John Miklos
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Community Planner - I seek to understand everything.
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We witness the fruits of Tianjin Metro's labor. A new Line 9 train operation schedule went online today, headways are reduced from 4.5 mins to 3 mins and end to end travel times are reduced by 10 mins. Pictures by 8-0203. As shown in the repost below, this was all achieved by....
December 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
We witness the fruits of Tianjin Metro's labor. A new Line 9 train operation schedule went online today, headways are reduced from 4.5 mins to 3 mins and end to end travel times are reduced by 10 mins. Pictures by 8-0203. As shown in the repost below, this was all achieved by....
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Realized it’s been a while since I posted my Bronze Age Fellowship of the Ring so here the lads are again
December 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Realized it’s been a while since I posted my Bronze Age Fellowship of the Ring so here the lads are again
NTSB crash investigation looking state
December 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
NTSB crash investigation looking state
Corollary to this:
If you are interested in being influenced, spend all of your time piping short-form viddy content DIRECTLY into your cerebrum :^)
If you are interested in being influenced, spend all of your time piping short-form viddy content DIRECTLY into your cerebrum :^)
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Corollary to this:
If you are interested in being influenced, spend all of your time piping short-form viddy content DIRECTLY into your cerebrum :^)
If you are interested in being influenced, spend all of your time piping short-form viddy content DIRECTLY into your cerebrum :^)
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it's actually kinda funny in a way to get to the finish line of curing cancer and having the government go eh you know what. never mind
A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
December 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
it's actually kinda funny in a way to get to the finish line of curing cancer and having the government go eh you know what. never mind
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It’s important to contextualize just how much less safe American drivers are than everywhere else in the world, and it’s getting worse!
December 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It’s important to contextualize just how much less safe American drivers are than everywhere else in the world, and it’s getting worse!
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If our cities are shaped by stories, then great books form the foundation of knowledge and inspiration needed to build more liveable, inclusive and prosperous places.
These are 24 titles we read this year that informed our approach to changing hearts, minds and streets. An #UrbanismBookClub thread.
These are 24 titles we read this year that informed our approach to changing hearts, minds and streets. An #UrbanismBookClub thread.
December 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
If our cities are shaped by stories, then great books form the foundation of knowledge and inspiration needed to build more liveable, inclusive and prosperous places.
These are 24 titles we read this year that informed our approach to changing hearts, minds and streets. An #UrbanismBookClub thread.
These are 24 titles we read this year that informed our approach to changing hearts, minds and streets. An #UrbanismBookClub thread.
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so if you personally pay donald trump you get a fast track to a green card
trumpcard.gov is live and the million dollar fees are all referred to as “gifts” or “contributions” to an undisclosed party lol
December 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
so if you personally pay donald trump you get a fast track to a green card
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God rest ye merry gentlemen let nothing you dismay / once we #BuildTheTunnel we get eight score trains a day / to save us all from parking lots and expressway delays / oh ridings of comfort and joy / comfort and joy / oh ridings of comfort and joy
December 14, 2025 at 5:10 AM
God rest ye merry gentlemen let nothing you dismay / once we #BuildTheTunnel we get eight score trains a day / to save us all from parking lots and expressway delays / oh ridings of comfort and joy / comfort and joy / oh ridings of comfort and joy
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Median Voter: The middle class is disappearing. You need to make $150k to get by!
Anybody: I’m going to build a 6-plex a half mile from you that is affordable on a $75k income.
Median Voter: And ruin the neighborhood?!
Anybody: I’m going to build a 6-plex a half mile from you that is affordable on a $75k income.
Median Voter: And ruin the neighborhood?!
November 28, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Median Voter: The middle class is disappearing. You need to make $150k to get by!
Anybody: I’m going to build a 6-plex a half mile from you that is affordable on a $75k income.
Median Voter: And ruin the neighborhood?!
Anybody: I’m going to build a 6-plex a half mile from you that is affordable on a $75k income.
Median Voter: And ruin the neighborhood?!
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PA's housing preemption legislation slate is now on the House floor! Includes everything from statewide ADUs, multiplexes, TOD upzoning, and a permit shot clock. This has been a long time coming and will need significant support.
... continuing
- Allowing multiple unit housing in more areas
- Requiring more density by allowed near transit stops
Link(ing the board as a whole because there's five of these pages): www.palegis.us/house/co-spo...
