sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 4hIt was clearly widespread on campus and they were surprised by it. 010
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 4hThey gave me a new one (with a 2050 expiration date!)— I wonder if something happened behind the scenes that passes all of a sudden were no longer autorenewed or somehow all of a sudden had expiration dates. 120
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 4hI work for usc and pay for their e-pass. Some time around late September/early October mine started saying “expiring soon” on the TAP readers, and then we got an email from the campus office saying that a bunch of passes were expiring and there’s no way of knowing which ones until they stop working. 120
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 5hPCH in Orange County is very different from Big Sur. To my knowledge this section hasn’t ever been rebuilt. 100
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 11/10/2026There’s always money for widening— and it probably also won’t need endless rounds of stakeholder consultation. 000
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 11/10/2026lol. I get emails from PBS Newshour nearly every week telling me what David Brooks has said. They have excellent reporters who report on important things every week, and that’s what they choose to highlight. It’s befuddling! 030
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I think part of it is that people drink less. If you go to dinner at someone’s house and nobody’s drinking… it’s a briefer and often less convivial experience. That’s my experience. 210
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 09/10/2026That parking lot is at 10-20% capacity most days when I pass by; maybe it needs to be retained. 000
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I love them. I think the most impactful technological innovations over the past 10 years have been in grapes. At this rate I’m expecting Grilled Cheese varieties of grapes any moment. 000
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Yeah— these delayed trains are always the ones that are absolutely rammed. By the time they get to Pasadena there’s a hung-over post-rave feel as all the survivors slump down and watch the detritus roll (and float) around on the sticky floor. 110
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They did double-denim hard back then. That’s what won the war. 160
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Down In One! Down In One!static.klipy.comSpongebob Squarepants: Thirsty Water DrinkAlt: Spongebob Squarepants: Thirsty Water Drink 110
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’m still stuck on the fact that Kimberly Guilfoyle is our ambassador to Greece. 011
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I don’t advocate Waymo as a transportation solution. I think it’s demonstrably a better customer experience than its closest competitor: rideshare. 011
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I realize that’s in part due to the relatively new and clean fleet of vehicles which isn’t inherent in the technology, but there’s a lot to be said for not having to deal with the uncertainty of a rideshare driver. 100
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I don’t like the idea of rejecting an innovation because the job is currently done by (in this case, unregulated and) poorly paid humans. I’ve used Waymos 3x when my local bus system failed me. They were much better experiences for me as a passenger than Lyft would have been. 110
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 23/09/2026His Common People is astonishing. Better than Pulp. youtu.be/St8FtbzH_JE?...youtu.beWilliam Shatner music video for "Common People"YouTube video by docob5 270
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Why should we believe that they’ll do something that none of them is saying they’ll do, and that they have no history of doing? It’s the 2026 version of Mueller Time. 011
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Some of the most toxic online discourse revolves around accusing people of being transplants. As if moving is bad. It’s insane. 020
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"What do we want?" "Fewer bike lanes!" "When do we want it?" "After several rounds of community consultation!" And she's wondering why her reelection isn't a slam-dunk... 090
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It was a real paradigm shifter when I (rural) visited my (urban) cousins and my aunt sent them out to buy an avocado. “A whole trip? To buy an avocado?” And my 13 year old cousins walked back 5 minutes later with an avocado. Oh! Not every shopping trip needs to be an expedition! 0413
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 18/09/2026What strikes me most about that mailer is that it’s entirely generic. There’s not one word that indicates that he knows where his district is, what local issues are, or even what state he represents. 010
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The first thing I thought: I guess they’ll go to the White House again. 000
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Yes. My commute is ~15 miles (Pasadena to USC). It’s the perfect length for an e-bike commute (and ‘regular’ bike when I want to) but unfortunately there is simply no good route due to a failure in leadership in numerous areas. 030
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Newsom is the worst. He just keeps proving it over and over again. I get that California is hard to govern, but… sheesh. 010
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 16/09/2026That’s really nice to hear, and it’s particularly good to hear that someone recognizes when they have leverage. I hope some City Councilors listen. 020
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 15/09/2026“Now imagine if that airport had a functioning people mover” 🤣 020
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Statements like that from the “former city planner” simply serve as confirmation to me that yes: these are exactly the type of people in charge of planning our city. They don’t understand LA, they have learned no lessons from cities around the world, and they like the status quo. 011
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Yes. I pay $40/month for a transit pass (Los Angeles) and parking would be $95/month. That $660 ain’t nothing, and clearly that’s ignoring any costs of ownership— it’s literally just how much less my commute paycheck deduction is than my colleagues’. 1160
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 14/09/2026According to the article he got some form of jaw-enhancing surgery done before the event, so presumably he’d look like that above the neck too if it weren’t for medical assistance. 010
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The Bellflower Bunnies… vol.2. Where’s vol.1?!? WHERE IS VOLUME ONE?? 011
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Both cars are on the sidewalk. It’s so insane out there. 111
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This cruiser was driving alongside my train this morning. The driver was fully texting with both hands off the wheel for a significant duration. I tried to take a photo but didn’t get one. What really struck me (in addition to his negligent behavior) was just how old this car is. It’s a heap! 020
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A previous slide showed something like 40 serious injuries (and 3? deaths) that had happened on the roads in that period. 010
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 09/09/2026In a “public consultation” a planner for the city of Pasadena recently said that creating “greenways” on portions of 3 streets was on an “expedited timeline”— it had only taken 12 years to reach this round of consultation. 110
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Imagine if a tenth of the outrage about e-bikes and scooters on sidewalks was directed at elderly drivers! 011
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 03/09/2026She claims he mentions it every time she sees him, so he thinks about it a lot. And she sees that as a vindication of her strategy. She thinks this is him moderating his behavior! Astonishing. 020
sloshadile.bsky.social @sloshadile.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Ah, now that I know she’s from Irvine, it all makes sense. 010
