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Interested in being a mod for a community I manage, send a dm.

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GOP antisemitism resolution passes House, fractures Democrats [Mychael Schnell | 12/05/23 | The Hill] (thehill.com)

The House approved a resolution on Tuesday condemning the “drastic rise of antisemitism” in the U.S. and around the world following Hamas’ unprecedented attack on Israel on Oct. 7 — a vote that fractured Democrats and prompted liberal accusations that Republicans were trying to “weaponize Jewish pain.”...

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Plays in ending credits of Reacher S01E06

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Plays in ending credits of Reacher S01E06

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That makes it more awesome, just learning new things for fun!

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Some notable comments:

Railway engineer here! A few points: Not all rail is made of the same alloys, particularly high load areas such as points and crossings. These use harder metals to reduce wear, such as manganese. Adding this into the equation means welding plain line to p&c is a particularly complex job. I am also glad you mentioned track circuit will be covered later on as that is a big downside to CWR with older signalling systems. Aluminothermic welding is spectacular when it goes wrong, search it up!

If anyone wonders why the odd figure of 39 feet was the standard length of single sticks of traditional jointed rail, it was so that they’d fit into 40-foot gondola cars. Welded rail is now typically manufactured in long lengths (1,320 feet in the USA, which is ¼ mile) and can be welded in the field to be continuous. Such long rails are transported on special rail trains, like the one Grady shows half-loaded at 0:25. The yellow racks hold them in place, and the rails bend as the train goes through horizontal and vertical curves 😮.

As a engineer who works in railway track design, one thing I’d like to point out - especially since you mentioned a video on signaling will be coming soon - is that neutral temperature is typically high not because a broken rail is less dangerous than a sun kink. Yes, its more likely that a train could operate over a pull-apart rather than theough a sun kink, but largely because the signal system will detect a pull-apart as a discontinuity in the rails and thus the signal circuit - automatically turning the signal ahead of that track to red!

Fun fact: The problem with ‘rock n’ roll’ (more formally, harmonic rocking) is bad enough that rulebooks disallow travelling at certain speeds on jointed rail. The rulebook I have says this danger zone is 13 to 21 mph, so if your train only has enough power to reach 20 mph (entirely possible, if normal, these days) safety says you’d have to slow to 13 mph on jointed rail. So CWR not only makes maintenance-of-way’s job easier, it also makes operating the trains a bit easier and safer too.

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Great to hear!

Trump declines to rule out abusing power or seeking retribution if he returns to the White House | AP News (VOTE!) (apnews.com)

"NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump declined to rule out abusing power if he wins the presidency again after Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity asked him Tuesday to respond to growing Democratic criticism of his rhetoric....

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Trump has a great chance of winning, again, when looking at the polling talking to people on the ground. Looking at certain groups that may vote for him or just sit out.

Blue party does not like to learn or care to pander to try and win some people over.

This has been talked about for a while now, video below is from August:

Biden LOSES Black Support As Trump’s SKYROCKETS Among VITAL Dem Voter Bloc: Sabby Sabs [9:56 | Aug 20 2023 | The Hill]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnSax5mBNUE

Muslim leaders in swing states pledge to ‘abandon’ Biden over his refusal to call for ceasefire [Dec 03 2023 | Edward Helmore | The Guardian] (www.theguardian.com)

“We are not powerless as American Muslims. We are powerful. We don’t only have the money, but we have the actual votes. And we will use that vote to save this nation from itself,” Hussein said. “Families and children are being wiped out with our tax dollars,” he added. “What we are witnessing today is the tragedy...

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I think letting people know what groups/people are up to is good, so like what happend in 2016 will not be a surprise.

Both parties are corrupt, they won’t just change just because you keep voting for them.

We must openly show them that they need to win our vote, and even then it is not a given that they will receive it.

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Being a bit too pessimistic is not good for the human brain.

What ever happens we humans are good at adapting.

Some of us on the far left see the blues/reds as the same, corrupt and paid for. RFK Jr. is also pro-war, so he is in the same bracket, to a degree.

End of democracy talk has been said for decades, nothing new. Looking at what both parties, we know we live in an oligarchy already.

I would still suggest to watch and learn from people out of your bubble so as to have a more general view of what people think.

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That way of talking is always used to scaremonger, republicans also like to use that.

It seems that it worked last time around, not sure how well it will this time, though…

Others will keep to our principles and vote outside the duopoly.

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Matt Taibbi Explains His Falling Out With Elon Musk [23:37 | Dec 04 2023 | Due Dissidence]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGs4_1--sWM

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Books were being banned and censored way before this decade.

Not sure what you are trying to point out that is not new…

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Seems to be just some good old fashioned scaremongering of the burning of books and such…

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Scaremongering…

Bogeyman Trump, does that work on people? Does it really scare them into voting for the blue team?

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Awesome, nice to meet you again!

Yeah, it seems to work. Not sure how well it will work this time though.

We won’t know the details until late 2024…

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edit: added length of video

Thanks for the post!

Classic I like by him is:

Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push (Official Video) [4:45]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl83mI69nX4

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B.o.B - Airplanes (feat. Hayley Williams of Paramore) [Official Video] [3:11]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn6-c223DUU

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