Pyotr
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What’s good | nostalgia conservationist | Pacific Northwest resident | software enthusiast
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we're entering what historians call The Weekend Zone
October 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
we're entering what historians call The Weekend Zone
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Grape Nuts (holding me back): Whoa whoa whoa, hey man, just let it go! This asshole isn't worth it!
December 4, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Grape Nuts (holding me back): Whoa whoa whoa, hey man, just let it go! This asshole isn't worth it!
People were really fuckin with watercolor album art in the 90s
September 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
People were really fuckin with watercolor album art in the 90s
Did real total student debt decline during the payments pause and period of high inflation?
September 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Did real total student debt decline during the payments pause and period of high inflation?
The blazers moving to Seattle would be the ultimate humiliation
July 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The blazers moving to Seattle would be the ultimate humiliation
Spilled hot sauce on my library book
July 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Spilled hot sauce on my library book
Getting millennials to listen to jazz classics by writing the artists names in katakana
July 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Getting millennials to listen to jazz classics by writing the artists names in katakana
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Portland Thai festival pretty busy despite the weather
June 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Portland Thai festival pretty busy despite the weather
When Trotsky said “individual terror is inadmissible precisely because it belittles the role of the masses in their own consciousness” he was talking about karaoke
June 22, 2025 at 5:10 AM
When Trotsky said “individual terror is inadmissible precisely because it belittles the role of the masses in their own consciousness” he was talking about karaoke
Gotta wonder what the Home Depot PR team is thinking
June 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Gotta wonder what the Home Depot PR team is thinking
Public rental scooters are such a strange addition to city life. It's like someone invented the bench and now they're everywhere.
State cop cars are being DESTROYED by protestors who are throwing all kinds of rocks, bricks, bicycles, and scooters onto them. Sent to me by someone on the ground.
The CHP has kept 101S closed for unknown reasons, and thought it was a great idea to park all their cars directly under a bridge.
The CHP has kept 101S closed for unknown reasons, and thought it was a great idea to park all their cars directly under a bridge.
June 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Public rental scooters are such a strange addition to city life. It's like someone invented the bench and now they're everywhere.
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Multnomah County is gutting social services that keep people housed. every program that aids the poor and marginalized. mental health services and county adult special services, all axed. DA Nathan Vasquez is asking for a budget increase
next year Oregon will give back roughly $1.5 billion in taxes
next year Oregon will give back roughly $1.5 billion in taxes
May 15, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Multnomah County is gutting social services that keep people housed. every program that aids the poor and marginalized. mental health services and county adult special services, all axed. DA Nathan Vasquez is asking for a budget increase
next year Oregon will give back roughly $1.5 billion in taxes
next year Oregon will give back roughly $1.5 billion in taxes
Watching a "heckler owns comedian" compilation before stepping into the comedy club
April 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Watching a "heckler owns comedian" compilation before stepping into the comedy club
The Jungle is 90% about socialism (the story resolves when he discovers his local socialist party!) but people only mention the first act and meat packing being gross, completely ignoring the focus on the inhumane treatment of workers
April 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The Jungle is 90% about socialism (the story resolves when he discovers his local socialist party!) but people only mention the first act and meat packing being gross, completely ignoring the focus on the inhumane treatment of workers
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Feels like spam calls + texts have fallen off over the last 6 months
April 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Feels like spam calls + texts have fallen off over the last 6 months
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A man and his dog in a photo booth, 1943.
April 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
A man and his dog in a photo booth, 1943.
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Thinking about the only power rankings that matter…
THE POWER OF THE ATOM.
THE POWER OF THE ATOM.
March 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Thinking about the only power rankings that matter…
THE POWER OF THE ATOM.
THE POWER OF THE ATOM.
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hwatevah one mahht say for Lee and his ordahs, and this and that military wisdom and so on, one must agree that Pickett's chahge was ah prahme example of "livin mas". unfortunately for the men undah his command it also led to dyin mas
February 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
hwatevah one mahht say for Lee and his ordahs, and this and that military wisdom and so on, one must agree that Pickett's chahge was ah prahme example of "livin mas". unfortunately for the men undah his command it also led to dyin mas
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Kills me as a true-Wellingtonian to admit Lower Hutt got it right, but apparently so ... widespread townhouse legalization on small lots led to ~ 21% lower rents, and tripling of housing starts per capita.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Going it alone: The impact of upzoning on housing construction in Lower Hutt
This paper studies a sequence of zoning reforms enacted in Lower Hutt, a constituent municipality of the wider Wellington metropolitan region of New Z…
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February 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Kills me as a true-Wellingtonian to admit Lower Hutt got it right, but apparently so ... widespread townhouse legalization on small lots led to ~ 21% lower rents, and tripling of housing starts per capita.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Corporate landlords* and Wall Street investors** opposed replacing a dilapidated 130 year old house on their block with 10 apartments including units subsidized for low-income tenants.
*Robert Reich
**Also Robert Reich
*Robert Reich
**Also Robert Reich
The Senate has confirmed Trump's HUD nominee Scott Turner, who has advocated for increasing the private equity industry's role in the housing market.
These corporate landlords are one of the biggest reasons why you can't afford a home.
These corporate landlords are one of the biggest reasons why you can't afford a home.
How Wall Street Priced You Out of a Home | Robert Reich
Rent is skyrocketing and home buying is out of reach for millions. One big reason why? Wall Street. Let me explain.
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Corporate landlords* and Wall Street investors** opposed replacing a dilapidated 130 year old house on their block with 10 apartments including units subsidized for low-income tenants.
*Robert Reich
**Also Robert Reich
*Robert Reich
**Also Robert Reich