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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 23/07/2026

Got to take a quick look at the new Amtrak Airo trains as they passed through Portland. They look so great!! Excited for my next opportunity to travel #bytrain @amtrakcascades.wsdot.wa.gov

The Amtrak Airo trainset at Union Station in Portland, viewed from above.

More of the Amtrak Airo trains viewed from above. Big Pink is visible in the background.

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 20/07/2026

This feels like a horoscope or alignment chart for our councilors. What a funny (and perhaps telling) assessment of their engagement. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Indeed, getting all dozen councilors to respond to a questionnaire on the Moda Center was a fraught endeavor.
The newsroom requested that each respond to the survey within five business days.

Four councilors - Mitch Green, Sameer Kanal, Angelita Morillo and Eric Zimmerman - answered all the questions, though Kanal only did so days after the deadline. Another four - Council President Jamie Dunphy, Council Vice President Olivia Clark and Councilors Elana Pirtle-Guiney and Dan Ryan - submitted their answers jointly while Councilor Loretta Smith returned a modified questionnaire that addressed five of the original eight questions.

Councilors Candace Avalos and Tiffany Koyama Lane, meanwhile, each emailed statements that touched on some - but not all - of the questions they received. Councilor Steve Novick declined to participate in the survey entirely.

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 20/07/2026

There's some really beautiful cats in Sunnyside

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 20/07/2026

Pride was amazing. I love you Portland!!!! ❤️🏳️‍🌈❤️🏳️‍🌈

A picture of the pride parade from within the DSA contingent.

A picture of the DSA booth from within the booth.

Jacob folding shirts in the DSA booth. Overalls, buttons, ebike bib, water bottle, and smile all included.

Jacob and Angelita smiling at the camera.

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 20/07/2026

With the data provided by @jcbradbury.com & @ripcitynotripoff.bsky.social, it's clear that the Blazers are not operating in the same world as the rest of us. Maybe they're still convinced that the mayor has this authority he simply doesn't have? Wilson is a bobble-head from a previous generation.

"The city's delay has given us time to study what a market deal is," the Blazers source said. "And let's just say the $600 million deal that was supposed to be done six months ago was a way-below-market deal."

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 20/07/2026

The key quote from @councilorgreen.bsky.social. The state and county money can help Dundon et al THIS year. It's their call if they want to wait & lose access to that money. The cost for them only rises if they choose to continue slow-walking the city and the council. I don't get their strategy.

Right now, it's a matter of $120
million. Like, if Dundon came out today and said 'I'm gonna pick up the tab on the $120 [million] ... that would probably get us to the finish line tomorrow."

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 19/07/2026

That ride was really wonderful!! So glad to be living in such a beautiful, active, excited city!!! 🚲🚲🚲🚲🚊

The Tilikum Crossing from a distance, covered in ebikers.

Jacob on the Tilikum Crossing, smiling while one of the streetcars goes on by.

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 19/07/2026

Just saw someone go by on one of these. So wildly cool.

A recumbent, electric, two-wheeled bicycle

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 17/07/2026

This is an EXCELLENT piece about getting our institutions to work better in every way. We should engage with governance with an open source ethos. This is democracy, this is socialism, this is the way forward. It's deeply related to the work being done already with ATProto & gov transparency.

An open source city might take a different approach: The neighbor sees a pothole and reports it in an app, which encourages them to add information such as photos. The app notices several other reports from the same intersection and shows photos, asking if it's the same issue. These reports are combined and posted in a public database, and a group of people that live in the neighborhood reviews it.
That group has been given control over the portion of the city budget for their street, and they decide how much they want to spend to fix it. They bundle it with other similar work and set a reasonable price to get the fix done. Once the price is set, notifications go to the neighbors that reported the issue, city crews, and local contractors that the work is ready to be done. Anyone who is able and ready can do the work. Once the work is done, a city inspector and a representative from the neighborhood group is notified to sign off that it was done safely and correctly. With their approval, the cost of doing the work gets paid out of the city budget. The reports, authorization, contract award, inspection results, approval, and payout are all public.
With the help of open finance platforms like OpenCollective, many large software projects are already funded in this way.

