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Manic Pixie Dream Grandpa<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RFK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dysentery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dysentery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Death</span></a></p>
Merilee D. Karr, MD, MFA<p>I was interviewed about the public toilet situation in Portland.<br>Let's convene designers and communities -- again -- to pull together the best ideas in public restroom design, and put them to work.<br>20 years ago, PHLUSH was born in the collective effort that created the Portland Loo, now installed all over the world.<br>Post-pandemic -- post public trust -- are there better models?</p><p><a href="https://www.opb.org/article/2025/03/12/health-advocates-say-portland-needs-more-public-toilets/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">opb.org/article/2025/03/12/hea</span><span class="invisible">lth-advocates-say-portland-needs-more-public-toilets/</span></a><br><a href="https://federated.press/tags/dysentery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dysentery</span></a><br><a href="https://federated.press/tags/sanitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanitation</span></a><br><a href="https://federated.press/tags/publicrestrooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicrestrooms</span></a><br><a href="https://federated.press/tags/sanitationjustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanitationjustice</span></a><br><a href="https://federated.press/tags/portlandoregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>portlandoregon</span></a><br><a href="https://federated.press/tags/urban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urban</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/opb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>opb</span></a></span></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>With <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antivax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antivax</span></a> morons like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> in power in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> we have people dying of measles, soon polio, then what?</p><p>Consumption? Dropsy? Goiter?</p><p>What long defeated <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> scourges in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> will make comeback?</p><p>Is it going to be like that old game "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oregon</span></a> Trail"?:</p><p>"You have died of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dysentery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dysentery</span></a>"?</p><p>wait... what the fuck?:</p><p>"Dysentery outbreak hits Oregon</p><p>Published Mar 06, 2025 at 2:14 PM EST"</p><p><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/dysentery-outbreak-hits-oregon-2040727" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsweek.com/dysentery-outbrea</span><span class="invisible">k-hits-oregon-2040727</span></a></p>
:startrek: Ted<p>Sadly this story has nothing to do with the game Oregon Trail.<br><a href="https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/dysentery-cases-rise-in-portland-metro-area-health-department-reports/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">koin.com/news/oregon/dysentery</span><span class="invisible">-cases-rise-in-portland-metro-area-health-department-reports/</span></a><br><a href="https://friendsofdesoto.social/tags/dysentery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dysentery</span></a> <a href="https://friendsofdesoto.social/tags/portland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>portland</span></a> <a href="https://friendsofdesoto.social/tags/homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homelessness</span></a> <a href="https://friendsofdesoto.social/tags/tragic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tragic</span></a></p>