Nithin
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Transit, cities, urbanism, diaspora, abundance, fighting climate change, etc.
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This is a really sick story.
From everything I know, Boston’s Logan Airport is a legitimately dangerous place to travel through.
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
From everything I know, Boston’s Logan Airport is a legitimately dangerous place to travel through.
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This is a really sick story.
From everything I know, Boston’s Logan Airport is a legitimately dangerous place to travel through.
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
From everything I know, Boston’s Logan Airport is a legitimately dangerous place to travel through.
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
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“It’s insane to have them rip our family apart.” Federal agents are arresting the foreign spouses of Americans during interviews at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices. The couples and their lawyers said they had followed the required steps to secure permanent residency.
For Spouses of U.S. Citizens, Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs
Agents are arresting foreign-born spouses when they report for the final step to obtain permanent residency, and charging them with visa violations that could result in deportation.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“It’s insane to have them rip our family apart.” Federal agents are arresting the foreign spouses of Americans during interviews at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices. The couples and their lawyers said they had followed the required steps to secure permanent residency.
eat more chikin
i'm convinced if we ever tried to touch the rail of meat politics in America (something that's going to eventually need to happen in order to reduce CO2 emissions), it would lead to a huge right-wing shock
remembering the time a random catholic priest got mad at me about a hypothetical about the government restricting meat production on the other site
meat politics is going to be insane for the next Dem administration which takes climate change seriously, imo
meat politics is going to be insane for the next Dem administration which takes climate change seriously, imo
November 11, 2025 at 4:47 AM
eat more chikin
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This is way closer than I’d like it to be but Charlotte appears set to unlock an absolutely massive infrastructure plan with the 1% sales tax increase with billions for public transit and roads up by just shy of 8k votes with almost all precincts in.
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 AM
This is way closer than I’d like it to be but Charlotte appears set to unlock an absolutely massive infrastructure plan with the 1% sales tax increase with billions for public transit and roads up by just shy of 8k votes with almost all precincts in.
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On Friday, I'm talking with a transit expert about the authority governors have to shift the final year of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill funding away from highways, to EVs, transit, & pedestrians. Many governors do not know they have this authority! And this year is a crucial window!
Questions?
Questions?
States Have More Power Than They Think to Fund Sustainable Transportation
States have the authority to fund trains, buses, bike lanes, and sidewalks with money that would otherwise be used to build more highways.
collaborative.evergreenaction.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
On Friday, I'm talking with a transit expert about the authority governors have to shift the final year of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill funding away from highways, to EVs, transit, & pedestrians. Many governors do not know they have this authority! And this year is a crucial window!
Questions?
Questions?
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Had lunch today from a solar-powered food truck, and it was really remarkable how much more pleasant it was to wait for my food without the constant loud rumble of a generator.
Also the drunken noodle was quite tasty!
Also the drunken noodle was quite tasty!
October 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Had lunch today from a solar-powered food truck, and it was really remarkable how much more pleasant it was to wait for my food without the constant loud rumble of a generator.
Also the drunken noodle was quite tasty!
Also the drunken noodle was quite tasty!
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The housing theory of everything strikes again! on.ft.com/3UftpYJ
Why are young adults in the English-speaking world so unhappy?
Society sold the dream of home ownership — then cruelly snatched it away
on.ft.com
August 8, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The housing theory of everything strikes again! on.ft.com/3UftpYJ
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PHL is Taking Care of Business™️!
Wow, with a tied 3-3 vote the Philadelphia zoning board DENIED the special exception required to operate this comedy club, despite the support of the local neighborhood association.
Painful to watch a small business dream maybe die over a zoom meeting.
www.ocfrealty.com/naked-philly...
Painful to watch a small business dream maybe die over a zoom meeting.
www.ocfrealty.com/naked-philly...
Legalize Comedy? South Philly Comedy Club Seeks City Approval - OCF Realty
www.ocfrealty.com
July 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
PHL is Taking Care of Business™️!
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Go save your regional transit system and leave us alone you goon
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro chides Zohran Mamdani for not condemning other people’s antisemitism:
“He left open far too much space for extremists to either use his words or for him to not condemn the words of extremists that said some blatantly antisemitic things.”
“He left open far too much space for extremists to either use his words or for him to not condemn the words of extremists that said some blatantly antisemitic things.”
Shapiro rebukes Mamdani for failing to condemn ‘blatantly antisemitic’ extremists
The Pennsylvania governor told JI: ‘When supporters of yours say things that are blatantly antisemitic, you can't leave room for that to just sit there’
jewishinsider.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Go save your regional transit system and leave us alone you goon
TIL Philadelphia has more parking spots than people
July 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
TIL Philadelphia has more parking spots than people
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My contribution to this discourse as an urban historian is there is ample precedent for transit agencies being hamstrung by politicization of unusually low fares. The nickel subway fare was a political third rail forever. I wrote about it with MARTA’s ten cent bus fare in the ‘70s.
the MTA has a huge equity issue - the subway doesn't go everywhere - and free buses are one way to address that. transit nerd urbanists tend to skip the equity issue entirely and will tell you to increase bus service on high density routes - for efficiency
July 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
My contribution to this discourse as an urban historian is there is ample precedent for transit agencies being hamstrung by politicization of unusually low fares. The nickel subway fare was a political third rail forever. I wrote about it with MARTA’s ten cent bus fare in the ‘70s.
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"why does restaurant food taste better than food cooked at home"
The cook does not care if you live or die and uses salt and butter accordingly
The cook does not care if you live or die and uses salt and butter accordingly
July 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"why does restaurant food taste better than food cooked at home"
The cook does not care if you live or die and uses salt and butter accordingly
The cook does not care if you live or die and uses salt and butter accordingly
I'm scared of what this new, emboldened ICE could look like
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I'm scared of what this new, emboldened ICE could look like
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.
🚨🚨 NEW: House passes sprawling domestic policy bill, sending it to Trump's desk
Final House vote is 218-214, with TWO Rs voting no (Massie & Fitzpatrick).
Senate passed it 51-50.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Final House vote is 218-214, with TWO Rs voting no (Massie & Fitzpatrick).
Senate passed it 51-50.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House passes sprawling domestic policy bill, sending it to Trump's desk
The Republican package would slash taxes, boost spending on immigration and the military, and impose steep cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and clean energy funding.
www.nbcnews.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.
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We knew CHOP's proposed parking garage was bad for Grays Ferry.
But we didn't know exactly how bad, or why CHOP assured everyone it wouldn't worsen traffic.
Now through PA's Right-to-Know Law, 5th Square analyzed the traffic study and found numerous red flags. Read below:
5thsq.org/chop_garage_...
But we didn't know exactly how bad, or why CHOP assured everyone it wouldn't worsen traffic.
Now through PA's Right-to-Know Law, 5th Square analyzed the traffic study and found numerous red flags. Read below:
5thsq.org/chop_garage_...
CHOP Garage's Transportation Impact Study Is Fatally Flawed
Learn why CHOP's proposed 1000-space employee-only parking garage at 30th and Grays Ferry will worsen traffic, increase pollution, and put Grays Ferry residents in danger.
5thsq.org
June 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
We knew CHOP's proposed parking garage was bad for Grays Ferry.
But we didn't know exactly how bad, or why CHOP assured everyone it wouldn't worsen traffic.
Now through PA's Right-to-Know Law, 5th Square analyzed the traffic study and found numerous red flags. Read below:
5thsq.org/chop_garage_...
But we didn't know exactly how bad, or why CHOP assured everyone it wouldn't worsen traffic.
Now through PA's Right-to-Know Law, 5th Square analyzed the traffic study and found numerous red flags. Read below:
5thsq.org/chop_garage_...
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Republicans are proposing the largest cut to the social safety net in US history
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
June 30, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Republicans are proposing the largest cut to the social safety net in US history
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Duke appears to have lost NIH grants because they used the prefix "trans" in reference to disease transmission, transgenic genetic material, translational studies, or signal transduction www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...
June 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Duke appears to have lost NIH grants because they used the prefix "trans" in reference to disease transmission, transgenic genetic material, translational studies, or signal transduction www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...
Another example of how Democrats are failing to meet the challenges of younger voters - young people are worried about housing costs but older Dems are still catering to incumbent homeowners. No wonder Dems are failing to win over young people!
Gov. Lamont says he will *veto* HB 5002, the broad housing bill proponents say would boost affordable housing in the state.
He says he hopes to see an amended version in a special session this fall.
“Veto to me means we can do a lot better.”
He says he hopes to see an amended version in a special session this fall.
“Veto to me means we can do a lot better.”
June 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Another example of how Democrats are failing to meet the challenges of younger voters - young people are worried about housing costs but older Dems are still catering to incumbent homeowners. No wonder Dems are failing to win over young people!
Are there protests planned in Philly? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u...
Hundreds Protest Outside ICE Headquarters in New York City
The group rallied near a building that houses an immigration court, which has become a flashpoint amid the arrest of migrants in courthouses.
www.nytimes.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Are there protests planned in Philly? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u...
Immigration is good!
kind of just endlessly sad and grieving that there are so few voices in the public sphere making the basic principled argument that immigration is an affirmative good in every way and the best way for this country to serve humanity is to welcome people who want or need to leave their homes
June 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Immigration is good!
This is horribly cruel
Infuriating on every level:
• Deadly road design (a 7-yo should be able to walk 2 blocks and get groceries!)
• Cultural norms that demonize allowing kids to be at all independent
• Jailing the parents, which above all else is staggeringly cruel to the 10-year-old who just *watched his brother die*
• Deadly road design (a 7-yo should be able to walk 2 blocks and get groceries!)
• Cultural norms that demonize allowing kids to be at all independent
• Jailing the parents, which above all else is staggeringly cruel to the 10-year-old who just *watched his brother die*
Parents are charged after their son, 7, is struck dead in a car accident
Gastonia, N.C., police charged the parents with involuntary manslaughter charges after allowing the victim and his brother to walk home alone from a nearby grocery store.
www.nbcnews.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This is horribly cruel
So Uber killed transit in Chicagoland?
Illinois transit funding and governance reform package passes State Senate and stalls in the House. chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...
A bill to reform Chicago's mass transit and charge a $1.50 delivery fee stalls in Illinois House
A bill to reform mass transit around Chicago passed the Senate 32-22 shortly before midnight, but the measure — and its proposed $1.50 tax on food and package deliveries — never got out of the station...
chicago.suntimes.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
So Uber killed transit in Chicagoland?