marmot
@marmotpdx.bsky.social
(he/they)
leftist, urbanist, transport nerd
❤️ transportation, geography, urban planning, infrastructure
neurodivergent and still making my way in the world
chronically online 🖥️ // bird site @thelostmarmot
leftist, urbanist, transport nerd
❤️ transportation, geography, urban planning, infrastructure
neurodivergent and still making my way in the world
chronically online 🖥️ // bird site @thelostmarmot
Reposted by marmot
A group of far right assholes have showed up to protest at David Douglas high school after students allegedly pushed back at a formation of a turning point chapter. School is out & they are outnumbered by predominantly Black & Brown students roasting the fuck out of them.
October 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A group of far right assholes have showed up to protest at David Douglas high school after students allegedly pushed back at a formation of a turning point chapter. School is out & they are outnumbered by predominantly Black & Brown students roasting the fuck out of them.
Reposted by marmot
A new angle on the California housing crisis in Chinese language news: A family moves from LA to Atlanta to achieve the American dream of homeownership, now regrets moving because the schools in Atlanta are too easy and not preparing their kid for college, and they're thinking of moving back to LA.
September 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
A new angle on the California housing crisis in Chinese language news: A family moves from LA to Atlanta to achieve the American dream of homeownership, now regrets moving because the schools in Atlanta are too easy and not preparing their kid for college, and they're thinking of moving back to LA.
Reposted by marmot
The oppression of the entire Latino community of Los Angeles right now is difficult to convey.
Normally vibrant local retail areas of East LA and SELA look like ghost towns this week. People are afraid to leave their homes. Parents afraid to go to work.
It's US citizens too. Anyone with brown skin
Normally vibrant local retail areas of East LA and SELA look like ghost towns this week. People are afraid to leave their homes. Parents afraid to go to work.
It's US citizens too. Anyone with brown skin
June 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The oppression of the entire Latino community of Los Angeles right now is difficult to convey.
Normally vibrant local retail areas of East LA and SELA look like ghost towns this week. People are afraid to leave their homes. Parents afraid to go to work.
It's US citizens too. Anyone with brown skin
Normally vibrant local retail areas of East LA and SELA look like ghost towns this week. People are afraid to leave their homes. Parents afraid to go to work.
It's US citizens too. Anyone with brown skin
Reposted by marmot
Spokane, Washington tonight became the center of national attention after a peaceful protest outside an ICE facility was escalated by police.
June 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Spokane, Washington tonight became the center of national attention after a peaceful protest outside an ICE facility was escalated by police.
Reposted by marmot
Friday 5/30: Cross-country Ride Against War in Gaza Kicks Off
Friday 5/30: Cross-country Ride Against War in Gaza Kicks Off
Crissy Field Warming Hut, Marine Drive and West Bluff
www.indybay.org
May 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Friday 5/30: Cross-country Ride Against War in Gaza Kicks Off
Reposted by marmot
Car advocates are right to worry that once you build cities for people instead of cars, those people will stop voting for the interests of the car industry.
BREAKING & BIG: Today in PARIS, citizens voted in a referendum to PEDESTRIANIZE 500 MORE of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by city leaders to create people-places, curb car usage, and improve air quality. 66% of Parisians voted in favour of the measure, official results showed!
Paris residents vote in favour of making 500 more streets pedestrian
Parisians voted in a referendum on Sunday to pedestrianise a further 500 of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality.
www.reuters.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Car advocates are right to worry that once you build cities for people instead of cars, those people will stop voting for the interests of the car industry.
i wanna go back to school but too scared to. every time i think about school, i think of all the times i've been traumatized and i can't think clearly about it
March 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
i wanna go back to school but too scared to. every time i think about school, i think of all the times i've been traumatized and i can't think clearly about it
Reposted by marmot
Artwork of the Day "Pardon me, is this an Antioch train?" 🚃🦈
February 10, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Artwork of the Day "Pardon me, is this an Antioch train?" 🚃🦈
Reposted by marmot
I don’t know @trimet.org 💀
TriMet Routle 2/22/2025
🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥
https://routleunlimited.com/play/o-c20-trimet
TriMet Routle 2/22/2025
🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥
https://routleunlimited.com/play/o-c20-trimet
February 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I don’t know @trimet.org 💀
TriMet Routle 2/22/2025
🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥
https://routleunlimited.com/play/o-c20-trimet
TriMet Routle 2/22/2025
🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥
https://routleunlimited.com/play/o-c20-trimet
Muni Routle
Test your knowledge of SF Muni routes daily.
