Theodoræ Ditsek
@theoditsek.bsky.social
…and the Zen master says, “we’ll see.”
Transit maps and some other stuff.
Portfolio: theoditsek.wordpress.com
Transit maps and some other stuff.
Portfolio: theoditsek.wordpress.com
Moral of the story here is that every city has its own Train Daddy (gender-neutral), you just have to go find them.
Good article on how Philip Eng got the MBTA subways running well again. (I was interviewed for it.)
To a T: How Phillip Eng got Boston’s subway system back on track
Many now see America’s oldest subway system as a model for repairing the country’s crumbling transportation infrastructure – a huge turnaround from two years ago.
www.csmonitor.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Moral of the story here is that every city has its own Train Daddy (gender-neutral), you just have to go find them.
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In which I articulate the case that AGI is impossible and machines just plain cannot think. www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/on-inco...
On Incomputable Language: An Essay on AI
An incidental consequence of having written a book on tech-fascism and the so-called rationalist movement is that I find myself periodically queried for my thoughts on artificial intelligence. On the ...
www.eruditorumpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In which I articulate the case that AGI is impossible and machines just plain cannot think. www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/on-inco...
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Major announcement in just-posted board documents: DC's Metro is moving fast toward automation.
Over 15 years, Metro plans full automation & platform screen doors, which the agency says will improve safety, reliability, & travel times—at reduced costs.
www.wmata.com/about/board/...
Over 15 years, Metro plans full automation & platform screen doors, which the agency says will improve safety, reliability, & travel times—at reduced costs.
www.wmata.com/about/board/...
November 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Major announcement in just-posted board documents: DC's Metro is moving fast toward automation.
Over 15 years, Metro plans full automation & platform screen doors, which the agency says will improve safety, reliability, & travel times—at reduced costs.
www.wmata.com/about/board/...
Over 15 years, Metro plans full automation & platform screen doors, which the agency says will improve safety, reliability, & travel times—at reduced costs.
www.wmata.com/about/board/...
I think about this image often. It's a 1983 cutaway rendering of an old plan for the Wilshire/La Brea station. i0.wp.com/libraryarchi...
November 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I think about this image often. It's a 1983 cutaway rendering of an old plan for the Wilshire/La Brea station. i0.wp.com/libraryarchi...
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YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
November 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
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Bangkok’s Elephant Building and the BTS Skytrain passing by in the evening
November 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Bangkok’s Elephant Building and the BTS Skytrain passing by in the evening
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New thing: the sbX Green and Purple Lines in the Inland Empire, but they're LRT: theoditsek.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/i...
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November 16, 2025 at 1:57 AM
New thing: the sbX Green and Purple Lines in the Inland Empire, but they're LRT: theoditsek.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/i...
This all-timer from The Thick of It:
"You bought a bank out of social embarrassment? I sometimes buy The Big Issue out of social embarrassment, I don't buy a FUCKING BANK!"
"You bought a bank out of social embarrassment? I sometimes buy The Big Issue out of social embarrassment, I don't buy a FUCKING BANK!"
what’s your favorite line delivery
November 16, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This all-timer from The Thick of It:
"You bought a bank out of social embarrassment? I sometimes buy The Big Issue out of social embarrassment, I don't buy a FUCKING BANK!"
"You bought a bank out of social embarrassment? I sometimes buy The Big Issue out of social embarrassment, I don't buy a FUCKING BANK!"
Two thoughts that occupy my head simultaneously:
1) The razing of Bunker Hill in the 50s and 60s was a crime against humanity.
2) That liminal period in the late 70s/early 80s, after the neighborhood was flattened but before it was redeveloped, was eerie and sublime and exquisite.
1) The razing of Bunker Hill in the 50s and 60s was a crime against humanity.
2) That liminal period in the late 70s/early 80s, after the neighborhood was flattened but before it was redeveloped, was eerie and sublime and exquisite.
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Two thoughts that occupy my head simultaneously:
1) The razing of Bunker Hill in the 50s and 60s was a crime against humanity.
2) That liminal period in the late 70s/early 80s, after the neighborhood was flattened but before it was redeveloped, was eerie and sublime and exquisite.
1) The razing of Bunker Hill in the 50s and 60s was a crime against humanity.
2) That liminal period in the late 70s/early 80s, after the neighborhood was flattened but before it was redeveloped, was eerie and sublime and exquisite.
24/7 Orange Line and other such things would be nice, but I would hope the CTA would use the extra $ mainly to do something about the maintenance backlog.
We should not have cause to put *insets* in the slow zone map.
We should not have cause to put *insets* in the slow zone map.
November 13, 2025 at 1:35 AM
24/7 Orange Line and other such things would be nice, but I would hope the CTA would use the extra $ mainly to do something about the maintenance backlog.
We should not have cause to put *insets* in the slow zone map.
We should not have cause to put *insets* in the slow zone map.
