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A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people.
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
1+1=2
#modelrailroad
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Taking VIA Rail train to Prince Rupert, BC, I got a surprise when I stopped at the North Pacific Cannery. In the museum, I got to go within the Lionel ‘O’ gauge layout model built by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad Society. Loved the fact that full-sized freights pass by outside! www.highspeed.blog
January 1, 2026 at 10:52 PM
#modelrailroad
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Your car is too big.
December 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Your car is too big.
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“Like prime, but with human beings”
December 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Like prime, but with human beings”
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These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
Tant de « solutions » suggérées sans mentionner l’autobus 747. Il faut le faire! Avec correspondances avec le métro et le REM. Passages aux 15 minutes. Il n’y a plus beaucoup d’excuses.
C’est comme si votre cerveau n’est pas capable de penser à autre chose qu’une auto.
« Car brain »
C’est comme si votre cerveau n’est pas capable de penser à autre chose qu’une auto.
« Car brain »
December 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Tant de « solutions » suggérées sans mentionner l’autobus 747. Il faut le faire! Avec correspondances avec le métro et le REM. Passages aux 15 minutes. Il n’y a plus beaucoup d’excuses.
C’est comme si votre cerveau n’est pas capable de penser à autre chose qu’une auto.
« Car brain »
C’est comme si votre cerveau n’est pas capable de penser à autre chose qu’une auto.
« Car brain »
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The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
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Well, look at that. He made a complete dick of himself and it didn’t cost nearly that much.
December 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Well, look at that. He made a complete dick of himself and it didn’t cost nearly that much.
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It turns out vehicular traffic does something else, too, more subtle but equally pernicious: It changes the way children see and experience the world by diminishing their connection to community and neighbors.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Kids Who Get Driven Everywhere Don't Know Where They're Going
A new study suggests vehicular travel affects children's ability to navigate their neighborhood and connect to their community.
www.bloomberg.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
It turns out vehicular traffic does something else, too, more subtle but equally pernicious: It changes the way children see and experience the world by diminishing their connection to community and neighbors.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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A podcast asked me to record a voice note about my prediction for 2026 and here it is.
December 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A podcast asked me to record a voice note about my prediction for 2026 and here it is.
Bel héritage laissé aux jeunes
Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
December 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Bel héritage laissé aux jeunes
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Picturing one of the stunt Ivankas in his employ dutifully typing this out, wondering when it will end.
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Picturing one of the stunt Ivankas in his employ dutifully typing this out, wondering when it will end.
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The designer of Times New Roman, Stanley Morrison, was a conscientious objector in 1916 and was imprisoned for his pacifist beliefs.
These dipshits can't even vice signal without screwing it up.
These dipshits can't even vice signal without screwing it up.
Times New Roman is an imported font, developed for London newspaper The Times in 1931. You know what American-designed font cooked up in 1994 would be perfect for this regime? Comic Sans.
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
December 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The designer of Times New Roman, Stanley Morrison, was a conscientious objector in 1916 and was imprisoned for his pacifist beliefs.
These dipshits can't even vice signal without screwing it up.
These dipshits can't even vice signal without screwing it up.
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Think much of the over-parenting we despise stems from the early on fear of the driver.
If parents weren't terrified of our streets kids would have so much more freedom and independence which might get them comfortable with their children's ability to navigate the world without them.
If parents weren't terrified of our streets kids would have so much more freedom and independence which might get them comfortable with their children's ability to navigate the world without them.
December 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Good morning to everyone who thinks car horns should be as loud inside the car as outside the car.
December 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Good morning to everyone who thinks car horns should be as loud inside the car as outside the car.
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This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
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The richest "capitalists" today don't really invest in capital, the means of production. They invest in hype cycles. 🧵
Introducing a new series on Tech Policy Press, Andreu Belsunces Gonçalves examines how hype operates within venture capital and private equity and why it has become such a powerful political instrument. The orientation provided by AI hype is guiding us towards an oligarchic future, he writes..
Why Tech Hype Is Rising and What Venture Capital Has to Do with It | TechPolicy.Press
Andreu Belsunces Gonçalves examines how hype operates and explains why it has become such a powerful political instrument today.
www.techpolicy.press
December 3, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The richest "capitalists" today don't really invest in capital, the means of production. They invest in hype cycles. 🧵
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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I know everyone is dunking on the robot here but look at how much space is devoted to cars in this scenario. The sidewalk should be bigger and the road smaller.
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I know everyone is dunking on the robot here but look at how much space is devoted to cars in this scenario. The sidewalk should be bigger and the road smaller.
Une allocation au lieu d’un stationnement fourni?
Peut être la CAQ aurait pu penser à ça avant de décider que la priorité du projet réfection de HMR c’est un immense stationnement.
Ça devrait être généralisé partout au Qc.
Peut être la CAQ aurait pu penser à ça avant de décider que la priorité du projet réfection de HMR c’est un immense stationnement.
Ça devrait être généralisé partout au Qc.
WORKPLACE PARKING. Has anyone heard of an employer paying people a daily sum, which if you drove went towards your parking space and if you didn't drive went into your pocket? I'm sure I've heard of somewhere doing this, but cannot remember where I heard it
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Une allocation au lieu d’un stationnement fourni?
Peut être la CAQ aurait pu penser à ça avant de décider que la priorité du projet réfection de HMR c’est un immense stationnement.
Ça devrait être généralisé partout au Qc.
Peut être la CAQ aurait pu penser à ça avant de décider que la priorité du projet réfection de HMR c’est un immense stationnement.
Ça devrait être généralisé partout au Qc.
how about mass manslaughter? I think it conveys the cruelty and intent quite well?
Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
how about mass manslaughter? I think it conveys the cruelty and intent quite well?
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Love the intercity train arriving at the same time! Great timing
#Montreal 's just leap-frogged other cities in North America by opening the REM.
Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (100 km/h plus). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)
And really fun to ride...
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Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (100 km/h plus). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)
And really fun to ride...
🧵
November 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Love the intercity train arriving at the same time! Great timing
Although it does quite accurately show that little short of eternal damnation has even a chance of changing a rich a-hole’s values 🤔
this propaganda needs to be pulled for good.
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Although it does quite accurately show that little short of eternal damnation has even a chance of changing a rich a-hole’s values 🤔
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Oil Can Boyd
Pitcher
Debut: 1982 - Retired: 1991
TEX - BOS - MON
Pitcher
Debut: 1982 - Retired: 1991
TEX - BOS - MON
Oil Can Boyd at baseball-reference.com
Career stats of Oil Can Boyd
baseball-reference.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Oil Can Boyd
Pitcher
Debut: 1982 - Retired: 1991
TEX - BOS - MON
Pitcher
Debut: 1982 - Retired: 1991
TEX - BOS - MON