Anna Marum

incredibly invested in this guy from portland and his weekly fade updates on the world’s longest jeans

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Some important details: - many of our school buildings are around 100 years old, give or take - Many of them are large brick structures that heat up when it gets hot and when it stays hot, retain heat - very few of them have AC - many of them don’t even have windows that open - because of the age of our buildings, things like mini-splits or window ac units aren’t an option because they overwhelm the schools ancient power grids (plus the non-opening windows make window ac units a non-starter) - although it will be cooler today than it has been other days this week, because the buildings don’t cool down over night, they stay very hot inside, despite outside temperatures. Many of our classrooms were eighty or ninety degrees this week - all week long, kids have been getting sick from the excessive heat in their classrooms - PPS is an employer, and there are OSHA regs about working conditions where it is that hot, and PPS doesn’t have the budget to staff the requirements that would keep them compliant - also, kids can’t learn inside a brick oven. They get sleepy, lethargic, irritable, in addition to the fact that it’s simply not safe and puts them at risk for heat stroke - despite what you remember about heat in the summer from your childhood, climate change is real and we have more, hotter weather for longer stretches than we used to have. Kids today aren’t “soft”, nor are their parents or their teachers. The climate has changed and our buildings require modernization - the state of Oregon has underfunded education since 1991. That means most of our schools haven’t been modernized, which is why most don’t have HVAC. Adding HVAC to all the schools that need it has a price tag of over 600 million dollars. Thanks to the passage of the most recent bond, PPS will be able to start chipping away at some if the deferred maintenance, but that’s not fast work and still won’t resolve this issue for every school. Please lobby your legislators to prioritize school funding (and t…

PPS School Board Member Rashelle Chase-Miller has a run down of the reasons that PPS decided to close school a few hours early today.

long story short, decades of chronic disinvestment in our public schools coupled with the realities that our climate has changed. so much resilience work to be done

We're so excited to watch!

Dirty Drinks Are Happening in Portland - Bridgetown Bites Dirty Drinks, from Zero Foodprint, is August 25 to September 1, 2025. $1 from each participating drink goes to fund soil health projects.

This week, you can try “dirty drinks” at 10 Portland bars and restaurants - imbibe, enjoy, and support Zero Foodprint’s efforts toward healthy soil. #dirtydrinks #zerofoodprint #portland #bridgetownbites

Pure chaos, I love it.

At least we're not running Hood to Coast! 💀

Ooh yes. I love Exile, which she did with Bon Iver. Willow is great, too. And I think the whole Midnights album is a masterpiece.

Portland: there’s still time to steal this idea and implement it on SW Harvey Milk St

PBOT survey asks Portlanders to rank pro-cycling taglines Marketing seen as key to our return to glory.

"Want to have more cash in your pocket? It’s as easy as riding a bike." <-- One of 7 taglines PBOT is testing

Jealous.

Chilling final paragraph and editor’s note.

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kids today will never know the feeling of getting out of a show or closing down a bar super late, briefly thinking nothing’s open, then realizing they can still get a big stack of 3 am pancakes at The Roxy. also Veritable Quandry and their giant brunch portion sizes is a government building now, ugh

I still think about the duck egg Benedict and beet juice Bloody Mary at Trinket on Chavez every time I drive by.

Aw love this!

Opinion: Build Portland downtown’s revival around a rejuvenated Waterfront Park Tom McCall Waterfront Park hosts many festivals every year. But the park, arguably Portland’s most underutilized resource, has untapped potential to serve as the linchpin for downtown’s revival, the a...

Great guest opinion piece in the Oregonian. Waterfront Park is an incredibly under-utilized asset; re-imagining it is the single biggest thing the city could do to generate downtown foot traffic. www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025...

Portland to spend $10M cleaning bike lanes as city continues residential street sweeping halt Funding from the new program will pay for a pair of bike lane sweepers, electric leaf blowers and eight full-time employees over the next five years

Good news: PBOT is launching a program to clean 375 miles of bike lanes, thanks to $10M from the Portland Clean Energy Fund.

Not-so-good news: Residential street sweeping remains suspended as PBOT faces $40M shortfall & is eying deeper maintenance cuts.

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Screenshot from Portland Maps, with aerial view and text "Renovation of the lowest two levels of 610 SW Alder St's facade and the entire facade of the 622 SW Alder Building."

Google street view of the buildings to be renovated, in September 2024

Rendering of the renovated buildings, released October 2024

Colab Architecture has scheduled a Pre-Application Conference to discuss exterior alterations of two buildings for the James Beard Public Market. www.portlandmaps.com/detail/permi...

The facade alterations would include the lower two floors of the Selling Building and all of the Ungar Building.

Oregon agencies begin to grapple with Trump’s federal funding freeze Agencies across Oregon are evaluating what the Trump administration’s decision to freeze federal grants means for local projects and programs. Many uncertainties remain.

Federal grants support projects in Oregon ranging from protecting fish in local creeks to preventing rocks from falling onto highways. Those grants are on hold, and it's unclear when or if that might change.

It seems almost unavoidable at this point that we are headed for a deep, deep recession. Just based on 200K+ federal firings & pullback of contracts, the March employment report (to be released April 4) seems certain to show bigger job losses than any month ever outside of a few in 2008-9 and 2020.

Portland to launch $10 million Bike Lane Maintenance Program this summer Keeping bike lanes clean is a vital part of keeping bike lanes popular.

The PBOT staffer leading the program told the Bicycle Advisory Committee Tuesday that, "I hope you take my enthusiasm as some hope and promise into how PBOT can show up for cleaning these bike lanes. Given the right dedicated funding and staff, we are capable of amazing things.”

Portland Bureau of Transportation (@pbotinfo.bsky.social) Official account for the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT). Report road hazards 24/7 to 503-823-1700.

Portland: Hey, our Bureau of Transportation just showed up on Bluesky! pbotinfo.bsky.social Give them a welcome. Hope they engage actively here.

celebrities should do another Imagine video

This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.

I know. I was there in those camps.

Interior of the food hall, as seen through the window to the street. Tenant signage visible for Queen Mama’s Kitchen, Pan Roast, Zab Pinto Thai, Birrieria La Plaza and HK Bistro (not visible in photo: bb.q Chicken, Tous Les Jours and Prime Taphouse).

The Flock Food Hall is looking all set for the February 2nd Grand Opening

Displaying a graphic of how it's not just people with permanent needs that can benefit from inclusive design, there are also temporary and situational needs. For example, someone who's deaf, vs has an ear infection, vs in a loud bar The full list, with little characters representing each is: Touch: one arm, arm injury, new parent holding a baby See: Blind, Cataract, distracted driver Hear: Deaf, ear infection, bartender Speak: non-verbal, laryngitis, heavy accent (a picture of a Viking)

Accessibility doesn't only help a small group of people. Accessibility helps everyone

PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PDX) Monthly Traffic Report Dec, 2024

Portland International Airport (PDX) ended 2024 with 17,518,499 passengers, up 6.3% on 2023.

International passengers grew at a faster rate than domestic passengers, with 832,487 total passengers, up 10.5% on 2023 (440 more passengers than in 2019).

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The first Type 6 MAX trains are now in service! @trimet.org