Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I’ve had a thought for a few years now that the old corridor should be reused by an extension of the Flinders line via a tunnel under the range and popping back above ground at O’Halloran’s Hill, but cost is probably a dealbreaker 110
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026They are useful as an indicator of how big a hill he’ll have to climb in the runoff 150
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Callais supercharging minority turnout is an underdiscussed aspect of the upcoming elections 110
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Maybe the age of social splintering? The monoculture died a long a panful death driven by technological change and ideological malaise, with the last vestiges imploded by the pandemic 001
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Aggressively pass measures to try and assert congressional authority to end the war, and when Trump and the Supreme Court ignore them message relentlessly about it being his war signed off by an out of control Supreme Court which needs reforming. Then prep for 2028 0122
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 15/09/2026My first assumption is that it’s an Indian diaspora situation, but you never know 070
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Potentially, I just think promoting development near the existing corridors and using trams to cover the city centre is probably the best long term. My controversial opinion is that the Johnsonville line should be converted for tram operations 110
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Absolutely agree with the Lincoln branch, I think a new line to Waikuku Beach would complement it too and allow for more sustainable suburban development. I’ve always been a bit sceptical of the tram-train model though, I prefer segregated modes and encouraging development near existing corridors 110
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I think a light rail in Christchurch from the Airport to New Brighton via the uni and train station is another no-brainer route, alongside your other commonsense proposals 190
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Wichita has a lot of plane manufacturing, but you point broadly stands 011
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The main reason is that the lines don’t have anywhere to go in the suburban network, and trying to electrify the inner VLine network would be expensive, so successive governments have balked at it 010
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This would preclude a completed southern circle line no? I think cut and cover heavy rail in Freo proper then elevated to Bibra Lakes would be better for wider network connectivity, though a Fremantle based light rail network would be awesome 100
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I’m worried there’s gonna be another polling error missing older moderates, but Massachusetts shouldn’t have as many of them as there are in Michigan 110
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Ossoff and Cooper win by 10+, Mississippi within 5, calling it now 000
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I think they’re waiting for one of them to blink, then the sunk cost will open the floodgates 120
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I think it’s a combo of the Craigieburn line being very congested, there being a big valley in the way, and having the right of way from Sunshine be relatively unobstructed. The price tag is insane though 110
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 05/08/2026They vote for Republicans because they can vote down their most insane policies but still broadly get what they want the rest of the time 020
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 04/08/2026One of the most connected suburbs in the city getting some relatively modest housing? This will destroy the city as we know it 010
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Committing to the death drive before you’ve properly seized power is a pretty good bit 080
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I think he means the partisan lean of the respondent sample 030
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I’d reckon it would have the opposite effect if I’m honest, less frequent primary voters probably won’t have as many qualms about knifing an incumbent 220
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Not quite, I would say that by dragging down and belittling anyone with aspirations of talent, expertise or craft, they get to feel accomplished and powerful, and by dominating them prove their lack of worth in the first place. 000
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 17/07/2026With the admission that I’m not local and have only had a look a google maps, it looks like you were on the south side next to the line between Rocky and Yeppoon. Some of the warehouses in the background are still standing and are at the right angle to match 010
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 15/07/2026They actually do have an oceanic port at Lewiston, but fair point. Railways should ideally be the stopgap for transcontinental freight 000
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 11/07/2026This confirms my suspicions that the highest priority light rail routes should be to Scarborough, Claremont, Cannington and Morley, and that a metro from Fremantle to Midland is more viable than you might think 010
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 10/07/2026They’ve never had to fight on this terrain, it’s like a species of island bird exposed to rats for the first time 010
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 06/07/2026It’s because everyone is becoming allergic to the idea of tradeoffs when the problem isn’t currently burning down or flooding their house 050
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 06/07/2026DSA is powered by downwardly-mobile highly-educated white collar workers. A slump in the tech sector jobs market generates a large number of these individuals 150
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Those are some shiny rails, is the first section of the branch still used for shunting or wagon storage? 000
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Also of note is how even her vote was across the state. This isn’t inner city liberal elites, this is the whole Democratic base in revolt 030
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 03/07/2026I think that sort of split would just be a prelude to a Republican autocratic war of aggression against pluralistic democracy 000
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Would the concentration of ON support in the regions and outer suburbs complicate the Liberal path to government? 220
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Don’t write the absolutely insane man off just yet, the margin is less than 1% and shrinking 000
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Which I imagine is a distinct advantage for his campaign 000
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I think having a three-cornered contest in 2028 will be fascinating. Labor will be trying to tar the Libs with the dysfunction and rank racism of ON, Pauline will be trying to play up her salt of the earth schtick and the Libs will try and present a reasonable alternative to both ON and Labor 000
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I think what it says to me is that Pauline will have a very hard job pulling off a successful election campaign, the press will smell blood in the water as soon as Barnaby says something ridiculous and she either backs him up or tries to backflip on it 161
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Especially if the redraw next year can give him a better seat 010
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 24/06/2026It’ll probably go the other way round tbh, plus if they time it for the stock markets like he has been doing he’ll tolerate it even more 000
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 16/06/2026That’s also because Presley represented that area, but your point still stands 010
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 12/06/2026This video seems custom-made to get urbanists frothing at the mouth lmao 020
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 12/06/2026If we get to a D+16 generic ballot, that means the Midwest will be swinging a hell of a lot more than the South. I’d be keeping an eye on Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska in that case 000
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 04/06/2026There have been some grade separations of existing lines in LA, plus the extension of the KC streetcar went from mixed traffic to a dedicated right of way, but there are slim pickings overall 110
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Rockhampton is a weird joint, modelled after Melbourne during it’s respective gold rush but never quite accelerating due to the lack of a nearby deep port 130
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 26/05/2026I really like how well the bridge graffiti lines up with the front of the consist 010
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 25/05/2026The one that came to mind straight away was how some people say climate change is actually good, because plants need CO2 and giving them more will result in greater growth 140
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Yes, it was originally installed at Southbank for Expo 88 120
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 13/05/2026It will be a comms gold mine once the collective embarrassment hits in 2028 000
Patrick🇺🇦🇦🇲 @patricktheqlder.bsky.social · 10/05/2026$50 million won’t sort the Wentworth deviation, but could hopefully help improve speeds past Goulburn 000