Matt Wismer

I’m only seeing one set of footprints in the sand because Jesus is carrying us tonight

Harrison Bader plays ball

“FREE IPPEI” in the old school phillies font/colors

“IPPEI DID NOTHING WRONG” in the old school phillies font/colors

“翔平、君は本当に悪い友達だよ!” in the old school phillies colors

trying to get out in front of the knockoff tshirt vendors outside the ballpark

Jordan Davis is the fastest human alive

Jordan Davis is the fastest human alive

If I had successfully proposed to Taylor Swift, I too would be phoning it in at work for a few months

If I had successfully proposed to Taylor Swift, I too would be phoning it in at work for a few months

Travis Kelce has not won a game since getting engaged

Kyle Schwarber's wild box score line:

6 4 4 9 with 4 HR

Players in history with that line:

Kyle Schwarber today

That's a wrap on that list.

It's just him.

SCHWARBOMB

Farthest I've been:

N: Juneau, Alaska
E: Dubai, UAE
S: Cape Town, South Africa
W: Suphan Buri, Thailand

Are E and W based on where you're from and/or live, or based on the international date line? My answers would be different...

It's finally happening, there's a date for the launch of Amtrak's new Acela!

August 28th, but there's no details on which departure because I'm pretty sure it can't be all trains.

Day in Trump's economy: > Wake up, check the news > BLS: "10 billion new jobs created" > Check my phone to see what today's tariff rates are. > Norway up 20%, Cambodia down 5% > Go to my iphone assembly line job where I make $7.25/hour > Spend next 4 hours putting chips inside phones > Take 15 minute break > Check my shitfartpisscoin holdings > Rugged > Watch the FOMC meeting > FOMC is just Trump > Trump goes on stage and announces he's raising rates from -10% to -5% > Also announces date of Jay Powell's public execution > AI manager scolds me for taking 16 minutes on my 15 minute break > It's only been 12 minutes > Call employee help line to complain > It's also AI > Go home frustrated > Complain to my girlfriend about my job > She's also AI

Both drinks are in the front cupholder. (The rear cupholder is for the back seats.) The driver gets to choose which one to use, based on preference

Affordable, accessible public transit allows everyone to participate fully in their communities. Great to join colleagues from across the country at the National Association of Counties conference in discussing how local and state governments can support the vital role transit plays in our lives.

Photo of a Nanboku Line 乗り換え 出口案内 (transfer and exit guide) on a station platform.

The other day, I was telling friends and family how a housewife originated these Tokyo Metro transfer and exit guides, and they thought I was kidding. It used to be a well-known story. If you don't know it, here's a quick summary.

On Monday, I'm going to talk with urbanist Alon Levy about his plan to build high-speed rail in the US Northeast for a reasonable amount of money -- and about the difficulty of building big things in the US.

Got any questions?

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A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.

Fortune cookie writers, welcome to the war on cars

Unless it was the Schuylkill to the Northeast Extension, but I assume you know where you were going

At last, a workable plan for high-speed rail How to build a fast train in the northeast for 10% of the cost

A detailed plan for trains to run from DC to Boston in less than four hours for about 10 percent the cost of Amtrak's current proposal for upgrading the northeast corridor rail.

www.slowboring.com/p/at-last-a-...

North East Corridor Report How to Build High-Speed Rail on the Northeast Corridor We have most recently updated this report on 04/29/2025. Go to the PDF version (coming soon) Overview Our proposal’s goal is to establish a h...

The report is out, AMA.

How to Build High-Speed Rail on the Northeast Corridor

transitcosts.com/north-east-c...

Spain hit by blackouts after massive power outage, says electric grid operator Red Eléctrica says all resources are dedicated to solving problem that has caused loss of power across country

So like the electricity is just off in Spain and Portugal right now? That's crazy

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

bsky.app/profile/jafa...

A poster with purple coneflower on it, with a wasp on the coneflower that says “plant native plants” and a qr that says “learn more” and “take one and plant” with 9 clips each of which are holding a little dime bag of seeds

I’ve come to the conclusion that the best case scenario is to have nearby neighbor volunteers “adopt” a seed dispersal station.

If you live in Philadelphia and are willing to adopt a station, which involves checking it every day and refilling with seed packs (that I will provide), lmk.

I was wrong about Biden The worst feeling in the world

Yeah, you're totally right that he would never just admit he was wrong about something as important as Biden's capacity to run, since that would just undermine his credibility

www.slowboring.com/p/i-was-wron...

Statcast screenshot showing that the called 3rd strike to JT was 6 inches off the plate

Robot umps now