A mass of over 600 people hold up umbrellas across the Burnside bridge to spell out "We Keep Us Safe" in an aerial photograph on a sunny day.
WE KEEP US SAFE
3/28/2026 Burnside Bridge Portland, Oregon
No Kings protest (Photo: @blcksmthapparel.bsky.social)
#nokings #pdx #blcksmth
EMERGENCY, #oregon forest friends!
Three more weeks to comment. No public hearings scheduled.
The 350PDX Arts Team at Mardi Gras in PDX!
Capitalists fought over $, trees danced, & our heron flew above the crowd - joined by beavers, mushrooms, and a water spirit!
We handed out flyers in the hopes that folks will join our climate justice work.
#Portland #MardiGras
📸 Tejaroxy (on insta)
Living in Portland is so fucking frustrating sometimes. “Oh, we don’t have $1 million to keep a botanical garden open, they need to stand on their own, now how can we use the Green Infrastructure Fund to pay for $600 million of upgrades to the Moda Center?”
Fucking clown shit.
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A multicolored quilt made of of scraps with the words WE KNOW WHAT WE SAW staggered down it with a large beautiful eye centered between the words. The eye has a rainbow camera aperture as the iris. It is quilted densely.
Another resistance quilt finished this week. The eye is my own design, the letters are a fpp pattern by QuiltByNight, the rounded corners and black binding are meant to resemble the phones we the people are using to document the horrors and disprove the government’s lies about what they are doing.
I've seen videos of the indiscriminate use of tear gas on a large crowd that was clearly peaceful and filled with Portlanders of all ages, and well off the macadam facility. We banned tear gas for a reason. I join Councilor Green in calling for enforcement of our laws.
CHARLES RAFFERTY The Problem with Early Warnings People don't like to leave a party unless the house is actually on fire. Even then, if the flames are far enough away to be pretty, they'll finish their drink, take one more pass at the hors d'oeuvres. How things happen has always been unclear. Hurricanes begin in a place where no one lives. Agents of the government start to wear masks. Fascism is a word my neighbors won't use yet. They are following the law, they say, and the sirens are coming for someone else.
This hit so fucking hard today.
MINNESOTA VERSION OF COME OUT YE BLACK AND TANS
ALT text 4: We must allow our local law enforcement to do its work. There must be a comprehensive investigation without Trump's interference.
ALT text 3: ICE must immediately end all active operations in Portland. I will share more updates as they become available. I am demanding full accountability and transparency. I encourage our community to stay calm and show courage in this moment.
ALT Text 2: Both individuals are alive, but we do not know the extent of their injuries.
ICE has done nothing but inject terror, chaos, and cruelty into our communities. Trump's immigration machine is using violence to control our communities- straight out of the authoritarian playbook.
ALT Text 1: DEXTER DEMANDS ICE END ACTIVE OPERATIONS IN PORTLAND
"Just one day after the horrific murder in Minneapolis, I received reports that two people in my district were shot by federal immigration officials this afternoon in East Portland.
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People keep saying that AI is inevitable. Like Bartleby, I'd prefer not to... We "have to use it!" My response to that is simply... WHY? Why is it being pushed so much and into so many things? Once you've gotten people to cede their decision making to an algorithm, eventually they'll stop thinking for themselves. Why would I outsource thinking for myself to a machine? I have a brain.
"You have to use AI."
...why?
Despite the efforts of tech CEOS, plenty of people are tired of generative AI. A group of Portland artists made their positions on AI known at a recent forum discussion at Mother Foucault's Bookshop. Speakers shared their takes on the machine takeover—and suggested potential ways to push back.
Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social shares her story for our “what our audience doesn’t know” series.
"Realizing how OPB inequitably values our colleagues has hurt morale across the entire organization."
-Alex Zielinski, OPB reporter/producer
love seeing great people recognized for great work @meganpiont.bsky.social @prisonculture.bsky.social
Data centers are adding massive energy loads, & we’re paying the bill in our utility costs. Right now, we have the opportunity to speak up about data centers, making sure they pay their fair share.
Comments due by December 15. Modify and send this one-click email: tinyurl.com/datacosts
#portland
Emerald ash borer (EAB) — a small, metallic green beetle that kills ash trees — has been detected in multiple new sites in Oregon, including southeast Portland. Because of this, all of Multnomah County is now under quarantine. See comments for a list of what you can do. More: OregonEAB.com
OREGONIANS!!! Due to new legislation passed this year, the Oregon Public Utility Commission is developing new guidelines for how to divide energy costs between residential & commercial customers. TELL THEM DATA CENTERS NEED TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE!!!
apps.puc.state.or.us/docketpublic...
This video really represents what Portland OR is like, with a group of random cyclists on cargo bike restocking free food pantries across the northern part of the city. If we have any war here is about who can be nicer and more compassionate toward people in need.
youtu.be/LCGXbGIA7V4?...
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Rainy Sunday activity: folding zines to distribute at No Kings 2 on Oct. 18. Thanks, @meganpiont.bsky.social for sharing these resources!
Made a poster inspired by Jack the "Freedom Chicken".
Will have another variant and one with a blank sign for you add your own message to the country or Trump.
#freedomchicken #warravagedportland #trump #chicken #taco #protest #portland
TO THE LIGHT OF SEPTEMBER When you are already here you appear to be only a name that tells of you whether you are present or not and for now it seems as though you are still summer still the high familiar endless summer yet with a glint of bronze in the chill mornings and the late yellow petals of the mullein fluttering on the stalks that lean over their broken shadows across the cracked ground but they all know that you have come the seed heads of the sage the whispering birds with nowhere to hide you to keep you for later you who fly with them you who are neither before nor after you who arrive with blue plums that have fallen through the night perfect in the dew
you who are neither before nor after
you who arrive with blue plums
that have fallen through the night
perfect in the dew
-W.S. Merwin, To the Light of September"
#everynightapoem sharing Merwin on his birthday
A screenshot of reddit. Title: Attn Federal agents visiting Portland antifa has secret lairs under these specific trees. Then a picture of a tree of heaven. Body text: I am certain of it. You'll need to eradicate all the trees that antifa has mockingly and very blasphemously called the tree of heaven. Please kill any and all tree of heavens you see while you are here.
Call the hotline. As always, ensure you have the PIRC hotline number saved and be prepared to call us as soon as possible if your loved one is detained, ICE has stopped you or is at your door, or you witness an ICE detention. Please call the hotline, rather than messaging us on social media, or emailing us, as the hotline is where we answer most quickly. Enroll in ECO. If you are not already enrolled in the Equity Corps or Oregon program to receive free legal services, call 1-888-274-7292 (Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5pm). Complete a family emergency plan in case of detention (visit PIRC’s website). Take care to follow all traffic laws. Unfortunately, ICE sometimes uses minor violations to pull people over.
We keep each other safe. If you see ICE or if you know someone who’s been detained, call the PIRC hotline:
1-888-622-1510.
Make sure you’re using the CLEAR model (Count, Location, Equipment, Activity, and Report Time) when you call.
