Mike
@mike.perham.net
BikeLoudPDX board, small scale housing development in Portland, OR
Admin of https://urbanists.social/invite/h7sS4a8X
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Portland’s east waterfront after we demolish I5 next year
January 29, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Portland’s east waterfront after we demolish I5 next year
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I wonder how much of the masking has to do less with protecting agents from being doxed and more to do with protecting the government from us finding out how many of the agents are know figures from the world of white nationalists, Jan 6ers, accelerationists, and militias, or just plain unqualified.
Law enforcement officers have always been unmasked in this country until ICE started wearing them last year.
*That* is the departure from norms. *That* is the step too far.
*That* is the departure from norms. *That* is the step too far.
Tillis says he opposes ICE being barred from wearing masks: "I've seen people dox me. I've seen people take pictures and identify law enforcement officers and then put their families at risk. So, I think that's a step too far."
January 29, 2026 at 1:33 AM
I wonder how much of the masking has to do less with protecting agents from being doxed and more to do with protecting the government from us finding out how many of the agents are know figures from the world of white nationalists, Jan 6ers, accelerationists, and militias, or just plain unqualified.
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Read the highlighted sentence a few times, jfc
From @lukeferrell.bsky.social's "THE MEANS-TESTING INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX"
lpeproject.org/blog/the-mea...
From @lukeferrell.bsky.social's "THE MEANS-TESTING INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX"
lpeproject.org/blog/the-mea...
January 29, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Read the highlighted sentence a few times, jfc
From @lukeferrell.bsky.social's "THE MEANS-TESTING INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX"
lpeproject.org/blog/the-mea...
From @lukeferrell.bsky.social's "THE MEANS-TESTING INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX"
lpeproject.org/blog/the-mea...
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This thread is worth reading right to the end.
I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
AI Skills Boost - AI Skills Hub
aiskillshub.org.uk
January 28, 2026 at 9:29 PM
This thread is worth reading right to the end.
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This isn't mine, and I can't definitively find the original source. But I love this little bit of wisdom:
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
For all the fearmongering about capital flight from New York City, there’s an exodus few want to talk about: working people.
Sky-high rents and outrageous child care costs are already pushing families out of the city they keep running.
That’s what we have to change.
That’s what we have to change.
January 28, 2026 at 7:59 PM
This isn't mine, and I can't definitively find the original source. But I love this little bit of wisdom:
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
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Cargo bike delivery is much faster than polluting vans and trucks with massive benefits.
momentummag.com/cargo-bikes-...
momentummag.com/cargo-bikes-...
Cargo bike delivery is much faster than polluting vans and trucks with massive benefits
Cargo bikes can deliver goods in cities faster than vans, removing tonnes of greenhouse gas and easing congestion, according to a new study
momentummag.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Cargo bike delivery is much faster than polluting vans and trucks with massive benefits.
momentummag.com/cargo-bikes-...
momentummag.com/cargo-bikes-...
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So, to recap: a good vibes campaign *will not* move the needle on cycling in Portland unless: 1) There is a continuous, connected bicycle network throughout the city; 2) the quality of the network (primarily in terms of safety) is high enough that it 'reads' as a network to the average Portlander.
January 27, 2026 at 9:52 PM
So, to recap: a good vibes campaign *will not* move the needle on cycling in Portland unless: 1) There is a continuous, connected bicycle network throughout the city; 2) the quality of the network (primarily in terms of safety) is high enough that it 'reads' as a network to the average Portlander.
This is why the Mayor and PBOT’s recent call to market Portland as a bike friendly city feels premature. There’s no significant protected lane network anywhere. Build the Green Loop and then maybe we’ll have something high quality for tourism. But neighborhood greenways? Nah.
This is exactly the problem with 99% of bike infrastructure implementation in the US.
It is done opportunistically or paired with repaving on a piece-by-piece basis, rather than implemented *as a network first*.
This is how you get a bike network in Los Angeles like this.
It is done opportunistically or paired with repaving on a piece-by-piece basis, rather than implemented *as a network first*.
This is how you get a bike network in Los Angeles like this.
January 27, 2026 at 11:53 PM
This is why the Mayor and PBOT’s recent call to market Portland as a bike friendly city feels premature. There’s no significant protected lane network anywhere. Build the Green Loop and then maybe we’ll have something high quality for tourism. But neighborhood greenways? Nah.
Bravo APANO. Advocating for a system which focuses less on punishment and more on reducing harm. 👏🏼
I know a few elected officials who need to hear this but sex work is real work and if you want to combat human trafficking you should be bringing the industry above board and regulating it.
You can't save exploited workers without removing the incentive to exploit and giving workers power.
You can't save exploited workers without removing the incentive to exploit and giving workers power.
January 27, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Bravo APANO. Advocating for a system which focuses less on punishment and more on reducing harm. 👏🏼
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We could have this at Union station in Portland (and it might help us get better train service). TriMet just bought some land that could be good for this, and the city of Portland is redeveloping a bunch of land right next to the station as well.
The decision to invest €30-million in the world’s biggest bike parking (12,500 spaces) at Utrecht Central Station seems extravagant, but when you calculate the cost of the alternatives—in the context of tens of thousands of bike-train trips each day—it’s an absolute bargain...🧵
January 27, 2026 at 3:26 PM
We could have this at Union station in Portland (and it might help us get better train service). TriMet just bought some land that could be good for this, and the city of Portland is redeveloping a bunch of land right next to the station as well.