We can build on our discussion of open data to imagine extending open source to finance.
First, all the money flows in the city would need to be part of an open data system.
Individual data might need to be hidden for privacy reasons, but data down to the neighborhood level should be available. Many cities provide detailed spending reports already, but this system would need to be built into how the city actually makes and takes payments. This would make paying your tax bills easier!

This approach also works beyond a single project at the district and citywide level.
Master planning is always a huge project in itself, and cities struggle to engage citizens as much as necessary. The problem that they run into is they pay three times for it - once to gather ideas, again to figure out how to make them fit together, and again to actually put it into practice. Opening the planning process to ordinary people - not just in surveys and charrettes but on an ongoing basis - completely changes the process. This is where the value of the small scale open source projects in the city starts to compound. If citizens are already participating in day to day planning and operations in their neighborhoods, the city has all that open data and discussion to inform the big plan. The way things run now, the city has to go out and gather that information as a separate project every time it wants to update the master plan, which is why master plans tend to be obsolete as soon as they're published.
A living master plan sounds like an impossible dream for most cities, but software projects with far more complexity can't work without it.
As cities evolve to become even more complex, it won't be hard to imagine planning in this way - it will be hard to imagine planning in any other way.

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 16/07/2026

Lol I just passed by on a bus and got this photo. ~160 cyclists today and ~200,000 this year!! Amazing! Great job, my friends!!

A photo of the Tilikum Crossing bicycle counter, as well as the Ross Island bridge.

The sign appears to say 157 cyclists today and 207,000 this year, though both numbers are distorted.

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 16/07/2026

WOW!! You are plugged in! (Literally? A bpm & calorie monitor?) Neat! I think NYC is doing some interesting work with the new "PIT crews" that could possibly benefit from the touch of an ATProto whisperer. Would love to see municipal/public tools get enmeshed with the open social net generally.

An image of dame's site.

dame.is writing a blog post 5h ago
LISTENING To be the girl! by hemlocke springs
FOLLOWED BY 5,340 people on Bluesky
ON DAY 12,125 OF THEIR LIFE
68 BPM - 64 CAL - 63 DB - 69% (battery)
stationary

dame is an artist who makes social software with open protocols

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 16/07/2026

I love the counter on the Tilikum Crossing but wasn't able to get a good photo of the count when I walked that way last week. If someone going that way would be able to do so, I'd be grateful! I remember it was shockingly high.

The Tilikum Crossing cyclist counter with the bridge itself in the background. The count is not captured in the photo.

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 14/07/2026

The late night MAX shuffling around the Moda Center has thrown me for a loop. It feels like a society in distress - no rules, a culture of lawlessness. A blue MAX coming south on Interstate? Absurd and terrifying. One never thinks that such things could happen in their time. The night holds darkness

A MAX blue line train comes south through the Interstate/Rose Quarter Transit Center stop. (This is usually a yellow line only area.) The label lights on the train read "Ruby JCT". The sky is dark.

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 13/07/2026

This is deeply transformative and really exciting. The online world is too often built to extract as much from its users as possible. The web should be joyful & easy to use! Bluesky & ATProto are doing something different & better, and now too is New York City! Apply to help out! nyc.gov/pitcrew

Mamdani in styled sunglasses behind the City’s Chief Technology Officer and Commissioner of the Office of Technology and Innovation, Lisa Gelobter who is in charge of this work. As New York State Senator and chair of the Internet and Technology Committee, Kristen Gonzalez stands behind her as well. Mamdani almost looks like he's in MiB. The podium reads "PIT Crew."

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 12/07/2026

So grateful to have Democratic Socialists running and winning everywhere! We have another great local candidate folks should know about: Nathan Ong Norris is running for Multnomah County District 2 Commissioner! He's also been endorsed by @oregontammy.bsky.social & @councilorgreen.bsky.social!

A map of Multnomah County District 2. Everything in Portland east of the Willamette and north of I-84. It also extends south of I-84 in some areas and includes Maywood Park.

Nathan Ong Norris is a third-generation Asian American. He was born and raised in the Portland metro. He has a Master's Degree in Emergency Management & Community Resilience from Portland State University.

Nathan is a community organizer, a hazardous waste technician, a union member, and a Democratic Socialist.

Nathan believes that society is a series of promises we make to each other, including:
• Clean air
• Clean water
• Accessible health care
• Safe and stable housing
• Early childhood education
• Coordinated emergency management

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 12/07/2026

A much higher quality version of TODAY's closures:

TODAY CLOSURES -

1-5 ROSE QUARTER
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
1-5 SIGN BRIDGE INSTALLATION
JULY 11-12, 2026*
OVERNIGHT CLOSURE EXPECTED ON ALL LANES OF 1-5 IN BOTH DIRECTIONS IN JULY 2026
*Dates subject to change
Oregon

1-5 CLOSURES
All lanes of 1-5 northbound and southbound will be closed overnight for up to 14 hours from 10 p.m. on a Saturday to noon on the next day (Sunday).

We will reopen I-5 as soon as work is complete.

During the closure, crews will remove the existing sign structure and install a new sign structure (the "sign bridge") near the Oregon Convention Center.
This sign bridge is part of planned improvements to 1-5 and will support new traffic patterns.

Additionally, crews will be completing preparations for the upcoming 1-5 southbound surface replacement and identifying the extent of repairs that will be required dung the September closure.
Drivers should expect delays in the area and plan ahead to avoid additional travel time.

DRIVERS CAN EXPECT:
- I-5 southbound to be closed beginning at Exit 302B to the Fremont Bridge and I-405.
- 1-5 northbound to be closed beginning at Exit 300 to 1-84.
- I-405 is the detour route around the closure (see the back page for detailed detour information).
- 1-84 westbound to be routed to 1-5 southbound. Drivers will
detour onto I-405 to access I-5 northbound.
- Ramp to I-84 eastbound from 1-5 northbound to remain open.
- Ramp from I-84 westbound to I-5 southbound to remain open.
All lanes of I-5 southbound will be open beyond this point.
- Ramp from Broadway to I-5 northbound to remain open. All lanes of 1-5 northbound will be open beyond this point.

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 12/07/2026

A section of I-5 is currently fully closed!! It will stay closed until noon tomorrow. If you're nearby, document your experience!! This is the only time that BOTH DIRECTIONS are closed. Only a part of I-5 south is closed in September! www.i5rosequarter.org/current-cons... Read photos carefully!

SEPTEMBER CLOSURES - A map of the Portland highways centered around the Moda Center. I-5 southbound traffic is rerouted to I-405 and I-5 northbound traffic continues uninterrupted.

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 12/07/2026

An answer for those frustrated with the Lloyd Center situation: Let's build Socialism.

"I think we're being asked to ensure that capitalism and capitalists provide a social benefit, and that's not realistic the way the law currently is," he said. "We can have nice things, including an ice rink, and Portland deserves them. But it's not going to be because large developers choose to build them altruistically, nor should it be. It's our responsibility to either build requirements, knowing what limitations that that might create, or better yet, provide a public service as the government."

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 11/07/2026

A key detail that might get lost amidst the many individual violations of election law: It's unlikely that contesting individual violations could accurately demonstrate the SCALE and SYSTEMIC NATURE of the bad faith work done here by Safer Portland. It's an anti-truth campaign TO ITS CORE.

Kessler's complaint specifically asks the state not to prosecute or fine individual signature gatherers - but rather, the people who hired, trained and supervised them.

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 08/07/2026

A video I took during my study abroad in 2022. If this weren't already real, it feels like it'd be hard to convince folks that it's possible. Such a beautiful space. PORTLAND!!!! IMAGINE!!!!!!

