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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 4h

Trump is tanking the midterms to force Musk et al to ride to his rescue. Failing that, he wants to use his control of the Supreme Court to overturn the election and secure his autocratic rule. Heads we lose, tails he wins. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

independent.co.uk

Trump claims he’s ‘flipping races’ with rallies. It’s not Republicans he’s helping

The president insists he can help his party defy the polls, even as Republicans who voted for him sour on his policies and increasingly erratic behavior and comments in the home stretch to Election Da...

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 22h

Every US city could be as safe as anywhere in Europe or Asia, but so long as those cities provide the refuge from the ideological torture of those the rural areas fail to accept our urban areas will be subject to right wing claims of undesirables inhabiting them.

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 22h

NJT, I hope you're listening. I hope you're able to find a way to include this in the Glassboro-Camden Line operations. There's no real excuse for doing GTW DMUs any more. Ditto SEPTA. Lets see a Pottstown-Norristown-Lansdale-Quakertown route using the Stoney Creek Branch to link them together.

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Good for you. Now put a pantograph on it and string the wire from Long Beach to Portland, Salt Lake, and El Paso you fascist-supporting cowards.

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This should be the sort of thing California can force on the class 1s. It's not like shippers have an alternative to LA/LB's ports. Oakland is full, Seattle and Tacoma are limited, and SD is worse. The canal is turning away traffic. They'll complain about changing locos but it's worthwhile.

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Lets not mince words, this 'project' has no possibility of ever being built. He's dropped the pretense of it being a hyperloop and is now just a Tesla Traffic Sewer. His statement exists solely to stop investment in a rail line between Austin and San Antonio. www.tpr.org/economy-and-...

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Elon Musk is proposing a high-speed tunnel between San Antonio and Austin for a second time

Elon Musk has floated the idea of building a high-speed tunnel between Austin and San Antonio. Musk laid out the idea on X, the social media platform that he owns. He said it could serve as a precurso...

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New Jersey Transit yesterday: www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/d...

A man holding a cable in an air traffic control tower.

Don't call me shirley.

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I suppose I should repost this as well. It's nice to get optimistic about this, but this will be about the 6th time a diesel price hike has made the case for electrification. Chances are prices will fall before wire can be strung. We need a stronger case. digital.sandiego.edu/ksb-sscm/4/

digital.sandiego.edu

The Economic and Enviromental Benefits of Railroad Electrification in the United States

The United States, despite being a global leader in various sectors, lags in railroad electrification compared to other major countries. This paper explores the history, benefits, and obstacles associ...

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

In a future where we get some build-out of generating capacity AI needs followed by the prompt collapse of the AI bubble will the low price of electricity justify the labor cost of swapping locomotives at the end of the electric territory, or will we develop the means to run them transcontinental?

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The AAR's response to studies which show the favorable economics of freight rail electrification was "It'll be expensive," justified by little more than "Trust us bro". Their intransigence on this issue is killing people, making their operations worse, and costing them money. Electrify now.

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Wait, I thought we won on the first day? And then a dozen times between now and then. What's the point of sanctioning Iran if we won? Also, what sort of disjointed BS is this that they're only now using sanctions? Shouldn't that have been integrated into the outset of Operation Epstein Fury?

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Class 1 Railroads: Giving up even two slots per day to Long Distance passenger trains is totally unacceptable One specific Class 1 Railroad: Sure, we'll restrict ourselves to roughly 1 train per hour on an extremely busy line because all motive power must be diesel en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascade...

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Cascade Tunnel - Wikipedia

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

AAR Today: Electrification is impossible. Every mile in the whole US must be wired, will cost a trillion dollars. Conrail 50 years ago: Here's our plan to partially electrify and get most of our East-West Traffic. NS Today: Here's how our traffic is even more concentrated than Conrail in 1975.

Map of the Eastern half of the US with a big red line that means NS crams all their freight trains down it.

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

In other words: Precision Scheduled Railroading costs the Class 1s $200 million a year. Run trains which fit into the sidings and yards; which actually move on the mainline and thieves will have less opportunity to steal their trains' contents. fortune.com/2026/08/17/f...

fortune.com

The great modern train robbery: Thieves steal $200 million a year | Fortune

More than 75,000 thefts on US freight networks last year pushed freight railroad companies to pour millions into fencing and AI cameras

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I think this is crucial. Whenever Trump says "we" or "America" any number of his hangers on from the faceless rabble at his rallies to his cabinet secretaries and even his kids imagine they might be included. But they aren't. He's a narcissist, always has been, and when he says "we" he means "I".

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It's amusingly inept, yes. We can't ignore the fact that his admin probably wanted to use the direct, if failed, attempt on the President's life as the excuse to escalate the war with Iran. Otherwise they wouldn't have flown. There's a non-zero chance they'd use it as a reason to nuke Iran.

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Waaah, the Union won't let us offshore their jobs so we can put a happy face on the AI surveillance state through the only method we haven't ruined yet! How dare they!

