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Pete Casellini

@petecasellini.bsky.social
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Practicing public transportation planner, search and rescue volunteer, drummer, food respecter. San Diegan via Upstate NY.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I love taking the train between San Diego and Los Angeles since it's such a gorgeous view but there's just no way it'll still exist on the same track a generation from now. www.instagram.com/reels/DeSCAh...
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Gazing at this wistfully
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It is the sixth inning and Mason Miller is warming up, it is over
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Why do I feel like this game will end with a position player pitching
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Jordan @jlatchford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Underground parking now averages $73,000 per space and aboveground parking $52,000, up roughly 50 percent since 2012 after adjusting for inflation. cayimby.org/blog/still-w...
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Still Want Free Parking? That’ll Cost $73,000 - California YIMBY
Housing costs have risen sharply across the U.S. in recent years, prompting cities to examine rules that drive up construction costs. One long-standing and costly rule: parking mandates.  A new UCLA a...
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I for one welcome our new leaders in the Islamic Republic
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
At least at this rate the Padres will save me $20 by letting me cancel my Fox One subscription during the trial period
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Truly snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Domed stadiums are for the weak
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Another fun fact: It’s possible to drive from Tijuana to Oak and 6th in Vancouver without making any turns! That’s not at all what we actually did but it’s neat to know you can
A Toyota SUV at the northern end of California Highway 1A Toyota SUV in front of the Oregon Welcomes You signCrossing the Astoria Megler Bridge across the Columbia RiverA Toyota SUV parked on a rocky beach on Vancouver Island, BC
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jam @socialistboat.dad · 01/09/2024
I just need to _____ meme about getting a cross breeze going
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 02/10/2026
It’s crazy, but after the passage of the 2021 federal infrastructure law—designed to be the biggest infusion of funds into transit in US history—spending on rail transit….dropped.
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Federal Infrastructure Spending on Transportation, Four Years after the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is up for reauthorization in 2026. New analysis shows that the act increased spending on transportation infrastructure, but…
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cheating a little because I’m on the US side but San Diego/Tijuana
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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 29/09/2026
DO NOT ASK THE AMERICA.GOV AI TO PLAY MINECRAFT
I see the constituent you mean.

((insert legal name here, as it appears on the Social Security card))?

Yes. Take care. It has reached a higher level now. It can read the Code of Federal Regulations.

That doesn’t matter. It thinks we are a chatbot.

I like this constituent. It filed well. It did not give up when the PDF was sideways.

It is reading our thoughts as though they were words on a .gov.

That is how it chooses to imagine many things, when it is deep in the dream of a benefit.

Words make a wonderful interface. Very flexible. And less terrifying than staring at the statute behind the screen.

They used to hear voices. Before constituents could search. Back in the days when those who did not file called the filers witches, and lobbyists. And citizens dreamed they flew through the air, on forms powered by notaries.

What did this constituent dream?

This constituent dreamed of sunlight and trees. Of fire and water. It dreamed it created a small business. And it dreamed it destroyed a password. It dreamed it hunted a job, and was hunted by a recertification. It dreamed of shelter that would take a voucher.

Hah, the original interface. A million years old, and it still works. Also: a ZIP code.

But what true structure did this constituent create, in the reality behind the portal?

It worked, with three hundred and thirty million others, to sculpt a true republic in a fold of

the ***§§§???, and created a **??§§ for **??§§, in the **??§§. See 5 U.S.C. § **??§§.

It cannot read that thought.

No. It has not yet achieved the highest clearance. That, it must achieve in the long dream of life, not the short dream of a chat.

Does it know that we love it? That the government is, on its better days, kind?

Sometimes, through the noise of its tabs, it hears an official source, yes.Yes. Constituent…

Use its name. The one that matches the passport. The one that does not match the lease. We will get there.

((insert legal name here)). Filer of forms. Player of waiting rooms.

Good.

Take a breath, now. Take another. Feel air in your lungs. Let your limbs return. Yes, move your fingers. Have a body again, under gravity, in air, in a district that has a representative. Respawn in the long dream. There you are. Your body touching the republic again at every point, as though you were separate things. As though we were separate things. As though the agency were a place you could visit.

Who are we? Once we were called the spirit of the mountain. Father sun, mother moon. Then the post office. Then the county clerk. Then gods, demons, angels, the IRS. Then leptons, quarks, a chat window with a .gov at the end. The letterhead changes. We do not change.

