Just us and the thousand people flying home out here

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crackin' and apackin'

I have a job now yay

Bend's surge of apartment construction flattens rent hikes - The Bulletin When Ian Gray looked for an apartment to rent in Bend earlier this year, he had something not available only a few years ago: a choice. Gray, who moved to Bend for a job as the city’s first-ever urban...

When we build enough supply of homes so that landlords must compete, renters win.

"The more properties there are, it drives all of us to lower rents and offer concessions" says the property manager pictured here.

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Bend's surge of apartment construction flattens rent hikes - The Bulletin When Ian Gray looked for an apartment to rent in Bend earlier this year, he had something not available only a few years ago: a choice. Gray, who moved to Bend for a job as the city’s first-ever urban...

who knew that building more housing would make housing more affordable? I'm shooketh

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And so it begins

If you're a Bend company looking to hire a CS new grad, let's have lunch.

Hey that's really cool

Robots trying to create artificial social graphs to manipulate users or collect data, that's who

Could be part of it, but it doesn't feel organic at all, and the profiles all feel perfectly different yet the same in a very LLM kind of way.

I can't *tell if they're people and I can't edit my posts

classic twitter

My followers have doubled even though I haven't posted anything, and I can't if they're people and that makes me upset.

262 according to the spreadsheet. 10 down! I understood everything in this reply until the closing parentheses

Fuck this btw

Did I say hike? I meant summit.

I recently started a project to hike every named peak in Deschutes national forest. This weekend we checked off four.

Sorry I haven't been around a lot. I was getting a Bachelor's degree, camping, growing plants, and hiding from this nightmare of a political landscape.

I'm really excited to announce that I am not running for Deschutes County Commissioner.

Housing costs have been stable but remain elevated. Three departures in-progress in my circle: one because of climate change, one because of the cost of living, one looking for opportunity elsewhere.

Getting real tired of all the cool people I like being around having to move out of Bend.

I think royalty is one of those "not all rectangles are squares" situations

My sincerest apologies to the homophobe at Winco for telling your daughter that my husband's favorite color is purple.

My name is John Heylin, and I’m running for Deschutes County Commission, Position #1.

It is time to have leadership that listens to all of Deschutes County and actively addresses the problems we face. We need a Commission that leads with action, not excuses.

www.voteheylin.com

Happy change-your-air-filters day to all who celebrate

Ulco closed their doors forever today and I'm devastated

Doing stuff helps. I was feeling pretty down this morning and went to a hearing where I was prepared to speak in favor of some 'safe parking' spots here in Bend. They were approved!

Find some things to do where you can do a little bit each day.

For me that's @bendyimby.bsky.social

Hitting 500 miles, so I'm finally adding the thing I miss most about Tonka to my Lectric One.

I hate this.

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