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The fun thing about this is when they say “a third of the size of Las Vegas,” they mean the capacity (6k vs ~18k seats). But the actual sphere itself not that much smaller! 302 feet high instead of 366…

Contreras should be the 2026 World Series MVP just for winning so many ABS challenges

Tampa brought this on themselves with that Culver’s advertisement

That’s not going to be good for Booser’s ERA

No brakes

I’m honestly surprised the league signed off on this; having a real TV audience must be more important, even it’s in a 3,500 seat arena.

A rivalry trophy is Sports, but make it Art

The Seahawk uniforms look sharp; they should wear these all the time

That’s Big Ten West ball,

He tried the corner and missed…

you know a band is good when there's a chart like this on their Wikipedia page

lol Bears D

Some load-bearing clauses in there, lol

This guy sounds like he’d argue you should never enjoy a jigsaw puzzle because you could just buy a poster of the same picture…

The planner/engineer distinction inspired by a discussion in @transportist.org and Garrison's The Transportation Experience (global.oup.com/academic/pro...). Some passages:

My favorite graphics in "Transportation and the Shape of Cities" #6: A typical transit route gets its ridership from lots of shorter trips that overlap each other, not from end-to-end trips. The more destinations along the way, the more of those trips it can serve, and the higher ridership is.

Folks you're going to see a model railroad like you wouldn't believe

Really interesting discussion here about the actual GHG impacts of “lock-in” from fossil fuels: In short, “keep it in the ground” is probably deeply misunderstood overcast.fm/+ABGreBCNuyo

Milwaukee in the World Series 🍺

A 24 team playoff that followed FCS’s structure (smaller conferences, each one gets an auto bid) might be fun. But this? Ugh.

This is an absolutely insane policy design… even if you thought the overall premise was a good one.

I don’t know what a balk is, I guess. But that ain’t it.

For any transit agency (particularly rail), the fixed costs are just costs that do not vary with service - whether BART carries 100 people a day or 1,000,000, those fixed costs are fixed. and these costs comprise the vast majority of operating budgets.

Not sure what I expected, but the discussion here of parking enforcement was quite disappointing dc.citycast.fm/podcasts/jlg...

I can’t wait to see this in person www.instagram.com/reel/DeNjCAH...

A few disconnected thoughts on this: 1. Housing is good 2. The idea of a non-housing anchor for a site like this also makes sense 3. The spa idea is intriguing, but the company itself seems suspect 4. Poplar point as a project is enormously complex as it is.

The infinite headway… never a good sign ♾️

1. I’m not sold this interpretation would hold, but I take the point 2. Sometimes you just need to win the argument on the merits.

There’s unfortunately a lot of denial about the demand for this form factor in various circles. It’s not all just marketing or CAFE loopholes…

Bill Callahan. Wow.

1. The kids are alright 2. lol at the keeper’s reaction

lotta people out here bragging about "training models" but why do that when you can model trains

LEDs enable this; the old stadium lights took minutes to warm up to full power. Indoor arenas would only dim them with louvers to cover the bulbs. I’d welcome a rule to ban this after scores.

sign, xanadu foam house of tomorrow, route 13, wisconsin dells, wisconsin, 1988