Abe!

Watching the construction at the Belmont library, I’m so glad my local library branch is gonna have more books & less parking lot soon!

They started as the Oregon State Highway Department & do not seem have gotten the memo that this changed over 55 years ago

If XX/XY chromosome distribution meant anything more than booting Windows or Linux as default on a dual boot I wouldn’t have become the same kind of guy the cis guys I grew up with; the input was the same. With the proper OS, so is the output.

There’s so many reasons that the transphobes are wrong & one of them is that in becoming a white guy in Portland I immediately developed a taste for IPAs and Kurt Vonnegut

I said this two decades ago when every game developer and their mother was trying to build a "WoW-killer" by being Exactly Like World of Warcraft:

"The kinds of people who play [games like WoW] ALREADY PLAY WOW"

your incentive should be principles and your specific reason should be that you live a stress-free life as a result of the exploitation of labor, you monumental asshole

I got a flu booster today and it made me reflect on the sense of national accomplishment I felt when I drove to a public facility, waited in my car until my number was called on an app, and got my first covid jab. It's fucked the right gets to erase what a moment of technological liberation that was

But also if we’re gonna try Spock with every woman on the Enterprise, we might as well throw in Sam Kirk because that would be funny. Also I would like more Sam Kirk.
Hashtag Less Accomplished Older Brothers For Sam Kirk Screentime.

Catching up on #SNW. Anson Mount in episode 4 of the new season is absolutely fantastic

If Councilor Morillo had a single parking ticket he’d have a 6 part substack on it.
Him promoting the work of admitted CSAM enthusiasts is fine though & we suck for pointing it out.

Yeah that’s why I’m not joking. It’s weird that you take PDXReal seriously, because people involved have CP convictions.

Yeah, idk if he’s really a coach but Max Steele’s choice of affiliates does give the impression of one who should be allowed around children!

"I have nothing against trans people, but sports..." - Someone who very clearly has something against trans people.

"But biological..."

HRT CHANGES OUR BIOLOGY, learn the first god damn thing about trans people, just try and learn something about the very people you spend so much time hating.

how does something like the northwest diverter removal come together? we're still learning some details, but here's a summary of some of the players involved 🧵

this would be, frankly, one of the worst governance scandals in portland history. we simply cannot have secret rule by insane people in private clubs. anyone in PEMO or portland soutions involved in this needs to be immediately fired

Why should bikes, which are objectively safer for bystanders, be held to a higher standard than cars? There’s no reason for a car to ever need above 65 MPH & yet my grandma’s little old Mazda’s speedometer goes to 160.

Also, there aren’t regulations that limit the size of vehicle one can drive with a standard license. The guys driving trucks bigger than WWII tanks to their office jobs took one test when they were a child.

Yeah man, kids shouldn’t be on bikes until they’re 16 & a licensed driver, that’ll make things safe!

I assume you’re also cool with everyone who drives a modern pickup being required to get a CDL and all drivers surrendering their license if they park where they shouldn’t? Or is it just an issue with ebikes rather than a safety concern.

It was a nice change of pace to see someone who’s still mad at Charlie Hales for some reason.

Chuck Schumer’s imaginary friends, the Baileys of Long Island, have a trans niece who bartends in Brooklyn and does Thanksgiving with them, let’s say. They don’t fully get her deal but they like her & won’t donate to someone who’s mean to her. That’s the base Dem.

Anecdata incoming but even if I wasn’t trans, my “ consistent history of donating/volunteering/voting for Dems” relatives would all still have trans acquaintances. Just like they had gay acquaintances when they supported pro-marriage equality Dems in the 00s.

Referred to this phenomenon as “the Atlantic Trap” in recent conversations; the “well-read” consultant class assume the writings of prominent “liberal” ‘phobes like Singal, Pamela Paul, the NYT indicates a heterodoxy that doesn’t exist in the Dem base, who see trans people in real life.

Bummed it happened before they tried to claim no one openly used drugs in Hollywood back in the day, as I literally did that.

They did!

I mean, sure, but my bike was still stolen & I still had blocks I crossed the street on bc folks had tents there, both of which are things you claim are new problems to the neighborhood.

You just said there were no tents in Hollywood before 2010! Why are you gaslighting us?

I’m sorry that you didn’t notice the tents until 2020 but pretending they didn’t exist just because you didn’t see them is preschool logic. I’m not disagreeing homelessness has increased, but it’s always been around the neighborhood.

I’m literally 30, stop gaslighting me.

Okay. I’m not the one claiming there were no tents, open drug use, or chop shops in Hollywood before 2020. I’m guessing you didn’t take the max from HTC much back then, but also I get that keeping eyes on kids keeps ya busy!