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Agreed. I am 100% shocked every time that they are allowed to do what they do. They took up the entire parking lot of Fabric Depot but it’s still not enough?? It’s total bullshit and so fucking dangerous

10.02.2026 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
102nd Avenue/Gateway Circulator (Gateway TC to Main/99th)
Land Use and Development Potential
The Gateway Regional Center, although characterized by auto dependent uses, is a designated Regional Center with high density land use designations supportive of pedestrian and transit oriented development. One of the biggest challenges to realizing the potential of Gateway is the lack of an interconnected grid of local streets. The existing pattern of superblocks limits pedestrian and neighborhood connectivity and concentrates vehicle traffic to wide arterials instead of spreading the traffic demand across an interconnected network of streets.
Streetcar in Gateway is the most challenging concept corridor in this plan. In order to make the case for a streetcar investment more viable, improvements to the transportation network will need to implemented. PBOT and PDC are currently working on the Central Gateway Master Street Plan Update. A key strategy in the update is to provide more flexibility for connections while maintaining larger parcels for redevelopment. Greater neighborhood connectivity and increased access to higher density development parcels will help to create a more viable land use and transportation strategy for future streetcar infrastructure investments.
Streetcar Operations
The Gateway Loop would provide a local-circulator streetcar service providing a collection/distribution connection to three MAX light rail stations.
Ridership Analysis
This route concept would be a short connector between the Gateway Transit Center, the East 102nd Blue Line MAX Station, and the SE Main MAX Station on the MAX Green Line. It would connect the two commercial hubs of the Gateway Regional Center via 102nd between NE Pacific Street and SE Main Street. This portion of 102nd is forecast to have approximately 1,000 daily boardings for trips moving within the regional center and for trips connecting to the MAX system.
Considerations/Potential Issues
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102nd Avenue/Gateway Circulator (Gateway TC to Main/99th) Land Use and Development Potential The Gateway Regional Center, although characterized by auto dependent uses, is a designated Regional Center with high density land use designations supportive of pedestrian and transit oriented development. One of the biggest challenges to realizing the potential of Gateway is the lack of an interconnected grid of local streets. The existing pattern of superblocks limits pedestrian and neighborhood connectivity and concentrates vehicle traffic to wide arterials instead of spreading the traffic demand across an interconnected network of streets. Streetcar in Gateway is the most challenging concept corridor in this plan. In order to make the case for a streetcar investment more viable, improvements to the transportation network will need to implemented. PBOT and PDC are currently working on the Central Gateway Master Street Plan Update. A key strategy in the update is to provide more flexibility for connections while maintaining larger parcels for redevelopment. Greater neighborhood connectivity and increased access to higher density development parcels will help to create a more viable land use and transportation strategy for future streetcar infrastructure investments. Streetcar Operations The Gateway Loop would provide a local-circulator streetcar service providing a collection/distribution connection to three MAX light rail stations. Ridership Analysis This route concept would be a short connector between the Gateway Transit Center, the East 102nd Blue Line MAX Station, and the SE Main MAX Station on the MAX Green Line. It would connect the two commercial hubs of the Gateway Regional Center via 102nd between NE Pacific Street and SE Main Street. This portion of 102nd is forecast to have approximately 1,000 daily boardings for trips moving within the regional center and for trips connecting to the MAX system. Considerations/Potential Issues β€’ Corridor is separated from exis…

a map of the theoretical streetcar line as described in the text

a map of the theoretical streetcar line as described in the text

i'll tell you what else we should have yesterday

10.02.2026 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

122nd should have a MAX line πŸ—£οΈ

10.02.2026 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ha even the acid thing is true! ish

10.02.2026 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i read that a lot of the car lots on 82nd are closing/moving because of various reasons, they're blaming the bus lines but they're lying i'm sure, and i would like to be clear that 122ND DOESNT WANT THEM EITHER. they may go to hell and i shall go to winco

10.02.2026 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i am trying to haul two children three bags of groceries and many gallons of milk from winco foods to my house and i actually live here and i am extremely more important than a honda. move your ass

10.02.2026 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

aside from the land use issues i think we should kick all the car lots off 122nd because of their habit of shitting up traffic for actual humans every fucking morning shuffling cars between lots and parking giant vehicle transportation rigs right in the fucking lane

10.02.2026 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

it's possible it was a different tropicalia act and i've conflated them because i like os mutantes best. i read this story when i was literally like 15 tho so cut me some slack

10.02.2026 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

and if it's true which tracks may the bug spray be heard upon?

10.02.2026 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

in my memory the government was accusing them of having laced the water supply of the city with lsd? but it was just part of a purge of creatives, the real reason is they were not fans of dictators. anyway does anyone know where i misremembered this from, specifically the bug spray

10.02.2026 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i read a story somewhere that i'm probably misremembering about the band os mutantes having to record some music on improvised equipment while they were in hiding for political reasons and using a can of bug spray pssssh next to a microphone as the snare drum

10.02.2026 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

there was an older guy in my hometown who was in some pyschobilly band nobody listened to and he always wore a top hat around and my friends started a rumor it had been glued to his head in an industrial accident and could not be removed shy of surgery

10.02.2026 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Someone should certainly sue over that tbqh

10.02.2026 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

no like a hardbound book from like 1920. but he knows of robin hood from disney robin hood

10.02.2026 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Bat Macumba
YouTube video by Os Mutantes - Topic Bat Macumba

a banger that's not in english, you say?

music.youtube.com/watch?v=f_iC...

10.02.2026 06:12 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
I Had a Dream Journalism Job. Here's Why I Quit. The rot that hollowed out trust in corporate media finally reached OPB. I had to go.

This is easily the hardest thing I've ever had to write.

09.02.2026 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 484    πŸ” 151    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 39

with these two hands i shall strangle google photos' prints creation wizard

10.02.2026 05:57 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All chocolate is Dubai chocolate to me cause I do buy it

10.02.2026 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1196    πŸ” 154    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 8

i throw them away after he goes to bed

10.02.2026 03:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

my larger son grows emotionally attached to his bandaids and will not consent to be parted with them unless we put them into the illustrated panel pages of this really old copy of robin hood specifically so that robin hood will know that he's all better

10.02.2026 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
it's one of those cutesy vibes videos but the table is laid with enough raw amanitas to kill every man woman and child within 50 miles

it's one of those cutesy vibes videos but the table is laid with enough raw amanitas to kill every man woman and child within 50 miles

ok come on

10.02.2026 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 0

they can't parse the difference between the toys that belong to everyone equally and the toys that belong to everyone but are temporarily in someone else's immediate possession and the toys that belong to one specific person permanently. and neither can i!

09.02.2026 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the other children who either have no siblings or siblings with a larger age gap who don't compete for the exact same toys don't LIKE this, tho. they don't LIKE it when two grubby hobbits come racing towards them grinning and hollering WHATS WRONG WITH YOU and make off with their scooter etc

09.02.2026 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

the issue is, with having a twin brother, their own shit gets jacked 10,000 times a day, so they regard this as the natural order of things and don't particularly care. so when i say "how would you like it if someone took your toy?" they're like ? that would be fine with me ?

09.02.2026 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

we talked all week about how we don't open the door of a passing cozy coupe, wrest the occupant out and throw them to the floor, and make off with the vehicle. we don't commit grand theft auto. or even minor theft auto. they said "we promise!"

09.02.2026 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

lads far and away the worst offenders wrt carjacking the other kids' cozy coupes at playgroup but also far and away the least screaming and crying and general obstinance. you win some you lose some

09.02.2026 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

!!!

09.02.2026 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i, too, am trying pansies from seed the first time this year, and i also noticed this! nobody can seem to agree on what they want. i ended up sowing mine very shallowly but still lightly covered in a perlite-heavy mix at about 50F and they seem to have had a good germination rate

09.02.2026 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

salt bagels are just too salty. sorry

09.02.2026 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

yeah it's awful. but it's nice to have even awful options!

09.02.2026 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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