Lillian Karabaic
anomalily.net
Lillian Karabaic
@anomalily.net
Finance + Transit journalist | Weekend edition host on @opb | YouTuber | + @slate @ohmydollar | views my own | Book “A Cat's Guide to Money" 😻 | she/her 🏳️‍🌈
If you want to smile, and cry a little bit, go watch this amazing doc!
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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It's @thewaroncars.bsky.social Week in PDX!

Mon @opb.org w @anomalily.net
Wed @bikeportland.org HappyHour
Thurs @powells.bsky.social (need $$$ ticket)

plus @shift2bikes.bsky.social Thurs 5:30P bike w @contraireclaire.bsky.social from Colonel Summer's to Powell's www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Today on @opb.org's The Evergreen:
Every US city is divided by crumbling old highways - including Portland - & every city's trying to figure out what to do w them. @wgbh.org's The Big Dig had a convo w OPB’s @anomalily.net about Portland’s attempts to solve that puzzle & undo the harms of the past.
‘The Evergreen’: What to do about freeways
“The Big Dig” podcast in conversation with OPB’s Lillian Karabaic of the “Stop Requested” transit reporting project.
www.opb.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Coming out of Bluesky retirement to brag that 4 days after the time change, I successfully remembered how to change my microwave clock.
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Packed house for the @opb.org / @wgbh.org live taping of the cross over Big Dig / Stop Requested podcast! NMF co-founder @chrissmith.us is on tonight’s panel
October 29, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Hello, Portland! We are so excited to announce that we'll be at the famous @powells.bsky.social on November 13th in conversation with @opb.org's @anomalily.net about our new book, "Life After Cars."

Tickets, which include a copy of the book, are on sale now:

www.powells.com/events/sarah...
September 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
let's talk economic data and government influence www.youtube.com/live/EJxargQ...
🔴 Live: I guess we're going to talk about economic data for some reason
YouTube video by anomalily
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August 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Y'all my power is back and we're talking rural health care and what a tenuous situation it's in under DOGE and the Big Beautiful Bill Act. Live at 4:30 Pacific/7:30 Eastern. But also a donut and maybe a planner. www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0q3...
🔴 Live: Rural Health Care in the US is about to get worse
YouTube video by anomalily
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July 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I have injured myself in the most Portland way possible: I bruised my hand moving a large glass tupperware full of homemade hummus.
July 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Today is #RuralTransitDay, so what better time to take a look back at this vide of Lillian Karabaic @anomalily.net speaking at PSU a couple of months ago? Her talk offered a deep dive into rural transit in Oregon - Check it out here: trec.pdx.edu/events/stop-...
OPB's Stop Requested Live at PSU: Lessons and Opportunities for Rural Transit | TREC
trec.pdx.edu
July 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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If you're wondering how cuts to public broadcasting would most affect the Pacific Northwest, it's going to be in our Indigenous serving stations and rural stations. These are vital communications in news deserts. @anomalily.net covers it all.
Northwest rural and tribal public broadcasters brace for possible federal cuts
In rural communities and tribal lands, federal dollars often pay for the only local reporting available and fund broadcast equipment for the Emergency Alert System.
www.opb.org
July 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Rural and tribal public media organizations stand to lose the most if President Trump's rescission package is ultimately approved. @anomalily.net spoke with KWSO in Warm Springs and NWPB in Pullman: www.opb.org/article/2025...
Northwest rural and tribal public broadcasters brace for possible federal cuts
In rural communities and tribal lands, federal dollars often pay for the only local reporting available and fund broadcast equipment for the Emergency Alert System.
www.opb.org
July 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Let's run through the gamet of things happening to student loans. The soonest deadline? August 1st is when SAVE borrowers start accruing interest again youtube.com/live/ENdsFrF...
🔴 Live: Many changes for SAVE plan borrowers
There are so many changes to student loans as a result of the Big, Beautiful Bill Act and the SAVE plan case. Oh My Dollar! Community Challenges (We're really nice, come join) https://forum.ohmydolla...
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July 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I don’t usually get angry, but when I do it is with Kaiser’s prescription refill phone robot.
July 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Immigration enforcement policy touches a lot of things. One that might be unexpected? Rural transit in Oregon. www.opb.org/article/2025...
Oregon counties lose transit options as federal funding remains uncertain
Oregon transit agencies have announced they are reducing service due to the funding uncertainty caused by an ongoing legal dispute between Oregon and the Federal Transit Administration.
www.opb.org
July 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Live in 40 minutes: my bday week stream about the republic onmibus bill last week and how it could affect you www.youtube.com/live/DStBadd...
🔴 Live: What the Big, Beautiful Bill means for money and healthcare
YouTube video by anomalily
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July 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
In a world full of *gestures* I’m glad I am focused on the really important stuff, like my 200 week streak at ice rinks on swarm
June 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Decade-old @ricksteves.bsky.social video Popped up on my YouTube
Algorithm this morning for no particular reason I am sure. youtu.be/CYoa9hI3CXg?...
Rick Steves' Iran (2009)
YouTube video by Rick Steves' Europe
youtu.be
June 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
~~~cu soon~~~ MySpace ride meets at nw 10th & Marshall at 2, rides at 3pm. Route for latecomers aaronparecki.com/2025/06/15/1... #pedalpaloozapdx
June 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Now let’s see if I can ride bikes in these 22 year old pants of mine. www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
June 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Doomscrolling cleanser.
June 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.

By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social
“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.
www.propublica.org
June 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Happy Winter solstice Australia.
June 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Gotta report out a story where it's hard to get ahold of people and it's infinitely easier to psych myself up to make cold calls than cold emails. Why? No idea.
June 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM