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Karstan

@Karstan@urbanists.social

"There's only one rule that I know of, babies-'God damn it, you've got to be kind.'" he/him (ish) Ⓥ

Free Palastine. Land Back. Black Lives Matter. Love is Love. Gender is made up.

As https://urbanists.social/@SRLevine puts it: "Favorite stars don't cost money and can make someone smile (or at least feel seen) so I use them often. I'm not being weird at you specifically, I'm being weird at everyone." Unless... 😏

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enobacon, to random
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Yet another "safety" project where the deadly status quo has been maintained for years while #PBOT wrings their collective hands about how to do it without impeding cars.

https://www.wweek.com/news/2024/02/14/city-officials-promised-improvements-to-an-east-portland-intersection-for-six-years-they-did-nothingand-a-pedestrian-was-killed-there-last-week/

Karstan,
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@enobacon The City That Works!

enobacon, (edited ) to portland
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"Gonzalez recently released a melodramatic video claiming he was "accosted" by a female fellow TriMet rider on January 27, who allegedly subjected him to “deliberate, unwanted physical contact” while also having the gall to criticize the public servant over his cruel policies. Unfortunately for him, TriMet video of the incident show he wildly exaggerated those claims, and AT MOST the woman may have brushed Gonzalez’s arm as she passed by"

https://www.portlandmercury.com/good-morning-news/2024/02/12/47030164/good-morning-news-taylor-swifts-super-bowl-win-portland-wrestler-arrested-for-murder-and-gonzalez-wildly-exaggerated-trimet-incident

Karstan,
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@enobacon gods what a tool

enobacon, to random
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Did @notjustbikes block me or why does the mastodon say "profile unavailable" for me only? 🤨

Karstan,
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@enobacon I don't follow him, but just clicked to view his profile. This seems super odd and offputting: "Do not re-post my posts (or screenshots of my posts) on other platforms. These posts are meant only for Mastodon."

Could you have maybe violated his weird rule?

enobacon, to acab
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e-mail from TriMet 😒 "Let’s make TriMet a drug-free zone"

"Senate Bill 1553-1 would make illegal drug use on transit a Class A Misdemeanor.

By making this change in the law, police would have the enforcement tools they need to help make public transit a drug-free zone and give people experiencing addiction a path to help." citation needed

Karstan,
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@enobacon And folks will straight up do it for free! My neighbors have started piling brush and debris in the street and on the trail under the Terwilliger bridge because some poor person had the bad taste to exist in those locations. Nevermind that they're blocking the trail and road for all their other neighbors.

Karstan,
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@enobacon We've learned absolutely nothing. See: the movement to revoke Measure 110 simply because we passed it without anywhere NEAR the funding necessary to implement it. We just keep giving the money to cops expecting things to change.

Karstan,
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@enobacon 😡

enobacon, to random
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Oregon's unemployment insurance system is completely trashed and could save a lot of money if they replaced most of their process with a tax form or something. All of their fraud prevention measures are redundant to tax fraud, while so much wasted time and effort makes it ineffective as a safety net. We should delete like ten social welfare programs and replace them with basic income obvs but this one is all kinds of 😒

Karstan,
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@enobacon It's SO terrible. I was unemployed for nearly 2 years awhile back and lost out on so many short term contract opportunities that had the potential to become full time employment because of their poorly thought out policies.

SRLevine, to random
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Looking for suggestions on how to word something (probably an email).

Situation: my landlord didn't renew my lease back at the start of December so it automatically went month-to-month (I should have asked for a new lease, but I was afraid the rent would jump if I did).

My lease didn't authorize pets. However it's not a strictly no pets place. There are a set of rules and a blank space for an extra deposit if you have approved ones. The rules mostly apply to dogs.

1/X

Karstan,
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@Leeisme @SRLevine second this

eclectech, to photography
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Monday.

Karstan,
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@eclectech Somehow both?

enobacon, to random
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at 2pm on Feb 5th?

no

Groceries loaded in the yuba

Karstan,
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@enobacon Maybe it's hiding in the box of Cheerios? :)

Karstan, to random
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Just heard NPR describe Barbara Lee as "really far to the left" and then support that description by playing a sound bite of her saying "killing 25,000 civilians; it's catastrophic and it will never lead to peace". 🤦

I'd like to live in a world where "killing innocent people is wrong" isn't an extremist view.

Karstan,
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@seachanger They didn't, but I'd read that elsewhere. She's legit!

In this segment, they were distinguishing between the 3 Dem candidates: Schiff is pro-genocide (I may be paraphrasing), Porter is "in the middle", and then this bit about Lee.

enobacon, to portland
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The square shovel was no match for the packed snow/ice today but the 4-tine digging fork FTW 💯. Broke and lifted in huge chunks, plowed right through the solid sheet covering the sidewalks.

Karstan,
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@enobacon Wait, was that you with the pitchfork on Terwilliger at about 3-3:30?!? 😆

Karstan, to portland
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Welp. Power just went out a few minutes ago in the Burlingame neighborhood of SW Portland.

Karstan,
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@enobacon I like it! I'll definitely investigate and test something out this summer. The biggest hurdle is going to be finding a spot below the elevation of the sump pump but still on my property. Not a deal killler but could drastically simplify things during an event like this.

Of course, there's a sewer line not 4 feet away and definitely lower than the pump well... 😬

Karstan,
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@enobacon power just came back on. 1:20 of heavy sump pump use drained it to 93%. Not too shabby

Karstan,
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@enobacon 🤷 I dunno, but I seriously gotta calculate it at some point. I guess I'm testing in my production environment?😁 I'm just grateful it's working! I tried hooking it up to the inverter in my truck last time, but it didn't put out enough amps.

The crankarm thing does give me an idea though... Manually operated pumps are absolutely a thing and I don't know why I never thought of getting one before. It would be a way better backup than a dang bucket.

Karstan,
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@enobacon hmmm... It'd have be a slow siphon somehow. Maybe a narrow diameter hose? Something to keep the flow continuous so I don't lose the siphon action.

Karstan,
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So I have a sump pump that keeps my (occupied) basement from flooding. In weather like this, it works overtime... as long as there's electricity.

In the 2021 ice storm, I was out every 2-3 hours for 4 1/2 days bailing with a bucket. I now have a 478Wh backup battery for it. What are the odds the battery lasts longer than my current power outage?? 😬

enobacon, to random
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Ten inboxes and not one update on ubi 😒

Karstan,
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@enobacon Any luck with the job hunt? :/

Karstan,
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@enobacon No, it appears pretty grim from my angle too. :/

enobacon, to portland
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work party Saturday 9am "planting native plants that provide food and habitat for our native critters"

http://terwilligerfriends.org/Events/single_event/help-restore-terwilliger-parkway-january-2024

Karstan,
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@enobacon Already done! :) In retrospect I could have been a bit more... positive. But dang, it shouldn't be this complicated.

I've considered doing some guerilla maintenance in the past. There are some sections of trails by me that are in desperate need. But we all know how well the city reacts to folks trying to fix things on their own in this damn place.

Karstan,
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@enobacon That site won't load without enabling javascript 😁 so I'll pass.

Between orgs like this and the ones who's only active web presence is a private FB page and a barely monitored email address (coughcough looking at you Food Not Bombs coughcough), it's increasingly difficult to volunteer in this damn city.

Whatever, I'll just go down to the park with a trashbag and pull ivy or something.

Karstan,
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@enobacon What's with requiring folks to set up an account on a 3rd party website just to volunteer?

greendesignek, to portland
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I'm so glad Carmen Rubio is running for Mayor of #Portland for two reasons: 1) the alternatives are terrible and 2) most importantly, it's time for a woman to be in charge of this city. Men have had their chance for the past 16 years (no offense to my dudes out there) & I don't think we can say we're better for it. #mayor #carmenrubio

https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2024/01/09/46971825/carmen-rubio-enters-2024-portland-mayors-race

Karstan,
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@greendesignek @enobacon I agree that she's less terrible than the other two. But I've generally been unimpressed with her on the council. Perhaps it's just the bias of the media covering for her, but I've never seen her speak out against the more draconian actions of her fellow councilmembers unless at least one other has already spoken out.

enobacon, (edited ) to random
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that pile of stuff that builds up between car lanes at the intersections on @bikeloudpdx

Karstan,
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@enobacon I was thinking about this the other day while I was out and about. Obviously it won't work on ice. But did you get a chance to test it out when the snow was still powder?

Karstan,
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@enobacon Yeah, I was thinking along those lines. I was wondering what a little plow attachment might look like but I'm not sure it would work for 2 wheels?

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