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I appreciate the recital of all the 5-loss conference championship game teams… but Alex missed the best example (with the funniest outcome)…

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Burn after reading: I thought you might be worried… about the security of your shit

I have a colleague with the first name Banks

I love a lot of things about Sound Transit's growing light rail system in the Seattle region, but the use of numbers to represent both lines (1 and 2) AND stations (e.g., here you see 65 and 68) is super confusing and unhelpful, IMO.

That has very little to do with salary and everything to do with campaign finance, IMHO.

Low congressional *staff* pay is a much bigger problem, however

The Trump Administration wants to leave its mark on Washington’s Dulles airport, even potentially replacing the iconic (but not landmarked) Eero Saarinen-designed main terminal.

More on the "cartoonishly vague," as @jgbollard.bsky.social put it, solicitation: byerussell.substack.com/p/make-dulle...

It’s amazing that “we have a plan” means “issuing an RFI”

I’m not convinced he actually has a plan; I bet he’s been briefed on MWAA’s existing master plan and claiming that

Why Washington, D.C., the U.S. capital, won’t host 2026 World Cup matches The U.S. capital city will sit out the World Cup next summer despite having a rich history with soccer in America. Here's how it happened

the tl;dr here - it’s not a stretch to pin this entirely on Dan Snyder

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Luke Fickell would be a great fit at Penn State, many people are saying

Yes; there’s a huge opportunity with paratransit, but many of the obligations under the ADA require an attendant

Everybody likes this idea of microtransit, but the economics of it do not work for transit agencies

Are they discarding the same labor hours? Not sure I’ve ever seen an agency approach it that way.

Curious about their rolling stock needs, also.

Yes, it’s not a huge technical problem. But it is a big policy (and agreement) issue. You have to get all the users on board.

And we’re currently forcing Denver’s regional rail to require a massive setback…

Speed probably isn’t the main constraint, it’s availability of the ROW. Automation (today, at least) requires exclusivity.

Sure, but one institution could easily serve both purposes, no?

There is no bidding process. The casino is an unsolicited proposal being pushed by the “applicant,” but the council hasn’t approved any casino legislation and DMPED hasn’t issued a solicitation.

I’m surprised there are still 18 pages!

And up in Berkeley, an ACC title shot is on the line

Yes, once a tiebreaker is so convoluted it doesn’t produce a clear result, just flip a coin.

But you still gotta make that call before!

Who wouldn’t want to take a nice bath in a control tower?

2012 big ten championship: 10-2 Nebraska, vs 7-5 Wisconsin. Wisconsin wins 70 (lol) to 31

This remains one of my favorite college football memories…

the man even does recent works of art… amazing

Cal-SMU, a classic matchup in the Atlantic Coast Conference

Oh it’s the worst

Also, as we all know, 6pm is a slow time for pizza, while 10am is when they make big money

Replay doesn’t even allow to correct for many blown calls (eg pass interference) and as constituted doesn’t seamlessly correct clear and obvious errors

Absolutely not.

Herbstreit has plenty of influence in CFB; how about advocating to change the calendar so this is less of an issue?

Ah yes, the quick fire and the elimination challenge… at the same time

Big Ten is generally quite sensible about this; the biggest issue is with Iowa and their “America Needs Farmers” stolen valor on the football helmets