www.muniroutle.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:59 AM
so many people i know are gonna lose their free @transit.app royale, and they’re all far away from an agency that gave them free royale
January 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
so many people i know are gonna lose their free @transit.app royale, and they’re all far away from an agency that gave them free royale
Reposted by marmot
This would be the perfect place for me if there was more cultural and racial diversity, and specifically, more good Mexican food.
January 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
This would be the perfect place for me if there was more cultural and racial diversity, and specifically, more good Mexican food.
you know you screwed up when you ban tiktok and the youth migrate to an app that literally translates to "little red book"
January 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
you know you screwed up when you ban tiktok and the youth migrate to an app that literally translates to "little red book"
Reposted by marmot
cops breaking the amazon strike line to let delivery scabs through should be bigger news i think
December 19, 2024 at 8:48 PM
cops breaking the amazon strike line to let delivery scabs through should be bigger news i think
may the person behind the fake @trimet.bsky.social account finally come forward about their intentions now
December 17, 2024 at 11:44 PM
may the person behind the fake @trimet.bsky.social account finally come forward about their intentions now
Reposted by marmot
Run a stop sign and kill someone? OK if you are a cop. Would this have been a different decision had they killed the driver of a car? Marganne deserves justice.
Judge signals he will drop charges against DEA agent in fatal Salem collision
www.salemreporter.com/2024/11/25/j...
Judge signals he will drop charges against DEA agent in fatal Salem collision
www.salemreporter.com/2024/11/25/j...
Judge signals he will drop charges against DEA agent in fatal Salem collision - Salem Reporter
A federal judge found at a court hearing Monday that an on-duty DEA agent should be immune from prosecution for running a stop sign and causing a collision that killed a Salem cyclist. The judge said ...
www.salemreporter.com
November 26, 2024 at 6:58 AM
Run a stop sign and kill someone? OK if you are a cop. Would this have been a different decision had they killed the driver of a car? Marganne deserves justice.
Judge signals he will drop charges against DEA agent in fatal Salem collision
www.salemreporter.com/2024/11/25/j...
Judge signals he will drop charges against DEA agent in fatal Salem collision
www.salemreporter.com/2024/11/25/j...
Reposted by marmot
TIL the Japanese commonly call guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) モルモット (morumotto), from ‘marmot’ which is what the Dutch traders called those squeakers. Another word is 天竺鼠 tenjiku-nezumi, literally ‘India rat’.
As for actual marmots, it’s マーモット ‘maamotto’.
A rodent that’s not a pig, marmot, nor rat.
As for actual marmots, it’s マーモット ‘maamotto’.
A rodent that’s not a pig, marmot, nor rat.
![Two adult Guinea Pigs (Cavia porcellus) eating grass. [Photo by Sandos under CC Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:443hyaarcllvmrv52wk7dvb5/bafkreihkit6hh54vfwx5sdbfoi4qkfdj5fwtsjnwjol3f2ndc4m2aifqvq@jpeg)
November 20, 2024 at 4:30 AM
TIL the Japanese commonly call guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) モルモット (morumotto), from ‘marmot’ which is what the Dutch traders called those squeakers. Another word is 天竺鼠 tenjiku-nezumi, literally ‘India rat’.
As for actual marmots, it’s マーモット ‘maamotto’.
A rodent that’s not a pig, marmot, nor rat.
As for actual marmots, it’s マーモット ‘maamotto’.
A rodent that’s not a pig, marmot, nor rat.
hi bsky! as the bird site is becoming more of a dumpster fire by the day, i hope to use this site more often. i haven’t forgotten about it!
November 13, 2024 at 9:27 PM
hi bsky! as the bird site is becoming more of a dumpster fire by the day, i hope to use this site more often. i haven’t forgotten about it!
why do i need to constantly brace myself like ppl are always a-holes???
September 21, 2023 at 5:02 AM
why do i need to constantly brace myself like ppl are always a-holes???