Matthew Roth
@matthewjroth.bsky.social
Nashville!!!
Even Canada allows the vent piping to be eliminated for installations like this, which is essentially a single stack that prohibits WCs. Good enough for Copenhagen, London, Frankfurt, Vancouver, Paris, Miami, and Nashville but not NYC, San Francisco, Seattle, Houston, Los Angeles, ect.
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Nashville!!!
Raccoon at Mass for @annetheriault.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Raccoon at Mass for @annetheriault.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Thanks to Santi Ruiz for hosting @alonlevy.bsky.social on Statecraft.
No thanks to most of the critics.
I would add that if Alon is wrong, it’s because Americans refuse to change the thing being criticized *at all* not just because the costs are ordained to be $$$ from on high
No thanks to most of the critics.
I would add that if Alon is wrong, it’s because Americans refuse to change the thing being criticized *at all* not just because the costs are ordained to be $$$ from on high
July 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Thanks to Santi Ruiz for hosting @alonlevy.bsky.social on Statecraft.
No thanks to most of the critics.
I would add that if Alon is wrong, it’s because Americans refuse to change the thing being criticized *at all* not just because the costs are ordained to be $$$ from on high
No thanks to most of the critics.
I would add that if Alon is wrong, it’s because Americans refuse to change the thing being criticized *at all* not just because the costs are ordained to be $$$ from on high
Idiots. I like new metro lines in « région parisienne » but damn this is not it. Massive stations meant to win prizes and get attention of architects like Saint-Denis Pleyel are Not. It.
May 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Idiots. I like new metro lines in « région parisienne » but damn this is not it. Massive stations meant to win prizes and get attention of architects like Saint-Denis Pleyel are Not. It.
They also fired people doing what they are going to do with digital services. Idiots.
So DOGE is hiring software engineers, IT ops folks, & project managers with salaries between $120K-$190K (GS-13 to GS-15). Funny how that’s exactly what USDS was paying. But sure, let's keep cutting other agencies while some get real comfy. 🤔
Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
www.wired.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They also fired people doing what they are going to do with digital services. Idiots.
Reposted by Matthew Roth
Some national railways in Europe get higher ridership than others, but ALL of them have something to learn from others.
Spain has lower ridership than France or Germany but builds infrastructure for cheap, to the point they have the biggest HSR network in Europe.
Spain has lower ridership than France or Germany but builds infrastructure for cheap, to the point they have the biggest HSR network in Europe.
May 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Some national railways in Europe get higher ridership than others, but ALL of them have something to learn from others.
Spain has lower ridership than France or Germany but builds infrastructure for cheap, to the point they have the biggest HSR network in Europe.
Spain has lower ridership than France or Germany but builds infrastructure for cheap, to the point they have the biggest HSR network in Europe.
None of the cons are important
Front license plates are a third rail of US automotive regulatory discourse. Understudied to the point it’s a policy-free zone where vibes rule.
A study from TX A&M takes a clear look at the data including interviews with LEOs and other stakeholders.
Cc @stephenjacobsmith.com @nilo.bsky.social
A study from TX A&M takes a clear look at the data including interviews with LEOs and other stakeholders.
Cc @stephenjacobsmith.com @nilo.bsky.social
May 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM
None of the cons are important
I am not convinced that elites hate him because he was poor and despised the consensus
It’s because he’s truly terrible in a fundamental way
It’s because he’s truly terrible in a fundamental way
this guy’s distinguishing quality is his boundless contempt for anyone who voices the slightest disagreement with him. you can see in his voice and mannerisms that he thinks he’s better than everyone around him. (which to my mind is just compensation for his palpable self-loathing)
Seniors came to JD Vance's event to demand the Trump Administration stop cutting Social Security.
JD's response:
"Don't you all have jobs?"
JD's response:
"Don't you all have jobs?"
March 15, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I am not convinced that elites hate him because he was poor and despised the consensus
It’s because he’s truly terrible in a fundamental way
It’s because he’s truly terrible in a fundamental way
Reposted by Matthew Roth
Electric multiple units (EMUs)—trains that distribute their motors rather than use a locomotive—accelerate faster and are cheaper to operate.
The MTA should be working to minimize locomotive operations—especially on already electrified tracks.
www.etany.org/baffling-bat...
The MTA should be working to minimize locomotive operations—especially on already electrified tracks.
www.etany.org/baffling-bat...
Baffling Battery Blunder — Effective Transit Alliance New York
Expensive, experimental, slow battery locomotives have no place on already electrified rails
www.etany.org
March 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Electric multiple units (EMUs)—trains that distribute their motors rather than use a locomotive—accelerate faster and are cheaper to operate.
The MTA should be working to minimize locomotive operations—especially on already electrified tracks.
www.etany.org/baffling-bat...
The MTA should be working to minimize locomotive operations—especially on already electrified tracks.
www.etany.org/baffling-bat...
Alon Levy for special advisor to POTUS for infrastructure costs in a future administration
March 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Alon Levy for special advisor to POTUS for infrastructure costs in a future administration
Les Etats-Unis lui ont finalement donné raison.
March 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Les Etats-Unis lui ont finalement donné raison.
