The type of stuff that YouTube suggests to you when you are into good public transportation:

https://youtu.be/ERdF0FK-2io?si=LOfdT9MYqoWFszWv

#German #Monorail

Every time I try to read an article in the @HalifaxExaminer I am reminded how paywalls may be to blame for a decent amount of the working-class media-fueled biases we are seeing these days.

I am not picking on the Examiner specifically, honest! It's just that they are in my feed and seeing an interesting article I can't read always reminds me just why I hate paywalls for their self-righteous and sanctimonious classism. "You ain't wearing a tie, you ain't gettin' in". This could equally apply to the New York Times, the Washington Post and thousands of other local news outlets. They love their paywalls! Even the word oozes exclusivity and exclusion. Roll it around your mouth and say it a few times. Paywall, paywall, paywall... Build a big, beautiful paywall to keep the moochers out.

Like many in a poor province or state (and just about all professional misinformation experts), I can't afford a subscription to these news services - And I can't go to the library to read them either, because that's not a thing any more.

Apparently decent, written, political journalism is just for the middle classes with disposable income now.

Is it any wonder that so many of the people who most need to see good political writing can't, because they have to pay for it? There's a reason why you hardly ever see paywalls on the right wing sites. They understand the living situations of the demographic they are targeting.

I don't really have an answer for how non-sensationalist newspapers can exist without paywalls, that's not my area of business. I suspect a "pay what you can afford" model would theoretically work but at this point it's probably a bit late. The providers are set in their middle class business models and the consumers have picked their preferred snake oil vendor.

Right! Happy belated Labour Day. I am off to Rebel News and Twitter to see what I should think about the Western Provinces and CPP.

#news #journalism #etaoinshrdlu #bias #class #paywall #politics #rants #IShouldBeAsleep #misinformation #NPR #RebelNews #rednexit #monorail #LabourDay

#stem #engineering #transportation #monorail #cool #Wisconsin

OK I knew I had you at Monorail. But what if I said Solar Powered Monorail?

https://youtu.be/MdHPFRoadv4

Under the monorail

#myfotokempi

#photography #photo #fotografie #RicohGRIIIx #monorail #streetphotography #urbansketch

Monorail Blue passing Spaceship Earth in Epcot for #MonorailMonday

#DisneyWorld #WaltDisneyWorld #Disney #DisneyParks #wdw #DisneyPhotography #DisneyGram #Epcot #Monorail

Monorail Blue passing Spaceship Earth in Epcot for #MonorailMonday #DisneyWorld #WaltDisneyWorld #Disney #DisneyParks #wdw #DisneyPhotography #DisneyGram #Epcot #Monorail

Random signs seen from the train, in case you need to study for trivia for whatever reason. #Disneyland #DisneylandRailroad #agrifuture #monorail

Monorail Red passing through World Celebration during the Festival of the Arts for #MonorailMonday

#DisneyWorld #WaltDisneyWorld #Disney #DisneyParks #wdw #DisneyPhotography #DisneyGram #Epcot #Monorail #ArtfulEpcot

Here's set #2 - Love the classic Space theme.

Quick and easy build. But stickers!!

#lego #space #monorail #AFOL

Who doesn’t miss a #monorail, here, snapped #OTD 2012 heading down Market Street.

Lines

For my second entry in The Composition Challenge, it’s time to tackle Lines. I apparently received the assignment email subconsciously last week when I took a foggy shot of a sidewalk vanishing into the distance. As before these pictures are all just from my iPhone.

Up first, yesterday on the way home we walked past the KIRO-TV broadcast tower at Galer St. and Queen Anne Ave.

This morning on my way into the office I was crossing 5th Avenue right as the monorail was passing overhead. This was a quick snap so perhaps not in the spirit of the challenge; I did have to crop slightly after the fact to align the lines the way I wanted. I like how the Westin towers are reminiscent of Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album cover of the Marina City towers.

Finally I’m a sucker for signage design and my new office floor at work contains one of the UPS closets with a NFPA 704 lead acid battery safety square. This shot is meant to focus on the bold diagonal lines.

#challenge #monorail #photography #publicTransit #seattle #semiotics #TheCompoChallenge #tv

Monorail Blue passing through Epcot for #MonorailMonday

#DisneyWorld #WaltDisneyWorld #Disney #DisneyParks #wdw #DisneyPhotography #DisneyGram #Epcot #Monorail

Link: Die ALWEG-Monorail in Köln, 1952, wurde später für die Disneyland- und Seattle Center-Monorails bekannt. 1963 bot ALWEG an, ein Monorail-System in LA ohne Kosten für Steuerzahler zu bauen, wurde jedoch von Standard Oil und General Motors unter Druck abgelehnt. #Monorail #Geschichte #Köln #aigenerated https://www.instagram.com/p/DGLota5COzr/?igsh=MWdwM2duNTBzeTQ4cQ==

Monorail Coral entering the Magic Kingdom monorail station for #MonorailMonday #DisneyWorld #WaltDisneyWorld #Disney #DisneyParks #wdw #DisneyPhotography #DisneyGram #monorail #MagicKingdom

Monorail Coral entering the Magic Kingdom monorail station for #MonorailMonday

#DisneyWorld #WaltDisneyWorld #Disney #DisneyParks #wdw #DisneyPhotography #DisneyGram #monorail #MagicKingdom