selena 🌿
@leseena.bsky.social
climate activist turned policy wonk // former educator // current bird nerd
📍occupied multnomah land
📍occupied multnomah land
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It feels like all too many people are still unaware
🗣️ STARBUCKS BARISTAS HAVE BEEN ON STRIKE FOR OVER A MONTH
DO NOT BUY STARBUCKS
"Yeah, but my store's not striking"
"My stores non-union"
DO NOT BUY A N Y STARBUCKS PRODUCT
ALL STORES ARE A "STRIKING STORE"
🗣️ STARBUCKS BARISTAS HAVE BEEN ON STRIKE FOR OVER A MONTH
DO NOT BUY STARBUCKS
"Yeah, but my store's not striking"
"My stores non-union"
DO NOT BUY A N Y STARBUCKS PRODUCT
ALL STORES ARE A "STRIKING STORE"
Day THIRTY-NINE of our national ULP strike - and baristas are fired up, united, and taking action.
Our demands are clear: Starbucks needs to stop union busting and finalize a contract with the pay, hours, and protections we need to succeed. #NoContractNoCoffee
Our demands are clear: Starbucks needs to stop union busting and finalize a contract with the pay, hours, and protections we need to succeed. #NoContractNoCoffee
December 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
It feels like all too many people are still unaware
🗣️ STARBUCKS BARISTAS HAVE BEEN ON STRIKE FOR OVER A MONTH
DO NOT BUY STARBUCKS
"Yeah, but my store's not striking"
"My stores non-union"
DO NOT BUY A N Y STARBUCKS PRODUCT
ALL STORES ARE A "STRIKING STORE"
🗣️ STARBUCKS BARISTAS HAVE BEEN ON STRIKE FOR OVER A MONTH
DO NOT BUY STARBUCKS
"Yeah, but my store's not striking"
"My stores non-union"
DO NOT BUY A N Y STARBUCKS PRODUCT
ALL STORES ARE A "STRIKING STORE"
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Tax the rich, scream it from the rooftops
December 19, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Tax the rich, scream it from the rooftops
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we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
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Oregon: PIRC hoodies are live!
#WeProtectUs
Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition
Oregon-wide hotline:
(888) 622-1510
Hoodie:
www.bonfire.com/pirc-hoodie/
Tee:
www.bonfire.com/pirc-t-shirt/
PIRC linktree
linktr.ee/pirc_pdx
#WeProtectUs
Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition
Oregon-wide hotline:
(888) 622-1510
Hoodie:
www.bonfire.com/pirc-hoodie/
Tee:
www.bonfire.com/pirc-t-shirt/
PIRC linktree
linktr.ee/pirc_pdx
December 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Oregon: PIRC hoodies are live!
#WeProtectUs
Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition
Oregon-wide hotline:
(888) 622-1510
Hoodie:
www.bonfire.com/pirc-hoodie/
Tee:
www.bonfire.com/pirc-t-shirt/
PIRC linktree
linktr.ee/pirc_pdx
#WeProtectUs
Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition
Oregon-wide hotline:
(888) 622-1510
Hoodie:
www.bonfire.com/pirc-hoodie/
Tee:
www.bonfire.com/pirc-t-shirt/
PIRC linktree
linktr.ee/pirc_pdx
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Every time I see these archives, I’m pulled in.
Honestly, probably in my personal top five list of most impactful works of journalism.
Honestly, probably in my personal top five list of most impactful works of journalism.
ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
December 12, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Every time I see these archives, I’m pulled in.
Honestly, probably in my personal top five list of most impactful works of journalism.
Honestly, probably in my personal top five list of most impactful works of journalism.
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Filmed Transit Talks with @councilormorillo.bsky.social tonight and between questions a fellow rider jumped in to say that they were loving the conversation, hearing a city councilor talk about the need for transit investments. Transit is a pro-community, pro-democracy space.
December 9, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Filmed Transit Talks with @councilormorillo.bsky.social tonight and between questions a fellow rider jumped in to say that they were loving the conversation, hearing a city councilor talk about the need for transit investments. Transit is a pro-community, pro-democracy space.
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things have become so dire at odot re: funding that we now legit have a shot at defunding this terrible stupid freeway expansion we've been fighting for over eight years.
now's your chance - send an email to the oregon transportation commission. No More Freeways made it easy - deadline is tuesday
now's your chance - send an email to the oregon transportation commission. No More Freeways made it easy - deadline is tuesday
Action Alert!
Join No More Freeways in demanding that the Oregon Transportation Commission vote to redirect Rose Quarter Freeway Expansion funding to serve ODOT's myriad other needs.
Testimony due by Tuesday - RT and help us spread the word!
www.nomorefreewayspdx.com/option3
Join No More Freeways in demanding that the Oregon Transportation Commission vote to redirect Rose Quarter Freeway Expansion funding to serve ODOT's myriad other needs.
