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"Portland coffee shop raises over $86,000 to feed people losing SNAP benefits"
"Heretic Coffee, 5120 S.E. 28th Ave., is a volunteer-run, nonprofit coffee shop that trains people to become baristas and coffee roasters.
The coffee shop has been soliciting donations for less than a week to pay for breakfast for people losing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP benefits …"
#Oregon #Portland #PDX #FoodAssistance #SNAP #SNAPCuts #GiftLink
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I stepped out from #ASBH to attend this hearing. Here is a pamphlet of information I prepared about the Hadachek v. Oregon case.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b_IiIuQ2uDjH_Oek1VBWa8DLwVLgPzTs/view
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Sending best wishes to all #NoKings & #NoTyrants protesters today! ❤️
Pre-protest news from The Oregonian:
"Will frog costumes continue to multiply at Saturday’s ‘No Kings’ protests?"
"Inflatable frog and other animal costumes are expected to be spotted across the country as perhaps millions of people take part in 'No Kings' protests in more than 2,500 locations, including more than 50 places in Oregon"
#USPol #PDX #Portland #FrogBrigade #Protest #Resist #GiftLink
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So glad #Portland mayor #KeithWilson is willing to give interviews to the hip new media outlets like #TheDailyShow, which has been making quite a stir in the mere 29 years it has been on the air.
https://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/2025/10/daily-show-star-interviews-portland-mayor.html
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Overjoyed that #Portland has finally decided to make a serious investment in #StreetTrees, including re-partnering with #FriedsOfTrees.
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Federal agents knock down elderly couple Before Facebook notified me of suspension, it was refusing to allow me to share this article. It is compelling - 84 year old protester brutally attacked by #ICE #fuckice #fascist #fascist_usa #trump #fucktrump #maga #immigration #protest #protests #politics #usapolitics #worldpolitics #resistance https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/10/federal-agents-knock-down-elderly-couple-during-portland-protest.html -
Federal agents knock down elderly couple Before Facebook notified me of suspension, it was refusing to allow me to share this article. It is compelling - 84 year old protester brutally attacked by #ICE #fuckice #fascist #fascist_usa #trump #fucktrump #maga #immigration #protest #protests #politics #usapolitics #worldpolitics #resistance https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/10/federal-agents-knock-down-elderly-couple-during-portland-protest.html -
Federal agents knock down elderly couple Before Facebook notified me of suspension, it was refusing to allow me to share this article. It is compelling - 84 year old protester brutally attacked by #ICE #fuckice #fascist #fascist_usa #trump #fucktrump #maga #immigration #protest #protests #politics #usapolitics #worldpolitics #resistance https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/10/federal-agents-knock-down-elderly-couple-during-portland-protest.html -
Federal agents knock down elderly couple Before Facebook notified me of suspension, it was refusing to allow me to share this article. It is compelling - 84 year old protester brutally attacked by #ICE #fuckice #fascist #fascist_usa #trump #fucktrump #maga #immigration #protest #protests #politics #usapolitics #worldpolitics #resistance https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/10/federal-agents-knock-down-elderly-couple-during-portland-protest.html -
Federal agents knock down elderly couple Before Facebook notified me of suspension, it was refusing to allow me to share this article. It is compelling - 84 year old protester brutally attacked by #ICE #fuckice #fascist #fascist_usa #trump #fucktrump #maga #immigration #protest #protests #politics #usapolitics #worldpolitics #resistance https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/10/federal-agents-knock-down-elderly-couple-during-portland-protest.html -
This is the post that triggered my #Facebook notification I was suspended from posting for two days, no explanation, no appeal option. https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/10/federal-agents-knock-down-elderly-couple-during-portland-protest.html #censorship #Meta #Facebook #ICE #FuckICE #Portland #Portlandprotests #authoritarianism #authoritarian #politics #USpolitics #policestate #BigBrother #Orwell #dictatorship #dystopia #fascism #fascist #fascisme
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Why this Portland library is a flashpoint in the debate over downtown safety, and what can be done – oregonlive.com
The Central Library in downtown Portland has been the center of ongoing debate in the community regarding safety and security concerns. Allison Barr / The OregonianWhy this Portland library is a flashpoint in the debate over downtown safety, and what can be done
- Updated: Sep. 23, 2025, 1:46 p.m.
- |Published: Sep. 21, 2025, 5:00 a.m.
