Ian Gaida

Hello! You probably found this page through some of my more polished work. This is where I post much less polished thoughts and WIPs, as well as stuff completely removed from my main focus of trains, transit and engineering such as politics, my cat Muffin, baseball, and whatever else is on my mind

no fucking way

Just watched @metrotransitmn.bsky.social police pass a bus on nicollett Mall on the right via the sidewalk, then cut off said bus *while still on the sidewalk* to turn left on Washington Best and brightest, folks

Boss: "I actually took my own Claude and..." Me: spacing out as Personal Jesus starts playing in my head

Im glad I saved this before deactivating my twitter and losing my discord where I had posted it

Thinking about how Amtrak's numbering system clearly had a structure at one point but has now fallen apart. Let's fix that. 1-99: LD trains 100-899: most state supported, based on geography (image) 900-999: seasonal/special 1000-1999: NE Regional, Keystones, Valley Flyer 2000-whatever: Acela

Hello did you know Wisconsin used to build submarines? Because I didn't

When I was 12 I just learned what midterms are. I thought Congress was elected every 4 years like the president

People were asking me when the Northstar shut down if we'd get any of the infrastructure money back from BNSF and my response was, in essence "lol, lmao"

This is like one of those "neural net learns how to walk" simulations. This snake out here playing IRL QWOP

DEEP DIVE is up! How the Star Tribune turned Republican “Somali gangs” rhetoric into an election-year crime narrative—and helped give demands for expanded local, state, and federal enforcement the authority of news.

Had a dream I ran into a bunch of the popular kids from high school and I was Not Thrilled

Circling back on this wrt the Acton attack ad

Hmm, it's only one stop, I think I'll walk home *E Line full of people in banana costumes goes by* Well now I wish I got the bus

We at streets.mn are looking for new board members, ESPECIALLY those of you interested in cities/land use/transportation in Minnesota who have a lived experience different from most of our existing board (cis white men). We have 2+ social events coming up where you can chat with us and learn more!

We out here

"One thousand years from now there'll be no men and no women, just wankers, and that sounds great to me"

Last of the travel posting: riding the funicular in Prague! youtu.be/iqm4EnyyGIE?...

BREWERS: (score more runs) DODGERS: (raise the volume of their stupid sound system from 1,500% to 2,000% to drown out the pain) BREWERS: (score more runs)

a haunted house where there's a long hallway with a door at the end that says "do not open" and if you're brave enough to do so you find a guy in half a gorilla suit eating a sandwich who says "hey you guys can't be back here"

Toronto came up tonight from one of the real estate ghouls on the Uptown panel. Arguing that Toronto is removing their bike lanes, therefore bike lanes don't work. Stop building them.

We out here

Everyone else: Concerned about the flooding and wind damage Me: already considering the political and social ramifications of being able to grow corn in Nevada

D+15 Midterm indicator

the Twingo of our time

Fun fact: I have this as a shirt

Things that bring me joy: the fact that there's still ice cream trucks rolling around

Don't talk to me or my son ever again

Thinking about how the revenue from modest parking rate increases in both cities would be more than enough to save Hourcar bit.ly/47emeq6

Just did the math and I've spent an entire month of the year (31 days) outside of the country

right now is the only time you can post this

I just can't keep up with all these new politically correct terms. Guys like me are constantly getting cancelled just for using terms that used to be acceptable

Awoo

There's just three Amish dudes hanging out on the grass on 394 right now???

I've seen dealer markups on these that put them above the Equinox EV and I think that's critically under discussed

Back at work today

I’ve got a (partial) solution my friends and it starts with P and rhymes with “barking.” 🕺🏼 www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...