hear about what we're doing to prevent others from experiencing the devastating impacts of traffic violence. It's a somber, powerful event that also manages to be hopeful. Hope to see you there 💛
Portland! Please join Families for Safe Streets, Oregon Walks, 1000 Friends of Oregon, @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social , @thestreettrust.org @pbotinfo.bsky.social for 2025 World Day of Remembrance.
November 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Portland, please stand with crash victims and their families, have some hot chocolate, and hear about what we're doing to prevent others from experiencing the devastating impacts of traffic violence. It's a somber, powerful event that also manages to be hopeful. Hope to see you there 💛
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A whale caught in crab nets is fighting for her life on the Oregon Coast near Yachats, with so many people rushing there before official help arrives at dawn. The whale is vocalizing distress, asking for help. It's devastating. We have to find a way to stop entanglements. Unconscionable.
November 16, 2025 at 12:06 PM
A whale caught in crab nets is fighting for her life on the Oregon Coast near Yachats, with so many people rushing there before official help arrives at dawn. The whale is vocalizing distress, asking for help. It's devastating. We have to find a way to stop entanglements. Unconscionable.
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All time W
November 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
All time W
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🗣️portland !!
Team Avalos is hiring for an Operations Coordinator who believes that strong internal systems make it possible for communities to win lasting change and is ready to build the structures that help us govern effectively and sustainably.
November 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
🗣️portland !!
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The mayor-elect of Seattle fucking Washington standing in a picket line for Starbucks workers hours after her victory speech. This rules so hard
It’s #SolidaritySeason and we’re joining @sbworkersunited.bsky.social baristas in their fight for a fair contract. Seattle’s newly elected mayor, Katie Wilson, joined our Seattle rally today to stand with workers, too.
DON’T BUY STARBUCKS! ☕🚫
#NoContractNoCoffee
DON’T BUY STARBUCKS! ☕🚫
#NoContractNoCoffee
November 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The mayor-elect of Seattle fucking Washington standing in a picket line for Starbucks workers hours after her victory speech. This rules so hard
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in August 2026, i will be flying to France to participate in the IBCPC dragon boat festival! this race happens in a different location every 4 years & brings together thousands of breast cancer survivors from around the world. i hope you'll support my team!
vraise.org/nxucza
vraise.org/nxucza
Click here to support Lena Bruncaj and the Pink Phoenix Dragon Boat Team International France 2026 Fundraising Drive
Join Us in Supporting Pink Phoenix on Our Journey to France!Pink Phoenix is proud to be the very first breast cancer dragon boat team in the United States. Since 1997, our mission has been to empower ...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
in August 2026, i will be flying to France to participate in the IBCPC dragon boat festival! this race happens in a different location every 4 years & brings together thousands of breast cancer survivors from around the world. i hope you'll support my team!
vraise.org/nxucza
vraise.org/nxucza
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🌊 RUMBLE ON THE RIVER #27: Wild About Our Waterways
📅 Thurs, Nov 20
🕠 Doors/Tables @ 5:30 PM, Panel @ 6:30
📍 Hoku Events on Madison | Free event
Meet the Columbia, Willamette & Tualatin Riverkeepers for stories, strategy & shared purpose around clean water.
📅 Thurs, Nov 20
🕠 Doors/Tables @ 5:30 PM, Panel @ 6:30
📍 Hoku Events on Madison | Free event
Meet the Columbia, Willamette & Tualatin Riverkeepers for stories, strategy & shared purpose around clean water.
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🌊 RUMBLE ON THE RIVER #27: Wild About Our Waterways
📅 Thurs, Nov 20
🕠 Doors/Tables @ 5:30 PM, Panel @ 6:30
📍 Hoku Events on Madison | Free event
Meet the Columbia, Willamette & Tualatin Riverkeepers for stories, strategy & shared purpose around clean water.
📅 Thurs, Nov 20
🕠 Doors/Tables @ 5:30 PM, Panel @ 6:30
📍 Hoku Events on Madison | Free event
Meet the Columbia, Willamette & Tualatin Riverkeepers for stories, strategy & shared purpose around clean water.
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Portland’s Mayor, much of City Council, and many Portlanders spent recent days aligning themselves directly with Trump’s policies towards our precariously housed and homeless neighbors, while rabidly promoting a local extension of it.
It’s been utterly disgraceful and profoundly disappointing.
It’s been utterly disgraceful and profoundly disappointing.
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Portland’s Mayor, much of City Council, and many Portlanders spent recent days aligning themselves directly with Trump’s policies towards our precariously housed and homeless neighbors, while rabidly promoting a local extension of it.
It’s been utterly disgraceful and profoundly disappointing.
It’s been utterly disgraceful and profoundly disappointing.
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today you can also visit Exploding Whale Memorial Park in Florence and walk down to the sand and experience firsthand the scene of one of my favorite pieces of Oregon history
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
today you can also visit Exploding Whale Memorial Park in Florence and walk down to the sand and experience firsthand the scene of one of my favorite pieces of Oregon history
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Katie Wilson is now almost certainly Seattle's 58th mayor. We spoke just now: "We’re going to wait for all of the ballots to be counted, but I think we won this race." www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Katie Wilson’s lead grows in race for Seattle mayor
Katie Wilson leads Bruce Harrell by more than 1,300 votes after Tuesday's election update.
www.seattletimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Katie Wilson is now almost certainly Seattle's 58th mayor. We spoke just now: "We’re going to wait for all of the ballots to be counted, but I think we won this race." www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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This naked attempt by wealthy special interests to steal these funds from low income Portlanders under the guise of “public safety” is ugly and frankly, offensive. #orpol
www.wweek.com/news/city/20...
www.wweek.com/news/city/20...
Ballot Initiative Will Seek to Reroute 25% of Climate Tax Revenues to Hiring Police
A citizen ballot initiative backed by the Portland Police Association will seek to reroute 25% of revenues from the Portland Clean Energy Fund tax to fund the hiring of 400 additional police officers.
www.wweek.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This naked attempt by wealthy special interests to steal these funds from low income Portlanders under the guise of “public safety” is ugly and frankly, offensive. #orpol
www.wweek.com/news/city/20...
www.wweek.com/news/city/20...
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takes a very particular form of audacity to propose to redirect funding from the nation's greatest example of a municipal green new deal - a program approved by 65% of the city's voters! - and use that money to instead hire four hundred more cops
www.wweek.com/news/city/20...
www.wweek.com/news/city/20...
Ballot Initiative Will Seek to Reroute 25% of Climate Tax Revenues to Hiring Police
A citizen ballot initiative backed by the Portland Police Association will seek to reroute 25% of revenues from the Portland Clean Energy Fund tax to fund the hiring of 400 additional police officers.
www.wweek.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
takes a very particular form of audacity to propose to redirect funding from the nation's greatest example of a municipal green new deal - a program approved by 65% of the city's voters! - and use that money to instead hire four hundred more cops
www.wweek.com/news/city/20...
www.wweek.com/news/city/20...
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TODAY ONLY we have a special incentive just for Street Roots Give!Guide donors. Donate $50 or more to Street Roots' today (11/11) , and you'll be entered to win a free pair of boots, shoes, or sandals from our friends at KEEN Footwear! ($165 value)
giveguide.org/nonprofits/s...
giveguide.org/nonprofits/s...
November 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
TODAY ONLY we have a special incentive just for Street Roots Give!Guide donors. Donate $50 or more to Street Roots' today (11/11) , and you'll be entered to win a free pair of boots, shoes, or sandals from our friends at KEEN Footwear! ($165 value)
giveguide.org/nonprofits/s...
giveguide.org/nonprofits/s...
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ACTION ALERT:
Join Portland: Neighbors Welcome in submitting testimony to Portland City Council in support of Councilor Morillo's Fall Budget amendment to fund support, not sweeps, for our neighbors.
portlandneighborswelcome.org/supportnotsw...
