>USRA 2 👀

ofc, this would involve some degree of investment by the private railroads who own most of the track in the US (trying to recall @donoteat.bsky.social's HRE-esque aphorism abt. how the ideal class I railroad runs no trains, owns no track ... )

States of exception: undesirable, imho.

IIRC there's a book exactly about that www.goodreads.com/book/show/64...

it's also where united mine workers president john l. lewis got his start (both in coal mining and union organising)

if des moines had the same relative population today as in 1960 it would be twice as populous as it actually is

fwiw, my problematic fave in japanese food, curry, got its start as nutritional food in the imperial japanese navy

American policymakers love air power because American aviators are so good at their job. Despite the Houthi’s having fairly decent AA capabilities, not a single plane was shot down, just drones, hence why the administration was able to get away with what ultimately was an abject failure