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 07/07/2026

Novick gets the general logic right here imo. @councilorgreen.bsky.social is not only making the best economic decision, but also the best political one. Novick is making a bad decision, but at least he's being a lil thoughtful about it. Also, 300 folks is not nearly enough to get accurate polling

"Assuming we take the variations at face value"
Novick wrote to WW, "it will likely reinforce the positions Morillo, Koyama Lane, Zimmerman and Clark have already taken. For Green and me, if we were going to base our positions purely on electoral politics, it sets up an interesting question in the context of ranked choice voting-'are the people in the minority in my district the kind of people who might support me anyway, so taking the minority position in my district will actually help me solidify the 25% I need, or is there no correlation between my likely voters and positions on this issue, in which case taking the minority position is politically dumb?'I don't really know the answer for myself, so I think I'm stuck with just doing what I think makes sense on the merits and hope for the best."

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 05/07/2026

What a crazy night. Did you know that you can just buy a hearse? Also there are many incredibly beautiful old houses in Portland actually being put to their highest & best use. (Housing a bunch of amazing folks cheaply.) Tryna get punks et al hooked on City Council. I love this city so much. ❤️

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 05/07/2026

5+ firetrucks arriving near 82nd and Glisan. Huge plumes of grey smoke - smells like fireworks. It's gonna be a long night for our firefighters. Grateful for their work. We should be making cities that structurally encourage both safety & community. Smaller streets & firetrucks are part of that.

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 02/07/2026

I love seeing B-line out in the wild! THIS replaces so many hard-to-replace auto trips. I want to see this so much more often all throughout the city!! (Also it's sometimes my dream job.)

A B-line bike as seen through the front window of a bus.

A B-line bike and driver as seen from a little above head level, biking down the street.

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 30/06/2026

Very curious what this supposed "new information" is. I'm doubtful that the conservative Councilors are operating in good faith. The Mayor's ability to break ties here is also front-of-mind. www.portlandmercury.com/news/police-...

As a basis for bringing the supplemental budget, councilors said new information since the budget was passed necessitated the changes. It is unclear what new information became available, and Clark and Novick's office did not answer the Mercury's questions asking what specific information came to light.

Councilors may find themselves in a familiar position, as the two ordinances will compete for a seventh vote to pass. While the government charter does not allow the mayor to break a tie on budget amendments, Wilson could play the role of tiebreaker in this case because the shuffling is through an ordinance.
That means Wilson may cast a deciding vote to reallocate funds to jobs he first proposed cutting in his own budget.

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 29/06/2026

And from the first Sunday Parkways event this summer back in May:

Jacob holding a bag of chalk over a complicated hop-scotch course drawn in an intersection. Lots of chalk on his pants.

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 29/06/2026

One of the few pics I took during today's volunteering at East Portland's #SundayParkways I got to entertain folks for a few hours at a big intersection! What a lovely time.

A person riding a 3-wheel modified bike with a large wooden basket on the front. A golden retriever is sitting in the basket.

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 26/06/2026

@portlandmercury.com's @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social reveals a talent for food journalism in this piece about the Moda Center event with Tom Dundon on Wednesday. Lots to note in this article (see quoted post chain) but it's clear that the prospect of public funding becomes more toxic by the day.

City councilors were offered complimentary tickets to the event and encouraged by the Metro Chamber to attend, though state ethics rules could complicate things. According to the Oregon Government Ethics Commission, public officials aren't supposed to accept any gift with a value of $50 or more from a single source. Exemptions do exist under the law, including for elected officials attending chamber of commerce events in their official capacity. But that exemption does not apply when they are not officially representing the government.

"Everybody can characterize things however they want, Dundon said at Wednesday's event. "I don't see it the same way, but I'm not trying to get people to agree or disagree with me. I just know it feels like we're making a pretty big investment by staying here and paying these tax rates and agreeing to these fees for dollars that go back into the building."

Backing him up, Hoan said the main contribution Dundon is making is keeping the team here to provide investment opportunities and is indirectly paying for the capital stack through the activities generated in the building and surrounding area.

Dundon, clad in sweatpants, an athletic henley, and a baseball cap, appeared disinterested in the interview altogether. Still, Hoan offered grace and appreciation for investing in the team, and hopefully in the city.