By Austin De Dios | The Oregonian/OregonLive
On a recent Friday afternoon, children and parents attended a playtime event in the vibrant first-floor youth section of Portland’s Central Library. Meanwhile, a pair of medical responders carried a stretcher up to the third floor to assist an adult in crisis.
Elsewhere, a patron lamented to a librarian about their lack of culinary talent while picking out a new cookbook. A man sitting on a bench outside the bathroom changed his clothes in the open. Security guards stood stationed on every floor. More patrolled outside, along with an employee, who picked up litter.
It was a typical day at Multnomah County’s flagship branch, which has increasingly been called on to serve dual roles as both a central information hub and a stopgap refuge for people experiencing homelessness in a city where such spaces are scarce.
It has also recently become a flashpoint in debates over downtown safety following two violent incidents outside its doors. Local leaders are now mulling significant changes to security protocols at the library that the county Board of Commissioners will take up later this month. That discussion has raised deeper questions about how the library serves its community and how changes could reshape its relationship with the public now and in the years ahead.
Librarians have already had to adapt to increased demands, becoming more than just stewards of information but also social workers and rule enforcers, Director of Libraries Annie Lewis said.
“We’ve had to evolve,” Lewis told The Oregonian/OregonLive. “Both in the sense of the tools that people access to get the information they need and the people we serve.”
The children’s section in the Central Library in downtown Portland. Allison Barr / The OregonianThe downtown library is the county’s most visited, and also one of its most challenged, accounting for a disproportionate share of rules violations tracked by the county, data shows.The branch has struggled with drug overdoses and fentanyl use in and outside the building. Librarians there and elsewhere have reported feeling unsafe at work in the past.
The situation intensified in July after a deadly shooting outside the branch put it under increased scrutiny. County and city officials bickered and blamed one another for the fatal confrontation between two people who had left the library just moments before, while powerful business interests framed the shooting as a county failure.
Original Article Source: Library Link of the Day
http://www.tk421.net/librarylink/ (archive, rss, subscribe options)Editor’s Note: There is news online about Trump viewing a Portland video from 5 years ago, and thinking it was “now.” And thus, he’s decided to send in troops. Link for more: http://tiny.cc/569t001
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Why this Portland library is a flashpoint in the debate over downtown safety, and what can be done – oregonlive.com
#2025 #America #Debate #DonaldTrump #Downtown #DowntownSafety #Education #FederalPolice #Flashpoint #Health #History #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Opinion #Oregon #Oregonlive #OregonliveCom #Politics #Portland #Resistance #Science #Troops #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates
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Why this Portland library is a flashpoint in the debate over downtown safety, and what can be done – oregonlive.com
The Central Library in downtown Portland has been the center of ongoing debate in the community regarding safety and security concerns. Allison Barr / The OregonianWhy this Portland library is a flashpoint in the debate over downtown safety, and what can be done
- Updated: Sep. 23, 2025, 1:46 p.m.
- |Published: Sep. 21, 2025, 5:00 a.m.
By Austin De Dios | The Oregonian/OregonLive
On a recent Friday afternoon, children and parents attended a playtime event in the vibrant first-floor youth section of Portland’s Central Library. Meanwhile, a pair of medical responders carried a stretcher up to the third floor to assist an adult in crisis.
Elsewhere, a patron lamented to a librarian about their lack of culinary talent while picking out a new cookbook. A man sitting on a bench outside the bathroom changed his clothes in the open. Security guards stood stationed on every floor. More patrolled outside, along with an employee, who picked up litter.
It was a typical day at Multnomah County’s flagship branch, which has increasingly been called on to serve dual roles as both a central information hub and a stopgap refuge for people experiencing homelessness in a city where such spaces are scarce.
It has also recently become a flashpoint in debates over downtown safety following two violent incidents outside its doors. Local leaders are now mulling significant changes to security protocols at the library that the county Board of Commissioners will take up later this month. That discussion has raised deeper questions about how the library serves its community and how changes could reshape its relationship with the public now and in the years ahead.
Librarians have already had to adapt to increased demands, becoming more than just stewards of information but also social workers and rule enforcers, Director of Libraries Annie Lewis said.
“We’ve had to evolve,” Lewis told The Oregonian/OregonLive. “Both in the sense of the tools that people access to get the information they need and the people we serve.”
The children’s section in the Central Library in downtown Portland. Allison Barr / The OregonianThe downtown library is the county’s most visited, and also one of its most challenged, accounting for a disproportionate share of rules violations tracked by the county, data shows.The branch has struggled with drug overdoses and fentanyl use in and outside the building. Librarians there and elsewhere have reported feeling unsafe at work in the past.
The situation intensified in July after a deadly shooting outside the branch put it under increased scrutiny. County and city officials bickered and blamed one another for the fatal confrontation between two people who had left the library just moments before, while powerful business interests framed the shooting as a county failure.
Original Article Source: Library Link of the Day
http://www.tk421.net/librarylink/ (archive, rss, subscribe options)Editor’s Note: There is news online about Trump viewing a Portland video from 5 years ago, and thinking it was “now.” And thus, he’s decided to send in troops. Link for more: http://tiny.cc/569t001
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Why this Portland library is a flashpoint in the debate over downtown safety, and what can be done – oregonlive.com
#2025 #America #Debate #DonaldTrump #Downtown #DowntownSafety #Education #FederalPolice #Flashpoint #Health #History #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Opinion #Oregon #Oregonlive #OregonliveCom #Politics #Portland #Resistance #Science #Troops #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates
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Why this Portland library is a flashpoint in the debate over downtown safety, and what can be done – oregonlive.com
The Central Library in downtown Portland has been the center of ongoing debate in the community regarding safety and security concerns. Allison Barr / The OregonianWhy this Portland library is a flashpoint in the debate over downtown safety, and what can be done
- Updated: Sep. 23, 2025, 1:46 p.m.
- |Published: Sep. 21, 2025, 5:00 a.m.
By Austin De Dios | The Oregonian/OregonLive
On a recent Friday afternoon, children and parents attended a playtime event in the vibrant first-floor youth section of Portland’s Central Library. Meanwhile, a pair of medical responders carried a stretcher up to the third floor to assist an adult in crisis.
Elsewhere, a patron lamented to a librarian about their lack of culinary talent while picking out a new cookbook. A man sitting on a bench outside the bathroom changed his clothes in the open. Security guards stood stationed on every floor. More patrolled outside, along with an employee, who picked up litter.
It was a typical day at Multnomah County’s flagship branch, which has increasingly been called on to serve dual roles as both a central information hub and a stopgap refuge for people experiencing homelessness in a city where such spaces are scarce.
It has also recently become a flashpoint in debates over downtown safety following two violent incidents outside its doors. Local leaders are now mulling significant changes to security protocols at the library that the county Board of Commissioners will take up later this month. That discussion has raised deeper questions about how the library serves its community and how changes could reshape its relationship with the public now and in the years ahead.
Librarians have already had to adapt to increased demands, becoming more than just stewards of information but also social workers and rule enforcers, Director of Libraries Annie Lewis said.
“We’ve had to evolve,” Lewis told The Oregonian/OregonLive. “Both in the sense of the tools that people access to get the information they need and the people we serve.”
The children’s section in the Central Library in downtown Portland. Allison Barr / The OregonianThe downtown library is the county’s most visited, and also one of its most challenged, accounting for a disproportionate share of rules violations tracked by the county, data shows.The branch has struggled with drug overdoses and fentanyl use in and outside the building. Librarians there and elsewhere have reported feeling unsafe at work in the past.
The situation intensified in July after a deadly shooting outside the branch put it under increased scrutiny. County and city officials bickered and blamed one another for the fatal confrontation between two people who had left the library just moments before, while powerful business interests framed the shooting as a county failure.
Original Article Source: Library Link of the Day
http://www.tk421.net/librarylink/ (archive, rss, subscribe options)Editor’s Note: There is news online about Trump viewing a Portland video from 5 years ago, and thinking it was “now.” And thus, he’s decided to send in troops. Link for more: http://tiny.cc/569t001
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Why this Portland library is a flashpoint in the debate over downtown safety, and what can be done – oregonlive.com
#2025 #America #Debate #DonaldTrump #Downtown #DowntownSafety #Education #FederalPolice #Flashpoint #Health #History #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Opinion #Oregon #Oregonlive #OregonliveCom #Politics #Portland #Resistance #Science #Troops #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates
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Why this Portland library is a flashpoint in the debate over downtown safety, and what can be done – oregonlive.com
The Central Library in downtown Portland has been the center of ongoing debate in the community regarding safety and security concerns. Allison Barr / The OregonianWhy this Portland library is a flashpoint in the debate over downtown safety, and what can be done
- Updated: Sep. 23, 2025, 1:46 p.m.