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

We've spent a quarter of a century accepting any number of inconveniences and privacy-intrusions for the sake of countering terrorism. The utility high acceleration, heavy duty electric trucks for vehicle based ramming terror attacks needs to be evaluated before we embrace their widespread adoption.

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

You really have to hand it to Trump and his commitment to implementing all of Putin's worst ideas. Neither one of them is getting built, but between this and the Lider class, which stands less of a chance of getting built?

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

But, you know, we need to get rid of train operators, because AI can do the job better. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1SU...

youtube.com

Rangierunfall mit fahrerlosen U-Bahnen in Nürnberg

YouTube video by Bahnblogstelle

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

All I'm saying is that Airplane! called it. On the plane rather than the terminal, but close enough. ZAZ gave us the blueprint to deal with this: youtu.be/E3GGKF6CsjY?...

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Airplane! (1980): 54:35 - 55:10

YouTube video by Hare Krishna in the Movies

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

How the hell did these idiots ever think we were going to be a threat to China? We're running out of weapons while we can still order them. How is that going to work when we sink the Chinese fleet and they cut us off? Japan in 1940 anyone? www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.com

Is the US really running out of weapons under Trump?

The US has fired thousands of hard-to-replace missiles during its war with Iran. We unpack whether its "arsenal of freedom" is perilously low.

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Boeing today: Waaah, big engines on 737 is too hard! Boeing then: Fukkin rockets!

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I'm a bit uneasy about Voltify's startup approach to this, as the Class 1s are unlikely to be overly receptive to it. But it needs to be pointed out to them they each have ~2000 3.3MW very rapidly responding generators which could be put on the grid if they'd just string some wire.

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

It's apparent each of Trump's hangers-on see themselves as his successor and attribute that to various aspects of their relationship with him. JD has legitimacy of position, while Trump's sons are counting on turbo-nepotism. Hegseth's push for his future leadership role is definitely interesting.

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The real fun starts when WMATA goes fully automated, with no personnel onboard and this shit happens then.

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Watching all these aircraft queued up and looping over Northern Virginia gives the impression that the DOD might actually be trying to convince someone in Manassas that there are dozens of Air Force 1s in the inventory. We must close the VIP aircraft gap!

The Airplane.Live map view of some of the aircraft flying over Trump's celebration of himself.

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Look at this thing, it's all the 1970s USDOT memes wrapped up in one totally useless package. Gas turbine? Check. LIMs? Check. Air Cushion? Eventually, Check. Admittedly the French worked on a similar concept before the TGV, but at least they had the sense to give up and go electric.

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Ford in the 1970s: "Okay, our engineers & accountants have determined we can get away with incinerating a certain number of people per year before the $2 part is cheaper." Ford in 2026: "Who needs engineers and accountants?"

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The Monarch Diaries @monarchdiaries.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

HAHAHAhaha! they're making the world's biggest synthetic scum pond!!! The coating is a polyurea used inside pipes. It gels in about 3 seconds, making it non self-leveling. The texture is like an orange peel, the perfect substrate for biofilms. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...

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Manager at Trump’s N.J. Golf Club Helped Plan Reflecting Pool Repairs

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

It should be wearing Hi-Viz! Or be in a Crosswalk! Or not be on its Cell Phone! And definitely should never be on an e-bike! If it complies with all those things it'll never be hit by cars, ever, right? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu38...

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The Life Of A (New Jersey) Crosswalk Sign [compilation]

YouTube video by WTF IS THIS WORLD!?

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

He's the son of a bitch who got the JCPOA done without a single bomb being dropped. Meanwhile the current turd lost the war and is surrendering everything in a vain attempt to move on. newrepublic.com/post/211977/...

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Trump Calls Obama a “Son of a B*tch” After Disastrous Iran Deal Leaked

Donald Trump bragged about Barack Obama’s supposed stupidity despite his own deal with Iran being significantly worse.

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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

#OnThisDay in 1891, President Benjamin Harrison visited Tacoma. historylink.org/File/5067

Coal and Coke Arch built to greet President Harrison, Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, May 6, 1891

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

So the Swiss Federal Railways moved from retention toilets to 'bioreactor' units which seek to separate solid and liquid waste, then dispose of the liquid overboard at 'low speed'. Except it appears to not work, and, per the article, makes the stations stink. www.infosperber.ch/wirtschaft/d...

infosperber.ch

Die modernen Züge verdrecken die Bahnhöfe

Einst plumpste das «Geschäft» von den Zügen direkt auf Schwellen und Schotter. Jetzt sind wir fast schon wieder so weit.

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the25hurts.bsky.social @the25hurts.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

railroads.dot.gov/elibrary/cos... In the last days of the Biden administration the FRA snuck out a report which flies in the face of the AAR's reflexive support for the railroad's tendency toward destroying themselves.

railroads.dot.gov

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