John Miklos
@jctmik.bsky.social
Community Planner - I seek to understand everything.
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Current weather conditions in NW PA:
November 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Current weather conditions in NW PA:
I showed this to my loving spouse and she just rolled her eyes, sighing: "🙄 It's already in the house"
Today could be your last chance to pick-up the 2025 SEPTA Holiday Sweater! Available ONLY at The SEPTA Store Holiday Pop-Up [1234 Market St]. Doors open at 12 noon. #ISEPTAPHILLY #HowWeRoll #BlackFriday
November 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I showed this to my loving spouse and she just rolled her eyes, sighing: "🙄 It's already in the house"
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I learned recently about China's views about AVs, very interesting
November 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I learned recently about China's views about AVs, very interesting
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so our government made a big deal about banning speed cameras but one city left theirs running to see what difference the ban would make and you are not going to believe this
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
so our government made a big deal about banning speed cameras but one city left theirs running to see what difference the ban would make and you are not going to believe this
It's time to be lazy
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
It's time to be lazy
Making a side dish for the Big Feast and two blenders have fallen. The hand mixer holds the line. The enemy (curious, butter-craving cats) press in from all sides
November 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Making a side dish for the Big Feast and two blenders have fallen. The hand mixer holds the line. The enemy (curious, butter-craving cats) press in from all sides
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"the economic response to the pandemic really worked. Indeed, there is a good case that it was the most successful example of countercyclical policy in US history." jwmason.org/slackwire/at...
At Groundwork: Lessons from the September Jobs Report – J. W. Mason
jwmason.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"the economic response to the pandemic really worked. Indeed, there is a good case that it was the most successful example of countercyclical policy in US history." jwmason.org/slackwire/at...
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#Montreal 's just leap-frogged other cities in North America by opening the REM.
Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (100 km/h plus). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)
And really fun to ride...
🧵
Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (100 km/h plus). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)
And really fun to ride...
🧵
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
#Montreal 's just leap-frogged other cities in North America by opening the REM.
Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (100 km/h plus). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)
And really fun to ride...
🧵
Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (100 km/h plus). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)
And really fun to ride...
🧵
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“WASHINGTON—Citing that a majority of Americans are irresponsible, easily distracted people who have little regard for other human beings, a new Dept of Transportation report revealed that it’s ‘actually kind of crazy’ that U.S. citizens are allowed to drive automobiles.”
The Onion strikes again.
The Onion strikes again.
Report: It Pretty Incredible That Americans Entrusted With Driving Cars
WASHINGTON—Citing that a majority of Americans are irresponsible, easily distracted people who have little regard for other human beings, a new Department of Transportation report revealed Wednesday t...
theonion.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
“WASHINGTON—Citing that a majority of Americans are irresponsible, easily distracted people who have little regard for other human beings, a new Dept of Transportation report revealed that it’s ‘actually kind of crazy’ that U.S. citizens are allowed to drive automobiles.”
The Onion strikes again.
The Onion strikes again.
From the peak, every direction is down
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
From the peak, every direction is down
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Boring hobby I've picked up: Listening to a Grammy winning album in some genre I don't know much about. Probably not putting Silkroad and Yo-Yo Ma on heavy rotation but why not challenge myself a little as I work. Music that hasn't become familiar/comforting puts you in a different state of mind.
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Boring hobby I've picked up: Listening to a Grammy winning album in some genre I don't know much about. Probably not putting Silkroad and Yo-Yo Ma on heavy rotation but why not challenge myself a little as I work. Music that hasn't become familiar/comforting puts you in a different state of mind.
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part of what I like about Mamdani is his admission that housing affordability is a more complex problem than either building more housing or expanding rent control. You need to do both in order to protect the most vulnerable now and improve the problem long term.
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
part of what I like about Mamdani is his admission that housing affordability is a more complex problem than either building more housing or expanding rent control. You need to do both in order to protect the most vulnerable now and improve the problem long term.
