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Jess Black (she/her) retweeted
New survey results confirm: Most Americans don't want car-oriented suburbs. They want walkable mixed-use neighborhoods and will pay more to live in them.
They will choose an attached home over a detached one if it means a shorter commute and walkable community.
Jess Black (she/her) retweeted
You can't understand 1776 if you don't understand 1619. July 4, 1776 when the colonists declared independence, 1/5 of the population of the 13 colonies was enslaved. They would not gain freedom for a century. This, too, is the 4th of July. This, too, is the story of America.
We Can’t Electric Car Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis the-ard.com/2023/06/23/lithi… via @ARDTakeAction
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All monthly records are being broken simultaneously.
🌍🌡📈June surface air temperatures will be highest on record.
🌊🌡📈Global Sea Surface Temperatures will be record high.
🧊➡️🌊Global Sea Ice will be record low.
This is not normal!
It’s summer. But in the Northwest, spring never showed hcn.org/articles/north-clima… via @highcountrynews
Jess Black (she/her) retweeted
🔥🌊The whole 40,000,000 km² of the North Atlantic Ocean is 0.7°C warmer than ever on this date!🌊🔥
And 1.3°C warmer than average!😳📈
Jess Black (she/her) retweeted
What would happen if migrants on boats with limited resources were also seen as brave explorers gifted with curiosity and wonder for depths unknown, I wonder.
WOW! As a born-Oregonian-turned-Washingtonian that loves the ability to pump one's own gas, this is both good and a huge shift - a sign of the times, for sure.
Oregon lawmakers vote to allow self-serve gas statewide, ending decades-long ban oregonlive.com/commuting/202…
Jess Black (she/her) retweeted
We can squabble over what's behind the rapid Atlantic warming, but it's truly extraordinary to see waters in the Main Development Region of the tropics as warm in June as they typically are the first week of *September*. An undeniably big player this hurricane season.
Jess Black (she/her) retweeted
By September, Portland will have a new political map that divides the city into four districts, setting the stage for the 2024 election where voters select city council members to represent each district.
How's that process going?
opb.org/article/2023/05/26/p…
Jess Black (she/her) retweeted
“Some people say it’s not the gun that shoots the bullet but a man,” Serbia’s president, Aleksandar Vucic, said. “But if that man doesn’t have a gun, the evil in his head can’t do any harm.” nyti.ms/3I7TbZf
ALT A headline reads: Thousands of Guns Turned in After 2 Mass Shootings In Serbia. A sentence reads: More than 9,000 weapons have been turned in as part of a program meant to reduce the number of firearms that civilians have after the shootings.
Jess Black (she/her) retweeted
Happy May Day.
For some, May Day is a day meant for welcoming spring. For others, it's also a day of radical working class solidarity and protest for workers’ rights.
Here's the story of how it started in the U.S.
ALT Picture of a 1970s strike at the U.S. Capitol in black and white showing a huge crowd of people and more closely a person on the shoulders of another person with mouth open in a shout and hands up
Jess Black (she/her) retweeted
Feeling down about the state of Portland? Next year, we get to elect an entirely new city council. Every current council member could win re-election & they would still be outnumbered by the new 12 person council. Start organizing. This is an unprecedented opportunity.
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Colorado has officially passed a “shield law” protecting trans people and their families from out-of-state laws restricting gender-affirming care. trib.al/J0YMmg8
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It’s still a BIG problem that because of car manufacturing influence, most media & political energy goes to EVs, with not NEARLY enough going to fewer cars/less driving. But the priority HAS to be the latter, the part of the solution that will actually do much more public good.
'If you’re not drinking Bud Light anymore, you have to abandon these beverages too.' them.us/story/dylan-mulvaney…
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Remember this picture every single time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam."
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s, via @fietsprofessor.
The cities we admire made better choices regarding cars, and are still making them today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
Love this! Velo Cult was such a special place; I'm glad this space is trying to recreate many aspects that cultivated a community and "third space" environment for cyclists and appreciators.
Cycle Portland has reopened on the corner of NW 3rd and Davis, and the owners want to create a cafe-vibe akin to defunct Velo Cult
bikeportland.org/2023/03/03/…