Pete Finlay

This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.

I can't believe this is possible. Well, in theory. @thetransitbandit's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH1dwz5usVQ @AdamDoesNotExist's video:… We Traveled From Mexico to Canada by LOCAL TRANSIT ONLY!

@64streetcar.bsky.social and I traveled from Mexico to Canada by LOCAL TRANSIT ONLY! Well, we tried to...the world may have other ideas. youtu.be/5fVaiVhPc9E

If ever there was a time to use this meme, it's now:

Roger Sterling pukes

FWIW, the non-4K version that's on AMC Plus still looks great, and does NOT have the special effects guy in the shot. The episodes are all properly labeled, which they currently are not on HBO Max.

Ellie is very serious about her sleep schedule t

Oh, is it Cyber Monday? Well, you can get a subscription to my Bad Astronomy Newsletter for a discounted price of $48/year, and/or give it as a gift subscription too. That's only about 30 cents per issue!

The whole universe, for pennies a week. 😀

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i forgot to preface this with “confidential for theme park nerds”

🏈 ARI 17 - 20 TB
FINAL

👎 That's Antigami! 20-17 is the most common result in NFL history. This score has happened 298 times before.

Last time: Sep 14, 2025
Philadelphia Eagles defeated Kansas City Chiefs

"Happiness is equilibrium. Shift your weight." -- Tom Stoppard

Park pup Saturday

Manhattanhenge Sunrise above 42nd Street, Thanksgiving Day morning in New York City #newyork #newyorkcity #nyc #sunrise #manhattanhenge

Translation: "If you don't use AI then the guys using our chips can't pretend to make money and can't pay the loans they took out to pay for the original loans they took out for all the money they're not making and it all falls apart and we can't sell chips to fuel the money they're not making."

I'm sure theft plays a role in this, but I simply don't care that retailers lose money by making their shopping experience miserable. I left the store tonight because 90% of the items I needed were locked up or out of stock.

I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.

Yes, All Those Author Services and Book Club Emails Are Fake, and No, Don’t Send Them Any Money If you’re an author, or honestly if you just happen to be standing near an author these days, then you have probably seen a flood of emails in the past couple of months promising you that who…

Over on Whatever today I confirm that, indeed, all those emails authors and other writers are getting promising access to readers and book clubs and such are 100% scams, share all the scam emails I got just this morning, and note why they are all awful and bad:

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Queens men meet — Queens Daily Eagle The first man from Queens to be elected president and the first Queens resident to be elected mayor of New York City met for the first time in the Oval Office on Friday.

The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.

well okay then

my jaw is on the floor and yet im completely unsurprised. trump’s only political conviction is that he loves a handsome winner

"Oh Mamdani, you're so lovely!!!"

"Yes I know it, I can't help it!"

Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.

AI is the new motion smoothing

Had fun talking about the post-Peak TV, my process for choosing what shows to write about, and more, with @snell.zone

Just posted on Six Colors: Apple’s 26.2 betas boost iPad multitasking, AI processing

Confession time: The main reason for my trip wasn't to visit Blackpool. It was a pilgrimage to Preston for a visit to the brutalist bus station. It didn't disappoint.

#architecture

I think they also tried doing the Emmys before football season one year, which did not have good ratings.

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Official Website | November 27 2025 Watch the trailer, find screenings & book tickets for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery on the official site. In theaters November 27 2025 brought to you by Netflix. Directed by: Rian Johnson. St...

Psssssst: Here’s the theater finder page for Wake Up Dead Man! Showtimes begin 11/26, and more theaters will be popping up throughout the week. www.wakeupdeadmanfilm.com

You be the judge

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amazing q&a with paul krugman

Klute is leaving the Criterion Channel at the end of the month, and you should watch it, and then maybe read this. if you feel like it, no pressure.