Testimony due by Tuesday - RT and help us spread the word!
www.nomorefreewayspdx.com/option3
December 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
things have become so dire at odot re: funding that we now legit have a shot at defunding this terrible stupid freeway expansion we've been fighting for over eight years.
now's your chance - send an email to the oregon transportation commission. No More Freeways made it easy - deadline is tuesday
now's your chance - send an email to the oregon transportation commission. No More Freeways made it easy - deadline is tuesday
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Action Alert!
Join No More Freeways in demanding that the Oregon Transportation Commission vote to redirect Rose Quarter Freeway Expansion funding to serve ODOT's myriad other needs.
Testimony due by Tuesday - RT and help us spread the word!
www.nomorefreewayspdx.com/option3
Join No More Freeways in demanding that the Oregon Transportation Commission vote to redirect Rose Quarter Freeway Expansion funding to serve ODOT's myriad other needs.
Testimony due by Tuesday - RT and help us spread the word!
www.nomorefreewayspdx.com/option3
December 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Action Alert!
Join No More Freeways in demanding that the Oregon Transportation Commission vote to redirect Rose Quarter Freeway Expansion funding to serve ODOT's myriad other needs.
Testimony due by Tuesday - RT and help us spread the word!
www.nomorefreewayspdx.com/option3
Join No More Freeways in demanding that the Oregon Transportation Commission vote to redirect Rose Quarter Freeway Expansion funding to serve ODOT's myriad other needs.
Testimony due by Tuesday - RT and help us spread the word!
www.nomorefreewayspdx.com/option3
If you are driving with studded tires in Portland, Oregon just know that I am judging the hell out of you
December 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
If you are driving with studded tires in Portland, Oregon just know that I am judging the hell out of you
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Ahem... environmental advocates remind Portlanders: the Clean Energy Fund is essential to climate justice.
At a time when we desperately need local environmental resources, Portlanders should reject any proposal to whittle away Portland Clean Energy Fund dollars.
www.sierraclub.org/oregon/blog/...
At a time when we desperately need local environmental resources, Portlanders should reject any proposal to whittle away Portland Clean Energy Fund dollars.
www.sierraclub.org/oregon/blog/...
Environmental Advocates Remind Portlanders: Clean Energy Fund Essential to Climate Justice; Rerouting Not an Option
The Portland Police Association has joined wealthy downtown property owners to announce an initiative petition for the November 2026 ballot that would, if successful, ask Portland voters to consider r...
www.sierraclub.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Ahem... environmental advocates remind Portlanders: the Clean Energy Fund is essential to climate justice.
At a time when we desperately need local environmental resources, Portlanders should reject any proposal to whittle away Portland Clean Energy Fund dollars.
www.sierraclub.org/oregon/blog/...
At a time when we desperately need local environmental resources, Portlanders should reject any proposal to whittle away Portland Clean Energy Fund dollars.
www.sierraclub.org/oregon/blog/...
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PCEF awards grants to 59 local nonprofits for climate projects! The news comes as Portland Police Bureau makes a bid to redirect millions of PCEF dollars into their own budget.
Important coverage from @taylorgriggs.bsky.social.
www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/12...
Important coverage from @taylorgriggs.bsky.social.
www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/12...
Amid Grim Outlook for National Climate Investments, Portland’s Clean Energy Fund Doles Out Nearly $64 Million
It’s been a tough year for climate work around the country, with the Trump administration slashing funding for programs intended to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate the threats of the climate cris...
www.portlandmercury.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
PCEF awards grants to 59 local nonprofits for climate projects! The news comes as Portland Police Bureau makes a bid to redirect millions of PCEF dollars into their own budget.
Important coverage from @taylorgriggs.bsky.social.
www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/12...
Important coverage from @taylorgriggs.bsky.social.
www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/12...
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Mayor Wilson and his administrative team are running what is effectively a shadow government, undermining city council and the voters who supported charter reform. This whole thing stinks. www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/12...
Former Housing Director Says She Was Told Not to Disclose Millions in Unspent Funds
The former director of the Portland Housing Bureau says she was ousted for trying to advance City Council’s social housing policy and was unfairly blamed for revenue that went unspent prior to her app...
www.portlandmercury.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Mayor Wilson and his administrative team are running what is effectively a shadow government, undermining city council and the voters who supported charter reform. This whole thing stinks. www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/12...
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my hot take is astrology is more accurate than ai
December 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
my hot take is astrology is more accurate than ai
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A reminder Spotify doubled down on I.C.E. ads, Daniel Ek CEO invested in an AI military company & they don't pay their artists their fair share
December 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
A reminder Spotify doubled down on I.C.E. ads, Daniel Ek CEO invested in an AI military company & they don't pay their artists their fair share
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Really happy with the Portland city councilors who voted to ban AI price fixing, pass the detention fee ordinance, and start the pricess for a human rights screen on city investments.
