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I like trains. Studying computational linguistics at the university of Stuttgart A little blog about public transit and my life: https://macsquirrelera.substack.com

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I would probably not put the share buttons on top as a defense (or well, war these day πŸ™„) department

06.03.2026 22:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

there might have been a porta potty that was gonna go to the patriot site that got damaged

06.03.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Erm it’s not actually a constitution it’s the basic law πŸ€“

06.03.2026 21:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They shot down the Kandahar giants plane :(

06.03.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The calculus doesn’t really work at places with a lot of baggage free travelers since the bollards do get in the way

06.03.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Im talking about the bollard, which you see everywhere. And idk signs usually say large luggage in elevators

06.03.2026 14:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I can excuse liquidating the kulaks, but I draw the line at compensated eminent domain to build sustainable infrastructure in the public interest

05.03.2026 14:58 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Mayor Mamdani Announces $50 Million Capital Investment to Reconstruct 10 Parks in Underserved Neighborhoods A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

I see no mention of toilets, and if they were doing them, youd expect them to be mentioned

www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...

06.03.2026 13:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

you tell me, its not like mamdani included a link to a press release

06.03.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

they even have a high end for the playground equipment being about 30-35% of costs, so new york is well above the american average costs, at about the usual 5x premium you see for everyhting

06.03.2026 13:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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How Much Does It Cost to Build a Commercial Playground? | Playworld How much does a commercial playground cost? See typical price ranges and what drives playground project expenses.

A manufacturer quotes at the high end 250k for equipment, so theres 4.75 million dollars of labor and other construction costs that are certainly being wasted to some extent

playworld.com/blog/how-muc...

06.03.2026 13:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Shit better be gold plated! 5 million dollars per playground!!

06.03.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

10 playgrounds for $50,000,000? Good lord new York get your public sector costs under control

06.03.2026 13:39 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Me when I need an excuse to blow up a random office building

06.03.2026 13:30 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It really bothers me that they don’t design their livery around there being windows

06.03.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Giving it a couple months before the Germans stop

06.03.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I got my terms backwards sorry, the wolfzeit is a book about the 1945-55 no man’s land period before the economy got going again, so I’m trying to refer to 1955 and onwards as when people calmed down about the war

06.03.2026 12:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Gotta see silver linings: Berlin is gonna have an even better middle eastern food scene. Worse housing crisis tjo

06.03.2026 12:53 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All the people saying London are so funny

06.03.2026 11:56 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Things you see in single stair buildings: people storing shoes and umbrellas, and I guess horse heads, in the stairwell because it’s only shared with a small number of residents

06.03.2026 11:38 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I like the replies that seem to have never been to an airport. Every airport has stuff like this

06.03.2026 11:36 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Very impressive! Only one cop is playing candy crush!

06.03.2026 11:28 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bonus 109: Skipping rhymes, counting chants, and fortune-telling games - Children's oral culture | Lingthusiasm Get more from Lingthusiasm on Patreon

Remember those skipping/clapping rhymes, counting-off rhymes, and fortune-telling games from your childhood? They're one of the last vestiges of oral culture in our highly literate society

In our latest bonus episode we get enthusiastic about childlore!

06.03.2026 00:29 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

Buy your local supply chain guy a bottle of wine

06.03.2026 11:23 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And frankly, if you’re a developing country it seems pretty hard to get the Chinese to cut you off

06.03.2026 11:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Dangers of the reliance on China for renewables are tiny. Batteries serve for 15 years, panels for 25, turbines are European. Even if you are unable to procure anything outside of China, and the Chinese cut you off entirely, you’ll have 92% of the batteries and 96% of the panels 1 year in

06.03.2026 10:44 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not saying people will help their government. I am saying that 7/10 of the population probably doesn’t support a foreign invasion

06.03.2026 10:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I hope to never hate anyone the way politico eu hates the EU

06.03.2026 10:21 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Die Forderung "Weg vom Γ–l" hat wieder eine traurige Brisanz erhalten.
#ErneuerbareEnergien

06.03.2026 05:09 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

And the purple yellow combined orbital corridor

06.03.2026 09:38 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0