Tim Dooley
@tdooley.bsky.social
Now: public safety policy for Oregon Counties
Then: policing manager & data nerd, firefighter / EMT
MPA & MCJ from UCCS
Then: policing manager & data nerd, firefighter / EMT
MPA & MCJ from UCCS
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Tim Dooley
@tdooley.bsky.social
· Jun 12
Federal cuts threaten Oregon’s disaster response ahead of wildfire season
The Trump administration hasn’t renewed a critical grant that helps fund local disaster response, leaving Oregon counties and tribal governments vulnerable ahead of a potentially active wildfire seaso...
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Thanks to @aprilehrlich.bsky.social & @opb.org for covering this story!
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The distance in time between now and when Microsoft Office replaced drop down menus with the ribbon bar at the top is the same as the distance between then and the fall of the Berlin Wall
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The distance in time between now and when Microsoft Office replaced drop down menus with the ribbon bar at the top is the same as the distance between then and the fall of the Berlin Wall
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Oregon is suing the Trump administration for allegedly holding back emergency grants promised to the state for emergency management, disaster-relief and homeland security operations. buff.ly/otQvJT3
Oregon sues Trump admin for restricting access to federal emergency grants • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The coalition of states argue the Trump administration's new grant terms pose as obstacles for states to receive funding.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Oregon is suing the Trump administration for allegedly holding back emergency grants promised to the state for emergency management, disaster-relief and homeland security operations. buff.ly/otQvJT3
At the start of my career I often wondered where the room where all the super competent, smart people were at the top of the hierarchy - and I figured of if I worked really hard, I’d find them someday.
Took longer than I want to admit to realize it didn’t exist and that I had to be that person
Took longer than I want to admit to realize it didn’t exist and that I had to be that person
When I was little, I believed that adult people in charge of stuff were all really smart, because they wouldn't be in charge of stuff if they weren't; like, you couldn't be stupid and still have responsibilities. And while I have been wrong about many things in my life, I was wrongest about that.
November 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM
At the start of my career I often wondered where the room where all the super competent, smart people were at the top of the hierarchy - and I figured of if I worked really hard, I’d find them someday.
Took longer than I want to admit to realize it didn’t exist and that I had to be that person
Took longer than I want to admit to realize it didn’t exist and that I had to be that person
When I got out of college, I rented a room in my buddy’s double-wide. He was a firefighter. I was a firefighter. I made $26,000 that year and had 0 kids. He had 3 kids, 2 jobs, rented out a room - and still needed food stamps to make ends meet and put good food on the table for the kids.
As SNAP hangs in the balance for nearly 42 million people, misinformation is rampant. Myths of laziness and fraud persist when we should be talking about too low wages for workers, income inequality, and our threadbare social safety net.
In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
SNAP benefits feed essential needs while still leaving many hungry for more
Journalist and author Adam Chandler explains what so much of the conversation about them gets wrong.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
When I got out of college, I rented a room in my buddy’s double-wide. He was a firefighter. I was a firefighter. I made $26,000 that year and had 0 kids. He had 3 kids, 2 jobs, rented out a room - and still needed food stamps to make ends meet and put good food on the table for the kids.
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I can’t stress this enough: you cannot understand politics without reading this paragraph about why there’s no such thing as a 1/3rd pound hamburger
October 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I can’t stress this enough: you cannot understand politics without reading this paragraph about why there’s no such thing as a 1/3rd pound hamburger
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
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Report examining the employment history data of more than 3m finance & tech workers at companies that rolled out office mandates found that turnover among women is almost three times as high as that of their male co-workers, and that women are more likely to take a lower position if they leave
Women are taking pay cuts as companies mandate return to office
Researchers are identifying several key factors behind why gender pay gap – which had narrowed steadily over the years – has suddenly widened.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Report examining the employment history data of more than 3m finance & tech workers at companies that rolled out office mandates found that turnover among women is almost three times as high as that of their male co-workers, and that women are more likely to take a lower position if they leave
Healthcare premiums (and pension costs) are eating local government budgets. At my last city, the full cost of my family plan was like $48k. I paid 5% of that. But between insurance, pension, and other benefits and payroll taxes, my total comp was close to 2x my salary. It’s not sustainable.
1/ Listen: the people who can’t afford ACA hikes or are getting kicked off Medicare are the priority. But…last year my company saw a 17% increase in healthcare costs. This year we are projecting 20%.
Every year for idk a decade has been at least 10%
Every year for idk a decade has been at least 10%
October 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Healthcare premiums (and pension costs) are eating local government budgets. At my last city, the full cost of my family plan was like $48k. I paid 5% of that. But between insurance, pension, and other benefits and payroll taxes, my total comp was close to 2x my salary. It’s not sustainable.
Willamette
Couch Street
Wallowa
Couch Street
Wallowa
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Willamette
Couch Street
Wallowa
Couch Street
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Cyberpunk is a warning not an instruction manual, episode 2475
Some parents are letting their kids talk to ChatGPT in the guise of characters. Some are using it to tell bedtime stories or create coloring books.
"My son thinks ChatGPT is the coolest train loving person in the world. The bar is set so high now I am never going to be able to compete with that.”
"My son thinks ChatGPT is the coolest train loving person in the world. The bar is set so high now I am never going to be able to compete with that.”
‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?
Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Cyberpunk is a warning not an instruction manual, episode 2475
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Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.
September 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.
I miss the era where the idea of sending troops into American cities was the province of classic Onion articles and not real life cc: @bencollins.bsky.social
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September 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I miss the era where the idea of sending troops into American cities was the province of classic Onion articles and not real life cc: @bencollins.bsky.social
theonion.com/clinton-decl...
theonion.com/clinton-decl...
