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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It’s funny that back in September or October of last year he started saying that “ended 8 wars” line but he’s never updated it since. So he I guess ended all these wars and then decided “nope, not solving any more wars just got in eight, that’s all!”

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I feel pretty good right now even if it’s a bit cloudy, and I like this picture.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

In many respects I see this as the final form of New Urbanism. The aesthetics of traditional cities (closely-spaced buildings, gridded streets, etc.) but because the New Urbanists are content to build wherever rather than in proximity to, say, transit, they still need massive amounts of parking.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Yeah ok sure another Republican that’s a barely-closeted Nazi whatever that’s basically a weekly thing now not news at this point. Wtf is on the “Tales from Rhodesia” playlist that has to be the most rancid playlist ever created by anyone ever.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Gee I wonder why Gottheimer ate absolute shit in the Governor Primary last year. Had this absurdly large war chest that he rode all the way to finishing behind not only *both* progressives but also the replacement-level Dem from the District next-door to his (i.e. Sherrill).

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Downgrade a movie Apollo 18

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

also apparently MacArthur was simultaneously a Corporal and Brigadier General while Patton was in the Red army because reasons.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The only conceivable reason to do this is “we’re about to have a Majority in the House and probably Senate, so we need to figure out how we’ll ‘keep the lights on’ and get basic stuff like budgets passed.” But even then Kushner is not the guy to meet with cuz he’s a weird Shadow Secretary of State.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The thing about Brock Purdy is he’s really good but, has this same problem as Jared Goff where a couple times a year out of nowhere he’ll have a horrifying game where he throws 4 interceptions and one of those could just happen in a playoff game and then the season just ends.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

So weird seeing an RVL train turning on Track A. Usually they either turn on 5 or in Hudson Yard but I guess maybe something was going on, who knows.

Another picture of the same Raritan Valley Line train

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Pixie Casey @pixiecasey.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

in insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...

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VT musical director of planned 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' created fake threats, police say

The director of a planned production of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" admitted to sending himself threatening texts that eventually got the play canceled out of safety concerns.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I’m just happy for Eric Adams he’s found a new hobby. Good for him.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Lmao the really funny part is Cornyn and Tillis weren’t against the slush fund due to any principles but because “jfc this is unbelievably toxic and we will be the sin eaters that put a stop to this rancid idea.” And Trump is no going “fuck you I want to get below 30% approval.”

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

In fairness Trump looooves “Acting” underlings because it creates an explicit temporary nature to their positions that he can use to enforce loyalty and submission. The last thing he wants is minions who feel empowered to create independent power bases or that can do their jobs un-micromanaged.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Come on there’s no way this isn’t some self-aware bit. He’s doing a bit. “Cut and run”? “Stay the course?” There’s history rhyming and then there is history airing a fucking re-run.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Yet another poll where Trump's job rating is higher than on most single issues, literally implying there's people who think he's doing a bad job at everything but they still like how he's doing overall. "Yeah the economy, inflation, and pointless war all suck, but I just like the guy".

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

just to consider how clueless and absurd the situation is, this is technically a *DE-*escalation from Trump's previous position of "we're going to blow up the power plants and bridges because we can." It's just an angry grandpa who has no idea what he's doing trying to assert control.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Here's another crappy lazy American station where stupid Anglosphere planners disregarded every single international practice under the sun in order to appease their own laziness. This time with a before/after.

Before: A compact, efficient station, ready for through-running!

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

look at this stupid stub terminal can you believe how bad and lazy Anglosphere planners are?? Potted Plants!

A Very American stub-ended terminal that obviously should get a bunch of its tracks paved over so platforms can be widened to support THROUGH RUNNING.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I figured it out. You can kinda stop reading halfway through; the Kazmi Brothers' scam here is they know the walls are closing in on all their other scams so they're making a flattery play hoping that they can get some sort of financial/legal bailout on the back of personally appealing to Trump.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

ok true story when I was growing up my siblings and I all just converged on "no really mint chip is our favorite ice cream flavor" pretty much specifically because our parents hate mint chip so we could evade the parent ice cream tax. It's fine, but it's barely cracking the top 5 for me tbh.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Love the number of people that are just now learning for the second time in six months that the Meadowlands Sports Complex is a cursed shithole. The last time, it was “should people try to walk to this stadium”.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

@thelirrtoday.com hey I was just combing through this "Service Optimization Study" that FRA just released and was wondering how does LIRR permanently being limited to 24 peak tph to make more room for NJT trains and commuter run-thru's (probably to the Hell Gate Line) make you feel?

Table 4 from the FRA "Service Optimization Study" showing LIRR reduced to 24tph in the peak direction.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Ok so, new ceasefire in like idk, five or six days? Every time he talks about the power plants he’s hoping the that empty threat will somehow scare Iran into giving him everything he wants.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

B-b-but I was told by reliable sources that Project 2025 wasn’t a threat to public transit!! (pedestrianobservations.com/2024/07/17/p...) I’ve been lied to, bamboozled, and swindled, it’s terrible!

