Mr Hounsell
@hounsell.bsky.social
Aussie Transport Analyst - Writing on life in the urban jungle; places, living streets & quality transit. He/Him (They/Them is OK) https://linktr.ee/hounsell
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Mr Hounsell
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· Nov 7
OPUS at UTS: Using Big Data from TOTOR ETS to optimise public transport operations - Open Publications of UTS Scholars
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Hounsell, M. (2020). Using TOTOR datasets in transport operations - Facilitating an empirically-driven continuous-optimisation approach to sustainable transport operations using TOTOR datasets [Conventional Thesis, University of Technology Sydney]. hdl.handle.net/10453/144073
Oh look, the NSW Police are yet again wasting time and money flying their helicopter back and forth over the Eastern Suburbs -- just to be seen. Yeah, we all saw you at 3:00 on Thursday morning
December 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Oh look, the NSW Police are yet again wasting time and money flying their helicopter back and forth over the Eastern Suburbs -- just to be seen. Yeah, we all saw you at 3:00 on Thursday morning
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📢 Dozens of power poles were installed during West Gate Tunnel works on the condition they would be temporary. Seven years later, they’re here to stay.
‘We’ve been shafted every way possible’: Residents furious after power line promise U-turn
www.theage.com.au
December 19, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Linking the march across the bridge to the massacre is disgusting and everyone doing so should be deeply ashamed of their giving tacit support for genocide
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW to effectively ban protests for up to three months as premier links Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack
Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW [because] the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Linking the march across the bridge to the massacre is disgusting and everyone doing so should be deeply ashamed of their giving tacit support for genocide
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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December 19, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
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David Pope in Canberra Times
December 18, 2025 at 8:36 AM
David Pope in Canberra Times
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Fascists use marginalized populations to test run broader control.
- Restricting abortion = Removing bodily autonomy.
- Restricting trans care = Removing healthcare.
- Restricting pro-Palestine advocacy = Removing resistance.
- Restricting disability supports = Individualizing death and suffering.
- Restricting abortion = Removing bodily autonomy.
- Restricting trans care = Removing healthcare.
- Restricting pro-Palestine advocacy = Removing resistance.
- Restricting disability supports = Individualizing death and suffering.
December 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Fascists use marginalized populations to test run broader control.
- Restricting abortion = Removing bodily autonomy.
- Restricting trans care = Removing healthcare.
- Restricting pro-Palestine advocacy = Removing resistance.
- Restricting disability supports = Individualizing death and suffering.
- Restricting abortion = Removing bodily autonomy.
- Restricting trans care = Removing healthcare.
- Restricting pro-Palestine advocacy = Removing resistance.
- Restricting disability supports = Individualizing death and suffering.
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Fascinating how two seemingly haphazard lines of pigs merge effortlessly and seamlessly, just like Auckland drivers don't.
December 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Fascinating how two seemingly haphazard lines of pigs merge effortlessly and seamlessly, just like Auckland drivers don't.
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It's just so fashionable right now
December 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
It's just so fashionable right now
Another $830 bn for Open AI is like the Romans announcing a massive investment in lead pipes.
Chomsky wrote Hegemony or survival: America's quest for global dominance in 2004. It is amazing that 2 wars, an Opioid dealing family, Amazon, Facebook and AI will end the American Century in just 20 years
Chomsky wrote Hegemony or survival: America's quest for global dominance in 2004. It is amazing that 2 wars, an Opioid dealing family, Amazon, Facebook and AI will end the American Century in just 20 years
December 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Another $830 bn for Open AI is like the Romans announcing a massive investment in lead pipes.
Chomsky wrote Hegemony or survival: America's quest for global dominance in 2004. It is amazing that 2 wars, an Opioid dealing family, Amazon, Facebook and AI will end the American Century in just 20 years
Chomsky wrote Hegemony or survival: America's quest for global dominance in 2004. It is amazing that 2 wars, an Opioid dealing family, Amazon, Facebook and AI will end the American Century in just 20 years
Alpha Males - The Scientific Mistake That Damaged Generations of Men by Be Smart for @pbs.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOue...
Remember that when a heuristic is wrong but easy to explain and supports the preferred belief of people they will knowingly propagate it widely especially in popular culture
Remember that when a heuristic is wrong but easy to explain and supports the preferred belief of people they will knowingly propagate it widely especially in popular culture
The Scientific Lie That Damaged Generations of Men
YouTube video by Be Smart
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Alpha Males - The Scientific Mistake That Damaged Generations of Men by Be Smart for @pbs.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOue...
