D.M. Ridley
@ridleydm.bsky.social
The link you posted opens with this. At best it evokes the party Yglesias is describing, and not in a helpful way.
November 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The link you posted opens with this. At best it evokes the party Yglesias is describing, and not in a helpful way.
This is how we got here. You chimed in after someone else brought up veganism and expressed that the fact that people make fun of vegans makes them lose hope, and I said veganism was never going to be a solution.
October 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This is how we got here. You chimed in after someone else brought up veganism and expressed that the fact that people make fun of vegans makes them lose hope, and I said veganism was never going to be a solution.
And more to the point, the data you shared show how the environmental benefit of switching one beef meal to chicken vastly outweighs the benefit of making that chicken meal vegan, by nearly an order of magnitude. No need to scold people for choices that are merely pretty good.
September 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
And more to the point, the data you shared show how the environmental benefit of switching one beef meal to chicken vastly outweighs the benefit of making that chicken meal vegan, by nearly an order of magnitude. No need to scold people for choices that are merely pretty good.
I note that Japan wasn't colonized, and was pretty isolated before Commodore Perry, yet this kind of thing was seen as the height of beauty.
August 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I note that Japan wasn't colonized, and was pretty isolated before Commodore Perry, yet this kind of thing was seen as the height of beauty.
This kind of view is not that of 92% of Democrats, nor does it suggest someone whose vote is winnable. Great news if I'm wrong, and you're welcome in the tent, but I'm not catering to it.
August 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This kind of view is not that of 92% of Democrats, nor does it suggest someone whose vote is winnable. Great news if I'm wrong, and you're welcome in the tent, but I'm not catering to it.
I got blocked for disagreeing with this take and it's too bad because I genuinely have no idea, and would like to know, what he thinks Pete should have said.
I hate the blocking semantics around here. They lead to bubbles.
I hate the blocking semantics around here. They lead to bubbles.
August 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I got blocked for disagreeing with this take and it's too bad because I genuinely have no idea, and would like to know, what he thinks Pete should have said.
I hate the blocking semantics around here. They lead to bubbles.
I hate the blocking semantics around here. They lead to bubbles.
And promptly blocked.
I am increasingly convinced that Bluesky's strict "now no one can see anything" blocking semantics are a mistake that just stifles discussion, promotes misunderstanding, and encourages echo chambers.
That said, this guy's a counterproductive troll.
I am increasingly convinced that Bluesky's strict "now no one can see anything" blocking semantics are a mistake that just stifles discussion, promotes misunderstanding, and encourages echo chambers.
That said, this guy's a counterproductive troll.
August 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
And promptly blocked.
I am increasingly convinced that Bluesky's strict "now no one can see anything" blocking semantics are a mistake that just stifles discussion, promotes misunderstanding, and encourages echo chambers.
That said, this guy's a counterproductive troll.
I am increasingly convinced that Bluesky's strict "now no one can see anything" blocking semantics are a mistake that just stifles discussion, promotes misunderstanding, and encourages echo chambers.
That said, this guy's a counterproductive troll.
FWIW I don't get that.
July 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
FWIW I don't get that.
The problem is that this kind of stuff is not good, nor are a bunch of burning cars. The media is no doubt ignoring vast peaceful protests that we should all support, but this kind of thing is what is getting some of us—who agree with every word you said—heartburn.
June 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The problem is that this kind of stuff is not good, nor are a bunch of burning cars. The media is no doubt ignoring vast peaceful protests that we should all support, but this kind of thing is what is getting some of us—who agree with every word you said—heartburn.
That said, drivers *do* have a duty of care. § 20-174(e):
June 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
That said, drivers *do* have a duty of care. § 20-174(e):
This appears to be the location, based on the Gastonia police Facebook statement of the location and online pictures of the tree where there's a memorial.
www.google.com/maps/place/F...
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June 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This appears to be the location, based on the Gastonia police Facebook statement of the location and online pictures of the tree where there's a memorial.
www.google.com/maps/place/F...
www.google.com/maps/place/F...
That paragraph refers to their right-of-way relative to a vehicle in one of those places, but I was responding to your statement that pedestrians "always" have the right off way off interstate highways. That is wrong. For example, here is the NC law for someone crossing away an intersection:
June 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
That paragraph refers to their right-of-way relative to a vehicle in one of those places, but I was responding to your statement that pedestrians "always" have the right off way off interstate highways. That is wrong. For example, here is the NC law for someone crossing away an intersection:
Northeast Regional (same source)
Of course this could be distorted by the pandemic, but you said you were looking at 2022 too.
Of course this could be distorted by the pandemic, but you said you were looking at 2022 too.
May 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Northeast Regional (same source)
Of course this could be distorted by the pandemic, but you said you were looking at 2022 too.
Of course this could be distorted by the pandemic, but you said you were looking at 2022 too.
This is the best that I've been able to find, and it suggests that the O/D pairs between the big stations are most important, not shorter routes. (It does suggest Back Bay and 128 are more important than the other cuts.)
Acela (from www.railpassengers.org/resources/ri...)
Acela (from www.railpassengers.org/resources/ri...)
May 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is the best that I've been able to find, and it suggests that the O/D pairs between the big stations are most important, not shorter routes. (It does suggest Back Bay and 128 are more important than the other cuts.)
Acela (from www.railpassengers.org/resources/ri...)
Acela (from www.railpassengers.org/resources/ri...)
OK, I take that back. From the report linked up above, this is what they do with BWI, which recognizes that it warrants service, just not every express train:
![Trenton and points south of Philadelphia
South of New York, scenarios differ in how to handle service.
All trains have the same base stopping pattern. This is easy to timetable but requires more infrastructure construction between Baltimore and Washington and is therefore not recommended.
Trains divide into three stopping patterns based on what they do south of Philadelphia, each running every 30 minutes. One stopping pattern does not run on the NEC south of Philadelphia, and instead runs on the Keystone corridor to Harrisburg. The other two run express and local, with the one local stop’s dwell padded to make the pattern five minutes slower than the express, producing 15-minute intervals between Baltimore and Washington. Three options exist for what the local stop should be:
Trenton. In this case, the trains going to the Keystone corridor might as well stop at Trenton too. The trains enter Philadelphia unevenly spaced, but this is fine, as the Trenton-Philadelphia section has no track sharing with non-intercity traffic at all, as the corridor has four tracks and SEPTA does not run express commuter trains. The express trains keep making the base stopping pattern.
Wilmington. In this case, the local trains run the base pattern south of New York, and the express trains make one fewer stop. The stop is flanked by two sharp curves and thus skipping it saves less than two minutes. A high-investment option can include a bypass south of the city, increasing the time saving to three minutes.
BWI Airport. This station actually has more riders today than Wilmington or Newark, let alone Trenton,[23][24] and therefore local trains should serve it if possible. Express trains can keep skipping it and making the base stopping pattern as the time cost is three minutes, in a fairly fast zone. Between Baltimore and BWI the route has four tracks and therefore the frequencies only need to be even from BWI south. The primary timetable assumes this scenario.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jqhjlw5yx6dzivgujhb7xysh/bafkreidggnfkra23wfbn5dijuh2liskzv6qyxis6reb7vhvo4i5jp3itpm@jpeg)
May 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
OK, I take that back. From the report linked up above, this is what they do with BWI, which recognizes that it warrants service, just not every express train: