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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️
8 Hours for Work, 8 Hours for Rest, 8 Hours for What We Will. Based on a screenprint by Ricardo Levins Morales after the organizing work done by Robert Owen.
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GO ALTO @go-alto.ca · 01/09/2026
Numbers are not the whole story. The $150B figure for #Alto combines an early 2023 infrastructure estimate with 40 years of operating and maintenance costs. We looked at what those numbers mean, what has changed since, and the lessons from California and HS2. go-alto.ca/en/updates/n...
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Numbers Don’t Tell the Full Story. | GO ALTO
A headline figure can tell us what was added together. Understanding what those numbers measure — and where they came from — tells us much more about Alto’s actual cost and value.
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Rodney 🚧🚇 @chanface.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Is it time to renationalize the CN rail network in Canada? It has been 30 years since Canadian National was privatized, and Wall Street continues to profit at Canada’s expense www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Is it time to renationalize the CN rail network in Canada? | CCPA
It has been 30 years since Canadian National was privatized, and Wall Street continues to profit at Canada’s expense
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Took a look at the new Epstein release and first thing I opened was a routine news roundup buried in redactions. What a joke
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Matt Huber @matthuber.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Another post on oil and Venezuela. matthuber.substack.com/p/us-oil-cap...
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Elon Musk promised a lot of things by 2025 - colonists arriving on Mars - xAI achieving AGI - Tesla robotaxis serving half the U.S. - completely driverless robotaxis - a Tesla Roadster demo - DOGE cutting trillions none of them happened mashable.com/article/elon-mus...
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Everything Elon Musk promised in 2025, but didn't deliver
Musk is now infamous for his false promises, but even this is excessive.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 15/12/2025
Metrolinx wins bid to build new Alberta pipeline
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Metrolinx wins bid to build new Alberta pipeline
EDMONTON – After Ottawa agreed to fast track the construction of a brand-new pipeline from Alberta’s oil sands to the Pacific coast, the Alberta legislature announced that the Ontario-based transporta...
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Mike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Wow, big crowd out here in Guelph for the first weekend train. Lots of happy commuters and families going to Toronto for the day. Thanks to everyone who pushed to convince Metrolinx that there is demand for weekend service.
Mike posing with 6 adults and two children on the GO train platform in Guelph. Behind them crowds of people are waiting for their train.Line ups of people waiting to get in the green GO train.A crowd of people entering the open doors of a GO train
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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Choo choo motherfuckers
A Densha De Go controller set up on a folding dinner table with Densha De Go! 3 on a CRT behind it.
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WB62 @wb62.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
This morning the Government of Ontario announced significant service increases to the GO Transit Kitchener Line, starting November 23rd: • Weekend service to Kitchener GO • 30 minute weekend service between Union Station & Bramalea GO • New infrastructure partnership with CN Rail
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.
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Tri-Cities Transport Action Group @tritag.ca · 03/09/2025
Stage 2 ION LRT Initial Business Case results are out: The full LRT alignment has the highest ridership and economics benefits, but also the highest capital and operations costs. Presentation: pub-regionofwaterloo.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a...
Options for Rapid Transit to Cambridge: Map of Alignments2051 ridership forecast
• Full LRT and BRT have the 
highest average daily 
ridership.
• Full LRT from Fairway to 
downtown Cambridge has 
slightly higher ridership than 
full BRT.
• The transfer between bus and 
train at Fairway Station 
explains the ridership 
difference between LRT and 
BRT.Economic benefits
• Full LRT has the highest 
economic benefit:
o Greatest travel time savings
o Highest emissions and air 
quality savings
o Greatest reduction to 
congestion
• Partial LRT from Fairway to 
Pinebush, and from 
Preston to Downtown 
Cambridge have the lowest 
economic benefits.Preliminary capital cost estimates
• Capital cost includes construction, 
vehicles, property, design, project 
management, testing and commissioning.
• The graph shows the capital cost of the 
different options in today's dollars, as well 
as the escalated cost in 2033 dollars.
o Escalation refers to the higher cost of 
building in the future vs today due to price 
increases and inflation.
• Full LRT and BRT would both require 
construction of six new major bridges, 
grade separations and/or elevated 
sections. 
• LRT cost is higher than BRT due to 
construction of the overhead wires, 
substations, tracks and vehicles.
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Tri-Cities Transport Action Group @tritag.ca · 26/08/2025
It’s time to IONize Waterloo Region! Announcing our new campaign to build ION light rail the full length to Cambridge, and then to keep building. Check it out, and sign up for our newsletter for updates:
ionizewr.ca
IONize Waterloo Region
Charge Up Waterloo Region With Transit
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Rodney 🚧🚇 @chanface.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
The moment the union defied back to work orders was when power was truly shifted back to the workers and Air Canada realized they were screwed, forcing them back to the bargaining table. If employers expect the government to step in every time a strike happens, they'll never bargain in good faith.
Instagram post:
aircanadacomponent and 2 others
• hours ago
dias
#UNFAIRCANADA
STRIKE OVER
The Strike has ended. We have a tentative agreement we will bring forward to you.
We are required to advise our membership that we must fully cooperate with resumption of operations.
AIR CANADA COMPONENT OF CUPE
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Sean Hannity is whining about me on his radio show and I have learned some new information about myself.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
I would like to know where to find all of this money I supposedly have.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends. But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month. See you soon, NYC.
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Strong Towns @strongtowns.org · 15/07/2025
State transportation departments work in a system that prioritizes project completion over project value for the community. When you combine that with a toolbox limited to expansion projects, state officials who genuinely want to help communities can end up hurting them instead.
Rendering of a highway. Text overlay reads, “Stop measuring success by what gets built. Start measuring it by who gets helped.”
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Hank van Til @chills7.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
InField In, Infield Back, Infield Normal
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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 13/06/2025
I was doing succession planning in my IT job at 25 in case I died
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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
A codec call between Otacon and Raiden in MGS2
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Hank van Til @chills7.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Famously put into song by @billwurtz.com youtube.com/clip/Ugkxkdr...
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BikePortland @bikeportland.org · 27/05/2025
Facts: "Since 2008, Congress has taken an additional $275 billion from taxpayers (on top of all gas taxes) to cover the difference between gas taxes and their spending." t4america.org/2025/05/22/t...
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The highway trust fund isn’t on life support—it’s been dead since 2008 - Transportation For America
Our failing federal transportation program is supposed to be completely paid for with gas taxes, but since 2008, Congress has taken an additional $275 billion from taxpayers (on top of all gas taxes) ...
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
So: the “Protect Bathurst / Dufferin” astroturf campaign run by Summerhill Market had videos of a guy talking about the neighborhood & RapidTO proposal. Real grassroots feel. Took a screenshot & put it into google image search. Guess what?
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 21/05/2025
👀 Watch government transparency in action—frame by frame. We just launched a live feed from the microfiche digitization lab! 📽️ Real-time scanning of government documents & records for Democracy's Library. ⤵️
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lofi Archive radio 🎞️ beats to scan/read microfiche to
Ever wonder how government documents, locked away on tiny sheets of microfiche, become searchable and accessible online? Now you can see it happen in real ti...
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Matt Huber @matthuber.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
My book has been 'out of stock' for months on Verso's site, but I'm happy to report it's back up! www.versobooks.com/products/775...
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
The Loan Programs Office (LPO) is one of the most quietly effective tools the federal government has. It is the center of our industrial policy providing loans that banks won't give for energy innovation. It funds real projects. Battery factories. Nuclear reactors. Geothermal energy. Car factories.