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There is beauty everywhere but especially in autumn in Philadelphia! 😻
November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
There is beauty everywhere but especially in autumn in Philadelphia! 😻
A good 8%-15% of this app is from Philadelphia, I swear
I’m morbidly curious about where everyone is from. I wish Bluesky had this feature.
About This Account reveals the scale of X’s foreign troll problem
X’s About This Account reveals the scale of its foreign troll problem, confirming that many MAGA accounts aren’t actually American.
www.theverge.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:09 AM
A good 8%-15% of this app is from Philadelphia, I swear
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Brandy you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Brandy you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
Please, I need PAHSR
An Allegheny Base Tunnel, built to HSR specs, would be the crucial piece of infrastructure to connect the Northeast Corridor with the Midwest with reliable, frequent & fast passenger rail service, avoiding the terrain encountered by existing rail lines that limits speed & capacity.
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Please, I need PAHSR
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An Allegheny Base Tunnel, built to HSR specs, would be the crucial piece of infrastructure to connect the Northeast Corridor with the Midwest with reliable, frequent & fast passenger rail service, avoiding the terrain encountered by existing rail lines that limits speed & capacity.
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
An Allegheny Base Tunnel, built to HSR specs, would be the crucial piece of infrastructure to connect the Northeast Corridor with the Midwest with reliable, frequent & fast passenger rail service, avoiding the terrain encountered by existing rail lines that limits speed & capacity.
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Rail Infra Projects Wish List:
Mega/Improbable: Allegheny Base Tunnel (Central Pennsylvania)
Mega/Possible: North-South Connector (Boston)
Moderate/Achievable: CHIP/South of the Lake (Chicago)
Simple/Affordable: East Bridge Jct Flyover (New Orleans/Metairie)
How about your’s…?
Mega/Improbable: Allegheny Base Tunnel (Central Pennsylvania)
Mega/Possible: North-South Connector (Boston)
Moderate/Achievable: CHIP/South of the Lake (Chicago)
Simple/Affordable: East Bridge Jct Flyover (New Orleans/Metairie)
How about your’s…?
November 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Rail Infra Projects Wish List:
Mega/Improbable: Allegheny Base Tunnel (Central Pennsylvania)
Mega/Possible: North-South Connector (Boston)
Moderate/Achievable: CHIP/South of the Lake (Chicago)
Simple/Affordable: East Bridge Jct Flyover (New Orleans/Metairie)
How about your’s…?
Mega/Improbable: Allegheny Base Tunnel (Central Pennsylvania)
Mega/Possible: North-South Connector (Boston)
Moderate/Achievable: CHIP/South of the Lake (Chicago)
Simple/Affordable: East Bridge Jct Flyover (New Orleans/Metairie)
How about your’s…?
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We Should Have Finished Reconstruction: A Brief History of American Politics, 1865-2025
With every passing day, America needs a bigger third reconstruction.
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
We Should Have Finished Reconstruction: A Brief History of American Politics, 1865-2025
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People who use this technology do not want to be taught about a topic; they want the end result of having learned, without learning. I would guess for many this describes a feature, not a bug, of the technology.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
People who use this technology do not want to be taught about a topic; they want the end result of having learned, without learning. I would guess for many this describes a feature, not a bug, of the technology.
"...Zoltraak"
Words are not an expression of belief for Trump, they're a tool to manipulate others to his own ends.
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
"...Zoltraak"
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center left nation with electoral structures that generate center right results
This post uses data from my latest poll with Verasight. We asked voters to describe what their ideal political party would stand for. Then, I categorized voters based on the issues they mentioned and computationally mapped them onto 3 axes: economic, social, and non-ideological/affordability.
November 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
center left nation with electoral structures that generate center right results
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How does no one else see this?? It's literally right out in the fucking open
November 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
How does no one else see this?? It's literally right out in the fucking open