sick public transit, gloria
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Aura of Success: The First Years of Japan's Privatized National Railways
What does it take to make a railway a "success"?
www.substack-bahn.net
new S(ubstack)-Bahn post: I evaluate Japanese Railways' first years post-privatization and examine the conditions set prior to its launch to guarantee its success. But how does one grade such success -- and can JR be deemed as a success story?
www.substack-bahn.net/p/aura-of-su...
www.substack-bahn.net/p/aura-of-su...
my not yet done SF subway builder draft as of this morning. need to extend the Van Ness line somehow and build a heavy rail from SFO to DTSF (ignore the white lines, they are either defunct ROW or not yet built)
January 5, 2026 at 11:38 PM
my not yet done SF subway builder draft as of this morning. need to extend the Van Ness line somehow and build a heavy rail from SFO to DTSF (ignore the white lines, they are either defunct ROW or not yet built)
in 2026, I am kicking my bluesky addiction by opting into a bigger addiction (subway builder the game)
January 5, 2026 at 7:52 PM
in 2026, I am kicking my bluesky addiction by opting into a bigger addiction (subway builder the game)
the only real sour crude I know of is my ex
genuinely saw a post saying that the idea of sour crude was a lie by the elite which is uh, baffling to me
January 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
the only real sour crude I know of is my ex
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When it comes to the US economy, this is perhaps the single most important chart.
It shows that although personal consumption by Americans is up (blue line), it's coming at the expense of savings because incomes have stopped growing:
It shows that although personal consumption by Americans is up (blue line), it's coming at the expense of savings because incomes have stopped growing:
January 5, 2026 at 5:07 PM
When it comes to the US economy, this is perhaps the single most important chart.
It shows that although personal consumption by Americans is up (blue line), it's coming at the expense of savings because incomes have stopped growing:
It shows that although personal consumption by Americans is up (blue line), it's coming at the expense of savings because incomes have stopped growing:
RIP to the greatest Korean movie actor of all time
A Seoul hospital says prominent South Korean movie star Ahn Sung-ki has died. He was 74.
Prominent South Korean movie star Ahn Sung-ki has died, hospital says
A Seoul hospital says prominent South Korean movie star Ahn Sung-ki has died. He was 74. The Seoul-based Soonchunhyang University Hospital says Ahn died on Monday morning.
bit.ly
January 5, 2026 at 2:37 AM
RIP to the greatest Korean movie actor of all time
we’re digging Jean Baudrillard out his grave tonight. he’s got some explainin’ to do
Trump to Fox & Friends on the raid that captured Maduro: "I mean, I watched it literally l like I was watching a television show. If you would've seen the speed, the violence -- it was an amazing thing."
January 4, 2026 at 9:40 PM
we’re digging Jean Baudrillard out his grave tonight. he’s got some explainin’ to do
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reading chapter 210, hooting, hollering for US of A for all the wrong reasons
November 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
reading chapter 210, hooting, hollering for US of A for all the wrong reasons
so much of the political neuroses found not only in US but also across the world seems tied to, or directly originates from, the 1970s Oil Embargo
it's about oil (superstructure), not oil (base), to put it in marxo terms
The amount of “this is clearly about oil” posting across all platforms as story after story comes out where the oil industry is saying that the oil isn’t worth extracting is making me feel a little insane
January 4, 2026 at 8:13 PM
so much of the political neuroses found not only in US but also across the world seems tied to, or directly originates from, the 1970s Oil Embargo
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it's about oil (superstructure), not oil (base), to put it in marxo terms
The amount of “this is clearly about oil” posting across all platforms as story after story comes out where the oil industry is saying that the oil isn’t worth extracting is making me feel a little insane
January 4, 2026 at 7:42 PM
it's about oil (superstructure), not oil (base), to put it in marxo terms
it’s like the 15th most important thing right now but man like we are co-hosting the World Cup with Mexico in 6 months time lmfao
January 4, 2026 at 1:23 AM
it’s like the 15th most important thing right now but man like we are co-hosting the World Cup with Mexico in 6 months time lmfao
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Venezuela’s Hanoi Hannah “Caracas Cassandra” would be like:
“Go home G.I. Steam Machine and half like 3 are waiting for you. Your imperialist government has sent gamers to die, G.I. They do not care whether you have a GF. They will let you die in the jungle instead of an affordable home, G.I.”
“Go home G.I. Steam Machine and half like 3 are waiting for you. Your imperialist government has sent gamers to die, G.I. They do not care whether you have a GF. They will let you die in the jungle instead of an affordable home, G.I.”
November 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Venezuela’s Hanoi Hannah “Caracas Cassandra” would be like:
“Go home G.I. Steam Machine and half like 3 are waiting for you. Your imperialist government has sent gamers to die, G.I. They do not care whether you have a GF. They will let you die in the jungle instead of an affordable home, G.I.”
