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Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 6h

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Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 6h

Yeah similarly exclusive BRT comes out of Curitiba not São Paulo or Rio de Janeiro which are building metros.

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Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 6h

I often wonder if this is the reason we see transit priority emerging first in cities where surface transit has to serve the trunk line role. In London or Tokyo the talent congregates at the highest capacity modes which are exclusive railways, but in Zurich in the 70s it really was in surface trams.

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Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 7h

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
IMO this is somehow worse than this looks. If this room was booked via federal travel software he’d have to have really worked at it to cancel this room. This isn’t just a call the hotel thing!

Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment

Paul Ingrassia has been investigated for allegedly harassing a lower-ranking colleague, according to administration officials. Fearing retaliation, the woman later withdrew a complaint, and Ingrassia ...

www.politico.com

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Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 7h

Man becoming powerful in Washington as a Republican is so easy. This guy is 30.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · Aug 2

The guy Trump picked to lead the office that’s now investigating Jack Smith:

— said Niki Haley is ineligible to be president
— has neo-Nazi ties
— was Andrew Tate’s lawyer
— 2x Claremont fellow
— wrote for Gateway Pundit
— called for Pence to be hanged
— called for secession after 2020 election

Paul Ingrassia (lawyer) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

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Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 7h

In fairness every citizen of said nation has consented to be under his sovereignty which is globally unique.

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Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 7h

yeah the almighty.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 10h

What do you mean "possible rise," dude is at the top of the pack. He is the literal pope

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 17h

As Pope Leo begins to reveal some of his views on divisive issues, some conservative critics of his predecessor are rejecting the possible rise of another “liberal pope.”

As Pope Leo riles conservatives, some say ‘just focus on the church’

Conservatives who hoped that Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, would be more of a traditionalist instead hear echoes of his predecessor, Francis, in his public statements.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 7h

If we’re being real no Wisconsin team deserves to every win anything ever again.

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Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 7h

Cubs in 5

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Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 9h

Both FTA/UMTA and FRA were hit by large RIFs during the early Reagan years. 1981 was a big one I believe.

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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 1d

Here are the Subway/Metro Station design guidelines that were compiled by UMTA/USDOT in the 1970s in an attempt to prevent WMATA-style cost overruns again.

It got shelved when everyone at UMTA got laid off and we forgot it. But it's prescient about cost drivers -- rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/11352

DOT ROSA P

ROSA P serves as an archival repository of USDOT-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other information authored or co-authored by USDOT ...

rosap.ntl.bts.gov

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Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 9h

This was a fun thread.

Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 9h

Complicated mechanism < stupid simple one.

Thus section 8/accelerated depreciation > LIHTC

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[email protected] @estupi.do · 10h

it's so crazy that the 1986 tax law that created the Low Income Housing Tax Credit also eliminated accelerated depreciation on rental housing and the results were predictably terrible taxfoundation.org/blog/1986-ta...

Did 1986 Tax Reform Hurt Affordable Housing?

The increase in investment costs brought by 1986 tax reform changes to rental housing investment contributed to reduced construction of new multifamily homes. While other factors, such as high rates o...

taxfoundation.org

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14h

Republicans have had 15 years to come up with an Obamacare replacement plan. They still haven’t

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 11h

I hung out with @woolie.meowmeow.city

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Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 11h

Do you think this is because it relies much more on metro and rail?

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Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 12h

Sure they could designate 95% of the city dark red and get over it but they wouldn’t be native English speakers then.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 13h

One thing that I find notable. Meat and edible offal exports

Uruguay: 2.37B
Argentina: 3.25B

All numbers from OEC

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Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 13h

Well they did just sell a shit ton of soybeans. But this is also a country that punishes beef exports

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Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 15h

Port authority premium on top of the New York area premium on top of the American capital cost premium

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Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 17h

Why are there mixed use high rises at the western edge of Vancouver?

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Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 18h

Also doesn’t address the need for “lower skill” immigrants. Farm workers and construction workers are vital to the country and are primarily staffed by immigrants.

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