Amanda Fritz

As a retired person who lives alone except for my cat who insists it’s dinner time from noon on regardless of the season, I’m choosing to stay on summer time for at least a week except for making sure I don’t show up early for @rosecityriveters.org @thornsfc.com game Sunday. Love being off the clock

“the wreck spurred many “incredible” safety improvements, said Frederick Stonehouse, whose 1977 book “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” was the first of dozens…

Whereas a similar-sized ship would be lost on the lakes every six or seven years before the Fitzgerald, none has gone down since then”

Dang, was hoping the Blue Jays would win. Most entertaining World Series for a long time, and I don’t generally like baseball. “Both sides played hard”.

Just did the math, and if the parks levy passes, the property taxes on my home will still be less than they were in 2020, after adjusting for inflation.

Try Portlandloo.com. Requires servicing but makes public restrooms for seniors and children and anyone else needs to go accessible

god, i love the sky. every now and then you'll just be going about your day and then WHUMF whole lake gets dropped on you. fantastic stuff

Patrol vehicle hit by shrapnel as Marines fired live artillery over California interstate, highway patrol says The live-fire demonstrations were part of a celebration of the Marine Corps' 250 anniversary. Gov. Newsom has criticized plans to fire live munitions over Interstate 5.

The Marines Corps has launched an investigation after the California Highway Patrol said shrapnel from an artillery shell, fired during a live-fire demonstration touted by the White House, struck a law enforcement vehicle.

Portland Mayor: ICE Facility Is a Disaster Waiting To Happen DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s visit to Portland was a taxpayer-funded whistle-stop tour to prop up a ludicrous fable of domestic terrorism.

An “accident chain” is a collection of small mistakes or oversights that, together, can lead to an accident, injury or death. As the former CEO of one of North America’s safest freight trucking companies, I’ve learned to see these potential chain-links everywhere.

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Sara Whitmer • • • 1h • 8 I'm sure many of you have heard by now that earlier this week, IU k*lled the print edition of its student paper, the IDS. The issue that was supposed to print this week contained criticism of the Whitten regime and IUs further slide into scist control, and they couldn't allow that to happen during Homecoming, when all the rich alumni are in town. Enter Purdue! The Purdue student paper, The Exponent, owns its own presses. Yesterday, in an act of tremendous solidarity with their biggest rival school, they printed the forbidden issue of the IDS. They then drove it to Bloomington overnight and stocked all of the IDS boxes on campus, just in time for Homecoming. Solidarity is what makes us stronger, and solidarity will be what ultimately allows us to triumph, if we can ever truly get it together. I hope everyone has a fun, safe day if they're going out today, and I hope we can think about what acts of solidarity we can begin taking to really make this movement MOVE - beyond a permitted expression of upset into more active resistance. 75 12 comments

Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!

Repping the Portland vibe at #nokings in La Grange IL. Made lots of people smile or laugh. Have to say walking in a rooster inflatable more challenging than I anticipated.

No Kings protesters, you done good. And the world is watching.
"In the US, Trump is repressing opposition and instilling fear. In his face, American citizens are mobilizing; a way to compensate for the Democrats' powerlessness. The streets this Saturday will be the barometer of this resistance."

I passed another Binding City Policy requiring half of any “one time” annual budget surplus to be used for maintenance in Parks, Transportation and Emergency Management. After I left the Council ignored this rule.

There is a Binding City Policy that when new parks are built, the Parks budget should get ongoing maintenance $$ added. Council always allocated less than PPR requested. New parks are built in areas that lack one. No new parks means the have nots continue underserved.

Portland brought frogs.

Chicago brought bulls.

The animal protests are beautiful.

The post and the wording under the photo says “uncharacteristically” mellow but the linked article says “characteristically” mellow. Which is it @oregonian?

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

Ah, but think how grateful the hourly workers at the stadium must be for long games!

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

PPS’s Preliminary Seismic Upgrade Plans Leave Some Advocates Shaken Joanna Hou

Parent advocates under the group Safe Structures PPS say the district’s latest updates on their seismic retrofit efforts seem to deviate from a May resolution that asked for the riskiest buildings in PPS's portfolio to be first in line for improvements.

'Portland is so not on fire': Neighbors united as National Guard decision looms PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Neighbors around Portland are standing united over what many local residents say is the unnecessary proposition of sending National Guard troops into the city as a federal c…

"Solidarity with one another, neighborhood by neighborhood, block by block, is how we can just be strong together,” said Reverend Chris Dela Cruz. https://www.koin.com/news/portland/oregon-is-our-home-neighbors-united-as-national-guard-decision-looms/?cid=bluesky_ 

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

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Oregon Democratic state Rep. Hòa Nguyễn returns to House following cancer diagnosis • Oregon Capital Chronicle The Portland-area lawmaker returned to the Legislature on Friday for her first official appearance since announcing her cancer treatment.

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I didn’t have the honor of knowing Rep Nyugen personally. I am in awe of her courage and commitment to battle down to Salem to provide the crucial 36th vote needed to advance the transportation funding she cared so deeply about, in her final days. legiscan.com/OR/rollcall/...

Could give a new meaning to “do these pants make me look fat?”. Love the quote “I’m actually quite excited to see how AI can help our aging population”. AI has no common sense if it thinks aging women like me would buy multiple pairs (or any) for daily wear. Inflatable frog suit would be more fun.

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from sending National Guard troops to Oregon A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon, including the California National Guard.

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Probably about 100 people here total. VERY subdued. A dominoes pizza delivery guy just easily sailed through to drop off some pies and went on with his night.

Portland is a “war-ravaged” city that is “on fire,” President Trump warns. But I braved the artillery fire and militia checkpoints to bring you this video report from the front lines.

Glad to see this. Followers who don’t subscribe to the Oregonian, are you able to read reposted articles? If not @oregonian.com should only post on here or add firewall disclaimer to every post.
I’m annoyed with @nytimes which I subscribe to but they constantly link to @theathletic which I don’t

Time to honor a legend. #BAONPDX #ThankYouSinc