probably just paul
@enpaul.net
Urbanist, engineer, activist. (he/him)
Posts here will be about technology, politics, trains, cities, and being very tired.
Spending my engineering time with @freedom.press
Posts here will be about technology, politics, trains, cities, and being very tired.
Spending my engineering time with @freedom.press
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probably just paul
@enpaul.net
· Feb 2
Welcome new followers. I'm not sure why you followed me, but let me take the opportunity to say:
Trans rights
Fuck elon musk (et al)
I once received a citation for screaming insults at a group of Nazis in Downtown Crossing
Trans rights
Fuck elon musk (et al)
I once received a citation for screaming insults at a group of Nazis in Downtown Crossing
A cool thing about taking the train to your doctor's appointment is that you can realize you forgot to check in online and hurriedly do that on the way rather than steaming in traffic because you can't type and drive at the same time
January 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM
A cool thing about taking the train to your doctor's appointment is that you can realize you forgot to check in online and hurriedly do that on the way rather than steaming in traffic because you can't type and drive at the same time
Felt stupid when I had to google "how many days are in march" but immediately felt better when the first suggestion was "how many days are in march in 2026"
January 9, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Felt stupid when I had to google "how many days are in march" but immediately felt better when the first suggestion was "how many days are in march in 2026"
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this bears repeating:
Grok is bad because it's creating NONCONSENSUAL sexual images of real people.
Not because sex is icky and should be scrubbed from the Internet.
The distinction is crucial at a moment when dangerous censorship legislation is bipartisan and widely misunderstood
Grok is bad because it's creating NONCONSENSUAL sexual images of real people.
Not because sex is icky and should be scrubbed from the Internet.
The distinction is crucial at a moment when dangerous censorship legislation is bipartisan and widely misunderstood
January 7, 2026 at 1:35 PM
this bears repeating:
Grok is bad because it's creating NONCONSENSUAL sexual images of real people.
Not because sex is icky and should be scrubbed from the Internet.
The distinction is crucial at a moment when dangerous censorship legislation is bipartisan and widely misunderstood
Grok is bad because it's creating NONCONSENSUAL sexual images of real people.
Not because sex is icky and should be scrubbed from the Internet.
The distinction is crucial at a moment when dangerous censorship legislation is bipartisan and widely misunderstood
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✨Congestion Pricing Works!✨
✅ Fewer vehicles
✅ Foot traffic up for businesses
✅ Buses are faster
✅ Traffic fatalities are down
📃 This is good public policy doing it's thing!
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
✅ Fewer vehicles
✅ Foot traffic up for businesses
✅ Buses are faster
✅ Traffic fatalities are down
📃 This is good public policy doing it's thing!
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Congestion pricing after one year: How life has changed.
How life has changed in the New York area, according to data on traffic, transit and the responses of 600 readers.
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:15 PM
✨Congestion Pricing Works!✨
✅ Fewer vehicles
✅ Foot traffic up for businesses
✅ Buses are faster
✅ Traffic fatalities are down
📃 This is good public policy doing it's thing!
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
✅ Fewer vehicles
✅ Foot traffic up for businesses
✅ Buses are faster
✅ Traffic fatalities are down
📃 This is good public policy doing it's thing!
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Posts Too Much labeler is the They Live sunglasses for everyone who needs to go for a walk.
January 7, 2026 at 2:43 PM
The Posts Too Much labeler is the They Live sunglasses for everyone who needs to go for a walk.
Communism is when poor people experience peace and/or happiness. Everyone knows that
liberals need to think long and hard about what these guys consider communism before they start thinking they're safe
Palantir co-founder says it exists to kill communists.
January 6, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Communism is when poor people experience peace and/or happiness. Everyone knows that
An underrated element of Nick Fuentes is that he is, as much as is possible today, a fully mask off nazi. Like, we can argue about kirk, and peterson, and Miller, and Bannon, etc, but Fuentes is just out here being an unambiguous nazi.
January 5, 2026 at 12:17 AM
An underrated element of Nick Fuentes is that he is, as much as is possible today, a fully mask off nazi. Like, we can argue about kirk, and peterson, and Miller, and Bannon, etc, but Fuentes is just out here being an unambiguous nazi.
