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Identity, whether gender or nationality or any other, is an individual choice; fluid, contingent, and perhaps multiple. This is the only way to live at peace in a Free society, and is therefore a non-negotiable demand on every State, backed by force.

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Sic Transit PHL @sictransitphl.bsky.social · 3m
My first two reactions were "the FUCK we are buying from them", and, "the FUCK they are selling to us", and nothing I've seen has dissuaded me from either position.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 7h
Ossoff is one of the very few people adequately channeling Evelyn Normielib these days the base doesn't want to hear entreaties to our better natures, they don't want to go high while the other side goes low, they want someone to come on the TV and go "these people are garbage" he's good at it
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 4h
The “lisan al-gaib” meme except is says “Evelyn normielib”
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Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST @chathamharrison.bsky.social · 5h
The key to Trump's election fuckery is you absolutely take it seriously, & you take it seriously by knowing you've got the numbers behind you to follow through on your principles. This is the United States & the way we rule ourselves is not subject to the whims of an old orange shitsack.
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Sic Transit PHL @sictransitphl.bsky.social · 6h
Fucking hell. The Frontier AI companies are all menaces to society, and people need to start going away to prison for their Obvious Crimes.
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Effective Transit Alliance @etany.org · 12h
As ETA has detailed, at around $7.7B for 1.25 mi, this extension would be by far the most expensive subway on Earth—and so deep that it would require 5+ mins just to reach the platforms. Now is the time for the MTA to push for a shallower, cheaper, more usable subway: www.etany.org/reports/digg...
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Digging Out of a Very Deep Hole: Saving Billions on 125th Street — Effective Transit Alliance New York
A 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...
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Effective Transit Alliance @etany.org · 12h
The MTA is beginning the environmental impact process for the 125 St Subway. Right now the project is focused tunnels, with station and other infrastructure to come later. Deep tunnels, however, would lock in the project's main downsides: depth and cost. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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NYC’s Planned Harlem Crosstown Subway Gets Environmental Review
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority is starting an environmental review of a proposed crosstown subway line along Harlem’s 125th Street that could serve an estimated 164,000 weekday rider...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h
huh, interesting that vance thinks this is the worst terrorist attack and not oklahoma city
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 10h
The anti-child bigotry in America is an enormous problem and one that too many people celebrate
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Sic Transit PHL @sictransitphl.bsky.social · 14h
This guy deserved to hang even before he shot someone.
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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 16h
Once we begin to force our Public Utilities to implement policies to cause these slopes of PV Power Plant interconnection queues to start declining, we're really going to start to see the share of fossil fuels powering our grid to quickly decline. #EnergySky
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Sic Transit PHL @sictransitphl.bsky.social · 14h
Vote Bloux. (You know the signs would say this despite the perfectly serviceable word "bleu" existing.)
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Aaron van Dorn @aaronvandorn.bsky.social · 16h
If Hegseth follows through with this execution live stream, he needs to die in prison, there's just no way around it.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 15h
ICE has shot 3 immigrants since July, all in their cars. Also: they shot this man, then handcuffed him and sat him on the ground. When the NYPD arrived, they took him to the hospital . IOW, ICE was gonna let him bleed out. wapo.st/4yHk7qY
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ICE officer shoots man in car on New York street during arrest attempt
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said a 5-year-old child was in the car when Oscar Belgal, 28, was shot. DHS said that an immigration officer fired his weapon during a “targeted enforcement operation.”
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Sic Transit PHL @sictransitphl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
As a former Wallingford-Swarthmore School District taxpayer, and as a former asthmatic high schooler who remembers avoiding the ne'er-do-wells who congregated in the bathrooms, I highly approve of this design and wish it were in more places.
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Sandy Johnston @sandypsj.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
New Haven's Historic District Commission has come out against pedestrianizing Temple Street where it cuts through the Green. Preservation, everyone! www.newhavenindependent.org/2026/10/07/p...
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Preservationists Pan Green Plan - New Haven Independent
The city's Historic District Commission (HDC) has formally asked the Elicker administration to hold off on pedestrianizing part of Temple Street and building a new food kiosk and bathrooms on the Gree...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
this is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something
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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 08/10/2026
Sorry the pictures from @amtrakcascades.wsdot.wa.gov Airo ride aren’t better. I was too amazed by how nice the train was and distracted by the amazing views.
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Sic Transit PHL @sictransitphl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In a civilized society, this driver would have charges filed against them and their license suspended as a matter of course. We, on the other hand, must live in the umbra of the Philadelphia Police Department.
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5th Square Advocacy @5thsqadvocacy.org · 08/10/2026
RSVP here: 5thsq.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/ne...
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Neon Events
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5th Square Advocacy @5thsqadvocacy.org · 08/10/2026
Join us next Tuesday at 6pm for a postcard-writing happy hour at Dock Street Brewery South! We'll be writing postcards to send to City Council in support of city funding for our Zero Fare Program and SEPTA Key Advantage.
A group of people sitting around a table in a bar
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Sic Transit PHL @sictransitphl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I get that a candidate in Michigan can't run explicitly against the UAW, but they don't have to plagiarize the UAW's positions which they in turn plagiarized from Donald Trump. (And if they do, it's mandatory for Democrats in the other forty-mumble states to shut that shit down.)
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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Every long distance Amtrak train should at a minimum be twice a day, on 12 hr offsets. From there keep closing the gap on some routes until we've got hourly service on some of the more densely populated routes with more new equipment and finer service.
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 07/10/2026
This sticker I bought at the Castro Street Fair is almost certainly relevant to many of my followers.
