Samuel Santaella

@samuelsantaella.bsky.social

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Lifelong outer-borough #NYC resident; #climatechange and #trafficviolence realist; proponent of #bikeNYC, trains, trees, & many more for all. Less active rn, but not absent. 🌐 nycstreetsutures.wordpress.com

A partial screenshot of the quoted Bluesky post, showing that it was posted "11m" ago.
Stadler RS ZERO, as presented at https://www.stadlerrail.com/en/solutions/rolling-stock/mainline-rs-zero
A map of Priority Corridors in Page 19 of "Next Stop: Fast Buses, Better Service". Many corridors are marked on the map, but Queens Boulevard isn't.
Three ductless air conditioning units (also known as mini-splits) mounted next to each other on a wall of a building.
A NotifyNYC alert that I received on my smartphone. It's informing that J and Z train service is suspended in both directions between Broadway Junction and Delancy Street-Essex Street stations due to a person struck by a train.
An e-mail I got from MTA at 8:48 AM, advising me to expect longer delays on the Q42 and Q83 buses due to a car crash at Liberty Avenue and 168th Street.
A parking regulations sign on the south curb of Hillside Avenue near 161 Street. Parking is prohibited for street cleaning between 7:30 AM and 8:30 AM, except Sunday. Two-hour metered parking is in effect between 8:30 AM and 7 PM, except Sunday. This is ParkNYC zone number 403184. Photo taken December 21, 2025, 4:33 PM.
A countdown clock for the bus stop at Farmers Boulevard & 111 Avenue The next Q3 bus to Jamaica is 17 minutes away, and the next Q83 bus to Jamaica is 18 minutes away. Photo taken on December 16, 2025, 2:21 PM.
A street intersecting another street at a diagonal angle. Snow remains where most car drivers don't drive or park, making for a crosswalk that looks far narrower than usual. Photo taken on December 15, 2025, 6:33 PM.
A screenshot of an alert from NotifyNYC informing us that "due to a person struck by a train, J train service is suspended in both directions between Delancey St-Essex Street in Manhattan and Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn. Consider alternate routes and allow for additional travel time. For more information, please visit www.mta.info."
A NotifyNYC alert that I received on my smartphone. It reads: "Due to a person struck by a train, L train service is suspended between Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs and Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy. Consider alternate routes and allow for additional travel time."
A countdown clock for the bus stop at Linden Boulevard and Farmers Boulevard. The next Q4 bus to Jamaica is 35 minutes away, and the next Q51 bus to Ozone Park is 31 minutes away. Photo taken on Sunday, September 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM.
NYC DOT's Bike the Block event on 89 Avenue between Merrick Boulevard and 168 Street. The street was temporarily closed to cars, allowing people to enjoy themselves in the asphalt, with various activities set up in tents.
A notification from NotifyNYC informing of a severe thunderstorm warning for Manhattan, Queens, and The Bronx until 3:30 PM on September 6, 2025.
Epic Handshake meme. One arm says "Stadler; the other arm says "KDE Plasma"; and where both hands meet in the handshake, it says "KISS".
The Subway Now app in the Google Play Store, bearing Sunny Ng's name.
A NotifyNYC alert that I received on my smartphone. It's informing that L train service is suspended due to a person struck by a train.
An attempt to take a photo of the sky during a sunset. The sky was purple and pink. There wasn't much open space to fill the entire frame with just the sky, so trees and a house are also visible in the photo. Taken August 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM.
A countdown clock for the bus stop at Farmers Boulevard & 111th Avenue. The next Q3 bus to Jamaica is 7 minutes away, and the next Q83 bus to Jamaica is 32 minutes away. Photo taken at August 5, 2025, 7:57 PM.
A screenshot of my smartphone's notifications tray, taken at 3:24 PM. Three of the five visible notifications have to do with flash flood warnings as part of forecasted heavy rain. A fourth one is about a closure of all lanes on Clearview Expressway due to flooding. A fifth is about a severe thunderstorm watch back from 1:30 PM
A screenshot of my account settings in WordPress.com. The option at the very bottom is the option to "Delete your account permanently". The description text for the option reads: "Delete all of your sites, and close your account completely."
A "No Parking" sign, altered to say "No King except monarch butterfly".
A smartphone screenshot of the NotifyNYC citywide alert for a flood watch, posted on July 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM.
Cropped screenshot of the website transsee.ca. It shows three runs of the Q90 bus from LaGuardia Airport to Flushing at 5:02, 5:22, and 5:42 PM, each taking 49, 47, and 47 minutes respectively to complete the entire trip.
Tall trees lining the storefronts and providing a lot of shade to the sidewalk, as seen from the intersection of Linden Boulevard and Mexico Street.
A notification on my smartphone from NotifyNYC urging residents to "prepare for dangerous heat beginning Sunday, June 22, 2025. Forecasts show heat index values could reach 107°F".
