After my pilgrimage to Finch West last week, it was time to discover Eglinton West through Line 5 LRT on a beautiful Saturday
-It’s very fast underground
-Stations are very deep (and cold!)
-Spacing of stops seems adequate
Waiting 10min for the next train feels long when you’re used to the subway, especially since the timing of the next train signs are entirely wrong still months after opening (and Transit app also doesn’t work underground)
White House press secretary contradicts Trump and says it was president’s idea to rename Penn Station after himself | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/karoline-leavitt-trump-schumer-penn-station-b2917887.html
From Translink
Elevator replacement work starts at Scott Road SkyTrain Station
East elevator closed for replacement; west elevator remains open
#Vancouver #Transit
Work begins Feb. 24 and is expected to take under four months to complete. During construction, an accessible route will remain…
cattle: Dairy cattle (1955)
Dominance interactions among a group of dairy cattle at the Iberia Livestock Experiment Station in Jenerette, Louisiana. Edge weights represent the frequency of interaction. The two versions below are equivalent.
This network has 28 nodes and 217 edges.
Tags: Social, Animal, Weighted
https://ne…
Community Planning Alliance
Grey Belt Tracker
68,000 'grey belt' houses shown.
Of which 65% are at planning application, 14% at appeal and 17% in local plan review.
Sites are listed as mostly arable, meadow, pasture & paddock (plus 14 entries that are flood plain). Not a disused petrol station or car park in sight.
The three worst affected Green Belts are Metropolitan, North West and West Midlands.
Why I support the SFBay area regional sales tax measure to fund BART, Caltrain and county bus services - losing transit would be a nightmare in so many ways:
‘A big part of my life’: BART riders face higher costs, worse commutes if stations close
https://sfstandard.com/2026/03/10/bart…
Why I support the SFBay area regional sales tax measure to fund BART, Caltrain and county bus services - losing transit would be a nightmare in so many ways:
‘A big part of my life’: BART riders face higher costs, worse commutes if stations close
https://sfstandard.com/2026/03/10/bart…
I set up a 4th base station on a tiny tripod on my TV table pointing at my couch just so I can lay on it in VR once every 3 years.
And I'm telling you, it was worth it.
Paris Gard du Nord Train Station Afternoon Piano (2023-09) - Ambient busy big city train station with a talented chap tickling the public piano. #fieldRecording #travel #Paris -
For several years now, public EV charging points in Amsterdam have also been used to provide temporary power supplies for construction projects and events, for example. The city is now actively promoting this as an alternative to diesel generators on construction sites.
https://www.amsterdam.nl/leefomgeving/o…
Youtube showed me the most Dutch thing ever recently: a volunteer firefighter cycling from home to the station when he gets a page, on a dedicated emergency bicycle equipped with red and blue flashing lights on the wheels and handlebars.
The only thing missing would be a stroopwafel in the mouth anime toast style, lol.
(Dutch folks, is this common or just something one guy did on his own initiative? The emergency lights on the bike I mean, not the cycling to the fire house)
"Vape shop fire causes major disruption at Glasgow Central Station" 😱
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8l2wx0027o
That started at 3PM and it's still ongoing (as of 9:30PM)
Reddit has up-to-date videos:
Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project — if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him
But who would go to "Pedophile Station" or "Bigot-Grifter Airport"?
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/politics/schume…
Screen at a gas station pump. I did not wait around for the boot sequence to finish.
Everywhere in China you see these charging stations. They contain power banks and people can just rent them via a mobile payment app like Alipay or WeChat. You return them at the next free station
One of @…'s best posts and one of the best reasoning as to why we need to get rid of billionaires.
"The problem isn't whether rich people believe stupid shit; it's the fact that when a rich person believes something stupid, that belief can turn into torment for dozens, thousands, or millions of people.”
#billionaires
https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/09/autocrats-of-trade-2/#witness-the-firepower-of-this-fully-armed-and-operational-battle-station
Why has the world's first hydrogen double-decker fleet failed?
(Answer: battery EVs are much more economical, simpler, and do not rely on single complex refueling station.)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnv6e5l588jo
"So the next time that you see a spectacular image of the #nightsky from the #ISS, remember that, although it is a better view (maybe a lot better, if you live in NYC or another light polluted area), the show that the #astronauts
#Dogs are so dumb!
They'll go back to a bench because they found a hotdog there once.
They really think because it happened once it'll happen again. 😆
So stupid.
Anyway, I thought of this while driving 75 miles to a gas station 2 counties over.
Someone just got a big lotto there, so I need to get tickets from the same lucky store.
Batteries fully charged. Flashlights are ready. UPS for router and mesh system ready, only thing connected to it is the router. UPS behind TV is ready, but, that is only for the TV. Third UPS is beside me here, fully charged and ready to go. Last UPS is connected to the upstairs mesh device. Turned up the thermostat so when (not if) we lose power the house will stay warm enough for a few hours.
Still checking out the battery backup systems, but have to save enough to buy one (acc…
I actually think we should acquiesce to Trump's demands and name Penn Station after him. Call it "Trump-Epstein Station" (and we can always rename it later).
Le trafic est interrompu entre les stations Gargan et Aulnay Sous Bois jusqu'Š 20:00. Rendez-vous sur la rubrique "Recherche Itinéraire", pour retrouver un itinéraire prenant en compte cette perturbation. Pour plus d'informations sur cette perturbation, consultez le fil X du T4 (6) Tram T4 (@T4_IDFM) / X
Motif: Panne d'un tramway Š la station L'Abbaye
🤖 13/03 18:29
Senators reaffirmed the 39% cap; this particular station locally is one of the stations that joined in a chorus of corporate-mandated, right-wing propaganda documented a couple of years ago...
a Lawmakers revisit broadcast ownership limits as industry pushes consolidation
https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/lawmakers-revisit-broadcast-ownership-limits-as-industry-pushes-consolidation
Today for lunch I got an urge for a pork French dip sandwich from Phillipes (near the Los Angeles Union train station.)
But I live 400 miles north of there.
https://philippes.com/
Es gilt das gleiche wie bei Blitzern: Wer sich nicht an Schilder hält, hat eben Pech und muss blechen. Unwissenheit schützt da nicht vor Strafe. 🤷
https://www.tag24.de/dresden/neue-teilauto-station-sorgt-fuer-verwirrung-abs…
So German parliament spent their time on this.
You'd hope they'd be laser-focused on accelerating the transition to cycling, public transport, and electric vehicles.
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-bundest
#Blakes7 Series C, Episode 03 - Volcano
TARRANT: This is the Liberator, go ahead.
[Obsidian control room]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/303/634 B7B1
The #Crew12 NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev will hold a live interview at the top of the hour from Astronaut Crew Quarters inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of their mission to the International Space Station: stream at https://www.youtube.com/live/3CuHCROAwRI
Wie war das nochmal ? Wir hatten es doch gut in der DDR ....
Na ob dieses hier sogut war ? ich weiss nicht so recht, einerseits gute Kinderbetreuung, aber anderseits solche "Verwahrstationen" für Behinderte Menschen.
Und was haben sie gemacht, als diese Stationen geschlossen wurden ? Wurden die Menschen einfach sich selbst überlassen ?
Sickly Red IV ⭕️
病态的红 IV ⭕️
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ CineStill 800T
If you like my work, buy me a coffee from PayPal #filmphotography …
Waiting for my train at Utrecht Zuilen station... Hey this sure makes me a bit nervous.
#ARBO #Utrecht #Netherlands #WorkplaceSafety
Taking the early train from Beijing to ChongQing. Ride here was smooth and the streets were almost empty. That looked unusual for the traffic jammed streets of #Beijing
Trafic interrompu entre Carrefour Pleyel et St-Denis et perturbé sur le reste de la ligne en raison d'un incident technique en station Š St-Denis.
Reprise estimée : 19:30.
