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amb@amb· 18d

missed Mitch’s reelection campaign kickoff tonight but i ate a hot dog in his honor. I also donated again and if you haven’t already you should too

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amb@amb· 25d

Lineup tonight: bands named Alley-Oop, Dadweed, and Swamp Thang, who apparently plays zydeco. Perfection

amb@amb· 29d

have seen a few posts on TikTok lately that are hopefully too stupid to actually be secretly astro-turfed pro-blazers billionaire bailout content, but honestly who even knows at this point

amb@amb· 29d

"VAR is, there is little doubt, the generative AI of the football world."

In a poll of 7,000 football fans published just a few months ago, in March 2026, 91% of respondents said the sport is better off without VAR and 81% said they preferred watching matches without the technology. 92% said VAR killed the “spontaneous joy” of celebrating a goal. Just 2% agreed with the statement that “VAR makes football more enjoyable.” Since its implementation in the UK’s Premier League, YouGov polls have consistently found that large majorities of viewers believe VAR “works poorly.”

In other words: It’s a ubiquitous automation and surveillance system, adopted and maintained by those in positions of power with promises of progress and improvement, despite inspiring widespread disdain among those it is promoted it as serving (football players and fans). Its public poll numbers are in the gutter. It even has its own instantly identifiable acronym. VAR is, there is little doubt, the generative AI of the football world.

amb@amb· 29d

guns vs butter, highway boondoggle edition

That tension was most clearly articulated by Senator Khan Pham, who has been one of the primary negotiators tasked with trying to get a transportation package across the finish line in Oregon, with the most recent proposal to shore up transportation revenue statewide recently repealed by Oregon voters.

"Having been in the trenches of the transportation package struggle in Salem last year, I am here this morning to say that it will be challenging to pass a package that meets our state's basic needs if I am also expected to raise additional billions of dollars for current and future cost overruns of an oversized highway bridge project," Senator Khan Pham told the Oregon Transportation Commission in May. "Every additional billion committed to this project is funding unavailable for preservation, maintenance, safety, and transit needs across Oregon."

amb@amb· Jul 11

Years ago Oregon Walks led a “#workzonewtf” campaign that got the city to pass regulations that developers would be forced to make a temporary protected sidewalk during construction. Does that law still exist? Is it just not enforced anymore? Stumbled onto this on Alberta today

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amb@amb· Jul 7

shoutout to the civic stadium crowd for booing when they showed Infantino on the screen

amb@amb· Jul 6

yeah

In all these ways, Big Oil has played an integral role in facilitating right-wing authoritarianism in the United States. And we can expect that these efforts to tear our democracy apart will only grow more intense in the coming years, as our energy transition becomes more economically inevitable and the tactics needed to suppress that transition become more repressive.

amb@amb· Jul 3

Not sure I’ve received a better text message in my entire life

amb@amb· Jun 29

went to my first cherry bombs match tonight and ngl I’m kind of embarrassed how deep of a crush i immediately developed on Mary T Cherry

amb@amb· Jun 28

amb@amb· Jun 26

reminder to please chip in $5 to help @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social unlock the public match: secure.actblue.com/donate/angel...

amb@amb· Jun 24

lol remember not even eighteen months ago when Wilson was getting glowing profiles in the Oregonian about his friendly upbeat “Ted Lasso” demeanor and collaborative governing approach? Kinda seems like this bizarre email is the definitive proof that mask has finally publicly fallen off

amb@amb· Jun 23

amb@amb· Jun 20

obnoxiously charming and wholesome

amb@amb· Jun 19

amb@amb· Jun 18

you know what else we could with the billions of dollars that ODOT want to spend on the Rose Quarter / IBR? How about a wholly integrated regional passenger rail network? i finally got my hands on a high level feasibility report Metro put together last year: ti.org/pdfs/MetroRe...

amb@amb· Jun 17

some days all i aspire to be is a modern day Willamette Valley Jonathan Gold

amb@amb· Jun 17

dad's lovin' it

amb@amb· Jun 13

Only just learned this morning that Chicago preserved one of the original Jane Addams project buildings and recently converted it into a National Public Housing Museum

amb@amb· Jun 13

futty danso remains my favorite Portland Timber of all time

amb@amb· Jun 9

Not sure if this is in NACTO but it seemed to be working