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rebekah

@rebeks.bsky.social
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housing policy / she/her / pdx / communist / murp student housingauthority.substack.com ~ #orleg

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mitch (he/him) @drmitchpdx.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
imagine the administrative capacity a supply side progressive governor could build
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mitch (he/him) @drmitchpdx.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
christine should spend less time worrying about me and more time worrying about whether her friends and donors are in the epstein files. and you should worry about whether christine drazan’s donors are also supporting candidates in the city council races.
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
normally i’m a pretzel in chex mix avoider, however these fresh ones from the giant 2lb bag from costco are excellent
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
i got a new coat and i can’t wait for this high 70s weather to go away and i can wear it
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
i first published housing authority four years ago, in that time i’ve learned a lot more about housing. here’s a re-introduction to what i’m writing about
housingauthority.substack.com
Is Housing Authority still a newsletter about fighting landlords?
A reintroduction of sorts 🪩
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
i think there is a protectiveness that a lot of cultural enclaves (created because of redlining and racial discrimination) feel about their neighborhoods that is a direct result of historic patterns of divestment, economic activity and subsequent displacement.
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
i need portland’s performing arts to be better coordinated about what weekends their shows open and how long they run for because i already bought tickets for something on oct 10!!
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
it’s so crazy to watch the oregonian follow the right wing outrage playbook about mitch green.
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
i support mitch green and his hatred of the portland police!!
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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 18/09/2026
We, as Portlanders, cannot stand idly by while local leaders try to intimidate elected officials and meddle in our elections.
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Knee-Jerk Reactions to Councilor Green’s Tweets Are Hypocritical and Dangerous - Portland Mercury
The police are supposed to keep protesters safe as they exercise their rights to free speech—not retaliate by shooting them with rubber bullets, striking them with batons, or spraying tear gas at more...
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Madison Moskowitz @moskwtz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is the same issue many nonprofits in Oregon, Minnesota, Washington, etc are facing. “Problems began compounding about a decade ago as housing subsidies fell behind the cost of operations. Costly breakdowns of plumbing, heating and electrical systems have accelerated as the properties have aged”
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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Daily bunny no.3443 heard a noise
Several bunnies stand at a campfire in the woods at night. One small bunny has a fearful look as they try to tell the others about something. The other bunnies around the fire have a mix of skepticism and surprise on their faces. In the background, a dark shadow of a mothman, with red glowing eyes, is visible.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 16/09/2026
There's a lesson here about solidarity. You don't have to support someone's tactics or even beliefs to show solidarity. In fact solidarity conditioned on complete agreement is not true solidarity at all.
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 13/09/2026
We should be building free and affordable housing instead of data centers tbh
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a haunted house but it’s your landlord painting your living room a poopy yellow
a black and white photo of an old building with visible wear. the front door of the building is framed with the silhouette of tree branches that arch over the path up to the building. it’s being used as a visual for a “haunted house”
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Jennifer @jenwith1n.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Y’all please do not report this shit without also mentioning that the administration has gutted transit funding and determined bike lanes and sidewalks are illegal DEI. I’d fucking love it if people drove less but we built this country to trap people in cars and they aren’t letting us fix it.
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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Hot tip: if you see an ad or mailer telling you not to rank a DSA candidate, it’s paid for by a combination of the same 12 guys in a trenchcoat coat who tried to elect Rene Gonzalez and Betsy Johnson. Don’t rank anyone they ask you to!
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Today’s Baseball Name is Jiggs Parrott
Jiggs Parrott
Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Unknown • Throws: Unknown
5-11, 160lb (180cm, 72kg)
Born: July 14, 1871 in Portland, OR
More bio, uniform, draft, salary info v
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
today i learned that my childhood best friend changed her party affiliation to help oust these fascists!!
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bus enjoyer @intersections.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
All my homies hate Dan Ryan.
