Dennis Griffith
@isanobody.bsky.social
Manhattanite. Urbanist. Neo-liberal gentrifier.
In my experience it's pronounced "Don't turn Manhattan into Hong Kong."
November 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
In my experience it's pronounced "Don't turn Manhattan into Hong Kong."
Chicago? The downwardly mobile city?
November 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Chicago? The downwardly mobile city?
Apparently these are done from the subtitles so JR East becomes "Junior East" in the voiceover. OTOH, this does mean there's no "New Trunk Line" leaking through.
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Apparently these are done from the subtitles so JR East becomes "Junior East" in the voiceover. OTOH, this does mean there's no "New Trunk Line" leaking through.
I can't believe the elites had early access to Wordle.
November 13, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I can't believe the elites had early access to Wordle.
There's recent English media coverage, but nothing that ever pops up in my feed seems very ambitious. www.railwaygazette.com/metro/tokyo-...
Tokyo Metro to introduce GoA2·5 automated operation on the Marunouchi Line
JAPAN: Tokyo Metro is working to introduce what it calls 'GoA2·5' train control on the Marunouchi Line, the operator has told Railway Gazette International.
www.railwaygazette.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
There's recent English media coverage, but nothing that ever pops up in my feed seems very ambitious. www.railwaygazette.com/metro/tokyo-...
There's an angle to his specific example that's impacted some people I know. www.kidney.org/news-stories...
Watch out for Your Kidneys When You Use Medicines for Pain
Pain relievers can harm kidneys if misused. Learn how to use common over-the-counter drugs safely.
www.kidney.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
There's an angle to his specific example that's impacted some people I know. www.kidney.org/news-stories...
It helps if you suspect they might routinely position for supply chain attacks. Hard to imagine using that too openly to bully people more than one, but maybe there's a more deniable strategy? Akin to 'accidentally' slow rare earth exports. www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...
Fearing vulnerability to China, Europe has a new worry: Electric buses
Bus providers in Denmark and Norway are urgently investigating what they say is a security loophole in electric buses made in China.
www.nbcnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
It helps if you suspect they might routinely position for supply chain attacks. Hard to imagine using that too openly to bully people more than one, but maybe there's a more deniable strategy? Akin to 'accidentally' slow rare earth exports. www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...
That doesn't even sound off-brand. wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Praxis
wh40k.lexicanum.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
That doesn't even sound off-brand. wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Praxis
Nice to see someone keeping ablaq alive.
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Nice to see someone keeping ablaq alive.
Time for privatization to disarm that attack vector.
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Time for privatization to disarm that attack vector.
Name aside, it barely seems like a gimmick. Zippers don't seem that far off from having extra ticket/pen/etc pockets.
November 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Name aside, it barely seems like a gimmick. Zippers don't seem that far off from having extra ticket/pen/etc pockets.
YouTube premium is great unless you and your kids never watch videos.
November 9, 2025 at 3:18 AM
YouTube premium is great unless you and your kids never watch videos.
Right. They're regulated like retail financial companies.
November 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Right. They're regulated like retail financial companies.
We just need better financial engineering. Put the CapEx on their books and only build stuff that's plausibly OpEx acceptable to the main agglomerative beneficiary.
November 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
We just need better financial engineering. Put the CapEx on their books and only build stuff that's plausibly OpEx acceptable to the main agglomerative beneficiary.