Elmo’s site is a cesspool but this floated onto my timeline
I don’t follow the person
2/3 of responses blamed the unions, called out the cost creep for builders/developers, want to adopt global (Euro) standards instead
I don’t follow the person
2/3 of responses blamed the unions, called out the cost creep for builders/developers, want to adopt global (Euro) standards instead
March 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Elmo’s site is a cesspool but this floated onto my timeline
I don’t follow the person
2/3 of responses blamed the unions, called out the cost creep for builders/developers, want to adopt global (Euro) standards instead
I don’t follow the person
2/3 of responses blamed the unions, called out the cost creep for builders/developers, want to adopt global (Euro) standards instead
there are a lot of people who are guilty of contemptuous words towards members of the previous administration and who will go unpunished.
In an unprecedented purge of the military’s senior leadership, President Donald Trump fired the top US general just moments before his defense secretary fired the chief of the US Navy and the vice chief of the Air Force.
Trump administration fires top US general and Navy chief in unprecedented purge of military leadership | CNN Politics
In an unprecedented purge of the military’s senior leadership Friday night, President Donald Trump fired the top US general just moments before his defense secretary fired the chief of the US Navy and...
www.cnn.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM
there are a lot of people who are guilty of contemptuous words towards members of the previous administration and who will go unpunished.
yes
And tangentially we should switch to Vienna Convention signs and traffic rules!!
And tangentially we should switch to Vienna Convention signs and traffic rules!!
It's impressive how much sturdier and of general better quality French road signs are compared to the flimsy ones we get in Canada and the US
February 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
yes
And tangentially we should switch to Vienna Convention signs and traffic rules!!
And tangentially we should switch to Vienna Convention signs and traffic rules!!
Reposted by Matthew Roth
over and over again, one of the things that just gets deep under my skin is how none of these chucklehead scumfucks know how to or have any interest in projecting responsible, professional public leadership
Look at my transportation secretary posting “I need advice” dawg
February 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
over and over again, one of the things that just gets deep under my skin is how none of these chucklehead scumfucks know how to or have any interest in projecting responsible, professional public leadership
Consultants aren’t cheaper
February 18, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Consultants aren’t cheaper
The U.S. is designed like Jacobean England, not Hanoverian Great Britain, for better or worse.
Despite what you learned in school, George III was the good guy and Parliament was the problem
Despite what you learned in school, George III was the good guy and Parliament was the problem
February 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The U.S. is designed like Jacobean England, not Hanoverian Great Britain, for better or worse.
Despite what you learned in school, George III was the good guy and Parliament was the problem
Despite what you learned in school, George III was the good guy and Parliament was the problem
The number of people who seriously replied to this and mentioned the Westminster system or the fact that the U.S. doesn’t have one as if it’s bad or a defect is alarming
Use your brain for two seconds
Use your brain for two seconds
One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it.
February 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The number of people who seriously replied to this and mentioned the Westminster system or the fact that the U.S. doesn’t have one as if it’s bad or a defect is alarming
Use your brain for two seconds
Use your brain for two seconds
Yeah so I’m gonna explain this once and for all
The opposition in a unified executive-legislature parliamentary system like those in the UK and in many Commonwealth countries responds to the govt’s actions and essentially prepares for the possibility of forming a govt themselves
The opposition in a unified executive-legislature parliamentary system like those in the UK and in many Commonwealth countries responds to the govt’s actions and essentially prepares for the possibility of forming a govt themselves
February 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Yeah so I’m gonna explain this once and for all
The opposition in a unified executive-legislature parliamentary system like those in the UK and in many Commonwealth countries responds to the govt’s actions and essentially prepares for the possibility of forming a govt themselves
The opposition in a unified executive-legislature parliamentary system like those in the UK and in many Commonwealth countries responds to the govt’s actions and essentially prepares for the possibility of forming a govt themselves
Reposted by Matthew Roth
Relatedly, this is why, when designing intercity rail networks, you should study the Shinkansen and TGV and ICE and CRH, and not American rail history.
Guys, as one of your local Military Educators, I want to make it clear: while we can occasionally learn things from losers, it is about how and why they lost. If you want to look at the dynamics involved in winning large conventional wars, you should study the folks who won.
praising Rommel is such a fucking tell
February 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Relatedly, this is why, when designing intercity rail networks, you should study the Shinkansen and TGV and ICE and CRH, and not American rail history.
A shadow govt works only if they are to assume power in the event of a general election (assuming no reshuffle)
But the strict leg-exec separation (or even semi-strict like in France, where ministers, by policy, don’t sit inn the legislature during their ministerial tenure) makes this odd.
But the strict leg-exec separation (or even semi-strict like in France, where ministers, by policy, don’t sit inn the legislature during their ministerial tenure) makes this odd.
One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it.
February 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A shadow govt works only if they are to assume power in the event of a general election (assuming no reshuffle)
But the strict leg-exec separation (or even semi-strict like in France, where ministers, by policy, don’t sit inn the legislature during their ministerial tenure) makes this odd.
But the strict leg-exec separation (or even semi-strict like in France, where ministers, by policy, don’t sit inn the legislature during their ministerial tenure) makes this odd.
I hate these people
February 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I hate these people