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iain

@maccoinnich.bsky.social

Posts about urbanism and development, mostly specific to Portland 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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The Oregonian
@oregonian.com

Officials recommend voters use ballot drop boxes whenever possible and say that voters intent on mailing their ballots should do so early, to ensure that they are counted in the event of postmark delays at the U.S. Postal Service. Keep up with the latest election news at OregonLive.com/politics

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@maccoinnich.bsky.social

Re: the new flight to Mexico City - there’s some discussion on r/Portland about the international arrivals experience at PDX, and I have two thoughts

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@maccoinnich.bsky.social

a) The internal arrivals facility isn’t great and definitely doesn’t match the quality of every other part of the airport b) Every time I arrive on an international flight at LAX, SEA, DFW or MIA I wish I had arrived at PDX instead, bus and all

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Bjørn Warloe
@bjornwarloe.bsky.social

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I mean if anything the whole measure seems like kind of an assault on representative democracy. We vote for people to actually learn about the budget and make good decisions, an end run around that makes no sense to me.

iain
@maccoinnich.bsky.social

Who knew that running software that’s 17 years old could be problematic?

iain@maccoinnich.bsky.social

Lots of discourse about Bluesky’s growth rates, or lack thereof, meanwhile I’m moderating an Internet forum running on a version of vBulletin that was released in 2009.

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PT Pumpkins 🎃
@ptklein.com

Damn they held her back in high school this whole time she really can’t read can she 😭

Pop Base@popbase.tv

Lea Michele is returning as Rachel Berry for the ‘GLEE’ reboot, Variety reports.

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@maccoinnich.bsky.social

Portland teenagers need to be less respectful

Fischer 🛠️🚇@fischer.bsky.social

just watched a group of teens move out of the priority seating area on the bus to make room for a guy getting on who was probably 40

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@maccoinnich.bsky.social

After seeing it last night, this is how I feel

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

my friend asked me not to spoil the elizabeth holmes doc and i honestly don’t think i could if i tried?

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@maccoinnich.bsky.social

Fantastic meal at Bar Nouveau last night. I highly recommend it.

Bridgetown Bites@bridgetownbites.bsky.social

I had dinner recently at Bar Nouveau - solo, which is a departure from my regular practice of eating with friends and/or family. I had a great experience with truly delicious food and excellent service. #portland #barnouveau #bridgetownbites bridgetownbites.com/2026/09/17/s...

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@maccoinnich.bsky.social

Dropped my ballot off at the library

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social

*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY.

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@maccoinnich.bsky.social

Watching the video for “Learn to Fly” by Foo Fighters and weirdly bothered by what kind of airplane it’s meant to take place on. It’s a single aisle plane and yet the safety card says it’s a 767. On landing it’s clearly a trijet.

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Most likely, this comes into effect in Oregon in 2028. However, unless Portland changes its policy and allows single stair buildings to use the same code guide that all other multifamily buildings in the city use, the de facto ban on four story single-stair apartment buildings would remain.

Stephen Jacob Smith@stephenjacobsmith.com

The 2027 IBC has been officially published, and it allows single-stair apartment buildings up to four stories! See the new section 1006.3.3.2 codes.iccsafe.org/content/IBC2...

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(See thread below for an explanation) bsky.app/profile/macc...

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Portland is now allowing single stair apartment buildings up to 4 stories, per the 2025 building code... with a giant caveat www.portland.gov/ppd/commerci...

portland.govCity building, fire officials establish guidelines for new single-stair apartment buildingsThis allowance supports the development of new multifamily housing units on smaller lots while not compromising the safety of residents when evacuating a building during a fire.

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Terry J. Harris
@trryjhrrs.bsky.social

Your Dumb Two Cents goes 0 for 3 in major endorsements. www.portlandmercury.com/election-202... www.wweek.com/news/2026/10... www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2026...

portlandmercury.comMercury Endorsements: No on Measure 26-267 - Community Budgeting For All - Portland Mercury[Read all of our 2026 election endorsements here.—eds] This measure seeks to implement a participatory budgeting program in Portland, giving residents the chance to decide how to spend a certain amoun...
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A weird quirk of Portland’s new city charter is that councilors in Districts 3 and 4 will always have an advantage over their colleagues in Districts 1 and 2 if they want to be Mayor, because they won’t have to choose between running for Mayor and running for reelection in the same cycle.

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Chuck Slothower
@chuckslothower.bsky.social

Portland is trying an unusual tack to regulate a proposed Amazon drone base: Classifying it as a "helicopter landing facility." I began asking questions about this yesterday. Today, Amazon canceled an upcoming meeting with Portland permitting officials. djcoregon.com/news/2026/10...

djcoregon.comPortland moves to regulate proposed Amazon drone base – Daily Journal of CommercePortland Permitting & Development is regulating Amazon's proposed drone base at its Prologis Meadows fulfillment center as a helicopter landing facility.
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I haven’t even finished this article, but curiosity got the better of me and I so had to watch a vertical microdrama. I can’t even begin to explain how bad it starts, and apparently the episodes before the paywall have the higher production values. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/m...

nytimes.comSecret Billionaires, Mafia Brides, Alpha Kings: The Insane World of MicrodramasVertical soap operas for your phone have taken over film and TV production, and they may soon need no humans at all.

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Thor Benson
@thorbenson.bsky.social
Brian Tyler Cohen@briantylercohen.bsky.social

Steve Bannon issues warning to voters if they vote for Democrats in the midterms: “I think you’ll see Bobby Kennedy impeached, I’ll think you see Pete Hegseth impeached. I think you’ll see subpoenas flying every day. They will look to destroy Trump, and we’ll be bogged down for two years.”

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Last night an uber driver was telling us about a city in Southern Oregon that only women could even visit. And while every detail he told us was wrong, it did lead me down a rabbit hole of womyn’s lands in Southern Oregon (of which there were once many). sundaylongread.com/2023/12/02/w...

sundaylongread.comWho Wants to Live on Women's Land? - The Sunday Long ReadTHE DYKES are expecting me. They are arranged in a loose circle on a grassy hill, a dozen or so elderly white lesbians perched on decrepit lawn chairs and frayed blankets. One woman is shirtless, and ...
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Currently campaigning for Kellie Torres

Jared Holt@jaredlholt.bsky.social

Elon Musk’s PAC is running anti-lgbtq+ midterm ads on X. Not surprising but incredibly unsubtle