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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>Software engineer in PDX, trying to figure out how to get there by bike</description><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xsalazar.bsky.social</link><title>@xsalazar.bsky.social - Xavier Salazar</title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xsalazar.bsky.social/post/3mvisofgkxk2a</link><description>Carmageddon this carmageddon that, dude @pbotinfo.bsky.social can’t even keep these elevators working for more than a few months&#xA;&#xA;Woman in a mobility scooter was stuck up top, turning around, because no one has the brain cells to put together and put a warning sign on the other side BEFORE you go up&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>14 Sep 2026 19:08 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:u326fe4ogrg5qqye3hb246ea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvisofgkxk2a</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xsalazar.bsky.social/post/3mviniawidc2m</link><description>&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>14 Sep 2026 17:35 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:u326fe4ogrg5qqye3hb246ea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mviniawidc2m</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xsalazar.bsky.social/post/3mvcmgojqws2l</link><description>They don’t like to tell guests this, but you can just take a painting from The Louvre if you ask nicely</description><pubDate>12 Sep 2026 08:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:u326fe4ogrg5qqye3hb246ea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvcmgojqws2l</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xsalazar.bsky.social/post/3mvamnwt3uk27</link><description>In January 2022, I created this website to browse Google’s Emoji Kitchen collection. 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PBOT just finished their seventh public outreach survey about painting sharrows to a residential street that’s been in the works since 1995. I get hit while biking across a high-crash intersection. 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Just one more PBOT outreach session. Maybe this time things will change. This neighborhood engagement meeting will finally be the one.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>14 Aug 2026 20:08 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:u326fe4ogrg5qqye3hb246ea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2xl3f3qc2d</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xsalazar.bsky.social/post/3mm3qtb3lx22n</link><description>If you drive I5 anywhere near Portland, you’re gonna want to hear this 👇</description><pubDate>18 May 2026 01:44 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:u326fe4ogrg5qqye3hb246ea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3qtb3lx22n</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xsalazar.bsky.social/post/3msrcwrxay22y</link><description>Checking in safe from being shot while biking through 4th and Market on my way to see the crow outside city hall&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>11 Aug 2026 00:05 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:u326fe4ogrg5qqye3hb246ea/app.bsky.feed.post/3msrcwrxay22y</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/xsalazar.bsky.social/post/3msr763mnn22d</link><description>What the hell is going on with the price of floss recently. 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