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Conrail Twitty
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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.
I’m not sure if this is quite what you’re picturing but Marcus Burgers in Detroit makes long burgers hoodline.imgix.net/uploads/stor...
November 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I feel like you would appreciate this thing we saw on a drive thru menu last time we went to Windsor
November 19, 2025 at 6:53 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 5:28 AM
November 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I went downstairs and thought “I should put that jacket away” before realizing that there was A Little Guy in there
November 12, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Marcus remembered that this cam often has northern lights! It does again!
November 12, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Last 2 items harvested this season were these two tomatoes from a volunteer plant that popped up in an area where we weren’t growing anything!
November 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
And a video of the newly lit Gordie Howe Bridge!

The lighting really is stunning in person. I have seen ships in this location many times and can’t wait to photograph them now that everything is so elegantly luminous
November 9, 2025 at 5:19 AM
It felt both like my humble phone wasn’t up to the task and like it was impossible to take a bad photo of it

(Gordie Howe Bridge connecting Canada and the US at Windsor/Detroit)
November 9, 2025 at 5:11 AM
They just lit the bridge about a month ago :)

Tonight was my first time seeing it illuminated!
November 9, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Reminder that Google maps aerial photography of Belle Isle was coincidentally taken on the day that Mark W. Barker lost power and hit the island (everyone was fine so it was funny)
November 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Is it too late to delete the entire internet except for Springmeal’s account
November 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
November 2, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I had to take a moment when I saw this one.

This is what it looked like in 2022, before the tornado.

People in North St. Louis need help. It’s shameful this isn’t an emergency for so many of those in power.
November 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
My friend got this at spirit halloween.

All I can say is he’s a “the shitty mayor of our hometown was afraid of him” level political stats wizard, so if he in particular wants to go as an Excel file that’s fine w me
October 31, 2025 at 8:40 AM
We saw Marvin Gaye’s very nice midcentury house, which is just a few minutes from where we live.

The cover of What’s Going On was photographed in that backyard.
October 25, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I told her Luca from the Internet said she was a good kitty. This was her reaction
October 23, 2025 at 7:26 AM
TL cleanser:

Here, have a Yazzy break!
October 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
It was a few houses down from this styrofoam mannequin someone had set out for bulk trash.
October 21, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Ferndale report: this
October 21, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Women don’t care about the Cybertruck.

Women only want one thing; and it’s the largest ship on the Great Lakes, M/V Paul R. Tregurtha.
October 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Yes! Here’s a photo from their FB, it’s a blue truck.
October 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Since ppl were curious, actual report:

Pupuseria El Tunco on Cicotte was indeed open late.

They only take cash and Zelle.

This is their list of flavors, tho they were out of a couple.

The pupusas were good and the guy was nice!! He gave us 2 free drinks and Marcus loved his pineapple agua fresca
October 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
We finally tried a food truck I’ve been wanting to try for like a year and a half, Tacobachi’s.

I had seen a video of a man opening this hibachi burrito and saying “Shit!” with such reverent surprise that his voice cracked.

Finally tried the burrito from the video. It really is that good.
October 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
And this is his face after he found out I have long nails.

A petition for additional chin scratches
October 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM