Oran โอม
@oranv.com
wayfarer, civil engineer by training, transit map designer by trade. finding beauty in what’s otherwise unnoticed. Eng/ไทย. Seattle/Bothell, นนทบุรี/Bangkok, Santa Barbara.
Then: Gamers against crypto boom
Now: Gamers against AI boom
Now: Gamers against AI boom
November 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Then: Gamers against crypto boom
Now: Gamers against AI boom
Now: Gamers against AI boom
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Thread of streetview images of LA County Zigzag Moderne residential buildings, hotels included. All of these were built within a three year span of 1929-1931. Ordered roughly by decreasing height — starting with the tallest and easily most famous: 8358 Sunset Blvd, WH
November 24, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Thread of streetview images of LA County Zigzag Moderne residential buildings, hotels included. All of these were built within a three year span of 1929-1931. Ordered roughly by decreasing height — starting with the tallest and easily most famous: 8358 Sunset Blvd, WH
Thailand lost mainland Chinese tourists but overall spending per tourist is up this year. Businesses catering toward mainlanders suffer hard while others are fine.
The Chinese went to Japan instead and now their government calls for a boycott. Locals: go ahead! We want relief from overtourism.
The Chinese went to Japan instead and now their government calls for a boycott. Locals: go ahead! We want relief from overtourism.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Thailand lost mainland Chinese tourists but overall spending per tourist is up this year. Businesses catering toward mainlanders suffer hard while others are fine.
The Chinese went to Japan instead and now their government calls for a boycott. Locals: go ahead! We want relief from overtourism.
The Chinese went to Japan instead and now their government calls for a boycott. Locals: go ahead! We want relief from overtourism.
Overheard some young boy on the train who’s into trains: “this is AI garbage!”
November 23, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Overheard some young boy on the train who’s into trains: “this is AI garbage!”
The combo pizza returns to the Costco food court in the form of a calzone.
November 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The combo pizza returns to the Costco food court in the form of a calzone.
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Today I discovered that since 2022 Lombardy has developed a manual for standardized wayfinding for the entire region's transit, notably for bus stops, with a unified design across operators
www.regione.lombardia.it/wps/portal/i...
www.regione.lombardia.it/wps/portal/i...
September 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Today I discovered that since 2022 Lombardy has developed a manual for standardized wayfinding for the entire region's transit, notably for bus stops, with a unified design across operators
www.regione.lombardia.it/wps/portal/i...
www.regione.lombardia.it/wps/portal/i...
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Left-wing vs right-wing populism in one picture.
This couldn't have been more perfect. Ignoring tradeoffs and blaming the main outgroup as the solution to every societal problem.
This couldn't have been more perfect. Ignoring tradeoffs and blaming the main outgroup as the solution to every societal problem.
November 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Left-wing vs right-wing populism in one picture.
This couldn't have been more perfect. Ignoring tradeoffs and blaming the main outgroup as the solution to every societal problem.
This couldn't have been more perfect. Ignoring tradeoffs and blaming the main outgroup as the solution to every societal problem.
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one of the underrated factors for the rise in scamming across U.S. society is the death of local media.
It gets lost in the shuffle, but the Speaker of the House is someone who, by all rights, should’ve had his career ended a decade ago by a Shreveport TV news investigative team.
Fond memories of that time Mike Johnson was president of a local law school that never opened its doors, in part because it was attached to a Baptist college that was losing its accreditation, and in part because it was always a scam from the start
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
one of the underrated factors for the rise in scamming across U.S. society is the death of local media.
After months of absence, the bunnies are back.
November 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
After months of absence, the bunnies are back.
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the actual suicide of the West will be combining a rapidly aging population with hostility to migrants. however we must give credit to East Asia, especially Japan, for pioneering this model.
November 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
the actual suicide of the West will be combining a rapidly aging population with hostility to migrants. however we must give credit to East Asia, especially Japan, for pioneering this model.
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You can love someone you love even if you don't love yourself🏳️⚧️
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
You can love someone you love even if you don't love yourself🏳️⚧️
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
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@oranv.com @transiterranean.bsky.social pro-tip: you can see upcoming rail extensions on Apple Maps once an official date has been set by tapping on the entrances at future stations, then tapping the “service resumes” date in the card and then “view on map” in the following menu
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
@oranv.com @transiterranean.bsky.social pro-tip: you can see upcoming rail extensions on Apple Maps once an official date has been set by tapping on the entrances at future stations, then tapping the “service resumes” date in the card and then “view on map” in the following menu
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In 1582, a papal bull introduced the Gregorian calendar, still used today by most of the world. Because it’s 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, countries introducing it simply skipped a third of October, and if you scroll back far enough in the iPhone calendar app you can see it change
December 31, 2024 at 2:41 PM
In 1582, a papal bull introduced the Gregorian calendar, still used today by most of the world. Because it’s 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, countries introducing it simply skipped a third of October, and if you scroll back far enough in the iPhone calendar app you can see it change
Bangkok’s Elephant Building and the BTS Skytrain passing by in the evening
November 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Bangkok’s Elephant Building and the BTS Skytrain passing by in the evening
Sriracha Shinto Shrine ⛩️
November 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Sriracha Shinto Shrine ⛩️
Sriracha Thailand Post Office
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Sriracha Thailand Post Office
Yeah, hi5 was a thing in Thailand. By 2009 when me and my friends were in university, many moved over to Facebook.
