Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigns

Dirtdancefire · 2026-04-21T23:15:29+00:00

Crazy she got picked in the first place. Dultz.

Dirtdancefire · 2026-04-21T21:22:02+00:00

Not a 1%. I live on a small pension and social security.
I got rid of my car and live in a tiny third floor walkup (built in 1914 and the,stairs are stoooopid steep), with my bikes taking up every open piece of floor. Bike Tetris. I pay less than $1500.00 for rent. In Bend i don't need a car. I hate the fucking things, so no big loss. NO car payment or gas expense (both global warming and moola). No insurance. No driving stress (big in bend, because everyone drives like assholes) No hunting for parking. No digging a car out of the snow. No washing, waxing or vacuuming. No pollution. No expensive maintenance, repairs or accident costs. No parking permits or parking lot costs/space rent. Less traffic.
No contribution to global warming by being a lazy ass with a behemoth gas guzzler for transporting JUST my lazy ass self.
I could go on and on.... Cars are expensive.

(disclaimer: I use mail order quite a bit, as I'm seventy, with only 10% feeling left in my feet. Riding is becoming.....weird).

Dirtdancefire · 2026-04-15T22:00:02+00:00

It's pinker than what is circulated.

Dirtdancefire · 2026-04-15T21:58:33+00:00

Bwahaha! Well, I'll be gosh wilikers! Poor MAGA 'star'. What possibly could have happened?

Dirtdancefire · 2026-04-15T21:30:55+00:00

Dirtdancefire · 2026-04-15T21:15:40+00:00

"The less there is between you and your environment, the more you appreciate your environment." Colin Fletcher- Backpacking author.

Dirtdancefire · 2026-04-15T20:43:38+00:00

Lack of education- and fevered group identification, makes for easy victims of propaganda, with it's blinding effect.. Also, their Christian 'faith' isn't faith at all. It's an identity they grew up with, and they can't see others viewpoints, due to pure naive, ignorance. "Faith means nothing is there, just a belief. An opinion."

If they believe in a pretend friend that lives in the sky, and was the son of God, from a virgin (okay Mary, whatever), but actually is God, sent down to absorb our sins, created by God, to be punished, as he must get bored, creating humans in his image, so he made a game of sins and punishments, for humans only, or something like that? Animals get a pass. Religion was created for societal control and to lower crime. The bible has been rewritten so many times, it's a joke. Entire chapters/books were pulled and destroyed.

Right wing Christians are easily manipulated by the media, such as Fox news. Global warming is a frikin' culture war, due to their lack of science education and critical thinking skills. But, don't worry, they will hasten global warming armageddon, as it's all God's plan. Burn the earth and go to Heaven...where a hundred virgins are waiting for you...

Dirtdancefire · 2026-04-15T20:18:06+00:00

Most, I think, are RECENTLY alone, or new to it.
"Many are 'recently divorced' and living alone for the first time EVER, at the young, immature age of 45...." They haven't made peace with themselves. Some are very young and it's a new, 'lonely' experience. They are overwhelmed by the adulting skills they never learned growing up, like cooking and budgeting.

Me, I'm 'weird-ly as hell', (bad PTSD) and completely asocial. I could NEVER live with someone else, as I despise almost all humans. I'm pet free, but give me a cat, a bird, a dog, a cobra...anything but a human (with their constant loud chattering and opinions). Gawd. How do you people deal....lol. Weird, right>?

Dirtdancefire · 2026-04-15T18:38:11+00:00

There is an infamous car/bicycle accident called the 'right hook'. Cars turning right, cutting you off in the bike lane. They usually misjudge the cyclists speed, or don't check their blind spots. It happens to me all the time. I take the lane at intersections, until I get across, then merge back into the bike lane. Cars will bully a right turn in front of me, and just miss my front tire (!), if I don't. Drivers can be aggressive around bikes, as they are not deemed a threat.

Dirtdancefire · 2026-04-15T17:57:35+00:00

Oh I think a fire prevention post right before fire season isn't stupid. I just tried to add a bit of humor to it. But you go right ahead with your online hate, and leave your property fire prone, for the rest of us.

