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Xavier D. Stickler @xavierdstickler.bsky.social · 15h

I know this post will make sense to only like 1, maybe 2 of my followers, but 35' and 30' buses are part of the queer community (35' buses are, specially, bisexual).

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Xavier D. Stickler @xavierdstickler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I just got an ad saying the Street Trust endorsed Julia Brim-Edwards. What the fuck are we doing, gang?

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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This measure should demonstrate (to all sides) that there are hard limits to allyship as the only organizing principle. This is a bad idea, badly conceived, and very badly drafted - and some prominent allies (who I will continue to support) should have said so, like a year ago.

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Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

the airos look nice, and will solve an urgent operational problem that’s consistently degrading the passenger experience on the cascades — a win is a win! HOWEVER

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Xavier D. Stickler @xavierdstickler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I think it’s officially time to freak the fuck about the governor’s race. In the last 3 days, I have spoken with at least half a dozen lifelong urban democrats who say they’re planning on voting for Christine Drazan just to wake the Democratic Party of Oregon up to their discontent.

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Xavier D. Stickler @xavierdstickler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I despise that it is the left who is constantly seen as being uncompromising and self-righteous when, in my experience, I have never met someone who is more certain of their own moral and intellectual superiority than a centrist arguing for the status quo, and doing so as if that’s being “neutral.”

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amb @amb.fyi · 27/09/2026

feels like there’s multiple compounding mammoth economic financial disasters that are all are about to explode right as the dems take charge, the big ugly federal bill chief along them. It’s gonna suck and also new dem leadership needs to be willing to go big and not shirk from meeting the moment

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Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If wikipedia is correct, this basically means every train sells every seat at least once. This is very impressive!

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Xavier D. Stickler @xavierdstickler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Week Without Driving? Some of you need to try a Week Without CRUISING first!

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amb @amb.fyi · 25/09/2026

for all the handwringing about city council drama i don’t think this gets emphasized nearly enough

“Our City Council now, for better or worse, is more representative of Portland,” Valdini said. “It doesn’t always make things easier when a lot of different voices are heard in government.”

“But now you have a City Council that is divided and represents the divisions in Portland. I see this as a success story.”

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Jamey Evenstar @jameyevenstar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I had a great time last night supporting APANO AF and the great work they do to turn vision into action. Metro Councilor Hwang does double duty as an elected official and working at APANO, leading on bringing affordable housing and economic prosperity to the community. Thank you for all you do!

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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 24/09/2026

It has never been more clear why baristas need the backing of a union.

Today, Starbucks announced they’re closing about 250 US stores this week. A small number of these are union stores.

We expect to engage in effects bargaining for every impacted union store, as we have done elsewhere, over the conditions of these closures, including transfers so workers can be placed in another Starbucks store based on their preferences.

But let’s be clear - today’s announcement proves once again that ‘Back to Starbucks’ is nothing more than a betrayal of what workers and customers loved about the company.

As Starbucks continues to close stores, violate labor law, hike up our healthcare premiums, and betray its core value of belonging to appease right-wing politicians, the company is moving farther away from everything it once was. Starbucks is becoming unrecognizable under CEO Brian Niccol — and that is why labor allies, elected officials, and customers are all joining together to boycott Starbucks until they finalize a fair union contract.

Starbucks leadership is failing the company, and trouble is brewing for Starbucks. When just this month, the country’s most pro-business court of appeals called Starbucks a ‘repeat violator’ of labor law, it’s time for everyone to start paying attention.

* source: Starbucks v. NLRB, 24-60650 (5th Cir. 2026)

It has never been more clear why baristas need the backing of a union. We love our jobs, and we know Starbucks doesn’t run without us, so we’re organizing together to demand a better future and a fair contract.

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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The progressives have just statistically passed more policies and overall produced more work than the moderate bloc which inherently required compromise and a 7th vote.

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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This made me L O L My answer: talks about structures of power and influence in politics, the values we have, the communities we’re trying to serve Their answer: these youngins and their Tikie Toks refuse to compromise on core values! So naive! www.wweek.com/news/2026/09...

wweek.com

What Divides the Portland City Council?

We asked the six incumbent city councilors what fuels the bitter feuds between the two factions.

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Jamey Evenstar @jameyevenstar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If there was a word better than "honored" to express how I feel about earning earn Portland Neighbors Welcome's endorsement, I would use it here. They're fighting for a Portland that my kids (and all of us!) can actually afford to live in. I am honored to be in that fight with them.

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Xavier D. Stickler @xavierdstickler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The first questions we need to be asking of any candidate for any office before any others: - Do you understand the climate science and its implications? - What are you going to do to substantially reduce emissions? - What is your plan to migrate its effects on the most vulnerable in your community?

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Left Coast Reads 📚🌹 @leftcoastreads.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is what I'm terrified of. Democrats deciding that since they'll win by default, they can avoid the difficult but necessary tasks required to save what's left of American democracy.

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Xavier D. Stickler @xavierdstickler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's been 6 years since I moved to MultCo, and sometimes I forget how bad it is out west. And then I am forced to remember.

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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Re: “people don’t bike in the winter”, let’s think about places where people bike more: the Netherlands, Denmark, Berlin, Paris. Not great weather Places in Southern Europe with great weather and no winter (Italy, Greece) don’t have large biking numbers It’s not the weather. It’s infrastructure

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Xavier D. Stickler @xavierdstickler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Is Broadway in Portland an avenue (where it runs north/south in the downtown) or a street (where it runs east/west in NE)? Trick question: it's neither! As far as I can tell, Broadway literally does not have a street suffix in Portland.

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Xavier D. Stickler @xavierdstickler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I know that American society has decided that Covid is "over," but after finding out a friend who I hung out with this week has come down with it, I went out to get a testing kit to see if I'm infected. Tell me why it was $21 for a pack of 2. Over an hour's worth of wages for 2 tests.

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amb @amb.fyi · 19/09/2026

eliminating I-5 for a week seems to have caused remarkably minimal disruption to Portland's regional traffic flows. so why again do ODOT, Governor Kotek and the Oregon Legislature think we should spend three billion dollars (!) to literally double the width of lanes on I-5 through North Portland?

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Xavier D. Stickler @xavierdstickler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Riddle me this, liberal: If I’m not supposed to spend all day in bed, then why is it so comfy? Why is that where my little kitty is? Why are my stuffies and blankets there, too? The woke left MOB denies intelligent design, yet they can’t explain this. Makes you think.

My adorable sweet baby boy kitty T’Challa, sitting his silky black self against the white backdrop of my bed.

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Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 18/09/2026

The DfT just posted this self-congratulatory propaganda on Facebook. This is horseshit. Battery trains have a very minor role to play as a transition technology, but in the foothills of a seismic energy crisis, swapping one form of energy dependency for another is crap politics and worse planning.

a big photographic poster style picture with the text "Electric or battery electric trains? Battery is better. Here's why."

Electric trains are powered by overhead lines or a third rail. Compared to diesel, electric trains are:
1. faster - they accelerate and decelerate quicker
2. quieter - there are no motors, reducing vibrations
3. lighter - increasing capacity, reducing stress on rails
4. emission free - helping us reduce our reliance on diesel

Battery-electric trains use the
Overhead lines or a third rail to also charge a battery. They:
Use existing power lines - reducing the need for new infrastructure and allowing investment elsewhere
Avoid complex upgrades - like building new infrastructure on uneven land, which is costly and takes longer
Avoid disruptions to services - caused by infrastructure upgrades & repairs

Battery-electric trains can be charged at train stations and on electrified lines.
Trains then run on non-electrified portions of the network.
This technology can help spread the benefits of electric trains to more communities, much sooner.

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foundseed @foundseed.pds.witchcraft.systems · 18/09/2026

my second favorite city councilor is under fire by the cops because his tweets 6 years ago were too good. so i made a meme about it. once again this man’s haters are doing his campaign for him. @drmitchpdx.bsky.social

most people rejected his message… (screencap of a mitch green tweet in the place of jesus) “you have a moral obligation to beat the piss out of anyone wearing nazi masks anytime you see it happen.” the crowd of haters all go “shut up!” they hated jesus because he told them the truth.

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Councilor Sameer Kanal @councilorkanal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Today is the 20th anniversary of the death of James Chasse. Chasse was beaten to death by Portland Police in the Pearl District despite not posing a threat. Having broken 16 of his ribs, they took him to jail instead of a hospital at first, and only after the jail declined to admit him due to ...

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Xavier D. Stickler @xavierdstickler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It seems *everyone* I know who isn't a Bluesky type is already treating it like it's a foregone conclusion that Mitch Green will not be on council after the November election, and that it is certain he will be replaced by Eli Arnold. ... I don't know about that one.

