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ThermiteBeGiants

@ThermiteBeGiants@aus.social

Heritage railway evangelist. Fair-weather e-bike commuter. Reluctant STEMnik.
Interests: Trains, trams :dingdingpixel:, bicycles, vintage tractors, home brewing, communism (historical & future). Posts a lot of "bad" music.
Real heads are #trolleypunk, yoghurt-heads are solarpunk. Trans rights = human rights.
Posts are mostly followers-only. Follow requests are vetted based on the vibes of your bio.

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jpm, to random
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I propose a bill to allow the possession of one (1) rocket launcher and five (5) rockets per household, only for use against bogan chariots or police helicopters when you or your kids are trying to sleep

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@jpm unguided presumably, to give the offending parties a sporting chance?

Kels_316, to random
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Listening to The Avalanches in the car and those albums are absolute bangers. All killer, no filler.

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@Kels_316 “Since I Left You” is one of the best hip-hop albums of all time

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@jpm @djb @Kels_316 my geography teacher in high school went to Uni with one of the band members lmao

liamvhogan, to random
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Do not follow or engage with me if your only interest is computer touching. Do something else with your life.

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@liamvhogan get a hobby that allows you to wear a neat hat, I reckon. Can’t do that when you’re compiling Linux binaries for your Gibson 9000

jpm, to random
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Have you cleaned your coffee machine’s group head out recently? It’s probably full of coffee oil sludge

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@jpm I rage-cleaned the milk frother on the Nespresso machine at work on Friday because some moron left it attached despite the massive “put the milk frother back in the fridge” label attached to it

astrid, to random
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holy shit every fucking sbc manufacturer has the worst fuckign naming scheme

"hi yes i would like a pomegranate apple pear pi zero 1E 2+ PC mini pro64 CX max" -statements dreamt by the utterly deranged

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@astrid @jpm and they all have manufacturer Linux distro support that makes most Android phone makers look like titans of software sustainability

liamvhogan, to random

[extremely Electric Six voice]

🎶 you! I wanna take you to a… 🎶

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@jpm @liamvhogan about a probbo as Spotlight too lol

ThermiteBeGiants, to random
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From Elton John’s memoir, about the time he got on a 3 day cocaine bender and bought a Melbourne W2 class tram :dingdingpixel: :

jpm, to random
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Ugh, fine, I’ll get the 3D printer running again

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@jpm 3D printers are like boats: best enjoyed when they’re your mate’s one that you’re borrowing for the day and you don’t have to pay his mooring fees

ThermiteBeGiants, to random
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Which Way, Western Man?

(from https://twitter.com/Frenzalofficial/status/1672489607177568256)

jon, to random
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And this is why half the private players in the European rail market are cowboys

LeoExpress 🇨🇿 - that owns literally 5 trains for long distance services - is announcing it intends to run 10 new services from December next year https://zdopravy.cz/belgie-nemecko-polsko-i-vnitrostatni-linky-leo-express-ohlasil-velkou-expanzi-z-ceska-165610/

These include:
Košice - Kiel
Prague – Frankfurt am Main
Bratislava – Ostend

Not a hope in hell this happens

This is all some elaborate trolling of national regulators so they can go “oooh look we're being kept out”

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@jon they gonna run those 10 new services with those CRRC trainsets that they "swear they have bro, just trust me"?

moritzkraehe, to random

The truth about living near a train line with daily steam trains is that the steam trains aren't the most exciting thing in the world after a few months. Instead, the three or four days a year that a diesel loco runs on the line suddenly become a must-see event...

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@moritzkraehe accursed hedonic treadmill

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@moritzkraehe it’s narrow gauge, everything that runs on it is cute!

jon, to random
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Good morning from Saarbrücken ☀️

Today I’m off to Luxembourg for

But first I’m on a bus. Where I filmed today’s intro video!

https://urbanists.video/w/4WaiUdTRWAbZuffrLF85Ry

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@jon closing an electrified railway is utter madness

Kels_316, to random
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cannot parse the workflow of the people who post screenshots from their photo library to marketplace. What was stopping you just posting the actual photo?

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@jpm @Kels_316 look I’m amazed that anyone over the age of 60 is able to operate a smartphone at all, let alone with the kind of dignity and efficiency that you’re outlining there

jon, to random
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Here we go again!

Extra Day 04

Heading to Basel SBB first, then onwards to Paris via Nuits-sous-Ravières and then onto a night train to Latour du Carol

Here’s today’s intro video
https://urbanists.video/w/sTWxEETdNaCbdR2jTRsHcM

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@jon what a waste!

jon, to random
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Welcome to Extra Day 02

Attempting Klagenfurt - Villach - Lienz - Fortezza/Franzenfeste - Verona - Milano today but there are disruptions on the route ahead…

Let’s see how this goes!

https://urbanists.video/w/32yT4tRAcZGZYr4rKgEpTz

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@jon so it’s a train interior designed to look good in CGI renders for the tendering process, not for customer comfort. And on the outside it’s got a face like one of those weird tropical reef fish. Well done a AnsaldoBreda, you’re not fooling anyone by getting bought out by Hitachi

moritzkraehe, to random

You've heard of tram-trains... but what about train-trams? At Zwickau, two lines of Vogtlandbahn regional trains run into the city centre on a three-rail track alignment shared with a metre gauge tram line!

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@moritzkraehe 🚨 diesel-under-wires klaxon 🚨

steveroy, to random

Just saw this job posting for Canadian Pacific Railway. It’s an iOS developer job, but still “you may be required to obtain a certification or to maintain your current certification/qualification as a conductor or locomotive engineer."

I don’t know about you, but I think that beats all perks that any other job will ever come up with.

🚂

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@steveroy @yayKM just make sure it’s a Union job too!

seldo, to random

Today's entry in is Margery Kempe, an extremely Christian woman who went gunning for sainthood by going on pilgrimages and demonstrating what she considered to be a variety of miraculous abilities. She then wrote what is considered to be the first autobiography in the English language about her adventures, giving us great insight into her life and times and the fact that she was just absolutely hands-down the worst travel companion you could ever possibly imagine.

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@seldo this person was a living embodiment of a Dril tweet:

ThermiteBeGiants, to random
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Please enjoy this Cat Train on the Aizu Railway in Fukushima Prefecture for
https://2nd-train.net/topics/amp/40246/

ThermiteBeGiants, to random
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Apparently you can now sleep inside a tram - one of the caravan parks in Healesville has purchased, restored and converted a pair of Melbourne W class trams into holiday accommodation. From 52 seats for commuters to 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and a hot tub! :dingdingpixel:

ThermiteBeGiants, to random
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The Australian edition of Untitled Goose Game was a bit darker than the initial release:

ThermiteBeGiants, to random
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What does some of Australia's most expensive real estate have to do with a tiny heritage railway that runs along the coast of Kent, England? A lot more than you'd think actually. A thread:

Photo of an alleyway adjacent to the Presgrave Building, 279 Little Collins St, Melbourne Australia.

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