Reposted by John EricsonBrosemite Sam @brosemitesam.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I think we should punish Colorado River valley farmers by building data centers on their land 318115
John Ericson @johnericson.me · 18/09/2026Wishing away Knightian/Keynesian uncertainty remains their singular thing, philosophically. Keynes back from the dead: look, you can practice epistemic humility without losing your polycule, OK? 020
Reposted by John Ericsonadvait @advaitarun.bsky.social · 15/09/2026NEW CPE REPORT on the urgency of building an interregional transmission macrogrid! @cthelala.bsky.social and I argue that only the federal government can get it built; no other actor on the grid is capable of doing so! Really, this is a paper about the theory of transmission as an asset class: 47127
John Ericson @johnericson.me · 15/09/2026en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloydmi... > The city is incorporated by both provinces as a single city with a single municipal administration. Canadian provincial differences are insane. NYC should absorb Hudson County and do this too. Adjust state borders before municipal consolidation? Nah, skill issueen.wikipedia.orgLloydminster - Wikipedia 120
Reposted by John EricsonThe War Horse @thewarhorsenews.bsky.social · 15/09/2026We obtained early data from the Marine Corps’ new fitness standards for women in combat roles after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered that women serving in combat jobs be scored against the male fitness test standard. thewarhorse.org/hegseth-mari...thewarhorse.orgHegseth Made the Fitness Test Harder for Women in Combat Roles. Most Female Marines Are PassingData shows almost all Marine females serving in combat roles have met or exceeded Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's new physical fitness standard. 1734989
Reposted by John EricsonNew Kings Democrats @newkingsdems.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Yesterday, a judge ruled that the Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair has no right to change the party rules post-election to prevent a legitimate handover of power. We look forward to the election of a new chair on September 23. Full statement: www.newkingsdemocrats.com/court_stops_... 14410
Reposted by John EricsonMicroplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 21/07/2026love to experience the platonic discourses 402230266
Reposted by John EricsonJoe Ickowski @joeick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026You joke, but one time I was doing calls for a campaign and called a number that automatically started polling me 1312
John Ericson @johnericson.me · 14/09/2026Having a road and not a street here is totally pointless, but if you ignore that for a second I think this is actually nice. NYCHA when there's no damn parking is actually pleasant. Towers and Park ain't all bad. 010
John Ericson @johnericson.me · 14/09/2026Very silly when they redid this sidewalk after removing the lane they didn't extend to connect to the island 010
John Ericson @johnericson.me · 12/09/2026If "luggage", "storage", "stowage", and "shippage" are words, then "skippage" is also a word 000
Reposted by John Ericsonrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 06/09/2026if Nardwuar had been assigned to the Mueller Report Trump would have died in prison in 2019 125033
Reposted by John EricsonStan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 01/09/2026California's ruling Democrats are just fundamentally unserious about governing this state. They pulled the coward's veto on a bill that'd make it easier to build condos. 319137
Reposted by John EricsonNilo @nilo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Disagree. Letting it fall down, or more accurately letting it degrade until an engineer bans its use, seems like a fine outcome. 5212
Reposted by John EricsonEffective Transit Alliance @etany.org · 19/08/2026A 125 St subway should be a slam dunk. But at $7.7B for 1.25 miles, and with stations deep underground, current plans would not only build the most expensive subway in the the world, but would cost riders valuable minutes every single trip. It's not too late, however: www.etany.org/reports/digg...etany.orgDigging Out of a Very Deep Hole: Saving Billions on 125th Street — Effective Transit Alliance New YorkA 125 St subway should be a slam dunk. But at $7.7B and with stations more than 100 ft underground, it would be the most expensive subway in the world, and cost riders more than 5 minutes every trip b... 27025
Reposted by John EricsonMikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 20/08/2026One thing Zohran could do to get cheaper groceries for New Yorkers is have the City take over Hunts Point and operate it as a public service rather than a cartel. 1508
Reposted by John Ericsonterra firma, terra eterna 🚱🌉 @kavi.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Abundance as an ideological project to create an alternative to socialism as a real vision for the future failed miserably, largely because establishmenty center left democrats are (for largely contingent reasons unrelated to being center left) the most nimby group in the country 4431
Reposted by John EricsonStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 11/08/2026Or maybe it’s about keeping contributions from current members up for pensions/healthcare in retirement? If so, yet another reason why backloaded public sector compensation is so fucked up 1311
John Ericson @johnericson.me · 11/08/2026Re Amazon delivers: I'm very glad the government is passing anti small business legislation 010
