Koji
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Lib, laugh, love - the sequel
Progress, positivity, point plotting, piano performance, political parties, panel programmes, particular Pennsylvanian pop princess, public ptransit
Progress, positivity, point plotting, piano performance, political parties, panel programmes, particular Pennsylvanian pop princess, public ptransit
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Some friends and I joked that it would become easier to find Quebec booze on Ontario shelves if Quebec became independent
December 31, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Some friends and I joked that it would become easier to find Quebec booze on Ontario shelves if Quebec became independent
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Very funny to think that the eventual architects of the modern Japanese state had a Houthi phase
December 31, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Very funny to think that the eventual architects of the modern Japanese state had a Houthi phase
Some friends and I joked that it would become easier to find Quebec booze on Ontario shelves if Quebec became independent
December 31, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Some friends and I joked that it would become easier to find Quebec booze on Ontario shelves if Quebec became independent
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You know that runner in Toronto that races streetcars? The City put in dedicated lanes on Bathurst, and he re-raced it
“This used to be the slowest route. Now it’s the closest race I’ve done. I never thought I’d say this. But I’m really surprised. There’s hope: for the streetcars and for the city.”
“This used to be the slowest route. Now it’s the closest race I’ve done. I never thought I’d say this. But I’m really surprised. There’s hope: for the streetcars and for the city.”
‘I don’t like winning’: Toronto man outruns streetcars to show up sluggish transit network
Mac Bauer’s racing activism has made ‘signal priority’ and traffic congestion a big talking point for the Canadian city
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
You know that runner in Toronto that races streetcars? The City put in dedicated lanes on Bathurst, and he re-raced it
“This used to be the slowest route. Now it’s the closest race I’ve done. I never thought I’d say this. But I’m really surprised. There’s hope: for the streetcars and for the city.”
“This used to be the slowest route. Now it’s the closest race I’ve done. I never thought I’d say this. But I’m really surprised. There’s hope: for the streetcars and for the city.”
Very funny to think that the eventual architects of the modern Japanese state had a Houthi phase
December 31, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Very funny to think that the eventual architects of the modern Japanese state had a Houthi phase
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Someone stole my headphones at the airport so I'm back in my death penalty era
December 30, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Someone stole my headphones at the airport so I'm back in my death penalty era
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Toilet Wilkes Stall
December 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Toilet Wilkes Stall
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as a (virtually) lifelong NYer here's the deal: all pizza is good. deep dish rules. detroit pizza is goated. lunch lady cafeteria pizza was a joy. the only dubious pizza culture is california because it tries too hard but even (most) california pizza is fantastic. grow up
again chicagoans need to grow a set and stand up for themselves. deep dish is the superior pizza, you don’t have to do this cowardly whimpering “oh actually we like thin crust that’s cut into squares for no damned reason” thing. this is why the rancid packers have been clowning you for 30 years
Pope Leo canonically prefers Aurelio’s. www.tastingtable.com/1857955/pope...
December 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
as a (virtually) lifelong NYer here's the deal: all pizza is good. deep dish rules. detroit pizza is goated. lunch lady cafeteria pizza was a joy. the only dubious pizza culture is california because it tries too hard but even (most) california pizza is fantastic. grow up
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My pickleball building code strategy is to adopt European window standards so that we can buy and manufacture triple-glazed tilt-and-turn windows at affordable prices that actually keep sound out
Zoning for pickleball… I guess we need to focus on the issues of our times, but this is indicative of a complain-oriented way of planning
December 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
My pickleball building code strategy is to adopt European window standards so that we can buy and manufacture triple-glazed tilt-and-turn windows at affordable prices that actually keep sound out
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All the Toronto streetcar discourse has had me looking at a lot of TTC stringlines, and I must say, it seems there's an incredibly opportunity for quick improvement there with some basic terminal ops fixes.
Why was nearly every streetcar *entering service* on this random wednesday late?
Why was nearly every streetcar *entering service* on this random wednesday late?
December 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
All the Toronto streetcar discourse has had me looking at a lot of TTC stringlines, and I must say, it seems there's an incredibly opportunity for quick improvement there with some basic terminal ops fixes.
Why was nearly every streetcar *entering service* on this random wednesday late?
Why was nearly every streetcar *entering service* on this random wednesday late?
It’s neat that the city called “Eastern Capital” ended up being the easternmost big city of the whole Old World
December 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
It’s neat that the city called “Eastern Capital” ended up being the easternmost big city of the whole Old World
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Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here
December 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here
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Like, how can you not see that eroding the credibility of the main concept to describe real hostility and violence against Jews during a period of seriously rising antisemitism is dangerous?