Nothing makes me more convinced of the failure of the American experiment than driving interstate 95 from Boston to Philadelphia
January 4, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Nothing makes me more convinced of the failure of the American experiment than driving interstate 95 from Boston to Philadelphia
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Microplastics are here to stay; that's why we need to eat them responsibly in the classroom
August 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Microplastics are here to stay; that's why we need to eat them responsibly in the classroom
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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We’re just over $17,000 shy of our year-end match goal, which has increased by $15,000 to $100,000 thanks to a group of longtime supporters.
Support @freedom.press with a tax-deductible gift. Those made before Dec. 31 will be DOUBLED.
freedom.press/donate?utm_s...
Support @freedom.press with a tax-deductible gift. Those made before Dec. 31 will be DOUBLED.
freedom.press/donate?utm_s...
December 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We’re just over $17,000 shy of our year-end match goal, which has increased by $15,000 to $100,000 thanks to a group of longtime supporters.
Support @freedom.press with a tax-deductible gift. Those made before Dec. 31 will be DOUBLED.
freedom.press/donate?utm_s...
Support @freedom.press with a tax-deductible gift. Those made before Dec. 31 will be DOUBLED.
freedom.press/donate?utm_s...
It's Christmas Eve, so that means it's time for my annual Christmas tradition: panic-wrapping the rest of my presents that I've been putting off and watching @bigjoel.bsky.social to keep the panic at bay
December 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM
It's Christmas Eve, so that means it's time for my annual Christmas tradition: panic-wrapping the rest of my presents that I've been putting off and watching @bigjoel.bsky.social to keep the panic at bay
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Reports coming in from New Zealand that Santa used ChatGPT to compile the nice list; thousands of presents have been delivered to children who don’t exist
December 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Reports coming in from New Zealand that Santa used ChatGPT to compile the nice list; thousands of presents have been delivered to children who don’t exist
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I won’t be taking any criticism from these folks about what’s normal and what isn’t, thanks though
December 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I won’t be taking any criticism from these folks about what’s normal and what isn’t, thanks though
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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If you notice you're paying more for holiday gifts this year, just remember, Donald Trump’s message to you is: “don’t be dramatic.”
December 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
If you notice you're paying more for holiday gifts this year, just remember, Donald Trump’s message to you is: “don’t be dramatic.”
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She really bitched it up, huh?
You had one job, lady: to turn CBS News into a fascist mouthpiece. As usual, you forgot about Canada.
You had one job, lady: to turn CBS News into a fascist mouthpiece. As usual, you forgot about Canada.
December 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
She really bitched it up, huh?
You had one job, lady: to turn CBS News into a fascist mouthpiece. As usual, you forgot about Canada.
You had one job, lady: to turn CBS News into a fascist mouthpiece. As usual, you forgot about Canada.
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Y’all know we have a tool for finding exactly these kinds of bad redactions, right? free.law/open-source-...
December 23, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Y’all know we have a tool for finding exactly these kinds of bad redactions, right? free.law/open-source-...
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My whole timeline is made up of folks watching a 60 Minutes report the Trump administration tried to kill and unredacting Epstein files that weren't supposed to have been posted yet. Can't stop the signal.
December 23, 2025 at 4:22 AM
My whole timeline is made up of folks watching a 60 Minutes report the Trump administration tried to kill and unredacting Epstein files that weren't supposed to have been posted yet. Can't stop the signal.
There's never been a better time for people (both journalists and sources) to familiarize themselves with @securedrop.org, @torproject.org, and related tools
With the 60 minutes leak, the many recent Epstein releases, etc., I think we are seeing the future of government accountability under authoritarianism:
Leaks, hacks, data dumps, releases of big document caches.
Journalists and the public will have to learn how to digest this stuff. 🧵
Leaks, hacks, data dumps, releases of big document caches.
Journalists and the public will have to learn how to digest this stuff. 🧵
December 23, 2025 at 5:00 AM
There's never been a better time for people (both journalists and sources) to familiarize themselves with @securedrop.org, @torproject.org, and related tools
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lol at Bari not knowing about the distribution process for foreign markets and not asking and no one volunteering the information.
December 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
lol at Bari not knowing about the distribution process for foreign markets and not asking and no one volunteering the information.
It is unironically extremely patriotic to watch something the government does not want you to watch.
December 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
It is unironically extremely patriotic to watch something the government does not want you to watch.
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there should be more songs about effective regulators
December 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
there should be more songs about effective regulators