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Hayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com · 23/04/2025
Truly amazing that Indigenous people are going to triple the population of Vancouver’s West Point Grey neighborhood, adding 25,000 residents with provisions for SkyTrain expansion. More of this, please. (Jericho Lands)
Rendering of Jericho Lands buildings over the Google Earth imagery of the West Pointe Grey neighborhood
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Our Revolution @our-revolution.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Citizens United gave us Oligarchy. Just look at this graph. 😑
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Peninsula DSA @peninsuladsa.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
May 1925 Worker's Monthly
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YIMBYLAND @yimbyland.com · 14/04/2025
China’s High Speed Rail overlaid on the US I, for one, thought we were done rolling over and letting China win on the world stage. We used to build hard things in America, but apparently now we just leave that up to the Chinese.
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Diyode Community Workshop @diyode.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
On Monday night, Cliff was prototyping a circuit board for an LED cube—part of the upcoming Skill Forge Electronics Workshop he’s hosting. Cliff is an incredible part of the Diyode community, always generous with his knowledge and eager to help others with their projects.
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Hank van Til @chills7.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Slim Thug rejoices youtube.com/clip/UgkxW9w...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.
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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Snake: “Hrnk. Antacids??” Colonel: “That’s right Snake. Sodium bicarbonate chewables deployed to address tummy pain.” Naomi: due to advancements in medical and flavor technology, these tablets are available in a variety of fruit flavors OTC, or ‘over the counter’”
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Hank van Til @chills7.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Shark is a Kenny vs. Spenny fan www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqfS...
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Who Can Wear A Dead Octopus On Their Head The Longest? - Kenny vs. Spenny (HD)
YouTube video by Kenny Hotz
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress.
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Hayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com · 11/03/2025
Regarding the news that Southwest is eliminating two free checked bags, may I remind you that the TX high-speed rail proposal—which the airline has opposed in Texas for decades— would allow for free luggage.
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Hank van Til @chills7.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Yoooo this game is super fun and creative! I've _immensely_ enjoyed the first hour so far.
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YIMBYLAND @yimbyland.com · 27/02/2025
AMTRAK JUST INITIATED THE RFQ PROCESS FOR BUILDING THE TEXAS HIGH SPEED RAIL. IT'S HAPPENING Y'ALL.
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JRUrbaneNetwork @jrurbanenetwork.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
When I was taking the Chengdu Metro with a relative from Canada, they asked me how old the system was. I told him the 1st line opened in 2010. "So they built all of this while Toronto built nothing?" They asked. "Yes all 630km of it." I added....
Massive Chengdu Metro map.
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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 19/02/2025
HFR/HSR currently live on Global:
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Trudeau makes announcement with internal trade minister in Montreal | LIVE
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to make an announcement and take questions in Montreal on Wednesday. The outgoing Liberal leader will be joined...
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JRUrbaneNetwork @jrurbanenetwork.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Cities that build for less tend to have more of it. Chengdu Metro avg construction cost 2010-2035: ~160 million INT$/km Hangzhou Metro avg construction cost 2010-2035: ~190 million INT$/km Toronto Subway avg construction cost 2010-2035: ~900 million INT$/km
Toronto Subway Expansion vs Chengdu Metro Expansion 2010 - 2024
Toronto Subway length is 68km in 2010, 70km in 2024
Chengdu Metro length is 0km in 2010, 634km in 2024Toronto Subway Expansion vs Greater Hangzhou Metro Expansion 2012 - 2024
Toronto Subway length is 68km in 2012, 70km in 2024
Greater Hangzhou Metro length is 0km in 2012, 624km in 2024
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Hank van Til @chills7.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
We need IT security training videos but explaining how to send documents to @kenklippenstein.bsky.social
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Hank van Til @chills7.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Plaque reads, "This official record was selected for preservation due to its social cultural & historical importance"The album is Motley Crue's Dr.Feelgood
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Hank van Til @chills7.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Absolutely tickled getting this in the mail today. Well done @coalsupper.bsky.social
Patch that reads, "Thank goodness I finished"
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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Ed Markey is one of the coolest Senators and I'm happy to announce that one of the most transformative bills for the American rail system was just introduced by his team. Including a plan to start electrifying our Freight Rail system!
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