A rainbow of roses and emerald palms dotted marbled tables, black napkins, and minimalist decor ribboned around an array of charcuterie and fine cheeses stretching six feet wide. Garden crudité shooters with ranch and hummus were piled high like lofty dreams on a table beneath courtside seats. Soft lighting cast geometric shapes in motion, adding a subtle ambience to the catered offerings.

Friendly catering staff paced slowly amid the mingling crowd, offering bite-sized bulgogi steak tacos. The flank steak was presented on a fried wonton topped with pickled carrot, cabbage, and cilantro, while gochujang aioli gave a mild hint of spice. Burrata crostinis featured smashed peas with lemon and mint— a summery, fresh finger snack that creatively combined the culinary traditions of England and Italy. Tequila and charred lime prawn skewer topped with cilantro garlic tzatziki offered a peppy taste of the sea.

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 26/06/2026

Good signs everywhere. Re-elect Angelita!!

Holding a sign saying "Rabble Rouser - Re-elect Angelita for PDX"

A sign in the back says "Promises made, promises kept."

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 25/06/2026

@councilormorillo.bsky.social "A lot of this discussion is that the building is not at all in first-class condition right now, so I don't really understand how they're not in violation of that, right now. Do they owe us a bunch of money, right now?" www.youtube.com/live/GF-Hf0N...

Kristin Dennis and Donnie Oliveira listen to council questions, as do Brandon Mullen, Jonathan Pulvers, Cherice Bock, my friend, and myself. I'm pinching my chin and smiling widely with serious fascination as well as amusement.

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 25/06/2026

After @councilorclark.bsky.social arrived back from participating in the Moda Center event with Tom Dundon (at which he dodged questions), she asked "are you taking all of this and putting it in some kind of a chart that we could all review, because there's been a lot of stuff here." Beyond parody.

Kristin Dennis presents to the City Council about Moda. She is the chief of staff to the Metro Council & currently helping this negotiation happen. Donnie Oliveira sits next to her. In the audience sits Brandon Mullen (D3 Council candidate) with a Trailblazers Jersey, next to Jonathan Pulvers (of RipCitynotRipOff) and Cherice Bock of 350pdx. I sit in the back with a friend, with my hands on my head, looking baffled and astounded.

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 23/06/2026

Oops lol I forgot alt text (The first page barely fits under the alt text limit! It would be interesting to learn if there was a character limit when creating each page.)

TOGETHER WE'RE CREATING THE PORTLAND WE DESERVE

Investing in Holistic, Preventative Community Safety
• I sponsored a resolution establishing Portland Street Response as a co-equal first response branch and creating a new Portland Street Response Committee to recenter community in planning the future of behavioral health response
• We said "no" to continued disinvestment in St. Johns and restored staffing for four firefighters for St. Johns' fire engine
• I successfully advocated to keep every community center open-including St. Johns and Charles Jordan, which were previously on the chopping block.
• I co-sponsored an ordinance formally establishing the Portland Committee on Community-Engaged Policing in City Code.
• proudly voted to confirm the inaugural members of the Community Board for Police Accountability.
• We invested in emergency preparedness by adding staff to the Bureau of Emergency Management, including a CEl Hub planner.

Advocating for Transportation Infrastructure & Housing Solutions
• I co-sponsored a resolution to study and begin development of social housing to build permanently affordable housing and address Portland's housing emergency.
• I testified at the State Legislature in support of North Portland emergency routes for Rep.
Nelson's bill funding a new bridge across the railroad cut at Columbia Bivd.

Standing Up for Human Rights & the Will of the Voters
• I stood firm against attempts to defund the Office of Community-Based Police Accountability in violation of the City Charter.
• We began to update the City's investment policy criteria, so that we won't invest in companies that enable or facilitate genocide, armed conflict, or human rights abuse
Pushing Back Against Federal Overreach
• We stood up for immigrant and refugee communities by enshrining Portland's Sanctuary City status in City Code.
•I protected Portlanders from law enforcement impostors by proposing the Right to Know Who's Policing You Ordinance, which passed in May.