- |Published: Sep. 21, 2025, 5:00 a.m.
By Austin De Dios | The Oregonian/OregonLive
On a recent Friday afternoon, children and parents attended a playtime event in the vibrant first-floor youth section of Portland’s Central Library. Meanwhile, a pair of medical responders carried a stretcher up to the third floor to assist an adult in crisis.
Elsewhere, a patron lamented to a librarian about their lack of culinary talent while picking out a new cookbook. A man sitting on a bench outside the bathroom changed his clothes in the open. Security guards stood stationed on every floor. More patrolled outside, along with an employee, who picked up litter.
It was a typical day at Multnomah County’s flagship branch, which has increasingly been called on to serve dual roles as both a central information hub and a stopgap refuge for people experiencing homelessness in a city where such spaces are scarce.
It has also recently become a flashpoint in debates over downtown safety following two violent incidents outside its doors. Local leaders are now mulling significant changes to security protocols at the library that the county Board of Commissioners will take up later this month. That discussion has raised deeper questions about how the library serves its community and how changes could reshape its relationship with the public now and in the years ahead.
Librarians have already had to adapt to increased demands, becoming more than just stewards of information but also social workers and rule enforcers, Director of Libraries Annie Lewis said.
“We’ve had to evolve,” Lewis told The Oregonian/OregonLive. “Both in the sense of the tools that people access to get the information they need and the people we serve.”
The children’s section in the Central Library in downtown Portland. Allison Barr / The OregonianThe downtown library is the county’s most visited, and also one of its most challenged, accounting for a disproportionate share of rules violations tracked by the county, data shows.The branch has struggled with drug overdoses and fentanyl use in and outside the building. Librarians there and elsewhere have reported feeling unsafe at work in the past.
The situation intensified in July after a deadly shooting outside the branch put it under increased scrutiny. County and city officials bickered and blamed one another for the fatal confrontation between two people who had left the library just moments before, while powerful business interests framed the shooting as a county failure.
Original Article Source: Library Link of the Day
http://www.tk421.net/librarylink/ (archive, rss, subscribe options)Editor’s Note: There is news online about Trump viewing a Portland video from 5 years ago, and thinking it was “now.” And thus, he’s decided to send in troops. Link for more: http://tiny.cc/569t001
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Why this Portland library is a flashpoint in the debate over downtown safety, and what can be done – oregonlive.com
#2025 #America #Debate #DonaldTrump #Downtown #DowntownSafety #Education #FederalPolice #Flashpoint #Health #History #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Opinion #Oregon #Oregonlive #OregonliveCom #Politics #Portland #Resistance #Science #Troops #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates
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Why this Portland library is a flashpoint in the debate over downtown safety, and what can be done – oregonlive.com
The Central Library in downtown Portland has been the center of ongoing debate in the community regarding safety and security concerns. Allison Barr / The OregonianWhy this Portland library is a flashpoint in the debate over downtown safety, and what can be done
- Updated: Sep. 23, 2025, 1:46 p.m.
- |Published: Sep. 21, 2025, 5:00 a.m.
By Austin De Dios | The Oregonian/OregonLive
On a recent Friday afternoon, children and parents attended a playtime event in the vibrant first-floor youth section of Portland’s Central Library. Meanwhile, a pair of medical responders carried a stretcher up to the third floor to assist an adult in crisis.
Elsewhere, a patron lamented to a librarian about their lack of culinary talent while picking out a new cookbook. A man sitting on a bench outside the bathroom changed his clothes in the open. Security guards stood stationed on every floor. More patrolled outside, along with an employee, who picked up litter.
It was a typical day at Multnomah County’s flagship branch, which has increasingly been called on to serve dual roles as both a central information hub and a stopgap refuge for people experiencing homelessness in a city where such spaces are scarce.
It has also recently become a flashpoint in debates over downtown safety following two violent incidents outside its doors. Local leaders are now mulling significant changes to security protocols at the library that the county Board of Commissioners will take up later this month. That discussion has raised deeper questions about how the library serves its community and how changes could reshape its relationship with the public now and in the years ahead.
