mostly tweets about transit (and, occasionally, baseball) but my day job is studying linguistics
Denver, CO
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🗣 Fans of the A's, transit, and Brutalism
I have a zine about the intersection of all three. Let me know of you're interested in a copy!
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Juliet, on her Android phone, sent Romeo the dizzy face emoji 😵 to express her disillusionment after his killing of Tybalt. Romeo, receiving the emoji on his Apple phone, instead believes Juliet to be dead. And that, my friends, is the tragic reason why Romeo must die.
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Can't get over this Reddit post about a Berkeley student who flew to classes for a whole academic year to not pay Bay Area rent
teddit.net/r/berkeley/commen…
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It's the bus island. It's the bike lane. It's the combination bus island bike lane.
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I just rode the entirety of the @metrolosangeles A Line from Downtown Long Beach to APU/Citrus College
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RTD departure board when I'm trying to see when the next bus is:
A rodent's teeth never stop growing
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Watch this space. I am making it my mission to eat every Brent Rooker recommended breakfast on this list. Just had the Geroge Washington at Freehouse. Very good. Highly recommend!
The first day of the off-season means it’s time for the second edition of My Favorite Breakfasts That I Ate This Season list.
A few notes after last year:
- This is not meant to be a ranking or a review system, just me listing my favorites
- There are a few more Bay Are places/items listed this year
- If your city is not mentioned it does mean that I hate it or think the the food is bad
- There are a few repeat restaurants but I tried not to repeat any dishes from 2023
- I got a real Benedict kick for a while
- I am again aware that absolutely nobody asked for this
The List:
•Prime Roast Beef Hash - Monterey (NYC)
•Spicy Crab Omelet - Blue Moon Cafe (Baltimore)
•Sweet Pepper Shakshouka - Lola (Seattle)
•Bacon + Chorizo Tacos - Tacos A Go Go (Houston)
•Everything Bagelwich - Classic Cup Cafe (Kansas City)
•Philly Cheesesteak Omelette - Alamo Cafe (Alamo, CA)
•Smoked Salmon Benedict - Cassis (St. Petersburg, Florida)
•Peanut Butter Banana Stuffed French Toast - Cafe 222 (San Diego)
•The George Washington - Freehouse (Minneapolis)
The Kitchen Sink - Green Eggs Cafe (Philadelphia)
•Breakfast Sandwich + Fruit Bowl - Sideboard (Danville, CA)
•All Time Breakfast - 7 West Diner (Toronto)
•Eggs Alla Vodka - The Smith (NYC)
•Crispy Chicken Benedict - The Hangout (Walnut Creek, CA)
•Blueberry Pancakes - Brass Tack (Chicago)
•Irish Benedict + Strawberry Pancakes - Katy’s Korner (San Ramon, CA)
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At Denver International Airport and heard someone at the train station excitedly exclaim, “Look at that level boarding! Ahhh!”
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Hello friends and followers! Tomorrow I will attempt the RTD Rail Challenge. I will attempt to visit every @RideRTD rail station as fast as I can. If all goes well, I should be able to do it in about 8.5 hours. Let's hope the A Line is running by tomorrow.
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One of my favorite things about riding the Flatiron Flyer is that it's allowed to drive on the shoulder
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made a couple @metrolosangeles valentines to send to your crush
ALT Photo of LA Metro B line train with text overlaid: "Are you the train to North Hollywood? Because I'd love you to B mine!"
ALT Photo of interior of LA Metro subway car with text overlaid: "The B Line is red The A Line is blue I'd take LA Metro To be closer to you"
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In honor of @Brent_Rooker12 winning a Silver Slugger Award, I am having another Brent Rooker–recommended breakfast: the blueberry pancakes at Brass Tack in Chicago. I explained the concept of Rooker to the waiter and he said Rooker made "an excellent choice" with the pancakes.
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This is what the ideal street looks like. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
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The Denver Post recent posted an op-ed against the Denver Deserves Sidewalks ballot measure. The op-ed is riddled with flaws. Here's a thread 🧵 on what's wrong with the op-ed.
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I just completed my first training for my summer job working for the Denver Trolley! Come check us out this summer and I just might be the person to operate your trolley!
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Have you ever wanted a @Simply_Railway × @milesintransit1 crossover? Maybe not, but it's real!