Join Portland: Neighbors Welcome in submitting testimony to Portland City Council in support of Councilor Morillo's Fall Budget amendment to fund support, not sweeps, for our neighbors.
portlandneighborswelcome.org/supportnotsw...
November 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
ACTION ALERT:
Join Portland: Neighbors Welcome in submitting testimony to Portland City Council in support of Councilor Morillo's Fall Budget amendment to fund support, not sweeps, for our neighbors.
portlandneighborswelcome.org/supportnotsw...
Join Portland: Neighbors Welcome in submitting testimony to Portland City Council in support of Councilor Morillo's Fall Budget amendment to fund support, not sweeps, for our neighbors.
portlandneighborswelcome.org/supportnotsw...
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I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
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Pair this with the recent firing of the Housing Bureau director, an international expert on social housing. It seems the mayor wants to abandon the mission of the housing bureau in favor of recreating the services that the County is supposed to be offering.
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Pair this with the recent firing of the Housing Bureau director, an international expert on social housing. It seems the mayor wants to abandon the mission of the housing bureau in favor of recreating the services that the County is supposed to be offering.
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Are you surprised? I'm not. Ending unsheltered homelessness is very different than ending VISIBLE unsheltered homelessness downtown.
The Mayor isn't solving a problem, he's forcing the problem into the neighborhoods that are already suffering the most.
The Mayor isn't solving a problem, he's forcing the problem into the neighborhoods that are already suffering the most.
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Are you surprised? I'm not. Ending unsheltered homelessness is very different than ending VISIBLE unsheltered homelessness downtown.
The Mayor isn't solving a problem, he's forcing the problem into the neighborhoods that are already suffering the most.
The Mayor isn't solving a problem, he's forcing the problem into the neighborhoods that are already suffering the most.
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Oregon fan in a Slipknot fit in Iowa is diabolical
November 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Oregon fan in a Slipknot fit in Iowa is diabolical
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In Japan, tourism to Portland, Oregon, is promoted by a grinning blue monster named Odnarodude. He’s at a Portland artisan event in Jiyugaoka De Aone this weekend.
November 8, 2025 at 2:34 AM
In Japan, tourism to Portland, Oregon, is promoted by a grinning blue monster named Odnarodude. He’s at a Portland artisan event in Jiyugaoka De Aone this weekend.
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more good news
BREAKING NEWS: We just secured a final court order blocking National Guard deployment!
Today's ruling is a huge victory for Oregon. The courts are holding this administration accountable to the truth and the rule of law.
Today's ruling is a huge victory for Oregon. The courts are holding this administration accountable to the truth and the rule of law.
November 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
more good news
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Sign the petition!
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Sign the petition!
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Great piece. "Mamdani’s agenda treats affordability of essentials as democratic obligation, not market efficiency."
This approach also underpins the work at @cplusc.bsky.social, from the reimagining of home insurance that I've done, to @sevier.io's vision for public energy.
#PeopleOverProfits
This approach also underpins the work at @cplusc.bsky.social, from the reimagining of home insurance that I've done, to @sevier.io's vision for public energy.
#PeopleOverProfits
“My friends, the world is changing. It's not a question of whether that change will come. It's a question of who will change it.” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
People are choosing real alternatives instead of continuity. Mamdani stands for an antifascist economics in the name of the many. 🧵
People are choosing real alternatives instead of continuity. Mamdani stands for an antifascist economics in the name of the many. 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Great piece. "Mamdani’s agenda treats affordability of essentials as democratic obligation, not market efficiency."
This approach also underpins the work at @cplusc.bsky.social, from the reimagining of home insurance that I've done, to @sevier.io's vision for public energy.
#PeopleOverProfits
This approach also underpins the work at @cplusc.bsky.social, from the reimagining of home insurance that I've done, to @sevier.io's vision for public energy.
#PeopleOverProfits
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Portland taqueria feeding folks during the shutdown/immigration threats. Sounds like they could use support to keep going as well, if any Portland folks are looking for ways to help rn.
November 7, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Portland taqueria feeding folks during the shutdown/immigration threats. Sounds like they could use support to keep going as well, if any Portland folks are looking for ways to help rn.