Conrail Twitty
@grenadine.bsky.social
Is that urban planner yelling into the Internet again?
Detroiter from St. Louis
Posting about city services & urban planning from a justice perspective, the Rust Belt, community outreach, transportation, historic preservation, and cats.
Detroiter from St. Louis
Posting about city services & urban planning from a justice perspective, the Rust Belt, community outreach, transportation, historic preservation, and cats.
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Conrail Twitty
@grenadine.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Hi new people! Nice to meet you.
I am a Detroit area urban planner, transit advocate, and historic preservation professional.
#1 fangirl of the Open Meetings Act.
Come for the local government commentary, stay for the everything else (It’s mostly everything else.)
I am a Detroit area urban planner, transit advocate, and historic preservation professional.
#1 fangirl of the Open Meetings Act.
Come for the local government commentary, stay for the everything else (It’s mostly everything else.)
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Yesterday EPA proposed what we're calling the “Polluted Water Rule”, which would strip protections from most wetlands and seasonal streams across the country.
cleanwater.org/releases/off...
cleanwater.org/releases/off...
Official Statement on the “Polluted Water Rule”, EPA's Proposed Revision to the Definition of “Waters of the United States”
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is once again advancing a proposal to undermine the Clean Water Act. The agency’s new proposal, which clean water advocates are calling the “Polluted Water Rul...
cleanwater.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Yesterday EPA proposed what we're calling the “Polluted Water Rule”, which would strip protections from most wetlands and seasonal streams across the country.
cleanwater.org/releases/off...
cleanwater.org/releases/off...
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Nine-month-old AI company you've never heard of that revealed its first product last month wants to be valued as much as Ford
Sources: Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab is in talks with potential investors to raise about $5B and is aiming for a valuation of at least $50B (The Information)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Nine-month-old AI company you've never heard of that revealed its first product last month wants to be valued as much as Ford
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#TurretTuesday Pilsen, Chicago, 1887
November 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
#TurretTuesday Pilsen, Chicago, 1887
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The AI bubble is on the brink of popping vs. they're rabidly building AI data centers in the midwest. The question is why build if the industry is collapsing? Because it's not. These guys are so rich, they don't care if it's not profitable, ATM. They're gunning for media and information control.
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The AI bubble is on the brink of popping vs. they're rabidly building AI data centers in the midwest. The question is why build if the industry is collapsing? Because it's not. These guys are so rich, they don't care if it's not profitable, ATM. They're gunning for media and information control.
Maybe you guys shouldn’t have forced it into every single product for no reason
It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
Speaking exclusively to BBC News, CEO Sundar Pichai said the artificial intelligence boom had been an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Maybe you guys shouldn’t have forced it into every single product for no reason
Detroit, the Turkey Grill is for sale for uhhh. $8.3 million dollars
www.maxbroock.com/MI/Wayne/Det...
www.maxbroock.com/MI/Wayne/Det...
8296 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202 — MLS#20251047682 — Max Broock
Detroit Home for Sale 8296 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202, Located in Mc Laughlin Bros Sub Of Lt 8 Utilizing the School District Detroit. Listed under MLS # 20251047682
www.maxbroock.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Detroit, the Turkey Grill is for sale for uhhh. $8.3 million dollars
www.maxbroock.com/MI/Wayne/Det...
www.maxbroock.com/MI/Wayne/Det...
Prolly just traveling to the Cedarland drive thru for us
(If you know about Cedarland you know we will be eating well!)
(If you know about Cedarland you know we will be eating well!)
A RECORD 81.8 MILLION AMERICANS SET TO TRAVEL OVER THANKSGIVING, AAA SAYS.
November 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Prolly just traveling to the Cedarland drive thru for us
(If you know about Cedarland you know we will be eating well!)
(If you know about Cedarland you know we will be eating well!)
The ratio of my desire to sign up for newsletters versus my desire to actually read them is like 500:1
November 18, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The ratio of my desire to sign up for newsletters versus my desire to actually read them is like 500:1
This part! As someone who has barely seen any tv or movies I always appreciate finding out what actor or show something is in alt text.
Or just knowing what it is you’re trying to show, in general!
PLUS I loooove alt text on a selfie. I love knowing how my beautiful friends see themselves.
