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Bus timetable from 2 February 2026
#MyWay

Evaluation using in-situ observations from national governments and Citizen Scientists suggests nadir #altimeters can accurately measure water level changes regardless of lake area: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15481603.2025.2543521 -> Volunteers Help NASA Test Lake Monitoring From Space: https://science.nasa.gov/get-involved/citizen-science/how-small-is-too-small-volunteers-help-nasa-test-lake-monitoring-from-space/

Queer trans ICE protester in small Minn. city recounts agents' violence and humiliation (Marisa Kabas/The Handbasket)
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/queer-trans-ice-protester-st-cloud-minnesota-alice-valentine
http://www.memeorandum.com/260116/p149#a260116p149

Benders Decomposition for Passenger-Oriented Train Timetabling with Hybrid Periodicity
Zhiyuan Yao, Anita Sch\"obel, Lei Nie, Sven J\"ager
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.09892 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.09892 https://arxiv.org/html/2511.09892
arXiv:2511.09892v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Periodic timetables are widely adopted in passenger railway operations due to their regular service patterns and well-coordinated train connections. However, fluctuations in passenger demand require varying train services across different periods, necessitating adjustments to the periodic timetable. This study addresses a hybrid periodic train timetabling problem, which enhances the flexibility and demand responsiveness of a given periodic timetable through schedule adjustments and aperiodic train insertions, taking into account the rolling stock circulation. Since timetable modifications may affect initial passenger routes, passenger routing is incorporated into the problem to guide planning decisions towards a passenger-oriented objective. Using a time-space network representation, the problem is formulated as a dynamic railway service network design model with resource constraints. To handle the complexity of real-world instances, we propose a decomposition-based algorithm integrating Benders decomposition and column generation, enhanced with multiple preprocessing and accelerating techniques. Numerical experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of the algorithm and highlight the advantage of hybrid periodic timetables in reducing passenger travel costs.
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Resources to Learn More About the DPRK (aka North Korea)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fPJjTYGBo4QRuafFkbWTA8imbpr-QP3tD_946Yv_v3A/edit?tab=t.0

I am greatly amused to see it's time for some announcements about funding for trains in the north again. No need for actual trains or anything, the announcements are the only thing running to timetable.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Vinelands
Choklate:
🎵 The Tea (Opolopo remix)
#Choklate
https://timadeep.bandcamp.com/track/choklate-the-tea-timadeep-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/2QSyEqZXMQLsChH4PNyIym

Helsinki korottaa taas tonttivuokriaan, ja se voi olla helsinkiläisille hyvä tai huono uutinen #Helsinki

Helsinki korottaa taas tonttivuokriaan, ja se voi olla helsinkiläisille hyvä tai huono uutinen
Helsinki korottaa jälleen vuokria sadoilla asuintonteilla ja nyt myös siirtolapuutarhoissa. Se tuo kaupungille lisää tuloja ja monille helsinkiläisille lisää menoja.

There is a bug in this 3rd party API that declares a payload to fail their validation checks in a false positive way BUT ALSO fails to report what the alleged validation errors are.
And of course, there are none, so I've now spent days in a logical lockpicking manner, brute force trial and error to rule out various possibilities.
And, just now, I got it. 🎉 It's a workaround, but it'll do. I've reported the bug and they acknowledge it, but no timetable for a fix. …

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