Natalie Makhijani

1 Aug

please do not hesitate to email me pictures of hard panel control interfaces at your place of work

substack-bahn.netHow Bay Area public transit was born: 1945-1957The resurrection of a region and its transit

"These decision makers are long dead, but they speak from the grave every time we board a local train or bus."

@raxkingisdead.bsky.social

Using guy’s names as symbols for track vehicles is cute

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king

15 May

my new system for deciding who’s a reasonable adult is to put people through the Nine Rigors, or nine tasks that i think you should need to be able to accomplish in order to occupy public sidewalks www.patreon.com/posts/158364...

nat.makhijani.usNetworks of New York (2nd edition)

I've been reading a bunch, including @lifewinning.com's fantastic Networks of New York

You should buy a couple copies of the new edition to give to friends, now and later.

It’s called the big apple because our brains are filled with worms

@favorssignals.bsky.social

Nerds of Bluesky, what is the heaviest automated metro?

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Slideshare Gems

@goodslides.bsky.social

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zinā' warrior princess

@melifonos.bsky.social

(as lovingly as i know how) you're the most powerful tool in my workflow

i got a cool new hat

Trump take Colbert

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Interlocker

23 Sept

Courtesy of @itspaul.bsky.social

Yonah Freemark@yonahfreemark.com

Jacksonville Florida, the nation’s 11th largest city, has approved 22% transit cuts. It’s a nightmare: —Most bus service will operate on Sat schedule —The city’s automated rail service will simply not run —A “Navi” automated bus service will become manual because they can’t afford the software

news4jax.comJTA planning additional layoffs as it works to cut $39 million from FY 2027 budget, suspend Skyway service in NovemberThe Jacksonville Transportation Authority will reduce its Fiscal Year 2027 budget by $39 million, suspend passenger service on the Skyway and pause Navi service as it works to balance revenue and expe...

23 Sept

This was a hard one

Natalie Makhijani@nat.makhijani.us

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23 Sept

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404media.co‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."

21 Sept

A welcome return of the "doom loop" in San Francisco

404 Media@404media.co

A Microsoft executive called “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said generative AI products have created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...

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21 Sept

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Croutle 5 1/6 🥗🥗🥗🥗🥗 croutle.net

Friends who send calendar invites to hang out together stay together

“It wasn’t totally faithful to the Talking Heads!” Excuse me sir, did you look at your ticket?

The show was fantastic

I'm in the dangerous place right now of my work (which I love, don't get me wrong) and personal projects overlapping a little too much so they neither are a relief from the other. Don't talk to me about graph theory for the next 15 business days, please.

Yesterday I wrote nearly 500 lines of monstrous, clever, messed up SQL. Have you ever tried doing something that requires traversing a graph in SQL without working recursion? Don't.

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18 Sept

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Excited to share my new daily puzzle game, created with @crouton01.bsky.social. You can play it at croutle.net

Croutle 1 🥗🥗🥗🥗🥗 croutle.net

17 Sept

Croutle 2 🥗🥗🥗🥗🥗 croutle.net

Excited to share my new daily puzzle game, created with @crouton01.bsky.social. You can play it at croutle.net

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9 Sept

crouton.net is one of the best websites on the internet. crouton2.net through crouton9.net exist, and until tonight, it stopped there.

One year on the team that moves millions today. Excited to keep solving the world’s most interesting problems!

11 Sept

And happy birthday to BART!

9 Sept

crouton.net is one of the best websites on the internet. crouton2.net through crouton9.net exist, and until tonight, it stopped there.

Have we explored putting avocados through the Alameda-Weehawken?

Introducing New Yorkers to fernet to fulfill my mission as San Franciscan Ambassador to the City of New York

I was of course introduced to my birth city’s drink by one of the most San Franciscan San Franciscans I know, @lspray.bsky.social, at one of his Herb Caen parties

Found a new subway critter

Eric Adams ambitious plan to replace rats: tiny elephants

23 Aug

In three weeks i received one piece of mail that wasn’t superfluous. It was the USPS catalog

22 Aug

good morning new york, you look beautiful

theguardian.comDemocrats in four states seek to bar ICE employees from future civil service jobsBills aim to make ICE employees ineligible for jobs in law enforcement, public education and state civil service

18 Aug

No quarter for fascists

Jason Linkins@dceiver.bsky.social

this is the way www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

whimsygov.orgHome | Whimsy Governance BoardThe Whimsy Governance Board investigates matters regarding whimsy in all parts of life. You can refer a matter to the board by emailing board (at) whimsygov.org.

16 Aug

The Whimsy Governance Board governs matters involving whimsy. The Board issues findings on all matters whimsical. Too much whimsy? Too little? Struggling to find the right amount? Wondering if something is whimsical? Refer a matter to the board! whimsygov.org