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Ian Gaida

@trainsfan.bsky.social

The self-proclained Midwest Urbanist https://www.youtube.com/@Midwest_Urbanist streets.mn person Long-Distance train enjoyer πŸš† Nuclear Power enthusiast Master of Physics and puller of string theory

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Tweet from Mark Kelly: The Senate needs to vote immediately on Tim Kaine's War Powers Resolution. I'm voting yes, because it's clear that Trump has no plan to avoid escalation into a wider conflict that puts more servicemembers in harms' way

Tweet from Mark Kelly: The Senate needs to vote immediately on Tim Kaine's War Powers Resolution. I'm voting yes, because it's clear that Trump has no plan to avoid escalation into a wider conflict that puts more servicemembers in harms' way

It appears he's gotten some feedback lol

01.03.2026 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Kids will knock over a statue of John Tyler for a laugh this thing will be covered in spray paint getting turned into a scrap dealer for cash in a week

28.02.2026 06:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So Rapid City has statues of all the presidents in downtown and even they have problems with drunk college students knocking them over. This wouldn't last a day lmao

28.02.2026 06:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Home - Duluth Transit Authority Duluth Transith Authority provides bus service to Duluth, Superior, Proctor and Hermantown. Plan your trip, view schedules, alerts, and real-time tracking.

Can we talk about how good the Duluth Transit website is? They did not have to be this extra, but they did, and I appreciate that.

www.duluthtransit.com

28.02.2026 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That and partially pulling NLX funding

27.02.2026 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You know UK politics is deeply unserious when the Greens are the most sensible party to vote for

27.02.2026 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is basically my life

25.02.2026 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

BNSF still goes there

25.02.2026 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Real talk we gotta rebrand "gun control" to "firearm safety"

25.02.2026 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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When Community Defense Meets Public Streets: The Cedar Avenue and Hamline Park Blockades When our safety depends on it, we have the right β€” and the responsibility β€” to defend our communities together, even if that looks like celebrating National Night Out while in a parka.

In today's story, Cole Hanson discusses the blockades that were erected in Minneapolis and St. Paul and he asks, who has the right to control public space, and under what circumstances? streets.mn/2026/02/24/w...

24.02.2026 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Where is my snow? I was promised snow

24.02.2026 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You think "the online left" is unhinged, dog please talk to an independent voter IRL. They want universal healthcare and abolish taxes. They want to dissolve the coast guard. They want to rename the army the coast guard. They want their alien implants removed, and they also want more alien implants

24.02.2026 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 9242    πŸ” 1388    πŸ’¬ 138    πŸ“Œ 105

That's 100% Ellsworth AFB

24.02.2026 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

*third

24.02.2026 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trip agents out in force, Thurs fare check in 2 days

24.02.2026 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not quite what you're asking but John Lennon's twitter presence would've been radioactive

23.02.2026 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh my God we nearly got the Nova tweet

23.02.2026 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

> Car-free community
> Looks at thumbnail
> Cars

22.02.2026 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Standing room only on the 3, half of which are beer dabblers

21.02.2026 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thinking about that woman who moved from DC to buttfuck Arkansas to save money, didn't actually do that, fucking hated it the entire time she was there, broke up with her fiance and moved to London

20.02.2026 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There's still time, he could croak at the podium

20.02.2026 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Probably a nothing burger. IIRC this kind of restructuring has been done before at Amtrak and it just got folded back into the old structure as leadership changes

20.02.2026 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Amtrak Mardi Gras Service exceeds ridership expectation in first 6 months Video above: Also on WKRG.com β€” Mobile welcomes tourists via Mardi Gras Amtrak line MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) β€” The Amtrak Mardi Gras Service has exceeded the expectations set out for it in the first year i...

1) Amtrak Mardi Gras Beats 1 year ridership projections in only 6 monthsπŸš†
2) Doing so in the reddest of red states
3) Now extend it to Baton Rouge (already connecting bus 🚌), get Pensacola connecting bus 🚌 service going & then extend to Pensacola.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

20.02.2026 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

A little, but not nearly as much as Caltrain. Most of the time saving comes at lower speeds where air resistance isn't as much of a factor. High speeds and few stops diminish the advantage.

Just reran everything for an ACS-64 vs a Charger and it saves about 11 minutes @ 125/110 and 14 @ 79

20.02.2026 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting seeing the chipmunk vs prarie dog debate when I always knew it as "Dramatic look gopher"

20.02.2026 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's just a DFL packed district, why would you want that?

You need to spread the MSP voter base into 5-6 districts that are all just out of reach for Republicans

19.02.2026 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The modifications Metro Transit came up with are why the S70 became the S700. Most of them were electrical, they needed lower noise as to not disrupt sensitive experiments at the U

19.02.2026 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do they accept volunteers? Asking for @brianmitchl.com

19.02.2026 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

MnDOT is focused on moving vast numbers of cars and trucks as fast as possible on I-94 inside city neighborhoods. Can you imagine? They have an opportunity to repent and to repair all their earlier sins. Instead they're just doubling down with cement and fumes. I am enraged.

19.02.2026 03:35 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
That meme of Lisa Simpson staring wide eyed at an empty plate

That meme of Lisa Simpson staring wide eyed at an empty plate

Remembering that time I clacked my skis together to clear the snow and one of them just dropped into the woods below as I stared at it like

19.02.2026 04:22 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0