Mark 🐀

@lunaephemera.bsky.social

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He/Him | Low Level Bureaucrat, High Level Wizard | Urbanism and Public Transit Die-Hard | I'll die in Albuquerque, that's a threat and a promise.

Image of a comic about reefer madness. Its showing how allegedly bad "Satan's Cigarettes" are to the youth and also society.
A sad wojack is surrounded by the circle of hell that is railroading. Top text says, "The gov't sells off their rails to a bunch of private companies to create competition." Next says, "They begin to merge together because its more efficient and less annoying to manage transfers." Then, "You get some fuck-ass huge monopoly of trains." And lastly, "The gov't nationalizes rail because its a monopoly."
Image of Mr. Krabs from spongebob smiling. Text says, "congratulations sailor you made it to Friday"
Anime girl with a dukes hat, Santa Fe brewing 7k IPA in one hand, a roadrunner in the other and in a Zia hoodie looking happy. She stands in front a panoramic of ABQ. Text says, "New Mexico Mentioned"
I think a yucca that's beginning to flower out of the top. It's cute.
Weezer blue album with different 3D renders of Carl Wheezer from Jimmy Neutron.
Front page of the ABQ Journal for today, Jan. 16th. The main point is the larger headline that says, "Report finds needed NM road projects have high cost." They then site a mediocre study that doesn't source its sources very well in their 27 page PDF about how if we just expanded the interstates more we'd solve freight. They pay lip service to transit and other transportation investment, but don't bother to find any of those kinds of projects that would help get people out of their cars or move freight onto a train.
Frankly heroic burqueños standing in hail and sleet to protest the killing of Renee Good by ICE.
Blue square with text that says, "don't get the bluesky account subpoenaed"
A barrel with raw sugarcane sticking up out of it. It costs $6.49.
Man holding phone stock image right next to some visualizations of viruses.
Edited tweet from "Cam (@matrixreloaded_) that says, "Rich people on here will say anything. 'Charlie Brown had foreign money involved.' No he didn't. That isn't true."
Pie chart showing metric tons of carbon emissions from the congressional budget office. Chart shows that personal vehicles are 58%, commercial truck and bus at 25%, air at 10%, pipeline at 3%, water at 2% and rail also at 2%.
'No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
Pic of a skeleton in a suit with some cobwebs around him. He sits at a desk with an American flag behind him. Text says, "Cobweb-Covered Skeleton Gripping Senate Desk Expected to Seek 15th Term."
Deep fried meme of a dude sitting in a car with a peace sign. Text says, "Understandable. Have a great day."
Image of a couple of nice lookin plants in some highly visible painted tires.
Anime girl I think from K-on edited to be wearing a yellow and red hoodie with a zia symbol on it, holding a screaming roadrunner, Santa Fe Brewing "7k IPA", wearing a Dukes hat. Text says, "New Mexico Mentioned"
Tweet from NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) that says, "U.S. THIRD QUARTER ADVANCED ESTIMATE GDP REPORT CANCELED."
Classic SpongeBob yelling meme where he looks insane and is yelling at a woman fish. Squidward looks on in shocked terror.
A soyjack edit where the soyjack guys have NM merch (a Dukes hat and United Jersey with a Zia symbol beanie) pointing at ABQ Downtown.
Screenshot of Europa Universalis V in which you can see Italy. Its the southern half and its labeled "Two Sicilies." Doing this was a mistake.
A blue-eyed white cat stares just above the camera. behind it is a beautiful starry sky just after dusk. Text above the cat says, "i yearn."
Man wearing devil costume working in cubicle decorated for Halloween.
Picture of text that says, "Despite the risk of owing more than the car’s worth, some lenders are pushing even longer terms. Schwartz, who used to work for Ford Motor Co.’s lending arm, said he’s amazed to see the return of 8-year loans, which first appeared shortly before lax lending practices triggered the Great Recession of 2009. Such 96-month loans account for less than 1% of auto loans, but they are on the rise. And for years lenders avoided them altogether."
A rare photo of a light rain in Old Town ABQ. Center image is a bike rack (no bikes), a sandwich board advertising for the Tiny Grocer, and a table. Beyond is an empty parking lot and various greenery.
2 panel comic showcasing a number on the ground and a couple guys pointing at it. The text at the top says, "What people think arguing on the internet is like" and the two men pointing at the number have a different number they say, one is "6" one is "9." The bottom panel is similar, but the men have computers over them indicating they're AI, and instead of 6 and 9 (nice), they say, "4" and, "Slur."
Interior shot of train, the lights are purple and red.
Expertly taken and framed photo of the Santa Fe railyard water tower from inside the train.
Anime girl I think from K-on edited to be wearing a yellow and red hoodie with a zia symbol on it, holding a screaming roadrunner, Santa Fe Brewing "7k IPA", wearing a Dukes hat. Text says, "New Mexico Mentioned"
Old Twitter screenshot from Horse ebooks (@Horse_ebooks) that says, "Everything happens so much"
Profile shot of some backyard mushrooms. No idea what they are.