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There are so many win-wins for affordability and energy efficiency in codes and standards, it is frustrating that neither side has tried to prioritize them. Rightsizing electrical and plumbing requirements, permitting R-290 refrigerant, accepting global window standards in place of NFRC…
January 27, 2026 at 1:13 PM
There are so many win-wins for affordability and energy efficiency in codes and standards, it is frustrating that neither side has tried to prioritize them. Rightsizing electrical and plumbing requirements, permitting R-290 refrigerant, accepting global window standards in place of NFRC…
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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My dream, which I’ve been working on for a few years, is for Seattle to have a pedestrian plaza in the heart of every neighborhood.
November 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My dream, which I’ve been working on for a few years, is for Seattle to have a pedestrian plaza in the heart of every neighborhood.
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White people thought they could stop this by just standing in the way while being white. Nah. You with us now. You’re expendable. They will have someone kneel on your neck until you perish. Then say it was your fault. Welcome.
January 24, 2026 at 7:11 PM
White people thought they could stop this by just standing in the way while being white. Nah. You with us now. You’re expendable. They will have someone kneel on your neck until you perish. Then say it was your fault. Welcome.
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If we ever want to have a functioning democracy in this country, we have to actively defeat fascism, severely punish the perpetrators, and dismantle the infrastructure *completely*
None of this let’s look forward Obama bullshit.
If you don’t rip it out at the roots, it will return.
None of this let’s look forward Obama bullshit.
If you don’t rip it out at the roots, it will return.
January 23, 2026 at 5:55 PM
If we ever want to have a functioning democracy in this country, we have to actively defeat fascism, severely punish the perpetrators, and dismantle the infrastructure *completely*
None of this let’s look forward Obama bullshit.
If you don’t rip it out at the roots, it will return.
None of this let’s look forward Obama bullshit.
If you don’t rip it out at the roots, it will return.
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i return to this, almost theologically, as a sacred text that helps me to understand the world I live in, and to help guide my actions and heart
January 24, 2026 at 5:47 PM
i return to this, almost theologically, as a sacred text that helps me to understand the world I live in, and to help guide my actions and heart
Both of these people are amazing, a must see for me.
SUNDAY: I'll be streaming with the remarkable Paul F Tompkins!
Make sure to tune in January 25 at 7 PM CT on Twitch or YouTube!
Drop any questions you think I should ask below!
@pftompkins.bsky.social
Make sure to tune in January 25 at 7 PM CT on Twitch or YouTube!
Drop any questions you think I should ask below!
@pftompkins.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Both of these people are amazing, a must see for me.
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Better streets are an antidote to loneliness and help create communities.
Listen to Derek Clifford, 50 year longstanding resident of Bethnal Green, talk about the transformative effect of the LTN residents just saved from being ripped out. #LTNs #StreetsForPeople
January 23, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Better streets are an antidote to loneliness and help create communities.
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ODOT’s budget is fucked. They could either stop spending hundreds of millions on a doomed freeway expansion that is billions of dollars away from completion or raid the $15m a year program for sidewalks near elementary schools. Guess which Dems are choosing #orpol
bikeportland.org/2026/01/22/l...
bikeportland.org/2026/01/22/l...
Lawmakers eye Safe Routes to School funding to backfill maintenance hole
They wouldn't come for the kids' money, would they?
bikeportland.org
January 23, 2026 at 6:28 AM
ODOT’s budget is fucked. They could either stop spending hundreds of millions on a doomed freeway expansion that is billions of dollars away from completion or raid the $15m a year program for sidewalks near elementary schools. Guess which Dems are choosing #orpol
bikeportland.org/2026/01/22/l...
bikeportland.org/2026/01/22/l...
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Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.
January 22, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.
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Jan. 23, 2026 will be remembered as the beginning of the end for the ICE regime grasping the throat of the US working class. A coalition of unions - including our sister local CWA 7250 - in collaboration with community groups, has called for a general strike of no working, no shopping, & no school.
January 22, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Jan. 23, 2026 will be remembered as the beginning of the end for the ICE regime grasping the throat of the US working class. A coalition of unions - including our sister local CWA 7250 - in collaboration with community groups, has called for a general strike of no working, no shopping, & no school.
Legitimate question: why is there a limit at all? Why not 6 stories and 24 units?
#HB2304: Expanding the condo reform that passed last year from a max of two stories over parking to a max of four stories and 12 units, with or without parking.
Read it: app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/...
Read it: app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/...
January 22, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Legitimate question: why is there a limit at all? Why not 6 stories and 24 units?
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the important thing to understand is that these same Dems and this same combo of cowardice and corruption are why we don't have healthcare
I do not understand why Dems (or someone) are not broadcasting wall to wall montages of ICE thugs abusing our neighbors, abducting children, terrorizing US citizens, invading homes w no warrant, or murdering mothers. This should be a massive exercise in ISSUE SALIENCE driven by Dem elites.
January 22, 2026 at 5:20 AM
the important thing to understand is that these same Dems and this same combo of cowardice and corruption are why we don't have healthcare
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Europeans losing their shit about Trump. Everybody is starting to understand how bad this is. But we're still trying to blame random people instead of agreeing to face the real problem. Unchecked white supremacy.
Over 35% of people didn't bother to vote. They were happy to see Trump win.
Of the 64% that bothered, half voted Trump. They were happy to see him win.
So pretty much 70% of Americans were happy to see Trump win. That's the vast majority.
Uncomfortable facts are no less factual.
Of the 64% that bothered, half voted Trump. They were happy to see him win.
So pretty much 70% of Americans were happy to see Trump win. That's the vast majority.
Uncomfortable facts are no less factual.
January 21, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Europeans losing their shit about Trump. Everybody is starting to understand how bad this is. But we're still trying to blame random people instead of agreeing to face the real problem. Unchecked white supremacy.