Veuillez emprunter des itinéraires alternatifs et vous rapprocher des agents RATP.
🤖 09/03 18:29
From a recent vacation, a battery-powered trolley recharging at stations. It does not spend much time doing this, and yes, these things exist.
I wouldn't used to post about such activities, because obviously it can come across a certain way - but I stumbled on these old photos of a Grace Jones gig setup - and thought maybe people would find it interesting.
The idea was to do a one-off very different sound, and we stripped down some of her classics. My "station" is in the first photo, her son played percussion, Dave Okumu guitar, and Ivor handled the bass (see Moog lol) and was also triggering other samples.
From TransLink
Elevator replacement work starts at Edmonds SkyTrain Station
Customers can still access trains to Waterfront Station during elevator closures
#Vancouver #Transit #Burnaby
During the repla…
US-Raumfahrtunternehmen Vast baut integrierte Raumstation Haven-1
Das US-Raumfahrtunternehmen Vast beginnt mit der Montage der Systeme in die Primärstruktur der Station. Der Start von Haven-1 ist für 2027 geplant.
Bielefeld exists, a 7 unit strong fleet of hydrogen refuse collection trucks (for 7 million €), even a H2 refuelling station exists across the road.
But the trucks need to drive 40 km one way to refuel. And soon, maybe even 90.
What if even a much easier, efficient and cheaper option existed to use green electricity?
https://youtu.be/ze…
LOUD IN THE REAR OF THE RF! The AFU destroyed the S-300 radar station and blew up the BC warehouses: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/01/loud-in-the-rear-of.html
Many months late but I did a pilgrimage to the Line 6 Finch West LRT.
Rode from Finch West to Humber and back (with a stop at Plaza Latina)
I liked the train, comfortable and mostly smooth.
But after Chow announcement that signal priority was active… I wonder if they had to roll it back? We had to stop at almost half the red lights. This line would be amazing if only it wasn’t stopping all-the-time.
With all the automation and digitization here in China, daily life doesn't feel impersonal. They still have people available for everything. Every metro station had staff for the security checks, ticket counters, cleaning, safe guards etc. So if you get stuck there is always a human in reach you can ask instead of fumbling for quirky apps on your phone.
Here in the Netherlands,
Monday was the warmest 2 March on record.
Tuesday was the warmest 3 March
Wednesday was the warmest 4 March, and
Today was the warmest 5 March
POL-H: Mitte: Zeugenaufruf nach Pfefferspray-Vorfall in der U-Bahn-Station "Kröpcke" Hannover (ots) - Ein unbekannter Jugendlicher oder Heranwachsender hat am Mittwochabend, 18.02.2026, in der U-Bahn-Station "Kröpcke" wahllos Pfefferspray versprüht und dabei mehrere Passanten verletzt. Die Polizei sucht Zeugen, die Hinweise zur ...
Series D, Episode 06 - Headhunter
AVON: There were circuit faults. Slave must have given the wrong diagnosis.
VENA: So- So, he's alive?
AVON: And apparently still violent. [Door opens. Avon draws gun and turns towards door. Enter Tarrant and Vila.]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/406/395
Different Corners II ▶️
不同的角落 II ▶️
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ Fujifilm NEOPAN SS, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
Yet another hydrogen filling station in Germany is closing after ten years. This is likely to coincide exactly with the end of the grant period. Battery-electric cars run on green electricity, hydrogen cars on subsidies...
https://
Trump wants cities to put his name on transportation hubs in exchange for federal funding: report | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-penn-station-rename-funding-b2915414.html
The neoconservatives,
who dominated the Pentagon and the White House after 9/11
believed the US could use force to remake the Middle East,
and their project left us with two enduring concepts that still shape American military power and politics today:
creative chaos and strategic deception.
These are the intellectual doctrines of neoconservatism,
an ideology that bears constant re-examination.