“I’ve not gotten a single phone call from anybody in the Democratic Party outside of the state of Maine. Nobody’s followed up with me from D.C. Nobody’s reached out. Nothing,” he says. “Which I take as a compliment.” Perhaps he should let those calls go to voicemail. Platner sees no reason to fear spooking a Trump voter on issues the Democratic consultant class has deemed to be politically radioactive. “I stand right in the fucking way of anyone who’s going to try to come after the freedoms of the LGBTQIA+ community,” he wrote in a Reddit AMA. On X, he put it baldly: “There is a genocide happening in Palestine.” Screenshot of text that says: Don’t run away from what you believe, he says. Plant the flag and move on. “Talk about health care affordability, about housing affordability, about basic material issues,” he says. “Be who you are and stick to it and don’t get dragged into the nonsense.”
Me holding some art that says "Burque"
A pretty terrible screenshot of the new Chappell Roan song on Spotify. Text says, "The Subway Chappell Roan"
Screenshot of article text. Highlighted text says, "Perhaps most critically, Lake adds: 'You can't get these voters by just being against things. You have to be for something... You have to be offering solutions... And you have to be standing up and fighting.' Next paragraph, unhighlighted, says, "Previously publicized voter data indicated that millions of voters who cast votes for Biden in 2020 failed to appear at the polls to back his vice president four years later. Lake Research Partners polled 822 registered voters in battleground states who matched that profile, and what they found was that those voters are more liberal, and more plugged into the news, than many of the loudest pundits and prognosticators have assumed."
A gross looking pipe leaking black water and peeling paint in downtown Albuquerque.
Cycle of despair that says, "Promise viable campaign and governance policies to voters to win support > Donors get mad at your popular and good policies and remove money > remove viable campaign and governance policies to appease donors and lose support > donors want you to garner popular support and give you money" then repeats.
Beautiful bike trail with trumpet vine flowers of red and yellow all along it.
Picture of the Albuquerque "No kings" protest.
Google street view pic of a truck in front of a fenced off, dirt lot full of pallets and a trailer. Trailer looks to be dilapidated at best.
K-on anime meme where the girl is dressed in the garb of a particular place. She's in a yellow and red hoodie with a zia symbol and Dukes baseball cap, holding a 7k IPA from Santa Fe Brewing and a screaming roadrunner. The background is a sunset picture of Albuquerque.
4 hanging bolo ties. 2 have old pictures of steam engines, one of an old west downtown and another I can't quite tell, I think a streetcar.
Tweet from lauren (@NotABigJerk) saying, "i'm not falling for that hot take. that's clearly someone with a fetish for getting yelled at. i refuse to participate in that kind of perversion"
Sexy-ass electric train at a station. It's sleek and ready to carry 100x more people more quickly and efficiently than a personal automobile.
Philly mascot Gritty skating on ice in a stadium with a pride flag.
"STOP DOING Traffic Engineering • YEARS OF Car Studies yet NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND for Vehicle through-put equations • Wanted to Buy groceries?? We had a tool for that: it was called Walking • 'Yes please give me Green-Time to Cycle Time Ratio." - Statements dreamed up by evil wizards LOOK at what Traffic Engineers have been demanding your Respect for all this time, with all the Bridges & Roads we built for them (This is REAL "work," done by REAL Traffic Engineers ):" Picture of immense traffic and an insane equation for Pedestrian Intersection LOS in the parent post picture ?????? ???????? ?????????????????????????????????? "'Hello I would like Ped Int LOS (Signal) Please' They have played us for absolute fools"
Picture of a TV with two news anchors and a news ticker. The news ticker says, "What is blue sky? New social media platform gaining in popularity." The program is on Daytime NBC.
Seto Kaiba from Yu-Gi-Oh, in 16-bit style saying, "Shadow Realm? Oh, you're going somewhere far worse than that. Colorado."
Picture of Sammy Rae at the top. Under is a list of top artists as follows: 1 - Sammy Rae and the friends, 2 - Chappell Roan, 3 - Saint Motel, 4 - Couch, 5 - The Beatles. Next to that is Top Songs as follows: 1 - Good Luck Babe!, 2 - Murder on the Dancefloor, 3 - Talk it Up, 4 - Espresso, 5 - love is embarrassing. Lastly, there is minutes listened: 49,351.
Pic of a new all-white PC, there are 4 fans visible, all emitting a light-blue color and a small figurine of Nami from League of Legends on the bottom.
A crowd of people, many standing, many more playing games at designated stations. Others in the picture are sitting arena style waiting for a stream to start.
Headline text that reads, "Matt Gaetz withdraws as attourney general nominee, says 'Trump's DOJ must be in place and ready on Day 1'"
"Modern" people movers that look exactly like street cars or try to mimic train aesthetics but with wheels. There are 3 examples, the first looks more like a bus, the second is a red, open sided trolly, and the last is a faux train with segmented cars behind the lead car.
Title of an article that says, "U.S. House ethics panel Republicans vote against disclosure of Gaetz report."
A photo featuring foggy trees and prominent power lines and pole to create some lead-lines in the composition.
Image showing my account was #621,399 and the first 10% of accounts on BlueSky
A cute mouse in a little hat with the text "the horrors are neverending, yet I remain silly."