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CalTrans sticker
hehehe california department of trans Waterproof, UV-resistant sticker that won't fade or peel. Safe to place on cars, laptops, water bottles, and more.
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Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
TIL Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence from a short-term rental founders.archives.gov/documents/Je...
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Sic Transit PHL @sictransitphl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
He reminds us that the British national character as well as simple human decency calls for being kind to refugees, especially children? (I mean, not especially, but contrasting to immediate predecessors, I can squint and sort of see it.)
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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm Adam, and I approved this message. (This is a state senate race in the Lehigh Valley.)
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They Went to Jarrett | Mark Pinsley for PA State Senate
YouTube video by Mark Pinsley For Senate
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Sic Transit PHL @sictransitphl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
You can meet the trains coming from/going to the east at Lewistown via 322, and the trains coming from/going to the west at Tyrone via 99, for minimal increase in complexity.
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Ben S @bensh3.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Now that we finally have a 2nd Pennsylvanian, PA should be maximizing its value by running connecting Thruway buses to State College for at least some trains. Would be huge for breaks and game days
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James Santelli @santelli.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The new schedule may not be in the press release, but it's on Amtrak's website! Eastbound trips: Departs PIT 7:10 AM > Arrives NYC 4:43 PM Departs PIT 1:00 PM > Arrives NYC 10:25 PM Westbound trips: Departs NYC 5:50 AM > Arrives PIT 3:14 PM Departs NYC 12:25 PM > Arrives PIT 9:54 PM
Eastbound trips on the new twice-daily Pennsylvanian train, starting November 18.
Departs PIT 7:10 AM > Arrives NYC 4:43 PM
Departs PIT 1:00 PM > Arrives NYC 10:25 PMWestbound trips:
Departs NYC 5:50 AM > Arrives PIT 3:14 PM
Departs NYC 12:25 PM > Arrives PIT 9:54 PM
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Important reminder to vote yes on the ballot question that would allow the mayor's office and DOT to speed up the installation of safe street designs, bike lanes, and transit upgrades. These are the people who want to retain their veto and keep us mired in a dysfunctional status quo.
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What to Know About NYC’s 5 Ballot Proposals Ahead of Election Day
New York voters will answer five questions in November’s general election.
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Sic Transit PHL @sictransitphl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In the lesser, benighted borough where such a lesser person would live. (Sorry.)
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 06/10/2026
I'm trying a new thing: Automatically posting updates when new transit lines open around the world. Follow @thetransportpolitic.com if you want to know when new transit lines open around the world.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Right-wing radicalization ≠ polarization Right-wing radicalization ≠ polarization Right-wing radicalization ≠ polarization Right-wing radicalization ≠ polarization Right-wing radicalization ≠ polarization Right-wing radicalization ≠ polarization Right-wing radicalization ≠ polarization
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 06/10/2026
The theft and fraud and disinfo continue to gush out of these companies as an unending flood of excrement while they desperately point at imaginary Terminators on the other side of the room.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
These are the stakes: to make a world in which all of God's children can live, or to go into the dark. We must either love each other, or we must die.
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Nina Ippolito @ninaippolito.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Judges only type in all caps when they are in extreme distress, etc.
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Sic Transit PHL @sictransitphl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The TWU's approach to electoral politics can only be described as self-harm. No part of it should be emulated.
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Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Also essential to remember that she was an openly trans faculty member at Swarthmore in *1971*
The renaissance scholar Kaori Kitao in her office in the 1970s; she has wavy hair pulled back and a floral top, wearing dark framed glasses
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Sic Transit PHL @sictransitphl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I could have specified that everyone between Rome and the Alps is either a Bavarian or an Austrian, but it makes for a weaker punchline.
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terra firma, terra eterna 🚱🌉 @kavi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Does... does this guy know who Lee Kuan was???
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Sic Transit PHL @sictransitphl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Anyone from north of Rome is a German. Trust me, I'm Sicilian.
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Edward Russell @byerussell.com · 05/10/2026
Pulling back on the yoke to stop FlyDubai 1073's nosedive "subjected the airframe to an estimated 3 Gs of force, akin to what a spacecraft experiences during launch, and exceeded the 737 MAX’s operating limit of 2.5 Gs." It's a remarkable achievement the 737 MAX stayed intact.
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How a Boeing 737 MAX Survived a Nosedive Traveling at the Speed of Sound
The jet lost key tail sections after an extreme plunge, but its structure largely held up and enabled pilots to safely land.
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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Yesterday the cafe I work at packed up its CafeTO patio. Immediately, someone parked where the patio used to be and the spot was basically occupied all day m. It made me think of the bike lane removal thing. All those “freed up” lanes will just be parking. It won’t ease car congestion at all.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It's fascinating to learn how many more kids die in ATV accidents every year than in e-bike accidents, then observing that there is a moral panic about kids riding e-bikes but not about kids riding ATVs.
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Sic Transit PHL @sictransitphl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Older Meme Checks Out
ALT: Older Meme Checks Out
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 04/10/2026
This is the animating principle of my YIMBYism.
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Sic Transit PHL @sictransitphl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Same for everyone who stridently demanded that we (nebulous) extract a pound of flesh from China over the unproven-but-plausible lab leak theory of the origin of COVID-19.
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 03/10/2026
It’s only “value capture” if it comes from the Georgist region of land value taxation. Development fees and exactions are just sparkling housing taxes.
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Sic Transit PHL @sictransitphl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The dismantling of SJC has become a self-reinforcing process; it's so difficult to get there from anywhere that's not SoCal, Vegas, or a handful of hubs, that it becomes a terrible value proposition, which drives away passengers, justifying further flight cuts.
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