Southern Poverty Law Center says it faces a criminal investigation by the Justice Department The Southern Poverty Law Center says it’s the subject of a Justice Department criminal investigation and faces possible charges over its use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups.

The Southern Poverty Law Center says it’s the subject of a criminal investigation by the Justice Department over its past use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups. The SPLC was founded in 1971 and used civil litigation to fight white supremacist groups. apnews.com/article/sout...

So proud of the @theonion.com! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC7c...

Appreciate all the reporting you’ve done over the years. Bike Portland helped me fall in love with urban policy and ultimately changed my life.

1,392 days to approve 91 units of housing in Seattle. This is just for the land use permit. Construction permit will take another ~300 days to approve. This was through “administrative” design review which is supposed to go faster. Took 6 correction cycles. We have to fix this stuff.

Longtime Immigration Court Interpreter Arrested by ICE at South Texas Airport The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years.

Texas' only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...

I had a long-time assumption that it took extreme & violent means to overthrow an authoritarian and restore democracy. Likely because of how much we are taught about WWII history.

But time and again, its elections. No bunker suicide required. Just ordinary people peacefully voting.

Transportation engineers please note the narrow street widths. Zoning reform can not make cute cities alone!

My folks live near Bangor.

We just missed each other! I was just in Maine last week.

Why do we need to "Unlock" Middle Housing? Because it's naturally more affordable!

Would love to hear people in-the-know’s opinions on this.

I’ve heard that Portland city council has interpreted public meetings law in a way that they are reliant on lobbyists for basic communication between offices.

I assume this bill was the fix? Unclear.
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Axle weight is highly correlated with road damage!

Yesterday, Kansas City, MO eliminated minimum parking requirements across much of the city, scrapping an outdated rule that stifled urban vitality, wasted valuable land, and made many of the City’s most beloved neighborhoods illegal to build today.
@urbanlabkc.bsky.social

Jerry talking to the car rental person See, you know how to declare a cease fire. But you don't know how to stop the bombing. And that's really the most important part of the cease fire.

Anyone can declare a cease fire

A tiny crescent earth behind a huge photo of the moon.

The perfect time for this perspective from #Artemis2.

Between the Impossible and the Inevitable: The Case for Defiance (aka Never F**king Surrender) I have been hesitating to hit send on this one, because across the world we are all under the shadow of Trump's threat to commit war crimes that will "eradicate a whole civilization" in Iran while Ira...

Claims we have no power to impact what happens are nevertheless an intervention in what will happen, by discouraging participation, by encouraging passivity, surrender, acquiescence. If you insist that a given outcome is inevitable, you are lobbying against resistance.

Come work with me!

I assume the nearby complaining businesses are totally in compliance with their mandates?!

Mortgage Rates Climb for 5th Week as Iran War Weighs on U.S. Housing Market The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the United States jumped to 6.46 percent, making it harder for buyers to afford homes.

Breaking News: Mortgage rates climbed for the fifth straight week as the war in Iran weighed on the U.S. housing market.

I’m trying not to think about the birthright citizenship case too much, but it’s impossible not to.

Portland Frog temporarily ordered to stay away from ICE facility Seth Todd, who was dubbed the Portland Frog after wearing an inflatable frog costume to anti-ICE protests last fall, was first charged in January.

Please tell me this is an April Fools. The FROG?!
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Not a joke unfortunately. I just bought myself a proper air filter for the upcoming fire season.

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

Meanwhile gas prices are up $1/gallon from a few weeks ago

No Place to Grow Old screening with Portland: Neighbors Welcome Attend a screening of the 2024 documentary No Place to Grow Old hosted by Portland: Neighbors Welcome.

Watch the documentary 'No Place to Grow Old' at Dear Portland this Thursday (March 26), hosted by @pnwelcome.bsky.social

Their citizenship ceremonies were abruptly canceled. Months later, they are still waiting for them to be rescheduled Dozens of citizenship ceremonies were canceled across the Pacific Northwest. They’re the final step to becoming a U.S. citizen.

At least 25 naturalization ceremonies, the final step in becoming a citizen, in Oregon and Washington have been canceled since December. Prospective citizens don't know when or if they'll be rescheduled.

This horrific story gets worse when you find out how this young woman originally came to the US: as a 17-year-old on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane

Attn tiny home fans:

Join @citizen-cate.bsky.social and the Washington Tiny House Association in Bellingham this Thursday for a meetup and policy talk!

Structures Brewing @ 5pm

Deportees sent by Trump to Salvadoran prison are still stuck a year later Little is known about the status or whereabouts of the Salvadorans deported by President Donald Trump to CECOT, an infamous megaprison.

What a year it’s been.
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WHY DO WE DO THIS?!
We have 10,000 design standards but still end up with this nonsense.