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an opinionated and jaded traveler

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Alon (they/them) @alonlevy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
East 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.
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Alon (they/them) @alonlevy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We'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.
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Alon (they/them) @alonlevy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The 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.
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Christo Silvia @christosilvia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I 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
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First Class Duck @firstclassduck.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
For 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.
Berlin Hauptbahnhof
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your 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.
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Joel @storywonker.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
There 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
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Media in my Downloads folder :steamhappy: @furry-hater.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
screenshot of discord message showing sonic special with the user lao saying: "This is what a physical horizon on a sphere would look like." the meme top text says: "I JOINED A FLAT EARTH SERVER AND THEY TRIED TO USE A SEGA GAME AS PROOF"
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I'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
A flow chart I have created with multiple questions and the answers determine where you're from.

Question 1 is do you call it a hydro bill (which then branches down to ON, QC, BC, MB) or an electric bill (which then branches down to SK, AB, NS, NB, PEI, NL)

Question 2 is do you call it a cabin (BC, MB, AB, SK) cottage (ON and atlantic) camp (northern Ontario) chalet (QC) or bungalow (Cape Breton)

To delineate BC from MB: do you call it dinner or supper

To delineate southern Ontario rural or big city: have you heard of a stag & doe

To delineate SK from AB: do you call a hoodie a bunnyhug

And finally to delineate NL from the other atlantic provinces: whaddayat? (Correct answer: dis is it b'y)
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Simon @simon514.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
youtu.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)
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L'Évolution des LIGNES à GRANDE VITESSE Françaises
YouTube video by Le Ferrovipathe
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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Seems relevant. xkcd.com/3290/
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amb @amb.fyi · 22/08/2026
i'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.
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Arch Oboler’s Dictaphone @drunkorsonwelles.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Just 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?
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incapotomus.bsky.social @incapotomus.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
It’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.
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First Class Duck @firstclassduck.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Why 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. :-)
Flighty list!
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Ancestral 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...
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Asquith Xavier: Euston's first Black rail guard gets blue plaque
Asquith Xavier was initially refused a guard's job because of the discriminatory "colour bar" but challenged the decision.
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First Class Duck @firstclassduck.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
As 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.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 14/08/2026
No One Translated To Foreign Players Why They Currently In Cornfield
No One Translated To Foreign Players Why They Currently In Cornfield
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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 11/08/2026
Fashion of the Day - CPU Hair Clip for those interested in making one, this one is made from an i5 processor from around 2011.
Close up of a hair clip that has a CPU with the shiny side facing out.Back view showing hair clip being worn with long messy black hair
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Will There Be Stars @willtherebestars.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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Ryan Hassett @ryanhassett.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The 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."
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Momo @heyheymomo.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Hello id like to spend all at once please
4 panel comic. 

Panel 1: A pink blob character in suit tells Forg “you did a good business”

Panel 2: the pink blob in suit hands forg a dollar bill. He says “here is your pay”

Panel 3: forg holds the dollar bill. The man in suit walks off the frame. He reminds forg “don’t spend it all at once”

Panel 4: we see now that forg didn’t really listen to his advice. He stands in front of a building labeled “things you don’t need store”, dollar bill still in hand ready to be spent
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trdonoghue @trdon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The 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??
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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
the strait of hormel, also known as the spam filter
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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememe.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Lindsey B @kibalchich.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Shame on the train operators. Toilets and timely breaks to use them are really basic rights. Appalling disregard for staff. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Train drivers in Great Britain consider strike action over lack of toilets
Unions say basic needs still not being met a year after regulator told operators to improve facilities
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
prayed for the first time before having dinner tonight bc the gov cut funding and im about to eat this lettuce
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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 23/07/2026
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The Position Light: Art's LIRR Archives Online...For Now position-light.blogspot.com/2026/06/arts... #LIRR #RailroadHistory
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Art's LIRR Archives Online...For Now
Word 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...
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Gabriel Roth @gabrielroth.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
My gastroenterologist's office is admirably accommodating to time travelers from the Middle Ages, many of whom probably do have gastroenterological issues
A dropdown menu from a website allowing visitors to select their preferred language. "ENGL" has been typed in the selection field. Available options include "English," "English, middle (1100-1500)," and "English, old (ca. 450-1100)"
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
CENTCOM 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
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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
bsky.app/profile/ndha...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/07/2026
But 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.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/07/2026
It 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.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/07/2026
An 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...
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TamerlaneBlog @tamerlaneblog.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
QOTD: Post a photo of an American car in a foreign land.
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Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
My brain needs this.
Checkdisk on Windows 98 PC in MS DOS mode running surface scan on hard drive.
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Runs with scissors in the dark @tevistickles.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
SUPER MARIO 2026 JUST DROPPED!
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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The real fun starts when WMATA goes fully automated, with no personnel onboard and this shit happens then.
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Tahneeeeeeeeeee! @tahnee.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
#SNES #watercolor #study #art
A SNES controller and a not-SNES controller.
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Alex Says Stuff @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The 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.
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Blaine Nickeson @bnickeson.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Have you not seen this? www.instagram.com/p/DZ2xTmZFDd...
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Maeve Dunigan on Instagram: "new favorite bench"
12K likes, 290 comments - maevedunigan on June 21, 2026: "new favorite bench".
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
If 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.
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Macy 🌼✨ @macydaisy.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Happy steam summer sale, y’all.
An image from Pokémon of a squirtle running towards a group of squirtles in black robes. The squirtles in black robes have the caption “unfinished game 1,2,3, and 4” while the squirtle running towards them says “newly bought game”.
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First Class Duck @firstclassduck.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
abc7ny.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… :-/
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White hoodie-wearing goon brutally beats MTA employee on NYC subway platform: cops
An 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.
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First Class Duck @firstclassduck.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The local political discourse from my corner of Zone 7 on the LIRR…
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