Will Hollingsworth
@whollingsworth.bsky.social
Bikes, books, busses, buildings, Bortland
"Mommy, mommy, buy me a license plate!"
"No, come along Bortland!"
"Are you talking to me?"
"No, my city is also named Bortland."
"Mommy, mommy, buy me a license plate!"
"No, come along Bortland!"
"Are you talking to me?"
"No, my city is also named Bortland."
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huge development in oregon rail public history, shoutout to victoria for making it happen
The Lewis and Clark Explorer, which connected Portland and Astoria from 2003 to 2005, now has an exhaustive Wikipedia article thanks to yours truly. Tagging relevant nerds/beach enjoyers: @fischer.bsky.social @evieevolving.bsky.social @spindlypete.bsky.social en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_a...
Lewis and Clark Explorer (train) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
huge development in oregon rail public history, shoutout to victoria for making it happen
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Oregon Field Guide travels all over the region, capturing some beautiful and hard-to-reach areas. But the team's stories often include just a few location shots. Inspired by Norwegian "Slow TV," the team began setting up a camera to capture long, slow takes. Here's their first foray into the genre.
Explore the scenic Pacific Northwest ... slowly ... with ‘OPB’s Slow TV’
Linger in some of the region’s most wondrous sites and moments as OPB cinematographers take you on a barge through the Gorge, or on a train up Mount Hood, or in a canoe around Upper Klamath Lake.
www.opb.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oregon Field Guide travels all over the region, capturing some beautiful and hard-to-reach areas. But the team's stories often include just a few location shots. Inspired by Norwegian "Slow TV," the team began setting up a camera to capture long, slow takes. Here's their first foray into the genre.
A functional mass transit system is a basic function and amenity to be expected of any mid-size city. Treating it as an ideological object is like treating your sewers as ideological objects.
November 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A functional mass transit system is a basic function and amenity to be expected of any mid-size city. Treating it as an ideological object is like treating your sewers as ideological objects.
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cool that the south shore line is doing a trails-to-rails project! we’ve all heard the argument that rails to trails helps preserve rail ROWs for future expansion but how often does it actually happen? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_La...
West Lake Corridor - Wikipedia
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November 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
cool that the south shore line is doing a trails-to-rails project! we’ve all heard the argument that rails to trails helps preserve rail ROWs for future expansion but how often does it actually happen? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_La...
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Today, in Utah, homeowners *or renters* can simply buy a solar panel at Costco, take it home, and plug it in to a wall socket, like an appliance. It just sits there & trims about 15-20% off a residential power bill. If you move to another apt., you can take it with you.
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Today, in Utah, homeowners *or renters* can simply buy a solar panel at Costco, take it home, and plug it in to a wall socket, like an appliance. It just sits there & trims about 15-20% off a residential power bill. If you move to another apt., you can take it with you.
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Good figure from a recent ESIG report showing how marginal abatement costs in the electric sector start out low but increase sharply as you approach zero emissions.
November 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Good figure from a recent ESIG report showing how marginal abatement costs in the electric sector start out low but increase sharply as you approach zero emissions.
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“I’ll sleep when I’m dead”
I don’t know I really love sleeping while alive, it’s my actual favourite thing.
I don’t know I really love sleeping while alive, it’s my actual favourite thing.
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
“I’ll sleep when I’m dead”
I don’t know I really love sleeping while alive, it’s my actual favourite thing.
I don’t know I really love sleeping while alive, it’s my actual favourite thing.
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Speaking of freezing things, if it were up to me, R districts will be plowing their own snow for the foreseeable future.
Assuming those signatures are legit, Gov. Tina Kotek will want to start getting ready to lay off hundreds of ODOT workers -- or finding another option.
A successful referral would freeze taxes Dems say they need to fund those positions. #orpol
A successful referral would freeze taxes Dems say they need to fund those positions. #orpol
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Speaking of freezing things, if it were up to me, R districts will be plowing their own snow for the foreseeable future.
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Portland Thorns announce that the club and Head Coach Rob Gale have agreed to part ways.
A comprehensive search for the next permanent head coach will begin immediately.
For more information: www.thorns.com/news/portlan...
A comprehensive search for the next permanent head coach will begin immediately.
For more information: www.thorns.com/news/portlan...
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Portland Thorns announce that the club and Head Coach Rob Gale have agreed to part ways.
A comprehensive search for the next permanent head coach will begin immediately.
For more information: www.thorns.com/news/portlan...
A comprehensive search for the next permanent head coach will begin immediately.
For more information: www.thorns.com/news/portlan...
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Okay, now imagine that it's not only a pipeline spill, but it's an earthquake destroying the pipeline, AND the storage facilities, AND the transfer capabilities for 90% of Oregon's transportation fuel. That's the concentrated risk at the CEI hub.
With a pipeline that provides 90% of Oregon's transportation fuel shut down with a leak, Gov. Tina Kotek declared a fuel supply emergency.
Fuel leak in BP pipeline drives Oregon to state of emergency over fuel supply • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Gov. Tina Kotek declared a state of emergency through Dec. 24 in light of potential disruptions and higher-than-expected gas prices.
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Okay, now imagine that it's not only a pipeline spill, but it's an earthquake destroying the pipeline, AND the storage facilities, AND the transfer capabilities for 90% of Oregon's transportation fuel. That's the concentrated risk at the CEI hub.
