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Bjorn @zmapper.bsky.social · 3h

Do you have a citation for this? I was wondering why the initiative never happened.

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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 3h

Weekends adds are tougher because then you start arguing over what's a work week with the unions. NYCT tried to redistribute shifts from lower ridership Mondays and Fridays to Saturdays and Sundays, where ridership equals/exceeds pre-pandemic. They got taken to arbitration by the TWU and lost.

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 9h

Fun bit of trivia this morning

*LEHMAN BROTHERS EUROPE ADMINISTRATION CONCLUDES AFTER 17 YEARS
*LONDON JUDGE SAYS ADMINISTRATION IS ENDED AT HEARING

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 1d

I've been on two calls today with fire safety professionals where the topic was the safety of single-stair buildings. On both calls, somebody was driving while on the call – one a firefighter, the other a fire protection engineer.

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Dan Keshet @dankeshet.bsky.social · 1d

My wife sometimes treats my daughter to "coffee-juicy". She could make coffee at home and buy juice at the store. What she can't do at home is have the barista recognize my daughter, draw a special picture for her on the top of the cup, and give her extra stickers. That's what community looks like.

Dan Keshet @dankeshet.bsky.social · 1d

Austin's "Community not Commodity" NIMBYs opposes community coffee shops. Remember: to build community, there should be no places to gather.

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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 1d

US public transit has plenty of good-news stories! www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/mbta-bo...

How Boston transit leaders fixed a failing transit system

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority recovered from safety lapses that prompted the Federal Transit Administration to oversee the agency’s transit rail system in 2022.

www.smartcitiesdive.com

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Laur-eeeeee😱 (spooky scream) @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 1d

A three panel meme from The Simpsons. First panel is Bart's classmates and teacher all looking at him expectantly, second panel is Bart looking defeated saying "we really needed this rain", third panel is the classroom rejoicing

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

RSM: “.. Uncertainty over economic policy has returned to levels reached during the 2020 pandemic ..

“.. weighing heavily on small and medium sized firms that are now reducing their headcounts while large firms have slowed their hiring to a crawl.”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

APOLLO: “.. the labor market is at a standstill, where workers are not getting hired or voluntarily changing jobs.”

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

Trump take pasta

Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 2d

Italy trying to get US to call off mega tariff on imported pasta that will double prices for American consumers. Via Reuters

Rome calls on US to reconsider extra tariff on pasta imports

With almost $800 million in exports, the U.S. is one of Italy's top three export markets for pasta, a staple of the country's culinary heritage and a substantial export commodity.

www.reuters.com

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Bjorn @zmapper.bsky.social · 1d

A rail line through a parking ramp in Rochester, MN

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Christo Silvia @christosilvia.bsky.social · 2d

My memory was that the big spike in inflation happened at the same time as the Ukraine war, but based on this metric of inflation, there had been a substantial run-up in inflation before the Ukraine war began. Interesting how big events often get nearby semi-unrelated phenomena attached to them.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

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Marco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · 2d

Cambridge busways will see its top speed reduced from 56 mph to 30 mph or even 20 mph at intersections in response to a fine over 3 deadly accidents and pending complete fencing off of the right-of-way. This could increase travel times up to 45 minutes on some routes.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Warning of delays as Cambridgeshire Busway speed limit is cut

Journeys could take up to 45 minutes longer when lower speeds are introduced, a bus operator says.

www.bbc.com

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 2d

Explicit racism/classism has fallen out of fashion, but many of the arguments against apartments made by early zoners remain familiar, e.g. disparaging remarks about developers getting rich building them—as if "provide valued good/service, get paid" isn't the entire premise of a market economy.

Neil Flanagan 🧱🗃️ @jgbollard.bsky.social · 2d

Basically all professional journals treat multifamily dwellings as a selfish convenience with serious social costs in the 1920s. They always are opposed to the purportedly universal necessity of detached houses—which they always conflate with ownership and eusocial behavior.

Are Apartments Necessary?

An Important Test as to the Legality of Zoning Regulations. Judge Kramer Rules Against Establishment of Apartment Houses in Resident Sections

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 2d

Early zoning codes commonly treated multifamily housing as a commercial use. You still sometimes see this in codes. Because the money is handed to a landlord instead of a bank, it's not a residential use. It's the same Anglo-American anti-commmercial hysteria that killed off corner groceries.

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state song thread guy @statesongxprt.bsky.social · 2d

Kristi Noem about to somehow violate the 3rd Amendment in the year of our lord 2025

PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 3d

The way these people think they're entitled to whatever they want. This is what happens when you raise children who are never told no. 1/

www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-...

'Very difficult situation': Kristi Noem whines locals not letting ICE agents use restrooms

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem complained that her agents were not being permitted to use restrooms in Chicago because of opposition from residents.During a Sunday interview on ...

www.rawstory.com

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Bjorn @zmapper.bsky.social · 3d

The first schedules after a bus redesign are always somewhat ill-fitting. It takes staff time to learn the nuances of a new network, expected and unexpected.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3d

It's increasingly clear that the president lives in a constructed bubble of unreality designed by aides who are manipulating him in order to take control of US policy. Seems like an important story - wish media would cover it.

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Bjorn @zmapper.bsky.social · 3d

“When they don’t have Trump” stands out

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3d

Trump seems worried. Perhaps cutting Americans’ health care and assaulting families living here peacefully isn’t so popular?

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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 3d

Goes without saying that these are apocalypse level numbers for an administration that in no small part depends on ppl not caring about their violent anti-immigrant fascism in order for it to succeed.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported, according to a June @pewresearch.org survey.

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported

About four-in-ten immigrants (43%) say they worry a lot or some, up from 33% in March.

www.pewresearch.org

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Bjorn @zmapper.bsky.social · 3d

All Republicans have to do is be the ones who break the filibuster and the shutdown ends.

Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 3d

“It all reflects the reality of two parties so convinced that they have the political advantage in their partisan battle that a shutdown has seemed inevitable for weeks, and a quick resolution feels out of reach.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/u...

Both Parties Are Resigned to Deadlock as Shutdown Takes Hold

www.nytimes.com

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 3d

21st century in a nutshell: paying more money each year for worse products and services, some of which are designed to entrap us one way or another.

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Bjorn @zmapper.bsky.social · 3d

Health and related programs are another field that gets the second campus treatment in the US, especially as many universities run large hospitals as well.

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Djinn & Tonic 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇱 @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 3d

"LEE HAS SURRENDERED, AND WE HAVE SURRENDERED THE EXTREME HIGH PRICES OF GOODS" is all-time ad copy. The Don Draper of his time (except, you know, real)

If you like this sort of thing - 19th century ephemera brought back to life - you can find it in droves on wideawakes.army 👁 🫡

Mike Raphone @cheatlines.co · 3d

Got a @djinnandtonic.bsky.social mug as a pick me up

Mug with an 1865 advertisement "Richmond has fallen! And so has the price of DRY GOODS. Lee has surrendered, and we have surrendered the extreme high prices of goods. The People's Store, Smith & Waite, Corning, NY May 17 1865"

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