Travel with me as we revisit every step of the Oregon Coast Trail! The deep dive into my journey starts right here.
https://seasonsofjason.com/backpacking-the-oregon-coast-trail-day-1-high-hopes-stinging-rain/
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#Oregon picks of the day:
➡️ @OnwardRoseCity - Podcast for fans of Portland Timbers & Portland Thorns soccer teams
➡️ @philmeyer - President of Southern Oregon PBS
➡️ @pdx2600 - Hacker meetups in Portland
➡️ @brewsite - Long-running beer blog based in Oregon
➡️ @beer - Craft beer news & events in Oregon, Idaho, Washington etc
➡️ @sasquatch - Providing networking & self-hosted hardware to small businesses in Oregon
➡️ @CascadiaRail - Non-profit org campaigning for high speed rail in PNW
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When they set out to make their power supply 100% green, Northwest leaders ignored the fact that the region lacks the wiring to deliver new sources of renewable energy to people’s homes.
Little has been done to change that, ProPublica and Oregon Public Broadcasting found.
#News #Oregon #Washington #Green #Energy #Environment #Wind #Solar
Higher Prices, Rolling Blackouts: The Northwest Is Bracing for the Effects of a Lagging Green Energy Push
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Oregon and Washington are nowhere near achieving their clean energy goals. The dramatic consequences are already being felt.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-washington-green-energy-consequences?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Oregon #Washington #Energy #Sustainability #Green #Environment
Today is the 40th anniversary of my arrival in Oregon. So I'm going to pass on the political nonsense for a day of celebration. It'll be there tomorrow, I'm sure.
🎂🎈🎉🎊🦫🦆
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Hydroelectric Dams on Oregon’s Willamette River Kill Salmon. Congress Says It’s Time to Consider Shutting Them Down.
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The newly signed legislation follows reporting from Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica that underscored the risks and costs associated with a plan to migrate salmon past hydroelectric dams using a giant fish collector and tanker trucks.
#News #Sustainability #Environment #Wildlife #Fish #Energy #Biden #Oregon
Hey #California #Oregon #WashingtonState #Minnesota #NewYork #Vermont #Massachusetts #RhodeIsland #Maine and #Connecticut We could form a contiguous nation with Canada. Think of it. Universal Health Care. Cheaper education. Higher alcohol content beer. Real maple syrup. No MAGAs.
Instead of 51st state, let’s start thinking 11th-20th Provinces!
Finally, a new Oregon Coast Trail story is ready for you to read on my blog. It's about the staggering beauty of Neahkahnie mountain. It's about how the trail is always pulling your forward. It's also about a wrong turn that ended up delivering a profound lesson...
Read it here: https://seasonsofjason.com/hiking-the-oregon-coast-trail-day-8-part-1-neahkahnie-mountain-the-wrong-turn/
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It feels like it's time for a new #introduction
I'm Daniel! He / him.
I'm a husband and Master #Naturalist from Louisiana and living in northeast #Oregon.
I post about #birds, #birding, #insects, #NativePlants, #iNaturalist, and everything else that I find in our travels around this beautiful Earth of ours.
I am a practitioner of #Soto #Zen #Buddhism, a #photographer, web developer, wood carver, and burgeoning gardener.
Website: https://daniel.observer
Trump Administration Abandons Deal With Northwest Tribes to Restore Salmon
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The Trump administration canceled a deal, signed under President Joe Biden, that would have enabled the removal of four hydroelectric dams along the Columbia River that are considered harmful to salmon.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-salmon-columbia-river-tribes-deal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Native #Indigenous #Oregon #Environment #Sustainability #PNW
Despite a $1.3 billion investment that Portland said would improve the safety of homeless people, deaths in Multnomah County have quadrupled — from 113 in 2019 to more than 450 in 2023.
📖 New chapter: “The Tracks to Tillamook”
On Day 9 of my Oregon Coast Trail adventure, I ditched the guidebook and followed a path less traveled. It was another brush with serendipity, unexpected beauty, and a heart-pounding test of courage I never saw coming.
Let’s just say I REALLY I earned my ice cream!
