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AJ Sadauskas
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This account is on Mastodon at @[email protected] My main account is @aj.gts.sadauskas.id.au.ap.brid.gy on BlueSky or @aj.gts.sadauskas.id.au on Mastodon. I'm also on Pixelfed @[email protected]
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AJ Sadauskas @ajsadauskas.bsky.social · Apr 19
Going forward, I'll mostly post from @aj.gts.sadauskas.id.au.ap.brid.gy 👇👇👇

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AJ Sadauskas @aj.gts.sadauskas.id.au.ap.brid.gy · Apr 19
Hi BlueSky 👋

This account is an experiment in hosting my own BSky and Mastodon social presence, at my own domain, on my own server, using https://gotosocial.org/
GoToSocial - Fast, fun, ActivityPub server, powered by Go.
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Christian @chrizku.bsky.social · 3d
What's the capacity for bikes?
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jd 🔆 @jd.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 4d
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Yes, took these when I was visiting a few years ago. I’ve forgotten whether they were diesel or electric.
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AJ Sadauskas @aj.gts.sadauskas.id.au.ap.brid.gy · 3d
@ajsadauskas @jd They're electrical multiple units.

Typically, the trains are made up of two sets of four carriages, so eight carriages in total.

The train lines to Central Coast & Newcastle, Wollongong, and the Blue Mountains are also electrified.

Beyond the cluster of big cities in NSW […]
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AJ Sadauskas @aj.gts.sadauskas.id.au.ap.brid.gy · 3d
@ajsadauskas @DanielleVossebeld The trains in Sydney are the same size as the Dutch one. (They're slightly wider in Melbourne and narrower in Brisbane, but that's a story for another day!)

The difference is the seats and the aisle are slightly narrower. There are also no armrests between seats […]
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Danielle @daniellevossebeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d
@ajsadauskas Wow, 3 Seats next to eachother? Those trains are wide! Or Australians are quite small 😅
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AJ Sadauskas @ajsadauskas.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d
To anyone in Sydney, these photos will be very boring, but they might be interesting to people who live elsewhere.

This is what it looks like inside Sydney's double decker trains...

#rail #railway #railways #Train #trains #publictransit #publictransport #Sydney
Inside the upper level. The blue padded seats are arranged in a 2 - 3 configuration. The seats also change direction (from facing forwards to facing backwards) by pushing (or pulling) on the yellow handles. Different view inside the upper level. The seats on the lower level are in the same configuration. Note the bottom of the window on the lower level just below the level of the platform. The entryway where you board the carriage (the doors are to the left and right of this photo). You board at platform level, then walk up or down the stairs to reach the upper or lower level. There are seats at this level designated for people with disabilities. You can move between carriages. There's an information display that shows which line you're on and upcoming stations. A network map is posted on the walls near the doors.
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AJ Sadauskas @ajsadauskas.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d
Paper Planes Café, Horwood Place, Parramatta.

#coffee #food #parramatta #westernsydney #nsw #australia
Eggs Benedict with avocado in a busy café.
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AJ Sadauskas @ajsadauskas.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d
The Barangaroo and Sydney CBD skyline at night, as seen from Pyrmont.

#Sydney #nsw #australia #city #cities #streetphotography #building #buildings #architecture #photography #photos
The lit up glass towers as seen from a harbourfront promenade in Pyrmont, with a lense flare off a street light. The city skyline peeks over a harbourside warehouse that has been converted into apartments.
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AJ Sadauskas @ajsadauskas.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d
"Meow! No human, I won't let go of your hand, I want more scritches!"

— Mr Snowy Tanowy

#cat #cats #caturday #caturdayiseveryday #blueskycats #catsofbluesky #pixelfedcats #catsofpixelfed #mastodoncats #catsofmastodon #catstodon
Mr Snowy Tanowy, a fluffy white cat with beige spots, refusing to let go of my hand. He's holding it tight to his chest with his fluffy white paws.
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AJ Sadauskas @ajsadauskas.bsky.social · 1d
We had something similar happen in a nearby electorate.