“Go home G.I. Steam Machine and half like 3 are waiting for you. Your imperialist government has sent gamers to die, G.I. They do not care whether you have a GF. They will let you die in the jungle instead of an affordable home, G.I.”
John Wick in oil barrel room that looks like a bar: I’m thinking something…heavy. sour. crude.
oilman smirks: we just got a new shipment from Caracas…I think you’d enjoy
oilman smirks: we just got a new shipment from Caracas…I think you’d enjoy
January 4, 2026 at 1:06 AM
John Wick in oil barrel room that looks like a bar: I’m thinking something…heavy. sour. crude.
oilman smirks: we just got a new shipment from Caracas…I think you’d enjoy
oilman smirks: we just got a new shipment from Caracas…I think you’d enjoy
deafening silence from Mayor Mamdani on how he is going to lower the cost of living in San Francisco
January 2, 2026 at 8:29 PM
deafening silence from Mayor Mamdani on how he is going to lower the cost of living in San Francisco
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With a commercial operating speed of 370 km/h, the EMU-370 is 50 km/h faster than Korea's current fastest high-speed train, the KTX-Cheongryong, and ranks as the world's second fastest after China’s high speed train operating at 400 km/h.
english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...
english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...
Korea to trial next-gen train capable of sub-2-hour Seoul-Busan trip starting 2030
Korea’s government announced the development of core tech for the world’s second-fastest high-speed train
english.hani.co.kr
December 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
With a commercial operating speed of 370 km/h, the EMU-370 is 50 km/h faster than Korea's current fastest high-speed train, the KTX-Cheongryong, and ranks as the world's second fastest after China’s high speed train operating at 400 km/h.
english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...
english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...
there is actual Asian parent wisdom to this evergreen problem: you gotta fill them up on inari and maki/gimbap before giving them the good raw fish
This is related to Millennials waiting to have kids until they have more financial security: www.wsj.com/lifestyle/pa...
Parents Are Going Broke From Their Kids’ Sushi Obsession
Raw fish has replaced pizza as a birthday party staple, prompting plenty of regret.
www.wsj.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:14 PM
there is actual Asian parent wisdom to this evergreen problem: you gotta fill them up on inari and maki/gimbap before giving them the good raw fish
you gotta be taomaxxing in 2026, folks
January 2, 2026 at 4:53 PM
you gotta be taomaxxing in 2026, folks
my favorite fiction reads of 2025. felt this was the year I took fiction really really seriously, and it's been very rewarding
December 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
my favorite fiction reads of 2025. felt this was the year I took fiction really really seriously, and it's been very rewarding
and New Yorkers look down at the rest of the country for being uncivilized
![Today, we pay our subway fare using a credit card or a MetroCard. But, in the 1980s and ‘90s, people used tokens (until they were discontinued in 2003). And the token led to its own form of fare evasion: Token sucking.
In his 1990 book Rough Justice, former Manhattan assistant district attorney David Heilbroner described the crime: “[The fare evaders] slip a folded piece of paper into the token slot so the token won’t go through into the token box. After a passenger loses a token and walks away, the kids come back, and suck it out of the slot. They put their mouth on the token slot and suck.” According to Heilbroner, every morning these criminals are “in the subway ten, maybe twenty times and then they come back for more at night.” Some suckers were collecting up to $50 worth of tokens a day.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:njnk7mrdtdc66v7a7ur6af5k/bafkreiem6k555cowfpk3cnzuhuwh5ws6dnd25cwcyzgsythss5js5xkmre@jpeg)
December 31, 2025 at 6:44 PM
and New Yorkers look down at the rest of the country for being uncivilized
sources tell me the Cardvaark will be ritually sacrificed at the stroke of midnight according to old Dutch traditions
December 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
sources tell me the Cardvaark will be ritually sacrificed at the stroke of midnight according to old Dutch traditions
Yesterday, the City of Seoul declared that all Seoul Metro stations are now equipped with an elevator. Wheelchaired disability activists tried to attend the Mayor's press conference but elevator area was cordoned off by security detail. Non-wheelchaired activists were dragged out of the station
December 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Yesterday, the City of Seoul declared that all Seoul Metro stations are now equipped with an elevator. Wheelchaired disability activists tried to attend the Mayor's press conference but elevator area was cordoned off by security detail. Non-wheelchaired activists were dragged out of the station
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truly one of the geniuses of posting
December 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
truly one of the geniuses of posting
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One of the best to ever do it
December 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
One of the best to ever do it
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Once a year you have to read André Gorz' insightful takedown of car dependancy and sit for a second with the knowledge that it was written in 1973.
unevenearth.org/2018/08/the-...
unevenearth.org/2018/08/the-...
December 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Once a year you have to read André Gorz' insightful takedown of car dependancy and sit for a second with the knowledge that it was written in 1973.
unevenearth.org/2018/08/the-...
unevenearth.org/2018/08/the-...