Joey Pastrami
@joeybupkis.bsky.social
well shit, my bad!
January 29, 2026 at 11:15 PM
well shit, my bad!
So your point of view is that the normative statement that politicians have a greater responsibility to public service than personal self-actualization is so outrageous...that you're accusing Samantha of having a mental disorder? Pot, kettle.
January 29, 2026 at 10:51 PM
So your point of view is that the normative statement that politicians have a greater responsibility to public service than personal self-actualization is so outrageous...that you're accusing Samantha of having a mental disorder? Pot, kettle.
This discourse is great for figuring out which urbanists just don't have a worthwhile vision for the future of transportation and so go 'eh, whatever' when faced with an actively hostile one.
December 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This discourse is great for figuring out which urbanists just don't have a worthwhile vision for the future of transportation and so go 'eh, whatever' when faced with an actively hostile one.
It's a made-up point? you've implied whitmer won through being anti-abortion when the opposite is true; and the states Klein mentions all had pro-choice referenda wins. None of this suggests its an electoral tradeoff that exists.
September 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It's a made-up point? you've implied whitmer won through being anti-abortion when the opposite is true; and the states Klein mentions all had pro-choice referenda wins. None of this suggests its an electoral tradeoff that exists.
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September 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"ok so the entire premise is empirically incorrect, but you must concede the implications as if it were right" No, I will not.
September 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"ok so the entire premise is empirically incorrect, but you must concede the implications as if it were right" No, I will not.
Except the states he suggests pro-life candidates for all had recent referenda on abortion rights where the pro-choice position won like 60%-40%...so the argument that preemptively surrendering is in any way electorally necessary just isn't even rooted in any reality on the ground.
September 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Except the states he suggests pro-life candidates for all had recent referenda on abortion rights where the pro-choice position won like 60%-40%...so the argument that preemptively surrendering is in any way electorally necessary just isn't even rooted in any reality on the ground.
Its more that all of those participatory things were taken away from citizens when the republic turned to empire-both the grain dole and public games existed well beforehand. Point is not they were cynical creations; but became the only public life remaining, with no role in politics for citizens.
August 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Its more that all of those participatory things were taken away from citizens when the republic turned to empire-both the grain dole and public games existed well beforehand. Point is not they were cynical creations; but became the only public life remaining, with no role in politics for citizens.
How exactly is AI pure science? Technology sure, but AI development isn't meaningfully bounded by peer review and human institutions, and results they spit out are often not replicable or verifiable. That's obviously not science?
August 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
How exactly is AI pure science? Technology sure, but AI development isn't meaningfully bounded by peer review and human institutions, and results they spit out are often not replicable or verifiable. That's obviously not science?
I mean recessed balconies, loggias etc have some real advantages when it comes to shade, wind protection and privacy. That one could be reasonable. External egress corridors seems a more likely lightning rod for aesthetic/classist NIMBYism
July 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I mean recessed balconies, loggias etc have some real advantages when it comes to shade, wind protection and privacy. That one could be reasonable. External egress corridors seems a more likely lightning rod for aesthetic/classist NIMBYism
If all IP is subject to being stolen and copied so long as the heist is large scale, for the purpose of nullifying artistic vision, stripping away all boundaries on its reuse - and also royalties - why should anyone dedicate the time/effort to creating it?
July 22, 2025 at 2:35 AM
If all IP is subject to being stolen and copied so long as the heist is large scale, for the purpose of nullifying artistic vision, stripping away all boundaries on its reuse - and also royalties - why should anyone dedicate the time/effort to creating it?
But that's still a totally separate category from Houston or something, so its a gradient - albeit one that drops off pretty fast due to the general limitations of American transit systems
June 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
But that's still a totally separate category from Houston or something, so its a gradient - albeit one that drops off pretty fast due to the general limitations of American transit systems
I'm agreeing they aren't/can't? Boston/Chicago/DC have more limited potential than NYC (for example, only the Loop in Chicago might have a sufficient density of fixed guideway transit to widely pedestrianize/green some streets, as opposed to more of NYC/Paris due to the rail density/layout)
June 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I'm agreeing they aren't/can't? Boston/Chicago/DC have more limited potential than NYC (for example, only the Loop in Chicago might have a sufficient density of fixed guideway transit to widely pedestrianize/green some streets, as opposed to more of NYC/Paris due to the rail density/layout)
They could certainly do more than they are, and more than other US cities with even less heavy rail, but agree that NYC is the only one in the same category as Paris
June 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
They could certainly do more than they are, and more than other US cities with even less heavy rail, but agree that NYC is the only one in the same category as Paris
True, and its all the more embarrassing for the cities that also have huge ass metros underneath and haven't yet transformed their streets like Paris
June 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
True, and its all the more embarrassing for the cities that also have huge ass metros underneath and haven't yet transformed their streets like Paris
IIRC this one was up there with Detroit and Atlanta in terms of the goal being to spur adjacent development, with actual transit planning being a non-factor?
May 28, 2025 at 1:49 AM
IIRC this one was up there with Detroit and Atlanta in terms of the goal being to spur adjacent development, with actual transit planning being a non-factor?
April 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
CTA (Chicago) yearly rail ridership for example grew by 40 million 2009-2014, then leveled off/slowly declined by 15 mil or so through 2019. Post-pandemic its at only 2/3 of that 2009 yearly rail ridership. Obviously the pandemic, WFH etc play bigger roles, but mid 2010s was an inflection point.
April 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
CTA (Chicago) yearly rail ridership for example grew by 40 million 2009-2014, then leveled off/slowly declined by 15 mil or so through 2019. Post-pandemic its at only 2/3 of that 2009 yearly rail ridership. Obviously the pandemic, WFH etc play bigger roles, but mid 2010s was an inflection point.
Nationwide over a century? Sure, there's hundreds of streetcar lines that don't exist in places like Kalamazoo anymore. In cities with transit? Nah, generally ridership went up in the early 2010s, leveled off around the time rideshare scaled, and hasn't fully recovered post pandemic
April 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Nationwide over a century? Sure, there's hundreds of streetcar lines that don't exist in places like Kalamazoo anymore. In cities with transit? Nah, generally ridership went up in the early 2010s, leveled off around the time rideshare scaled, and hasn't fully recovered post pandemic
Oh gotcha, its for sure the messaging needed right now
April 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Oh gotcha, its for sure the messaging needed right now
Yeah I dunno...the IRA and CHIPS were passed, right? 3 months ago there was concrete being poured for new semiconductor factories, wouldn't really call that hippie commune fantasy-land
April 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Yeah I dunno...the IRA and CHIPS were passed, right? 3 months ago there was concrete being poured for new semiconductor factories, wouldn't really call that hippie commune fantasy-land
...who specifically - besides Trump - has advocated for anything like this?
April 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
...who specifically - besides Trump - has advocated for anything like this?