Some come from my tree and some come from the neighborhood generally.

My youngest was identified as TAG (talented and gifted) in 3rd grade. We are at a school now that does offer some minor support for this, she’s in 4th now. Curious for those with kids in West Linn what the school looks like as we are relocating back to the area and considering options. Her sister is also very bright and easily bored. I know West Linn gets high marks for schools but I’d love to hear some real life experiences.

Just moved to the area. I had Comcast before in Aloha, they weren't horrible but they weren't good. Any advice on what ISP I should get in WL?

I'm trying to assist a client who is suddenly taking care of her daughters dog after she was unexpectedly hospitalized. My client is a senior moving out of her home and cannot take the dog and barely care for him now. The owner does not want to surrender him but it could be up to 3 months before she's able to care for him again. Anyone know of any resources I can pass on to her??

Get ready to transform Highway 43 into a vibrant community hub! Join us at the VISION43 Open House at Robinwood Station on Sat, June 8 from 1:30 to 3:30pm. Together, we can create a destination corridor where living, shopping, and recreation meet. Let's revitalize our community - learn more at https://yourwestlinn.com/vision43.

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Hi everyone, I just moved to the area - not far from Biscuits Cafe, and I am struggling to find nearby running trails. Anyone have any suggestions that are nearby 10th Street?

Thanks!

Anyone missing an emu? Just passed one on the Northbound side of 205, just North of 10th street exit.

r/WestLinn is Going Restricted in support of our blind/visually impaired communities.

We are debating about only allowing text posts to support our visually impaired users and possibly only allowing pictures of people named Linn or Linn or other spellings

We stand with the disabled users of reddit and in our community. Starting July 1, Reddit's API policy blind/visually impaired communities will be more dependent on sighted people for moderation. When Reddit says they are whitelisting accessibility apps for the disabled, they are not telling the full story.TL;DR

• Starting July 1, Reddit's API policy will force blind/visually impaired communities to further depend on sighted people for moderation
• When reddit says they are whitelisting accessibility apps, they are not telling the full story, because Apollo, RIF, Boost, Sync, etc. are the apps r/Blind users have overwhelmingly listed as their apps of choice with better accessibility, and Reddit is not whitelisting them. Reddit has done a good job hiding this fact, by inventing the expression "accessibility apps."
• Forcing disabled people, especially profoundly disabled people, to stop using the app they depend on and have become accustomed to is cruel; for the most profoundly disabled people, June 30 may be the last day they will be able to access reddit communities that are important to them.

If you've been living under a rock for the past few weeks:

Reddit abruptly announced that they would be charging astronomically overpriced API fees to 3rd party apps, cutting off mod tools for NSFW subreddits (not just porn subreddits, but subreddits that deal with frank discussions about NSFW topics).

And worse, blind redditors & blind mods [including mods of r/Blind and similar communities] will no longer have access to resources that are desperately needed in the disabled community.

Why does our community care about blind users?

As a mod from r/foodforthought testifies:

I was raised by a 30-year special educator, I have a deaf mother-in-law, sister with MS, and a brother who was born disabled. None vision-impaired, but a range of other disabilities which makes it clear that corporations are all too happy to cut deals (and corners) with the cheapest/most profitable option, slap a "handicap accessible" label on it, and ignore the fact that their so-called "accessible" solution puts the onus on disabled individuals to struggle through poorly designed layouts, misleading marketing, and baffling management choices. To say it's exhausting and humiliating to struggle through a world that able-bodied people take for granted is putting it lightly.

Reddit apparently forgot that blind people exist, and forgot that Reddit's official app (which has had over 9 YEARS of development) and yet, when it comes to accessibility for vision-impaired users, Reddit’s own platforms are inconsistent and unreliable. ranging from poor but tolerable for the average user and mods doing basic maintenance tasks (Android) to almost unusable in general (iOS).

Didn't reddit whitelist some "accessibility apps?"

The CEO of Reddit announced that they would be allowing some "accessible" apps free API usage: RedReader, Dystopia, and Luna.

There's just one glaring problem: RedReader, Dystopia, and Luna* apps have very basic functionality for vision-impaired users (text-to-voice, magnification, posting, and commenting) but none of them have full moderator functionality, which effectively means that subreddits built for vision-impaired users can't be managed entirely by vision-impaired moderators.

