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Editorial: A $1.9 million budget shift that Portland can’t afford The Portland City Council should restore a $1.9 million shift of funds from police in the coming budget year, the editorial board writes. Portland's revitalization depends on ensuring the safety and s...

The Oregonian says Portland “can’t afford” to shift $1.9M from the $300M+ police budget to maintain parks.

What we really can’t afford? Another year of rotting restrooms, trash-filled playgrounds, and fear-based spins on public safety. 🧵
www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025...

happy Pride, everyone’s hot

Portland’s emergency systems may leave homeless residents vulnerable to extreme weather One 2023 death reveals a complicated web of policy and procedures impacting the city’s emergency response systems efficacy

A week after former PDX commissioner Rene Gonzalez banned bureaus from distributing tents in 2023, a presumed homeless man died on a downtown street in a record-breaking snowstorm. Whether a tent could save him is unclear, but politicizing emergency response makes some residents highly vulnerable.

RFK Jr orders mifepristone review as anti-abortion groups push for ban Health secretary cites ‘new data’ that emerged from flawed study conservatives are using to pressure US government

More on this apparent ratfuck by me in @theguardian.com

it’s extremely fucked up that rent is due on May Day

Hell yeah

RFK Wants to Send People to ‘Wellness Farms.’ The US Already Tried That. RFK said Americans “addicted” to opioids, antidepressants, and stimulants should be sent to “wellness farms."

In a clip from a July 2024 virtual town hall that recirculated online earlier this year RFK said Americans “addicted” to opioids, antidepressants, and stimulants should be sent to “wellness farms." This country tried that once before. Spoiler: It didn’t work.

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Farm workers harvesting carrots

#Easter is an important day for many and sharing a meal is a traditional part of this celebration. People like Betty who harvests carrots in CA’s Central Coast, make these sacred meals possible. #WeFeedYou

the eternal present or: we need to destroy phone

wrote about how phoneworld is killing our political imaginary and making us profoundly miserable in this, a moment when we need to be stronger than ever www.late-review.com/p/the-eterna...

In and around Portland, teachers are missing more school than ever. Their bosses don't want to talk about it It's not just students. Post-pandemic, teachers are also missing significantly more school days. Oregon has virtually no policies in place to counteract the trend.

To write a lengthy article about a (hugely overstated) "teacher absentee crisis" and not talk to a single teacher currently working in Oregon schools is quite unfortunate. The framing here encourages people to pick sides instead of working together to solve any potential problem that might exist.

Read Mahmoud Khalil's words at the end of today's hearing:

Oregon bill would create farmworker labor standards board A bill in the Oregon Legislature would establish a board overseeing labor standards for agricultural workers. We'll hear from two people, one who supports the bill and the other who opposes.

@PCUN’s bill to create a farmworker labor standards board is a vital piece of legislation this session. Farmworkers deserve a seat at the table and a voice in their working conditions just like every other worker.
www.opb.org/article/2025...

and of course none of the management platforms make it easy to post from all the social media sites!

Vigor metal trades workers at the Portland shipyard are strike ready.

You can blame my clumsy transition over to BlueSky - still learning to switch formatting.

The gov. and the social services it is bound to offer its citizens does NOT make it our parents. Government paternalism rhetoric shit has to end. Also like read some basic economic research and you’d know addressing poverty in the US includes access to money asst. w/o strings.