There’s a lot of noise and bullshit out there, but these folks are governing with their values.
There’s a lot of noise and bullshit out there, but these folks are governing with their values.
December 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Really happy with the Portland city councilors who voted to ban AI price fixing, pass the detention fee ordinance, and start the pricess for a human rights screen on city investments.
There’s a lot of noise and bullshit out there, but these folks are governing with their values.
There’s a lot of noise and bullshit out there, but these folks are governing with their values.
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For the love of God, please read and share this FAQ on what powers local government has over the ICE permit
Here is a FAQ sheet that will clarify what Portland City Council does and doesn't have power to do in relation to revoking the Macadam ICE permit.
TL;DR:
(1) CC cannot unilaterally revoke the ICE permit;
(2) CC cannot lean on PP&D to do it;
(3) the CC is exercising its authority in other ways.
TL;DR:
(1) CC cannot unilaterally revoke the ICE permit;
(2) CC cannot lean on PP&D to do it;
(3) the CC is exercising its authority in other ways.
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
For the love of God, please read and share this FAQ on what powers local government has over the ICE permit
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what if we just took all of Phil Knight’s money
November 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
what if we just took all of Phil Knight’s money
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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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Gas stations putting up “No Tax” signs to help gather signatures to overturn the transportation bill:
No thank you. Winter plowing and well-maintained roads are actually good. All those ODOT layoffs? Coming right back if they gather just 78,116 signatures by Dec 30th.
Don’t sign.
No thank you. Winter plowing and well-maintained roads are actually good. All those ODOT layoffs? Coming right back if they gather just 78,116 signatures by Dec 30th.
Don’t sign.
November 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Gas stations putting up “No Tax” signs to help gather signatures to overturn the transportation bill:
No thank you. Winter plowing and well-maintained roads are actually good. All those ODOT layoffs? Coming right back if they gather just 78,116 signatures by Dec 30th.
Don’t sign.
No thank you. Winter plowing and well-maintained roads are actually good. All those ODOT layoffs? Coming right back if they gather just 78,116 signatures by Dec 30th.
Don’t sign.
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IMO everyone should be extremely mad about ICE. It's really fucking weird to spend your time organizing your anger at the one immigrant on city council who is also the person who has spent the most time trying to figure out what city powers can be leveraged to add costs to doing business with ICE.
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 AM
IMO everyone should be extremely mad about ICE. It's really fucking weird to spend your time organizing your anger at the one immigrant on city council who is also the person who has spent the most time trying to figure out what city powers can be leveraged to add costs to doing business with ICE.
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something profoundly broken about people weaponizing their children as a reason that we should continue to invest in sweeping the homeless. Why is sheltering your children from having to see poverty and injustice more important than just building a policy where we eliminate poverty and injustice?
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
something profoundly broken about people weaponizing their children as a reason that we should continue to invest in sweeping the homeless. Why is sheltering your children from having to see poverty and injustice more important than just building a policy where we eliminate poverty and injustice?
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We've seen enough. Katie Wilson is the next Mayor of Seattle.
🚨🚨 Just in: Katie Wilson has expanded her lead in the Seattle mayor race. She is now leading by 1,976 votes, which means that the race is no longer in automatic recount territory.
🚨🚨 Just in: Katie Wilson has expanded her lead in the Seattle mayor race. She is now leading by 1,346 votes.
November 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
We've seen enough. Katie Wilson is the next Mayor of Seattle.
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idk man, when in doubt, it's a helluva lot easier and cheaper and more humane to invest in keeping people out of homelessness than to spend money pushing the unhoused around from damp sidewalk to damp sidewalk. rental/food assistance over sweeps all day any day
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
Proposed cuts to Portland’s homeless camp removal program puts mayor on defense
Budget talks in Portland City Hall have exposed a political chasm between how some city councilors and Mayor Keith Wilson want to address homelessness.
www.opb.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
idk man, when in doubt, it's a helluva lot easier and cheaper and more humane to invest in keeping people out of homelessness than to spend money pushing the unhoused around from damp sidewalk to damp sidewalk. rental/food assistance over sweeps all day any day
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
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In the week since Mayor Wilson began enforcing the public camping ban, we are seeing MORE tents in East Portland. Those folks are just being swept into my district.
I told the mayor that this is what would happen and asked him to bring extra resources to East PDX to meet the displaced. He did not.
I told the mayor that this is what would happen and asked him to bring extra resources to East PDX to meet the displaced. He did not.
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
In the week since Mayor Wilson began enforcing the public camping ban, we are seeing MORE tents in East Portland. Those folks are just being swept into my district.
I told the mayor that this is what would happen and asked him to bring extra resources to East PDX to meet the displaced. He did not.
I told the mayor that this is what would happen and asked him to bring extra resources to East PDX to meet the displaced. He did not.