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James Belcher
@jamesbelcher.bsky.social
Energy, democracy, and energy democracy.

Portland, Oregon
Just opened in Portland: The Northwest Museum of the Comic Arts

nwmoca.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Their battle cry: "Give me convenience or give me death!"
November 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The NYT, misunderstanding the power balance.
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
"We’ve worked with energy analysts to put together this data center background brief to share what we’ve learned with you."

Nice work by Columbia Riverkeeper (Hood River, Oregon).

www.columbiariverkeeper.org/2025/stop-da...
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
November 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Stop Deregulatory Permitting Efforts – Protect Our Communities and Bedrock Environmental Laws
October 31, 2025 at 9:59 PM
October 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Energy demand forecast for the Pacific Northwest through 2035.
October 31, 2025 at 12:56 AM
October 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Big donors have backed both major parties for so long that ditching them seems impossible. It's not. It just takes the same political will needed to push other popular policies.

Money-in-Politics Timeline: www.opensecrets.org/resources/le...
October 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Black Agenda Report (@blackagendareport.bsky.social) publishes more than a dozen hard-hitting posts every week. If you oppose fascism, follow them.
October 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
October 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Across topics, Technology Review is all about the announcement—investor clickbait—not the proof or impacts.

The screenshot below is from 2023. Reducing resource *demand* systemically and by the I-can-afford-it crowd matters more than anything listed, but it didn't even make the cut.
October 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Many who laughed at this sentence when it was published are now more aligned with marketers than revolutionaries.
October 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This critically important essay by Les Leopold of The Labor Institute is on Substack, which some people refuse to read. So I'm posting it in its entirety here as a 🧵. 1/
October 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
PORTLAND, OR: Please read and share. You can also sign up now to provide testimony supporting it next Wednesday the 15th.

Immense thanks to @counciloravalos.bsky.social, @councilorepg.bsky.social, and @councilorclark.bsky.social for their work on this.

READ: www.portland.gov/council/docu...

#pdx
October 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
October 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
There's a word for Democrats who agree with Trump's plan to forcibly commit homeless people.
October 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
October 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Yup.
October 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Today's Duck Count: 5

I saw 8 not too long ago, which is the most I've ever seen.

www.portlandpf.org/tanner-sprin...

#pdx
September 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Local sources of Portland, Oregon news that I trust:

Oregon Public Broadcasting opb.org @opb.org
Portland Mercury portlandmercury.com @portlandmercury.com

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September 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Whoop-dee-frickin'-do.
September 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM
September 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM