The 8 ounce phone that’s in your pocket took 250+ lbs of raw material to make. If every American were to use their phone just 1 year longer, it would be the equivalent of taking 700,000 cars off the road. - Kyle Wiens of iFixit

Going to a naturopath or acupuncturist? They often “hang” on to patients w chronic illness + don’t refer out. Do yourself a fav and see a specialists MD. While sometimes incredibly helpful, I’ve had ND’s + accup docs waste years on stuff specialists diagnosed and solved quickly.

Oregon just received $700M(!) from Monsanto for their wanton dispersal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB’s) even after they knew PCB’s were incredibly harmful. Largest Monsanto state settlement ever. Our State AG is kicking ass. Suck it Monsanto.

Why are so many Oregon gov + regulations disturbingly structurally broken? Edu, mental health, housing, unemployment programs, drug rehab, public defender system, DEQ enforcement, etc. Being 49/50 for brain injury rehab is a perfect example. wweek.com/news/2023/01/1…

At 14.69%, Portland, OR now has the second-highest total state and local income tax rate in the nation, exceeded only by New York City at 14.78%.

In Portland, OR thieves stole 11,000 cars in 2022, up from 9,000 a year before. Mine was stolen in 2020 and then again in 2021. I now club it and remove the fuel pump fuse every time I park it.

For regular folks, the reality: Credit card debt is at an all-time high. Wages are lower because of inflation. Housing is unaffordable. Food and gas have been skyrocketing on and off. Labor is being screwed over by corporations and Biden himself screwed over the railroad workers.

Interferon lambda, which targets epithelial cells, can treat covid. Not FDA approved yet though. medscape.com/viewarticle/98…?

Anonymous role models. nytimes.com/2023/03/08/mag…

Sweet Portland success story. oregonlive.com/entertainment/…

I’ve appreciated @ashleyhenrypdx’s work for PDX’s sm biz from afar for years. She called attention to Portland Clean + Safe City contract $ funneling into PDX Biz Alliance leader’s pockets. Guess our tax $’s been keeping them “safe” but not downtown. portlandmercury.com/news/2022/12/0…

$3200-$4200 a month per ONE homeless person for a tent, some group meals, a fence? Plus and a small handful of managers across 150 people? Sounds like the $20K per light post the city is buying to hammock-proof park lights. oregonlive.com/portland/2023/…

Concrete examples from SF on removing code barriers to build housing more easily and sensibly.

The paradox of AI? It needs hundreds of thousands of very underpaid “data labelers” who, for example, tell AI models if it’s a paper bag or kitten in a video of driving footage. So self-driving cars run over bags but not kittens. forbes.com/sites/kenrickc…

Portland ballots are due tomorrow. Vote!

We have black bears in Portland’s Forest Park! 💜 oregonlive.com/news/2023/05/b…