Reposted by John EricsonIlya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 09/08/2026One of the greatest points of difference between my career as a transport consultant in '10s Moscow and my experience with transport advisory in Australia is what the deliverable of a consultant actually is. 25711
John Ericson @johnericson.me · 07/08/2026LLMs are not so great at rebases, which makes me think they are a little weak at *bitemporal ontology* (of the writer) and *bitemporal epistemology* (of the reader)*. So expecting some good knock-on effects if they train this more. 100
John Ericson @johnericson.me · 07/08/2026Is science science actually petit-bougeois because there aren't tightly-coupled groups larger than a PI and their lab? 210
Reposted by John EricsonThe real impasta @therealimpasta.bsky.social · 05/08/2026ATTENTION TO ALL DEM TAX CUT SLOPULISTS 485067969
Reposted by John EricsonJohn Ericson @johnericson.me · 03/08/2026Sorry Henry George, but right now it seems like the political MO is to convince (not too far out) homeowners that they are not House Speculators but Land Speculators. Land speculation is bad, but House Speculation is even worse. 001
John Ericson @johnericson.me · 03/08/2026"Non-transit-oriented geriatric hellscape" is the way, folks! If your city (or worse) looks like dogshit, get the youths outta there 000
Reposted by John EricsonNich Hills @nichhills.bsky.social · 26/08/2025A point of divergence in 1945. WWII ends a week earlier or later. Handwaving, the peninsula isn't divided by Soviet and US armies but is unified under Soviet or US supervision. Naturally, Kim Il Sung rises to the top. 172
Reposted by John EricsonProtect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 31/07/2026As U.K. leaders embrace proportional representation, Protect Democracy's Grant Tudor explains how this shift offers American reformers a modern blueprint for building a less polarized democracy. Read his full analysis for @theunpopulist.net here ⬇️ theunpopulist.netBritain's New Prime Minister Sees Proportional Representation as a Cure to PolarizationAmerica needs a leader to champion similar electoral reforms in this country 13210
Reposted by John EricsonJohn Ericson @johnericson.me · 30/07/2026As to ops cost...Yes! Look, we're gonna get OPTO (and ZPTO on some lines) eventually. And we're gonna get Waymos in NYC, and were gonna get deinterlining. Transportation is in general in the midst of a operating costs revolution right now; all modes will be affected. 111
John Ericson @johnericson.me · 30/07/2026Before I leave my old apartment, I am going to figure out just how bad the water pressure was, and tell you all. Also how bad the new one is 😭 230
Reposted by John EricsonEffective Transit Alliance @etany.org · 29/07/2026This morning, ETA commented to the MTA board on it's study extending LIRR electrification to the new Yaphank-BNL station. It's exciting to see electrification of commuter rail, however we urge the agency to study more cost-effective catenary for extensions. www.etany.org/statements/y... 1336
John Ericson @johnericson.me · 29/07/2026Yes, the government should operate a Google Books of Last Resort, and it should be the Sword of Damocles hanging over copyright law 1102
Reposted by John EricsonStephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Again I want to point out that the gods are not punishing Odysseus for his actions at Troy. They *do not care* about the Trojan horse. They think he is better than other people and pious. It's Poseidon specifically that hates him for what he did to the Cyclops. 2027621
Reposted by John Ericson工an Monroe 🚰 @eean.dev · 24/07/2026Can we send you Becerra for whatever reeducation camp you sent her through 2371
Reposted by John EricsonJohn Ericson @johnericson.me · 15/05/2026I'm going to write "polytropic" in my translation and everyone is going to nod along cause it's clearly just a normal English word that they, personally, don't know yet. 121
John Ericson @johnericson.me · 27/07/2026I'm only moving apartments within the same city, but I'm tempted to write a poem like "the transplant's elegy". Arriving with a suitcase, leaving with a suitcase, things like that. 140
Reposted by John Ericsonsick public transit, gloria @seung.bsky.social · 26/07/2026glass-half look may be: Seoul Metro officials also pointed to the New York MTA as why platform screen doors is not worth it, so maybe this is what all transit agencies do before they actually build platform screen doors 4664
Reposted by John EricsonEffective Transit Alliance @etany.org · 22/07/2026Big news for regional transit: FRA’s Phase 1 report confirms that through-running can boost Penn Station’s capacity without expansion. ETA examined why this is a good first step—and why, with the operational changes of Phase 2, its true potential is even greater. www.etany.org/statements/f... 0195
John Ericson @johnericson.me · 24/07/2026ETANY won the through-running debate, now it's party time 😎 030
Reposted by John Ericsonterra firma, terra eterna 🚱🌉 @kavi.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Becoming a conspiracy theorist that Wu and Hochul switched freaky Friday style sometime in 2025 01199
Reposted by John EricsonNilo @nilo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026When will someone in the USA finally advocate for rest of the world democracy 4101
Reposted by John EricsonEssonnianDragon @essonniandragon.bsky.social · 16/07/2026OH MY FUCK THEY ACTUALLY DID THAT 5446341384
Reposted by John EricsonNilo @nilo.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Happy to post our service optimization study! railroads.dot.gov/elibrary/new...railroads.dot.gov 147220
