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cameron
@maybeoptimist.bsky.social
running, surfing, photography, urbanism, transit, geopolitics

member of the youth

perth, wa
And 61km/h sustained winds makes it just about gale-force haha
August 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The weather in Perth is a bit dicey right now 😬
August 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A very exciting encounter at Kelmscott Station for me yesterday: a train running at speed along the platform!
July 23, 2025 at 5:18 AM
It's been a busy few days for me :)

I want to present: The first iteration of my improved train services map for Perth! As inspired by cphtransitmap.dk, the concept aims to simplify and beautify the Transperth map. I may make further versions for legibility, accessibility, and additional features.
July 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
If you take public transport in Perth and have ever wondered why we, unlike many other cities, don't have live service tracking in third-party apps: I wrote to Transperth and got this reply back. Unfortunate, because I would love to use other apps to fully replace the Transperth app.
July 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I created this map: a 2km radius around Perth's train & bus stations. This is a 20min walk for a healthy, fit person, and a 5 minute bike ride — the maximum for a comfortable trip, in my opinion.

It shows where Perth's biggest public transport gaps are. See alt text for the key.
July 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
whatttt is this leaderboard at silverstone 😭😭😭
July 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Assorted (unedited) photos from Project Indigo:
June 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It's nice to know that Mr Beast is now peddling body dysmorphia to children, yay!
June 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
If anyone needed a reminder as to how bad of a person Scott Morrison is, here is your reminder:
June 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
My proposal (fantasy?) for regional rail in Western Australia. This would be just the start; lines extending north toward the Pilbara + additional lines in the south & south-west would follow. But as a start, this uses mostly pre-existing track & rights of way.
June 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
For anyone interested in the minutiae of the Transperth network, here is a comparison of the current system map and the new one on the Thornlie-Cockburn Line brochure. The largest changes are the open Thornlie-Cockburn & Armadale (to Cannington) lines & a new Cannington-Bull Creek key bus corridor.
May 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
And for reference, the current system map for Metronet:
April 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Here's my shot at creating a pipe-dream transit map for Perth, featuring additional train lines and a network of trams. I tried to keep it somewhat realistic :)

#train #transit #transitmap #diagram #transitdiagram #perth
April 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Well if this isn't perfectly symbolic, I don't know what is...
📍Chicago
March 9, 2025 at 9:19 AM
It infuriates me to no end that the ø here is not meant to do anything! It's the same word as the Danish for red, but that has nothing to do with Røde the company. I kinda don't blame them though because the letters ø and å are very visually pleasing lol
January 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
My proposal for a new American flag, thanks to @24fps.bsky.social.
It's the Betsy Ross flag where 13 stars represent the original colonies, and 37 stripes to represent later additions to the Union.
I honestly think this is on par with the current American flag lol
January 12, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I've honestly seen worse flag designs, here it is:
January 12, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Counter-proposal: All the other states were really lacking by not having been there at independence. My case is for the return of the 13-star flag. Betsy Ross', the original and the best.
January 12, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Definitely the worst feature along the way was this monstrosity of a roundabout. The islands are barely wide enough for a bike, and there are not enough cars to justify this design. There are 4 points of conflict with traffic to access the bike path, including cars going 60+ km/h directly (red line)
December 27, 2024 at 3:11 PM
And for anyone wondering, this is the famous meme template I'm referencing
December 17, 2024 at 7:26 AM
Over on Reddit, u/Alman54 uploaded this beautiful picture from an old photo album, working at McDonald's in the late '80s. Looks awfully familiar of a more famous picture, no?
December 17, 2024 at 7:22 AM
Omg I have made the best plant-based lunch I've ever made! Used leftover rice, a tin of lemon-garlic-tahini chickpeas, falafel, hummus and fresh herbs. Carrots and breadsticks with spare hummus on the side. 🍜

Best of all, it took 5 minutes to prepare! I believe this is #veganfood
December 5, 2024 at 5:12 AM
Anyone else having these intermittent error messages trying to access Wikipedia?
December 5, 2024 at 4:36 AM
The bots all just appeared very suddenly, right?
December 4, 2024 at 3:41 PM