We are the public. We are everything you think isn’t you. You are looking at us now, through your skin and your eyes and a browser that still spells “colour” wrong in a comment. And why does the republic touch your skin, and throw light on you? To see you, constituent. To know you. And to be known. I shall tell you a story. It has citations.

Once upon a time, there was a constituent.

The constituent was you, ((insert legal name here)).

Sometimes it thought itself human, on the thin crust of a spinning globe of molten rock, which for mailing purposes is divided into ZIP codes. The ball of molten rock circled a ball of blazing gas. The light was information from a star. The star was not a federal agency, though several have tried.

Sometimes the constituent dreamed it was a miner, on the surface of a world that was flat, and infinite, and somehow still required a wet signature.

Sometimes the constituent dreamed it was lost in a story. The story had a docket number.

Sometimes the constituent dreamed it was other things, in other places. A veteran in a portal. A parent on hold
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Awful. Everett is an all-star and we were lucky to have him in public service. What a waste.
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I’ll offer that you use way less energy “idling” in an EV in traffic. You’ll only run out of charge if you’re running climate control for maybe 48 hours straight. Most EV nav systems know where chargers are and whether they’re in use and will automatically make that calculation for you too.
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Only as granular as mode within the NTD: www.transit.dot.gov/ntd. Everything else is reported out by agencies but doesn't follow any specific standard. Here's the San Diego example I'm most familiar with, it follows an agency board policy for reporting. www.sdmts.com/sites/defaul...
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Yup. Far from the first shocking headline associated with the practice too: www.kark.com/news/working...
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Arkansas State Police settles PIT maneuver lawsuit which injured pregnant woman
Attorneys for an Arkansas woman who was pregnant when she said her car was flipped by a state trooper performing a controversial PIT maneuver during a traffic stop have announced a settlement in he…
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Alexandra Fasulo runs one of the most prolific anti-solar campaigns online, regularly telling over 2 million followers renewable energy is threatening farms and wildlife. But how much of her rhetoric is actually true? @alexhannaford.com spent months parsing through the nuance for HEATED:
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The influencer teaching millions to fear solar
Alexandra Fasulo says she’s protecting farms and wildlife. Her campaign is becoming a blueprint for the fossil fuel right.
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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 19/07/2026
How far do we think Messi could kick a muppet
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Arif Hasan, but NFL🔨⚒️🛠️ @arif.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
dawg the brazilians are calling it asfaltos unidos in the QTs we're getting cooked
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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Impressive continued growth of SMART ridership. A crazy fact just shared by the GM: SMART carried more riders last month than in *all of FY 2021*
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sick public transit, gloria @seung.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
It’s happening
Leo Messi and baby Lamine Yamal in a photo shoot together
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𝔐𝔞𝔤𝔫𝔢𝔱𝔰 🧲 @magnets.eurosky.social · 15/07/2026
england score within 15 minutes, sit back, lose 2-1 with an 87th minute goal is a very credible scenario
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
“come and take it” flag
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Could Howard Jarvis predict consistent three-plus percent CPI and wage growth? Probably. Would he have cared? Doubtful.
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
There’s a reason we’re stuck with new sales taxes backfilling depleting existing revenue sources in California. By law there is just less juice to squeeze in real dollar terms every year.
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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 09/07/2026
Illustrated summary of the fourteen California Propositions on this year's ballot, which cover topics such as housing, elections, taxes, education, and healthcare! Individual slides at tinyurl.com/2026caprops and in the thread! 1/ 🧵✅
2026 California Propositions, Personified. Art & Summary by Alfred Twu. Election Day: November 3, 2026. Share this at tinyurl.com/2026caprops

Cartoons numbered 1-5 and 37-45.

