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“California’s high-speed rail needs $100 billion to finish entire plan”The infrastructure consultant class is a societal...

“California’s high-speed rail needs $100 billion to finish entire plan”

The infrastructure consultant class is a societal blight.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/ca-high-speed-rail-100-billion-18979091.php

With the updated 3D imagery in Apple Maps for the Minneapolis region, evidence was captured of a Kaiju rampage on Nicollet Mall.RIP Four...

With the updated 3D imagery in Apple Maps for the Minneapolis region, evidence was captured of a Kaiju rampage on Nicollet Mall.

RIP Four Seasons!

Apple Maps finally updated the 3D imagery for the western suburbs of Minneapolis. But the algorithmic clean up missed the top of a...

Apple Maps finally updated the 3D imagery for the western suburbs of Minneapolis.

But the algorithmic clean up missed the top of a construction crane.

This is the sort of fact you never get told and then when you hear it it either radicalizes you or you think it needs to be fake.“Half of...

This is the sort of fact you never get told and then when you hear it it either radicalizes you or you think it needs to be fake.

“Half of the civil cases in Minnesota courts are related to medical debt, Ellison said.”

Half? WTF!

America has a Health Cruelty industry, not Health Care.

https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/attorney-general-governor-to-push-for-medical-debt-reform/

St. Paul’s proposed bike lane/trail expansion is impressive!https://www.startribune.com/st-paul-bike-plan/600340037/

St. Paul’s proposed bike lane/trail expansion is impressive!

https://www.startribune.com/st-paul-bike-plan/600340037/

50° on Dec 25th, in Minnesota, and there are birds splashing in our bird bath.

50° on Dec 25th, in Minnesota, and there are birds splashing in our bird bath.

Wisconsin gerrymandering rulingWisconsin Supreme Court orders new districts in gerrymandering...

Wisconsin gerrymandering ruling

Wisconsin Supreme Court orders new districts in gerrymandering case.

https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-redistricting-eccbcfee414d1943073a9fb949743860

Fucking auto play videos. Even muted auto play videos are a disease.Why do designers *want* their webpage to be worse?

Fucking auto play videos. Even muted auto play videos are a disease.

Why do designers *want* their webpage to be worse?

I’m not sure this is a good take. That a highway carving Duluth’s downtown apart from its lakeshore was a successful...

I’m not sure this is a good take. That a highway carving Duluth’s downtown apart from its lakeshore was a successful revitalization.

https://www.startribune.com/duluth-economy-history-us-steel-morgan-park/600328509/

I understand the lakeshore was in a bad industrial shape in the 80s. Fact is activists are now trying to rip out that highway through downtown.

Retirement, Gen X“Gen X has the largest wealth gap of any generation, and it means ‘the American Dream of retirement is going to be a...

Retirement, Gen X

“Gen X has the largest wealth gap of any generation, and it means ‘the American Dream of retirement is going to be a nightmare’ for them”

https://fortune.com/2023/12/15/gen-x-largest-wealth-gap-unprepared-for-retirement/

Our policy planners (and lobbyists !) have failed us.

In what mad world do they think government won’t be involved in covering gaps in retirements?

If you have strong opinions about apples (the tree fruit) I strongly encourage you to check out Apple Rankings. I laughed out loud so much!...

If you have strong opinions about apples (the tree fruit) I strongly encourage you to check out Apple Rankings. I laughed out loud so much!

Put Red Delicious where it belongs. I’ll never get the tag line for Opal apples out of my brain… https://applerankings.com/

It is a shame Christopher Hitchens is not alive to eulogize Kissinger.

It is a shame Christopher Hitchens is not alive to eulogize Kissinger.

USB-C hate rantAfter a dive into the clusterfuck of USB-C, I’m now convinced the movement to replace the lightning port on iPhones with...

USB-C hate rant

After a dive into the clusterfuck of USB-C, I’m now convinced the movement to replace the lightning port on iPhones with USB-C was motivated by hate of Apple devices and wanting to worsen average person’s experience using iPhones.

I use tech every day, I am in tech support. The answer to tech chaos is never “hey newb, just get gud, solved”.

USB-C is the product of engineers who think people shouldn’t be allowed to use technology without first passing certification exams.

One submission to replace Minnesota state flag.I actually find this flag submission stands out as strangely compelling as a new Minnesota...

One submission to replace Minnesota state flag.

I actually find this flag submission stands out as strangely compelling as a new Minnesota state flag. Even the flannel pattern works.

It’s not a fad logo design. It’s doing the job of a flag.

Flag submission No. F1561.

Local politics, suburban MinneapolisElection ugh in my city. The douchenozzle who came door knocking our house with the stance that the...

Local politics, suburban Minneapolis

Election ugh in my city. The douchenozzle who came door knocking our house with the stance that the light rail will bring criming criminals is up by … one… vote.

Ugh.

At least the rest of the city council are hugely positive about light rail.

“The market that sets retail rents isn't only between tenants and landlords. It's also between landlords and the banks that...

“The market that sets retail rents isn't only between tenants and landlords. It's also between landlords and the banks that finance the buildings. And the banks, in many cases, won't let property owners lower their rents enough to fill their properties. The pandemic may have emptied out America's storefronts, but it's banks that are keeping them that way.”

Yup. The financial system rigged against a thriving economy. https://www.businessinsider.com/bank-financing-urban-planning-pandemic-retail-apocalypse-vacant-storefront-2023-10

Holy hell! Awesome antitrust news!“A federal jury on Tuesday found the National Association of Realtors and large residential brokerages...

Holy hell! Awesome antitrust news!

“A federal jury on Tuesday found the National Association of Realtors and large residential brokerages liable for about $1.8 billion in damages after determining they conspired to keep commissions for home sales artificially high.”

https://apple.news/AlU0_5BfKQ6y6tkSEv60YZQ

Have any of the plutocrats giving Supreme Court buddies great deals ever completed the compliance training their HR departments force their...

Have any of the plutocrats giving Supreme Court buddies great deals ever completed the compliance training their HR departments force their employees to do every year?

The new speaker of the house is a young earth creationist?Oh dear.

The new speaker of the house is a young earth creationist?

Oh dear.

That Mayo Clinic itself is a steaming shitpile at providing insurance to its OWN WORKERS is such an example for the terrible healthcare...

That Mayo Clinic itself is a steaming shitpile at providing insurance to its OWN WORKERS is such an example for the terrible healthcare system in the US.

They’re a non profit with self funded insurance, getting billions of dollars of aid from Minnesota to expand in the state. The Mayo Clinic needs to try to justify being actually bad.

What searing read.

https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/10/25/mayo-clinic-workers-say-they-have-terrible-health-insurance/