Hank van Til
chills7.bsky.social
Hank van Til
@chills7.bsky.social
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Elon Musk promised a lot of things by 2025

- colonists arriving on Mars
- xAI achieving AGI
- Tesla robotaxis serving half the U.S.
- completely driverless robotaxis
- a Tesla Roadster demo
- DOGE cutting trillions

none of them happened
mashable.com/article/elon-mus...
Everything Elon Musk promised in 2025, but didn't deliver
Musk is now infamous for his false promises, but even this is excessive.
mashable.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Metrolinx wins bid to build new Alberta pipeline
Metrolinx wins bid to build new Alberta pipeline
EDMONTON – After Ottawa agreed to fast track the construction of a brand-new pipeline from Alberta’s oil sands to the Pacific coast, the Alberta legislature announced that the Ontario-based transporta...
www.thebeaverton.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Wow, big crowd out here in Guelph for the first weekend train. Lots of happy commuters and families going to Toronto for the day.

Thanks to everyone who pushed to convince Metrolinx that there is demand for weekend service.
November 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Choo choo motherfuckers
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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This morning the Government of Ontario announced significant service increases to the GO Transit Kitchener Line, starting November 23rd:

• Weekend service to Kitchener GO

• 30 minute weekend service between Union Station & Bramalea GO

• New infrastructure partnership with CN Rail
October 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.
moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.

one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
September 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Stage 2 ION LRT Initial Business Case results are out:

The full LRT alignment has the highest ridership and economics benefits, but also the highest capital and operations costs.

Presentation: pub-regionofwaterloo.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a...
September 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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It’s time to IONize Waterloo Region!

Announcing our new campaign to build ION light rail the full length to Cambridge, and then to keep building. Check it out, and sign up for our newsletter for updates:
IONize Waterloo Region
Charge Up Waterloo Region With Transit
ionizewr.ca
August 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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The moment the union defied back to work orders was when power was truly shifted back to the workers and Air Canada realized they were screwed, forcing them back to the bargaining table.

If employers expect the government to step in every time a strike happens, they'll never bargain in good faith.
August 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Sean Hannity is whining about me on his radio show and I have learned some new information about myself.
July 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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I would like to know where to find all of this money I supposedly have.
July 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.

But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.

See you soon, NYC.
July 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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State transportation departments work in a system that prioritizes project completion over project value for the community. When you combine that with a toolbox limited to expansion projects, state officials who genuinely want to help communities can end up hurting them instead.
July 15, 2025 at 10:48 PM
InField In, Infield Back, Infield Normal
SPORTS TALK BASEBALL
SEGA 1992
SEGA GENESIS
June 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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I was doing succession planning in my IT job at 25 in case I died
Fun watching votes pass where the margin is fewer than the number of Democratic representstives who died in office this year (3).

For lots (but not all) of these that margin is overshadowed by alive and absent, but still. Be a lot closer with 3 alive.
June 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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June 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
June 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Facts: "Since 2008, Congress has taken an additional $275 billion from taxpayers (on top of all gas taxes) to cover the difference between gas taxes and their spending."
t4america.org/2025/05/22/t...
The highway trust fund isn’t on life support—it’s been dead since 2008 - Transportation For America
Our failing federal transportation program is supposed to be completely paid for with gas taxes, but since 2008, Congress has taken an additional $275 billion from taxpayers (on top of all gas taxes) ...
t4america.org
May 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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So: the “Protect Bathurst / Dufferin” astroturf campaign run by Summerhill Market had videos of a guy talking about the neighborhood & RapidTO proposal. Real grassroots feel. Took a screenshot & put it into google image search. Guess what?
May 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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👀 Watch government transparency in action—frame by frame.

We just launched a live feed from the microfiche digitization lab!

📽️ Real-time scanning of government documents & records for Democracy's Library. ⤵️
lofi Archive radio 🎞️ beats to scan/read microfiche to
Ever wonder how government documents, locked away on tiny sheets of microfiche, become searchable and accessible online? Now you can see it happen in real ti...
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May 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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My book has been 'out of stock' for months on Verso's site, but I'm happy to report it's back up! www.versobooks.com/products/775...
May 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down
April 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
April 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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The Loan Programs Office (LPO) is one of the most quietly effective tools the federal government has. It is the center of our industrial policy providing loans that banks won't give for energy innovation. It funds real projects. Battery factories. Nuclear reactors. Geothermal energy. Car factories.
April 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM