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Slave to the city. Urban Planning. Politics. Travel. Geography. Online nonsense. Hens love roosters, geese love ganders, everyone else loves Ned Flanders.

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Good. These trains are so uncomfortable

27.06.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One millisecond is enough to recognise that this is an AI image

25.06.2025 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
eight leatherbound books all titled "FERNS" volumes 1 through 8

eight leatherbound books all titled "FERNS" volumes 1 through 8

Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns

06.05.2025 13:20 β€” πŸ‘ 33314    πŸ” 5223    πŸ’¬ 651    πŸ“Œ 321

It's up to whoever is working the various station control desks. So whatever Footscray chooses to do for their area might be different to what Caulfield etc do for their areas.

21.06.2025 06:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Would be even worse if no special messages were displayed because people would think there's no way to get to the city. Least worst option.

21.06.2025 04:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

To be fair, they have been warning people about day one info on displays for weeks now.

21.06.2025 04:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Which restaurant?

14.06.2025 03:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Exploring the Transit of the World's Most Livable City! (w/ Taitset)
YouTube video by RMTransit Exploring the Transit of the World's Most Livable City! (w/ Taitset)

Taitset is a channel covering the ins and outs of every single transit mode of Melbourne, with stunning videography and great in-depth knowledge! Check out his channel for more great Melbourne content. The rest of the world has much to learn from it!

youtu.be/XaSANHwwpn8

06.06.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

fuck Bois

05.06.2025 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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FIVE escalators DISGRACE

03.06.2025 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0
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This map of Ukrainian deep strike capability is astonishing. Drone warfare is so hard to defend against. Any country not heavily investing in defensive and offensive drone technology is simply naive.

02.06.2025 07:26 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Truck rollover near Bacchus, and the usual alternative route closed for works.

27.05.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A four car electric multiple unit train painted in light grey livery with green and yellow stripes across the lower front and green and yellow lining at window level along the side, runs towards us along a section of double track railway in a suburban setting.  The train is just passing a construction site at which brick edgings for new low-level tram platforms are partly constructed on each side of the tracks.  To the right of the train, situated very close to the tracks and at a slightly lower level, is the back of a motel.  Further in the distance is a Shell petrol station sign and another sign announcing St Kilda Motor Inn.

A four car electric multiple unit train painted in light grey livery with green and yellow stripes across the lower front and green and yellow lining at window level along the side, runs towards us along a section of double track railway in a suburban setting. The train is just passing a construction site at which brick edgings for new low-level tram platforms are partly constructed on each side of the tracks. To the right of the train, situated very close to the tracks and at a slightly lower level, is the back of a motel. Further in the distance is a Shell petrol station sign and another sign announcing St Kilda Motor Inn.

Today's historic pic: Just days before the line's closure for conversion to a tramway, a broad gauge 4-car broad gauge Grey Ghost Harris train on a St Kilda to Flinders Street trip passes early stages of construction of what is now Fraser St light rail stop, St Kilda West, July 18 1987.

21.05.2025 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

fuck Bible-basher

19.05.2025 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bali is okay, I suppose. But completely destroyed by overtourism.

06.04.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice to see the PTUA have updated their milquetoast hashtag to something less feeble.

30.03.2025 05:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ardeer isn't considered part of the Geelong line, but it really should be. Every train that isn't a limited express should stop there.

30.03.2025 05:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This map shows the really important cross-border movements in Europe.

07.03.2025 05:34 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

Whitlam did the right thing in the 70s by starting to steer us down the path of an independent foreign policy, before our allies intervened behind the scenes.

06.03.2025 02:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The entire submarine saga has been a nightmare and I definitely don't think we're doing the right thing there. We need to be able to defend ourselves against anyone and need to decouple ourselves from the mentality that America will always have our back, because that definitely can't be relied upon.

06.03.2025 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is one thing where I actually agree with Trump's team. Australia's defence spending is way too low.

06.03.2025 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The amount of memes and pop culture moments this episode has generated alone could feed a small country (if memes were edible). A THREAD.

05.03.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
Day 23: Get JD Vance to stop staring at him

Day 23: Get JD Vance to stop staring at him

Trump’s First 100 Days
theonion.com/trumps-...

03.03.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2346    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 3

Plenty of D sets on weekdays now.

02.03.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not a Sydney peep but I can answer. They generally only do that line on weekdays. The weekend service is all H sets.

01.03.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

At least we are getting some grade separations though

01.03.2025 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah I've been wanting basically the same thing since the outset but sadly it won't happen. Instead we'll get an obscenely high flyover at Ballarat Road.

01.03.2025 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Zelenskyy's twitter right now is the ultimate troll against Trump and Vance who said he'd never said thanks to the USA πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

28.02.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Supporters Praise Trump For Upholding Traditional American Value Of Supporting Murderous Dictators For Political Gain

Supporters Praise Trump For Upholding Traditional American Value Of Supporting Murderous Dictators For Political Gain

Supporters Praise Trump For Upholding Traditional American Value Of Supporting Murderous Dictators For Political Gain

28.02.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 15010    πŸ” 2942    πŸ’¬ 207    πŸ“Œ 142

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