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Itinerance is not a sin
Last month, Sandy Johnston, a frequent interlocutor of mine on Transit Twitter, posted one of the better pieces I've ever seen on gentrification politics, internal migration, and inclusion. If you're reading this, its probably, in some part, about you.
Exceptionally high mobility has long been a defining characteristic of the American workforce ( Read more... ) -
This can only end in tears. At 4 AM, in a swamp.
Making a last-minute trip to Shardnado. Wish us luck.
Originally posted at http://ccommack.dreamwidth.org/176520.html, and currently has
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And love dares you to care for the people on the edge of the night
I am not nearly old enough to remember 1945 ( Read more... ) -
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A certain group of residents of Marin County, California, has achieved the remarkable property that they are likely to be first up against the wall when the Revolution comes, for every conceivable version of the Revolution, and regardless of the Revolution's success or failure. Truly, this is the pinnacle of human accomplishment ( Read more... ) -
Vote the 5th Square slate
Philadelphians! Election Day is Tuesday, and that means that the city's registered Democrats get to exercise their power to select their next mayor and most of City Council. Our government is notoriously mediocre at most things, but areas in which they have consistently failed over the last many decades is the safeguarding of the quality of life ( Read more... ) -
Modern Prometheans
One of the enduring ironies of the Cold War Nuclear Dread is that it was actually perfectly timed. The Second World War accelerated the invention of nuclear weapons to just about the fastest possible timetable imaginable after the discovery of the underlying science. In the counterfactual event that war did not come for another 10-20 years, the ( Read more... ) -
Passing the savings on to yoooooooooooouuuu!
God bless Philadelphia.
Originally posted at http://ccommack.dreamwidth.org/173613.html, and currently has
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for no particular reason at all, everyone decided that the rules needed to be updated right now
Nerd's nerd alert: the Succession to the Crown Act 2013 (and the 15 parallel acts of legislation required for it*) entered into force last month. This is the law that abolishes gender discrimination in the succession, i.e. older sisters now inherit before younger brothers, although so as not to displace anyone the law only applies to anyone born ( Read more... )