Pyotr

Pyotr

@pyotr.bsky.social

What’s good | nostalgia conservationist | Pacific Northwest resident | software enthusiast

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Replying to @niedermeyer.online

just had our first crash, as a red car slammed into the (somewhat flimsy) barrier leading into the reservoir straightaway... looks like everyone's fine though

This LLoyd center public comment session is going to drive me nuts. So many people stuck in the past. Keeping a dead mall will not bring your past back to life

When Trotsky said “individual terror is inadmissible precisely because it belittles the role of the masses in their own consciousness” he was talking about karaoke

Public rental scooters are such a strange addition to city life. It's like someone invented the bench and now they're everywhere.

State cop cars are being DESTROYED by protestors who are throwing all kinds of rocks, bricks, bicycles, and scooters onto them. Sent to me by someone on the ground. The CHP has kept 101S closed for unknown reasons, and thought it was a great idea to park all their cars directly under a bridge.

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Multnomah County is gutting social services that keep people housed. every program that aids the poor and marginalized. mental health services and county adult special services, all axed. DA Nathan Vasquez is asking for a budget increase next year Oregon will give back roughly $1.5 billion in taxes

The Jungle is 90% about socialism (the story resolves when he discovers his local socialist party!) but people only mention the first act and meat packing being gross, completely ignoring the focus on the inhumane treatment of workers

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Corporate landlords* and Wall Street investors** opposed replacing a dilapidated 130 year old house on their block with 10 apartments including units subsidized for low-income tenants. *Robert Reich **Also Robert Reich

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

The Senate has confirmed Trump's HUD nominee Scott Turner, who has advocated for increasing the private equity industry's role in the housing market. These corporate landlords are one of the biggest reasons why you can't afford a home.

Feels like the animosity towards journalists is directly connected to the hollowing out of local papers Kinda like how everyone likes their senator but hates the senate

Portland dismantling its institutions...

The Oregonian@oregonian.com

The man who opened a blatantly illegal business selling psychoactive mushrooms in downtown Portland will spend five years on probation and forfeit a hefty chunk of change, a judge ruled Friday.