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My bus operator, ending an emphatic explanation to a bus full of UC Berkeley students about moving to the back to make room: "I tell you what - the Stanford kids? They would have figured this out already."
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 AM
My bus operator, ending an emphatic explanation to a bus full of UC Berkeley students about moving to the back to make room: "I tell you what - the Stanford kids? They would have figured this out already."
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i am always tickled by little kids (say, under 7) who have the time of their lives while riding the bus
November 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
i am always tickled by little kids (say, under 7) who have the time of their lives while riding the bus
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The office market remains a disaster for most cities outside of NY/SF class A
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
The Office Market’s Budding Recovery Is Leaving Most Cities Behind
While a handful of business districts are leading a turnaround, many office markets are still burdened with empty space and anemic rents.
www.wsj.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The office market remains a disaster for most cities outside of NY/SF class A
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
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If passenger trains return to Madison, the city wants its Amtrak station built along existing rail lines close to Downtown, transit and parking.
Wilson Street chosen as preferred location for Madison Amtrak station
If passenger trains return to Madison, the city wants its Amtrak station built along existing rail lines close to Downtown, transit and parking.
madison.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
If passenger trains return to Madison, the city wants its Amtrak station built along existing rail lines close to Downtown, transit and parking.
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when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare
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I downloaded Flighty this evening and put in every flight I had a record for going back to 2014.
November 18, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I downloaded Flighty this evening and put in every flight I had a record for going back to 2014.
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White collar middle and upper middle class jobs are also the ones that are getting hit with the most restrictions that have real consequences if you don't follow them
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
White collar middle and upper middle class jobs are also the ones that are getting hit with the most restrictions that have real consequences if you don't follow them
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Get rich quick schemes aren't new, but the whole point of "middle class values" is to discourage and shame them as moral degeneracy.
What many perceive as a right-wing reaction on culture over the past ~5 years I think is better read as a revolt against middle class values.
What many perceive as a right-wing reaction on culture over the past ~5 years I think is better read as a revolt against middle class values.
The explosion in “get rich” quick schemes, Robinhood, online gambling, crypto, instead of the boring indexes seems…not great
The 2024 U.S. economy in a nutshell
December 5, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Get rich quick schemes aren't new, but the whole point of "middle class values" is to discourage and shame them as moral degeneracy.
What many perceive as a right-wing reaction on culture over the past ~5 years I think is better read as a revolt against middle class values.
What many perceive as a right-wing reaction on culture over the past ~5 years I think is better read as a revolt against middle class values.
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The explosion in “get rich” quick schemes, Robinhood, online gambling, crypto, instead of the boring indexes seems…not great
December 5, 2024 at 2:50 PM
The explosion in “get rich” quick schemes, Robinhood, online gambling, crypto, instead of the boring indexes seems…not great
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You heard it here first- the only legal highway improvement in Idaho is congestion pricing (reduces congestion, reduces travel delays, reduces engine idle time, reduces unproductive fuel consumption).
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 AM
You heard it here first- the only legal highway improvement in Idaho is congestion pricing (reduces congestion, reduces travel delays, reduces engine idle time, reduces unproductive fuel consumption).
DISGRACEFUL!
If this picture was of Obama, you know @FoxNews would do three weeks solid on why the flag was on the ground.
At least three weeks
At least three weeks
November 18, 2025 at 4:02 AM
DISGRACEFUL!
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anarchists are sort of like vegans in that some of their arguments seem facially correct, but they're unlike vegans in that if they were vegans, they would be vegans in a world where humans are de facto obligate carnivores
you cannot have an orderly society without a state
you cannot have an orderly society without a state
November 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
anarchists are sort of like vegans in that some of their arguments seem facially correct, but they're unlike vegans in that if they were vegans, they would be vegans in a world where humans are de facto obligate carnivores
you cannot have an orderly society without a state
you cannot have an orderly society without a state
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@kenwhite.bsky.social do you generally recommend that a client fabricate grand jury records (at least in part) in order to rush out an indictment before the statute of limitations hits in order to please Dear Leader?
Asking for El Jefe's most loyal real estate lawyer.
Asking for El Jefe's most loyal real estate lawyer.
November 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
@kenwhite.bsky.social do you generally recommend that a client fabricate grand jury records (at least in part) in order to rush out an indictment before the statute of limitations hits in order to please Dear Leader?
Asking for El Jefe's most loyal real estate lawyer.
Asking for El Jefe's most loyal real estate lawyer.
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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/...
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Happening today: Columbus Municipal Airport-Bakalar Field will break ground on their new Air Traffic Control Tower designed by Marlon Blackwell Architects. The new tower will replace an outdated 80 year old tower.
November 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Happening today: Columbus Municipal Airport-Bakalar Field will break ground on their new Air Traffic Control Tower designed by Marlon Blackwell Architects. The new tower will replace an outdated 80 year old tower.
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A regulatory issue in metro that makes fewer accessible townhomes is every SP that requires an 18” raised foundation guarantees the townhouse will have steps to the front door or in the garage.
How to kill accessible buildings while trying to make more buildings accessible.
November 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A regulatory issue in metro that makes fewer accessible townhomes is every SP that requires an 18” raised foundation guarantees the townhouse will have steps to the front door or in the garage.
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massie was telling the truth about up to 100 republican defections
Trump: "House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide."
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
massie was telling the truth about up to 100 republican defections
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epstein emails released and everyone coming out as a pedophile to defend donald trump
November 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
epstein emails released and everyone coming out as a pedophile to defend donald trump
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i like how this makes it sound like the lutherans invaded and conquered valpo
November 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
i like how this makes it sound like the lutherans invaded and conquered valpo
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Whole lot of people keep walking past these very inconvenient facts.
everyone from the left to the center wants it to be the case that the crucial election Democrats lost demonstrates the failure of the campaign tactics of their rivals on the left or center
but Harris outperformed by big margins in swing states. wherever she campaigned, she did well, relatively.
but Harris outperformed by big margins in swing states. wherever she campaigned, she did well, relatively.
Pundits: Why didn't Kamala Harris run to the center on immigration?
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
November 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Whole lot of people keep walking past these very inconvenient facts.
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Doesn’t forbid it, but requires >=1 per wall (and centered if only one). So the code requires them where they aren’t needed, and the designer doesn’t want to spend more to exceed code minimum. While in Europe (at least Germany), they set a minimum number per room, but let the designer choose where.
American electrical code forbids you from placing sockets left and right to a bed? What is the thought behind that rule? What problem is it trying to solve?
November 16, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Doesn’t forbid it, but requires >=1 per wall (and centered if only one). So the code requires them where they aren’t needed, and the designer doesn’t want to spend more to exceed code minimum. While in Europe (at least Germany), they set a minimum number per room, but let the designer choose where.
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I'm still impressed that the Québec province pension fund's infrastructure subsidiary built an automated train line in Montréal
November 27, 2024 at 6:54 PM
I'm still impressed that the Québec province pension fund's infrastructure subsidiary built an automated train line in Montréal