50 years from now will have OpenDatacenterMap and FLOPfans doing light industrial archeology

My hot take is that all House districts should be closer to the same size *in land area*, and more populous ones simply have way, way more winners (cause PR, of course) It's stupid that me and my buddies in the same MSA are voting for different representatives in the federal government

If this is all open gangway, expect subway surfing and other injury/death to decline precipitously. For once "think of the children!" leads to actually good policy

From today's MTA Board committee meetings, coming eventually, the R262.

New on the blog: how @caltrain.com could accomplish level boarding soon, fast and cheap. This is their most important capital project.

there actually is an all powerful carriage lobby: it’s the TWU, the same union who keeps lobbying against making the subways more efficient they called Eric Adams “Judas Iscariot” and “Mayor Backstabber” when he proposed getting rid of the horse-drawn carriages. extremely unhinged all around.

So I'm learning that "Harry's Berries" $18 bunch of strawberries are flown from California to NYC. That's really extra (and climate arsen). Could fastish freight rail someday seize this niche? (In other words, tackle faster and smoother ride than truck, rather than just heavier)

When I first learned about the concept of regulating FAR, I thought the whole point was that it was an alternative to regulating height. At least that’s what I took away from my introduction to it. I was so young and idealistic then. I guess I’m still idealistic. But older and less naive.

Suppose do eugenics against the fascists. If it works, great, they can own the libs from beyond the grave. If it doesn't work, maybe that ironclad experimental evidence reduces support for fascism. Flawless plan, amirite?

My litmus for food being healthy is that either it should rot if left out, or it should be already rotten (fermentation is OK)

With proportional representation (and multi-member districts) knowing who your local representative is becomes a non-problem

I wish PE could put Meta out of its misery

148 homes/acre in Copenhagen, Denmark vs. 130 homes/acre in Walnut Creek.

When did it go wrong? ❌ Smartphones ❌ Industrial Revolution ❌ Agriculture ❌ No Limb Regeneration ❌ Dry land ✅ Axial Twist

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_t... real ones know that human chimeras could be so beautifully symmetric if it were for *this goddamn tragedy*

Blue lobsters are very rare: 1 in 2 million by some estimates. But SPLIT COLOR LOBSTERS are 1 in *50* million. This lobster is a chimera of two fertilized eggs that fused together, with two distinct genomes: male on one side, female on the other. (📷: Woods Hole Science Aquarium/NOAA Fisheries)

blue sky used to be a community. now every ones off in their own little private rooms talking trash & posting nasty pics. Hate to be the one to say it but group chat culture has made this web site a bastard's website

One of the few operational details we have about the Penn Station project is that it will include 32% more vertical circulation to platforms. How much will that speed train dwell times or improve train throughput?

How many people in the world are both Kahns and Khans?

“To my knowledge, no other railroad in the U.S. is doing this,” Doerr said. “It’s a proven technique used in Europe, and it works.” OMG class Is talking about Europe? 😻

It's better for the country if the Knicks win in 5 because Trump showed up

1980s nostalgia is too reactionary. Therefore, Bluesky, I give you the most what-if-Regan-lost 1980s song ever. (Minneapolis sound? Psssht, in this timeline, Prince was out & proud) m.youtube.com/watch?v=HWNJ...

The LA race is the rare case where I concede a better voting system might not have gotten me the result I wanted

Raman + unshackled housing + unshackled LA Metro is an amazing combination. I think she could outdo Mamdani with the IPO money hitting California at just the right time.

I have to admit, I'm shocked this passed the legislature after last year. It is the equivalent of requiring elevator operators. It's a policy that exists nowhere else in the world.

I appreciate @agounardes.bsky.social standing strong as the ONLY Dem in the entire New York State legislature to do the right thing and vote against enshrining operational inefficiency on the NYC Subway by banning OPTO expansion. If this bill becomes law, it’ll make IBX significantly less useful

So in conclusion, today Bluesky decided that Hunter Biden should run for Senate in Maine

Lmfao

My kingdom to a national security person who realizes car/truck -> rail, among many other benefits, simply makes the transportation sector less tradeable. EU should double down on making itself an in situ rail paradise rather than fighting a hard/impossible-to-win car export war.

Have you seen how cheap Spanish metros are to build? Well actually, I have and I will tell you all about it! I had the chance to visit the extension of line 11 in Madrid, where I learned a lot about their construction methods, peculiarities and processes. Let me take you along! A thread 🧵 (1/11)

Honestly not a coincidence given the former neocons on here, but if you really want to understand it, large parts of the Bush admin looked at foreign brown people the way Bluesky looks at Trump voters, and the wanted the Gulf War II the way Bluesky wants Reconstitution II.

Somewhere, Marvin Minsky is roasting John Bogle relentlessly 😭

The SpaceX IPO is really going to be the first domino that takes everything down. >S&P 500 rules are waved to fast track SpaceX into the fund >Mutual Funds will be forced to buy SpaceX stock using retirement funds & 401ks Cont....

Is NIMBYism is our "sectoral bargaining at home" in the US? Thinking about revoking data center tax breaks vs huge Samsung union bonus. Thinking about impact fees.

If (shipping) containerization hadn't already been invented, we'd be hearing about robot longshoremen disrupting one of the last masculine jobs today, not new attempts at containerization

‘I am committed to proportional representation’ Andy Burnham 👍 observer.co.uk/news/politic...

It's clearly the fault of the city council, who made the rules ridiculously strict in an effort to kill outdoor dining without saying that that's what they were doing.

Actually we should build shitty wooden structures on top of low platform stations to make them high platform, as a stop gap

Republicans voters are gonna love that on top of everything else, his gf used to be his employee

@mayor.nyc.gov You're fucking up with this. You had a clear opportunity to make more Mamdani voters, instead you're appeasing the people that hate you and will oppose your every other move.

Extremely disappointing and a clear broken campaign promise from @mayor.nyc.gov. Short-sighted and empowers a bunch of NIMBYs.

if it saves lives i think it's okay for europeans to invent a slant where they're somehow dunking on americans by installing air conditioners. "you american pigs with your coddled central air systems could never compete with our graceful ductless mini-splits" something along those lines

I don't know how I feel, but the "too soon!" in the replies are funny.

PATH is reneging on its commitment to improve Friday night NWK-WTC service to every 20 minutes. They've been saying for months service will run every 20 minutes on all lines. But now changing tune 8 hours before change was supposed to take effect...

Samsung workers set for $400,000 bonus after deal to share AI profits ft.trib.al/skQ7OzQ

I temp follow to reply nicely all the time. Can't "nudge" me!

Submitting this for most American headline ever

Until this very moment I thought Thomas Chatterton Williams and Tyler Austin Harper were the same person