Hi5 was an early social platform, launched in 2003. Americans mostly ignored it. Big in Latin America & Southeast Asia with tens of millions of users at its peak, today it’s mostly social games & dating.
Check out your favorite websites with the #WaybackMachine: web.archive.org
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#Wayback1T
Check out your favorite websites with the #WaybackMachine: web.archive.org
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#Wayback1T
November 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Yeah, hi5 was a thing in Thailand. By 2009 when me and my friends were in university, many moved over to Facebook.
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New: A judge in Washington has ruled images from Flock surveillance cameras are public records and that anyone can request them. Highlights the pervasiveness of this tech and just how much surveillance is being done. Very notable ruling
www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
Judge Rules Flock Surveillance Images Are Public Records That Can Be Requested By Anyone
A Washington judge said images taken by Flock cameras are "not exempt from disclosure" in public record requests.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
New: A judge in Washington has ruled images from Flock surveillance cameras are public records and that anyone can request them. Highlights the pervasiveness of this tech and just how much surveillance is being done. Very notable ruling
www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
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Hm now who else does that sound like
Something that’s so striking in these emails is how…unimpressive Epstein is. He comes off as a pompous, sub-literate lech. Yes everyone is so mortifyingly solicitous of him! All fawning and flattery! Why?????
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Hm now who else does that sound like
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It is now Wikipedia official en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_W...
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
It is now Wikipedia official en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_W...
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Remember to support local news. And ask officials what they are doing with all that dynamite.
Otherwise we might be blissfully unaware of stuff like this.
Otherwise we might be blissfully unaware of stuff like this.
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Remember to support local news. And ask officials what they are doing with all that dynamite.
Otherwise we might be blissfully unaware of stuff like this.
Otherwise we might be blissfully unaware of stuff like this.
I’ve been using the new iPhone 17 for about a month and I miss the Touch ID from my SE. Face ID fails during three common cases.
Nighttime: I’m near sighted so I often pick up and hold it too close.
Glancing at phone on table: angle is too acute
Unlock during pull from pocket vs holding it right.
Nighttime: I’m near sighted so I often pick up and hold it too close.
Glancing at phone on table: angle is too acute
Unlock during pull from pocket vs holding it right.
November 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I’ve been using the new iPhone 17 for about a month and I miss the Touch ID from my SE. Face ID fails during three common cases.
Nighttime: I’m near sighted so I often pick up and hold it too close.
Glancing at phone on table: angle is too acute
Unlock during pull from pocket vs holding it right.
Nighttime: I’m near sighted so I often pick up and hold it too close.
Glancing at phone on table: angle is too acute
Unlock during pull from pocket vs holding it right.
Thailand’s second newest intercity motorway, the 96-kilometer long M81, connects Bang Yai (at Bangkok’s western outer ring road) and Kanchanaburi. We were so excited when plans to build it were announced back in 1997.
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Thailand’s second newest intercity motorway, the 96-kilometer long M81, connects Bang Yai (at Bangkok’s western outer ring road) and Kanchanaburi. We were so excited when plans to build it were announced back in 1997.
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Typography lovers: this discussion about the poor kerning of Trumps latest garish installation is truly joyous!
huh, that's interesting. once you see the comparison, it becomes very obvious why one is better. would not have noticed it before
The font would appear to be English 111 Adagio CE, available for the highly presidential sum of just $39.75 USD
Note "The" is not kerned correctly
(see perspective-corrected still for reference)
Note "The" is not kerned correctly
(see perspective-corrected still for reference)
November 12, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Typography lovers: this discussion about the poor kerning of Trumps latest garish installation is truly joyous!
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THIS IS NOT A DRILL
TRANSIT RIDERS HAVE TAKEN OVER THE CITY OF SEATTLE
TRANSIT RIDERS HAVE TAKEN OVER THE CITY OF SEATTLE
With basically all the ballots in the city of Seattle's mayoral election counted, Katie Wilson is now above 50 percent, with Mayor Bruce Harrell sliding to 49.6 percent. They're currently within the mandatory recount requirements, but machine recounts don't generally change things much.
November 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
THIS IS NOT A DRILL
TRANSIT RIDERS HAVE TAKEN OVER THE CITY OF SEATTLE
TRANSIT RIDERS HAVE TAKEN OVER THE CITY OF SEATTLE