Or just knowing what it is you’re trying to show, in general!
PLUS I loooove alt text on a selfie. I love knowing how my beautiful friends see themselves.
If you don't use ALT out of consideration for people who are visually impaired, do it because half the time your image does not on its own clearly convey (even to those without impairment) whatever the hell you think it conveys.
November 18, 2025 at 7:48 AM
This part! As someone who has barely seen any tv or movies I always appreciate finding out what actor or show something is in alt text.
Or just knowing what it is you’re trying to show, in general!
PLUS I loooove alt text on a selfie. I love knowing how my beautiful friends see themselves.
Or just knowing what it is you’re trying to show, in general!
PLUS I loooove alt text on a selfie. I love knowing how my beautiful friends see themselves.
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Clyde reminds you to replace your carbon monoxide detector every 10 years.
November 18, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Clyde reminds you to replace your carbon monoxide detector every 10 years.
Serious TW on this video
This is right here in Oak Park, MI
This is right here in Oak Park, MI
I pulled the video from Facebook to post it directly on here. (Thanks to @grenadine.bsky.social for posting the Facebook link!)
Border Patrol abducted someone after apparently tasing them in the street at the corner of 10 Mile (eastbound I-696 service drive) and Roanoke in Oak Park, Michigan.
Border Patrol abducted someone after apparently tasing them in the street at the corner of 10 Mile (eastbound I-696 service drive) and Roanoke in Oak Park, Michigan.
November 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Serious TW on this video
This is right here in Oak Park, MI
This is right here in Oak Park, MI
Apparently Border Patrol has been out today in Oak Park, Michigan, including snatching this woman around 10 Mile and Roanoke (link contains video)
Oak Park is located in Metro Detroit.
www.facebook.com/share/r/1GQ5...
Oak Park is located in Metro Detroit.
www.facebook.com/share/r/1GQ5...
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Apparently Border Patrol has been out today in Oak Park, Michigan, including snatching this woman around 10 Mile and Roanoke (link contains video)
Oak Park is located in Metro Detroit.
www.facebook.com/share/r/1GQ5...
Oak Park is located in Metro Detroit.
www.facebook.com/share/r/1GQ5...
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imposter?
no you misunderstood, i said I AM POSTER
no you misunderstood, i said I AM POSTER
I do t have imposter syndrome, I’m a real poster.
November 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
imposter?
no you misunderstood, i said I AM POSTER
no you misunderstood, i said I AM POSTER
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fundamentally the problem Chicago has is that it creates a massive amount of economic value for the region but cannot capture it with proper taxes due to municipal fragmentation (and the entire reason suburbs exist is to deprive cities of this revenue)
low property taxes in a desirable area are a handout to banks bc people purchase property based on the maximum monthly payment they can afford, and so low property taxes drive up property values and in turn banks make more money from mortgages
November 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
fundamentally the problem Chicago has is that it creates a massive amount of economic value for the region but cannot capture it with proper taxes due to municipal fragmentation (and the entire reason suburbs exist is to deprive cities of this revenue)
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money is only real if you actually need it
Penn State recently negotiated James Franklin's buyout to a $9 million lump sum, source confirms to @theathletic.com.
Franklin's buyout was ~ $49 million through 2031, but would've been offset by his next job. Lump sum saves $, and both sides can move on.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
Franklin's buyout was ~ $49 million through 2031, but would've been offset by his next job. Lump sum saves $, and both sides can move on.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
Virginia Tech finalizing hiring James Franklin to be next coach: Source
“We’re just going to go win the national championship somewhere else now," Franklin said a week after being fired.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
money is only real if you actually need it
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lol my boss from Michigan is refusing to pay out my pto or sick time despite the fact that I know about so many illegal and unethical things he did and is doing to his employees AND patients
would any lawyers like to write me a slightly threatening letter to send them, pro Bono?
would any lawyers like to write me a slightly threatening letter to send them, pro Bono?
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
lol my boss from Michigan is refusing to pay out my pto or sick time despite the fact that I know about so many illegal and unethical things he did and is doing to his employees AND patients
would any lawyers like to write me a slightly threatening letter to send them, pro Bono?
would any lawyers like to write me a slightly threatening letter to send them, pro Bono?
