Reposted by First Class DuckAlon (they/them) @alonlevy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026East Germany has a Western European mentality on communism, with quite a lot of Ostalgie, rather than the Polish mentality that communism is basically the Holocaust, which no Pole collaborated with and if you say otherwise you'll go to prison. 081
Reposted by First Class DuckAlon (they/them) @alonlevy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We're seeing this in Berlin right now, with people trying to wash the idea of expropriation without compensation as an understandable solution to the housing crisis rather than as an atrocity as anti-constitutional as (say) American Republican anti-14th amendment birthright citizenship arguments. 2252
Reposted by First Class DuckAlon (they/them) @alonlevy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Western European mentality that communism is a nice ideal that every under-30 person with a heart should aspire to but just doesn't work in practice is worse than the Eastern European or American mentality that it is an inherently genocidal ideology whose adherents are inherently suspect. 3316
Reposted by First Class DuckChristo Silvia @christosilvia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I mean really I think the vibecession is mostly explained by the pandemic causing a psychological reference point in the past for what prices "should be" in a way that has not been the case for any event since WW2 0102
First Class Duck @firstclassduck.bsky.social · 20/09/2026For some reason, I'll always defend this place, and I love it because it's not trying to be some awful attempt at trying to replicate historic train station designs poorly. It's unashamedly modern, and it manages to pump trains through on multiple levels to the rest of the Bundesrepublik. 0232
Reposted by First Class DuckAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia. 5953725213396
Reposted by First Class DuckJoel @storywonker.bsky.social · 08/09/2026There is a certain kind of socialist who is completely unwilling to accept that large sections of society value racism and notions of racial order more than they do their material prosperity 1544
Reposted by First Class DuckMedia in my Downloads folder :steamhappy: @furry-hater.bsky.social · 07/09/2026 612622240
Reposted by First Class Duckℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I've seen everyone sharing that US Dialect Quiz so I decided to make my own, much crappier, CANADIAN DIALECT QUIZ to guess where in Canada you're from 1452052749
Reposted by First Class DuckSimon @simon514.bsky.social · 29/08/2026youtu.be/Lk1yU3VXS1A interesting documentary on the evolution of French high-speed rail lines, including how financing changed over time and extreme local bickering over details, such as the location of stations (TIL Lorraine TGV is just a 'temporary' station)youtu.beL'Évolution des LIGNES à GRANDE VITESSE FrançaisesYouTube video by Le Ferrovipathe 1237
Reposted by First Class DuckTrevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Seems relevant. xkcd.com/3290/ 116518
Reposted by First Class Duckamb @amb.fyi · 22/08/2026i've been thinking lately about how much giving someone a ride is the most underrated love language - picking up someone up from the airport, portaging children across town for soccer practice, whatever. It's implicitly a very loving and caring gesture to promise to get someone somewhere safely. 1213
Reposted by First Class DuckArch Oboler’s Dictaphone @drunkorsonwelles.bsky.social · 22/08/2026 3871212
Reposted by First Class DuckRobert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Just walked past this. Why would I want to hire people to carefully move my stuff if they can’t be bothered to make sure that their company name “In and Out Movers” is not accidentally rendered as “In Nut” on their logo? 36186695
Reposted by First Class Duckincapotomus.bsky.social @incapotomus.bsky.social · 15/08/2026It’s worth making fun of Kat Whatever for it because she’s supposed to be a politics writer but MattY is unfortunately right about the general voting public. I often despair to think what the result would be in a referendum explicitly pitting $2 gas and dictatorship against $5 gas and democracy. 131936
Reposted by First Class DuckFirst Class Duck @firstclassduck.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Why is your Air Canada count so high? With that said, I’m twenty years older than you, and this is what my stats look like. Guess which airline I have status with? The answer might surprise you. :-) 131
Reposted by First Class DuckAncestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 14/08/2026🧵A blue plaque has been installed at the former home of Asquith Xavier at Ledbury Rd, Westbourne Park, London. He became the first black guard at Euston station in 1966 after challenging an unofficial /1👇 BBC News - Rail guard who won 'whites only' job gets plaque www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukAsquith Xavier: Euston's first Black rail guard gets blue plaqueAsquith Xavier was initially refused a guard's job because of the discriminatory "colour bar" but challenged the decision. 1247
First Class Duck @firstclassduck.bsky.social · 14/08/2026As I've said countless times before, pickup trucks are in the weird zone where they're large V8 vehicles with some cargo space that don't come across as "douchy" when compared to a BMW or Mercedes. And unlike a Mustang, your kids can fit in the back. 230
Reposted by First Class DuckThe Onion @theonion.com · 14/08/2026No One Translated To Foreign Players Why They Currently In Cornfield 253092433
Reposted by First Class DuckAlfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 11/08/2026Fashion of the Day - CPU Hair Clip for those interested in making one, this one is made from an i5 processor from around 2011. 913015
Reposted by First Class DuckRyan Hassett @ryanhassett.bsky.social · 07/08/2026The whole K1 visa is nuts. "You're coming get married within 90 days but not to immigrate but you'll adjust your status after you marry to become an immigrant but we won't process it within 90 days so you'll be here illegally but we won't count that as illegal and even let you work—unless we don't." 0111
