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Identity, whether gender or nationality or any other, is an individual choice; fluid, contingent, and perhaps multiple. This is the only way to live at peace in a Free society, and is therefore a non-negotiable demand on every State, backed by force.
oh no
From Chief of Providence Fire Department Derek Silva: Just before 9:30 a.m., PFD was called to three occupied passenger train cars at Providence Amtrak Station with fire emanating from underneath. Working with crew on site, the cars were moved to Harris Ave. and fully extinguished with no injuries.
November 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
oh no
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Was recently told to essentially “Shut up and stick to bike advocacy” after a post supporting the trans community.
1. GTFO
2. My voice is not some singular thing - bike advocacy is a small part of my makeup-you don’t like me or my position on things refer to point 1
Signed,
Me
1. GTFO
2. My voice is not some singular thing - bike advocacy is a small part of my makeup-you don’t like me or my position on things refer to point 1
Signed,
Me
November 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Was recently told to essentially “Shut up and stick to bike advocacy” after a post supporting the trans community.
1. GTFO
2. My voice is not some singular thing - bike advocacy is a small part of my makeup-you don’t like me or my position on things refer to point 1
Signed,
Me
1. GTFO
2. My voice is not some singular thing - bike advocacy is a small part of my makeup-you don’t like me or my position on things refer to point 1
Signed,
Me
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We love to talk about the Senate Democrats sucking but every single one of them voted against Hesgeth’s confirmation because we already knew he was a bloodthirsty alcoholic who assaults women. These war crimes are not bipartisan. Those fishermen would be alive if Harris won.
November 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We love to talk about the Senate Democrats sucking but every single one of them voted against Hesgeth’s confirmation because we already knew he was a bloodthirsty alcoholic who assaults women. These war crimes are not bipartisan. Those fishermen would be alive if Harris won.
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Ex-official explained this in a way that will stick with me forever: Within fire departments, the EMTs are overworked and underpaid and don’t have time to advocate for policy. The fire chiefs, on the other hand, have a lot more time on their hands. So fire response, not medical, dictates policy.
November 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Ex-official explained this in a way that will stick with me forever: Within fire departments, the EMTs are overworked and underpaid and don’t have time to advocate for policy. The fire chiefs, on the other hand, have a lot more time on their hands. So fire response, not medical, dictates policy.
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A few weeks ago, PATH announced a series of service expansions that will finally reverse this trend. Though paired with a rather steep fare increase, these changes will finally put weekend PATH service levels above where they were 25 years ago. Huge congrats to all the advicates who made this happen
November 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A few weeks ago, PATH announced a series of service expansions that will finally reverse this trend. Though paired with a rather steep fare increase, these changes will finally put weekend PATH service levels above where they were 25 years ago. Huge congrats to all the advicates who made this happen
I encountered these in Tucson, on and adjacent to the U of A campus,and they seemed clunky but serviceable, and of course infinitely preferable to a full-sized sedan that it would be replacing.
We finally have Ethical Burrito Taxi Under Capitalism and these fools can't see it.
We finally have Ethical Burrito Taxi Under Capitalism and these fools can't see it.
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I encountered these in Tucson, on and adjacent to the U of A campus,and they seemed clunky but serviceable, and of course infinitely preferable to a full-sized sedan that it would be replacing.
We finally have Ethical Burrito Taxi Under Capitalism and these fools can't see it.
We finally have Ethical Burrito Taxi Under Capitalism and these fools can't see it.
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We have learned that if the Amerikkkan people cannot have their burgers delivered piping hot for less than it costs in person they will collectively elect a guy who kills a million people in developing nations, so the creation of cheap burrito bots is one of the stronger moral obligations out there
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
We have learned that if the Amerikkkan people cannot have their burgers delivered piping hot for less than it costs in person they will collectively elect a guy who kills a million people in developing nations, so the creation of cheap burrito bots is one of the stronger moral obligations out there
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Feeling really sad for Pittsburgh transit that their transit advocacy groups seem opposed on principle to network-wide redesigns. How do you focus on instead "improving existing service" when you're in a statewide funding crisis?
It’s not looking great for the Pittsburgh bus revolution.
Pittsburgh Regional Transit urged to stop redesign of bus routes, fix ridership, on-time problems - Pittsburgh Union Progress
With the funding crisis at Pittsburgh Regional Transit put on hold for at least the next two years, the agency is ready to move ahead early next year with the next step of its bus line redesign. But t...
www.unionprogress.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Feeling really sad for Pittsburgh transit that their transit advocacy groups seem opposed on principle to network-wide redesigns. How do you focus on instead "improving existing service" when you're in a statewide funding crisis?
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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You're not seeing the defense and international conflict experts disagreeing because if the facts are true, it's one of the most basic things in the law of armed conflict: You cannot kill people who are "hors de combat," taken out of the game by injury or attack. This is Geneva 101 stuff.
I follower a few defense experts.
Seeing them all straight-up declare this a war crime without any him-and-hawing is uhm
Disconcerting.
Pete Hegseth must resign, as does Stephen Miller. Donald Trump should be subpoenaed before Congress to answer for HIS policy.
Seeing them all straight-up declare this a war crime without any him-and-hawing is uhm
Disconcerting.
Pete Hegseth must resign, as does Stephen Miller. Donald Trump should be subpoenaed before Congress to answer for HIS policy.
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
You're not seeing the defense and international conflict experts disagreeing because if the facts are true, it's one of the most basic things in the law of armed conflict: You cannot kill people who are "hors de combat," taken out of the game by injury or attack. This is Geneva 101 stuff.
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I'm not one for consumerism and I don't participate in Black Friday deals, but I will say that the fact that a colleague of mine chose to run with a design I customized and make it available on shirts for others does bring a smile to my face today. 😁👍🏳️⚧️
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yzyprints.com/product/you-...
November 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I'm not one for consumerism and I don't participate in Black Friday deals, but I will say that the fact that a colleague of mine chose to run with a design I customized and make it available on shirts for others does bring a smile to my face today. 😁👍🏳️⚧️
yzyprints.com/product/you-...
yzyprints.com/product/you-...
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Greetings from the **checks notes** Traffic Safety Prayer Pagoda here in Busan, South Korea.
November 28, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Greetings from the **checks notes** Traffic Safety Prayer Pagoda here in Busan, South Korea.
The implosion of Sonder get all of the yikes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=enY8...
Marriott Made a Huge Mistake - The Sonder Meltdown
YouTube video by Jessica Vanel
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The implosion of Sonder get all of the yikes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=enY8...
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Guillotines
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Guillotines
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imagine what we could be doing if the federal government wasn't actively trying to throttle the growth of this industry
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
imagine what we could be doing if the federal government wasn't actively trying to throttle the growth of this industry
Oh, *fuck*.
The buildings were covered in bamboo and nylon scaffolding as part of a renovation project. That's what the government trying to phase out.
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Oh, *fuck*.
I almost hate to say it, but Pennsylvania is also participating in this race.
whichever of New York or New Jersey passes a commuter rail upzoning bill first is going to have a golden decade in its suburbs imo
Gotta upzone.
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I almost hate to say it, but Pennsylvania is also participating in this race.
Can't speak directly to academia, but it squares with what I'm adjacent to: the sense that the tech revolution was a response to energy becoming prohibitively expensive c. 1970, where becoming more efficient was held up higher than "slinging more stuff, faster".
Nora's an OG internet friend so I'm biased to believe her, but I've seen this "tech revolution is over" take from multiple sources now (inc. ppl who work in robotics/ML/silicone valley etc). I'm a bit out of the loop for #histTech and philtech stuff & wondering if it's in the academic discourse too?
this is exactly why theres such a push for generative ai as the next thing because the smartphone is peak computer and the tech industry has been reduced to being an appliance maker when was the last big revolution in refrigerators or microwave ovens? tech as a growth sector is dead
November 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Can't speak directly to academia, but it squares with what I'm adjacent to: the sense that the tech revolution was a response to energy becoming prohibitively expensive c. 1970, where becoming more efficient was held up higher than "slinging more stuff, faster".
