Ghost Rail enthusiast wife Daria
@dariaphoebe.com
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Angry old woman. intersectional urbanist, fascinator wearing cyclist, storyteller/poet; distributed systems dev. @marie.tech’s wife. PVD via OAK,BOS&PIT. she/her
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This was such a big part of the nation’s industrial history and I knew it even when I was just… literally playing games beside it. And we just don’t care
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The bus line also runs way less often than it did then. After growing up here I bought a house as a 22 year old at the tail end of this bus line, and commuted to my job at the university that way. Owned no car.

Trying that today would suck.

Also, the house would probably cost way more than $50k 😭
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The last years I used them they were blocked because of a few missing stairs. I would climb through the barricades and skip the missing steps, even in the dark: it was 10 minutes faster than the best other path.

The borough used to have multiple sets of city steps, and those are also all gone.
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Also these steps allowed Westinghouse employees to climb to their jobs from the highway-level parking lot also let me get to the closest bus stop in high school and then when I lived with my parents at various points in college.

Left to rot, they are now gone.

maps.app.goo.gl/X176imJoESmY...
A step of steps visible from a Streetview car passing in an adjacent road
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I grew up playing street hockey next to this thing, when it was unused but still attached to a standing structure.

Hurts every time I’m reminded that it’s just been… laying there like this for years now.
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So, um, hey, any aspiring supervillains looking for a slightly used atom smasher...?

(Or maybe aspiring musicians looking for a great rehearsal space - the acoustics are supposed to be great.)
One Town’s Quest to Find a Loving Home for Its Atom Smasher
A decade after a landowner pledged to preserve the Westinghouse device, it still hasn’t moved. Now he says he has a buyer and a plan.
www.wsj.com
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Still true.
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“I take my tea like I take my failed marriages… straight” is probably the line I pulled off the cuff once and have gotten the most mileage out of since.
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I remember.
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Here’s a pic of Nip with @surliertexan.bsky.social, who is visiting for a few days.

We’re rapidly approaching 9 years since I went to my ex’s in Pittsburgh, collected Nip and drove him off to live in Somerville with Alexis’ three cats, and totally didn’t fit in.
A grey haired person in a brilliant print shirt petting a black cat A black cat looking at the camera on a bed where 3 grey cats are asleep on the other side
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Also I guess to be fair there were some folks I didn’t consult.
A plethora of stuffies on a shelf Mr Honk-Honk on the bed
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The Lectrofan came from our house’s previous owner; I have tinnitus and need it to sleep 😫
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Not sure how folks here feel about it!
A cluttered nightstand with a bunch of stuffed bunnies on it
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Nip has basically been calibrated for “friend?” forever. It was rough for him showing up as the 3rd cat, wanting to play and the other two mostly not being there for it.

Then I moved to Boston and he got to join @surliertexan.bsky.social’s 3 cats, who … also were not there for it.
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I mean in your case it’s the legislature that’s trash.
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Same thing happened in Philadelphia when SEPTA cuts landed.

Wild how a governor can claim to prioritize education and having kids not missing class... except if it requires him to make it a budget priority, in which case, never mind I guess?
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So frustrating to see how RIPTA service cuts are leaving so many riders behind. A Providence teacher raised concerns about buses passing her students, and RIPTA explained it’s due to overcrowding caused by the cuts. Stop throwing riders under the bus, @govdanmckee.bsky.social! 🙏🏽Have you no shame? 🚨🚌
Response on X from RIPTA: Thanks for letting us know. We're sorry to hear this happened. The likeliest reason the bus didn’t stop is due to overcrowding, a result of the service reductions that went into effect on Saturday, September 27.
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he's usually good about that. Mine were nude sheertex and Marie's (the grey ones in the background) actually had a hole anyway.
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Shit I got ripped off. Just misgendered and some patches that didn’t work. Had to find my own way.
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Marie and I share a wardrobe so it’s 50/50 whether I can tell you the provenance of any given piece
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(Tuck probably will not let you but she will run away long before the claws come out)
A tortoiseshell cat in front of some kettlebells
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The dress in the background is this one, but in a different print that’s apparently not online anymore. Purchased in 2022.

www.venus.com/products/z78...
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Ah, actually you want the dress Marie is wearing tho. Which is also one I bought.

Hm.
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Nip will let you give belly scritches. It’s safe: no claws.
A black cat getting his belly scritched