December 27, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Like, how can you not see that eroding the credibility of the main concept to describe real hostility and violence against Jews during a period of seriously rising antisemitism is dangerous?
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some of whom have called it a ‘monstrosity’
November 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
some of whom have called it a ‘monstrosity’
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Some of the biggest "winners" of congestion pricing are drivers, who enjoy much faster commutes because there is less congestion. Part of the reason these schemes become popular after being implemented is many drivers realize paying the fee is a great exchange for less traffic!
Every policy has winners and losers. The goal of good policy is to maximize the winners while minimizing the losers. Congestion pricing does this remarkably well a) given the stats on who drives into Manhattan and b) how it offers remedies such as tax credits to low-income drivers.
It sounds like a very good thing but wouldn't the analysis be more fair if inconvenience and cost to some was included? Don't know how you measure it but it should definitely be included. Virtually nothing is 100% win-win.
December 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Some of the biggest "winners" of congestion pricing are drivers, who enjoy much faster commutes because there is less congestion. Part of the reason these schemes become popular after being implemented is many drivers realize paying the fee is a great exchange for less traffic!
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this is incredible stuff. most state DOTs would spend tens of billions on highway expansions to try and see numbers like this (that wouldn’t even pan out anyway thanks to induced demand lol)
January 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
this is incredible stuff. most state DOTs would spend tens of billions on highway expansions to try and see numbers like this (that wouldn’t even pan out anyway thanks to induced demand lol)
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A definitional element of extremism is that harming an out-group is inseparable from the success or survival of the in-group. For extremists, such harm becomes an intrinsic need. They come to believe that denying them the right to harm out-groups is the same thing as denying them the right to exist.
The right, along the Roberts Court, is trying to nullify the Reconstruction amendments guaranteeing equality under the law, in order to restore the Antebellum Constitution, which envisions “liberty” as an eternal aristocracy of race and class (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A definitional element of extremism is that harming an out-group is inseparable from the success or survival of the in-group. For extremists, such harm becomes an intrinsic need. They come to believe that denying them the right to harm out-groups is the same thing as denying them the right to exist.
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The Ottawa LRT was built to have (unnecessary) human drivers. And then they cut frequency because the labour costs were too high. 🙃
December 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The Ottawa LRT was built to have (unnecessary) human drivers. And then they cut frequency because the labour costs were too high. 🙃
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NY transit workers union demanding double the level of staffing on trains that other cities have is what I mean by unions interest’s not always being the public’s interests. Totally legitimate and appropriate thing for union to push for, would make transit system worse overall.
December 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
NY transit workers union demanding double the level of staffing on trains that other cities have is what I mean by unions interest’s not always being the public’s interests. Totally legitimate and appropriate thing for union to push for, would make transit system worse overall.
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Rode Line 6 again off-peak as an experiment to see how much faster service could be with optimisation.
Trip time: 41 min
Dwell from lights: 11 min
Dwell from schedule padding: 4 min
Actual run time: 26 min
Increase the speed limit, and I'd say we could safely do 25 min off-peak/30 min peak.
Trip time: 41 min
Dwell from lights: 11 min
Dwell from schedule padding: 4 min
Actual run time: 26 min
Increase the speed limit, and I'd say we could safely do 25 min off-peak/30 min peak.
December 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Rode Line 6 again off-peak as an experiment to see how much faster service could be with optimisation.
Trip time: 41 min
Dwell from lights: 11 min
Dwell from schedule padding: 4 min
Actual run time: 26 min
Increase the speed limit, and I'd say we could safely do 25 min off-peak/30 min peak.
Trip time: 41 min
Dwell from lights: 11 min
Dwell from schedule padding: 4 min
Actual run time: 26 min
Increase the speed limit, and I'd say we could safely do 25 min off-peak/30 min peak.
did not realize election #8 was confirmed
December 20, 2025 at 5:25 AM
did not realize election #8 was confirmed
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surveys can easily be manipulated to create specific narratives; i prefer regurgitating what i see on social media, which famously cannot be manipulated to create specific narratives
December 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
surveys can easily be manipulated to create specific narratives; i prefer regurgitating what i see on social media, which famously cannot be manipulated to create specific narratives
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(Eyes rolling back as I begin to recite every opera ever written)
they should make classical music fun and by fun i mean hardcore drugs and violence you know something for the ladies
December 20, 2025 at 4:48 AM
(Eyes rolling back as I begin to recite every opera ever written)