Emma the Sewer Socialist

Real patriots take the train enema

what happened to ren 1

I’m asking for a friend ren 2

Divergent and convergent evolution are so cool

I mean my friend I’m asking for

I feel like getting punched at the alter would give me less confidence, not more

How does he learn to add confidence to his rizz

“The blossom itself may be declared to be a false existence of the plant, since the fruit emerges as the blossom’s truth as it comes to replace the blossom itself.”

damn Hegel fucks with the dolls

I remember it almost being a cliche at the time that letting them get away with war in Iraq meant there would be war with Iran sooner or later. It was equally cliche to say that was hysteria

Is it a thing to have rizz but not confidence? Asking for a friend

They’re at levels we can only dream of

It scales with ridership

South Africa was a settler colony. Egypt was a major province of the Ottoman Empire. French North Africa was more integrated into the metropole than the rest of its colonial empire. This history leaves these countries with much better rail networks than most countries in Africa.

There are three rail systems in Africa that have the "real country's own railroad" look to them: South Africa, Egypt, and coastal North Africa in modern-day Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia. The rest of the continent has imperial railroads aligned for resource extraction. What is going on here?

Gauge tells you which imperial powers invaded. But also, look at the layout of the rails.

A country that is building a rail system for its own development will build a relatively dense network anywhere it has population centers. A colonial power will build a few isolated lines into the interior.

The mechanism of having a fully funded capital program rather than a wishlist is somewhat specific

I have a pet peeve of when people say “fix current system before expanding” which I just did so let me clarify: can start planning for expansion but can’t do it without also doing major core investments

NJT needs to address its core capacity issues before it can go expanding. Doing Midtown Direct without more capacity at Penn fucked it for decades. NJT does not have a proper capital program like the MTA does. Focus on that.

Of the two suggestions, Nf3 more conventional, f4 very aggressive, though viable

Omg Janelle Monaé is she/they nonbinary, how are they even cooler than I thought

Yeah although that is quite high performing for “commuter” rail. And for similar reasons Gateway, Hunter Flyover, etc are good. But, compare to the effect of say Hudson-Bergen Light Rail.

A bunch of senior Democrats wanted this guy to be president instead of Kamala Harris

The problem I’m getting at here is that “commuter” rail as a model underperforms politically as well as practically

Yeah but there’s a big difference between building a line that 10,000 people ride every day vs one that 100 people ride

Has to reshape tho

My mans knows his spatial economy

But yes reshaping geography with transit and housing is either elevated deliverism or a secret third thing. But rural broadband doesn’t bring Californians to Idaho the way upzoning the suburbs would bring Brooklynities to Long Island.

Yeah I was about to say: IBX is not vulgar because it’s such a good project on the merits

No, because they don’t want it - but it’s deliverism overall becuase most neighborhoods do and those neighborhoods have better politics

Deliverism in NYC is good things for the commie corridor