I’m super privileged to send my kid to an amazing school. You know what she did last year for pre-k?
Played in the woods and wetlands. Made a papier-mâché egret that she saw in the wetlands. Learned about playing with friends. Perfected her technique on the swing. None of this nonsense.
Played in the woods and wetlands. Made a papier-mâché egret that she saw in the wetlands. Learned about playing with friends. Perfected her technique on the swing. None of this nonsense.
I pass by this school weekly and every time I feel a rush of despair.
September 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I’m super privileged to send my kid to an amazing school. You know what she did last year for pre-k?
Played in the woods and wetlands. Made a papier-mâché egret that she saw in the wetlands. Learned about playing with friends. Perfected her technique on the swing. None of this nonsense.
Played in the woods and wetlands. Made a papier-mâché egret that she saw in the wetlands. Learned about playing with friends. Perfected her technique on the swing. None of this nonsense.
How your email finds me
September 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
How your email finds me
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I really need to spend less time on my hobby of book buying and start to read some once in a while.
September 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I really need to spend less time on my hobby of book buying and start to read some once in a while.
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Guardsmen on the mall with their M4s this morning.
To my memory this is the first time I’ve seen the guard with long guns. Even during the days after Sept 11 they only carried sidearms.
To my memory this is the first time I’ve seen the guard with long guns. Even during the days after Sept 11 they only carried sidearms.
August 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Guardsmen on the mall with their M4s this morning.
To my memory this is the first time I’ve seen the guard with long guns. Even during the days after Sept 11 they only carried sidearms.
To my memory this is the first time I’ve seen the guard with long guns. Even during the days after Sept 11 they only carried sidearms.
Portland is divided into 6 quadrants.
Ok folks: what is your favorite fact that you share with people (maybe a bit too) eagerly?
August 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Portland is divided into 6 quadrants.
I’m just a local government guy, but I don’t understand this attitude around public records. If it’s exempt, I’ll articulate the exemption and defend my position as needed. If not, sure, whatever, have the records. I’m just the custodian, not the owner. They’re *public* records.
In 2013 I filed a FOIA lawsuit for @spytalker.bsky.social @rshapiro.bsky.social and @jasonleopold.bsky.social against FBI over a lot of materials they use for processing FOIA requests.
That lawsuit is still ongoing. But this thread is not about that lawsuit. Well, not entirely.
That lawsuit is still ongoing. But this thread is not about that lawsuit. Well, not entirely.
August 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I’m just a local government guy, but I don’t understand this attitude around public records. If it’s exempt, I’ll articulate the exemption and defend my position as needed. If not, sure, whatever, have the records. I’m just the custodian, not the owner. They’re *public* records.
One of my best public sector management lessons was “lawyers advise, managers decide”. When an attorney says something can’t be done, it’s incumbent on you to ask questions and figure out if that’s opinion, law, or a gray area.
Then to go back and find a path that satisfies these concerns.
Then to go back and find a path that satisfies these concerns.
This has a lot of truth - government implementation is harder for often excellent reasons - but also butts up against well preserved myths that keep government sclerotic. “We can’t do that” quite often means “a lawyer said no 10 years ago and we didn’t press on the details.”
Coding interviews from people who left government earlier this year, and this is a fantastic quote in response to a question about what DOGE tech folk don't understand.
August 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
One of my best public sector management lessons was “lawyers advise, managers decide”. When an attorney says something can’t be done, it’s incumbent on you to ask questions and figure out if that’s opinion, law, or a gray area.
Then to go back and find a path that satisfies these concerns.
Then to go back and find a path that satisfies these concerns.
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August 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Someone just alerted me to this news by being snarky about it and friends, I HAVE BEEN WAITING SINCE I WAS PREGNANT WITH THE DAUGHTER WHO JUST GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE FOR A SEQUEL TO BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM.
Snark however much you want, internet stranger, I am choosing joy!
Snark however much you want, internet stranger, I am choosing joy!
Rejoice! ‘Bend It Like Beckham’ Is Finally Getting a Sequel
Those still reeling from the Lionesses’ historic victory have even more news to celebrate.
www.vogue.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Someone just alerted me to this news by being snarky about it and friends, I HAVE BEEN WAITING SINCE I WAS PREGNANT WITH THE DAUGHTER WHO JUST GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE FOR A SEQUEL TO BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM.
Snark however much you want, internet stranger, I am choosing joy!
Snark however much you want, internet stranger, I am choosing joy!
Bail reform has a ton of nuance to it. Kim and Koh (2021) show an aggregate increase in property crime in NJ. Ropac & Rempel (2023) show a decrease in felony re-arrests in NYC, but not for repeat offenders.
Oregon detained more felony defendants pre-trial post-bail reform (Dooley, 2024).
Oregon detained more felony defendants pre-trial post-bail reform (Dooley, 2024).
July 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Bail reform has a ton of nuance to it. Kim and Koh (2021) show an aggregate increase in property crime in NJ. Ropac & Rempel (2023) show a decrease in felony re-arrests in NYC, but not for repeat offenders.
Oregon detained more felony defendants pre-trial post-bail reform (Dooley, 2024).
Oregon detained more felony defendants pre-trial post-bail reform (Dooley, 2024).
Elect more millennial parents of young children to get better childcare and elder care policies!
Investing in our caregivers is a down payment on all of our future.
July 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Elect more millennial parents of young children to get better childcare and elder care policies!
Michael Collins for AP Euro. I’m pretty sure it was on Laserdisc.
July 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Michael Collins for AP Euro. I’m pretty sure it was on Laserdisc.