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Trash & vulnerable people alike being treated as an inconvenient eyesore

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This kind of mindset is very very common. And when driving past those areas, the same people who would dump their trash in those areas, then judge the people living there for all the junk.

Yes! And it’s not new AT ALL! Growing up I would hear adults talking about needing to get rid of a couch, mattress, or whatever & someone would pipe up with the suggestion to dump it in particular parts of town. Typically low income areas or known homeless gathering places.

Leaving my side door open for fresh air means finding a random cat (that I’ve never seen before in my life) in my kitchen every few weeks eating my cat’s food. Different cat each time Today’s cat seems to feel zero guilt & let me pet them

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Even then, the price of everything is through the roof compared to 2019. Many people can no longer afford such niceties

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My family hasn’t eaten in a restaurant since the pandemic began and will continue to abstain from any activity that would require us to go mask less in public 🤷🏽‍♀️ Covid has wrecked too much havoc on the health of people I care about to gamble it for the luxury of being served.

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Oh, so it’s like how cops don’t really serve the public.

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Antifascist Art PDX @antifashpdxart.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

There was a bus line in Santa Cruz that had that problem during the last big El Niño. Water washed in & we all just lifted our feet up for a minute or two until the water sloshed back out as we moved away from the shore.

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"white lives matter" meeting today at 4:00pm at Boulevard Taphouse. The venue was notified yesterday. We go where they go! No safe space for racists!

You're invited. Joint community dinner and public q and a. White lives matter Oregon and the Oregon group. Boulevard Taphouse, Portland Oregon. Saturday October 10 2026 4:00 pm. Both leaders will be present in person to speak, take questions, and respond directly to attendees. Join us for an early dinner, prepared remarks, informal pamphlets and flyers, community conversation, and an open question and answer session.

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Mei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.

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Chalk Girl @chalkgirl.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Can local governments do anything to ban robots like the ones being rolled out in Fred Meyers? They are going to take jobs away while furthering the reach of a surveillance state at a time when that most immediately benefits ICE/DHS and most immediately puts at risk immigrants.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 09/10/2026

In case you missed it last night: we are seeing reports all over the country of immigration surges and state violence. If you need whistles for your community, we will send you 100-3000 3d printed for free, and we will love doing it. 3dwhistles.com

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Marta Jewson @martajewson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

New Yorkers, Whistles are on every counter, entry table and coat rack in Minneapolis. These greeted me when I arrived in August - 3D printed.

A welcome note from hosts on a pink post it note on a counter reads “welcome! Keychain whistles of MN Flag for both of you. Text or call with ?s”
Two 3D printed whistles with the pattern of the Minnesota state flag sit next to the note on the counter top.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…

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Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 06/10/2026

The LAPD union is spending millions to defeat a half cent sales tax that would fund firefighters www.latimes.com/california/s...

The Los Angeles Police Department's officer union said Tuesday it will oppose Measure FD, the half-cent sales tax measure on the Nov. 3 ballot pushed by the city firefighters' union - setting up a bitter and expensive clash between two of the city's most powerful unions.
The Police Protective League said it plans to spend several million dollars on broadcast and digital advertising as well as mailers to oppose Measure FD, which if approved by voters would direct hundreds of millions of dollars annually to the Fire Department to build new stations, hire firefighters and upgrade

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/10/2026

Everybody's loving this clip, for good reason, but it should remind everyone that cities therefore have an obligation to build enough housing that all these marginalized and outcast people can come and afford to live in them on minimum wage *without* becoming homeless. YIMBY!

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026

Holy shit.

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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 05/10/2026

Join Common Cause Oregon's Election Protection Team to defend our vote by mail process from the threats being made by the Trump administration. If you are interested, join the training on October 6th at 6:30 pm in SE Portland or sign up online. loom.ly/ScdFpdQ

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penthesilea @penthesilea.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Oh, it’s the realtor that didn’t show up when I went to sign the paperwork to buy my house. Why am I not surprised that he’s aligned with Torres?