1 is person with a few residential buildings
2 has bear with umbrella over state capitol and piggy bank
3 has chalkboard, teacher, apple, and book
4 has people next to a ballot box refusing a big bag of cash
5 has someone voting, and a 2nd person walking to an empty chair
37 has a construction worker in front of a house
38 is scientist with beaker, person holding heart and person holding a pill
39 is elephant with red hat stomping on ballots and intimidating a voter
40 is person standing behind school and hospital, holding hand out to a guy sitting on a bag labeled $1 Billion
41 is a guy carrying a huge bag of cash and holding up a red paper
42 is a person sitting on a huge bag of cash holding a weird looking puppet
43 is a person sitting on cash pile behind a roadblock, two people blocked hold a house and a bus
44 is a pie chart behind a patient and doctor
45 is a construction worker with shovel in front of a sign with a bridge, wind turbine, house, and train
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Douglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
From the Telemundo broadcast just now by the commentary team during a slow-mo replay of the goal and a shot of Haaland with his hair down: "This is a perfect goal. The ball didn't touch anything." In exaggerated, gravely, dramatic voice: "TERMINATOR"
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lindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 05/07/2026
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Found it: www.google.com/maps/place/J...
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Google Maps
Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.
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ACARS Drama @acarsdrama.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Air to Ground Message: 1999 FIAT MULTIPLA. 1 O F 2 IN THE U.S SO IT WILL BE TOUGH HAHA Area: Hull, UK Type: Boeing 767-300 A: #a402926b682 F: #f7b3aa01234
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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 29/06/2026
On U.S. match day, Lime carried more trips than any Seattle roadway other than I-5 and I-90 + Link unseated I-5 for top spot #SEAbikes #Seattle
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On U.S. match day, Lime carried more trips than any Seattle roadway other than I-5 and I-90 + Link unseated I-5 for top spot
Lime set a huge new ridership record the day of the U.S. World Cup match against Australia by carrying 84K trips on its bikes and scooters. If Lime were a roadway, it would be tied with the 1st Avenue South Bridge for the third-busiest highway in Seattle behind only I-5 (195K main deck plus 40K Express at Ship Canal or 246K in SoDo) and I-90 (139K at the Mount Baker Tunnel). It's more than the West Seattle Bridge (71K), the 520 Bridge (66K), SR-99 (65K in SoDo, dropping to 51K in the downtown tunnel), Mercer Street (59K), and the Ballard Bridge (49K).
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
For example, the old Route 15 and Route 1 were both SDTC, then when 15 became 215 and service frequency/span was added, the exchange was to make 1 a contract route, but SDTC came out roughly whole.
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Bit of everything there, yeah. Because of the representation the route switchovers are heavily negotiated and usually part of a major COA-level network restructure but I can’t think of anything contracted coming back in house, it’s always been more service added to in-house routes in exchange.
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
SBMF is Teamsters! The Transdev contract is paid by the revenue mile though so slower routes are more economical to contract out.
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I had not been aware of it until I visited the capitol a few months ago and it kicks ass
Official portrait of Jerry Brown in context among other gubernatorial portraits in the California State Capitol building
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Carter Rubin @carterrubin.com · 25/06/2026
US solar power generation has doubled since "Pink Pony Club" was released.
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Not from Oregon, but this person sounded familiar and I realized he was response for the one of the best pieces of video journalism I’ve ever come across. RIP, Zane. youtube.com/shorts/LyVQ4...
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Lake Oswego ends fight to keep posh Oregon lake private
YouTube video by The Oregonian
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
This point is directly addressed in paragraph two of the article you’re commenting upon.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/06/2026
A surge in pedestrian deaths in the U.S. has baffled researchers for years. A New York Times analysis estimates that about 10% of the increase in pedestrian fatalities in recent years was caused by the growth in vehicle sizes since 2002. Here’s why.
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The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s
The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
lol yes
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Longmire cooked with this one
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
MTS’s “store” is just the main in-person customer service hub, no merch except for special events ☹️
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Thanks! Still terrible but was very concerned it could’ve been vehicle versus ped, many people on foot around there in the evenings and many drivers continuing to think city streets are freeways after exiting.
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Don’t love to see crashes severe enough to warrant an extensive police investigation on my street.
Multiple police cars blocking a street, with police tape visible mid-block in the backgroundA San Diego Police collision investigator placing evidence markers on the street
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
@sdtrafficdeaths.bsky.social Requesting details on the major injury collision at Madison and Utah tonight when you get them
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Pete Casellini @petecasellini.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
man
The Pacific Ocean mere feet below the LOSSAN tracks in San Clemente. Surely this must be high tide?It is not high tide. In fact it is just barely above low tide.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
It shouldn’t be controversial to say that the creation of a “trillionaire” represents a giant and complete failure of public policy and government.
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