Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 22hSort of insane fact about how broken US urban planning is—America now spends more building *just the lights for roads and highways* than on all subways & ground mass transit combined Spending on roadway *pavement* is 18x transit spending 482686724
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1 30697572350
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is a pretty stunning thing to admit 242158412
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21275722503
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialFischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026myopia among policymakers around pacific northwest passenger rail is a real issue. we are effectively running in place on cascades service, with a multi decade timeline to make modest infrastructure improvements that will allow us to increase service levels and reliability 2563
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Exactly. Duh. Fucking assholes. 5934102
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 27/09/2026That dumbass reality show guy who ran for Mayor of LA is now saying that Mamdani is just being good at governing so that his socialist friends can get elected because people like what they’re doing at which point they’ll start doing bad stuff and that’s just great that’s a tremendous thing to argue 792368189
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialOPB @opb.org · 23/09/2026Did Portland Police Chief Bob Day break the law when he criticized a city councilor last week? At least two people have filed complaints against Day with the Secretary of State’s office in the past week.opb.orgPortland Police chief accused of violating state law by criticizing city councilor’s past tweetsDid Portland Police Chief Bob Day break the law when he criticized a city councilor last week? That’s a question several Portlanders are asking state officials to answer. 45913
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialFischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026@trimet.org is building a “transit champion” mailing list for the legislative session next year. would encourage everyone who follows me to sign up: trimet.org/championstrimet.orgTransit needs you now.Join the Transit Champions and help protect the TriMet bus and MAX service our community depends on. 69156
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialPizzatown @djoodiwithad.bsky.social · 21/09/2026@oregonian.com ya’ll suck ass, fascists are clearly targeting this business and you all choose to both sides us into oblivion. 2263
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialNick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026There’s no option for “he was right and I agreed with him” 611020
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialChris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 20/09/2026Sunday Thoughts: Oregon State really has something. QB Braden Atkinson and WR Jesse Legree have been awesome. Nation's No. 1 pass offense (386.3 ypg), 9 TDs, 1 INT. 2587
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Democratic strategists: Ahhh! What's the right message!!?? Where do we moderate!?!? Jon Ossoff: This administration is horrible. I hate these people. We should put them in jail. I'm pissed Voters: This guy is cool Strategists: I can't figure it out!!!!! 354169633026
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialNick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The Zenith Franchise Transfer ordinance just failed at Council! 6-5 because Loretta Smith is gone. No Mayor tiebreaker. Hell yeah Dunphy, Green, Morillo, Koyama Lane, Avalos, and Kanal!!! 413722
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory self-regulated. 840119082849
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialbsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 16/09/2026Damn it's crazy there's no other way to power trains. 1334757
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialFischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026but yeah substantive policy aside the PPB was hot off a streak of close coordination with neo nazi demonstrators, shooting people, tear gassing children, letting people get run over by cars, trying to frame political opponents and many others so should be easy to imagine why people were mad 2703
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialChef Kennedy🐸🏳️🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 14/09/2026Ms Rachel on Instagram rn 41204185
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 13/09/2026Look, intellectually I understand there are situations that call for unsalted butter instead of salted butter, but emotionally there is never a time I want to be in one of those situations. 2613560261
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Why the fuck are you showing a picture of two people who are not actually there? 14102199
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialRyan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Amtrak will start running the new Airo trainsets on Amtrak Cascades on September 30, according to a WSDOT presentation happening right now at the Puget Sound Regional Council. 828146
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialNick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Sorry meant to attach this earlier 1275
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialFischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026reading up on trimet payroll tax history. some things never change 38511
peterkuskie.bsky.social @peterkuskie.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Just saw my first Drazan attack ad on Kotek about data centers. It's going to be a long couple of months... 000
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialInfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Now in Gunmetal Grey! 242128572644
