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Harper @harlander.bsky.social · 20h

Levels in the summer. If there were a problem here it would have more than likely been caught very early in the engineering process. Our LRVs can do 8% grades (double the standard for HRVs) no sweat so even if the grade were above 8% briefly, you can just use momentum

Harper @harlander.bsky.social · 20h

Also, they had already ran trucks across simulating the weight of a train and no issues occurred then either. The thing that told me this was a bogus claim (other than the bow wave not making sense given just how heavy the bridge actually is relative to a train) was the claim about water...

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Harper @harlander.bsky.social · 20h

Coolcoolcool (I just got reminded of that post and now im making a thread about how to assess the mistakes an org is likely/unlikely to make)

Harper @harlander.bsky.social · 20h

It isnt, its fine, it is actually looking like theyll be able to operate at 55mph (initially they thought they could only go 35mph over the 1 mile floating span)

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Harper @harlander.bsky.social · 20h

They ran a 4 car train over the bridge at 55mph the other day, the bridge is fine

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Harper @harlander.bsky.social · 20h

They ran a 4 car train at 55mph the other day. Perhaps next time be a bit more cautious of what random people on the internet say

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Harper @harlander.bsky.social · 1d

Go shitty 22 megabits per second, go!

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Harper @harlander.bsky.social · 2d

It is crazy how many people go "yeah, there are three wests: northern rockies, southern rockies, and coast" like bruh. I dont think they understand just how long the coast here is

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Harper @harlander.bsky.social · 2d

Lazy east coasters who can't imagine westerners as anything but cowboys in saloons

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Harper @harlander.bsky.social · 2d

They also don't immediately lump the PNW in with California

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Harper @harlander.bsky.social · 2d

I almost wonder if this stems more from just how evil a lot of liberals are when it comes to the homeless. They hate trump but they don't want to turn people off a policy they agree with

Jonathan Maus @jonathanmaus.bsky.social · 2d

If NPR is trying to normalize Trump as just some regular politician with bold policy views - instead of the unhinged wanna be dictator he is - they are doing a very good job.

This is just one recent story where they give Trump benefit of the doubt & fail to give readers proper context.

NPR @npr.org · 3d

President Trump says one part of the answer to homelessness is civil commitment and forced medical care. Some Democrats agree.

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Harper @harlander.bsky.social · 4d

Ive been in online politics for long enough to know a thing or two.
The way these "jokes" are used is identical to how the right makes jokes about minorities.

The "joke" is simply saying the slur. There isnt a joke beyond it, it is simply the fact that the slur is being said

Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 4d

What’s lost in this conversation is that language must always escape containment, so your playful little “clanker” slur is now being directed at people with bionic limbs.

Harmless fun, right? www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8AjSabH/

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Harper @harlander.bsky.social · 4d

Idk, theyve been doing a pretty good job with fill trains. Last night someone I know on the platform said he saw 4 trains each direction in 15 minutes, thats capacity for 4k people per direction, thats pretty solid

Harper @harlander.bsky.social · 5d

Go birds

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Harper @harlander.bsky.social · 5d

That platform was cleared by a little over 1 train, with infill trains and 2 lines, we'll be good so long as ST is able to deal with the infrastructural reliability problems

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Harper @harlander.bsky.social · 5d

I love going into a hole in the wall and seeing "cash or venmo only" like ik what youre doing you sneaky guy

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Harper @harlander.bsky.social · 5d

Helped that couple sitting in front of me save a bunch of money by telling them to take the bus to Poulsbo

I do not trust the bike rack on this bus though, I may have uncommon tires (27.5" × 2.4") but its not like mountain bikers arent going to use the bus

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Harper @harlander.bsky.social · 5d

Ferry

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Harper @harlander.bsky.social · 6d

My grandma lives in Poulsbo

Harper @harlander.bsky.social · 6d

Heading out to my grandma in Poulsbo.
Because Kitsap Transit bus coverage and frequency is so bad, a bike is the only way to get from the Rt 390 to her house just outside downtown

Bike waiting lane at the Seattle Ferry Terminal

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Harper @harlander.bsky.social · 6d

Its really hard to sell people on Wilson being stupid when youre so obviously a giant block head

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 6d

He doesn't really have an argument against Wilson—just ad hominem claims that she's an equivocating liar who has never accomplished anything and is stupid to boot. I don't think people who actually watch Katie Wilson buy the bizarro-world version her opponent is selling.

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Harper @harlander.bsky.social · 6d

This is an easy one.
Will the democrats fight to uphold this law?
No?
Will the courts uphold this law?
No?
Pretty clear to me he can do it

Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 6d

It is not clear that Mr. Trump’s image can be featured on a coin. An 1866 law enshrined a tradition that only deceased people could appear on U.S. currency to avoid the appearance that America was a monarchy. Trump admin is planning to do it anyway.
By Alan Rappeport

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/b...

Treasury Plans to Mint $1 Commemorative Trump Coin

www.nytimes.com

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Harper @harlander.bsky.social · 6d

Idk everyone, maybe you all can help
Is intentionally killing someone murder?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6d

Residents of a small New Jersey town mourned the deaths of the 17-year-old friends as a third teenager was charged with hitting them intentionally at 70 miles per hour.

2 Teen Girls Were Run Over on Their Way to Get Ice Cream. Was It Murder?

Residents of a small New Jersey town mourned the deaths of the 17-year-old friends as a third teenager was charged with hitting them intentionally at 70 miles per hour.

nyti.ms

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Harper @harlander.bsky.social · 6d

Going out to family dinner

Harper @harlander.bsky.social · 7d

The point ultimately is that ST is wasting service hours trying to make current riders as happy as possible while failing to address potential new riders