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penthesilea @penthesilea.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My dad (non-believer) & their friends tried to do an exorcism on my mom when they were in their 20s. To be fair, all of them were on A FUCKTON of drugs in those days. Many years later my mom found out her seizures are due to a brain tumor. Smoking pot keeps the seizures in check.

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penthesilea @penthesilea.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Global warming is going to fuck with my ability to dress in 🍂 cute & cozy outfits 🍂 in the autumn 😡 I need some rain, or at the very least, a crisp breeze to pull off these clothes. Sweating in corduroy is not the look I’m going for 😒

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penthesilea @penthesilea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I could see permit stuff being on the list & stuff like the rules for those outdoor dining structures. Things that “The Big Boys” don’t care about or doesn’t affect them.

penthesilea @penthesilea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My kid slams the fridge door shut after seeing this bullshit & accidentally causes half that precarious knickknackgarbage to fall over

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penthesilea @penthesilea.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I live in Portland & refuse to be anti-umbrella Mine is made of reflective material & I use it to (hopefully) be seen enough that I don’t get killed crossing the street by the way too big trucks that can’t see my 5ft short ass

Image of a city on a rainy night. A person is holding a bright reflective umbrella.

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I’ve never had a drivers license & am frequently a pedestrian. I already have to deal with human drivers endangering me, don’t make me also have to fight unaccountable robots 🤖

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Am I going to see people talk as casually about using Waymo here in a few years? I’m trying to keep my stubborn anger (activating) & not despair (give up) But I’m worried that there won’t be as much friction as needed to keep Waymo from slithering in & setting up shop

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I feel like very few people held the line against using Uber. If I need a taxi, it’s union only. I only bring this up because Waymo is trying to force their way into Portland

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

(This probably makes me sound like one of those people back in the day that would say, I don’t even own a tv or whatever, BUT-)

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District 2 Walk & Talk with PDX City Councilors Friday October 2, 2-3pm University of Portland Pilot House 5000 N Willamette Bl talk @ Willamette planned improvements w @councilorkanal.bsky.social @councilorepg.bsky.social @councilordanryan.bsky.social info@oregonwalks.org to RSVP

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penthesilea @penthesilea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I was under the impression that this fell under the “good neighbor” stuff that you’re supposed to do. Like clearing the sidewalk when it snows.

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penthesilea @penthesilea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I don’t understand why people don’t just put their leaves in their green cans. Am I missing something? Are we not supposed to? Because last week I filled my green can specifically with “gutter” leaves so that they don’t clog storm drains and flood the streets.

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Celina @citizenalpha.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I own a third space in Maine, on my own dime, because that’s how important (especially in rural communities) it is for people to be together IRL with neighbors of all kinds. The Regime doesn’t want that. It messes with their demonization program when we talk and help each other.

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Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This really puts stuff like publicly funded third spaces in perspective for me. It's so relatively cheap to build out community centers, gyms, makerspaces, studios etc.

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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

just fyi if there are any folks out there with *a lot* of extra time and energy, the charter says that a franchise transfer is subject to the referendum, which means you have "30 calendar days after date ordinance passed by City Council" to get 28,335 signatures. Just saying'

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MARS @inifitejestermars.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Radical acceptance that you will be uncomfortable/annoyed/inconvenienced at times and that's no reason to wish ill on others.

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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

it's important to arrive at sturdy ethical principles that you can't be annoyed out of. people are annoying as shit

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penthesilea @penthesilea.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The funeral service was almost entirely about how everyone in that room was going straight to hell. Because of that, I ended up not feeling bad about the way I was dressed. Plus, my grandmother was an abusive bitch, so fuck her

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penthesilea @penthesilea.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I wore a black, COMPLETELY SHEER top to my grandmother’s funeral. Didn’t realize that I had put a sheer one on until I was already seated under the very bright lights in her church.