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Left Coast Reads 📚🌹 @leftcoastreads.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Councilor Eric Zimmerman went on a local podcast and blatantly lied about his colleagues and the policies they support. He said, "We have 6 councilors who said they want to investigate Oregon businesses who do business with Jewish companies." This is a lie and is downright slanderous.

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Xavier D. Stickler @xavierdstickler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

To the best of my knowledge, Reservoirs 5 & 6 on Mt. Tabor are no longer connected to Portland's water system, and are purely for decoration. I understand keeping the iconic Res. 5, but why are we keeping 6? Why isn't this a park or housing? Isn't it just a giant, stagnant pond currently?

An aerial satellite view of western Mt. Tabor, with reservoirs 5 & 6 taking up a large footprint amongst the houses and hills.

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Nat West @natwestinportland.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Idk let’s just perma close I-5.

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Councilor Candace Avalos @counciloravalos.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Commissioner Nafisa Fai is a trailblazer and a ceiling breaker who has served her Washington County communities with grace, dignity, and empathy. She’s also faced vile hate and bigotry throughout her time in office because of who she is.

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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This post may be the most effective argument right now for letting public transit wither. It may not make sense to you, but it feels right to many, many people. So in a short new post, I talk through what's going on here, and how to engage with it. humantransit.org/2026/09/the-...

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Xavier D. Stickler @xavierdstickler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Street Trust endorsing Susan McLain… lol. Lmao, even.

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Xavier D. Stickler @xavierdstickler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Why did no one tell me there was a Streamline Moderne Starbucks in central Beaverton? This structure is gorgeous. I wonder what it was originally.

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mitch (he/him) @drmitchpdx.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

i don’t think it gets talked about enough that the Portland Metro Chamber merged with the Working Waterfront Coalition, the latter being a fossil fuel industry trade association working to keep the CEI Hub going for the long haul in Portland.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Summers in the US are getting hotter due to human-caused climate change. 2026 will be the hottest and most humid in the contiguous US since records began in 1895. We need investments in clean energy, updates to permitting systems, and help for communities to adapt to climate hazards.

nytimes.com

Opinion | Summer Has Gotten Much Hotter. See How Bad It Is Where You Live. (Gift Article)

The notion of enduring the summer rather than embracing it has spread far beyond the Sun Belt.

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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Our Democratic supermajority legislature is far more responsive to the concerns of the fossil fuel industry than Oregonians who are being crushed by the impacts of runaway climate change.

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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 27/08/2026

Portland lit the Morrison Bridge pink in honor of Dolly Parton. 💗

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Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com · 27/08/2026

I'm old enough to remember when one @ipcc.bsky.social statement about Himalayan glaciers "disappearing" by 2035 was some major scandal. Meanwhile, this today, via @apnews.com. Yes, that's climate change; i.e. us dumping CO₂ into the atmospheric sewer. Hundreds dead.

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Mark Jones @markjonesmotion.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Fun fact: Dolly Parton spent decades quietly funding band uniforms and instruments at Black high schools across the South - never once putting her name on it. No headlines, no fanfare — just help, given because it was needed. Wonderful Heart ♥️ RIP Dolly ❤️

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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 25/08/2026

🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:

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Fix the L8 @fixthel8.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

For the record, this bus lane was announced 12 days into @mayor.seattle.gov ‘s term. Fully designed 110 days into her term and constructed 233 days into her term. Our campaign is 3 years old and the previous administration explicitly told us building this bus lane was impossible.

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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Portland area: I'm in the Oregonian today, asking whether Portland and its region still care about public transit. In the next year, we're going to have to make some decisions about that. @trimet.org www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2026...

oregonlive.com

Opinion: TriMet is shrinking. Do we care?

Does the region still care about TriMet and ensuring a strong public transit system, asks public transit design and policy consultant Jarrett Walker. While leaders face many competing priorities, the ...

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Xavier D. Stickler @xavierdstickler.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Hey, remember that time Lacey Beaty beat 3-term incumbent Denny Doyle in the 2020 race for mayor of Beaverton and the WashCo political establishment lost their minds (despite Beaty not being particularly progressive?) and then she got called a b!tch in a DM by the director of the Oregon League…

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Xavier D. Stickler @xavierdstickler.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Hot take: libraries in the Portland Metro regional should be operated by the Metro government. There should be a consolidated system.

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