Ben Schonberger
@benschon.bsky.social
There is a scene in a Rob Reiner movie that comes up at work surprisingly often: the Stonehenge napkin drawing. One little tick mark makes an enormous difference. blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2...
December 22, 2025 at 8:18 AM
There is a scene in a Rob Reiner movie that comes up at work surprisingly often: the Stonehenge napkin drawing. One little tick mark makes an enormous difference. blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2...
The most impressive thing I learned about Dick Cheney today is that he had his first heart attack when he was 37.
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most impressive thing I learned about Dick Cheney today is that he had his first heart attack when he was 37.
That World Series game was the same length as a planning commission meeting about building an affordable housing project. #planning #baseball #sevenhours
October 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
That World Series game was the same length as a planning commission meeting about building an affordable housing project. #planning #baseball #sevenhours
Drunk drivers so often have a recent record and aren't stopped. Why don't we take away their deadly weapon of choice? This guy was charged, his license suspended, then he was cited TWICE for driving on that suspended license before he killed someone. www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...
August 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Drunk drivers so often have a recent record and aren't stopped. Why don't we take away their deadly weapon of choice? This guy was charged, his license suspended, then he was cited TWICE for driving on that suspended license before he killed someone. www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...
The pagination on this document is blowing my mind, man.
July 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The pagination on this document is blowing my mind, man.
No Kings March in Portland, Ore.
June 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
No Kings March in Portland, Ore.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Phoebe Bridgers are different people?
May 8, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Phoebe Bridgers are different people?
Reposted by Ben Schonberger
Bikes are the best, you can’t tell me shit when I’m out riding on a nice day, I’m out here like “Wheeeee! Oh the empire is falling? Bring it on, mothafuckaaaaas! I’ve got a BIKE!”
April 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Bikes are the best, you can’t tell me shit when I’m out riding on a nice day, I’m out here like “Wheeeee! Oh the empire is falling? Bring it on, mothafuckaaaaas! I’ve got a BIKE!”
Dreaming of the open road
April 21, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Dreaming of the open road
As a 6'2" man who lives in a bungalow, I'm perplexed by this analysis.
April 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As a 6'2" man who lives in a bungalow, I'm perplexed by this analysis.
"We’ve created a sink for civic pride and local improvement." When people realize land use hearings about affordable housing are typically a complete sh*t show. thedeletedscenes.substack.com/p/babys-firs...
Baby's First Public Hearing
My first time up close with our broken land-use and housing process
thedeletedscenes.substack.com
April 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"We’ve created a sink for civic pride and local improvement." When people realize land use hearings about affordable housing are typically a complete sh*t show. thedeletedscenes.substack.com/p/babys-firs...
Hands off Portland rally
April 6, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Hands off Portland rally
Fun fact: the '80s band Boy Meets Girl ("Waiting for a Star to Fall") wrote the Whitney Houston hit "How Will I Know?"
March 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Fun fact: the '80s band Boy Meets Girl ("Waiting for a Star to Fall") wrote the Whitney Houston hit "How Will I Know?"
A commercial district described as "characterized by high-volume establishments." Like, volume of what? Water? Sound? #zoningcodes #EnglishIsHard
March 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
A commercial district described as "characterized by high-volume establishments." Like, volume of what? Water? Sound? #zoningcodes #EnglishIsHard
Housing Land Advocates annual conference
March 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Housing Land Advocates annual conference
This stock photo of a public meeting cracks me up. Participants in you wouldn't actually see at most meetings, from someone who has been to hundreds of them:
❎multi-racial
❎youthful
❎well-dressed
❎pleased to be there
❎multi-racial
❎youthful
❎well-dressed
❎pleased to be there
February 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This stock photo of a public meeting cracks me up. Participants in you wouldn't actually see at most meetings, from someone who has been to hundreds of them:
❎multi-racial
❎youthful
❎well-dressed
❎pleased to be there
❎multi-racial
❎youthful
❎well-dressed
❎pleased to be there
Cops stop 12 vehicles without license plates. Results: 2 stolen cars, 2 arrests, 8 citations, 5 tows, and 2 stolen bikes. Unbelievable hit rate.
When people are victimized by a driver who doesn't have a license plate, it is almost impossible to identify the perpetrator and seek justice.
Portland police target enforcement on 'ghost cars' without license plates
Slowly but surely, Portland is changing its tune when it comes to enforcement of driving rules and behaviors.
bikeportland.org
January 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Cops stop 12 vehicles without license plates. Results: 2 stolen cars, 2 arrests, 8 citations, 5 tows, and 2 stolen bikes. Unbelievable hit rate.
Effective safety infrastructure has to offer potential damage to cars, or it's just rhetoric. See also: ravaged flexposts everywhere.
I like this small change in PBOT design for protected bike lane concrete curb. More of a deterrent to drivers.
January 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Effective safety infrastructure has to offer potential damage to cars, or it's just rhetoric. See also: ravaged flexposts everywhere.
This is some grade A bureaucrat-speak:
January 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
This is some grade A bureaucrat-speak:
Build a housing development, name it Oliver Wendell Homes #lifegoals
December 28, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Build a housing development, name it Oliver Wendell Homes #lifegoals
Speaking Friday at the Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association Legal Issues Workshop. Talking about how planners and lawyers work together.
December 10, 2024 at 1:47 AM
Speaking Friday at the Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association Legal Issues Workshop. Talking about how planners and lawyers work together.