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Chicago people!
Sounds like they are voting tomorrow (Monday) whether to make massive budget cuts to the Chicago Public Library.
Use this letter writing tool to contact your alder! Just takes a couple quick minutes
Sounds like they are voting tomorrow (Monday) whether to make massive budget cuts to the Chicago Public Library.
Use this letter writing tool to contact your alder! Just takes a couple quick minutes
No Quiet Layoffs or Cuts to Chicago Public Library!
actionnetwork.org/letters/no-l...
actionnetwork.org/letters/no-l...
No Layoffs or Cuts to Chicago Public Library!
It’s budget season! Do you love the Chicago Public Library? Tell the City of Chicago NO LAYOFFS, AND NO CUTS ! Chicago faces a 2026 budget deficit of over $1 billion. The Mayor has said that everythi...
actionnetwork.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Chicago people!
Sounds like they are voting tomorrow (Monday) whether to make massive budget cuts to the Chicago Public Library.
Use this letter writing tool to contact your alder! Just takes a couple quick minutes
Sounds like they are voting tomorrow (Monday) whether to make massive budget cuts to the Chicago Public Library.
Use this letter writing tool to contact your alder! Just takes a couple quick minutes
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Good morning please help me escape
I am moving in 16 days and I still need to raise $850 for the movers. I am moving 200 miles and I am disabled, I cannot do this alone. Please help me escape from my family’s abuse.
I gratefully accept tips, donations, whatever you want to call them
Cshpp $ThreeRaccoonsInACoat
Vnm @ Sarah-Moose-Moose
Kofi Ko-fi.com/moosefriend
Cshpp $ThreeRaccoonsInACoat
Vnm @ Sarah-Moose-Moose
Kofi Ko-fi.com/moosefriend
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Good morning please help me escape
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spouse got into the study and enrollment was incredibly swift and smooth; one of the best trial rollouts I've seen in terms of logistics and ease of use!
Just heard about this huge (49 state) long covid trial using tirzepetide (aka zepbound) one of the newer glp meds. It’s run by researchers at scripps, funded by the eric & wendy schmidt foundation. It looks like it is still enrolling, fully remote participation:
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
LoCITT-T - Long COVID Treatment Trial
The Long COVID Treatment Trial-Tirzepatide (LoCITT-T) is investigating the efficacy of repurposing this drug to treat Long COVID.
longcovid.scripps.edu
November 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
spouse got into the study and enrollment was incredibly swift and smooth; one of the best trial rollouts I've seen in terms of logistics and ease of use!
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Every traffic death is a political choice, not an accident
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Every traffic death is a political choice, not an accident
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Again, I’m pleading, @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social, properly fund VOLUNTARY care before putting so much into the massively expensive, dangerous and ineffective involuntary care.
November 17, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Again, I’m pleading, @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social, properly fund VOLUNTARY care before putting so much into the massively expensive, dangerous and ineffective involuntary care.
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 5:28 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Chicago people!
Sounds like they are voting tomorrow (Monday) whether to make massive budget cuts to the Chicago Public Library.
Use this letter writing tool to contact your alder! Just takes a couple quick minutes
Sounds like they are voting tomorrow (Monday) whether to make massive budget cuts to the Chicago Public Library.
Use this letter writing tool to contact your alder! Just takes a couple quick minutes
No Quiet Layoffs or Cuts to Chicago Public Library!
actionnetwork.org/letters/no-l...
actionnetwork.org/letters/no-l...
No Layoffs or Cuts to Chicago Public Library!
It’s budget season! Do you love the Chicago Public Library? Tell the City of Chicago NO LAYOFFS, AND NO CUTS ! Chicago faces a 2026 budget deficit of over $1 billion. The Mayor has said that everythi...
actionnetwork.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Chicago people!
Sounds like they are voting tomorrow (Monday) whether to make massive budget cuts to the Chicago Public Library.
Use this letter writing tool to contact your alder! Just takes a couple quick minutes
Sounds like they are voting tomorrow (Monday) whether to make massive budget cuts to the Chicago Public Library.
Use this letter writing tool to contact your alder! Just takes a couple quick minutes