@Osint613 That’s why the NJ arsenal drones couldn’t be shot down. Same with the ones flying over UK and Denmark. They’re plasmoids..
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SquirrelBaby
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When I'm not gnawing through a trash bag in the Chili's dumpster, I provide musings about urban form, politics, and pop culture.
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Newly released Pentagon UFO files include a transcript from a classified 1949 Los Alamos meeting. Military officials and top scientists met to investigate green fireballs spotted near New Mexico's nuclear facilities. Witnesses described silent, intensely glowing objects moving horizontally at constant speeds, unlike ordinary meteors.
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@WIJGalt13 @Osint613 The absence confirms Mojtaba is either seriously disfigured or dead.
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@Osint613 It's quite possible parts of Mojtaba are in that casket too, so maybe he did attend the ceremony.
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Mossad post in Farsi:
“Today, we proudly witnessed the funeral of the "Ayatollah of Massacres," a man responsible for the largest slaughter of his own innocent people.
A war criminal whose own beloved son did not even attend the ceremony to receive his body on its way to hell.”
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@Ragcha @Scott_Wiener The basket-inspired building on bottom left is atrocious
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@Scott_Wiener These buildings look cool, too, which addresses one of the core concerns of people resisting construction.
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I passed SB 79 last year — a new law authorizing more housing density near high quality public transit — and it went into effect last week. It’s fantastic to see the first applications moving forward. This new law also allows new housing to use a powerful permit streamlining law I authored (SB 423), so these projects should be able to receive their permits quickly.
Dr. Jeremy Levine, PhD of city council meetings@JeremyELevine
Palo Alto has had FIVE SB 79 applications in just one week Smaller projects, 230 new homes all combined. Designs are preliminary because everyone is rushing to get pre applications in, but overall really wonderful illustration of what zoning reform makes possible
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@Scott_Wiener Love the YIMBY wave, but the “basket-inspired” apartment building on bottom left is hideous and will age terribly.
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@WarMonitor3 How is the Russian military (and their green men mercenaries) so bad at war now? Did everyone from Soviet Army disappear?
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A large convoy carrying over 200 Russian mercenaries has been ambushed near the town of Anefis in Mali significant losses have been taken.
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@FrankLlewellyn @mattyglesias Look up the data, bud. I’d start with BART’s recent talk fare gate installation and the miracle that has been.
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@SquirrelChat @mattyglesias your saying the well off miscreants don’t take public transit?
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The moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward admitting that "free bus" critics were right and quality of service is more important than fares!
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@NYCMayor
For working New Yorkers, every minute matters. But for too long, our buses have been stuck in traffic instead of keeping pace with the city that never sleeps. Today, I'm proud to unveil Next Step — our roadmap to faster, more reliable bus service across all five boroughs. We'll increase bus speeds by up to 20%, and save riders as much as six minutes on their daily commute. We're also expanding accessible bus stops, adding more shelters and seating, strengthening bus lane enforcement, improving real-time arrival information, and building the next generation of bus corridors with protected bus lanes, greener streets, and faster, more frequent service. Every minute a New Yorker spends waiting for a late bus is time away from family, work, school, or rest. This plan is about giving people that time back, and building a city that works better for the people who keep it running.
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@dickclucas Why is a pissy, unhelpful comment your knee-jerk reaction? Quality urban design matters. If we shove shit-box architecture into people’s neighborhoods, this will all backfire.
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@SquirrelChat Yeah better to just have it be a Burger King or something
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We will reign hellfire (housing) on these anti growth “my city is a museum” NIMBYS
(((Matthew Lewis))) cults & consequences@mateosfo
SB 79 has been law for less than a week but we're already seeing the early stages of a flood of NIMBY tears in Palo Alto. This is the second proposed SB 79 project in PA *this week.* And that's just the ones we know about.
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@FrankLlewellyn @mattyglesias I think he’s saying fares filter out the miscreants who would otherwise destroy a free transit system, thus reducing its quality
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@mattyglesias If fares were not important we would not be dealing with significant fare evasion.
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@dredgedskeleton @mattyglesias Fares filter out anti social miscreants who are responsible for the vast majority of crime and property damage on transit systems. Look up how much BART has improved since installing tall fare gates. Night and day difference.
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@mattyglesias free buses are still a good idea, and I don't get why you're against it.
as has been pointed out by right wingers for decades: more than half the ridership skips paying anyway.
free buses move faster. fares take time.
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@samra4627 @mattyglesias Fares filter out anti social miscreants who are responsible for the vast majority of crime and property damage on transit systems. Look up how much BART has improved since installing tall fare gates. Night and day difference.
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@SquirrelChat @mattyglesias imagine defending the military industrial complex...
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@TallRomanStatue I say this constantly, but they act like it has zero influence on city councils or planning boards (which is usually not true)
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Tip for YIMBYs- stop making things ugly
(((Matthew Lewis))) cults & consequences@mateosfo
SB 79 has been law for less than a week but we're already seeing the early stages of a flood of NIMBY tears in Palo Alto. This is the second proposed SB 79 project in PA *this week.* And that's just the ones we know about.
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@samra4627 @mattyglesias I guess you missed the point about free transit degrading quality of service
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@mattyglesias imagine being okay with the government wasting 1.5T on the Pentagon after 8 failed financial audits, but having an issue with government subsidized busses for the people.
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@SquirrelChat @2AAtheist Cars constantly on the move take up much more space than cars densely packed in parking lots. This is just geometry.
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@NuclearPine @Noahpinion @2AAtheist Yeah, go ahead and do some research on the costs of subways per linear foot. They’re almost impossible to build in the US.
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@SquirrelChat @Noahpinion @2AAtheist Or you could just have trains go underground (requires no new technology)
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@TaupeAvenger @YIMBYLAND The courtyards could be for residents only, similar to what China does with many complexes.
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@YIMBYLAND Honestly, with SF’s public space problems the courtyard would be a disaster in many neighborhoods
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@YIMBYLAND Everyone in the US agrees the building on the left is ugly, yet, we see no willingness to do anything about it.
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@Noahpinion @2AAtheist There is a theory that fewer and fewer people will actually own self driving cars, but instead, they’ll just circulate around town picking people up like Ubers. Therefore, you’ll need fewer parking lots.
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@2AAtheist Flying cars use too much energy, self-driving cars are great for commuting but take up too much space for downtowns.
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The entire reason NYC is fun is that it's built around trains. That's it. If other American cities built themselves around trains they'd be equally fun.
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