Librarians have already had to adapt to increased demands, becoming more than just stewards of information but also social workers and rule enforcers, Director of Libraries Annie Lewis said.
“We’ve had to evolve,” Lewis told The Oregonian/OregonLive. “Both in the sense of the tools that people access to get the information they need and the people we serve.”
The children’s section in the Central Library in downtown Portland. Allison Barr / The OregonianThe downtown library is the county’s most visited, and also one of its most challenged, accounting for a disproportionate share of rules violations tracked by the county, data shows.The branch has struggled with drug overdoses and fentanyl use in and outside the building. Librarians there and elsewhere have reported feeling unsafe at work in the past.
The situation intensified in July after a deadly shooting outside the branch put it under increased scrutiny. County and city officials bickered and blamed one another for the fatal confrontation between two people who had left the library just moments before, while powerful business interests framed the shooting as a county failure.
Original Article Source: Library Link of the Day
http://www.tk421.net/librarylink/ (archive, rss, subscribe options)Editor’s Note: There is news online about Trump viewing a Portland video from 5 years ago, and thinking it was “now.” And thus, he’s decided to send in troops. Link for more: http://tiny.cc/569t001
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Why this Portland library is a flashpoint in the debate over downtown safety, and what can be done – oregonlive.com
#2025 #America #Debate #DonaldTrump #Downtown #DowntownSafety #Education #FederalPolice #Flashpoint #Health #History #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Opinion #Oregon #Oregonlive #OregonliveCom #Politics #Portland #Resistance #Science #Troops #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates
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We are heading towards a disaster, as government services that usually help smooth the effects of an economic recession are being preemptively axed.
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‘That’s some seriously beautiful … footage’
In August 2020, a lightning strike ignited a wildfire that burned through hundreds of thousands of acres in…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #BeachieCreekFire #CA #Canada #OpalCreek #oregon #OregonLive #Science #trailcamerafootage #trailcameras #wildernessareas #Wildlifecameras
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‘That’s some seriously beautiful … footage’
In August 2020, a lightning strike ignited a wildfire that burned through hundreds of thousands of acres in…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #BeachieCreekFire #OpalCreek #Oregon #OregonLive #Science #trailcamerafootage #trailcameras #UK #UnitedKingdom #wildernessareas #Wildlifecameras
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"Multnomah County slashes animal adoption fees, asks for help making room in shelters"
"For the rest of September, prospective new pet owners can adopt a dog from Multnomah County for just $25.
The county said Friday on Facebook that its dog kennels are 98% full. It was hoping to find homes for at least 50 before the end of the weekend."
#Oregon #PDX #Portland #Multnomah #Dogs #DogsOfMastodon #AdoptDontShop
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"Oregon’s Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley joined 16 other U.S. senators on Tuesday in urging a federal appeals’ court to bar President Donald Trump from deploying federalized troops in Los Angeles." www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0... Newsom #migrante DHS ICE policy #law
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This is happening nationwide: "The price that Portland #coffee drinkers pay for a pound of beans has reached amounts never seen before — and experts say consumers have #inflation, drought in major coffee-growing nations and President Donald Trump’s #tariffs to credit for that." https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2025/08/just-how-much-have-portland-coffee-prices-climbed-since-trump-announced-tariffs.html
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There is no Super-volcano eruption imminent, it's purely bollocks from unregulated social media networks.
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There is no Super-volcano eruption imminent, it's purely bollocks from unregulated social media networks.
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There is no Super-volcano eruption imminent, it's purely bollocks from unregulated social media networks.
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There is no Super-volcano eruption imminent, it's purely bollocks from unregulated social media networks.
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There is no Super-volcano eruption imminent, it's purely bollocks from unregulated social media networks.
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> The Permitting and Development bureau is exploring a code amendment to create a maximum indoor temperature standard for rental units, requiring landlords to install ACs or heat pumps in each one.
https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2025/07/ac-requirement-may-hit-rentals-in-portland.html
#portland #pdx #rent #landlords #landlordsAreParasites #rentIsExtortion #summer #heatPumps #airconditioning #oregon #rentControl #rentersRights
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And here I thought #LloydCenter closed years ago for the bulldozer and redevelopment.
https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2025/07/food-court-5000-portlands-neon-clad-mall-walkers-take-over-lloyd-center-every-sunday.html