Rob Galanakis
@robgalanakis.bsky.social
Proud parent of two children, a failed school board campaign, cargo bike, bike bus, small business, two rats, three chickens, and dozens of mortal enemies.
❤️ PDX
https://bikebuspdx.org and https://robgforpps.com
❤️ PDX
https://bikebuspdx.org and https://robgforpps.com
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the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
January 3, 2026 at 9:19 PM
the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
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Periodic reminder:
If you use less gas for transportation, you help drop the value of a barrel of oil, which makes the people looking to profit off of stealing from Venezuelans, lose money.
🇻🇪♥️
Take the bus/train/bike/scooter, buy an EV, don't use gas.
If you use less gas for transportation, you help drop the value of a barrel of oil, which makes the people looking to profit off of stealing from Venezuelans, lose money.
🇻🇪♥️
Take the bus/train/bike/scooter, buy an EV, don't use gas.
Which makes invading Venezuela a much less profitable endeavor.
Venezuela either has "The most oil in the world!" Or "Not that much oil really," depending on what the price of oil is.
🙂🙃
Oil is currently near a 4 year low.
More!
Venezuela either has "The most oil in the world!" Or "Not that much oil really," depending on what the price of oil is.
🙂🙃
Oil is currently near a 4 year low.
More!
mekka okereke :verified: (@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)
@Chasteen
True. It's complicated.
"How much oil does Venezuela have? And is it high or low quality?" are questions whose answer changes greatly depending on what the global price of oil is. 🤷🏿♂️
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hachyderm.io
January 3, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Periodic reminder:
If you use less gas for transportation, you help drop the value of a barrel of oil, which makes the people looking to profit off of stealing from Venezuelans, lose money.
🇻🇪♥️
Take the bus/train/bike/scooter, buy an EV, don't use gas.
If you use less gas for transportation, you help drop the value of a barrel of oil, which makes the people looking to profit off of stealing from Venezuelans, lose money.
🇻🇪♥️
Take the bus/train/bike/scooter, buy an EV, don't use gas.
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i just want to elect politicians who vow to build communities and societies where we can get around without doing each other too much violence - where people don’t die crossing the street, don’t get sick from air pollution, stare down climate change, die in imperial wars for oil for our cars
January 3, 2026 at 9:58 PM
i just want to elect politicians who vow to build communities and societies where we can get around without doing each other too much violence - where people don’t die crossing the street, don’t get sick from air pollution, stare down climate change, die in imperial wars for oil for our cars
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SE Uplift is giving a free presentation on starting a free fridge! We could use more of those in District 3
January 3, 2026 at 3:19 AM
SE Uplift is giving a free presentation on starting a free fridge! We could use more of those in District 3
Since I care more about winning than dogma, I'll point out this is a safely blue seat that has seen the Dem unopposed or with 70/30 vote split the last two decades. We need better people in the seats.
i was not joking. i have just endorsed Waz for the HD 38 race. Why? Because he’s willing to fight to properly resource our investments in the statewide transit system. And he supports protecting our investments in education at all stages. please support him.
January 2, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Since I care more about winning than dogma, I'll point out this is a safely blue seat that has seen the Dem unopposed or with 70/30 vote split the last two decades. We need better people in the seats.
Cars cost $10k+/year and the couple does not own a car. She could buy one of these a month and come out way ahead, plus the boots will keep higher resale value.
January 1, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Cars cost $10k+/year and the couple does not own a car. She could buy one of these a month and come out way ahead, plus the boots will keep higher resale value.
What's to eat at PPS? ppsmenus.net is all up to date, *and* the 'Add to Google Calendar' stuff works right. Happy New Year!
cc @brianell.in @arudwick.bsky.social
cc @brianell.in @arudwick.bsky.social
PPS Menu Calendar Feeds
ppsmenus.net
January 1, 2026 at 7:33 PM
What's to eat at PPS? ppsmenus.net is all up to date, *and* the 'Add to Google Calendar' stuff works right. Happy New Year!
cc @brianell.in @arudwick.bsky.social
cc @brianell.in @arudwick.bsky.social
Currently fixing up ppsmenus.net to parse the new PPS site format. Sorry it wasn't working for December! The CMS PPS chose is not so terrible at least.
Also going to try once again to get the google calendar quick-add links working.
Also going to try once again to get the google calendar quick-add links working.
PPS Menu Calendar Feeds
ppsmenus.net
January 1, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Currently fixing up ppsmenus.net to parse the new PPS site format. Sorry it wasn't working for December! The CMS PPS chose is not so terrible at least.
Also going to try once again to get the google calendar quick-add links working.
Also going to try once again to get the google calendar quick-add links working.
Whew almost forgot, in just under the gun. Happy new year @councilortkl.bsky.social @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social and Novick too!
January 1, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Whew almost forgot, in just under the gun. Happy new year @councilortkl.bsky.social @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social and Novick too!
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This is a motivating video! Can YOU leave the car at home for just 1 day a week? Drive less. Get healthy.
December 31, 2025 at 3:48 AM
This is a motivating video! Can YOU leave the car at home for just 1 day a week? Drive less. Get healthy.
Something like 75% of child mortality used to be due to dehydration. It's why we invented sports drinks and water bottles and market them so hard. Thank you consumerism!
December 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Something like 75% of child mortality used to be due to dehydration. It's why we invented sports drinks and water bottles and market them so hard. Thank you consumerism!
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E-cargo bikes sound pretty amazing in this new UK study:
"Parents’ and children’s enjoyment, curiosity, and sense of adventure encouraged additional travel, transforming routine journeys into playful and memorable family experiences."
doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...
"Parents’ and children’s enjoyment, curiosity, and sense of adventure encouraged additional travel, transforming routine journeys into playful and memorable family experiences."
doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...
December 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
E-cargo bikes sound pretty amazing in this new UK study:
"Parents’ and children’s enjoyment, curiosity, and sense of adventure encouraged additional travel, transforming routine journeys into playful and memorable family experiences."
doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...
"Parents’ and children’s enjoyment, curiosity, and sense of adventure encouraged additional travel, transforming routine journeys into playful and memorable family experiences."
doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...
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Cool ride alert!
On Jan 4, @oregonmetro.gov and @coachbalto.bsky.social have teamed up for an educational ride with world-renowned mobility and public space expert Simon Battisti More info on the BP Advocacy Calendar
bikeportland.org/events/educa...
On Jan 4, @oregonmetro.gov and @coachbalto.bsky.social have teamed up for an educational ride with world-renowned mobility and public space expert Simon Battisti More info on the BP Advocacy Calendar
bikeportland.org/events/educa...
Educational Ride With Simon Battisti
Oregon Metro is sponsoring an educational ride with Simon Battisti, Executive Director of the Relationship Center in Tirana.
Simon joined a small group ride this summer and is returning for another...
bikeportland.org
December 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Cool ride alert!
On Jan 4, @oregonmetro.gov and @coachbalto.bsky.social have teamed up for an educational ride with world-renowned mobility and public space expert Simon Battisti More info on the BP Advocacy Calendar
bikeportland.org/events/educa...
On Jan 4, @oregonmetro.gov and @coachbalto.bsky.social have teamed up for an educational ride with world-renowned mobility and public space expert Simon Battisti More info on the BP Advocacy Calendar
bikeportland.org/events/educa...
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dummies in local power think that Portland is just a few parking lots, or drive thru’s, or tax cuts away from eating the sun belt’s lunch. But our comparative advantage was always in how we distinguished ourselves from paved America. If we lose that, we have nothing.
December 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
dummies in local power think that Portland is just a few parking lots, or drive thru’s, or tax cuts away from eating the sun belt’s lunch. But our comparative advantage was always in how we distinguished ourselves from paved America. If we lose that, we have nothing.
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This thread is awesome. Stewing on it for a few days I have a few thoughts.
a) Naysayers will try to find a small fault in the plan and write off the whole thing despite it having a LOT of good ideas in it. Commit to fighting that narrative for / with @jakz92.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/jakz...
a) Naysayers will try to find a small fault in the plan and write off the whole thing despite it having a LOT of good ideas in it. Commit to fighting that narrative for / with @jakz92.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/jakz...
With a little bit of creativity, HB2017's promised freeway improvements could be delivered immediately for just the cost of paint and a bit of asphalt. It would look something like this. The promised improvements were:
- Address Rose Quarter congestion
- Improve north-south vehicle flow
- Address Rose Quarter congestion
- Improve north-south vehicle flow
December 26, 2025 at 3:47 AM
This thread is awesome. Stewing on it for a few days I have a few thoughts.
a) Naysayers will try to find a small fault in the plan and write off the whole thing despite it having a LOT of good ideas in it. Commit to fighting that narrative for / with @jakz92.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/jakz...
a) Naysayers will try to find a small fault in the plan and write off the whole thing despite it having a LOT of good ideas in it. Commit to fighting that narrative for / with @jakz92.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/jakz...
