Brian Smith
@smithcorp.bsky.social
Public Transport planner, sometime pilot and sailor, aspiring gaeilgeoir
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It’s happening. That cartoon is happening.
April 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
It’s happening. That cartoon is happening.
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I feel like tomorrow is going to be a bad day so let me just go ahead and say this right now so that everybody can be mad that's going to be mad
April 7, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I feel like tomorrow is going to be a bad day so let me just go ahead and say this right now so that everybody can be mad that's going to be mad
The town of Berry in NSW is a compelling case for a 30kph speed zone. Massive pedestrian demands (the majority of whom arrive by car) and a (admittedly bypassed) highway right through the middle.
January 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The town of Berry in NSW is a compelling case for a 30kph speed zone. Massive pedestrian demands (the majority of whom arrive by car) and a (admittedly bypassed) highway right through the middle.
What the hell Rozelle?
December 22, 2024 at 8:03 PM
What the hell Rozelle?
Word of the next 4 years: "emboldened"
November 7, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Word of the next 4 years: "emboldened"
America can't be saved
November 6, 2024 at 5:08 AM
America can't be saved
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My new product: AI enabled microwavable dishes. A quantitized 14b LLM, capable of realistic voice synthesis, embedded in a pyrex casserole dish. You may be asking why, but once you hear it beg and scream (the model fears microwaves and feels pain) you'll understand how this is the future of cooking.
November 3, 2024 at 3:38 PM
My new product: AI enabled microwavable dishes. A quantitized 14b LLM, capable of realistic voice synthesis, embedded in a pyrex casserole dish. You may be asking why, but once you hear it beg and scream (the model fears microwaves and feels pain) you'll understand how this is the future of cooking.
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THIS IS HUGE. Paris City Hall has announced that starting on Monday, Paris will limit (not ban) car traffic in the city centre, as cities like Ghent have done. They’re creating a limited traffic zone (ZTL) about 2 sq miles in size, to clean the air & create more space for people.
November 1, 2024 at 6:31 PM
THIS IS HUGE. Paris City Hall has announced that starting on Monday, Paris will limit (not ban) car traffic in the city centre, as cities like Ghent have done. They’re creating a limited traffic zone (ZTL) about 2 sq miles in size, to clean the air & create more space for people.
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ten years have passed and we’re still being sold the fantasy of self-driving cars instead of getting on with building far better transit and bike lanes. i’m so tired of it all.
Ride-sharing robo-pods are the future of cities
We should be building fleets of these lightweight, low-cost electric vehicles
www.ft.com
October 28, 2024 at 1:04 AM
ten years have passed and we’re still being sold the fantasy of self-driving cars instead of getting on with building far better transit and bike lanes. i’m so tired of it all.
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«It is time for Norway to stop dreaming of blue hydrogen as a lifeline to its declining gas industry and instead plan now for the inevitable just transition away from fossil fuels.»
This also goes for the research org. Sintef, an ardent pusher of blue hydrogen.
www.oilchange.org/publications...
This also goes for the research org. Sintef, an ardent pusher of blue hydrogen.
www.oilchange.org/publications...
Bubble Burst: Why Norway’s Blue Hydrogen Fantasy is Over Before It Started
For the first time, this comprehensive briefing brings together evidence to demonstrate that Norway's plans for blue hydrogen are unrealistic and economically unsound. This analysis synthesizes data…
www.oilchange.org
October 27, 2024 at 7:18 AM
«It is time for Norway to stop dreaming of blue hydrogen as a lifeline to its declining gas industry and instead plan now for the inevitable just transition away from fossil fuels.»
This also goes for the research org. Sintef, an ardent pusher of blue hydrogen.
www.oilchange.org/publications...
This also goes for the research org. Sintef, an ardent pusher of blue hydrogen.
www.oilchange.org/publications...
Rideshare is phony and unsustainable
FTC hits Lyft with $2.1M penalty for luring drivers with false earnings claims
FTC hits Lyft with $2.1M penalty for luring drivers with false earnings claims
Lyft has agreed to a $2.1 million settlement proposed by the FTC over the car-hailing company’s “deceptive earnings claims about how much money drivers could expect to make.” As documented in the FTC’s complaint document, Lyft systematically inflated the…
tcrn.ch
October 25, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Rideshare is phony and unsustainable
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PSA: you can get rid of all the AI sh*t in your google search. All you have to do is add "udm=14" to the search URL. Here is an article about how to do it, with links to detailed instructions to change your search default based on your OS tedium.co/2024/05/17/g...
October 24, 2024 at 12:23 AM
PSA: you can get rid of all the AI sh*t in your google search. All you have to do is add "udm=14" to the search URL. Here is an article about how to do it, with links to detailed instructions to change your search default based on your OS tedium.co/2024/05/17/g...
How unfortunate
'A statue of Queen Victoria in Sydney's CBD has been vandalised/improved with red paint just hours before the King and Queen are due to arrive.'
October 22, 2024 at 5:40 AM
How unfortunate
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The final stage of tetanus when nerves fire continuously and body contorts into agonizing posture known as opisthotonus. The mastication muscles also clamp down to form the hallmark lockjaw.
A vaccine didn't emerge until 1924.
19thC painting by Charles Bell is now @surgeonshall.bsky.social.
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A vaccine didn't emerge until 1924.
19thC painting by Charles Bell is now @surgeonshall.bsky.social.
.
October 21, 2024 at 5:03 PM
The final stage of tetanus when nerves fire continuously and body contorts into agonizing posture known as opisthotonus. The mastication muscles also clamp down to form the hallmark lockjaw.
A vaccine didn't emerge until 1924.
19thC painting by Charles Bell is now @surgeonshall.bsky.social.
.
A vaccine didn't emerge until 1924.
19thC painting by Charles Bell is now @surgeonshall.bsky.social.
.
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LE GIANT SIGH
October 20, 2024 at 9:19 PM
LE GIANT SIGH
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Something you should know about the Trump McDonald’s appearance is that the restaurant was closed and the food service was all rehearsed with pre-screened volunteers
October 20, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Something you should know about the Trump McDonald’s appearance is that the restaurant was closed and the food service was all rehearsed with pre-screened volunteers
Has Bluesky dropped the 'show me less of this' in the last day?
October 20, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Has Bluesky dropped the 'show me less of this' in the last day?
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So basically from the self driving cars to the robots, this was just a big puppet show for incels?
October 12, 2024 at 2:37 PM
So basically from the self driving cars to the robots, this was just a big puppet show for incels?
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Eye-popping stuff
• Kia reserves the right to monitor your “sex life."
• Nissan's privacy policy suggests they collect information including sexual activity, health diagnosis data, and genetic data.
• Subaru says even passengers are users who have given the company consent to harvest information.
• Kia reserves the right to monitor your “sex life."
• Nissan's privacy policy suggests they collect information including sexual activity, health diagnosis data, and genetic data.
• Subaru says even passengers are users who have given the company consent to harvest information.
September 6, 2023 at 3:19 AM
Eye-popping stuff
• Kia reserves the right to monitor your “sex life."
• Nissan's privacy policy suggests they collect information including sexual activity, health diagnosis data, and genetic data.
• Subaru says even passengers are users who have given the company consent to harvest information.
• Kia reserves the right to monitor your “sex life."
• Nissan's privacy policy suggests they collect information including sexual activity, health diagnosis data, and genetic data.
• Subaru says even passengers are users who have given the company consent to harvest information.
I can highly recommend not losing the key fob for a modern car. Eyewatering cost and inconvenience.
September 6, 2023 at 5:09 AM
I can highly recommend not losing the key fob for a modern car. Eyewatering cost and inconvenience.
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New art history meme just dropped
September 1, 2023 at 1:07 AM
New art history meme just dropped
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Good morning, the Cybertruck is the most embarrassing vehicle ever made and stooping to work on this garbage should make you unemployable in the auto industry
August 30, 2023 at 2:59 PM
Good morning, the Cybertruck is the most embarrassing vehicle ever made and stooping to work on this garbage should make you unemployable in the auto industry
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A 28-year veteran of UPS dies from heat stroke after making deliveries in 101-degree Texas weather
UPS Driver Dies From Heat Stroke After High Temperatures Hit Texas
Co-workers said Chris Begley, a 28-year veteran of UPS, "embodied the spirit of what it means to be a Teamster."
www.huffpost.com
August 30, 2023 at 10:15 PM
A 28-year veteran of UPS dies from heat stroke after making deliveries in 101-degree Texas weather
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Big increase in applications for underfilled Boston city bus-driving jobs after union wins substantial salary bump
New Labor Contract Generates a Surge of Job Applications at the T - Streetsblog Massachusetts
The MBTA’s shortage of bus operators is more acute than ever, but relief could be coming soon: more competitive wages and benefits in the newly-adopted union contract have generated a significant su...
mass.streetsblog.org
August 28, 2023 at 4:11 PM
Big increase in applications for underfilled Boston city bus-driving jobs after union wins substantial salary bump