Bryan
@bryanrobb.bsky.social
Professional planner and urban designer exploring how places take shape and how we find meaning in them. MUP from UMich Ann Arbor. Two decades of experience in long-range planning, campus planning, and community development. 🌲PDX
https://bryanrobb.com
https://bryanrobb.com
Stumbled across an old election notice I received from Vigo di Cadore while purging documents today. Forgot that Italy offers discounted #train travel if you return to your hometown to vote. There's something charming about that.
November 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Stumbled across an old election notice I received from Vigo di Cadore while purging documents today. Forgot that Italy offers discounted #train travel if you return to your hometown to vote. There's something charming about that.
What double the median income in Portland gets you versus inner ring suburbs of Detroit.
November 22, 2025 at 8:28 AM
What double the median income in Portland gets you versus inner ring suburbs of Detroit.
In other news, I finally worked up enough energy and resolve to walk into Planet Fitness and cancel my account. No one needs that kind of recurring monthly guilt in their life.
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
In other news, I finally worked up enough energy and resolve to walk into Planet Fitness and cancel my account. No one needs that kind of recurring monthly guilt in their life.
I swear, if Libby didn't begin with the first three letters of Library, I'd forget the name every time I search for the app on my phone.
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I swear, if Libby didn't begin with the first three letters of Library, I'd forget the name every time I search for the app on my phone.
My most used AI prompt is without a doubt "how do I rewrite this to ensure I don't sound like a dick."
November 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
My most used AI prompt is without a doubt "how do I rewrite this to ensure I don't sound like a dick."
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the people screaming online daily about boycotting x, y, and z had better be in formation...
"The "We Ain't Buying It" boycott calls on consumers to shop at "small, local, or with businesses affirming our humanity" as they avoid Home Depot stores."
Home Depot to suffer massive boycott from holiday shoppers
Home Depot's sales during the holiday season may take a major hit.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
the people screaming online daily about boycotting x, y, and z had better be in formation...
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Narcan but for thoughts
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Narcan but for thoughts
Is the clothing at Fred Meyer getting cooler or am I just aging into it 🤔
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Is the clothing at Fred Meyer getting cooler or am I just aging into it 🤔
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The NFL continues to screw the Lions.
November 17, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The NFL continues to screw the Lions.
A non-technical person's drama with Bonfire:
"It's easy to deploy Bonfire with Yunohost!"
"Oh, you can't do that on a Mac. But you can run a Debian VM!"
Downloads UTM, Installs VM
"Oh, Debian 13 isn't supported!"
Installs new Debian 12 VM
Installs Yunohost
"Bonfire failed to install."
"It's easy to deploy Bonfire with Yunohost!"
"Oh, you can't do that on a Mac. But you can run a Debian VM!"
Downloads UTM, Installs VM
"Oh, Debian 13 isn't supported!"
Installs new Debian 12 VM
Installs Yunohost
"Bonfire failed to install."
November 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A non-technical person's drama with Bonfire:
"It's easy to deploy Bonfire with Yunohost!"
"Oh, you can't do that on a Mac. But you can run a Debian VM!"
Downloads UTM, Installs VM
"Oh, Debian 13 isn't supported!"
Installs new Debian 12 VM
Installs Yunohost
"Bonfire failed to install."
"It's easy to deploy Bonfire with Yunohost!"
"Oh, you can't do that on a Mac. But you can run a Debian VM!"
Downloads UTM, Installs VM
"Oh, Debian 13 isn't supported!"
Installs new Debian 12 VM
Installs Yunohost
"Bonfire failed to install."
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I mean, this should be common sense, right? Start by ensuring that alternatives to driving that are not absolute shit exist, and then once you've got as much choice mode share as possible, use those alternatives to aggressively remove car space from cities
The implication is that there has to be action to disrupt, or add friction to, existing car journeys if we want to unlock the benefits of providing alternatives - the conclusion also reached by Xiao et al. recently www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Shifting towards healthier transport: carrots or sticks? Systematic review and meta-analysis of population-level interventions
This Article found that, although transport interventions with only positive strategies
are more commonly evaluated, interventions that combine both positive and negative
strategies might be more effe...
www.thelancet.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I mean, this should be common sense, right? Start by ensuring that alternatives to driving that are not absolute shit exist, and then once you've got as much choice mode share as possible, use those alternatives to aggressively remove car space from cities
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So be careful. Silence always helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Don't let your good manners work in favor of keeping people down. Speak up Loudly & often.
November 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
So be careful. Silence always helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Don't let your good manners work in favor of keeping people down. Speak up Loudly & often.
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Really interesting article about how predictably people choose 4 digit codes:
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-2...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-2...
Is your PIN code among the first ones hackers are likely to try?
The ABC analysed 29 million stolen codes to help you avoid using an insecure one.
www.abc.net.au
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Really interesting article about how predictably people choose 4 digit codes:
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-2...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-2...
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The journey continues aboard the Mardi Gras Service to Mobile, Alabama. This service only started a few months ago and is the result of over a decade of work by the Southern Rail Service to restore Amtrak service that had been suspended since Katrina (2005).
November 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The journey continues aboard the Mardi Gras Service to Mobile, Alabama. This service only started a few months ago and is the result of over a decade of work by the Southern Rail Service to restore Amtrak service that had been suspended since Katrina (2005).
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A former Kroger replenishment buyer colluded with #Oregon produce vendors on price fixing, according to the Department of Justice. Remember, Kroger owns Fred Meyer and QFC. www.supermarketnews.com/fresh-produc...
November 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A former Kroger replenishment buyer colluded with #Oregon produce vendors on price fixing, according to the Department of Justice. Remember, Kroger owns Fred Meyer and QFC. www.supermarketnews.com/fresh-produc...
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A friend's mother-in-law on Vancouver Island has been missing for over 24 hours. Please boost this for visibility.
www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A friend's mother-in-law on Vancouver Island has been missing for over 24 hours. Please boost this for visibility.
www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
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I regret to inform everyone that these people really, truly believe mass deportations are good and moral and necessary, and they genuinely do not care about the pain and suffering they're inflicting because those impacted are not truly human to them
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I regret to inform everyone that these people really, truly believe mass deportations are good and moral and necessary, and they genuinely do not care about the pain and suffering they're inflicting because those impacted are not truly human to them
Love when a company/institution/news agency/nonprofit has an active Bluesky presence that isn’t a bot.
November 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Love when a company/institution/news agency/nonprofit has an active Bluesky presence that isn’t a bot.
Did anyone I know in Portland, OR actually see the northern lights last night? Couldn’t see anything myself but was thinking about heading out of town tonight if they’re visible with the naked eye and not just though a camera lens.
#portland #pdx #northernlights
#portland #pdx #northernlights
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Did anyone I know in Portland, OR actually see the northern lights last night? Couldn’t see anything myself but was thinking about heading out of town tonight if they’re visible with the naked eye and not just though a camera lens.
#portland #pdx #northernlights
#portland #pdx #northernlights
