America is a Pastoralpunk Dystopia
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Let's be honest here, I mostly post about trains. Well, cities too.
I currently work in the Japanese education sector but I'd rather work with trains.
I'm a proud Philly expat so expect to see lots of stuff about PA and Pennsylvania too.
I currently work in the Japanese education sector but I'd rather work with trains.
I'm a proud Philly expat so expect to see lots of stuff about PA and Pennsylvania too.
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First, it could have been *more* successful as a policy program if the ambient political landscape weren't so toxic, and so we should view Bidenomics as the bare minimum acceptable from the centrist wing moving forward
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The Bills started 4-0. They've since gone 3-4. If the struggles continue, questions will emerge about the future -- and regarding whether big changes need to be made.
www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
As Bills slip, questions will emerge about the future
From 4-0 to 3-4, what happens if the Bills miss the playoffs?
www.nbcsports.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The Bills started 4-0. They've since gone 3-4. If the struggles continue, questions will emerge about the future -- and regarding whether big changes need to be made.
www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
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Austerity has a powerful impact on children’s mental health centralbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
Austerity has a powerful impact on children’s mental health
The legacy of British austerity can’t be understood without considering the effects on mental health, especially childhood trauma
centralbylines.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Austerity has a powerful impact on children’s mental health centralbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
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I meant 10 minute trunk service. 1957 midday service pattern chicagorailfan.com/tt5ic.html was every 20 minutes to South Chicago, even 40 each to Blue Island and Matteson, making every 10 on the trunk. 1939 chicagorailfan.com/tt3ic.html had even more, 6tph to South Chicago and 10tph on the trunk.
November 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I meant 10 minute trunk service. 1957 midday service pattern chicagorailfan.com/tt5ic.html was every 20 minutes to South Chicago, even 40 each to Blue Island and Matteson, making every 10 on the trunk. 1939 chicagorailfan.com/tt3ic.html had even more, 6tph to South Chicago and 10tph on the trunk.
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I can’t say I feel particularly bad about this prospect but I think the intensity of the crackdown the next time there’s antisemitic violence in NYC is going to astonish some people
WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
November 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I can’t say I feel particularly bad about this prospect but I think the intensity of the crackdown the next time there’s antisemitic violence in NYC is going to astonish some people
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This was a week when President Donald Trump’s authoritarian power grab — from his bid to rig the 2026 midterms to his corrupt, revenge-driven prosecutions — suffered some major setbacks. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
This Week at Democracy Docket: Trump’s Texas Gerrymander Blocked, and the GOP Calls ICE on Signature Gatherers
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This was a week when President Donald Trump’s authoritarian power grab — from his bid to rig the 2026 midterms to his corrupt, revenge-driven prosecutions — suffered some major setbacks. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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We have an FBI agent family friend who tries to tell everyone he knows that Roblox is one of the busiest neo-Nazi recruiting grounds around.
November 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
We have an FBI agent family friend who tries to tell everyone he knows that Roblox is one of the busiest neo-Nazi recruiting grounds around.
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Long story short, it has ultramanipulative design to coerce children into overspending, and to make free content for them under the illusion that they can make money from it.
Plus a bunch of issues with predatory adults having easy frictionless access to kids
Plus a bunch of issues with predatory adults having easy frictionless access to kids
November 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Long story short, it has ultramanipulative design to coerce children into overspending, and to make free content for them under the illusion that they can make money from it.
Plus a bunch of issues with predatory adults having easy frictionless access to kids
Plus a bunch of issues with predatory adults having easy frictionless access to kids
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One dad before I shuffle off an die
Everyone in tech will realize that if people respond when the racism and fascism starts
That protects kids because surprise surprise
Black kids, Latine kids etc are also kids
www.wired.com/story/roblox...
Everyone in tech will realize that if people respond when the racism and fascism starts
That protects kids because surprise surprise
Black kids, Latine kids etc are also kids
www.wired.com/story/roblox...
November 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
One dad before I shuffle off an die
Everyone in tech will realize that if people respond when the racism and fascism starts
That protects kids because surprise surprise
Black kids, Latine kids etc are also kids
www.wired.com/story/roblox...
Everyone in tech will realize that if people respond when the racism and fascism starts
That protects kids because surprise surprise
Black kids, Latine kids etc are also kids
www.wired.com/story/roblox...
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Oops. Ooooooooooooops.
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Oops. Ooooooooooooops.
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
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Yes, and even more depressing to see the celebrations on FB. God-given right to kill pedestrians and cyclists. Can we get the alderman to invest in roundabouts instead?
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Yes, and even more depressing to see the celebrations on FB. God-given right to kill pedestrians and cyclists. Can we get the alderman to invest in roundabouts instead?
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So depressing.
Ald. Dowell is forcing CDOT to tear out portions of already installed bike lane protection on 18th, including Chicago's first protected intersection.
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/11/21/a...
@stevevance.net @bikegridnow.org @atalliance.bsky.social @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social @chicritmass.bsky.social
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@stevevance.net @bikegridnow.org @atalliance.bsky.social @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social @chicritmass.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
So depressing.
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here's today's post: "good fucking riddance to Marjorie Taylor Greene" — buh-bye, Sporky.
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good fucking riddance to Marjorie Taylor Greene
buh-bye, Sporky
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November 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
here's today's post: "good fucking riddance to Marjorie Taylor Greene" — buh-bye, Sporky.
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
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Like shit!
‘Were Seeing What a No-Immigration Economy Looks Like’
Bypass paywall 🔗
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Bypass paywall 🔗
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@wendyedelberg.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Like shit!