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Should go further: all bus routes should be number [letter (optional)] and all rail lines should be letter-number. Can continue to colloquially call the CTA’s lines by color but on maps they’d be “L1”, “L2”, etc. Worth noting that Metra’s recent line renaming efforts would fit into this scheme as-is
Don't get mad but we should redo the bus numbers. The way they did the 70, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, and 84 is so intuitive (tells you how far north you are).
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Should go further: all bus routes should be number [letter (optional)] and all rail lines should be letter-number. Can continue to colloquially call the CTA’s lines by color but on maps they’d be “L1”, “L2”, etc. Worth noting that Metra’s recent line renaming efforts would fit into this scheme as-is
I can’t see the aurora. :(
November 12, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I can’t see the aurora. :(
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Not sure if this is a thing on the celestial platform but I drew a diagram of the bus routes where my mum lives
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Not sure if this is a thing on the celestial platform but I drew a diagram of the bus routes where my mum lives
What Senate Democrats need to understand is that anything other than hardline McConnell-esque obstruction will be read as a capitulation and we won’t listen to any explanations otherwise.
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
What Senate Democrats need to understand is that anything other than hardline McConnell-esque obstruction will be read as a capitulation and we won’t listen to any explanations otherwise.
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Utrecht light rail planning be like:
> build high-floor light rail
> rebuild your system to low-floor bc it looks nicer in the streetscape
> replace your central axis by a grade-separated tunnel or viaduct you could also operate with high-floor vehicles
> ???
> profit
> build high-floor light rail
> rebuild your system to low-floor bc it looks nicer in the streetscape
> replace your central axis by a grade-separated tunnel or viaduct you could also operate with high-floor vehicles
> ???
> profit
From the documents I have seen so far they are actually proposing getting rid of the Light-Rail alignment between Centraal and Westraven and completely replacing it with this grade-separated new alignment.
See this image from a report from last year
See this image from a report from last year
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Utrecht light rail planning be like:
> build high-floor light rail
> rebuild your system to low-floor bc it looks nicer in the streetscape
> replace your central axis by a grade-separated tunnel or viaduct you could also operate with high-floor vehicles
> ???
> profit
> build high-floor light rail
> rebuild your system to low-floor bc it looks nicer in the streetscape
> replace your central axis by a grade-separated tunnel or viaduct you could also operate with high-floor vehicles
> ???
> profit
Listened to the radio a lot while we were in LA, because what else is there to do when you're stuck in traffic on 101, and if you want to know what California radio is like, just listen to these ads mixed with some good rock/soul/funk/hip hop and you're about there. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn8j...
Streets of SimCity - All Radio Commercials
YouTube video by JTblcksheep
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Listened to the radio a lot while we were in LA, because what else is there to do when you're stuck in traffic on 101, and if you want to know what California radio is like, just listen to these ads mixed with some good rock/soul/funk/hip hop and you're about there. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn8j...
Back in Indy and I wish I wasn’t.
November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Back in Indy and I wish I wasn’t.
MCO ✈️ IND, God willing.
November 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
MCO ✈️ IND, God willing.
Since I’m here I may as well foam. Check out this vintage CX-100!
November 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Since I’m here I may as well foam. Check out this vintage CX-100!
Foggy in Orlando this morning.
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Foggy in Orlando this morning.
Los Angeles International Airport has the horrible wayfinding of O’Hare and the horrible terminal design of JFK. Best of both worlds.
November 9, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Los Angeles International Airport has the horrible wayfinding of O’Hare and the horrible terminal design of JFK. Best of both worlds.
LAX ✈️ MCO. I hope.
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 AM
LAX ✈️ MCO. I hope.
And now, various areas of Southern California and whether I vibe with them:
Beach Cities (vibe)
Beverly Hills (not vibe)
Downtown (vibe)
Hollywood (inconclusive)
Inland Empire (vibe)
San Fernando Valley (not vibe)
San Gabriel Valley (big vibe)
Santa Monica (vibe)
South Bay (vibe)
Beach Cities (vibe)
Beverly Hills (not vibe)
Downtown (vibe)
Hollywood (inconclusive)
Inland Empire (vibe)
San Fernando Valley (not vibe)
San Gabriel Valley (big vibe)
Santa Monica (vibe)
South Bay (vibe)
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 AM
And now, various areas of Southern California and whether I vibe with them:
Beach Cities (vibe)
Beverly Hills (not vibe)
Downtown (vibe)
Hollywood (inconclusive)
Inland Empire (vibe)
San Fernando Valley (not vibe)
San Gabriel Valley (big vibe)
Santa Monica (vibe)
South Bay (vibe)
Beach Cities (vibe)
Beverly Hills (not vibe)
Downtown (vibe)
Hollywood (inconclusive)
Inland Empire (vibe)
San Fernando Valley (not vibe)
San Gabriel Valley (big vibe)
Santa Monica (vibe)
South Bay (vibe)