Michael Andersen
Believer, skeptic, humanist, typist & dad. Trying to make places fairer as director of cities + towns for @Sightline.org, here in Portland OR. Views here: mine, all mine.
- my main concern with this stuff isn't actually Waymo as it currently operates (it's clearly quite safe) but the future grokX taxis and the Waymos that may one day become deadlier in order to compete with them
- things that will not be happening in my marriage
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- ❤️+💔
- "There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
- I don't understand why more U.S. cities don't have eiffel towers
- Reposted by Michael AndersenAfter adopting housing reforms that included eliminating parking mandates and increased density limits throughout the city, Bothell has seen a major jump in pre-applications for residential projects. Average number of units entering pre-application over the past 5 years: 580 In 2025: 1000+
- Reposted by Michael AndersenIt's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall. But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
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- Reposted by Michael Andersen4 federal agents pull over an elderly US citizen for the suspected crime of being brown, break her car window, throw her to the ground, then drive off after they find her US Passport in her purse. The Salem Police, when called, say there’s nothing they can do. www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
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- “There’s certain rights that a person has that they’re born with. Everybody has them equally, not just in the United States,” he said. “But on this topic they are willing to completely abandon that principle.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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- We were a little farther back, so my 9-year-old didn't need to get a face bath - just a few coughs www.opb.org/article/2026...
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- Seems promising www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
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- Oregon's land use agency is proposing to give several cities an extension on their first housing capacity analysis & housing production strategy. In PDX metro, it's Fairview, Gladstone & Troutdale, others to follow... www.oregon.gov/lcd/LAR/Docu...
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- endorse, but worth adding that Victoria has some of the least car-oriented land use among small western cities 67% more people per sqmi than Olympia, 240% more than Salem
- Reposted by Michael Andersen“An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News, admitting that these “de-escalatory measures” are about placating Senate Democrats so they don’t seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package.” newrepublic.com/article/2057...
- Reposted by Michael AndersenMinneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need a lot more of this. www.ms.now/news/minneap...
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- Reposted by Michael AndersenWe don't really know how many children are in immigration jail. A few thousand. Many are being held long past the permitted time (20 days, which, ...). Some are babies. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/17/c...
- Reposted by Michael Andersenbrass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
- Reposted by Michael AndersenBovino is just the patsy - a noxious and odious fall guy. Stephen Miller is the architect and prime mover of the whole thing. Everything they do is at his direction - often after his threats. As long as he runs policy in the WH, nothing will change no matter how many Bovinos come and go.
- All you fascists are bound to lose
- I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...
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- Reposted by Michael AndersenNew at The Watch: I dug into archival witness accounts of the British siege of Boston prior to the American Revolution. They are remarkably similar to what we're seeing in Minneapolis. open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
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- Reposted by Michael AndersenAs we grieve for Alex Pretti and Renee Good in MN, please do not forget Victor Manuel Diaz, who died in ICE custody after being taken from here. And all others who have died in their custody.
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- Reposted by Michael AndersenKare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."
- Reposted by Michael AndersenFederal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident on Saturday, the city’s police chief said. The shooting prompted clashes between law enforcement and protesters, as Minnesota officials renewed demands that the Trump administration end its immigration crackdown. trib.al/u8ESi4Q
- It took me 5m to call 2 senators & leave a voicemail saying they should oppose any bill that would appropriate money for the extrajudicial killing of Americans (this appropriations bill is like a week away fyi)
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- Reposted by Michael AndersenDo you honestly think people in the civil rights movement and other nonviolent movements faced no violence themselves? They practiced nonviolence because it works, because the oppressor wants a shooting war, which is the war it will win
- Reposted by Michael AndersenThe official policy of the government of the United States of America is that they will murder anyone they want, that they will tell any lie necessary to justify that murder, and that no one who resists them has any rights they are bound to respect. /1
- Reposted by Michael AndersenWise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."
- Reposted by Michael AndersenTwo women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed. www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
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- Reposted by Michael Andersenin case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
- Crocuses coming up 🫠
- I come before you today to endorse @crampell.bsky.social for senate finance committee chair www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/o...
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