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952 483192526888
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialonion person @junlper.beer · 30/08/2026behavior like this is genuinely disturbing. like this will obviously just be changed back day 1 after trumps regime is over but its just deeply sad, not even demoralizing, just pathetic 824810798
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialTerry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Killer kicker in the City's comprehensive point-by-point takedown: "if every signature allegedly erroneously rejected by the City was added to the signature count for 1PDX2026, it would remain over one thousand signatures short of ballot qualification." 6589
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialJennifer @jenwith1n.bsky.social · 26/08/2026An extra $55 million this biennium? Time to FUND TRIMET!! www.opb.org/article/2026...opb.orgOregon’s economy shows signs of improvement, new forecast saysEconomists also say the state may be in for more revenue as lawmakers craft a budget next year. 15313
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialToss @stevenspoints.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing 2295269212870
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Best Twitter riposte of the day. 161126320
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 24/08/2026this is approximately the correct amount of decorum this admin deserves 131162136
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialKim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Congressman Maxwell Frost just vibin' on a Sunday afternoon. I like having a band kid on our side of the aisle. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social 1356148921
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialAORTA Transit @aortarail.org · 23/08/2026“Our transit system didn’t die of natural causes. It died of neglect.” AORTA member @xavierdstickler.bsky.social mourns the cuts to over 30 @trimet.org bus lines today. Contact your State Reps. to share your thoughts on these service changes. 04714
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialEvelyn 💗 @evieevolving.bsky.social · 22/08/2026We deserve better. 35913
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialNo More Freeways @nomorefreewayspdx.com · 21/08/2026Trains! Not Lanes or Planes:thenewstribune.comMaybe we shouldn’t expand airports. Trains would serve WA better | OpinionBut transportation policy is often deadly health policy, because burning fossil fuel produces microscopic PM 2.5 particles. | Opinion 0435
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialKori 🌹 @koriander.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Hard not to see the many articles—which center the immense human tragedy of these cuts, but never quite manage to name the electeds responsible—as intentional 25913
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialemily @soupmuse.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Please @tinakotek.bsky.social get ahead of this or you will lose. The Republicans get this. 1030941
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialPortland DSA @portlanddsa.bsky.social · 15/08/2026You get to take a vote on this Moda deal in November before the final vote in December 24916
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialDante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Here are things that happened at the DNC today: 1) Resolution calling to abolish ICE unanimously adopted 2) Brand-new early state calendar that reflects the full diversity of the Democratic base 3) Rejection of insider efforts to ban RCV from being used in presidential primaries Great results here 1424819839
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialOB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 15/08/2026good thing we're having a moral panic over ebikes 🙄 2641132
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialReno🐠🦴 @archaeofishes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026You wouldn’t believe how fast I jumped at the opportunity to participate in this survey. www.cognitoforms.com/ODOT2/ROTVSu...cognitoforms.comRebuilding Our Transportation Vision Survey 294
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialmitch (he/him) @drmitchpdx.bsky.social · 14/08/2026rolling over and letting our transit system die is fucking unacceptable. movement building is how we find our way out of this problem and we will do it together 1576
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialmitch (he/him) @drmitchpdx.bsky.social · 14/08/2026this sucks. we should not accept this without a fight. the next leg session needs to fix this, and we will do it by prepping and recruiting primary candidates for any seat held by legislators who lack the spine to call the question on the ODOT boondoggles. 516937
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialCity Observatory @cityobservatory.bsky.social · 13/08/2026OregonDOT is #1 and #2: Per mile, the two most expensive highway expansion projects in the United States are the $3.5 billion I-5 Rose Quarter widening and the $15 billion Interstate Bridge Replacement. ODOT is utterly broke, and broke. City Observatory cityobservatory.org/bankrupt-a-3... 25923
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialamb @amb.fyi · 12/08/2026Nothing short of a five alarm fire - to which the legislature is responding with “hmmm well let’s give ODOT three billion dollars to widen a freeway into the backyard of Harriet Tubman Middle School” 06620
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Same as it ever was 21047149
Reposted by @peterkuskie.bsky.socialWest Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 12/08/2026It really is wild how popular Amtrak Cascades is and how few trains we run for it 1017617
