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jslashk.bsky.social
Tactical Ruralist
@jslashk.bsky.social
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Bikes, public transit, movies. 🏳️‍🌈
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It’s crazy how often I’ll get off the A to transfer and the next train is another A.
A view of a silver light rail vehicle branded “Metro Rail” under a digital display that has departure times for the next train. 3 minutes to the next Long Beach bound train and 4 minutes to the next Santa Monica train.
November 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Well, I get a consolation prize!
A pile of electrical equipment strewn about a light rail transit vehicle floor. The color is overwhelmingly grey.
November 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Getting my train freak on.
Me standing in front of a giant wheel from a vintage steam engine A vintage steam locomotive.
September 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Seeing framing like this makes me want to scream.
Screenshots of New York Times headline that reads “Kimmel Suspension Shows Trump’s Success at Bringing Media to Heel”.
September 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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@metrolosangeles.bsky.social are there any plans to provide straps to secure bikes on the A Line?
A bike leaning against the wall of light rail car with a big picture window and a typical Los Angeles street in the background.
September 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Excited for this! Also, anyone out there miss the old Egyptian Theater?
A view of a movie screen with a still image advertising “Yi Yi”
September 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Literal lounge chairs! *cries in LAX*
View of the runway taken from the pov of someone sitting in a lounge chair.
September 2, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Here’s to a great long weekend! Until next time San Francisco!
The skeet author at the beach, with the Golden Gate in the background. View of California Street in San Francisco with the Bay Bridge in the background between the skyscrapers A colorful row of brick apartments in Chinatown. A large group of picnickers in the foreground, with downtown San Francisco in the background.
September 2, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Car parked over a painted “sidewalk.”
September 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Really great day. Heartily recommend walking across your city of choice.
A screenshot of a map showing the skeet authors walk across San Francisco
September 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Car free JFK drive in Golden Gate Park, the Internet Archive, the last natural lake in San Francisco, Golden Gate Bridge from Baker Beach.
September 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Odds and ends from the hike.
A skeleton model in the back seat of a car A sign reading: “these are native wildflowers not weeds please stop picking them up. A box of dog toys A plaque commemorating the first dynamite factory in America
September 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Stair streets are my favorite urban form.
Palatial stair street in a ritzy neighborhood View down some stairs to the Pacific Ocean Tile mosaics on public stairs! Tile mosaic on public stairs
September 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Wonderful little ribbon of trails in the Twin Peaks area
A trail flanked by white flowers And trail with eucalyptus trees in the background A tall eucalyptus tree A view of San Francisco’s Sutro Transmission Tower
September 1, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Some inconsequential neighborhood views.
September 1, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Big fan of this building that looks like a creepy orphanage.
A three story Victorian building
September 1, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Bay views, city views, coyote views!
A sweeping view of the San Francisco Bay. A brown hillside with a sign for John McLaren Park View of San Francisco with the homes of Bernal Heights in the foreground and the skyscrapers of downtown in the background A coyote in a wooded scene
August 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Beautiful suburban start to the trail. Wonderful community greenways.
Clown college. A paved trail through a park A cat slinking on a fence Views from a ridge of hillside homes and a hanger that says Cow Palace
August 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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What is up with the land use at this station?
A desolate scene of a transit platform with the sign “Bayshore.” Surrounded by empty fields and warehouses Train tracks with empty land behind them
August 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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I’m an urban hiking aficionado and could not be more excited to tackle the SF Crosstown Trail. But first, as a good MURP I get to try out the new electric Caltrain to get to the start
Four red and white Caltrain locomotives
August 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Found a bar that so suits my vibe and it’s serving perfect low abv aperitifs on a warm day.
Selfie of skeet author in front of a wall of “old world” tchotchkes and a red light Two vermouth cocktails.
August 31, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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But so much parking! It’s like back in LA
A block full of garages.
August 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Nice little San Francisco morning.
A N Judah light rail train exits a tunnel A small stucco Victorian style apartment A zig zagging tree branch with Victorian homes in the background. A dog runs across a lawn at Dubois Park with homes dotting a hillside in the background.
August 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Ugh, I know. Stop blowing up my phone Amtrak.
A screenshot of multiple repetitive push notifications from Amtrak app about a delay on an Amtrak train
August 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Heading up to San Francisco the weekend the best way I know how
An Amtrak train pulling up to a platform in downtown Los Angeles.
August 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM