It took six years to build the first transcontinental railroad, starting with a groundbreaking in 1863 and ending with the joining of the tracks on May 10, 1869. Authorized by the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862, the massive infrastructure project spanned roughly 1,912 miles across the United States.

Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · 5d ago

If you're looking for clarity on what today's announcement from Sound Transit on Ballard Link's timeline does and doesn't mean, I have you covered. www.theurbanist.org/full-ballard...

Witnessed a murder on Facebook

2026

I can't imagine a single person alive today who has done more to thwart Utopian realization than Elon Musk. His philosophy is weak and all his real actions are the antithesis to whatever he says here.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2w ago

Another odd moment occurred when Musk insisted that work in the future would be "optional" because robots would do everything. Musk said people might still work in the future but compared it to people who grow their own backyard tomatoes. He said they could just go to the store for better tomatoes.

A human rights lawyer who fled China, applied for asylum in the US, and was delivering packages for Amazon when ICE took him this week:

ICE arrests human rights lawyer who fled Chinese crackdown

Arrest in Pennsylvania of Wu Shaoping, who is awaiting asylum decision, raises fears of deportation and persecution

theguardian.com

So I said “Bobby Lee, it sounds like you’re just feeding brigades to emplaced artillery” and then Longstreet started crying.

But have you considered voting for them to solve that problem they promised to solve last election but didn't so that you could vote for them again?

A.R. Moxon@juliusgoat.bsky.social · last mo.

Seems the real problem centrist democrats are facing right now is the people are being very clear that they want leaders who will solve their biggest problems, and centrist democrats really don't want to solve their biggest problems and hate the people for wanting that. It's a real pickle for them.

If only you had any constitutionally granted co-equal power to do something about it, that would be nuts.

Steven T. Dennis@steventdennis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Senator Bill Cassidy unloads on Trump and the Iran war: “Worst foreign policy blunder in decades” (!)

Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in America.  He embodies the broken system we’re running against. It’s time to come together: The People vs. Ken Paxton

"I know that you always hate printed books crammed with the foolishness of common folk, and that you follow sound precepts. The things I have described do not apply to you, but to the utterly uncouth types of people who have driven reputable writers from their homes."

And we elect the dumbest dipshits

Jasmine 🌌🔭@astrojaz.bsky.social · 4mo ago

OH. MY. GOD. THIS IS THE MILKY WAY SHOT BY THE ARTEMIS II CREW. LOOK AT ALL THOSE STARS!!!!

Yo, @anthropic.com. Why does Claude insist on encoding directory structures as "├──|└──|│" glyphs using white-space indentation, versus inline-bullets? I get that it's read-able, but does Claude do as good a job decoding those glyphs?

I remember when Obama was criticized for the $500M cash agreement that allowed inspectors in to verify that they wouldn't build a nuke or enrich uranium. Now here we have given them $10B plus at least.

Michael Caley@michaelcaley.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Iran looking to formalize its control over the Strait and its power to receive tolls from favored nations in exchange for freedom of movement says India, Pakistan, Iraq, Malaysia and China are in negotiations now to establish rules of transit www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...

I hope no one needs an MRI this year. The world's largest producer of liquified helium is in Qatar and is shut off. We just got a notice that our supply for the year will be at least cut in half. No one could have predicted this (unless they thought about it).

Fuck yeah.

If Congress won't stop Trump's illegal war, then we need a new Congress.

l.o.l.

onion person@junlper.beer · 5mo ago

“epstein class is iranian propaganda” is definitely something i’d expect the epstein class to say

Say what you will about Jay, but she is solely responsible for Bluesky posts being called skeets.

Stunning customer service from Instacart

The objectivist who claims perfect access to truth and the nihilist who claims nothing means anything are mirror images: both are opting out of the hard work of navigating genuine uncertainty with rigor and humility.

These same mfkrs told us the Dems were going to force us eat soy...

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 5mo ago

RFK Jr. suggests Americans can more easily afford groceries if they start eating liver instead of beef: "Most of the cheap cuts of meat are very inexpensive. ... You can buy liver or the cheap cuts."

Who is paying for this shit? Oh yeah...

Brad Heath@bradheath.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The WSJ reports that the Trump administration has massed "significant" air power in striking distance of Iran, but hasn't yet decided what the purpose of an attack would be. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

News: Nancy Guthrie has gone missing Also: - Nest cameras store data even when you're not subscribed - Third party ALPRs have questionable efficacy - Modern pacemakers transmit a unique and trackable BLE signal - Walmart is happy to let the FBI comb through their sales records and user data

Sigh. We had one fuckin job to do

George Pearkes@peark.es · 6mo ago

uh, German nukes??! *MACRON SAYS HE'S IN TALKS WITH MERZ AND OTHERS ON NUCLEAR ARMS

As a German, I'll never fully understand the Third Reich worship of the American far right. They do understand that the Third Reich *lost*, right? That the tough, belligerent, ethnically pure master race got thoroughly defeated and its country conquered by a diverse multi-ethnic coalition?

Nikki 'Samyazan Scion' Ophan@nikkiophan.bsky.social · 6mo ago

there's a strict duology of young right wing physiognomy if you're a young up and coming fascist, you will either be 1. rosy cheeked cartoon BBQ pig mascot 2. grimacing possessed howdy doody puppet

If Github were run by Google, I bet it wouldn't be down this much, @microsoft.com Just sayin'

@github.com You guys should kill this plugin or at least try to resource it appropriately enough to maintain it: github.com/github/vscod...

GitHub - github/vscode-github-actions: GitHub Actions extension for VS Code

GitHub Actions extension for VS Code. Contribute to github/vscode-github-actions development by creating an account on GitHub.

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That's correct. Including the Founders.