Michael Kitkoski

Yet again, traffic engineers are gobsmacked that a road closure didn't create crippling gridlock: "You’d never know that a massive highway project, ominously dubbed 'carmageddon,' was underway seven miles away...cars [were] speeding across the Interstate Bridge at their usual clip."

Portland friends, I’m a big, big fan of PAW Team, which provides veterinary care and supplies to pet owners who can’t afford them. This month, donations are being matched for their urgent care fund and vet services. If you’re so inclined, please check them out! 🐶🐱 www.pawteam.org

CARTOON OF THE DAY (if you know who made this let us know)

(Gift article) wapo.st/4uJ1VuM

portland commute

Please sign this petition to stop the construction of more data centers in Washington County Oregon. sign.moveon.org/petitions/da...

Although I’ve been involved with homelessness policy for decades, I’m NOT an expert at it. Very few city planners are. @nerd4cities.bsky.social admits it’s out of his wheelhouse too, but I appreciate his data-driven approach here. Spoilers: rent rates are key & housing SAVES public money. Comments?

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Every person on Earth could live with dignity: food, clean water, safe housing, healthcare, schooling, energy & clothes for ≈ $16 trillion a year. 15% of the world’s GDP. We spend more than that on wars, tax breaks for billionaires, & fossil fuel subsidies. The resources exist. The will does not.

Please ban Congressional stock trading. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsrA... @wyden.senate.gov Senator @jeff-merkley.bsky.social Representative @repbonamici.bsky.social

This is a fantastic idea!

Looking forward to this: www.mcmenamins.com/events/26928...

Bend, Oregon desperately needs decent mass transportation. @bendoregon.bsky.social

Portland, Oregon 11:30 at Pioneer Square

It’s time to ban congressional stock trading. Repost if you agree.

I miss when Biden was president and politics was boring

More valid media criticism from @sulliview.bsky.social. margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/big-protes...

1/ The number of protests planned for tomorrow is enormous. Given what Trump has done to the economy, and everyone's collective ability to pay for household expenses/retirement I'd expect them to be huge. Find out more at handsoff2025.com

Make America Great Depression Again!

THIS. 53 people died, in a country that has been enduring a shattering proxy war for years, where not a single powerful actor has any regard for the actual lives of the Yemeni people.

She’s not simply a great sports columnist. @sallyjenx.bsky.social is one of the best columnists in the business. Period. (Gift column): wapo.st/4iIKynI

As a proud lifelong Democrat, I am absolutely livid about this turn of events, @wyden.senate.gov, @jeff-merkley.bsky.social and @repbonamici.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...

Key takeaway from DOGE: There’s less government fraud/waste than expected.

Richest guy in the world telling us we can’t afford to have our government fund cancer research.

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.” I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

Yay! We’re riding one of the new @trimet.org MAX trains for the first time. Nice!

At this particular moment in time, it's a blessing to be reminded of the existence of truly good-hearted public-minded American leaders. Rest in peace, Jimmy Carter.

A Thanksgiving Day tale stuffed, roasted, and served piping hot.

Looks like PDX picked a winner. Looking forward to the future! bikeportland.org/2024/11/07/p...

"I think this will go very bad, and the near future will likely be darker than anything most living Americans have ever experienced. I hope I’m wrong, more than I’ve ever hoped to be wrong in my life. I really don’t think I am."

Huge sea star on the beach today at Cape Lookout State Park.

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,354,250!

men are too emotional to be president

www.threads.net/@john_t_mick...

For all those on the path of Hurricane Beryl, Project 2025 would eliminate the National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

oh look at that www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Bag & Baggage is staging a great version of Tartuffe at the Hillsboro Civic Center. Bravo!

Great job Orenco Elementary Orcas! Have a great summer! #LastDayofSchool

The incomparable Poison Waters brings the energy - and the humor - to the 2024 Pride Party in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Supercharging near a Cybertruck in St. Regis, Montana, home of the best huckleberry shake in the world.

In the same time span that #PDX has allowed graffiti and trash to accumulate, Paris has completely rebuilt Notre Dame.

Data: State DOTs Look Nothing Like the Residents They Serve

This is a well-produced and insightful video. FWIW - I grew up on a neighborhood street that was narrow enough to allow us kids to play in the street. The Big Ugly Truth of American vs German Streets: youtu.be/bp6dGoliDdA?... via @YouTube

No more freeways, please. wapo.st/3P99Krl

Call Abbots bluff. You want to secede? Off you go. Pull all Federal funding, evacuate all US military personnel and equipment, put a hard border and require passports to travel back and forth, no planes in American airspace, and blockade the Gulf of Mexico.

My favorite mobility policy of 2023: Banning right-on-red Inherently dangerous to pedestrians, ROR was widely adopted in order to conserve gas during the 1970s oil crisis. Ann Arbor ditched ROR this year, and DC is about to. Denver, Chicago, and SF may as well. www.fastcompany.com/90908929/its...