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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇Nov 7, 2024

Awful news for sustainable transportation in the US.

At least one bright spot: #California, which will continue to chart its own course—symbolized by its massive high-speed rail project. James Fallows argues construction has reached "point of no return" :

https://www.wired.com/story/california-will-keep-moving-the-world-forward/

Even Under Trump, California (Yes, That Hellscape) Will Keep Moving the World Forward

The state has been written off as a woke wasteland. But it’s still inventing the future on a bunch of frontiers nobody’s talking about. For the next four years, it will remain a golden, global example.

WIRED

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇Nov 7, 2024

And of course, just awful news in general. The most important job in the world has been given to the worst man in America.

I'm reeling, but I'm not going to give up living, hoping, and sharing the good things that are happening in the world.

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Ericpopincourt 💛💙🇪🇺

@straphanger and we will keep on reading what you write, rejoicing with you… and trying to make new joyful things happen in Europe and elsewhere ! Do not remember who said : the story always ends well. If it is not ending well, it means that it is not ending yet !