Legacy One: Creative chaos
The intellectual arch…
With the delay of the #ArtemisII WDR to Feb. 2 finally confirmed - #Crew12 pre-launch presser day: #NASA yet, but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5-5By97H_8 promises to carry the first presser at 16:00 UTC - beware: shocking preview image - while https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLxcA8Crpkg will carry the second one with the crew at 18:00 UTC).
fuck yeah #mamdani!
I'm in central queens, on a residential street. We have two giant mountains of snow outside (like, 8-10ft tall and pretty wide), that came from various plowings/shoveling (the alley next to my house, the fire station's parking lot, etc). The city just came w/ a backhoe and scooped it up and hauled it away. The backhoe needed to make multiple trips,but it'…
An electric car in the Netherlands uses around 300 Watt on average over a year. That's not a lot. The grid challenges arise because people like to charge them fast. 11 kW in a residential street is a lot. And so is 150-400 kW at a fast charging station.
Le trafic est ralenti sur toute la ligne T11 jusqu'Š 8h00.
Le temps d'attente en station peut-être allongé.
Motif : Conditions de départ non réunies.
🤖 10/04 06:00
Series D, Episode 10 - Gold
AVON: Dayna!
TARRANT: Go! [Some shots are exchanged.] There's more!
DAYNA: Avon, they're disengaging.
TARRANT: We've got about ten seconds before the airlocks close automatically.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/410/344 B7B4
cattle: Dairy cattle (1955)
Dominance interactions among a group of dairy cattle at the Iberia Livestock Experiment Station in Jenerette, Louisiana. Edge weights represent the frequency of interaction. The two versions below are equivalent.
This network has 28 nodes and 217 edges.
Tags: Social, Animal, Weighted
https://ne…
Zahlen bitte! Leben auf dem Mond in 384.400 Kilometern Entfernung
Das Artemis-Mondflugprogramm soll nicht nur Menschen zurück zum Mond bringen, sondern auch den Start einer Station markieren. Doch wie lebt es sich dort?
Fact-check: No, Ukraine's attack on Russian oil pumping station is not an 'attack on NATO': https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/26/factcheck-no-ukraines-attack-on.html
U.S. forces have launched military operations with Ecuador against
“designated terrorist organizations”
inside the South American country,
Southern Command said Tuesday.
The military released no details on the operations
but suggested in a statement that it was an extension of strikes carried out by the Trump administration
against suspected drug trafficking organizations in the region
In January 2024 gangs stormed a TV station,
taking staff ho…
C’est pour ça que généralement tu as pas des ascenseurs comme seule sortie. Mais vu les contraintes techniques, c’était pas mal le seul compromis pour garder les prix bas.
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2220502/ascenseurs-station-edouard-montpetit…
Le trafic est ralenti sur toute la ligne T11 jusqu'Š 11h30. Votre temps d'attente en station peut-être allongé.
Motif : conditions de départ non réunies.
🤖 10/04 09:31
Key Figures in the Hunt for Osama bin Laden
⭐️Alfreda Frances Bikowsky
Role: Chief of the Bin Laden Issue Station
Background: Started her CIA career in the 1990s as a Soviet analyst. Promoted to Deputy Chief of the Bin Laden Issue Station after the USS Cole bombing in 2000, and became Chief by March 2003.
Controversies: Involved in the CIA's interrogation program and linked to the extraordinary rendition of Khalid El-Masri. Criticized for her role in the tortur…
cattle: Dairy cattle (1955)
Dominance interactions among a group of dairy cattle at the Iberia Livestock Experiment Station in Jenerette, Louisiana. Edge weights represent the frequency of interaction. The two versions below are equivalent.
This network has 28 nodes and 217 edges.
Tags: Social, Animal, Weighted
https://ne…
Series D, Episode 10 - Gold
AVON: How do you know about this?
KEILLER: Me? [Chuckles] Look at all this surveillance. I'm a little more than a purser, you see. I'm a security man. A poorly paid one.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/410/37 B7B4
Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project -- if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him (CNN)
https://cnn.com/2026/02/05/politics/schumer-trump-ny-funding-rename
http://www.memeorandum.com/260205/p126#a260205p126