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One of these EVs qualifies for a federal tax credit
May 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
One of these EVs qualifies for a federal tax credit
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It’s nonsense to claim “this street doesn’t need a bike lane because no one cycles there.”
If you build a bike lane, *more people will cycle.*
Would you decide whether to build a bridge by counting the people swimming across a river?
If you build a bike lane, *more people will cycle.*
Would you decide whether to build a bridge by counting the people swimming across a river?
April 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It’s nonsense to claim “this street doesn’t need a bike lane because no one cycles there.”
If you build a bike lane, *more people will cycle.*
Would you decide whether to build a bridge by counting the people swimming across a river?
If you build a bike lane, *more people will cycle.*
Would you decide whether to build a bridge by counting the people swimming across a river?
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been sitting in a Salvadoran prison for over a month because the Trump Admin made a mistake.
Now, the Admin is defying SCOTUS & refusing to bring him back.
If we allow Trump to violate Kilmar's rights, none of our rights are safe.
Kilmar is all of us.
Now, the Admin is defying SCOTUS & refusing to bring him back.
If we allow Trump to violate Kilmar's rights, none of our rights are safe.
Kilmar is all of us.
BREAKING
The President of El Salvador says he will not be releasing Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
“How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States?”
The Supreme Court recently ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return.
(Abrego-Garcia was never convicted of terrorism)
The President of El Salvador says he will not be releasing Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
“How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States?”
The Supreme Court recently ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return.
(Abrego-Garcia was never convicted of terrorism)
April 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been sitting in a Salvadoran prison for over a month because the Trump Admin made a mistake.
Now, the Admin is defying SCOTUS & refusing to bring him back.
If we allow Trump to violate Kilmar's rights, none of our rights are safe.
Kilmar is all of us.
Now, the Admin is defying SCOTUS & refusing to bring him back.
If we allow Trump to violate Kilmar's rights, none of our rights are safe.
Kilmar is all of us.
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Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.
April 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.
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No better way to fall in love with Portland all over again than to ride a bike (or stroll or roll) along the river on a day like today. Get out there and do that. Life is too precious to squander opportunities to experience beauty this way.
April 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
No better way to fall in love with Portland all over again than to ride a bike (or stroll or roll) along the river on a day like today. Get out there and do that. Life is too precious to squander opportunities to experience beauty this way.
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Trump said again he’s open to sending U.S. citizens to a Salvadoran prison. There is no constitutional basis for this—such an act would be a direct violation of the Constitution.
April 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Trump said again he’s open to sending U.S. citizens to a Salvadoran prison. There is no constitutional basis for this—such an act would be a direct violation of the Constitution.
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Congress people need to start putting their bodies on the line. The Constitution is burning right in front of us.
April 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Congress people need to start putting their bodies on the line. The Constitution is burning right in front of us.
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Cities with dedicated bike lanes had 44% fewer deaths and 50% fewer serious injuries than the average American city, partly because that infrastructure tended to slow traffic down slightly.
theprogressplaybook.com/2023/11/20/1...
theprogressplaybook.com/2023/11/20/1...
13-year study finds protected bike lanes make roads safer — for everyone
Cities with dedicated bike lanes had 44% fewer deaths and 50% fewer serious injuries.
theprogressplaybook.com
April 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Cities with dedicated bike lanes had 44% fewer deaths and 50% fewer serious injuries than the average American city, partly because that infrastructure tended to slow traffic down slightly.
theprogressplaybook.com/2023/11/20/1...
theprogressplaybook.com/2023/11/20/1...
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Note to Portland elected leaders and decision-makers: Cities on the World's Best List are Putting People First Not Cars.*
(*PDX knew this a decade ago when we passed multiple Council / Metro plans to make it possible for us to make to 25% of all trips by bike by 2030.)
(*PDX knew this a decade ago when we passed multiple Council / Metro plans to make it possible for us to make to 25% of all trips by bike by 2030.)
Cities on the World's Best List are Putting People First Not Cars
According to the latest report, these cities stand out for their approach to urban development with innovative mobility solutions
momentummag.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Note to Portland elected leaders and decision-makers: Cities on the World's Best List are Putting People First Not Cars.*
(*PDX knew this a decade ago when we passed multiple Council / Metro plans to make it possible for us to make to 25% of all trips by bike by 2030.)
(*PDX knew this a decade ago when we passed multiple Council / Metro plans to make it possible for us to make to 25% of all trips by bike by 2030.)
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I guess what I'm saying is we should fund public transit more.
According to Cox Automotive's Kelly Blue Book, the average cost of a new car is $47,577. By continuing to under fund public transit, we require Oregonians to spend thousands to buy and maintain a depreciating asset to leave their own homes.
Good public transit provides choice and freedom. #orleg
Good public transit provides choice and freedom. #orleg
April 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I guess what I'm saying is we should fund public transit more.
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Deporting American citizens—even those with criminal records—to foreign prisons is unconstitutional and violates core due process protections. The White House has stated it will decide who qualifies for deportation. Will protesting eventually be deemed a crime—and a deportable offense?
April 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Deporting American citizens—even those with criminal records—to foreign prisons is unconstitutional and violates core due process protections. The White House has stated it will decide who qualifies for deportation. Will protesting eventually be deemed a crime—and a deportable offense?