OUR WORK AHEAD

Infrastructure Improvements
Historically, the City hasn't been good at taking care of its things. We have an enormous maintenance backlog in our Parks & Recreation system and our City-owned infrastructure in general. I'll be looking to find affordable and sustainable ways to address the backlog and prioritize fixing what we already have over paying for something new we can't afford to maintain.

Codifying Portland Street Response
Portland Street Response is a pillar of our public safety system, providing critical behavioral health services and freeing up police resources to respond to calls that require an armed response. It's time to make this essential program part of our City Code to ensure its stability for years to come.

Protecting Portlanders from Chemical Weapons
Tear gas and other chemical munitions are a threat to public health, public safety, the environment, and the First Amendment. My office is working on legislation to limit the use of chemical weapons in Portland because if it's not allowed in international warfare, it shouldn't be allowed in our city.

Defending the Will of the Voters
I will always defend the will of the voters as shown through Charter reform and ballot measures.
This means fighting to protect the Portland Clean Energy Fund, the Community Board for Police Accountability, and all other voter-directed programs or policies from attempts to materially alter them or siphon their

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 23/06/2026

Just got a mailer from my Councilor @councilorkanal.bsky.social here in D2 and WOW! This is excellent in many ways. Not only does this clearly highlight his MANY successes, it's also just a beautiful document. And he's not even up for reelection this year! This level of comms should be standard!

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 22/06/2026

I succesfully used safari to get the logos of popfeed and tangled. (Although tangled's icon is strangely dark with my icon settings.)

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 22/06/2026

@currents.is @tangled.org @popfeed.social @openmkt.app @pds.ls I'm having trouble getting the icons for your apps to work. Gifthood and Leaflet were put on the home screen in the same roundabout way, but their icons appear! Any suggestions to fix this?

A screenshot of an iphone home screen folder, with Gifthood, Leaflet, Flashes, Streamplace, Currents, Tangled, Popfeed, Open Market, and PDSIs. The first four have specialized logos and the last five don't.

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 22/06/2026

Yeah I'm certainly not opposed to bridges, just mainly the loud car-carrying ones. Remaking the debris of the horrifying mistakes of the past has resulted in some of the coolest and best urbanism. Look at the Cheonggyecheon Stream in Seoul, for example!

View of the Cheonggyecheon Stream in Seoul. A small orange bridge spans a clear river with greenery on both sides, flanked by walking paths. A staircase connects the lower walking paths to the higher bridge/street level. Photo from https://koreaexploration.com/en/cheonggyecheon/

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 22/06/2026

Up at Pittock Mansion and the view is making me fall in love with Portland all over again. If you have a nice camera, I would loooove to see photos from up here on this gloriously beautiful day.

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 19/06/2026

Doing some reading (dn.org/understandin...) and it seems like it would be roughly $4,000 a year plus ~$0.20 per domain registered. This isn't as important as getting the physical/digital infrastructure online for general local internet sovereignty, but I think it should probably happen eventually.

Understanding ICANN's budget and fees is also important in the context of broader internet governance debates. As discussions about privacy, censorship, trademark protection, and decentralization intensify, stakeholders frequently scrutinize ICANN's expenditures, accountability mechanisms, and strategic goals. For domain name stakeholdersespecially registrars and large-scale investors-engagement in the budgetary process can influence how fees are used and ensure that ICANN's financial priorities remain focused on internet stability, security, and fairness.

In conclusion, ICANN's fees and budgets are the financial scaffolding that supports the global domain name system. These mechanisms fund everything from root zone maintenance to international policy
coordination and abuse prevention. While individual domain name registrants might only encounter a small ICANN fee buried in a registrar invoice, that fee is part of a much larger financial ecosystem designed to sustain the decentralized, resilient, and interoperable nature of the internet. For anyone engaged in the domain name industry—whether as a business owner, registrar, investor, or policy advocate—understanding the purpose and impact of ICANN's financial structure is crucial to appreciating the infrastructure that enables the global domain economy to function securely and equitably.

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Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life · 19/06/2026

I felt very proud of my street profiles so I want to lift them out of the article & share them more accessibly here. Let me know what you think about my proposal - very open and interested in getting feedback. bsky.app/profile/rjac...

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