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Transit stuff: app maker (pantographapp.com) and planning analyst (communitytransit.org) β€’ πŸšŒπŸš‰β˜•οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ β€’ Mostly urbanism, left politics, local stuff, GTFS randoms. Basically just Swift (BRT), Swift (language), and Swift (Taylor) β€’ he/him

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The trend shift in adults per family household is so insane.

its even more insane that every important policymaker and economist thought we were slowly soaking up a glut of homes even into the 2010s.

And it’s even more insane that there are still supply-crisis skeptics today.

05.03.2026 23:58 πŸ‘ 384 πŸ” 97 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 17

PEPFAR, the program to stop hundreds of thousands of children and adults from dying of HIV/AIDS, was $6.5 billion a year.

05.03.2026 02:45 πŸ‘ 3043 πŸ” 1121 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 20
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Man dies in crash at intersection where he petitioned for traffic light after wife's death Gerry Goldberg, who fought to get a traffic light installed at the intersection where his wife was killed in 2024, died on Monday in a car crash at the same place.

This is so sad. Thanks to 9News Denver. #carlife

Remember kids, cars kill indiscriminately

www.9news.com/article/news....

04.03.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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She Came Out of the Bathroom Naked, Employee Says Bank details, sex and naked people who seem unaware they are being recorded. Behind Meta’s new smart glasses lies a hidden workforce, uneasy about peering into the most intimate parts of other people’...

The data from your Meta Ray Bans is used to train Meta's AI, which most people don't understand means that humans are looking at the most intimate details of their lives. www.svd.se/a/K8nrV4/met...

04.03.2026 06:47 πŸ‘ 406 πŸ” 263 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 24
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Adopting permanent daylight saving time β€˜Spring forward’ on March 8 will be the last time change, ending twice-yearly clock changes

"Recent actions from the U.S. have shifted how B.C. approaches decisions that merit alignment, including on time zones. […] this change helps ensure the province is well-positioned to thrive, even when circumstances across the border evolve"

Damn, pulling no punches

news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...

03.03.2026 01:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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B.C. to end time changes, adopt year-round daylight time | CBC News March 8 will be the last time most British Columbians have to change their clocks, B.C. Premier David Eby announced Monday.

Canada gets all the nice things πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

03.03.2026 01:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I am sure JD Vance will resign in protest, right?

28.02.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 1924 πŸ” 407 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 15
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28.02.2026 07:49 πŸ‘ 5340 πŸ” 1595 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 62
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Why US Cities Pay Too Much for Transit Buses A new paper argues that lack of competition, demand for custom features and β€œBuy America” rules have driven up costs for transit agencies in the US.

This Bloomberg article cites a Brookings research paper: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Paper: www.brookings.edu/wp-content/u...

24.02.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Senator Murray is on the left, looking at a lego transit vehicle. A woman is in the background on the right looking on.

Senator Murray is on the left, looking at a lego transit vehicle. A woman is in the background on the right looking on.

Senator Murray is in the middle of the frame, looking to the left at a man. They are on a city bus.

Senator Murray is in the middle of the frame, looking to the left at a man. They are on a city bus.

Senator Murray is sitting at the head of a white, rectangle table with several people all seated around it.

Senator Murray is sitting at the head of a white, rectangle table with several people all seated around it.

Senator Murray is center frame, looking slightly to the right with a man in the foreground.

Senator Murray is center frame, looking slightly to the right with a man in the foreground.

House Republicans wanted to cut funding for public transit by 98%! I stood in the way and STOPPED them.

I was at Community Transit today to talk about new funding I secured forΒ theΒ SwiftΒ Gold LineΒ bus rapid transitΒ project.

People want MORE public transitβ€”let's keep building it! 🚌🚌🚌

19.02.2026 02:49 πŸ‘ 273 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 3
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Just missed a train

That’s okay, next one’s in 5 minutes πŸŽ‰

15.02.2026 21:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Flashback to how these same folks reacted to vaccine cards...

11.02.2026 13:34 πŸ‘ 2809 πŸ” 511 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 10

Bad Bunny had more yards during the halftime show than the Patriots had rushing yards all game

09.02.2026 04:12 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
halftime show fromt eh supebowl showing a set on the field featuring a nyc bodega

halftime show fromt eh supebowl showing a set on the field featuring a nyc bodega

This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.

09.02.2026 03:50 πŸ‘ 11836 πŸ” 1907 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 36

make sports betting illegal again

08.02.2026 23:37 πŸ‘ 485 πŸ” 139 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4
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If Bilbo had Chat GPT

27.01.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 3732 πŸ” 1065 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 40

If you don’t know much about WWII, the Nazis didn’t say β€œhey we’re going to kill all the Jews now”.

They scapegoated them, stripped them of legal status, and then started deporting and/or placing in camps.

Many died in transport or in the bad conditions, before they formally started killing them.

29.01.2026 00:37 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Evergreen.

29.01.2026 00:41 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

It’s always funny when palantir employees discover that they work at palantir

26.01.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 5156 πŸ” 986 πŸ’¬ 97 πŸ“Œ 17
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Hitler was a far left socialist. His party was called the national socialists.

HotSotin
@HotSotin
North Korea is a democracy. Its name is Democratic People's Republic.

B.Roll.Benny @brollbenny
urinal cakes are for eating, it has cake in the name

Elon Musk @elonmusk Hitler was a far left socialist. His party was called the national socialists. HotSotin @HotSotin North Korea is a democracy. Its name is Democratic People's Republic. B.Roll.Benny @brollbenny urinal cakes are for eating, it has cake in the name

You can’t tell me we have a functioning economic system when the richest man in human history is one of the most profoundly stupid people in human history

27.01.2026 02:11 πŸ‘ 8596 πŸ” 1815 πŸ’¬ 164 πŸ“Œ 65
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look what world war 2 took

27.01.2026 07:11 πŸ‘ 1639 πŸ” 213 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 24
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Deaths, detentions and deportations of American citizens in the second Trump administration - Wikipedia

Even when there’s no accountability, the record matters. Credit to the Wikipedia editors maintaining this page.

