Thomas Delacour
@hippopothomas.bsky.social
New papa, software engineering for $, bikes and bike building for fun + soul. PDX. He/him
No fcking kings
No fcking kings
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the fact that amtrak cascades hit another ridership record in FY25 despite shutting down for two weeks and spending half the year running smaller trains with higher prices bc of the horizon recall is another sign that the demand for rail in the pnw is genuinely insatiable
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
the fact that amtrak cascades hit another ridership record in FY25 despite shutting down for two weeks and spending half the year running smaller trains with higher prices bc of the horizon recall is another sign that the demand for rail in the pnw is genuinely insatiable
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I think it’s honestly disgusting and deeply unserious that the Revoke the Permit people have clipped videos of my women colleagues eating pizza at the dais as some kind of shaming tool, which is now being used by right-wing media to harass them in misogynistic ways. Congrats everyone.
November 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I think it’s honestly disgusting and deeply unserious that the Revoke the Permit people have clipped videos of my women colleagues eating pizza at the dais as some kind of shaming tool, which is now being used by right-wing media to harass them in misogynistic ways. Congrats everyone.
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this was so much fun we should have elections every year
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 AM
this was so much fun we should have elections every year
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Maybe pundits should spend more time in densely packed, left leaning urban areas where the "real Americans" live
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Maybe pundits should spend more time in densely packed, left leaning urban areas where the "real Americans" live
Special place in hell for people who find the time to do a sheepish apology wave but not to drive anywhere approximating a safe speed nor to actually stop for me and my 1yo at the crosswalk
November 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Special place in hell for people who find the time to do a sheepish apology wave but not to drive anywhere approximating a safe speed nor to actually stop for me and my 1yo at the crosswalk
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i made donations to my local food banks today. please do the same, if you are able. federal funding for SNAP runs out in less than a week, and adults and children alike will starve if we don't step up to help.
October 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
i made donations to my local food banks today. please do the same, if you are able. federal funding for SNAP runs out in less than a week, and adults and children alike will starve if we don't step up to help.
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This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
October 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
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Thank you to everyone who has reached out with concern. Late last night, I woke up to my car, car port, and home engulfed in flames. I'm grateful for the quick response from Portland firefighters who prevented the fire from spreading even further.
Fire at Portland City Councilor’s home being investigated as potential arson
Fire at Portland City Councilor’s home being investigated as potential arson
Authorities are investigating after a fire broke out at the home of a Portland City Councilor early Sunday morning.
www.kptv.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Thank you to everyone who has reached out with concern. Late last night, I woke up to my car, car port, and home engulfed in flames. I'm grateful for the quick response from Portland firefighters who prevented the fire from spreading even further.
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Blue cities should tear up the roads in front of ICE facilities and then start decades of community engagement and input sessions to rebuild them. Let's harness our core competencies.
September 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Blue cities should tear up the roads in front of ICE facilities and then start decades of community engagement and input sessions to rebuild them. Let's harness our core competencies.
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War-ravaged Portland
September 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
War-ravaged Portland
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Continued escalation from Trump this morning. I need to hear a forceful response to this from Gov. Kotek, assuring Oregonians we will not tolerate this level of illegal intimidation. To service-members: remember you do not have to follow an unlawful order such as implied below.
Trump says he authorizes Hegseth to deploy the military to Portland, which he lyingly calls "war ravaged," and says he is authorizing "full force."
September 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Continued escalation from Trump this morning. I need to hear a forceful response to this from Gov. Kotek, assuring Oregonians we will not tolerate this level of illegal intimidation. To service-members: remember you do not have to follow an unlawful order such as implied below.
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Echoes of Enrique Peñalosa's “A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It’s where the rich use public transportation."
Mamdani: We need to make public transportation so good that “no matter how much money is in your pocket, you say: I’m gonna use this.”
September 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Echoes of Enrique Peñalosa's “A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It’s where the rich use public transportation."
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Y'all did thattttt 🤩✊🏾🫶🏾
After hours of public briefings, discussions and a public listening session, Multnomah County Commissioners are pumping the brakes on a controversial move to change Preschool For All’s funding stream.
