John Miklos

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Community Planner - I seek to understand everything.

NPR website bio for Ron Elving, author of the odious article, Senior Editor and Correspondent, Washington Desk. He old
Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh
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A marshmallow, impaled upon a linden switch, is subjected to a fiery ordeal. Scattered coals and a small flame provide the only light by which the shallow, square fire pit can be seen.
Museum signage: The depressed economy, troubled international relations, and domestic unrest convinced most Americans that the existing government under the Articles of Confederation could not solve the Nation's problems. Some political leaders believed that a stronger central government was necessary to raise revenue, regulate commerce, and cope with foreign affairs.
Museum signage reading: The news of Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown was the final straw for the British public and a parliament that was tired of an expensive, unwinnable struggle. George 3 was forced to accept a new ministry that was determined to end the unpopular war the opening of tentative peace negotiations did not immediately end the fighting.
Winter, morning, A yellow sign on a post by a city street. It reads "staying silent won't stop then from coming for you too."
An EXCELLENT photoshop (made by yours truly) depicting the doomed Crosley Tower and skyline against an evil sky of ash clouds and volcanic lightning
Cropped bar graph of housing built in PBurgh since 2019. The very small bars for 2 to 19 unit buildings have mark up above them: red dashes outlining the void and a blue frowny face
Lemon Piglet: for good luck in the new year, a lemon Piglet is a must! Insert four toothpicks into a lemon for legs. Slit pointed end for mouth to hold shiny penny, and two cuts for the ears. Eyes are cloves. Crush and curl Alcoa™ aluminium foil for silly tail.
A three-tined dining utensil peeks out of a rolled napkin, on a tabletop beside a laminated restaurant menu
A bowl on a countertop. A teensy-tiny whisk rests in a reddish-brownish liquid speckled with small seeds and pepper flakes. It yummy
Me (person) and Bingley (cat) being a couple of comfy couch potatoes
Dark, moody, infinite dodecahedral tesseract space gridded with arrays of green and purple lights
Population density map of Philadelphia and surroundings
Train arriving at platform. The weather is really nice, perfectly sweater compatible. It's so good.
Golden morning sunlight drenches a still trainless railway station
A very cool cargo bike sits at a bike rack on the sidewalk outside of a grocery outlet supermarket. Three floors of apartments are atop the store. Long defunct trolley (tram) tracks run down the center of an otherwise stone avenue. A row of small brick storefront buildings stand facing the grocery. There's also some trees
View of the sidewalk. It ends at a driveway, even though there is adequate space to just continue across this lot to the corner of the block where it reaches a park.
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Drawing. Block texted reads: Save Money! Be A Cat!!! A cartoony Garfield-ish cat with uncomfortably humanoid face sits in the corner with a vacant expression. A lil cartoon fishy skeleton lies before him.
Map showing Tillamook Row development in Portland, Oregon. Multiple streetcar and light rail lines are visible within a few blocks. Multiple grocery markets are visible with 3-10 blocks
A green and yellow and silver articulated PCC trolley fever dream trundles through a photoshopped sunny Philadelphia street scene
FB Marketplace listing for a white metal sign that says "NUGS NOT DRUGS" in black text, with a photo of several McChicken McNuggets just McSitting there. The asking price is five dollars. The listing refers to the sign as a "Mental prayer that says nuges not drugs"
In the close foreground, a hand holds the book "How the Railways Will Fix the Future" by Gareth Dennis. To the side of the book, a SEPTA regional rail train is departing from a station in the background.
A nest of duck eggs is hiding all sneaky like in some plants by the edge of the water
Chalk drawing of a big, happy, juicy blueberry on jointed pale concrete. Another drawing of a shiny blue balloon sneaks into the edge of the frame. There's a smudge of stray charcoal.
Informational sign from a zoo. It reads: "Wild lions may feel threatened and run if you get too close. Zoo lions let you get closer because their enclosure makes them feel secure."
A mossy green gray brown muddy rocky land parts to allow the passage of a pokey little creek. Bare trees rake a dull mottled overcast sky. Ripples on the water give texture to the reflected.
bluetweet from John Boys which reads "if the nfl rules that the tush push is illegal, that means all the games the eagles have won in recent years will be vacated and the chiefs will be retroactively recognized as this year's super bowl champion, thereby securing a threepeat. if anyone disagrees, please quote this post or leave a reply"
A small songbird perched atop the corner of a sign which reads "a future to believe in" attached to the front of a podium.
6-pack of Leinenkugel's Berry Weiss
worm-in-a-rock-god is in a radio studio sitting at a desk in front of a microphone, sleepily regarding a cup of stale coffee and a few paper notes. A sign in the background identifies the radio station as 104.6 WORM, "the GOD of ROCK STATIONS"
Four bicycles in a shabby, but dry and clean unfinished basement. One bike is above the others, suspended from hooks on the wall.
Panel 1: seagull's head is thrown backwards, its mouth open, inhaling for a mighty war cry Panel 2: seagull's head is projecting forwards, with motion blur and a teal laser eyes effect. The bird screams Go Birds to proclaim its loyalty to the great nation of Philadelphia.
Sketchy black and white drawing of a big fearsome kraken squid thing
Portrait of a gloriously disheveled pile of sandwich composed of French toast, Xmas ham, caràmelized onions, and provolone cheese beside an imperious wedge of razzleberry pie.
A four seat cycle surrey parked on the grass beside a parking lot, behind a berth signed utility vehicle parking
Curving trolley tracks poke out of the broken pavement of an urban street