Tactical Ruralist

Selfie of the author riding a vintage team where the interior is made of dark wood.

Love these cute vintage trams in Milan

Netflix Bows Out of Warner Bros. Race, Declines to Match Paramount's Bid Paramount upped its offer to $31 per share

Good decision for Netflix, a disaster for Hollywood and probably for America too www.thewrap.com/industry-new...

It's a shame it was delayed until May, I'll only get a chance to use it to get to UCLA for about a month before I graduate but watch this space as I do a time comparison once it opens. I can't believe how much I'm looking forward to it.

YES! Finally.

The most exciting news I’ve heard all day!

My hot take, this is a modernist beauty whose black glass is a exciting anchor of difference in the skyline. Its status as public enemy no. 1 makes it all the more unique. Taking away its “evil” quality will ruin the building.

This makes me miss growing up on the east coast. Those quiet snowy nights, where most people hunker down inside, were so peaceful and dreamy.

A screenshot of a satellite set of gates at LAX

Just when you think you know all the little nooks of LAX, you find a fresh hell.

Is it just me or is it a little slow?

Image of Vancouver SkyTrain Canada Line pulling into an underground station

Cool little automated train

It’s my birthday and the end of an up until now great trip with my partner, so my body decided to get sick. I’m could be seeing a new restoration of a fav film but instead get to enjoy the hotel robe.

It’s such time warp in the best way

First real workout since hernia repair! And I did this on a long weekend trip, so cheers to hotel fitness centers.

Bluesky, what should I check out in Vancouver?

1. Is this just another way to grab headlines and not actually end things?
2. Now end Los Angeles

So much embarrassment. Fortunately, my school district had a curriculum where kids likes myself were essentially held back but just for math class. We were diverted to a "pre-algebra" class in 8th grade when everyone else went to algebra 1. For me, it worked. I started getting As.

I think if I have money left over I would underground the E at Vermont/USC to make a better connection and improve service on that line. Let’s say that another mile of subway.

This replaces the highest ridership bus corridor in the county. Connects dense residential neighborhoods with USC, the D, E and C lines, LA City College, three major hospitals, central Hollywood and Universal Studios.

Given LA’s grid system, not much to be done for the buses other than bump frequency on E-W lines serving stations, like Florance, Slauson and Manchester since the 754 Rapids can be discontinued. Keep planned bus lanes for local 204 service.

For LA I would invest in the Vermont Av subway. 5.5 miles of subway (wilshire to Gage) plus 4 elevated miles (to the 105 fwy C Line station). I would reconfigure Wilshire/Vermont station so this would reroute the red line to create one N-S line.

This applies to new vehicles, not retroactive.

Speed Limiters Now Mandatory in All New EU Cars Intelligent Speed Assist (ISA) isn't an ironclad speeding prevention system, but could be just annoying enough to spark a backlash.

This technology already exists and is widely used. It doesn't involve 'government surveillance' and would not allow ICE or any other government agency to stop individual cars.

Just say you think thousands of kids dying every year is worth it so you can speed!
www.autoweek.com/news/a615322...

Raman's Mayoral Bid Forces Reckoning Over What Progressive Leadership Means in LA - Mar Vista Voice Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman announced yesterday that she is running for mayor, entering the race just before the filing deadline and immediately reshaping the field. Her candidacy adds...

Very weird that some people see conspiracy in Raman’s late entry, suggesting she’s directed by Bass to split progressive votes. marvistavoice.org/4648-2/

The disappearing art gallery in your post office The U.S. Postal Service is home to thousands of historic works of art in post offices nationwide. Hundreds have been lost, sold or destroyed.

👀 What if I told you there was a hidden art gallery scattered across the country?

What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?

What if I told you that I found them?

A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):

lol on my part. Correct.

I love mornings where the whole internet becomes about LA politics.

In a way I feel like Mamadani was the NYC Raman, as she built the progressive playbook for unseating incumbents with her first run.

Rising Progressive Star Shakes Up Race for Los Angeles Mayor

"Nithya Raman, who has been compared to Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York, presents a significant challenge to the incumbent, Mayor Karen Bass." NYT gets the scoop

Photograph of a fare validator with the tap to pay/open loop symbol.

Cool to see new fare validators as @metrolosangeles.bsky.social prepare to roll out open loop payment. Nice to see small improvements to the system.

I ride that stretch at least twice a week, this is my nightmare.