Multnomah County leaders delay proposed Preschool For All funding changes
Commissioners want more feedback from a Preschool For All advisory group before making a decision on the program's tax structure.
www.opb.org
August 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Y'all did thattttt 🤩✊🏾🫶🏾
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Trump sending ICE agents to Newsom’s press conference is thuggish totalitarian behavior, but more than that it’s deeply pathetic, insecure, and petty.
August 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Trump sending ICE agents to Newsom’s press conference is thuggish totalitarian behavior, but more than that it’s deeply pathetic, insecure, and petty.
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it's pretty frustrating how republicans can just spew endless lies about city life with zero repercussions but the moment a dem disparages a pickup truck it's open season
August 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
it's pretty frustrating how republicans can just spew endless lies about city life with zero repercussions but the moment a dem disparages a pickup truck it's open season
More than anything, I’m ready for a pro-city movement
August 7, 2025 at 3:58 AM
More than anything, I’m ready for a pro-city movement
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and as far as responsibility goes, i think ferritor should be held criminally liable for the laws he broke while doing DOGE's work and referred for crimes against humanity
August 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
and as far as responsibility goes, i think ferritor should be held criminally liable for the laws he broke while doing DOGE's work and referred for crimes against humanity
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what ferritor needed was moral education — and the limits and boundaries that come with it. he needed to learn that he had obligations beyond his own interests & personal advancement. he needed to learn that he had duties to other people. his parents fostered his brilliance at the expense of a soul.
August 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
what ferritor needed was moral education — and the limits and boundaries that come with it. he needed to learn that he had obligations beyond his own interests & personal advancement. he needed to learn that he had duties to other people. his parents fostered his brilliance at the expense of a soul.
Nothing is more radicalizing than trying to navigate the public right of way outside of a private vehicle and with a baby
July 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Nothing is more radicalizing than trying to navigate the public right of way outside of a private vehicle and with a baby
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If I hear from other Oregon electeds that we need tax relief I’m going to be like, “Babe, you didn’t pass a transportation bill and you’ve defunded infrastructure ✋”
We’re evicting people from affordable housing ffs
We’re fighting Trumpism. Get your priorities straight.
We’re evicting people from affordable housing ffs
We’re fighting Trumpism. Get your priorities straight.
July 10, 2025 at 4:52 AM
If I hear from other Oregon electeds that we need tax relief I’m going to be like, “Babe, you didn’t pass a transportation bill and you’ve defunded infrastructure ✋”
We’re evicting people from affordable housing ffs
We’re fighting Trumpism. Get your priorities straight.
We’re evicting people from affordable housing ffs
We’re fighting Trumpism. Get your priorities straight.
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Fascism is undoubtedly the purpose of the ICE budget, because ICE is already struggling to meet its kidnapping quotas with anything immigration-related. They're already deep into people with no criminal record, people at immigration hearings, veterans, children with cancer, and naturalized citizens.
Harvard sociologist/polisci Theda Skocpol explains how the vast expansion of ICE in BBB may be Trump's secret weapon to overcome the barriers of federalism and complete his autocratic takeover of the American state. (History from Germany & Hungary in 20s/30s.) talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...
Critical Read About the BBB, Federalism and the Future of American Democracy
TPM Reader TS (Harvard sociologist/political scientist Theda Skocpol) and I often compared...
talkingpointsmemo.com
July 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Fascism is undoubtedly the purpose of the ICE budget, because ICE is already struggling to meet its kidnapping quotas with anything immigration-related. They're already deep into people with no criminal record, people at immigration hearings, veterans, children with cancer, and naturalized citizens.
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America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
July 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
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The multi-trillion-dollar destruction of America is moving forward, but at least the contemptible Mike Lee has to publicly eat shit today
June 29, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The multi-trillion-dollar destruction of America is moving forward, but at least the contemptible Mike Lee has to publicly eat shit today
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I genuinely cannot believe how many Democrats are spending their energy on destroying Mamdani when the GOP is trying to turn ICE into a full on secret police by drastically raising their budget
June 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I genuinely cannot believe how many Democrats are spending their energy on destroying Mamdani when the GOP is trying to turn ICE into a full on secret police by drastically raising their budget