Reposted by First Class DuckMomo @heyheymomo.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Hello id like to spend all at once please 3687152058
Reposted by First Class Ducktrdonoghue @trdon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The National Nurses Union is very outspoken in support of single payer and I generally wonder what they think will happen to their member’s wages. In CA they make ~$110/hr at straight time rates with annual raises ~4-5%. Do they think that continues?? 141
Reposted by First Class DuckAriel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 05/08/2026the strait of hormel, also known as the spam filter 1541848
Reposted by First Class DuckLindsey B @kibalchich.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Shame on the train operators. Toilets and timely breaks to use them are really basic rights. Appalling disregard for staff. www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comTrain drivers in Great Britain consider strike action over lack of toiletsUnions say basic needs still not being met a year after regulator told operators to improve facilities 1405
Reposted by First Class Duckderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/07/2026prayed for the first time before having dinner tonight bc the gov cut funding and im about to eat this lettuce 825589305
Reposted by First Class DuckPosition Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 20/07/2026The Position Light: Art's LIRR Archives Online...For Now position-light.blogspot.com/2026/06/arts... #LIRR #RailroadHistoryposition-light.blogspot.comArt's LIRR Archives Online...For NowWord on the street is that the street is that the person behind Art's LIRR Archives , Art Huneke, has recently passed away. While not quite... 031
Reposted by First Class DuckGabriel Roth @gabrielroth.bsky.social · 18/07/2026My gastroenterologist's office is admirably accommodating to time travelers from the Middle Ages, many of whom probably do have gastroenterological issues 331127201
Reposted by First Class DuckSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 19/07/2026CENTCOM told me the Middle East keeps eating his patriot missiles so i asked how many patriot missiles they have and they said they just go to Whiskey Pete and get new patriots afterwards so i said it sounds like he's feeding patriot missiles to the Middle East and then INDOPACOM started crying 11850146
Reposted by First Class DuckNolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 16/07/2026bsky.app/profile/ndha... 292
Reposted by First Class DuckDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/07/2026But perhaps more importantly: a strong personality in one of these rooms full of frauds & dipshits & fake experts can make an *enormous* difference. Much of what smart people imagine as deep structural forces unfolding is just the right (or wrong) people happening to be in the room when it matters. 101230122
Reposted by First Class DuckDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/07/2026It has so many implications & consequences too. One is, whatever secret cabal you think is running things-- the DNC, AIPAC, globalist elites, George Soros, take your pick --you're wrong. No one is in charge. Everyone is winging it by the seat of their pants. Everyone is fumbling around in the dark. 311456142
Reposted by First Class DuckDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/07/2026An amazing quote from Lindsey Graham in this Atlantic story. It really captures an essential truth about politics that too few people ever really come to terms with. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... 14353961168
Reposted by First Class DuckTamerlaneBlog @tamerlaneblog.bsky.social · 07/07/2026QOTD: Post a photo of an American car in a foreign land. 26345
Reposted by First Class DuckFlip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 07/07/2026My brain needs this. 1421520
Reposted by First Class DuckRuns with scissors in the dark @tevistickles.bsky.social · 07/07/2026SUPER MARIO 2026 JUST DROPPED! 8975301067
Reposted by First Class Duckthe25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 06/07/2026The real fun starts when WMATA goes fully automated, with no personnel onboard and this shit happens then. 021
Reposted by First Class DuckTahneeeeeeeeeee! @tahnee.bsky.social · 30/06/2026#SNES #watercolor #study #art 981164
Reposted by First Class DuckAlex Says Stuff @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 29/06/2026The country in the world with the most Japanese people, facing off against the country with the second-most Japanese people, in the country with the third-most Japanese people. 141564299
Reposted by First Class DuckBlaine Nickeson @bnickeson.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Have you not seen this? www.instagram.com/p/DZ2xTmZFDd...instagram.comMaeve Dunigan on Instagram: "new favorite bench"12K likes, 290 comments - maevedunigan on June 21, 2026: "new favorite bench". 121
Reposted by First Class DuckWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 27/06/2026If you’re pulling in 15k a year, there is no housing you can afford, in any neighborhood. You cannot prevent that person from being displaced by preventing gentrification; you’re simply blocking economic growth that might help them or some similarly situated person to raise their incomes. 21458
Reposted by First Class DuckMacy 🌼✨ @macydaisy.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Happy steam summer sale, y’all. 15073761100
First Class Duck @firstclassduck.bsky.social · 27/06/2026abc7ny.com/amp/post/nyp... There’s a reason why BFF has little faith in the concept of transit ambassadors, or why some of his coworkers drive to work… :-/nypost.comWhite hoodie-wearing goon brutally beats MTA employee on NYC subway platform: copsAn MTA employee was beaten by a maniac in a white hoodie and matching sweatpants in an attack inside a Queens subway station on Wednesday night, cops said. 010
First Class Duck @firstclassduck.bsky.social · 25/06/2026The local political discourse from my corner of Zone 7 on the LIRR… 010