There are so many terrible things going on right now that I want to fight, but to fight you have to trust the people you’re standing shoulder to shoulder with. In my immediate community I have people I can trust. But in the broader political sense this is all so isolating.
There’s nothing I can say or do to change any of this. I could beg folks to learn about antisemitism, to consider their words in the context of a much longer history than they’re used to, to think about how safe they feel gathering with friends and family. But these appeals feel so inadequate.
Everyday on this website I see my community bombarded with antisemitic posts from folks across the political spectrum. It’s exhausting but it has also long been the cost of being Jewish in public. And when rhetoric becomes real world violence, the narrative becomes it’s our own fault for existing.
Looks to be an interesting series about housing in Portland:
www.oregonlive.com/business/202...
I’m way too tired to be nice to people today apparently - not really sure what that’s about but I feel like I’m about to get into a fight.
On the day the Supreme Court overturned roe v wade I went to grab lunch from a local bar and they had rosemarys baby on. Businesses have to do better at reading the room lol
At the very least they should figure out how many years it will take for the city to recoup their payout and make this all contingent on the blazers staying here for that amount of time. If the new owner doesn’t agree, then he doesn’t get the money.
Maybe the stadium investment will be good! Just seems like nobody is trying to figure that out before spending millions we don’t have.
Yeah - to me it seems like some random guy decided of his own volition to buy a thing that costs $4 billion and then immediately threatened local politicians with his sudden leverage. And instead of doing a cost benefit analysis, the politicians immediately caved.
An important read as Portland considers allowing Waymo to operate here. Of particular relevance is the strain they put on emergency services, which have already been struggling to show up in a timely manner here for years.
It’s usually either 1) the conspiracy theory is being used to bring people into antisemitism; or 2) most conspiracies can be undone by someone asking “but who would go to all this trouble to hide the truth?” And “Jews” is a very convenient answer people are primed to believe.
I grew up taking trains and subways but with very American preconception about buses. Moved to London for grad school and took the bus everywhere. On weekends just hopped on a random bus for fun. You don’t know what you don’t know!
Acting like there’s no other cities that have ever been duped like this while demanding 15,000 more studies on the economic benefits of painting a bike lane
This fucking guy buying the blazers says it’s a $4.2 billion investment in the state, but it’s not. It’s a private investment in a sports franchise. I have not seen one cost benefit analysis of to what degree the city or state will actually benefit from $600M in stadium renovations.
My romertopf is my favorite kitchen implement. Very grateful for the Uruguayan grandma who lived in Germany for a few years who first introduced me to it.
Some of the attacks on the state of Israel are rooted in antisemitism. Some are based on policies the state is pursuing or military campaigns it is waging in the region. It is offensive to compare attacks on the state of Israel to attacks on synagogues, which are always rooted in antisemitism.
WHY DO WE DO THIS?!
We have 10,000 design standards but still end up with this nonsense.
I hope everybody saw @wutherering.bsky.social knock it out of the park advocating for more housing in Portland’s inner eastside today!! Nobody is better at breaking wonky things down clearly and providing a passionate equity-driven case for them.
Years ago I broke up with a guy I dated for 7+ years and I got all his friends in the breakup including ones from before I met him AND his high school girlfriend. Oh and his brothers still text me.
NCIS is still on???????
And in a week “your furbo is almost here!” “Your furbo arrives today!” “How to activate your furbo” “love your furbo? Leave a review!”
A pink iPod nano in working condition
Custom playlists on a pink iPod nano, with titles including Cleaning House, Cooking Soup, Dad 2015, Favorite Songs, Favorite Songs 2, and Halloween.
My husband found my old iPod and charged it and it still works and has all my old music and playlists. He also found an unused pair of wired headphones. ITS 2013 BABYYYYYY!!!
Explains why when I try to find a photo of any city it inexplicably shows me like the closest waterfall or whatever
Tomorrow my Inner Eastside For All Resolution to spur housing production will be heard at the Climate Committee! The Committee is being dissolved and I will not be a chair anymore, but I am proud to bring this forward as one last piece of legislation through there.
www.portland.gov/council/agen...
I’m too exhausted to deal with people who want to bring back ugly laws. Wake me if something interesting happens.
The foundation is run by a California state legislator. The story is an anecdote so I figured I’d look into who runs the org.
Disabled people have been organizing around this for decades. I will always trust disabled people fighting for their lives and basic rights over some state legislator from California.
Do you understand that the research on involuntary commitment shows this? That the people who are often the targets do not in fact have these support systems and access to housing? It is not a solution for the challenges we are facing right now.
“In very few cases, it helped people experiencing a mental health emergency—but only when their crisis was temporary, and they had a dedicated support network and a place to call home after the crisis ends.” www.droregon.org/advocacy/civ...
My experiences as a disabled person in the medical system is that your treatment and care are heavily based on who you are and who you bring to advocate for you. I do not trust the system as it currently exists to have the best interests of mentally ill homeless people at heart.
