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An FX line along MLK or Chavez would be life changing for my family up in Woodlawn. We get around NE by bike great, but lack good public transit links to SE!

Community supporters, We have news: We are much closer to a first contract, an end to the boycott, and substantially better working conditions. We have overwhelmingly voted to authorize an open-ended strike ahead of Christmas if our Employer chooses not to meet our demands. We've given the company until December 4th for an acceptable offer and have let them know we plan to strike starting December 17th if we do not have an agreement. To support our potential strike, build worker power, and help ensure that no worker has to return to work due to lack of funds, please donate at nslu.org/donate.

new seasons strike authorized for next month. can donate to the strike fund here: www.nslu.org/donate

I know Woodlawn is starting the process of applying for an new plaza, we’ll see how it goes

Oh wow, fantastic repair! One of my favorite kits, so cool to see one restored!

Dan Ryan voting to gut parks dept funding, and now calling for them to “maximize earned revenue” is a call for working class families, especially those with young children, to shoulder the cost of our parks. That’s not just bad for Portland’s future, it’s indistinguishable from GOP policy!

we need the fx75 and the fx6 and we need them now

Ryan says he needs "real institutional change" from the Parks department before giving them more funds.

YOU WERE LITERALLY THE PARKS COMMISSIONER. YOU MADE THIS MESS. YOU COULD HAVE MADE THOSE CHANGES.

Very funny to have read this minutes before getting my copy of the North Peninsula Review where he’s quoted saying he DOESN’T oppose the levy. What an exhausting man

He also voted against the ultimately successful proposal to shift $2m toward parks maintenance last budget, so I think he actually just doesn’t doesn’t give a shit about parks

Is it too far from the next district 2 election to organize a “Don’t Rank Ryan” advocacy group?

Love having to take a break from fun Halloween stuff with my kid to send Dan Ryan an angry email telling him parks are good actually and I don’t think we should have to beg money from the rich to fund them. Related, the bathroom at our neighborhood park has been boarded up for weeks

Their heelturn is fucking wild

This slaps so hard, both as incredible game design and as such a perfect summation of what 40k really is

I’m always surprised when a big pdx parks measure is on the ballot to not see more community organizing around it. Where’s our bike loud equivalent for parks? Every fellow parent I talk to is perpetually mad so many park bathrooms are always closed, why aren’t we being louder about it?

Yup

Any other Portlander get a sketchy as hell text from out of state asking to “rsvp” for an anti-ice protest? Asking for a paper trail on protesters while the feds are calling them terrorists seems…fishy.

New blog post about designing a ttrpg around my fear of doing math in front of friends! discountdungeons.blogspot.com/2025/09/math...

I’ll jump on this trend, my personal abbreviated appendix n would be:

LotR (primarily Fellowship)
Redwall & Mouseguard
The Last Unicorn (film adaptation)
Conan

a headline from The Nation: "No, the White House Is Not Getting a 90,000-Foot Extension. But Trump's doomed proposal does give us a revealing glimpse into his state of mind."

For anyone who's not read @katewagner.wehwalt.net's writing before, this is a typical tour-de-force. Just sublime, on the architectural dissonance and vapourism of Trump's Big White House Ballroom: www.thenation.com/article/cult...

Any suggestions for a Mothership module that’s a good starting point? I’ll be the GM, no one in the group has played Mothership yet, looking for a really great on-boarding experience for everyone

I've been referring to the Appx N Jam submissions as "e-zines" since they're essentially single sheet pdf booklets, but friends have gently informed me it makes me sound "like a total dweeb". What's everyone else calling them: mini-adventure, e-zine, something catchier?

Haven’t heard of that one, I’ll have to give it a look. Thanks for the tip!

Aside from Ironsworn (which I love! Just looking for more in that category)

Are there any ttrpgs with iron age or early medieval aesthetics/vibes?

The Illusory Acropolis by NormcoreDungeons A mini-dungeon for Shadowdark RPG

Finished up my submission for the Appx N game jam: a Shadowdark mini-dungeon, THE ILLUSORY ACROPOLIS.

My first published ttrpg project so it’s a little bare bones but I’m quite proud of it!

normcoredungeons.itch.io/illusory-acr...

Same! The sense of community was so nice and very motivating to get things finished and to the table! Looking forward to checking out your submission to the jam!

“No man earns punishment, no man earns reward. Free your mind of the idea of deserving, the idea of earning, and you will begin to be able to think.” from The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Dispossessed was first published in 1974 by Harper & Row.

This might not be a good option for you, but I find co-working with someone over video or voice chat helps me in similar situations

Finally getting a chance to run Sailors on the Starless Sea for the first time! Suggested giving DCC a spin to my weekly 5e group and they are absolutely feral to try it!

Oh wow, goodman games really fucked up on this one, huh?