Hard vouch. And, if you are doing journalism about transit advocacy, whether as an advocate-journalist or as an objective reporter, you have to be able to explain the implications of these technical details to lay people in your audience, or you're botching your job.
The problem is if you want to do transit advocacy in the USA you do really need to know what a shoefly is, and weird shit about fire safety, and a million other things.
I'm guessing 10% of the people in this room were looking for this level of detail. A phrase comes to mind (build the damn trains, I don't need to know what a shoofly is.)
November 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Hard vouch. And, if you are doing journalism about transit advocacy, whether as an advocate-journalist or as an objective reporter, you have to be able to explain the implications of these technical details to lay people in your audience, or you're botching your job.
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Learning that Annemarie Gray (no relation) of Open New York, NYC's YIMBY group, has been appointed to Mayor-elect Mamdani's housing transition team. This is FANTASTIC news!
November 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Learning that Annemarie Gray (no relation) of Open New York, NYC's YIMBY group, has been appointed to Mayor-elect Mamdani's housing transition team. This is FANTASTIC news!
Tesco has the advantage of being only 3-4 days away by rail freight from Spain, its main warmer-weather produce source. You can't get anything from our comparable source, California, to the East Coast in anything under a week unless you're trucking directly. That freshness advantage matters!
the average American cannot imagine the luxury of a Tesco Express.
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Tesco has the advantage of being only 3-4 days away by rail freight from Spain, its main warmer-weather produce source. You can't get anything from our comparable source, California, to the East Coast in anything under a week unless you're trucking directly. That freshness advantage matters!
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Engineers think of traffic as one particular liquid. Sewage.
You don't care how long it takes to get to its destination, but you do everything possible to make sure it doesn't back up.
Sanitary engineering was a hot new science when traffic engineering started in the 1920s.
You don't care how long it takes to get to its destination, but you do everything possible to make sure it doesn't back up.
Sanitary engineering was a hot new science when traffic engineering started in the 1920s.
Engineers think it’s a liquid but traffic is a gas. Give it space and it’ll fill it up. Take it away and it disperses
Every time
November 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Engineers think of traffic as one particular liquid. Sewage.
You don't care how long it takes to get to its destination, but you do everything possible to make sure it doesn't back up.
Sanitary engineering was a hot new science when traffic engineering started in the 1920s.
You don't care how long it takes to get to its destination, but you do everything possible to make sure it doesn't back up.
Sanitary engineering was a hot new science when traffic engineering started in the 1920s.
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NEW: Gov. Josh Shapiro is sending $220 million to SEPTA to help repair fire-prone Silverliner IV Regional Rail cars and a damaged overhead power system in the trolley tunnel.
With the new capital funds, SEPTA will be able to restore Regional Rail to its normal capacity within a few weeks.
With the new capital funds, SEPTA will be able to restore Regional Rail to its normal capacity within a few weeks.
Gov. Shapiro allocated $220 million to SEPTA to get Regional Rail back on track
With the new capital funds, SEPTA will be able to restore Regional Rail to its normal capacity within a few weeks.
www.inquirer.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
NEW: Gov. Josh Shapiro is sending $220 million to SEPTA to help repair fire-prone Silverliner IV Regional Rail cars and a damaged overhead power system in the trolley tunnel.
With the new capital funds, SEPTA will be able to restore Regional Rail to its normal capacity within a few weeks.
With the new capital funds, SEPTA will be able to restore Regional Rail to its normal capacity within a few weeks.
The main barrier to use for transit is insufficient frequency, not expense, Exhibit No. 84377866π. (And, because the agency being indicted here is RTD, woeful land use adjacent to stations should also be prominent among the list of charges.)
I am super-pro-public transit, and use it way more than the average American, but I live near a light rail station with very, very stable and predictable scheduling, and even then I would not use it for many things I use a car for because the cost of transit is time.
i wonder how much of Americans' views on driving vs. transit would change if they had to pay for gas/insurance/etc every time they turned on the engine
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The main barrier to use for transit is insufficient frequency, not expense, Exhibit No. 84377866π. (And, because the agency being indicted here is RTD, woeful land use adjacent to stations should also be prominent among the list of charges.)