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  Fascinating interview with @humantransit on @TheWarOnCars podcast. It will change the way you think about buses. The opening line reminded me of the factoid (via the No Such Thing as a Fish podcast) that, if everyone in Monaco went for a drive at the same time, their cars wouldn't fit on the roads. #TheWarOnCars #transit #buses #bustodon

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  Running with a third party in the US is, as this candidate admits, quixotic. If the Dems aren't even going to run a candidate, though, why not? https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/10/13/green-challenging-republican-rep-greg-smith-hopes-to-win-with-nonaffiliated-voters/ #orpol #oregon

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  Motion to bring back tiny printed books the size of phones. Reference handbooks. Books of pencil puzzles. Poetry. Novellas. Durably-bound and available in 20-volume sets. #bookstodon

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  The seed in this bird feeder is encased in wire mesh that only a tiny bird's beak could reach through. It is utterly squirrel-proof. #BirdsOfMastodon

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  Sometimes no ko threat would be big enough. (Fortunately, I was black.) #go #igo #baduk #weiqi https://online-go.com/game/91604997

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  #FediArt52 prompt 42 is: SAFE #drawing #painting #sketching #ink #writing #poetry #GameDev #crafting #origami #prompts #WritingPrompt #DrawingPrompt #music #DigitalArt #art #illustration #FediArt #MastoArt #TraditionalArt

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  Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon is hiring IN PERSON adjunct faculty in computer science for the 2026-2027 academic year. https://lewisandclark.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/Faculty/job/Undergraduate-Campus/Adjunct-Instructor---Lecturer-in-Computer-Science_R-004962 #ComputerScience #jobs #academia #education #pdx #portland #FediHired #GetFediHired

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  Okay, #bookstodon, I'm in the mood for a good space opera. Bonus points for authors who are not straight white cishet men like me. Relatively recent is good. It would be interesting to read about characters who don't fully agree on goals working together to solve a problem. I like a plot that moves along and proactive characters. Whatcha got? #scifi #ScienceFiction #SpaceOpera

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  Urban sketchers: If you use watercolor in your sketches, do you use watercolor paper? Are your sketches pencil or ink (fineliner or ballpoint)? #MastoArt #sketching #UrbanSketching #watercolor

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  RE: https://mstdn.social/@peterdrake/116765924129368419 Time and the applicant pool are running short for the cybersecurity-related courses. If you can teach IN PERSON (not negotiable) in Portland, OR, please apply ASAP! If not, please boost and let your contacts know. #ComputerScience #cybersecurity #jobs #academia #education #pdx #portland #FediHired #GetFediHired

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  I received an email message that, due to heat, "the campus fruit loop event is being postponed".

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  #FediArt52 27. Heavy #MastoArt #drawing #ColoredPencil #uspol #July4 #4thOfJuly #IndependenceDay #freedom #USA #politics #cartoon

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  Don't call 911 to report illegal fireworks (all of them) in Portland, OR. Instead, use this form: https://www.portland.gov/311/report-fireworks #portland #pdx #fireworks #4thOfJuly

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  "We must entrust the piloting of our [mecha] to 14-year-olds. We have no other choice." -Neon Genesis Evangelion E4 #SeemsLegit #conceit #evangelion #anime

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  USAns: In addition to marching in the streets today, please write your representative and ask for impeachment. Yes, conviction would require several Republicans to grow spines, but at the very least it should be mentioned in every media interview to shift the Overton window. #uspol #NoKings #impeach

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  News on transportation (including bikes) in Portland, OR. https://www.portlandmercury.com/transportation-issue-2026/street-view-lightning-round/ #pdx #portland #biking #transportation

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  I just did a full Grandpa Travolta, turning 360 degrees in the kitchen trying to remember what I was doing.

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  If I accidentally swallow a seed while eating an apple, is that a lethal dose of cyanide? ISN'T THAT HOW ALAN TURING DIED?!

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  #FediArt52 prompt 16 is: SPELL #drawing #painting #sketching #ink #writing #poetry #GameDev #crafting #origami #prompts #WritingPrompt #DrawingPrompt #music #DigitalArt #art #illustration #FediArt #MastoArt #TraditionalArt

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  The latest reply from my representative (Janelle Bynum) complains plenty about Trump, but she sure seems allergic to saying "impeach". #uspol #impeach

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  #FediArt52 16. Spell #MastoArt #drawing

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  UPDATE: This position has been filled. IMMEDIATE need for a Visiting Professor or Visiting Instructor in Data Science and Statistics at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR. https://lewisandclark.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Faculty/job/Visiting-Professor-or-Visiting-Instructor-in-Data-Science-and-Statistics_R-004632 Please boost for reach! #GetFediHired #FediHired #FediJobs #academia #DataScience #statistics #pdx #portland

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  Getting ready to run D&D for my 11-year-old nieces in a couple of weeks. I'm not overpreparing, am I? #ttrpg #dnd

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  Councilor Steve Novick is spot on: the Portland Clean Energy Fund should be spent on transportation. Make buses frequent, reliable, and electric! Buy an e-bike for anyone brave enough to ride one! The US federal government is collapsing, but local governments are alive and well. Help steer yours. #pdx #portland #transit #climate #pdxpol Episode webpage: https://play.cdnstream1.com/s/opb/think-out-loud/how-should-portlands-cle-4513b9 Media file: https://pds.cdnstream1.com/p/opb/think-out-lou...

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  Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon is looking for an Adjunct Instructor of Computer Science to teach Networks and Web Development for the spring 2026 semester. https://lewisandclark.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/Faculty/job/Undergraduate-Campus/Adjunct-Instructor-of-Computer-Science_R-004741 Please boost for reach. #jobs #FediHired #GetFediHired #academia #ComputerScience #pdx #portland

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  Got a spam/phishing email wanting to interview me about my supposed work, "ChatGPT Cash Machine". I have produced no such thing. I wonder how the scam works. Are they hoping to stumble across someone who happened to write something with that title? Someone who can't remember that they didn't? Someone who is willing to claim they did, for dueling grifts? #spam #phishing #ai

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  #bloomscrolling

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  I'm enjoying the Ologies podcast. I'd pay to subscribe to an ad-free tier, but it doesn't look like she has one. #podcast #ologies #advertisement

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  #FediArt52 14. Green #MastoArt #drawing #ColoredPencil #frog #frogstodon #portland #pdx #amphifa Reference images: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/pacific-tree-frog-on-green-leaf-portrait-gm1659697160-534866447 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/portland-oregon-skyline-at-night-royalty-free-image/108178934

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  #Violet uses her bed like a CSS developer. #DogsOfMastodon