Профиль

452/ With the US strategic defeat by Iran, what are the long held assumptions that must be revised? "All the foundations of the unipolar world have vanished. " @policytensor sums up what we have learned since February. Hard to disagree with any of them.

There was, however, one exception to this: Minneapolis-St Paul. There, a finance bro, the mob, and a crooked lawyer really did buy the trains and sell them for scrap - but that was the exception, not the rule. 12/12

How a Lawyer, a Businessman, and the Mafia Destroyed Public Transit in the Twin CitiesThere is a common folk theory that the North American streetcar disappeared because of a conspiracy. Allegedly, industrialists connected with the auto and motor bus industries bought up North Ameri…lithub.com

this is the kind of obstreperousness, don't tell me what to do-ness, i got rightsness that is the sheet anchor of American liberties.

always complete this checklist before leaving the house

Please avoid all salads, including word.

It’s like when your food is taking a long time to come out so your server brings some free bread to apologize for the wait.

A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.

Видео

America keeps trying to get me to go to her birthday party and I’m like no girl u need to go to the hospital

July 3, 1926: In Long Island City, N.Y., Queens Borough President Maurice Connolly ceremonially lifts a gate to open the new, 200-foot-wide Queens Boulevard that extends 7 miles nearly into the suburbs.