Notification from NotifyNYC saying that "due to downed power lines, Amtrak service is suspended between New York and New Haven in both directions. ... For more information, please visit www.amtrak.com".
The now-closed 165th Street terminal, as seen from across the street where the library is. No buses or people there, other than a few MTA employees to redirect people to the interim terminal.
Island B of the Interim "Jamaica Bus Terminal" facing west.
A countdown clock at a bus stop showing that the next Q4 bus to Jamaica is 33 minutes away. The location of the bus stop is “Linden Bl & Farmers Bl”. The photograph was taken on May 31, 2025, 2:39 PM.
The view from the shuttle train as it runs in Hammels Wye, a section of track in the Rockaways not normally used for passenger service. This shuttle train ran while normal A train was cut back to Howard Beach-JFK for a reconstruction project.
I'm riding the carousel at Prospect Park. Many other people, including children, are also riding on the other horses.
A truck driver hauling a 53-foot trailer has finished making a left turn.
The weekday turntable for LaGuardia Airport-bound Q72 buses after noon. Buses are no less frequent than every 20 minutes until 7:10 PM, and run every half hour starting 8:50 PM.
A countdown clock at a bus stop showing that the next Q72 bus to Rego Park is 39 minutes away. The location of the bus stop is shown underneath and says “Junction Bl & Roosevelt Av”. The photograph has a timestamp on the lower left corner, which says “May 08, 2025 4:58 PM”
The next Q33 bus is 23 minutes away, according to a countdown clock. Information about bus destinations and the location of the stop is missing. Photo taken May 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Within the linked article, there's a header that reads: "You paint seen nothing yet".
A countdown clock at a bus stop showing that the next Q3 bus to Jamaica is 18 minutes away, and the next Q83 bus to Jamaica is 5 minutes away. The location of the bus stop is shown underneath and says “Farmers Bl & 111 Av”. Taken at 7:52 PM on April 28, 2025.
The Steam gaming client is open with the 100% Orange Juice game ready to play. This is on a KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop with the Power and Battery system tray widget open, showing the Power Profile set to Power Save.
A Riders Alliance post on X, as relayed to Mastodon via "bird.makeup". It reads: "you ever look at a subway map and just wanna… ✏️✏️” Attached is a map of the New York City subway, with lines manually drawn, indicating desired subway extensions.
A cropped screenshot of the weather from the Google app. 54 degrees Fahrenheit right now.
Two notifications from the NotifyNYC app on my smartphone, each announcing suspension of B and D train service respectively, due to a person struck by a train.
When you tap on the "Mobile signature" option in the settings within Gmail for Android, it now says: "Add a mobile signature, or leave blank to use your web signature."
A pop-up message I got after opening iCloud Mail on my desktop browser. It reads: "Introducing Categories. Find the messages that matter most in Primary and organize everything else into Transactions, Updates, and Promotions."
The download page for Google Earth Pro when loaded from a browser on Linux. A 64-bit .deb package and a 64-bit .rpm package are available.
NotifyNYC alert of disruption to F train service in Brooklyn due to loss of third rail power.
At 6:35 PM on February 26, 2025, the next Q5 bus to Green Acres was 19 minutes away, according to the countdown clock at Archer Boulevard & Merrick Boulevard.
NotifyNYC alert appearing as a smartphone notification: “FDNY Message: Do Not Block Fire Hydrants. The FDNY is urging New Yorkers to never block fire hydrants with parked cars. It is illegal to park within 15 feet of a fire hydrant. Every second matters in an emergency, and blocking a hydrant could delay firefighters when responding. Call 311 to report a blocked or improperly opened fire hydrant. For more information, go to FDNYSmart.org.”
As I'm using Google Sheets, a pop-up shows telling me to enable copy, cut, and paste by installing a Google Chrome extension or using keyboard shortcuts.
Oonee Policy Update: Bags No Longer Allowed in Stations. This is an e-mail.
My Mastodon reply showing up under a Lemmy post. This post is in the server lemmy.kde.social and is titled: "This Week in Plasma's final #Plasma6.3 polishing brings a nicer looking Welcome Center, better keyboard navigation for Kate's session's widget, an option make panel pop-ups use the floating style."
Comparison chart titled “Average Typical Weekday Speeds, 2014”. This chart compares average speeds of buses from multiple cities in the United States, with LA leading the way at 10.7 MPH and NYC representing the slowest buses at 7.4 MPH. Taken from TransitCenter's 2016 report “Turnaround: Fixing New York City’s Buses”.
4:49 PM Android notification from Notify NYC: “MTA Suspension - E, F, R Trains (QN). Due to a person struck by a train, E, F, R train service is suspended in both directions in Queens. Consider alternate routes and allow for additional travel time. For more information, please visit www.mta.info.
Little Hell Gate Bridge, Randall's Island