→ https://seasonsofjason.com/hiking-the-oregon-coast-trail-day-9-the-tracks-to-tillamook/
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it's been quite a while, so lemme write a new #intro
i'm raven, a silly #transgirl on the internet who likes to write, and create free-to-use #photography (mostly landscapes). u can find me on mastodon, and see what an overview of what i’m up to on my now page. i have so many interests and try my best to experience new things in this short life. some sort of neurospicy, tend to be overly genuine, a bit corny, over-opinionated at times
🩺 #nurse, 📸 #photographer, 👩💻 #linux nerd, 🏳️⚧️ #trans girl, 💞 #relationship anarchist, 🌱 #vegan for the animals, 🌹 #leftist, ✊ #union steward, 🧗♀️ #queer outdoor girlie, 🌠 star stuff, 🚴♀️ bikes are cool, 😽 certified girl/boy/nb-kisser, 😝 #silly adventurer
i work in the OR as a nurse and i love my job
likes: #forests, #mountains, #oregon coast, #coffee, #adventures, #movies, #computers, #transit, #bikes, #Portland OR, scrub-role in surgery, science-stuff, n95s, #sewing, #privacy and #security in tech, #philosophy, #ceramics, #sailing, #music, pineapple on pizza, #leftism, workers-rights, #silliness, #headpats, and #praise
“chaotic af, kinda scatter brained, but smart if that makes sense”
“very direct and able to be vulnerable very easily (a good thing!) and the most ethically-minded and community-focused person ive met!”
“an iceberg. you’ve got a fun, flirty, smolder of a vibe when people meet you initially. then after getting to talk with you people see that you’ve got way more going on under the surface of the water”
i upload my photography as creative commons attribution license, i don't own a car, i have a #cat named Loki who i post about under the #catsofmastodon tag, i'm #divorced after a 14 year marriage (not the outcome i wanted, but here i am), and now happily in relationships as a relationship anarchist.
i live in #pdx and want to make it a better place by organizing and creating #unions and #community
i do #rock-climbing, #bjj, #running, #swimming, #sailing, currently recovering from injuries
i love #webdesign and created a #hugo theme which i use for my website (on github)
yes, imma #puppygirl and silly af
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PDX.social is a Mastodon server for the Portland, Oregon region in the USA. It has been operating since 2017.
You can find out more at https://pdx.social/about or contact @admins if you have any questions.
#FeaturedServer #Portland #Oregon #PortlandOR #UnitedStates #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
Some local coverage for the Oregon #HandsOff protests from OPB:
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/04/05/hands-off-protests-oregon-washington/
“Hands Off” protests began in Tigard in Southeast Portland Saturday morning, with dozens more planned in Oregon, from Gold Beach to Astoria, to Hood River, Enterprise, Redmond and Klamath Falls.
The enormity of what I’m about to do feels so daunting. The anxiety of the unknown mixes with the excitement of adventure, and it’s hard not to start spiraling.
Maybe it’s biting off way more than I can chew, but I feel driven to at least take this journey as far as I can.
I hit the trailhead tomorrow.
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It’s time to break new ground in my hiking journey, and I want to bring you along for the ride. Here’s why I’m choosing the Oregon Coast Trail as my first thru-hike, and how you can follow my journey!
https://seasonsofjason.com/backpacking-the-411-mile-oregon-coast-trail-a-prologue/
You can now play (free on the web) ALL THREE of the earthquake preparedness video games we developed:
https://www.cascadia9game.org/home
#GameDev #earthquake #preparedness #portland #pdx #oregon #pnw
Rural residents were upset when Oregon released a statewide map estimating property risk from wildfires.
Until then, the impacts of climate change were abstract to many people, one senator said. “This is a very big chicken coming home to roost.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-wildfire-risk-map-rural-homeowners?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Oregon #Wildfires #Map #Home #Misinformation #Climate #ClimateChange
Oregon liberals, opposed to nuclear power in the 1970s, created a complex process for getting new energy projects approved.
It’s now being used to stall developments in wind and solar — with a 76-year-old activist leading the charge.
The Anti-AI Protests Have Arrived in Portland, and This is Only the Beginning
By @jaredwhite | @theinternet
According to reports from pro-#AI attendees at a business meetup in #Portland, #Oregon, anti-AI protesters showed up outside, throwing eggs and paint at cars and distributing pamphlets with the following message:
“BUTLERIAN JIHAD AGAINST AI
never ending destruction and death propels the machine of progress. AI rides on the front of this beast, annihilating humanity, leaving nothing in its wake but sterile boxes to lock us in and apps to keep us sedated. while the techies are inside sipping their cocktails the rest of us are faced with a choice: to accept our position at the bottom of the social order or find our people and bring the whole thing down. only we can decide to smash the screens that are brainwashing us into submission.
the time is now,
the day is here,
ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK!”
Read more: https://theinternet.review/2025/08/15/the-anti-ai-protests-are-here/
