It is really good and I am enjoying it greatly!

Delighted to say that an updated and expanded version of my series on one of the most extraordinary acts in aviation history will be running on The Up Front over the coming weeks.

And even better: it's now completely free to read.

stylised version of @garethdennis.uk's British Isles HSR proposal from Railnatter 222 (+ schematic mockup of the GB network)

Cost of a 16GB Pi5 vs cost of your time and aggravation dealing with it, makes sense. Looking forward to seeing your results.

That would make sense. The EC.2 instances were all of the smaller variety.

Have had multiple developers at work crash AWS EC.2 instances doing remote dev with VSC so I don’t think it’s just you.

Been listening to the Decoder podcast on @theverge.com, specifically the recent car CEO episodes. Each one of them has made me more determined to hold onto my aging cars and go with e-bikes/cargo e-bikes as much as possible. It amazes me how unappealing Ford, GM, and Rivian make their cars sound.

I am promised trains. Therefore I purchase the book. Done.

Don't market recreation, market a lifestyle.

I have a Load 75 (purchased just before the Carrie came out), so I completely get it. The Carrie does seem to be a great 'small bakfiets' though. Need to try one at some point.

The Carrie looks very cool. How does it ride?

I'm very excited by it. I'm also looking at the rich retro-oligarchs in the background and stuff like the Boring Company vs. California HSR, not to mention the current administration, and going 'hope I live to see it'.

May this be ratioed so hard the article self-retracts.

Nearest bike shop that carries Tern bikes.

Just reread them last week. So much fun. So much smart.

YouTube video by Berm Peak Express They Say Ford’s $4,500 E-Bike Is Awful—So I Rode It

I generally dislike the flood of cheap, low quality hub-drive e-bikes into the US market, and Ford is an automotive company, not a bicycle company, but still. If you had me choose between a Ford e-bike and a good chunk of the junk on r/ebikes I know which I'd get...

youtu.be/c__jbrnsxXU?...

Cool. Have pre-ordered and looking forward to it. The sooner the better.

Sorry the print edition won't be out but I'm getting it e-book day one (pre ordered).

Got in a ride yesterday and hauled the kids along because today was going to be so miserable. Tomorrow's going to be even worse. Even with the cargo ebike it's going to be ugly the next couple of days to do anything.

Full bike racks at the library today. (Forgot to take a picture, alas.) Always nice to see people using bikes to get downtown. #bikesky

Also Mike Duncan’s Revolutions podcast. 10 seasons of various revolutions from the Glorious Revolution to the Bolsheviks. Then season Eleven went all science fiction and covered a future Martian Revolution. Unexpected and delightful.

Articles of Interest by Avery Trufelman. I am not into fashion but she has a fascinating view into fashion and clothing from a variety of angles. The episode on pockets in women’s clothing completely hooked my daughter.

99PI alum so the sound quality is impeccable.

Thanks so much for posting this.

This was so much fun. Sadly I sold my copy about 20 years ago.

It’s objectively not but I always really enjoyed Blade.

Pritzker, then. Never would've have expected it.

Are you going to follow up with a 'fallen hopes' list? I have Whitmer on it, thinking that she was up for 2028, but she seems to have pretty much vanished. (And I don't miss her.)

Ronin is one of my favorite movies. I look at this, and can only think 'they'll never be able to film something like it again,' followed by, 'Good.'

AOC

It absolutely gave me pause the first time. That was over a decade ago. Now I just watch train-centric YouTube channels where DB gets endlessly criticized for being so much worse than the French at trains.

Devoured the first book, and thought it was great. I've pre-ordered the second. Can't wait to see where it goes from here.