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

"We're...the biggest department store in history. Everybody wants to come in and take from us. They’re going to come in and they’re going to pay a price for taking our treasure, for taking our jobs, for doing all of these things. I own the store, and I set prices." - Donald Trump, 4/22/25.

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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

"'Defendants do not dispute that the suspension of federal grants flagrantly violates federal law,” the judge wrote." An absolutely insane thing for a judge to have to say, but here we are -- newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/trump...

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Trump move to halt funding for Gateway project was ‘flagrantly’ illegal, judge says • New Jersey Monitor

The Trump administration acted unlawfully by suddenly freezing hundreds of millions in grant funding to the Gateway project, the court said.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

TBM hungers for dirt and bedrock!

to little fanfare, the TBM for Palisades Tunnel Project is slowly being assembled under Tonnelle Avenue.

It hungers for bedrock. It yearns to cut into the earth.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Congressional GOP: please mr. Trump we want to try and help get your approval back above 40%. This is the easiest win ever we did this without you all you have to do is sign the bill in front of cameras you love that sort of thing. Trump: Fuck you.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

wow turns out that pissing off MTA wasn't a great strategy when they have a bunch of very binding written agreements that allow them to kinda just say "no" to any sort of Penn construction they don't really like. Oops.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

nah, they heard JD Vance was coming and they went to another club before JD walked in sucked all the vibes out.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Notably the video is of Charlie Kirk being driven to work. So relatable! I mean yeah sure technically he could have been a carpooling guy but come on we all know he wasn’t. He had a driver. Because he was so normal and down to earth.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Besides the depressing hilarity of the Italian PM having to tell Trump to fuck off, it also points to the global right wing project is coming around to the idea that Trump isn't just dead-weight he's a pair of concrete shoes.

heartbreaking: the worst person you know just made a great point.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The conceit here is that we are supposed to have any concern whatsoever for anything involving the “Abundance Agenda”. After a year and change of hype in weird policy dork circles, 9 in 10 Americans don’t even know what the Abundance Movement is.

Poll showing that 91% of Americans don’t even know what the Abundance Movement (if it can even be called a “movement” is).

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Bracket signals are neat and if anyone says one bad word about them I will fight them. Also I love just how many lights we just don't need (and are plated over accordingly) at Boyd. @prrsignal.bsky.social

NJT 5515 coming up under a Slow Approach at Boyd under a beautiful three-headed bracket signal with no fewer than 6 of 18 possible bulb positions plated over since no displayable aspect on the signals can use them.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

jfc I can't believe anyone agreed to any of this shit. "New York City and Los Angeles are being paid in exposure" idk guys I am pretty sure New York fucking City is something people are dimly aware of.

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eke @eke.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Iran is going on a 'charm offensive' to make their case to American voters

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Who in their right mind thought this shit was a good idea. "Let's have the World Cup Final rely on this ancient-ass chronically underfunded railroad and the linchpin station to the whole thing is like 50 feet from a giant construction site that's taken away part of said ancient-ass railroad."

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Amfleet-Footed Achilles @thatirontube.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

These colors don’t run (due to Amtrak wire, switch, tunnel issues)

Office cubical decorated with a gigantic nj transit tricolor flag

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Tom Kean is also running unopposed in this primary. I live in this district. Trump’s people literally don’t know about the races in question when they post these generic endorsements.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Conservatives are terrified of Dems finally understanding that the people yearn to tell Republicans to shut the fuck up

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

This. It isn't about whether Talarico is actually a vegan. The GOP wants to make clear that "love thy neighbor" and "actually being a person of faith and following that faith" is un-masculine and makes you a [slur].

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

imo the emerging GOP "Talarico is vegan" line is not about Talarico being literally vegan. The attack line is really about attacking his faith and decency by proxy. The idea is to attach Talarico's generally positive messaging to this boogeyman of being "weak" or "effeminate" or otherwise un-manly.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I think one reason the GOP was able to memory-hole both Reagan and Bush was they at least understood that you can’t just openly desecrate America. “You held a fucking prize fight on the white house lawn, we all saw it” is the kind of thing that will stick around.

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

“Everybody in the Middle East - including Jordan which already normalized relations with Israel - should be forced to sign this absolute nothing of an agreement from 2020 when I got the two least ideological countries in the Middle East to get around to formally recognizing Israel.”

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Ah yes, as we all know, there is an old saying "measure zero times, cut once".

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Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

On behalf of my Eagles fan wife: GO BIRDS! FLY EAGLES FLY!!! 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅 Also as long as I’m here, my own message to the world: Bear Down!! go Bears!!! 🐻🐻🐻

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