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Railroad signals and other train stuff! Twitter Refugee. New Jersey Proud. Ask about my Christmas week SEPTA Trip.

So riding in the R211 I like that the speedometer is visible, but they made the cabs deeper such that it eliminated the little sanctuary at the front of the train and now I'm in the way of people getting on and off. Like what's the point? NYCTA considering 3 person crews? 😡

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Twice a year, Hawai'i experiences a strange moment where the sun appears to be exactly overhead & anything that is completely vertical casts no shadow. Let's learn about Lāhainā Noon, subsolar points & 'Kau ka lā i ka lolo', meaning "the sun rests on the brains."

From a Reddit forum, a photo of a can of coconut milk with a blue label, papyrus text and a flip-top, on a sidewalk.  It seems to hover because there's no visible shadow.  The pavement is sort of unevenly colored, with bright spots, and the grass along it is green and lush.

This has got to be like 95% men and I’m telling you, it’s not going to help our future gender politics when women pull ahead financially because of it. These dudes are not going to look inward when they go ass out on their parlays, prediction markets, and crypto

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · last mo.

NEW from me: Americans are set to lose nearly $250B gambling this year—a record high, up more than 60% since 2019—and that's before counting unofficial betting via prediction markets or crypto Can anything stop America's gambling boom? 🧵

a graph of US gambling losses