Karthik M
@steampunkfadec.bsky.social
Airplanes for life. Aircraft Safety Engineering. Trans rights. Trains' right-of-way (nationalize em).
India-born, proud Dravidian, Ambedkarite. Ask me about weather, airplanes, fast cars, urbanism, geography, and Fortnite for some reason
India-born, proud Dravidian, Ambedkarite. Ask me about weather, airplanes, fast cars, urbanism, geography, and Fortnite for some reason
After Stephen Miller being exposed as a litterer, all garbage collection workers should dump trash in his lawn, his face, and up where the sun doesn't shine
January 9, 2026 at 3:11 PM
After Stephen Miller being exposed as a litterer, all garbage collection workers should dump trash in his lawn, his face, and up where the sun doesn't shine
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i think american life would improve significantly and quickly if society was more encouraging of people to have Hobbies. the most perfect and serene state of mind that exists is when one is Doing one's Little Things
January 6, 2026 at 5:50 PM
i think american life would improve significantly and quickly if society was more encouraging of people to have Hobbies. the most perfect and serene state of mind that exists is when one is Doing one's Little Things
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His victims got on the stand and shared some of the most horrific stories and he was acquitted anyway.
This is why I get so angry when people blame victims for not speaking up or walking away. Why? Who will protect them, believe them, and guarantee proper justice?
This is why I get so angry when people blame victims for not speaking up or walking away. Why? Who will protect them, believe them, and guarantee proper justice?
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering, convicted of prostitution offense.
July 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
His victims got on the stand and shared some of the most horrific stories and he was acquitted anyway.
This is why I get so angry when people blame victims for not speaking up or walking away. Why? Who will protect them, believe them, and guarantee proper justice?
This is why I get so angry when people blame victims for not speaking up or walking away. Why? Who will protect them, believe them, and guarantee proper justice?
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Was talking to a friend about dating apps and I have a theory as to why they're bad: they're a plot by the CIA to get left leaning urban people to kill themselves
May 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Was talking to a friend about dating apps and I have a theory as to why they're bad: they're a plot by the CIA to get left leaning urban people to kill themselves
Why is society coming after autistic people when they literally run the world?
April 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Why is society coming after autistic people when they literally run the world?
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Most rail services in the US still use polluting diesel locomotives. Recently, our commuter rail system in San Francisco, @caltrain.com, was electrified.
Good news: we found DRAMATIC air quality improvements once the electric trains replaced the diesels.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Good news: we found DRAMATIC air quality improvements once the electric trains replaced the diesels.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Dramatic Air Quality Improvements after the Complete Electrification of a Commuter Rail System
To limit the impact of climate change, there is an urgent requirement for infrastructure decarbonization and a transition to lower-emission energy systems. This is expected to result in local air qual...
pubs.acs.org
April 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Most rail services in the US still use polluting diesel locomotives. Recently, our commuter rail system in San Francisco, @caltrain.com, was electrified.
Good news: we found DRAMATIC air quality improvements once the electric trains replaced the diesels.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Good news: we found DRAMATIC air quality improvements once the electric trains replaced the diesels.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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i really hope none of the folks who made the anti-tesla stickers and fliers do something with this and post it all around nyc
April 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
i really hope none of the folks who made the anti-tesla stickers and fliers do something with this and post it all around nyc
From my Atlanta home, to yours:
Happy Confederate Surrender Day to all who celebrate— and doubly to all those who don’t.
Perish all compromises with tyranny!
Happy Confederate Surrender Day to all who celebrate— and doubly to all those who don’t.
Perish all compromises with tyranny!
April 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Nearly $200 million in state money set aside for Northern Lights Express passenger train service between the Twin Cities and Duluth could be in peril if Republicans at the Capitol have their way.
State Republicans want to nix Duluth train
But Democrats say the Northern Lights Express could be transformative.
www.startribune.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Nearly $200 million in state money set aside for Northern Lights Express passenger train service between the Twin Cities and Duluth could be in peril if Republicans at the Capitol have their way.
As a legal immigrant in the US, i apparently have to play by certain unwritten rules, i.e. play nice with the people who determine my legal status. It is unfortunate that I cannot speak the words I wish to, because speaking them will get me in trouble.
March 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
As a legal immigrant in the US, i apparently have to play by certain unwritten rules, i.e. play nice with the people who determine my legal status. It is unfortunate that I cannot speak the words I wish to, because speaking them will get me in trouble.
My favorite measure of how successful Caltrain's electrification has been:
Discussion about Caltrain in the "IIT Bombay Alumni in the US" Whatsapp group has skyrocketed now that people are starting to get Bay Area job offers
#Caltrain
Discussion about Caltrain in the "IIT Bombay Alumni in the US" Whatsapp group has skyrocketed now that people are starting to get Bay Area job offers
#Caltrain
March 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
My favorite measure of how successful Caltrain's electrification has been:
Discussion about Caltrain in the "IIT Bombay Alumni in the US" Whatsapp group has skyrocketed now that people are starting to get Bay Area job offers
#Caltrain
Discussion about Caltrain in the "IIT Bombay Alumni in the US" Whatsapp group has skyrocketed now that people are starting to get Bay Area job offers
#Caltrain
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Winter makes our transportation priorities so clear.
Street: well-cleared throughout snowfall
Taxpayer subsidized “free” car parking: cleared within 24 hours
Sidewalk & bus stop: untouched 48 hours later, w/ lots of footprints from all of the folks who rely on this sidewalk.
#plowMPLSsidewalks
Street: well-cleared throughout snowfall
Taxpayer subsidized “free” car parking: cleared within 24 hours
Sidewalk & bus stop: untouched 48 hours later, w/ lots of footprints from all of the folks who rely on this sidewalk.
#plowMPLSsidewalks
February 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Winter makes our transportation priorities so clear.
Street: well-cleared throughout snowfall
Taxpayer subsidized “free” car parking: cleared within 24 hours
Sidewalk & bus stop: untouched 48 hours later, w/ lots of footprints from all of the folks who rely on this sidewalk.
#plowMPLSsidewalks
Street: well-cleared throughout snowfall
Taxpayer subsidized “free” car parking: cleared within 24 hours
Sidewalk & bus stop: untouched 48 hours later, w/ lots of footprints from all of the folks who rely on this sidewalk.
#plowMPLSsidewalks
I always wonder why predators mimic prey, and what animal is gullible enough to fall for such cheap tactics.
Now I know. Y'all are all around me, and I don't trust your brains to work anymore
Now I know. Y'all are all around me, and I don't trust your brains to work anymore
February 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I always wonder why predators mimic prey, and what animal is gullible enough to fall for such cheap tactics.
Now I know. Y'all are all around me, and I don't trust your brains to work anymore
Now I know. Y'all are all around me, and I don't trust your brains to work anymore
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Ive said this before. Unions have a moment in time to create parallel, Non Profit Trust or Associated Health Plans and
offer them to small to medium size businesses.
Unions can negotiate far better than SMBs or associations .
Imagine if millions got their healthcare from unions ?
Thoughts ?
offer them to small to medium size businesses.
Unions can negotiate far better than SMBs or associations .
Imagine if millions got their healthcare from unions ?
Thoughts ?
February 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Ive said this before. Unions have a moment in time to create parallel, Non Profit Trust or Associated Health Plans and
offer them to small to medium size businesses.
Unions can negotiate far better than SMBs or associations .
Imagine if millions got their healthcare from unions ?
Thoughts ?
offer them to small to medium size businesses.
Unions can negotiate far better than SMBs or associations .
Imagine if millions got their healthcare from unions ?
Thoughts ?
Whether it's immigrants, Black Americans, women, disabled, or LGBTQIA+ folk, the oppressed classes built this country. When the privileged show up to work in place of the oppressed they delete, it'll all fall apart
February 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Whether it's immigrants, Black Americans, women, disabled, or LGBTQIA+ folk, the oppressed classes built this country. When the privileged show up to work in place of the oppressed they delete, it'll all fall apart
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Every disaster movie starts with scientists being ignored. Good thing we’re not doing that.
January 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Every disaster movie starts with scientists being ignored. Good thing we’re not doing that.
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Idk how I’m supposed to focus at work anymore
January 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Idk how I’m supposed to focus at work anymore
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Me in a nutshell. Here's a pro tip though: fuck it, take a nap. The cognitive garbage clears out, (drinking coffee before a nap helps), and you feel less overwhelmed and are less likely to doom scroll :D
Whenever I start to feel anxious I immediately have another coffee and scroll through the worst news imaginable on my phone and omg it does not help at all
January 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Me in a nutshell. Here's a pro tip though: fuck it, take a nap. The cognitive garbage clears out, (drinking coffee before a nap helps), and you feel less overwhelmed and are less likely to doom scroll :D
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Passports didn't have a gender marker before 1978 when the UN made them mandatory because of "the rise of unisex fashion and hairstyles." Removing them would require a change in rules from the UN's International Civic Aviation Organization.
Maybe they should just remove gender from passports altogether. 🤔
January 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Passports didn't have a gender marker before 1978 when the UN made them mandatory because of "the rise of unisex fashion and hairstyles." Removing them would require a change in rules from the UN's International Civic Aviation Organization.
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Denali shall always be Denali.
January 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Denali shall always be Denali.
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The federal government should make federal minimum wage.
January 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The federal government should make federal minimum wage.
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