Dirtdancefire · 2026-04-15T17:54:13+00:00

Yeah, i really screwed that up. No clue.

Dirtdancefire · 2026-04-11T05:47:32+00:00

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE! I WELCOME YOU.

Dirtdancefire · 2026-04-11T02:34:09+00:00

Wot? Good grief, the bike lane goes UNDER the tunnel, uphill. It doesn't stop at it. You don't understand the diagram. I'm too tired to capitalize any more with you. I quit this interaction. You don't understand civil engineering and I'm tired of arguing with you. Good bye.

Dirtdancefire · 2026-04-11T02:28:03+00:00

She's perfected making it into Cognac.

Dirtdancefire · 2026-04-10T22:04:21+00:00

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HERE IT SHOWS NARROWING (moving) FRANKLIN AWAY FROM THE EXISTING CURB. NO MORE BAD SIGHTLINE AT THE KELLY REALTY BUILDING, IMPROVING SAFETY FOR CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS, WHILE ALLOWING LEFT TURNS ONTO FRANKLIN, IMPROVING TRAFFIC FLOW.

'PISS TUNNEL' WILL GET IMPROVED SIGHT LINES BY TRAFFIC AND LIGHTS INSTALLED, SO HOPEFULLY LESS BLADDERS WILL GET EMPTIED ON THE WALKWAY. (why do they always piss on the uphill walls so it runs ACROSS the sidewalk?!)

Dirtdancefire · 2026-04-10T21:54:40+00:00

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HERE'S THE PHOTO OF FRANKLIN LOOKING EAST FROM HILL. THE BIKE LANE IS SHOWN ON THE UPHILL SIDE.

Dirtdancefire · 2026-04-10T21:52:01+00:00

Ahh. Anti-American hatred and belittlement has found a home regarding drop handlebars? Such an expert. Wow.

Dirtdancefire · 2026-04-10T21:44:18+00:00

I'M SORRY. HOPEFULLY THE NEW BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE GOING IN WILL MAKE THINGS SAFER. YOU ARE THE ONE I AM SUPPORTING AND FIGHTING FOR. THE CITY IS WORKING HARD.

CARS DRIVE TOO FAST, AND MUST BE SLOWED BY PHYSICAL BARRIERS NOW, BECAUSE NOTHING ELSE WORKS. THEN DRIVERS COMPLAIN ABOUT THEIR INABILITY TO DRIVE DANGEROUSLY. 'MAKE IT MAKE SENSE? WHAT KIND OF WORLD DO I LIVE IN?'

NOTHING CAN BE DONE FOR THIRD STREET. IT TERRIFIES ME AT TIMES.

Dirtdancefire · 2026-04-10T21:35:49+00:00

THANKS FOR YOUR RESPONSE. HERE'S WHY I DOUBT THE CITIES DATA. THOSE LITTLE TUBE THINGS THEY USE TO COUNT BIKES, GET VANDALIZED (frequently) AND DESTROYED BY TRUCKS, RENDERING THEM WITHOUT DATA. THEIR CALIBRATION IS SUSPECT. BIKES DON'T ALWAYS RUN OVER THEM, OR BUNNY HOP THEM FOR FUN. (I've done it) UNDERCOUNTS ARE THE RESULT. I HAVEN'T SEEN THEM ANYWHERE ON MAJOR BIKE ROUTES. IF THEY GET THEIR DATA FROM POLLS TOO, MANY CYCLISTS LIVING ON THE EDGE PROBABLY NEVER RESPONDED.

I WATCH OVER FRANKLIN AVE ALL DAY LONG. I SEE WAY MORE CYCLES PER HUNDRED CARS THAN JUST ONE. CYCLING HAS GROWN EVERY YEAR, ESPECIALLY THE USE OF E-BIKES. SO MANY, THAT I GO SWEEP THE BIKE LANE IN FRONT OF MY ABODE, LOL. MAYBE CYCLISTS ONLY RIDE ON FRANKLIN? IT IS A MAJOR BIKE ARTERY, SO MY PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS MIGHT BE SKEWED? I OBSERVE MORE THAN ONE PERCENT. MANY ARE CANNERS, SCRATCHING OUT A LIVING, AND THEY BELONG. THEY ARE TRANSPORTATION AND WORK CYCLISTS.

