Jed Hanson
@jedhanson.bsky.social
Transit nerd and bike guy 🚍🚴🏼♂️🏳️🌈🔰🏙️
Posts represent my view only and are sometimes HBO-rated. He/him.
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Posts represent my view only and are sometimes HBO-rated. He/him.
www.jedhanson.com for other links
Wild that this is the same spot! I used to wait for the 114 bus at this stop every morning and it felt like you were practically standing in the freeway on-ramp, and that shelter would somewhat regularly get smashed by car crashes. Now it's so spacious and somewhat calmer!
November 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Wild that this is the same spot! I used to wait for the 114 bus at this stop every morning and it felt like you were practically standing in the freeway on-ramp, and that shelter would somewhat regularly get smashed by car crashes. Now it's so spacious and somewhat calmer!
signs of E Line around town really building my nerdy internal excitement!
October 31, 2025 at 10:37 PM
signs of E Line around town really building my nerdy internal excitement!
This train may be obscenely delayed but at least I have Biscoffs this time!
August 11, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This train may be obscenely delayed but at least I have Biscoffs this time!
Sunday crossword a bit on the nose while I'm returning from Market Days on an Amtrak train that's been stuck in Milwaukee for two hours
August 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Sunday crossword a bit on the nose while I'm returning from Market Days on an Amtrak train that's been stuck in Milwaukee for two hours
man the CTA really has a bus bunching problem
August 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
man the CTA really has a bus bunching problem
Now this feels very Route 21: the very old New Flyer D60LFRs with coach-style seats. Thought these were only a State Fair special?
July 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Now this feels very Route 21: the very old New Flyer D60LFRs with coach-style seats. Thought these were only a State Fair special?
Kinda surprised it took this long, but finally knocking out my first B Line and Route 38 rides today!
July 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Kinda surprised it took this long, but finally knocking out my first B Line and Route 38 rides today!
a few months ago I walking around the West End for some appointments and a workout, and now that day is immortalized in Street View maps.app.goo.gl/gfSkLKErk2sg...
June 14, 2025 at 3:40 AM
a few months ago I walking around the West End for some appointments and a workout, and now that day is immortalized in Street View maps.app.goo.gl/gfSkLKErk2sg...
well it's that time of year for me to go on Google Street View to mourn the fountain of my youth
June 6, 2025 at 3:05 AM
well it's that time of year for me to go on Google Street View to mourn the fountain of my youth
Seeing the B and E Line transfers marked on the rail map made me smile! Soon enough!
May 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Seeing the B and E Line transfers marked on the rail map made me smile! Soon enough!
Forever feel spoiled by how many good shows I get to see in Minneapolis. Fabiana Palladino, got to meet her and get a signed record too 🤩
May 4, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Forever feel spoiled by how many good shows I get to see in Minneapolis. Fabiana Palladino, got to meet her and get a signed record too 🤩
Life Time Fitness putting down fresh gray LVP or laminate in 2025, replacing nice hardwood, is such a dated choice to tie their brand to
May 2, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Life Time Fitness putting down fresh gray LVP or laminate in 2025, replacing nice hardwood, is such a dated choice to tie their brand to
one of my favorite parts about living downtown is being able to walk to the river and sit with the sound of the falls for a bit
April 24, 2025 at 1:02 AM
one of my favorite parts about living downtown is being able to walk to the river and sit with the sound of the falls for a bit
Beautiful day for the return of kickball season. Split 1-1, got an RBI and the winning run on the second game.
April 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Beautiful day for the return of kickball season. Split 1-1, got an RBI and the winning run on the second game.
got a taste of spring this week
April 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
got a taste of spring this week
We were seated feet from the secondary stage. Absolutely stunning and fun show 🥰
April 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
We were seated feet from the secondary stage. Absolutely stunning and fun show 🥰
kinda disappointing seeing the curb lines at the new Dave Thomas Circle that Wendy's fell for this to remain a car sewer
April 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
kinda disappointing seeing the curb lines at the new Dave Thomas Circle that Wendy's fell for this to remain a car sewer
only listening to this playlist until next Tuesday because I am so excited to finally see Kylie
April 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
only listening to this playlist until next Tuesday because I am so excited to finally see Kylie
checked out the Gold Line today, pretty zippy
March 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
checked out the Gold Line today, pretty zippy
successfully made cacio e pepe for the first time without the sauce splitting, please clap
February 15, 2025 at 3:24 AM
successfully made cacio e pepe for the first time without the sauce splitting, please clap
And here it is: blatantly clear this administration views HIV as punishment for being gay or trans.
February 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
And here it is: blatantly clear this administration views HIV as punishment for being gay or trans.
My first after-college job was a brief summer internship in CFPB's enforcement office. My boss was employee #13. One of their active cases was against TCF Financial on their overdraft fee practices.
February 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
My first after-college job was a brief summer internship in CFPB's enforcement office. My boss was employee #13. One of their active cases was against TCF Financial on their overdraft fee practices.
really struggling to cope with the fact that I got an email from a federal agency today illegally ordering my profession to start practicing a veiled form of racial eugenics
![Excerpt of a document with a clause highlighted "to the extent practicable, relevant, appropriate, and consistent law, mitigate the unique impacts of DOT programs, policies, and activities on families and family-specific difficulties, such as the accessibility of transportation to families with young children, and [start highlight] give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average [end highlight] (including in administering the Federal Transit Administration's Capital Investment Grant Program"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jv5fdghtb6ykplhhgsxzpd7x/bafkreibzq3re4xpamgcprudbd4uolr5hpdzy4r7kubzlswffafl7txafse@jpeg)
January 31, 2025 at 12:22 AM
really struggling to cope with the fact that I got an email from a federal agency today illegally ordering my profession to start practicing a veiled form of racial eugenics
As if it didn't feel like 1933 enough... theconversation.com/historians-a...
![Excerpt from the linked article. "The Weimar Republic, the more tolerant democratic government that existed before Hitler, recognized the rights of trans people, though in a begrudging, limited way. Under the republic, police granted trans people permits like the one Simon had.
In the 1930s, transgender people were called “transvestites,” which is rarely a preferred term for trans people today, but at the time approximated what’s now meant by “transgender.” The police permits were called “transvestite certificates,” and they exempted a person from the laws against cross-dressing. Under the Republic, trans people could also change their names legally, though they had to pick from a short, preapproved list.
In Berlin, transgender people published several magazines and had a political club. Some glamorous trans women worked at the internationally famous Eldorado cabaret. The sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld, who ran Berlin’s Institute for Sexual Science, advocated for the rights of transgender people.
The rise of Nazi Germany destroyed this relatively open environment. The Nazis shut down the magazines, the Eldorado and Hirschfeld’s institute. [start highlight] Most people who held “transvestite certificates,” as Toni Simon did, had them revoked or watched helplessly as police refused to honor them. [end highlight]
That was just the beginning of the trouble."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jv5fdghtb6ykplhhgsxzpd7x/bafkreiaz3qmerzvcbrxsrkyndjwvbhu3idifyrgq4myb7hv25j2b3irg4y@jpeg)
January 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
As if it didn't feel like 1933 enough... theconversation.com/historians-a...
Feels weird building an AMD box after not touching one for probably 20 years, even weirder that I'll be sticking an Intel Arc GPU in shortly. Strange flip-flop.
January 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Feels weird building an AMD box after not touching one for probably 20 years, even weirder that I'll be sticking an Intel Arc GPU in shortly. Strange flip-flop.