25.01.2026 03:09 πŸ‘ 5407 πŸ” 1519 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 49
Gutowski tweets: β€œIt's still early in the aftermath, and more video or audio might come to light that changes the analysis. The videos we do have look very bad, though, and appear to contradict DHS claims. Minneapolis police have also already said the man who was shot had a ccw permit.”

Gutowski tweets: β€œIt's still early in the aftermath, and more video or audio might come to light that changes the analysis. The videos we do have look very bad, though, and appear to contradict DHS claims. Minneapolis police have also already said the man who was shot had a ccw permit.”

Second amendment advocate Stephen Gutowski reposted by conservative Christian radio guy Erick Erickson.

25.01.2026 01:23 πŸ‘ 2021 πŸ” 184 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 10
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A doctor who witnessed the shooting submits a sworn declaration in federal litigation to halt ICE surge in MN:

"I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind."

and

"The victim had at least three bullet wounds in his back."

Read storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

25.01.2026 01:49 πŸ‘ 14790 πŸ” 6127 πŸ’¬ 267 πŸ“Œ 243
jaderemedy β€’ 4h ago
And now comes the most nauseating part of this whole goddamn mess: the hypocrisy. The same loud-mouthed idiots who spent years screaming about tyranny are suddenly dead fucking silent, or worse, cheering, now that it's their side doing it. "ThEy'Re cOminG fOr OuR gUnS!" "GoVerNMenT oVerReAch!" "ShAll nOt bE inFrinGeD!" All that chest-thumping bullshit evaporated the second armed federal agents started terrorizing people they don't like.
Let me get this straight: a civilian gets shot dead by federal agents, and the only thing you brainless cunts can muster is
"well, DHS says he had a gun"? THAT'S your red line? Guns are sacred when they're strapped to your waist, but magically become a death sentence when they're used as a post-hoc excuse by the government? Either the Second Amendment applies to everyone, or you never believed in it at all. Fucking pick one and own it.
This is exactly what tyranny looks like, by the way. Not jackboots marching in formation, but armed agents roaming neighborhoods, stopping people, killing civilians, and then daring the public to question it. Tyranny is execution followed by a press release. Tyranny is labeling the dead a "threat" so the state doesn't have to explain why someone's life just ended in the street. Tyranny is demanding obedience while shredding due process and calling it order.
And all you so-called "freedom lovers" are fucking fine with it, as long as it's brown people, immigrants, protesters, or anyone you've already dehumanized. Turns out "don't tread on me" actually meant "tread on them." You weren't afraid of tyranny.
You were afraid of losing dominance. There's a difference, and this moment exposes it completely.
"Just comply" isn't a principle. It's cowardice dressed up as common sense. It's the language of people who have already accepted that the state gets to decide who deserves rights and who doesn't. And once you make that deal, don't act shocked when the line moves, because it always fuckin…

jaderemedy β€’ 4h ago And now comes the most nauseating part of this whole goddamn mess: the hypocrisy. The same loud-mouthed idiots who spent years screaming about tyranny are suddenly dead fucking silent, or worse, cheering, now that it's their side doing it. "ThEy'Re cOminG fOr OuR gUnS!" "GoVerNMenT oVerReAch!" "ShAll nOt bE inFrinGeD!" All that chest-thumping bullshit evaporated the second armed federal agents started terrorizing people they don't like. Let me get this straight: a civilian gets shot dead by federal agents, and the only thing you brainless cunts can muster is "well, DHS says he had a gun"? THAT'S your red line? Guns are sacred when they're strapped to your waist, but magically become a death sentence when they're used as a post-hoc excuse by the government? Either the Second Amendment applies to everyone, or you never believed in it at all. Fucking pick one and own it. This is exactly what tyranny looks like, by the way. Not jackboots marching in formation, but armed agents roaming neighborhoods, stopping people, killing civilians, and then daring the public to question it. Tyranny is execution followed by a press release. Tyranny is labeling the dead a "threat" so the state doesn't have to explain why someone's life just ended in the street. Tyranny is demanding obedience while shredding due process and calling it order. And all you so-called "freedom lovers" are fucking fine with it, as long as it's brown people, immigrants, protesters, or anyone you've already dehumanized. Turns out "don't tread on me" actually meant "tread on them." You weren't afraid of tyranny. You were afraid of losing dominance. There's a difference, and this moment exposes it completely. "Just comply" isn't a principle. It's cowardice dressed up as common sense. It's the language of people who have already accepted that the state gets to decide who deserves rights and who doesn't. And once you make that deal, don't act shocked when the line moves, because it always fuckin…

Absolute banger of a comment on r/military:

www.reddit.com/r/Military/c...

25.01.2026 01:33 πŸ‘ 9627 πŸ” 3340 πŸ’¬ 92 πŸ“Œ 241

Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.

24.01.2026 22:24 πŸ‘ 22221 πŸ” 4474 πŸ’¬ 484 πŸ“Œ 205
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A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!

23.01.2026 23:19 πŸ‘ 26035 πŸ” 6657 πŸ’¬ 412 πŸ“Œ 427

A fact that's hard to believe for many people outside of MN:

I have to be vetted to join my local signal group that patrols our local elementary to keep federal agents from kidnapping students bc those same feds are infiltrating those chats to better target vulnerable people for abduction.

24.01.2026 04:36 πŸ‘ 289 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!

ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

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