Median Poster
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Median Poster
@stealmyposts.bsky.social
Learner, HS Teacher, Reader of books, good and bad, Proud Marylander. Into urbanism and transit.

Contrarian by nuture. Determined optimist by nature.
trump take plane
The complex work of rearranging pilot and crew schedules is made even more knotty by lingering flight cuts and staffing unpredictability: Here’s your Evening Briefing.
Airlines Struggle to Recover From Trump Traffic Cuts
Get caught up.
bloom.bg
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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One of my favorite things about NYC is that the entire fleet of NYC ferries was named by 2nd graders. I think about this every time my run takes me past the docks.

Anyway, there are people who went to work this morning aboard The Tooth Ferry and the Ocean Queen Rockstar.
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Finally driving my first EV and can’t be the only middle aged dad now *obsessed* with regenerative braking and getting as many miles as humanly possible.
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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*SPEAKER JOHNSON TO SWEAR IN GRIJALVA ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Call them:

Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542

Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224

King (ME)
202 224-5344

Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324

Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152

Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521

Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841

Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451

Masto (NV)
202 224-3542

Warner (VA)
202 224-2023

Fetterman (PA)
No Point
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Wild. They are figuring out how to store electricity in ... concrete.
Concrete “battery” developed at MIT now packs 10 times the power
New concrete and carbon black supercapacitors with optimized electrolytes have 10 times the energy storage of previous designs and can be incorporated into a wide range of architectural forms.
news.mit.edu
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Yes!!! Chester. A. Arthur.
We just finished this tonight. It was really good. In school, we were taught nothing about this president other than he was assassinated early into his term.
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
the senate republicans aren't negogiating with the senate democrats... they're negogiating with trump and the house republicans and I wish them all great joy in each other
November 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Science Bluesky, I need a question answered that is not yielding to Google!

Can you carbon-14 date an alien?

Because I know it requires nitrogen-14 in the upper atmosphere and if the alien homeworld doesn’t have the same nitrogen content…?
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
jury nullification folks... the great bastion of sanity in the masses
November 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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like many folks I did not know that parking in bike lanes technically wasn’t illegal in Montgomery County, at least until this week. now we just need MCPD to enforce it— www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Parking in bike lanes will soon be illegal in Montgomery County
Drivers will now face a $60 fine and a traffic citation for parking in a bike lane in Montgomery County.
www.thebanner.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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i say thank you to the bus driver when i get on and yell thank you when i get off every day i ride the bus, and i take two buses to and from work, being nice and friendly costs you nothing and should be your default expectation for yourself because it improves your day and everyone else’s day
Being nice to people is just fun. Asked young server at taco place how her day was going (fine but tired) and she asked me back. I said I managed to finish my to-do list and she unexpectedly gave me a high five! Treating people like people is always rewarding.
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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I want more postal worker procedurals. Shit, bring on a show about postal police. They're generally not running around strapped, and they're scarily effective.
November 6, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Repair Video

xkcd.com/3163/
November 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Baltimore just eliminated parking minimums, reduced lot line setbacks, and allowed single-stair buildings for buildings up to six stories

All without years of studies or prevarication. This is not just the path to rest belt revival, it is a model for cities nationwide
November 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Neal Katyal's opening volley against Trump's tariffs:

"May it please the court: Tariffs are taxes."
November 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Congratulations to Mamdani on winning the mayorship of the only city in this country! 🏙️🗽
The fact that the US has a bimodal density distribution where one of the modes is just New York urban center is crazy
November 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Pour one out for everyone walking through the Chapel Perilous on this post-election
November 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
this is the only correct answer and a screening question for the highest offices in the land
November 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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👀 Scoop: IRS Direct File, the free government-backed program that let you file your taxes for free, is dead.

IRS wrote to state tax agencies saying it would not be operational this coming tax season, per records I've obtained.

IRS Direct File: 2023-2025.

(Story from when the pilot launched.)
IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax-prep giants
The tax agency has quietly built its own prototype system for filing tax returns digitally and free of charge, according to current and former officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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I’ll take this and raise you “personal trainers should be an integrated part of the (free) health care system”
honestly my most leftist gym bro take is that gyms are a public good and should be state owned and free, not private
November 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
👀.....🍿
BREAKING: After ICE refuses to allow detained migrants to receive the Eucharist, Pope Leo calls on Trump and Vance to respect migrants‘ dignity and religious liberty.

“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”
November 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM