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Ari Ofsevit
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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 31m
Et tu @govpritzker.illinois.gov
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 13h
A small number of demonstrators attempted to protest/march in the street.

Massive number of ISP troopers in riot gear responded by blocking 25th, threatening arrest, shouting into megaphone about an unlawful assembly.
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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 10h
East Norwalk temporary
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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 18h
> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.
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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 11h
A station they build in less than three weeks!
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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 12h
For most national protest events, I usually have to choose between Boston or Providence

#NoKings October 18 isn’t just more protests than usual - it’s **10 times** more

www.nokings.org#map
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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 17h
Or idk you could walk there
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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 18h
I can’t get the page to load the story but I also can’t see a headline like that and not see this
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spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 19h
Imagine if you did this in any other journalistic context

"Did the Tigers or Mariners Win Game 5? In Detroit, Depends on the Narrator."
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 22h
A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.
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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 18h
I’m reading this book on Leonardo Da Vinci. You see that means “from Vinci.”
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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 19h
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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 19h
Which should just be the high speed rail route to Chicago.

New ROW to Rochester and Winona, along 14 through Winona, pick up the ex-MILW to La Crosse, ex-CBQ down to Lake Winnisheik, tunnel through the bluffs to Boscobel, the valley to Madison, and then off to mke and chi.
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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 20h
Why did anyone think this?
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 21h
When Republicans are pre-butting a pro-democracy rally like No Kings and making shit up left and right to scare people, you know they're losing and in panic mode.

Pedal to the floor.
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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 22h
Streets are for … women
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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 1d
New argument:

Who has better trains, Melbourne or Sydney?
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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 1d
Also not a lot of “we must run as many double stacks as possible from the ports to the hinterland how dare you have overhead wire clearances” because there is no hinterland, just ports.
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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 1d
You can always click the little x button for the few times you want to use shrug and not ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 1d
One man's "strong-arming" is another man's "so senile and erratic that even Bibi got scared" but this is Ross Douthat so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

(Douthat probably thinks he's playing 3D chess, while clearly he knocked over the Chutes and Ladders board and is throwing a tantrum, but with nuclear codes.)
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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 1d
Broke: Google is enshittified
Woke: Google has started giving me this when I search "shrug emoji"
Bespoke: On my phone, I set up the word "shrug" to have the suggested text replacement of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 1d
Microtransit’s marketing pitch:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Po4a...
But it might work for us!
YouTube video by Jesse Clark
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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 1d
There was never really any need to unify gauges aside from standard gauge lines from Melbourne to Sydney and Adelaide.
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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 1d
There was very little business for long-distance, and very little freight. The north-south line to Darwin was only completed in 2004 (!). The focus was on local freight and passenger service, so that's what they built.
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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 1d
WA only joined the confederation in 1901 with the promise of a railroad, which still goes through 1500 miles of nothing. Not a lot of terrain to tackle, but not a lot of online customers either. Finished 32 years after the CP and 48 after the UP/CP.
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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 1d
Ah I think this is it!

Australia grew entirely at coastal cities. The railroads in each province developed on their own. It's why there are several gauge breaks. There's very little reason to have interior or transcontinental railways
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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 1d
AA44, AF34, OS90
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