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"The United States isn’t a nation like other nations, and it never has been. There is no American ethnicity to back up the state, and there was no such distinctive ethnicity even in 1776, when the U.S. was created."--Gordon Wood www.wsj.com/opinion/why-...
Opinion | Why America Is a ‘Creedal Nation’
The distinguished historian says the U.S. isn’t like other nations and never has been. There is no American ethnicity to back up the state.
www.wsj.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"The United States isn’t a nation like other nations, and it never has been. There is no American ethnicity to back up the state, and there was no such distinctive ethnicity even in 1776, when the U.S. was created."--Gordon Wood www.wsj.com/opinion/why-...
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Oddly enough, in media coverage of Dems' video warning against carrying out illegal orders, there's very little discussion of *whether it's actually reasonable to fear Trump is giving illegal commands or not.*
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
November 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Oddly enough, in media coverage of Dems' video warning against carrying out illegal orders, there's very little discussion of *whether it's actually reasonable to fear Trump is giving illegal commands or not.*
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
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All roads lead to Russia
Through Miami
Through Miami
Trump Admin Caught Passing Russia’s Homework Off as Its Own
The MAGA White House is scrambling to contain backlash to a plan critics say would amount to Ukraine’s surrender after nearly four years of brutal war.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
All roads lead to Russia
Through Miami
Through Miami
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re: the America is Dallas article
Max Nordau was right degeneration could exist but wrong about its origins.
Suburbs hadn't been invented yet.
Suburbs hadn't been invented yet.
November 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
re: the America is Dallas article
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I think my biggest problem with the "vaccines cause autism" bullshit is that, even assuming they did (they don't, actually), neurodiversity is...good?
"Oh no, instead of polio and measles, people are cool and have new and different ways of thinking about things" is, uh, a really weird flex
"Oh no, instead of polio and measles, people are cool and have new and different ways of thinking about things" is, uh, a really weird flex
November 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I think my biggest problem with the "vaccines cause autism" bullshit is that, even assuming they did (they don't, actually), neurodiversity is...good?
"Oh no, instead of polio and measles, people are cool and have new and different ways of thinking about things" is, uh, a really weird flex
"Oh no, instead of polio and measles, people are cool and have new and different ways of thinking about things" is, uh, a really weird flex
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"Against Change" on the community meeting sticky note board is a little on the nose.
The conversation spilled over onto the Post-It notes people left on the interactive maps of the project.”
““This will BRING DRUGS”
“This will bring homeless”
”People who live in Queens DO NOT GO to Brooklyn College — they attend Queens College”
“Against Change”
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/23/s...
““This will BRING DRUGS”
“This will bring homeless”
”People who live in Queens DO NOT GO to Brooklyn College — they attend Queens College”
“Against Change”
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/23/s...
Sunday Read: Middle Village Has a Love-Hate Relationship with the IBX - Streetsblog New York City
The IBX light rail project is collecting out a loud group of critics — and a wellspring of support in central Queens.
nyc.streetsblog.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"Against Change" on the community meeting sticky note board is a little on the nose.
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I had a popular account with a valuable audience and my Twitter payout was $80 a month-ish, to the point where I disabled monetization instead of uploading my ID. Payouts are only material if you live in a developing country, so “guy in Nigeria posting right-wing Amerislop” has taken over the site.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I had a popular account with a valuable audience and my Twitter payout was $80 a month-ish, to the point where I disabled monetization instead of uploading my ID. Payouts are only material if you live in a developing country, so “guy in Nigeria posting right-wing Amerislop” has taken over the site.
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Culver City becomes the first California city to allow [again] six-story apartment buildings with just one staircase.
🪜up to 6-floors
📐4,000sf max floor plates
🪜up to 6-floors
📐4,000sf max floor plates
November 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Culver City becomes the first California city to allow [again] six-story apartment buildings with just one staircase.
🪜up to 6-floors
📐4,000sf max floor plates
🪜up to 6-floors
📐4,000sf max floor plates
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I don’t think ICE testimony should even be allowed in court without corroborating evidence
This is the pattern: ICE/CBP initiate violence toward observers and protestors, then they claim they were assaulted in order to use the threat of prison to silence dissent.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
November 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I don’t think ICE testimony should even be allowed in court without corroborating evidence
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The wildest part of the South End isn’t the brownstones… it’s that Boston built something beautiful, loved it, and then spent decades making sure no one could ever do it again anywhere in Massachusetts.
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The wildest part of the South End isn’t the brownstones… it’s that Boston built something beautiful, loved it, and then spent decades making sure no one could ever do it again anywhere in Massachusetts.
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Eagles pregame reading: NFL Tank Rank. 6 teams are vying for the #1 pick with the Titans in the lead and the Browns poised to jump them at the first hint of competence.
phillyfrontoffice.com/2025/11/20/n...
phillyfrontoffice.com/2025/11/20/n...
NFL Tank Rank Week 12: Pour One Out for the Dolphins
Tank Rank mostly stays the same this week, but two huge games could change everything for next week.
phillyfrontoffice.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Eagles pregame reading: NFL Tank Rank. 6 teams are vying for the #1 pick with the Titans in the lead and the Browns poised to jump them at the first hint of competence.
phillyfrontoffice.com/2025/11/20/n...
phillyfrontoffice.com/2025/11/20/n...
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“For the first time since 1959, it is now legal to build new corner stores in residential neighbourhoods across Toronto.”
November 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
“For the first time since 1959, it is now legal to build new corner stores in residential neighbourhoods across Toronto.”