malena
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“there’s nothing new under the sun but there are new suns”
-Octavia Butler
exec director at depave.org, views here are my own
# 1 St. John’s bridge fan acct
Alaska->PDX, recently
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-Octavia Butler
exec director at depave.org, views here are my own
# 1 St. John’s bridge fan acct
Alaska->PDX, recently
Member: https://www.hsrail.org
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“From Doom Loop to Green Loop: how a new focus on green infrastructure and just transition is making Portland a national climate resiliency leader”
- cool newspapers someday maybe
- cool newspapers someday maybe
rally for impeachment, call about it, write letters about it, never shut about it, stand on the corner and wave signs
I’m reading a lot of big takes about what trump does next and what that means, and I’m pretty sure no one really can know those answers. if we sit with the anxiety of that uncertainty, the logical action is (and has been for 10 months) to demand our reps go on the offensive w/impeachment
January 7, 2026 at 5:50 AM
rally for impeachment, call about it, write letters about it, never shut about it, stand on the corner and wave signs
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People rightly complain on here about how all the media outlets have become right wing -- Bezos' Washington Post and Ellison's CBS News are the examples -- but I never see anyone with a plan to reverse it. Libs still seem squeamish about partisan media that's on their side?
January 7, 2026 at 3:05 AM
People rightly complain on here about how all the media outlets have become right wing -- Bezos' Washington Post and Ellison's CBS News are the examples -- but I never see anyone with a plan to reverse it. Libs still seem squeamish about partisan media that's on their side?
I’m reading a lot of big takes about what trump does next and what that means, and I’m pretty sure no one really can know those answers. if we sit with the anxiety of that uncertainty, the logical action is (and has been for 10 months) to demand our reps go on the offensive w/impeachment
January 7, 2026 at 4:31 AM
I’m reading a lot of big takes about what trump does next and what that means, and I’m pretty sure no one really can know those answers. if we sit with the anxiety of that uncertainty, the logical action is (and has been for 10 months) to demand our reps go on the offensive w/impeachment
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Gee, just fixing something without soliciting bad-faith input from every NIMBY in a three-mile radius. Didn’t know you could do that.
January 6, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Gee, just fixing something without soliciting bad-faith input from every NIMBY in a three-mile radius. Didn’t know you could do that.
@mayorkwilson.bsky.social : may I bring your attention to the series of bike breaking potholes on the Central St Greenway in St. John’s pls sir
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
January 7, 2026 at 1:57 AM
@mayorkwilson.bsky.social : may I bring your attention to the series of bike breaking potholes on the Central St Greenway in St. John’s pls sir
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The Justice Department is seeking body-worn camera footage, incident reports and other police records related to ICE protests in Portland.
Attorneys for US DOJ, Portland clash over police records related to ICE protests
Since 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice has helped Portland police rewrite some of its policies surrounding treatment of people experiencing behavioral health crises. Does that entitle it to recent police records?
www.opb.org
January 7, 2026 at 1:40 AM
The Justice Department is seeking body-worn camera footage, incident reports and other police records related to ICE protests in Portland.
Portland foodies, y’all have a restaurant rec on 82nd for a group of 15 to eat together on a weekday lunch? BRANCH coalition wants to know
January 7, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Portland foodies, y’all have a restaurant rec on 82nd for a group of 15 to eat together on a weekday lunch? BRANCH coalition wants to know
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I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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i must note: this is some scary ass shit
White House Posts False Jan. 6 Narrative on Riot’s Anniversary. A new web page on the White House site blames the Capitol Police and Democrats for the pro-Trump mob riot, absolving the president of responsibility and calling participants “innocent.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/u...
January 6, 2026 at 10:55 PM
i must note: this is some scary ass shit
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Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
January 6, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
idk exactly how we do it, but we still have to work together, get creative, and go on offense. a great deal of our political pain (this hurts) is caused by our apathy and addiciton to reaction rather than action. all the good things we have now are because people worked hard together to create them
January 6, 2026 at 5:05 PM
idk exactly how we do it, but we still have to work together, get creative, and go on offense. a great deal of our political pain (this hurts) is caused by our apathy and addiciton to reaction rather than action. all the good things we have now are because people worked hard together to create them
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Burg Reigerstraat in Utrecht is a fietsstraat, a cycling street where bikes have priority and cars are considered guests. By keeping speeds low and designing the street to feel comfortable for riders of all ages, it creates a calmer, safer environment that encourages active travel.
January 6, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Burg Reigerstraat in Utrecht is a fietsstraat, a cycling street where bikes have priority and cars are considered guests. By keeping speeds low and designing the street to feel comfortable for riders of all ages, it creates a calmer, safer environment that encourages active travel.
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'Then there’s tax of moving to distant, affordable suburbs or taking out big mortgages: More debt, longer commutes, more maintenance & less time for socializing & exercise, among other trade-offs. We can end up, Rojas said, overworked & under-relating.'
yep!
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
yep!
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Column | Why smaller houses can lead to happier lives
It turns out asking “Are you happy with your home?” yields a very different answer than “Are you happy with your life?”
www.washingtonpost.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:52 PM
'Then there’s tax of moving to distant, affordable suburbs or taking out big mortgages: More debt, longer commutes, more maintenance & less time for socializing & exercise, among other trade-offs. We can end up, Rojas said, overworked & under-relating.'
yep!
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
yep!
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
yall it's not just about bikes. it's about the full range of small human-assist machines we could be living with in cities instead of giant cars. i really would love to see a US town or city full retrofit around micromobility in my lifetime. people just inherently love mini vehicles
golo.bike
golo.bike
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January 6, 2026 at 3:59 PM
yall it's not just about bikes. it's about the full range of small human-assist machines we could be living with in cities instead of giant cars. i really would love to see a US town or city full retrofit around micromobility in my lifetime. people just inherently love mini vehicles
golo.bike
golo.bike
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Deep down America's allies know that only Americans can put a stop to the madness.
The fact that they can't or won't is why the damage to our partnerships will last far beyond this President.
The fact that they can't or won't is why the damage to our partnerships will last far beyond this President.
January 6, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Deep down America's allies know that only Americans can put a stop to the madness.
The fact that they can't or won't is why the damage to our partnerships will last far beyond this President.
The fact that they can't or won't is why the damage to our partnerships will last far beyond this President.
Ono co-wrote the world's best song - Imagine - though Lennon says he was too misogynist to credit her at the time. she was the one who practiced art and imagining as a way of life. reading her biography you also see that she was punk in England before the punks from England!
Yoko
An intimate and revelatory biography of Yoko Ono from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Boy.John Lennon once described Yoko Ono...
www.simonandschuster.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Ono co-wrote the world's best song - Imagine - though Lennon says he was too misogynist to credit her at the time. she was the one who practiced art and imagining as a way of life. reading her biography you also see that she was punk in England before the punks from England!
good people should make more ballot measures
- malena, tonight
- malena, tonight
January 6, 2026 at 4:15 AM
good people should make more ballot measures
- malena, tonight
- malena, tonight
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Something way more people need to internalize and help their friends understand is that the *only* politics and culture that you can reproduce using pile-ons, networked harassment, doxxing, death threats and the like is a fascist one. It doesn’t matter what you think your motivations or politics are
Losers decided to do gamergate but pretend wokely 🤦
January 6, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Something way more people need to internalize and help their friends understand is that the *only* politics and culture that you can reproduce using pile-ons, networked harassment, doxxing, death threats and the like is a fascist one. It doesn’t matter what you think your motivations or politics are
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The purpose of pushing impeachment articles through the House, via a fucking discharge petition if necessary, is to make Trump have to spend resources defending himself in the Senate.
And if new impeachment articles come through every two weeks, you force the motherfucker on defense.
And if new impeachment articles come through every two weeks, you force the motherfucker on defense.