- Allowing multiple unit housing in more areas
- Requiring more density by allowed near transit stops
Link(ing the board as a whole because there's five of these pages): www.palegis.us/house/co-spo...
December 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
PA's housing preemption legislation slate is now on the House floor! Includes everything from statewide ADUs, multiplexes, TOD upzoning, and a permit shot clock. This has been a long time coming and will need significant support.
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As someone who spent a month in a coma because of a speeding driver, would just like to add to the ratio with a hearty I hope Darknet Food Critic finds out what that experience is like. Makes me feel artifically safe to type that, after all.
It's not life and death if I do speed, you're blowing the problem out of proportion to feel artificially safe.
December 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
As someone who spent a month in a coma because of a speeding driver, would just like to add to the ratio with a hearty I hope Darknet Food Critic finds out what that experience is like. Makes me feel artifically safe to type that, after all.
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the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
Amtrak reports Mardi Gras service among most successful ever https://mynbc15.com/news/local/amtrak-provides-boost-to-mobile-businesses
Amtrak's Mardi Gras service boosts Mobile tourism with higher than expected ridership
Amtrak says the new Mardi Gras service that connects Mobile to New Orleans is one of the most successful services ever launched and it's on track to double the
mynbc15.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
Such a jolly sight
December 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Such a jolly sight
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Some people have asked what I mean when I talk about the need for anti-corruption reforms. Here are some ideas.
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Some people have asked what I mean when I talk about the need for anti-corruption reforms. Here are some ideas.
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The designer of Times New Roman, Stanley Morrison, was a conscientious objector in 1916 and was imprisoned for his pacifist beliefs.
These dipshits can't even vice signal without screwing it up.
These dipshits can't even vice signal without screwing it up.
Times New Roman is an imported font, developed for London newspaper The Times in 1931. You know what American-designed font cooked up in 1994 would be perfect for this regime? Comic Sans.
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
December 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The designer of Times New Roman, Stanley Morrison, was a conscientious objector in 1916 and was imprisoned for his pacifist beliefs.
These dipshits can't even vice signal without screwing it up.
These dipshits can't even vice signal without screwing it up.
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The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
December 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
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I need HSR like I need air to breathe
December 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I need HSR like I need air to breathe
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Hometown Unveils Disappointing Microbrewery https://theonion.com/hometown-unveils-disappointing-microbrewery/
December 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Hometown Unveils Disappointing Microbrewery https://theonion.com/hometown-unveils-disappointing-microbrewery/
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Cars are another area where failure to invest publicly costs us down the line: road repairs, traffic, accidents, pollution, and state-subsidised car trips theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...
How the UK’s dependency on cars slows down the economy
Clogged up Britain
theconversation.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Cars are another area where failure to invest publicly costs us down the line: road repairs, traffic, accidents, pollution, and state-subsidised car trips theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...
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I cannot stress emphatically enough, nor with sufficient regularity, that you're gonna have to leave corporate media behind. You are the means to its ends, and its ends are hostile to you and your way of life.
December 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I cannot stress emphatically enough, nor with sufficient regularity, that you're gonna have to leave corporate media behind. You are the means to its ends, and its ends are hostile to you and your way of life.
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Car tires are a major source and "we need less driving and more transit + protected bike lanes" isn't a popular thing to say.
December 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Car tires are a major source and "we need less driving and more transit + protected bike lanes" isn't a popular thing to say.
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It’s insane that within just a few weeks, two of Canada’s major cities opened polar opposite transit systems.
REM - An extension to a high frequency, fast, fully automated metro system
Finch West - A many years late, over budget, disastrously slow light rail line
REM - An extension to a high frequency, fast, fully automated metro system
Finch West - A many years late, over budget, disastrously slow light rail line
December 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It’s insane that within just a few weeks, two of Canada’s major cities opened polar opposite transit systems.
REM - An extension to a high frequency, fast, fully automated metro system
Finch West - A many years late, over budget, disastrously slow light rail line
REM - An extension to a high frequency, fast, fully automated metro system
Finch West - A many years late, over budget, disastrously slow light rail line
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I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30
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"Stop this nonsense. No one wants this."
Vast Number of Windows Users Refusing to Upgrade After Microsoft's Embrace of AI Slop
Huge numbers of Windows users are refusing to upgrade to Windows 11 -- and many of them are citing its AI features as the reason why.
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December 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"Stop this nonsense. No one wants this."