Jack
@jacktymac.bsky.social
anti-imperialist automobile abolitionist
land use historian
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charlotte / mittelfranken
land use historian
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charlotte / mittelfranken
1835: build first steam railway in Germany between Nürnberg and Fürth (Ludwigseisenbahn)
*wait very, very patiently*
2025: reap the reward of Franconia's very own commie corridor (Die Linke result in this year's federal election)
*wait very, very patiently*
2025: reap the reward of Franconia's very own commie corridor (Die Linke result in this year's federal election)
November 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
1835: build first steam railway in Germany between Nürnberg and Fürth (Ludwigseisenbahn)
*wait very, very patiently*
2025: reap the reward of Franconia's very own commie corridor (Die Linke result in this year's federal election)
*wait very, very patiently*
2025: reap the reward of Franconia's very own commie corridor (Die Linke result in this year's federal election)
Omaha and Nuremberg have nearly identical municipal/urban/metropolitan populations, but that's about where the similarities end...
November 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Omaha and Nuremberg have nearly identical municipal/urban/metropolitan populations, but that's about where the similarities end...
Percentage-point change in share of population by demographic in the Charlotte area
The blue line is highly correlated w/ pp change in Black population share (Charlotte rezoned most of the inner sections of the line for TOD)
Meanwhile gentrifiers seek walkability not weak transit access...
The blue line is highly correlated w/ pp change in Black population share (Charlotte rezoned most of the inner sections of the line for TOD)
Meanwhile gentrifiers seek walkability not weak transit access...
November 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Percentage-point change in share of population by demographic in the Charlotte area
The blue line is highly correlated w/ pp change in Black population share (Charlotte rezoned most of the inner sections of the line for TOD)
Meanwhile gentrifiers seek walkability not weak transit access...
The blue line is highly correlated w/ pp change in Black population share (Charlotte rezoned most of the inner sections of the line for TOD)
Meanwhile gentrifiers seek walkability not weak transit access...
Scenes from Fürth over the past two weeks :)
October 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Scenes from Fürth over the past two weeks :)
RB12 Mittelfrankenbahn through Laubendorf (Langenzenn) to Markt Erlbach 🌤️🛤️🌳
October 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
RB12 Mittelfrankenbahn through Laubendorf (Langenzenn) to Markt Erlbach 🌤️🛤️🌳
Feeling visceral anger at the state of things 😅
October 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Feeling visceral anger at the state of things 😅
The Australian govt commissioned Deloitte last year for an assurance review “to help assess problems with a welfare system for automatically penalising jobseekers”
It went as well as one could expect…
It went as well as one could expect…
October 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The Australian govt commissioned Deloitte last year for an assurance review “to help assess problems with a welfare system for automatically penalising jobseekers”
It went as well as one could expect…
It went as well as one could expect…
And the electorate has a pro-Palestine plurality! Popularists take note (not holding my breath…)
August 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
And the electorate has a pro-Palestine plurality! Popularists take note (not holding my breath…)
Germany is barreling towards this 2029 map and SPD really does not give a shit lol
August 1, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Germany is barreling towards this 2029 map and SPD really does not give a shit lol
My favorite gauge of normie lib thought: NYT’s comment section
…and the most-recommended comment on today’s headline story calls for sanctioning Israel. The intra-party chasm now spans at least BDS
…and the most-recommended comment on today’s headline story calls for sanctioning Israel. The intra-party chasm now spans at least BDS
July 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My favorite gauge of normie lib thought: NYT’s comment section
…and the most-recommended comment on today’s headline story calls for sanctioning Israel. The intra-party chasm now spans at least BDS
…and the most-recommended comment on today’s headline story calls for sanctioning Israel. The intra-party chasm now spans at least BDS
electoral landscape: reshaped
o7
o7
July 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
electoral landscape: reshaped
o7
o7
Shout out to the two "Zhoran Mamdani" votes back in 2021
July 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Shout out to the two "Zhoran Mamdani" votes back in 2021
The ambient nazism is increasingly intolerable
July 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The ambient nazism is increasingly intolerable
"zohran mamdani" is the #1 political trend on google in countries around the world this week
June 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"zohran mamdani" is the #1 political trend on google in countries around the world this week
"Walking" commute share by county, 1970 to 2023
June 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"Walking" commute share by county, 1970 to 2023
The left-green opposition is just as large as the far-right opposition and objectively has more potential to grow in the German electorate
May 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The left-green opposition is just as large as the far-right opposition and objectively has more potential to grow in the German electorate
In percentage terms, Charlotte was the fastest growing major city (pop >500,000) in the United States last year
May 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In percentage terms, Charlotte was the fastest growing major city (pop >500,000) in the United States last year
DSA members who insist on electorally operating exclusively within the Democratic Party are either dumb as rocks or wreckers
May 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
DSA members who insist on electorally operating exclusively within the Democratic Party are either dumb as rocks or wreckers
The race for second place is real but only features two people, one of whom is named Andrew Cuomo
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is clearly generating more search interest among city residents than any other primary candidate – an upward trend which started ~two months ago but picked up again recently
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is clearly generating more search interest among city residents than any other primary candidate – an upward trend which started ~two months ago but picked up again recently
May 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The race for second place is real but only features two people, one of whom is named Andrew Cuomo
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is clearly generating more search interest among city residents than any other primary candidate – an upward trend which started ~two months ago but picked up again recently
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is clearly generating more search interest among city residents than any other primary candidate – an upward trend which started ~two months ago but picked up again recently
Die Linke in Berlin – BTW25 // KPÖ in Wien – LTW25
April 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Die Linke in Berlin – BTW25 // KPÖ in Wien – LTW25
Al-Fajar (PLO) – Ost-Berlin, DDR – February 1989
April 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Al-Fajar (PLO) – Ost-Berlin, DDR – February 1989
Also objectively hilarious that Linke beats FDP now for economic competence
March 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Also objectively hilarious that Linke beats FDP now for economic competence
Gysi #1 kommt gleich ☭ ✌︎
March 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Gysi #1 kommt gleich ☭ ✌︎