IMO the argument is that you can make things into big enough deals that it matters. Khanna found Massey and found survivors and made the Epstein Files the gigantic story it should be. Only then did establishment Dems come along. You can, in fact, make things into big hairy deals if you do it right.
if you want the Senate to do something, Senate Republicans must do something.
People are dunking on this but I'm not really sure what plays Schumer has other than to try to peel off Rs.
People are dunking on this but I'm not really sure what plays Schumer has other than to try to peel off Rs.
January 6, 2026 at 2:06 AM
The purpose of pushing impeachment articles through the House, via a fucking discharge petition if necessary, is to make Trump have to spend resources defending himself in the Senate.
And if new impeachment articles come through every two weeks, you force the motherfucker on defense.
And if new impeachment articles come through every two weeks, you force the motherfucker on defense.
Dems should be pushing aggressive legislation constantly, to impeach, to restrain grok and gpt, to undo DOGE, to formally censure Stephen Miller. they should be ceaselessly attacking specific cabinet members in the press. they should be rolling out a visionary project 2030 featuring high speed rail
January 6, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Dems should be pushing aggressive legislation constantly, to impeach, to restrain grok and gpt, to undo DOGE, to formally censure Stephen Miller. they should be ceaselessly attacking specific cabinet members in the press. they should be rolling out a visionary project 2030 featuring high speed rail
most of my art and fun earnest posting goes to mastodon because bluesky is weirdly set up to funnel engagement toward LSAs (large sarcasm accts)
January 6, 2026 at 1:59 AM
most of my art and fun earnest posting goes to mastodon because bluesky is weirdly set up to funnel engagement toward LSAs (large sarcasm accts)
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I never imagined my "Cities aren't loud, cars are loud" line would break containment but here we are!
January 6, 2026 at 12:30 AM
I never imagined my "Cities aren't loud, cars are loud" line would break containment but here we are!
i'll admit, i'm feeling a little discouraged and weighed down today by all the weirdos doing very bad things. i'm probably most sad about people continuing to use elon's site even as he uses it to aggressively attack women with AI, on top of all the other horrors it's an engine for
January 5, 2026 at 11:12 PM
i'll admit, i'm feeling a little discouraged and weighed down today by all the weirdos doing very bad things. i'm probably most sad about people continuing to use elon's site even as he uses it to aggressively attack women with AI, on top of all the other horrors it's an engine for
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Just a few things I'd like to say about this @hausfath.bsky.social piece.
The first is that every 10th of a degree of heating over 2C raises risks for multiple irreversible catastrophes MORE than every 10th of a degree of heating under 2C.
That's why the 2C target exists. It's not random.
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The first is that every 10th of a degree of heating over 2C raises risks for multiple irreversible catastrophes MORE than every 10th of a degree of heating under 2C.
That's why the 2C target exists. It's not random.
🧵
January 5, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Just a few things I'd like to say about this @hausfath.bsky.social piece.
The first is that every 10th of a degree of heating over 2C raises risks for multiple irreversible catastrophes MORE than every 10th of a degree of heating under 2C.
That's why the 2C target exists. It's not random.
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The first is that every 10th of a degree of heating over 2C raises risks for multiple irreversible catastrophes MORE than every 10th of a degree of heating under 2C.
That's why the 2C target exists. It's not random.
🧵
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Flu-like activity in the U.S. is now at the highest level ever recorded, surpassing any level seen since 1997, the earliest for which data is available. The CDC says there have been at least 11 million illnesses and 5,000 deaths due to flu so far this season. abcnews.go.com/Health/flu-a...
Flu-like illness activity now at highest rate on record, new CDC data shows
Flu activity is continuing to climb across the U.S. as hospitalizations rise, updated data from the CDC shows.
abcnews.go.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Flu-like activity in the U.S. is now at the highest level ever recorded, surpassing any level seen since 1997, the earliest for which data is available. The CDC says there have been at least 11 million illnesses and 5,000 deaths due to flu so far this season. abcnews.go.com/Health/flu-a...