There has to be some sort of accessible gardening tool for weeding when you've got garbage wrists with chronic tendinitis.
April 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
There has to be some sort of accessible gardening tool for weeding when you've got garbage wrists with chronic tendinitis.
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Trump tariffs are an average effective tax of $4600 / year / household.
They’re also ruining retirement dreams and college savings plans.
Basically, reducing everybody’s livelihoods for no particular reason.
They’re also ruining retirement dreams and college savings plans.
Basically, reducing everybody’s livelihoods for no particular reason.
• Prices rise 2.8% in the short-run, the equivalent of $4,600 per household annually in 2024$
• The unemployment rate rises 0.6pp by 2025 Q4, & payroll employment is -760K lower.
• US GDP is persistently 0.7% smaller in the long-run, equiv. to -$200bn in 2024$.
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• The unemployment rate rises 0.6pp by 2025 Q4, & payroll employment is -760K lower.
• US GDP is persistently 0.7% smaller in the long-run, equiv. to -$200bn in 2024$.
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April 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Trump tariffs are an average effective tax of $4600 / year / household.
They’re also ruining retirement dreams and college savings plans.
Basically, reducing everybody’s livelihoods for no particular reason.
They’re also ruining retirement dreams and college savings plans.
Basically, reducing everybody’s livelihoods for no particular reason.
Anarchism for Knitters by Anna Zilboorg is turning out to be a great read - a treatise on understanding a craft thoroughly enough to place your own enjoyment of making above the rules, patterns conventions, norms etc. of the craft. I think that lesson can be applied much more broadly.
April 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Anarchism for Knitters by Anna Zilboorg is turning out to be a great read - a treatise on understanding a craft thoroughly enough to place your own enjoyment of making above the rules, patterns conventions, norms etc. of the craft. I think that lesson can be applied much more broadly.
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The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.
April 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.
Grief + ppd/ppa sucks ass, guys. I'm real tired of being hyper focused on mortality and the fragility of human life at all times, especially while the worst people, literal villains, dismantle our government... and yet they keep breathing and seem exempt from suffering and all consequences.
March 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Grief + ppd/ppa sucks ass, guys. I'm real tired of being hyper focused on mortality and the fragility of human life at all times, especially while the worst people, literal villains, dismantle our government... and yet they keep breathing and seem exempt from suffering and all consequences.
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America hasn’t felt this upside down since I was a child in an internment camp.
March 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
America hasn’t felt this upside down since I was a child in an internment camp.
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Such a lovely story about the joy of e-biking!
An E-Bike Transformed My Family’s Life
Getting around on one might be a bit slower than in a car, but it’s also so much richer.
www.theatlantic.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Such a lovely story about the joy of e-biking!
Imagine a middleschool classroom with a sub the kids don't respect, imagine that sub directing those kids to do anything and meeting with complete dismissal. Our leaders need to channel some angry 13 year old energy and stop legitimizing these bastards. The rules don't matter anymore, stop complying
March 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Imagine a middleschool classroom with a sub the kids don't respect, imagine that sub directing those kids to do anything and meeting with complete dismissal. Our leaders need to channel some angry 13 year old energy and stop legitimizing these bastards. The rules don't matter anymore, stop complying
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"Zeldin’s move ends decades of work at the E.P.A. to ease the pollution that burdens poor and minority communities, which are located near highways, power plants, industrial plants and other polluting facilities. People living there have high rates of asthma, heart disease and other health problems"
March 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"Zeldin’s move ends decades of work at the E.P.A. to ease the pollution that burdens poor and minority communities, which are located near highways, power plants, industrial plants and other polluting facilities. People living there have high rates of asthma, heart disease and other health problems"
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apropos of nothing: my favourite biking statistic is from the 18 year scottish longitudinal study which found that over the study period, compared to non-active commuters (ie cars and transit), cyclist commuters were half as likely to die for any reason.
half as likely to die!
for any reason!!!
half as likely to die!
for any reason!!!
March 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
apropos of nothing: my favourite biking statistic is from the 18 year scottish longitudinal study which found that over the study period, compared to non-active commuters (ie cars and transit), cyclist commuters were half as likely to die for any reason.
half as likely to die!
for any reason!!!
half as likely to die!
for any reason!!!
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The modern Republican party can accurately be described as a group of child molesters who are stealing from us
March 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The modern Republican party can accurately be described as a group of child molesters who are stealing from us
I'm so tired of everything being hard and heavy, sad and scary. I want to count birds and sketch clouds, and touch moss. I want to drink a hot creamy coffee and wander through a forest in light misty rain and take photos while chatting with a friend. It's also just too...everything to make it happen
March 11, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I'm so tired of everything being hard and heavy, sad and scary. I want to count birds and sketch clouds, and touch moss. I want to drink a hot creamy coffee and wander through a forest in light misty rain and take photos while chatting with a friend. It's also just too...everything to make it happen
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Shared some thoughts about the budget deficit, police resources being used to monitor City Councilors at town halls, community members distributing food, and the history of the police union intimidating electeds who push back
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March 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Shared some thoughts about the budget deficit, police resources being used to monitor City Councilors at town halls, community members distributing food, and the history of the police union intimidating electeds who push back
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