I work in predictive maintenance (remote equipment surveillance) for a state-owned electric generator, doing Minority Report-style pre-cog work but for machine breakdowns. My favourite quote from a coworker is ”Prediction is a shit business to be in, especially when it involves the future”

While Jan Liggett could and absolutely should get her own mini-sode, her politics make much more sense in context; Cambridge (three rust-belt industrial towns in an oversized trench coat) is much more chud-coded than Kitchener-Waterloo. It’s hard to overstate how much she truly represents that town

“April flurries bring May worries”

happy Conrail day! I spotted this beaut in a CN railyard a week ago