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Alon

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I write about public transport and do research for NYU's Marron Institute. I've previously lived in Tel Aviv, Singapore, the Riviera, New York, Providence, Vancouver, Stockholm, Paris.

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Conspiracy theory: Ebrahim Raisi's tragically untimely death (36 years too late) was caused by rogue Mossad agents who are hoping Iran retaliates in kind and gets Israel better leadership.

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@acb Yes, alongside the wet work of Mossad assassins Eli Copter and Avi Ron.

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Trump’s envoy Richard Grenell is meeting privately with disaffected Arab American activists in Michigan Tuesday https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/20/trump-muslims-arabs-michigan-election/

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@New_Narrative "Yes, we're going to deport some of your families, but we also hate the Jews really intensely, you people like that, right? Please vote for us - you voted for Bush in 2000 and nothing bad happened."

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The ICC is based today. https://apnews.com/article/icc-khan-netanyahu-070941d21ccd1f2b9611032b88527575?taid=664b31fad9bd100001761a9e

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@Colinvparker It matters, yes - the war crimes are committed in the territory of Palestine. This is why, awkwardly, the ICC refers to the State of Palestine (since it's a party) but only the Territory of Israel (since it's not).

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Hey, it seems like it lapsed a bit, but would people be into a monthly book club?

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@raf Are you thinking more obscure things, or rereading/reinterpreting canon? The latter would be things like Maus, The Painted Bird, Bloodlands, Arendt, Benny Morris...

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October Rain > Hurricane don't @ me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TEtoEhrAQg

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Via @kechpaja, I'm learning of a proposed tram project in Turku: https://www.turku.fi/en/tramway

The projected cost is 344M€/12 km, which is sort of okay for France or Germany in the 2020s but higher than I'd expect given how low Nordic costs used to be.

Projected ridership is 22,000/day by 2030 and 43,600 by 2050; 15,636€/rider is fine for a tram these days (for a metro, it's very good).

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@violanders I can't find ridership figures anywhere. Wikipedia says it was 1.5 billion kronor for 5.5 km but nothing about ridership.

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