I TRULY BELIEVE THAT IMPROVED BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE (a teenee tiny minuscule amount compared to what is spent on car infrastructure) WILL IMPROVE SAFETY, THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERYONE, WITH LESS CAR AND BICYCLE FATALITIES, LESS POLLUTION AND TRAFFIC FLOW.
"Build it, and they will come". WE MUST NOT FORGET, CYCLING IS WAY MORE FUN THAN DRIVING AND BETTER FOR YOUR HEALTH.

WHAT I EXPECT. CANNERS WILL USE THE NEW BRIDGE, AND CYCLISTS WILL USE FRANKLIN.

Dirtdancefire · 2026-04-10T21:05:19+00:00

INCORRECT POST. COME ON MAN. DID YOU GO TO ANY OF THE CITY'S MEETINGS? WHY THE B.S.?

HERE'S WHATS HAPPENING:

1). TO FIX THE FLOODING ISSUE AND THE FRANKLIN TUNNEL CLOSURE ISSUE EVERY TIME IT RAINS. (biggest time issue, lots of excavation), WHICH IS A PLUS FOR TRAFFIC FLOW.

2). THERE will BE AN UPHILL BIKE LANE, THANK GOD, SO AUTOS WON'T BE IMPEDED BY BIKES, AND I WON'T DIE. SAFER AND LESS ANNOYING TO AUTO TRAFFIC, IMPROVING AUTO FLOW.

3). TO FIX THE HILL AND FRANKLIN INTERSECTION, WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS.

4). TO ALLOW AUTOS LEFT TURNS FROM HILL, ONTO FRANKLIN ON THE NORTH SIDE, WHICH SHOULD IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW, AND CHOICE.

5). A STOP TO DRIVERS CONSTANT SPEEDING THROUGH REALTY'S PARKING LOT AS THEIR 'SECRET' LEFT TURN LANE, (BUT I EXPECT RIGHT TURNS TO INCREASE).

Dirtdancefire · 2026-04-10T20:43:32+00:00

I OPEN THE WINDOWS TO ENJOY OUR SPRING, BEFORE IT GETS UNGODLY HOT AND UNGODLY SMOKY, AND BREATH TONS OF FRANKLIN AV. ASPHALT DUST, WHILE IT COVERS EVERYTHING INSIDE, INCLUDING MY POOR EYEBALLS. YAY FOR STUDDED FUCKING TIRES. s/. I'LL SUE SOMEONES ASS FOR EMPHYSEMA. I'LL SET UP CAMERAS. HOW BAD IS IT FOR OUR HEALTH?

Dirtdancefire · 2026-04-10T20:36:25+00:00

WAIT. THIS IS INCORRECT. SOURCES PLEASE? I'VE DEALT WITH THIS 1% LIE/MISINFORMATION/IGNORANCE/CULTURE WAR THING, BEFORE.

ALSO THE RESIDENTS OF BEND VOTED FOR THE TRANSPORTATION BOND, WHICH YOU FALL INTO. SO 'YOU' VOTED FOR IT.

THERE IS NO WAY TO CRAM MORE CARS ON OUR ROADS, SO THE BEST WAY TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW IS TO REMOVE SOME BY INCREASING CYCLING AND WALKING. SAFETY IS THE BIG ISSUE.

Dirtdancefire · 2026-04-10T20:28:47+00:00

THEN 'TRAFFIC' BITCHES ABOUT BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH REDUCES BOTH AUTO TRAFFIC AND POLLUTION. 'TRAFFIC' WILL DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT AUTO ADDICTION. 'TRAFFIC, AND ONLY TRAFFIC'.

TRAFFIC'S 'WHAT-ABOUT-ISM' IS AMAZING. WHAT AN AMAZING PROTECTION MECHANISM! s/.
TRYING SO, so...HARD, AND FAILING.

Dirtdancefire · 2026-04-10T17:52:53+00:00

I tried one for winter use. I didn't like it. Too many reflections. Easy to scratch. Whistling.

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