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The term "revolving door" describes movement from the public sector to the private sector (and vice versa).
Many Portlanders have walked through the revolving door and slowly, bit by bit, Big Blink PDX has been taking steps to surface the phenomenon as it exists in Portland City lobbying data.
Many Portlanders have walked through the revolving door and slowly, bit by bit, Big Blink PDX has been taking steps to surface the phenomenon as it exists in Portland City lobbying data.
December 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The term "revolving door" describes movement from the public sector to the private sector (and vice versa).
Many Portlanders have walked through the revolving door and slowly, bit by bit, Big Blink PDX has been taking steps to surface the phenomenon as it exists in Portland City lobbying data.
Many Portlanders have walked through the revolving door and slowly, bit by bit, Big Blink PDX has been taking steps to surface the phenomenon as it exists in Portland City lobbying data.
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Officials say there could be more victims in the case and are looking for accomplices.
Suspect in string of Portland area bike thefts indicted on burglary charges
Officials say there could be more victims in the case and are looking for accomplices.
www.oregonlive.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Officials say there could be more victims in the case and are looking for accomplices.
It's not political, it's about ethics in (games) journalism!
I'm still amazed by how easy it is for these people to be fooled.
I'm still amazed by how easy it is for these people to be fooled.
The Bari Weiss hysteria continues. Exactly what in "this piece isn't ready" and "try harder to get comment from the administration" constitutes the death of American journalism? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
What Bari Weiss Got Right
And what she got wrong
www.theatlantic.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:58 AM
It's not political, it's about ethics in (games) journalism!
I'm still amazed by how easy it is for these people to be fooled.
I'm still amazed by how easy it is for these people to be fooled.
That's a full welfare, all the way.
Double welfare, oh my god, double welfare.
What does it mean,
Starting to look like a triple welfare,
That's a full welfare now ohhhhh.
Double welfare, oh my god, double welfare.
What does it mean,
Starting to look like a triple welfare,
That's a full welfare now ohhhhh.
Rep. Comer: "The early numbers that I'm getting in on the Somalis in Minnesota is 75% of the Somalis in Minnesota are on full government assistance. That's full welfare."
December 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
That's a full welfare, all the way.
Double welfare, oh my god, double welfare.
What does it mean,
Starting to look like a triple welfare,
That's a full welfare now ohhhhh.
Double welfare, oh my god, double welfare.
What does it mean,
Starting to look like a triple welfare,
That's a full welfare now ohhhhh.
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allowing apartments in the entire portland inner eastside is going to go from groundbreaking zoning policy to table stakes for west coast cities in the time it’s taken us to study it. going big these days has to mean going BIG
December 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
allowing apartments in the entire portland inner eastside is going to go from groundbreaking zoning policy to table stakes for west coast cities in the time it’s taken us to study it. going big these days has to mean going BIG
Finally lack of sickness, weather, and work schedules synced and we have our #treebybike!
December 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Finally lack of sickness, weather, and work schedules synced and we have our #treebybike!
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Centrist Dems have enabled austerity by ceding ground to reactionaries in the state legislature, and we're worse off for it. If you have a plan to win and a vision for a budget that invests in our communities by actually taxing those with the ability to pay, then let's talk about your campaign.
December 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Centrist Dems have enabled austerity by ceding ground to reactionaries in the state legislature, and we're worse off for it. If you have a plan to win and a vision for a budget that invests in our communities by actually taxing those with the ability to pay, then let's talk about your campaign.
The more I worked on this public comment the more I learned about zoning and permitting and the more I believed the DQ drive through is toast. I expect PP&D's decision and justification will be close to what I've come up with since there's no way the applicant's narrative holds up in court.
December 22, 2025 at 3:54 AM
The more I worked on this public comment the more I learned about zoning and permitting and the more I believed the DQ drive through is toast. I expect PP&D's decision and justification will be close to what I've come up with since there's no way the applicant's narrative holds up in court.
Excellent thread!
1. First, let's talk about the elephant in the room that he doesn't mention explicitly but haunts the whole piece: climate change is real, we've overshot the goal and the only way to turn the corner is to leave fossil fuel in the ground. To ignore that is to talk about rocketry and ignore gravity.
December 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Excellent thread!