Remember that when a heuristic is wrong but easy to explain and supports the preferred belief of people they will knowingly propagate it widely especially in popular culture
Remember that when a heuristic is wrong but easy to explain and supports the preferred belief of people they will knowingly propagate it widely especially in popular culture
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I have been trying for years to get photos of this small frog who lives near my home and calls like a nefarious cartoon villain going ‘NYEHH HEH HEH!’
And tonight I hunkered down in the creek bed and FINALLY got him! The Leaf Green Tree Frog (Dryopsophus phyllochrous)🌿
NSW, Australia #frogs #nature
And tonight I hunkered down in the creek bed and FINALLY got him! The Leaf Green Tree Frog (Dryopsophus phyllochrous)🌿
NSW, Australia #frogs #nature
December 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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For those who missed it, there's a trans hockey player who's in the Gay Hockey show and its great for 1) obvious representation reasons but also 2) there's finally someone who ACTUALLY looks like a real fucking hockey player in this fucking show
www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/12/h...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/12/h...
December 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
For those who missed it, there's a trans hockey player who's in the Gay Hockey show and its great for 1) obvious representation reasons but also 2) there's finally someone who ACTUALLY looks like a real fucking hockey player in this fucking show
www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/12/h...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/12/h...
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Bondi politic.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
December 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Bondi politic.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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Like the Liberal Party’s governing style, the vehicle arrived unannounced, massively inconvenienced everyone, broke a whole heap of shit and then left.
Read more:
theshovel.com.au/2025/04/23/l...
Read more:
theshovel.com.au/2025/04/23/l...
December 18, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Like the Liberal Party’s governing style, the vehicle arrived unannounced, massively inconvenienced everyone, broke a whole heap of shit and then left.
Read more:
theshovel.com.au/2025/04/23/l...
Read more:
theshovel.com.au/2025/04/23/l...
Spent 4 hours trying to achieve inbox zero to address a problem my chaos caused - therefore: tired brain.
Then, couldn't find important email.
Then restored over 2,000 deleted emails but my addled brain had misled me and I had never deleted that email.
Now my inbox is full of things I had deleted
Then, couldn't find important email.
Then restored over 2,000 deleted emails but my addled brain had misled me and I had never deleted that email.
Now my inbox is full of things I had deleted
December 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Spent 4 hours trying to achieve inbox zero to address a problem my chaos caused - therefore: tired brain.
Then, couldn't find important email.
Then restored over 2,000 deleted emails but my addled brain had misled me and I had never deleted that email.
Now my inbox is full of things I had deleted
Then, couldn't find important email.
Then restored over 2,000 deleted emails but my addled brain had misled me and I had never deleted that email.
Now my inbox is full of things I had deleted
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Tallawong is the perfect case study on how park-and-rides can never scale up to meet the capacity of a metro line but will consume the prime land around the station trying to do so.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
The Sydney metro station where there are 2.5 cars for every parking space
A review into commuter car parking at one of Sydney’s busiest metro stations has painted a grim picture of the daily parking ordeal – and demand is showing no signs of slowing.
www.smh.com.au
December 18, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Tallawong is the perfect case study on how park-and-rides can never scale up to meet the capacity of a metro line but will consume the prime land around the station trying to do so.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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I really don’t understand how doing this isn’t a one-way ticket to jail. Driving is just about the only activity where you can mangle another person’s body without any real consequence as long as you remember to say “oopsies” afterwards.
www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago...
www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago...
December 18, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I really don’t understand how doing this isn’t a one-way ticket to jail. Driving is just about the only activity where you can mangle another person’s body without any real consequence as long as you remember to say “oopsies” afterwards.
www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago...
www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago...
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You really notice the difference in air quality too, as more bicycles and fewer cars take to the streets. On trips to Paris in the last few years, I've noticed the air being so much more breathable and clear than it was in previous decades. And that's backed up by evidence.
December 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
You really notice the difference in air quality too, as more bicycles and fewer cars take to the streets. On trips to Paris in the last few years, I've noticed the air being so much more breathable and clear than it was in previous decades. And that's backed up by evidence.
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When you don’t own a car by do own a cargo bike and have an engineering degree 😝🤓
December 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
When you don’t own a car by do own a cargo bike and have an engineering degree 😝🤓
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December 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Ronald Reagan, a cold man who ignored the AIDS crisis because he was a homophobe and craved the votes of other homophobes, is *not* a reminder of anything good or decent.
December 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Ronald Reagan, a cold man who ignored the AIDS crisis because he was a homophobe and craved the votes of other homophobes, is *not* a reminder of anything good or decent.