SoftBank’s investor presentation is one of the greatest things ever made. I’ve been thinking about it all day. These are the real slides shown in a speech where Masayoshi Son said he wouldn’t retire for at least another decade. The goose stuff is truly demented. Bravo group.softbank/media/Projec...

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Summer is officially here

It's a festive atmosphere aboard the Trinity Railway Express today ahead of the Argentina vs. Austria match. Fans can take the TRE from Dallas or Fort Worth to CentrePort Station, where they can then transfer to buses.

I would like thank the City of New York for taking vengeance on San Antonio for that afternoon in 2010 when I got stuck in pretty bad traffic perhaps now this nation can finally heal

Thanks-Giving Square was created in the 1960s by a lot of people for whom this city would eventually name streets and highways. The foundation was among Dallas' first public-private partnerships. And the city ended it after 53 years. Without warning. In secret. www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...

Crazy that Kim Petras wrote a song about Dallas City Hall.

I made a podcast for you w a former Dallas mayor. Open your ears. Share widely and hugely. overcast.fm AAEPIZ8PsK0

Ahead of the World Cup, Dallas invites you to come look at an Orb. www.dmagazine.com/ar...

I'm in the Dallas Fair Park backrooms.

For @texasobserver.org, I did a deep dive into Brandon Herrera, a gunfluencer and now Republican congressional nominee who has spread memes associated the extremist Boogaloo movement and rationalized lethal violence against people with certain political beliefs. www.texasobserver.org/brandon-herr...

New opinion piece in the Morning News from DART Board Chair Randall Bryant today proposing closing the light-rail system with fare gates and turnstiles.

the success of Backrooms means Hollywood now has no excuse but cowardice for refusing to produce a Groverhaus movie.

The dog of extreme concern and anxiety.

Trainception

French Instagram has found Dallas.

HELLO INTERNS IT’S TIME TO BE HAZED

I'm finding parts of the government so obscure I don't even know if they know they exist.

Looking forward to the day when every house in Dallas looks just like this one, an agglomeration of white boxes

Good news for DART today after last night's election: The city of University Park, home of SMU, and Addison, a major transit hub, have elected to stay in the system. Only the smaller city of Highland Park voted to withdraw, and services will cease there on May 14th.

This is about what we expected to see, though things are not over yet:

the world may suck rn but lego is finally doing awesome smaller trains again so who's to say if its bad or not

He's right guys.

This is a great story from @kellixsmith.bsky.social that you should go read.

INBOX: first reported by @Bloomberg.com, Florida’s Brightline high-speed rail project is seeking options to address its debt load that avoid sending the Fortress Investment Group-backed firm into a possible bankruptcy, according to people familiar with the matter. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Regarding the Downtown Austin train derailment and Amtrak cancelations today: Austin's rail situation is unique in part because its explosive growth happened much later than other Texan cities, giving it a lot less rail infrastructure to work with for passenger services once the city matured.

A map of estimated rail transfers on the potential Frisco to Irving corridor:

this is one of the most offensive things I've seen in years

Walked through the part of my college campus that inexplicably wants to look like a castle this morning.

The wonderful writer and journalist John McPhee on the "nut graph" and editing.

Dan Olson is: 1. One of the best video essayists working right now 2. Someone whose writing and presentation skills I am deeply envious of. 3. The reason that one of these days (to my editor's chagrin) I'm going to find a way to fit the word "homoousian" into a story.

Thinking about the 2021 BNSF train-barge collision where the post-accident interviewer was asking the train crew if they can steer the train

A small Duewag Y railcar—soon to be replaced by new battery train sets—operates across the rural Lemvig line in coastal northern Denmark. Photo by Sven Koch.

Crossing over the Ollagüe Pass in Chile, this Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia (FCAB) bucket train is bound for ports on the Pacific coast after arriving from Bolivia. Photo by Neel Bechtiger.

All very nice, but unfortunately I just can't get behind these new neighborhood names.

Built in 1966, this Soviet-era ER2K still runs services between Araks and Yerevan in Armenia for the South Caucasus Railway. Photo by Richard Hagues.

Positioned between China and Russia, Mongolia's railways often serve traffic between the two countries, such as this intermodal train passing over the Khairkhon Pass. Photo by David Smith.

[laughing maniacally] Is this light rail?

A CRH2C inspection train, nicknamed "Dr. White," operates over the Nanning–Pingxiang High-Speed Railway in 2025. Photo by Su Zhenyuan.

Ukrainian Railways application post- In many ways I feel that North American, Eastern European, and Indian railroads are all distant cousins of some sort.

Looks like streetcars are back on the Dallas transit menu.

excellent, comprehensive examination into Japan's railway successes by @borners.bsky.social ky.social and @carto-graph.bsky.social. was flattered they linked to a couple of my Japan railway history posts on Substack to reinforce their many good points worksinprogress.co/issue/why-ja...

Students packed into a town hall last night after it was announced that multiple student organizations, including the Legion of Black Collegians, will have their funding from the University of Missouri cut to comply with federal guidance. www.columbiamissourian.com/news/higher_...

New desktop background, Trailing Shadows by Brett Allen Johnson.

writing an e-mail and getting a prompt from AI "this sentence could be more concise" no. i am verbose. i am loquacious. i am long-winded and often redundant even. you machine, do not tell me how to form my words

I am of the opinion that aerodynamics is a fake science invented to prevent us from having good vehicle designs like this.

Out of all the media I've read about the search for a new DART CEO recently, this little five-word quote from a Plano city council member in Lilly Kersh's latest story for The Morning News is the most revealing. Go read the full story here: www.dallasnews.com/news/transpo...