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I was at the Glendale train station waiting for the bus, and the bus operator approached me and said, "Are you going to the Galleria?" And I said, "Yes, how did you know?" And he said, "There's nowhere else to go around here."
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A little disappointing that Denver Union Station is having a 10th Anniversary Gala, and they're telling people to rideshare instead of take transit!
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My hot take is Denver will not be a real city until we learn the ways of "stand right, walk left" escalator etiquette
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Miles @riehle_deal and I took @RideSacRT to Morrison Creek station, which is a “walk-on” station. While there is a parking lot built, it has no access to roads, so the station is not accessible to cars!
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If you're not sure if #DenverDeservesSidewalks, you just need to take a ride on RTD bus route 40 to see the sorry state of sidewalks in Denver.
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This is big, and in Colorado fashion, it's being dubbed the “Epic and Ikon Passes” of transit in Colorado
coloradonewsline.com/briefs/…
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lol a guy on BART thought I was a tourist because I was taking pictures of the train but I was like, nah, I just like trains
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Thibault @Simply_Railway and I took the special morning service of the @RideRTD E Line which starts at Evans station and goes to Ridgegate
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There are still more on the list, but this is the last @Brent_Rooker12 breakfast for me for 2024! We got the peanut butter and banana stuffed French toast from Cafe 222 in San Diego!
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The movie poster for Shortcomings features BART so I had to Geoguess the exact location
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I visited this station with @riehle_deal!
Miles @riehle_deal and I took @RideSacRT to Morrison Creek station, which is a “walk-on” station. While there is a parking lot built, it has no access to roads, so the station is not accessible to cars!
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Honored to have operated the first run of the Denver Trolley! We're running every Thurs – Mon until mid-August!
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ftfy
Get 90 days of free rides when you sign up for Metro’s LIFE Program, which offers deep discounts for low-income riders. Visit metro.net/life to get started.
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Imagine waiting for the bus at this stop on Sheridan
(I didn't have to imagine because I did)
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My friend eli @frozenpandaman rode on SEPTA for the first time and this was the experience
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If we applied international practices to @milesintransit1’s itinerary, his trip would have gone as planned. We really don't grasp how transformative frequent high-speed rail would be in this country.
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everyone's talking about the BART holiday sweater but why is no one talking about the Metrolink holiday sweater
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Then came the police, who tried to get us off the road. When we pointed out that there was no sidewalk, the officer was like, “Oh, I never realized that.” The police then escorted is a few blocks along Colorado.
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Why didn't anyone tell me Bustang Outrider now goes all the way to Trinidad and it's current FREE?!
cpr.org/2023/03/23/trinidad-…
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The driver applauding at the end as if they didn't just totally wreck their sideview mirrors 😬
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🗣 DENVER TRANSIT ENTHUSIASTS
⚠️ The Free MetroRide is coming back for the first time since 2020 in two weeks. ⚠️
I'll be making the first run at 5:45 AM on May 26th. Who wants to join me?
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I'm giving copies of my zine away for free. Find me at tonight's game, or I can mail you one!
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RTD calls the Flatiron Flyer a bus rapid transit (BRT) system but it's not feeling really rapid right now 😭
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The best part about taking the E Line in the morning is speeding by all the cars stuck in traffic on I-25
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getting a new @SFBART train while seeing the new sign displays at Lake Merritt is *chef's kiss*
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ARTIC: can I copy your homework?
Amtrak: yeah just change it up a bit so it doesn't look obvious that you copied
ARTIC: ok
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Before implementing BRT, Metro Transit (Twin Cities) found that buses were in motion only 42% of the time!
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When you open the curtains in your hotel room and it's just ballpark
ALT A hotel room with a view of a domed baseball stadium through a large window. The window reveals rows of blue seats and an empty field under bright stadium lights. Inside the room, a bed in the foreground and furniture, including an ottoman and a small sofa, are partially visible. Sheer curtains frame the window.
ALT View through a large window showing the interior of a domed baseball stadium with an empty field and rows of blue seats. The room has beige carpeting, sheer curtains, and a small leather ottoman positioned in front of the window.
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So @jackson_betz and I rode the longest escalator on the Western Hemisphere (Wheaton station) and found that it is home to a pigeon
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