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a fuel leak shutting down oregon's oil supply right before the biggest travel week of the year, right as the republicans are collecting signatures to repeal the transportation band aid bill under the auspices of gas prices being too high, could be an all time catastrophically bad luck event
With a pipeline that provides 90% of Oregon's transportation fuel shut down with a leak, Gov. Tina Kotek declared a fuel supply emergency.
Fuel leak in BP pipeline drives Oregon to state of emergency over fuel supply • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Gov. Tina Kotek declared a state of emergency through Dec. 24 in light of potential disruptions and higher-than-expected gas prices.
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
a fuel leak shutting down oregon's oil supply right before the biggest travel week of the year, right as the republicans are collecting signatures to repeal the transportation band aid bill under the auspices of gas prices being too high, could be an all time catastrophically bad luck event
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I don't think it's disrespectful to eat while someone is speaking to you
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I don't think it's disrespectful to eat while someone is speaking to you
So naturally we're cutting FX2 service at night? 🤷♂️
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
So naturally we're cutting FX2 service at night? 🤷♂️
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This is both bad and also basically guaranteed to backfire
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is both bad and also basically guaranteed to backfire
You know what, maybe we don't want Idaho in Cascadia after all.
Trump’s approval collapses nationwide, turning several deep-red states negative — Economist tracker
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
You know what, maybe we don't want Idaho in Cascadia after all.
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BREAKING NEWS: We've sent a letter to the U.S. Dept. of Justice and Dept. of Homeland Security demanding that they immediately halt unlawful and reckless actions by federal officers operating in Oregon. #orpol
November 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
BREAKING NEWS: We've sent a letter to the U.S. Dept. of Justice and Dept. of Homeland Security demanding that they immediately halt unlawful and reckless actions by federal officers operating in Oregon. #orpol
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Good news: New data suggest that Portland's inclusionary zoning program is finally working as intended, after being fully funded in 2024 www.sightline.org/2025/11/25/p...
Portland’s Inclusionary Zoning Program Is Finally Performing, New Data Suggests | Sightline Institute
Because for the first time, the city fully funded it.
www.sightline.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Good news: New data suggest that Portland's inclusionary zoning program is finally working as intended, after being fully funded in 2024 www.sightline.org/2025/11/25/p...
We need Vintage Portland to start a BlueSky. Thank you for your attention to this matter and DO repeat this insight.
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
We need Vintage Portland to start a BlueSky. Thank you for your attention to this matter and DO repeat this insight.
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The lesson: mandatory inclusionary zoning really has to be funded for it to work.
From 2017 - 2024, #PortlandOR’s inclusionary zoning program wasn’t working.
“The city had ordered that at least 10% of new apartments be affordable,” writes @andersem.bsky.social, “but it turned out that 10% of a small number was also a small number.”
“The city had ordered that at least 10% of new apartments be affordable,” writes @andersem.bsky.social, “but it turned out that 10% of a small number was also a small number.”
Portland’s Inclusionary Zoning Program Is Finally Performing, New Data Suggests | Sightline Institute
Because for the first time, the city fully funded it.
www.sightline.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The lesson: mandatory inclusionary zoning really has to be funded for it to work.
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Your lifetime of FPDR retirement pay is set by looking back at the last "year" of employment pay. But some 12-month "years" have an extra payday. If you retire at the end of a (rare) 27-payday "year" you will automatically make more in retirement than retiring at the end of a (normal) 26-payday year
From page 8 of this 2020 Retirement Workshop for FPDR Two Members presentation.
www.portlandoregon.gov/fpdr/article...
www.portlandoregon.gov/fpdr/article...
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Your lifetime of FPDR retirement pay is set by looking back at the last "year" of employment pay. But some 12-month "years" have an extra payday. If you retire at the end of a (rare) 27-payday "year" you will automatically make more in retirement than retiring at the end of a (normal) 26-payday year
My one contribution to Turkey Discourse ™️, is that none of you eat enough Mexican food, and it shows.
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
My one contribution to Turkey Discourse ™️, is that none of you eat enough Mexican food, and it shows.
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Here's where Stacy Jones, FPDR Deputy Director/Finance Manager, explains the 27 pay date loophole at a 2018 FPDR Retirement Workshop - around 9 minutes 50 seconds in - this link oughta work.
vimeo.com/299703474/75...
vimeo.com/299703474/75...
PF&R and PPB Pension Presentation OCT 2018
Stacy Jones presents pension details to PPB & PF&R members.
vimeo.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Here's where Stacy Jones, FPDR Deputy Director/Finance Manager, explains the 27 pay date loophole at a 2018 FPDR Retirement Workshop - around 9 minutes 50 seconds in - this link oughta work.
vimeo.com/299703474/75...
vimeo.com/299703474/75...
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Apropos fares, this is TPer Bologna allowing on-board cash single ticket purchase from a coin machine, but trying to discourage you from doing it by any mean.
They really don't like to handle cash, especially coins.
They really don't like to handle cash, especially coins.
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Apropos fares, this is TPer Bologna allowing on-board cash single ticket purchase from a coin machine, but trying to discourage you from doing it by any mean.
They really don't like to handle cash, especially coins.
They really don't like to handle cash, especially coins.
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Oregon is suing the Trump administration for relocating, without notice, a Coast Guard rescue helicopter that has saved lives in dangerous waters near Newport. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Oregon is suing the Trump administration for relocating, without notice, a Coast Guard rescue helicopter that has saved lives in dangerous waters near Newport. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...