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
does anyone else remember those bogus covid testing sites that popped up during the early days of shut down? horrible things
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amb @amb.fyi · 28/08/2026
This PAC seems lined up to support council candidates who approved the Bull Run Megaproject that’ll double water bills in the next few years - which *actually* seems like a threat to local restaurants. And apparently anyone who tried to challenge that is doing “performative politics” - but whatever
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
my grandma has some stories about growing up in government built housing during ww2 in richland where the wind would get so bad that it would blow roofs off. sometimes the wrong roof got reattached and people’s living room ceilings came back a different color.
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Genderless Robotic Rodent 🏳️‍⚧️🎃 @genderlessrodent.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! *breathes* AHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHA!
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
i actually grew up in a whole town of public housing that the federal government built for ww2 workers. and those homes are still alive and kicking it today. and the neighborhoods are beautiful with mature trees and parks and access to the columbia river. so yeah you can go see it actually.
open.substack.com
The public housing miracle that never happened
If you're going to build a policy agenda out of historical analogies, at least do the reading
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
i had a beloved paul frank handbag from my childhood that i finally donated to goodwill in college — i hope whoever got it next is enjoying it this next trend cycle
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
one of my favorite fanfic writers comes back with a one-shot four years later — it’s a good fucking day.
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
a follow up to my last post about property, this one discusses the legal structures that give us property are the same ones that give us race. read it here: housingauthority.substack.com/p/what-does-...
housingauthority.substack.com
What does owning rental housing and whiteness have in common?
Property is more than just *a thing*
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
one benefit to growing up with very little media exposure is that i don’t know or recognize any of these actors that seem to die tragically young.
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City Observatory @cityobservatory.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
OregonDOT 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...
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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 13/08/2026
sun and satan both begin with s, coincidence?
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
every time i remember lindsey graham is dead i laugh
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
i’m sure it’s related to the larger dysfunctions of the american medical system but jfc i am so incensed by the pharmacy by my house constantly being out of basic medications (like antibiotics) and not telling you until decide to bother them with a phone call.
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
i was reheating some breakfast left overs and eggs went from over easy to over hard and i tell you fully cooked eggs are disgusting
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
it’s garbage day but the garbage bin didn’t get picked up?
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
when i was growing up my dad was obsessed with smooth jazz and to this day i really cannot stand a saxophone.
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
this max miller guy gives me the creeps
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✨John Carpenter’s BOObies✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
If I hear one more politician say “they have to want help” in regards to homeless people while shelters are full of abuse, public housing wait lists are YEARS, the for-profit prison system exists, and our public health system is a fucking joke, I’m gonna lose my fucking mind.
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
this thunder has my kitty so scared!
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
my linkedin love to give me emails about articles posted on the platform and one of them today was about tom brady’s brand deals. who is even thinking about tom brady anymore?
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
god i hate how normalized conspiracy thinking has become. part of it is that yes actual conspiracies happen a lot and im like its quite rational for thinking there has been corruption involved with this taylor farms stuff. but i don’t want to be a they’re positioning the food supply kind of guy.
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
i ended up finding it under some errant papers, thank god. it would have cost me like $75 to replace from the psu library
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
i hate when the tv broadcast shows crowd shots that feature kids crying in distress about their team doing poorly. i actually hate it a lot more than the crowd shots of hot women. i actually kind of love the shots of hot women and also players with the shorts rolled up
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alexandra @birdmotif.alextey.co · 15/07/2026
when i transitioned, i never thought i'd play baseball again. now we're in our fourth season of trans girl baseball here in new york, and—even though i say this all the time—it really did change my life! i wrote about tgirl baseball and what it means to us for @defector.com (link below!)
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
so what gives landlords the right to be shitty? let’s discuss. open.substack.com/pub/housinga...
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Everyone has a bad landlord story — why is that?
Interrogating the legal structures that give landlords outsized power.
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
if we’re going to var anything it’s gotta be everything
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bulldog @harpua.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
VAMOS INTENSIFIES
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
i libraried too hard and actually lost a book i checked out
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
sucks to be canada in sports today
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rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
the sims 4 is about social reproduction so that means i can talk about it in my housing newsletter
open.substack.com
What 1200+ hours in the Sims 4 taught me about the housing crisis
On social reproduction and social alienation
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