Paul Frazier

In downtown Portland, Unpresidented Brass Band is out in big numbers in their banana suits. Since their clarinet player was arrested at the ICE facility in Portland Sunday the band is “more resolute, actually, at this point, I think, than we were before,” said founder Miles Thompson.

Being inside omsi, could tell when a train dropped off a whole new wave of people that then walked by.

Beautiful watching a stream of protesters walk by while in a science museum! Protest is patriotic!

OMSI was ready for the Portland Frog. They have a “devil” frog on display! 🐸

Remember, only YOU can prevent fascism!

I got that for the first time recently too. For the Hawaiian flight I’m on today.

Wear headphones if you are watching something on a plane. No exceptions.

Comeee onnnn.

Yaaa. 😢

Woof.

“even Grant, now Portland’s largest high school with more than 2,200 students, is projected to have about 1,400 in its student body.”

This one number hits my brain harder than the % base decline in enrollment across the district.

Some tough changes are going to have to happen.

The dual enrollment seems to be a huge part of the issue. And it’s hasn’t made sense from a logical sense for awhile?

Made sense from a PPS avoiding a fight?

This new tunnel has instantly become one of Oregon’s best attractions The Mitchell Point Tunnel is finally open to pedestrians and cyclists in the Columbia River Gorge.

It can be all too easy to heap accolades upon Oregon’s most beautiful places, but this time we really, seriously mean it.

The Mitchell Point Tunnel, which opened to pedestrians and cyclists in March, has instantly become one of the best attractions in the state.

That second one. Damn.

The kids are more than alright.

Based on Oregonlive reporting no permit was pulled. Wouldn’t change by view of today if they had pulled one or tried. And I am happy to see multiple thousand people show up because we can!

The ppb event twitter did seem surprised by having to close traffic down.

Portland

The signs in this thread! So good!

Impossible to say exactly how many people are at the Hands Off rally in Portland. Thousands, probably tens of thousands. Here’s @councilorkanal.bsky.social speaking in front of a huge group- many more behind, and see the hundreds on the Burnside Bridge

Live updates: People gather across Oregon to protest Trump policies The protests are part of the nationwide ‘Hands Off!’ event.

You love to see it!!

“A reader in Northeast Portland reported that busses heading downtown are not picking up passengers because they are already full.”

www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

I saw a carload of people heading down at 11:20am.

Massive crowd at Boston’s city hall plaza for the #HandsOff protest against Trump and Musk

Love seeing all the photos coming from across the country of people protesting!

Did we ever find out how much it cost Portland taxpayers per hour to fly this polluting spy plane?

they’re far more cost-efficient options at this point if we’re gonna have something spying on us, I’d rather it be an electric drone than a Cessna-182 dropping lead and noise all over the city.

Geese are gonna be pissed though! I nominate you for having to tell them!

Start with some food stands. Pop up activities. Mini golf, hot chocolate, ice cream, hot nut, pop corn. Etc.

She is so good at her job.

But what if we build so many units prices and rents fall? And then people can spend money on things like bikes, and yummy food! What then?

Glad I’m not the only one who has had that thought!

Almost took me out the other night. @joanbybike.bsky.social ranting about it might have saved me because it was top of mind. We need PBOT to designate dangerous leaf corridors and that stretch seems like #1!

Billionaires seem to buy and fund silly things all the time.

Still holding out hope that one of them falls in love with bikeshare and bus rapid transit and builds out an amazing nationwide network!

Other items on wish list for billionaire love:

High speed rail
Condos
Leaf blower ban

What I don’t understand is how there is graffiti everywhere but on the vertical sign. I need to know how?!?

Hate the wet leaves! Hopefully they’ll get to N Willams very soon! I did see them vacuuming N Wheeler way by Moda center on Thursday!

I’m one of the few Dems in NYC who even RUNS a general election campaign, and the only one who ran a robust field op. We ran ahead of top of the ticket.

Excellence matters. A lot of folks w/ poor campaign fundamentals are now blaming “wokism” but haven’t held a town hall or knocked a door all cycle

Well not decided… since you need to get to 25%. But the order stayed. Still pretty wild.