Koji
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Lib, laugh, love - the sequel
Progress, positivity, point plotting, piano performance, political parties, panel programmes, particular Pennsylvanian pop princess, public ptransit
Progress, positivity, point plotting, piano performance, political parties, panel programmes, particular Pennsylvanian pop princess, public ptransit
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more seriously I think the main problem here is that mass media in general and social media specifically really, really broke the societal pressure valve of allowing the kind of latently prejudiced to sort of passively opt out of change. ragebait is fundamentally corrosive to social cohesion.
December 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
more seriously I think the main problem here is that mass media in general and social media specifically really, really broke the societal pressure valve of allowing the kind of latently prejudiced to sort of passively opt out of change. ragebait is fundamentally corrosive to social cohesion.
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Had the real honor of being published by @liberalcurrents.com this year, who ran this essay I wrote trying to explore Zionism as part of broader nationalist movements, instead of as a sui generis phenomenon, either for good or for evil.
The Banality of Zionism
Zionism is just 19th century nationalism, and its conflicts are ordinary nationalist conflicts.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Had the real honor of being published by @liberalcurrents.com this year, who ran this essay I wrote trying to explore Zionism as part of broader nationalist movements, instead of as a sui generis phenomenon, either for good or for evil.
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It was also kind of crazy to be reminded of how much the needle has moved on housing policy the past few years in Toronto and Ontario, in part thanks to orgs like @moreneighboursto.bsky.social.
Of course the needle needs to be pushed much further and there’s much more work to do!
Of course the needle needs to be pushed much further and there’s much more work to do!
December 7, 2025 at 3:58 AM
It was also kind of crazy to be reminded of how much the needle has moved on housing policy the past few years in Toronto and Ontario, in part thanks to orgs like @moreneighboursto.bsky.social.
Of course the needle needs to be pushed much further and there’s much more work to do!
Of course the needle needs to be pushed much further and there’s much more work to do!
What are the reasons for this?
December 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
What are the reasons for this?
(11/26) 20th-c.-heavy programme from NY Phil. Distracted by how old Jean-Yves Thibaudet was.
Auerbach was the same old formless sound-painting. Khachaturian was fun but few moments of tenderness. Pines of Rome is hard to get wrong.
Cantus arcticus was quite mesmerizing!
Auerbach was the same old formless sound-painting. Khachaturian was fun but few moments of tenderness. Pines of Rome is hard to get wrong.
Cantus arcticus was quite mesmerizing!
December 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
(11/26) 20th-c.-heavy programme from NY Phil. Distracted by how old Jean-Yves Thibaudet was.
Auerbach was the same old formless sound-painting. Khachaturian was fun but few moments of tenderness. Pines of Rome is hard to get wrong.
Cantus arcticus was quite mesmerizing!
Auerbach was the same old formless sound-painting. Khachaturian was fun but few moments of tenderness. Pines of Rome is hard to get wrong.
Cantus arcticus was quite mesmerizing!
(Taken too far at times- with regular phrases, too much giving+taking can sound seasick; sometimes his refusal to do the obvious voicing/phrasing didn’t work.)
Pedalling was light-touch, and he had the ability to create the most breathtaking pianissimi (without sacrificing the layers of voicing).
Pedalling was light-touch, and he had the ability to create the most breathtaking pianissimi (without sacrificing the layers of voicing).
December 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
(Taken too far at times- with regular phrases, too much giving+taking can sound seasick; sometimes his refusal to do the obvious voicing/phrasing didn’t work.)
Pedalling was light-touch, and he had the ability to create the most breathtaking pianissimi (without sacrificing the layers of voicing).
Pedalling was light-touch, and he had the ability to create the most breathtaking pianissimi (without sacrificing the layers of voicing).
Sorry, could either of you elaborate on what's going on with this graph and Japan?
December 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Sorry, could either of you elaborate on what's going on with this graph and Japan?
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Tools especially. Like, why spend $500+ on this stuff that rarely gets used
Chicago has a tool library
www.chicagotoollibrary.org
Chicago has a tool library
www.chicagotoollibrary.org
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December 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Tools especially. Like, why spend $500+ on this stuff that rarely gets used
Chicago has a tool library
www.chicagotoollibrary.org
Chicago has a tool library
www.chicagotoollibrary.org
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This new Ontario SDF scandal is not to be confused with last month's Ontario SDF scandal, around career colleges
December 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This new Ontario SDF scandal is not to be confused with last month's Ontario SDF scandal, around career colleges
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I really wish lay people understood that there is nothing intrinsically faster in at-grade, on-street rail compared to buses. If anything, it has a number of constraints that can make it potentially slower. It's the quality of priority that determines its performance, not the rail.
November 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I really wish lay people understood that there is nothing intrinsically faster in at-grade, on-street rail compared to buses. If anything, it has a number of constraints that can make it potentially slower. It's the quality of priority that determines its performance, not the rail.
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the whole point is in fact to be self-righteously off-putting. it's about defining your own in-group and signalling how in it you are
www.amazon.com/Hegemony-How...
www.amazon.com/Hegemony-How...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
the whole point is in fact to be self-righteously off-putting. it's about defining your own in-group and signalling how in it you are
www.amazon.com/Hegemony-How...
www.amazon.com/Hegemony-How...
So as it turns out, Alon Levy has already done this
Four South London lines converted to Tube extensions (a reasonable way to redress the North/South Tube imbalance), many others converted to RER branches
pedestrianobservations.com/2019/06/24/a...
Four South London lines converted to Tube extensions (a reasonable way to redress the North/South Tube imbalance), many others converted to RER branches
pedestrianobservations.com/2019/06/24/a...
Assume Nordic Costs: London Edition
A month ago I made maps proposing some subway and regional rail extensions in New York and noting what they would cost if New York could build as cheaply as the Scandinavian capitals. Here is the s…
pedestrianobservations.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
So as it turns out, Alon Levy has already done this
Four South London lines converted to Tube extensions (a reasonable way to redress the North/South Tube imbalance), many others converted to RER branches
pedestrianobservations.com/2019/06/24/a...
Four South London lines converted to Tube extensions (a reasonable way to redress the North/South Tube imbalance), many others converted to RER branches
pedestrianobservations.com/2019/06/24/a...