(If that doesn't sound so bad to you, imagine if your favorite hobby subreddit had a mod team that never engaged with that hobby, did not know the terminology for that hobby, and could not participate in that hobby -- because if they participated in that hobby, they could no longer be a moderator.)

Then Reddit tried to smooth things over with the moderators of r/blind. The results were... Messy and unsatisfying, to say the least.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Blind/comments/14ds81l/rblinds_meetings_with_reddit_and_the_current/

*Special shoutout to Luna, which appears to be hustling to incorporate features that will make modding easier but will likely not have those features up and running by the July 1st deadline, when the very disability-friendly Apollo app, RIF, etc. will cease operations. We see what Luna is doing and we appreciate you, but a multimillion dollar company should not have have dumped all of their accessibility problems on what appears to be a one-man mobile app developer. RedReader and Dystopia have not made any apparent efforts to engage with the r/Blind community.

Thank you for your time & your patience.

So with the closure of the 43 to northbound 205 the traffic as everyone has experienced is incredibly bad. What I'm confused about is why there aren't policemen directing traffic at some key intersections and ignoring the lights that seem to be working in a counterproductive way against the flow of traffic I've been sitting in traffic now for 35 minutes just to get on the 205 and I've seen three policemen drive by doing nothing do these guys just not think about everyday tasks that should be fulfilled by policemen or what I'm just confused to know an answer here extremely frustrated because what's usually going to take me about 10 minutes is going to take me an hour

Don't Let Reddit Kill 3rd Party Apps!

42,603 points•2,877 comments•submitted 3 days ago * by Toptomcat[M] to r/Save3rdPartyApps📷📷📷8📷& 44 more

What's going on?

A recent Reddit policy change threatens to kill many beloved third-party mobile apps, making a great many quality-of-life features not seen in the official mobile app permanently inaccessible to users.

On May 31, 2023, Reddit announced they were raising the price to make calls to their API from being free to a level that will kill every third party app on Reddit, from Apollo to Reddit is Fun to Narwhal to BaconReader.

Even if you're not a mobile user and don't use any of those apps, this is a step toward killing other ways of customizing Reddit, such as Reddit Enhancement Suite or the use of the old.reddit.com desktop interface .

This isn't only a problem on the user level: many subreddit moderators depend on tools only available outside the official app to keep their communities on-topic and spam-free.

What's the plan?

On June 12th, many subreddits will be going dark to protest this policy. Some will return after 48 hours: others will go away permanently unless the issue is adequately addressed, since many moderators aren't able to put in the work they do with the poor tools available through the official app. This isn't something any of us do lightly: we do what we do because we love Reddit, and we truly believe this change will make it impossible to keep doing what we love.

The two-day blackout isn't the goal, and it isn't the end. Should things reach the 14th with no sign of Reddit choosing to fix what they've broken, we'll use the community and buzz we've built between then and now as a tool for further action.

What can you do?

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1. Complain. Message the mods of /r/reddit.com, who are the admins of the site: message /u/reddit: submit a support request: comment in relevant threads on /r/reddit, such as this one, leave a negative review on their official iOS or Android app- and sign your username in support to this post.
2. Spread the word. Rabble-rouse on related subreddits. Meme it up, make it spicy. Bitch about it to your cat. Suggest anyone you know who moderates a subreddit join us at our sister sub at /r/ModCoord- but please don't pester mods you don't know by simply spamming their modmail.
3. Boycott and spread the word...to Reddit's competition! Stay off Reddit entirely on June 12th through the 13th- instead, take to your favorite non-Reddit platform of choice and make some noise in support!
4. Don't be a jerk. As upsetting this may be, threats, profanity and vandalism will be worse than useless in getting people on our side. Please make every effort to be as restrained, polite, reasonable and law-abiding as possible.

https://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/2023/06/clackamas-county-commissioners-vote-to-discuss-defunding-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-budget.html

From the article "Commissioner Mark Shull – who drew scrutiny in 2021 for comparing vaccine passports to Jim Crow laws and COVID-19 restrictions to the Holocaust – moved to strike funding for the programs in the upcoming fiscal year."

An appropriate response to this anti science, antisemitic assh@le will need to happen.

Does anyone in here have any suggestions/know of places that are hiring for summer employment for a teenager?

It would need to be afternoon work due to sports commitments.

Thank you

Am I the only one suspicious of school board candidates who have young school age children that go to private parochial school instead of public school in the district?

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