David Bloom

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When I die, I want to be famous enough that Daniel Lurie comes to my funeral and records a “let’s go san francisco” instagram post there #sfpol
Dick Cheney was the last living survivor of the 2003 premature CNN obituaries. He outlived Ronald Reagan, Fidel Castro, Bob Hope, Pope John Paul II, Nelson Mandela, and Gerald Ford. https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/celebrity/cnns-premature-obituaries
Ok fine. I’ll switch to WAGO connectors. #homeownership

how many Breda LRV3's are still operational? if all of the Siemens LRV4's had to be sidelined due to a safety defect, how much Metro service could #Muni still provide? #sftransit

https://www.kqed.org/news/12057465/sf-muni-riders-say-morning-train-barreled-through-stop-felt-like-it-could-derail

SF Muni Riders Say Morning Train Barreled Through Stop, Felt Like It Could Derail

San Francisco’s Muni is investigating after riders on an eastbound N Judah train said it sped through the Sunset Tunnel, missed its station and then came to an abrupt stop.

KQED
Just saw the new psychedelic Muni train!

Michael Moritz's The San Francisco Standard buys Charter, a digital outlet focused on the future of work; Charter founder Kevin Delaney will be EIC of both pubs (Benjamin Mullin/New York Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/business/media/michael-moritz-san-francisco-standard-charter.html
http://mediagazer.com/250630/p11#a250630p11

He Made Billions on Google and PayPal. Now, He’s Betting on News.

Michael Moritz co-founded The San Francisco Standard, a local news organization. It is acquiring Charter, a start-up focused on the future of work.

The New York Times

'On November 28th, 2012, Randall Munroe published an xkcd comic that was a calendar in which the size of each date was proportional to how often each date is referenced by its ordinal name (…) "In months other than September, the 11th is mentioned substantially less often than any other date. It's been that way since long before 9/11 and I have no idea why." After digging into the raw data, I believe I have figured out why.'

https://drhagen.com/blog/the-missing-11th-of-the-month/

The Missing 11th of the Month - David R Hagen

Personal website of David R Hagen, scientific software engineer

Finding Atari Games in Randomly Generated Data

Link: https://bbenchoff.github.io/pages/FiniteAtari.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44236900

Finite Atari Machine

Discovering Atari Games in Randomly Generated Data

Benchoff Design Portfolio
(unfortunately i don't think this is practical without switching from catenary to third rail)
i wish the N Judah could do this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c485_UB8HN8
GTA V Liberty City - Destruction Train On road!

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