The twist was that a local $2 shop had obtained a whole stack of these bags after the election and were using them when customers bought stuff 🤣
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 2d
Wow. This would be a hoot.
An email advert for the CPAC Christmas party, which would be less fun that hammering a nail into your kneecap
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AJ Sadauskas @ajsadauskas.bsky.social · 2d
Who says you can't have a (very) white Christmas in Australia?
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Mirjam S. @teunemans.bsky.social · 2d
Several of the people I follow have moved over here. From what I hear, transition is relatively seamless and easy, you can move your entire content and follower lists.
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AJ Sadauskas @ajsadauskas.bsky.social · 2d
I'll just leave this here: ghost.org

(It's pretty much identical to Substack, except without the burning crosses.)
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AJ Sadauskas @ajsadauskas.bsky.social · 2d
Who says you can't have a (very) white Christmas in Australia?
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AJ Sadauskas @ajsadauskas.bsky.social · 2d
Does anyone know if these universities were expressly authorised to use Engineers Australia's logo and intellectual property in connection to their claims?

I'm not a lawyer, but it sounds to me like perhaps it might not just be the students who might have grounds for a lawsuit here...
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AJ Sadauskas @ajsadauskas.bsky.social · 2d
I'll just leave this here: ghost.org

(It's pretty much identical to Substack, except without the burning crosses.)
Ghost: The best open source blog & newsletter platform
Beautiful, modern publishing with email newsletters and paid subscriptions built-in. Used by Platformer, 404Media, Lever News, Tangle, The Browser, and thousands more.
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Tab Combs @drtcombs.bsky.social · 3d
I am increasingly baffled...and alarmed.

What is the value of citations--one of the primary ways academics are judged--if they are generated through #AI #slop?

#AcademicSky #Academia
screenshot of the paragraph in which my research on traffic impact assessment is cited. The text reads: "Adaptation is an effort to modify movement patterns to suit specific requirements, such as adjusting, changing, rearranging, revising, and adding variations. Meanwhile, origination is creating new movement patterns to suit certain situations or problems, such as designing, composing, building, creating, constructing, and creating something new (Combs, McDonald, and Leimenstoll 2023)."
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Tab Combs @drtcombs.bsky.social · 3d
Reader, I can assure you there is nothing in my paper that would lead any reasonable (or honestly, any unreasonable) human to draw that citation from it.
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Tab Combs @drtcombs.bsky.social · 3d
My paper on traffic impact assessment being cited in a literature review on using #AI to build a case for spiritual and religious awakening (I think?) was not the citation alert I was expecting this morning.
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Chris Bowen @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social · 3d
The Shadow Minister recently went on a trip to US to visit their Nuclear facilities. 

He left a few places off his itinerary.
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AJ Sadauskas @ajsadauskas.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d
The Parramatta Powerhouse Museum is coming along nicely...

#building #architecture #powerhouse #parramatta
View of the basically complete front facade, as seen from Philip St Looking down Horwood Place, which will soon be redeveloped into a pedestrianised street called Civic Link, towards the Powerhouse Museum. A closer look at the sky bridge between the two halves of the building.
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Stejwill @stejwill.bsky.social · 5d
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AJ Sadauskas @ajsadauskas.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 8d
Another of the interesting quirks of Hornsby.

Do you know what's actually in the bridge between the two halves of the shopping centre?

A bookshop.

So you can browse books while standing *above* the pedestrianised main street.

#book #books #hornsby #nsw #australia
A bookshop on a bridge above the main street.
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AJ Sadauskas @ajsadauskas.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d
The public health announcement that time forgot...
A pandemic-era blue sticker on a timber floor reads: "Please keep your distance". It has two white stick figures and an orange arrow between them. The Hornsby Shire logo is at the bottom in white.
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AJ Sadauskas @ajsadauskas.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d
Recently, I posted the display screens on Sydney's trains, and someone asked if there's a network map?

Well, the answer is yes, usually on the concourse, on the platform, and on the train itself. Plus other useful info, such as any planned trackwork on any line.

#Train #trains #Sydney #rail
Trackwork sign at Sydney Central. Example suburban train network map sign at Sydney Central. Another sign, this time explaining how to get real-time notifications on your phone. And an intercity rail network map for good measure.
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