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W. Hayden Farris (he/him)

@whaydenfarris.bsky.social
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Political Professional working toward evidence-based policy for effective and equitable outcomes. #Portland based, #Policy oriented.

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W. Hayden Farris (he/him) @whaydenfarris.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A vacancy tax would have likely prevented this. Vacancy taxes activate empty or abandoned plots and make our cities safer. District 4 councilors (where this happened), please consider a vacancy tax. @councilorgreen.bsky.social @councilorzimmerman.bsky.social @councilorclark.bsky.social
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Meghan Moyer @multcomoyer.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Join me at BOLD Coffee and Books to chat about how Preschool for All is expanding to universality by 2030, my proposed County Deflection Center reforms, and other issues facing Multnomah County. I represent BOLD Coffee and Books and surrounding neighbors in Goose Hollow. See you there!
A poster with a picture of Commissioner Moyer, the BOLD Coffee and Books logo, and a graphic of 3 people sitting around a table drinking coffee.

"[BOLD Coffee and Books] Presents Coffee Talk with Commissioner Moyer

Fri., Dec. 12, 1:00-3:00 p.m."
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W. Hayden Farris (he/him) @whaydenfarris.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Want lower prices? Ensure real competition in the private market.
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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Congratulations to @flashes.blue for their official launch on the App Store 🎉🎉🎉 It’s an instagram alternative built on the AT protocol 🙌 all the visual scrolling with none of the Meta algorithm
A cropped screenshot of the Flashes app in the App Store
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W. Hayden Farris (he/him) @whaydenfarris.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Trump investigating the CA High-Speed Rail project is likely not in good faith. BUT CA should not be spending this much for so little. It's insofar functionally a waste of taxpayer dollars and points to massive failure in CA governance. One solution CA should take: In-house construction 🧵
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 16/02/2025
The Institute of Education Sciences, which identifies what works in education, may be on #DOGE’s chopping block. Its $1B budget is less than 1% of the Dept. of Education's, but it’s vital for efforts to pursue research-based improvements, educational researchers explain. buff.ly/42Yvcae
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Helping teachers learn what works in the classroom − and what doesn’t − will get a lot harder without the Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences
The nonpartisan arm of the Education Department supports research and shares data on student progress. It identifies what works and what doesn’t.
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The People Lab @thepeoplelab.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
The federal workforce isn't "bloated" - as @elizabethlinos.bsky.social explains, the real crisis is critical staffing shortages. Read more here: www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-f...
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Trump says the federal workforce is too big. Here's what to know about its size.
The federal government is the nation's largest employer, yet the size of its workforce hasn't kept up with U.S. population growth, experts say.
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W. Hayden Farris (he/him) @whaydenfarris.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
When people genuinely or in bad faith ask: How else are we supposed to clean up gov. efficiency if the courts block DOGE? The answer is easy and lies in the Constitution: get congressional approval – go through the legal process.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 05/02/2025
If you want a long, but very thorough, read on just how crazy dangerous the situation is with Elon, @brockm.bsky.social has laid it all out in a single article. Please read it. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/t...
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The 24-Hour Reality Check: Musk’s Impossible Power Grab And America’s Crisis
There are twenty-four hours in a day. This isn’t a matter of political opinion or technological disruption—it’s as immutable as the fact that two plus two equals four. No amount of geni…
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W. Hayden Farris (he/him) @whaydenfarris.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
One more reason to not use Twitter. Check out these bots. All accounts created before 2020 with minimal posts aside from this:
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W. Hayden Farris (he/him) @whaydenfarris.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Things I can do in a city: - Walk 2 blocks to pickup ice cream from a friend - on the way back help someone move a dresser into their apartment - hang out with my cats on my porch and say hi to passing neighbors All within 20 minutes. Bliss.
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Californians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 18/12/2024
If we want to electrify thousands of miles of rail in CA by 2050, we need to do it a lot faster and cheaper. Currently, CA pays far more for infrastructure than countries like Italy and Spain, which have mostly electric rail. What can we do differently?🧵 calelectricrail.org/transit-capi...
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Transit Capital Project Delivery Reforms: Building cleaner, faster, and cheaper – Californians for Electric Rail
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W. Hayden Farris (he/him) @whaydenfarris.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Current investigations are pointing to PG&E infrastructure causing current fires. 1) any public utility that functions as a monopoly should be gov. run 2) a company that causes this level of damage should be dissolved 3) risk of powerlines to cause fires is support for microgrids w/ less risk
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W. Hayden Farris (he/him) @whaydenfarris.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
IMO liberal leaders forget that you don't change opinions via brute force facts or condescension. Show and tell people that voting for you will directly help that person. And, along for the ride, they'll be exposed to info that helps them understand "liberal" views. Works better than name calling.
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W. Hayden Farris (he/him) @whaydenfarris.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
(I think) Poor Man's Boots theory applies to almost everything Short on time > don't maintenance your car? Retroactive fixing takes more time than proactive maintenance. Short on mental bandwidth? Lashing out requires more emotional cleanup than initial regulation. Any ex. where this is not true?
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W. Hayden Farris (he/him) @whaydenfarris.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
In-housing staff works. @multco.bsky.social take notes.
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W. Hayden Farris (he/him) @whaydenfarris.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Problem: housing expensive to build Symptom: housing shortage, expensive housing, increased homelessness Solution to problem: make housing construction cheaper Alt solution: Force market rate re-adjustment via social housing Bandaid for symptom presented as solution: subsidize private market 🤦
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W. Hayden Farris (he/him) @whaydenfarris.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
If we rely on private-sector organizations for public-sector responsibilities, we should in-house those organizations. This improves responsibility delegation clarity, chains of command, financial efficiency, and reduces administrative overhead.
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