Mastodawn

Which politicians here think 6MWE, which think 6M was too much, and which think 6M was just enough?

(Meloni comes across to me as "just enough." AfD are 6MWE.)

"After a bit of throat-clearing about the housing crisis in America, they get to the policies. Number one with a bullet? Stop institutional investors from renting out single-family homes.

"I'll be blunt: this is pure slopulism." https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-difference-between-governing-and-campaigning/

Editors’ Note: The Difference Between Governing and Campaigning

The ideas primary is not about catchy slopulist slogans or incoherent wish-lists from every group under the sun, but must return a genuine program for successful governance.

Liberal Currents

Alon 6d ago

Ralph Ruthe May 31

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Alon Jun 4

Pedestrian Observations: Secondary Stops in Cities on Intercity Rail https://pedestrianobservations.com/2026/06/03/secondary-stops-in-cities-on-intercity-rail/

Secondary Stops in Cities on Intercity Rail

Intercity trains usually only call at the main cities, and only at their main stations. However, in some cases, they make more than one stop in the same city. Examples include the Northeast Corrido…

Pedestrian Observations

Alon May 30

Pedestrian Observations: Quick Note: Cars and Suburbs Commoditize Location https://pedestrianobservations.com/2026/05/30/quick-note-cars-and-suburbs-commoditize-location/

Quick Note: Cars and Suburbs Commoditize Location

Trains and big cities are more efficient on a typical cost basis than cars. The operating costs of trains are such that even the unsubsidized costs of big-city metros and bus networks are a fractio…

Pedestrian Observations

Alon May 29

Pedestrian Observations: Meme Weeding: Regular Funding https://pedestrianobservations.com/2026/05/28/meme-weeding-regular-funding/

Meme Weeding: Regular Funding

American and British discourses on public transportation are too obsessed with getting regular funding. In the United States, it’s a commonplace among advocates that what the mode really need…

Pedestrian Observations

Alon May 25

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Tim Mak May 25

NATO GENSEC’S #UKRAINE INITIATIVE HAS FAILED: The #UK, #France, #Spain, #Italy, and #Canada have reportedly blocked a #NATO proposal that would require member states to spend at least 0.25% of GDP annually on military aid for #Ukraine. https://unn.ua/en/news/five-nato-countries-blocked-a-plan-for-mandatory-spending-on-aid-to-ukraine-the-telegraph

Five NATO countries blocked a plan for mandatory spending on aid to Ukraine - The Telegraph

Five NATO countries blocked a plan to spend 0.25% of GDP on military aid to Ukraine. Mark Rutte's initiative did not receive the necessary unanimous support.

UNN

Alon May 22

Pedestrian Observations: Quick Note on Subway Operating Costs https://pedestrianobservations.com/2026/05/22/quick-note-on-subway-operating-costs/

Quick Note on Subway Operating Costs

A London Underground benchmarking report using CoMET data from 2013 compared operating cost breakdowns and revenues between the Underground and its international peers. CoMET data is in principle a…

Pedestrian Observations

Alon May 18

Effective Transit Alliance May 18

The LIRR has some of the highest operating costs among US commuter rails, and the current strike centers on one key reason: work rules dating back to the steam era.

Modernizing these agreements is critical to expanding service and ensuring fiscal stability.

ETA's analysis:
https://www.etany.org/statements/lirr-work-rules-vestiges-of-the-steam-era

Alon May 16

Very soon, incoming MIT students will want to study computational biology. #sorry

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