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@ allen @rail.chat

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Hello, my name's Allen. I'm here to share my various train photos, news, and advocacy.

Focused mainly on British Columbia, Ontario and the PNW, sometimes I will post a couple other adventures from where I've gone!

My original photos may be used under the terms of the CC-BY-SA-4.0 license. Feel free to send a message for other uses or any questions. I can speak and write terrible-quality French (français) and mediocre Japanese (日本語).

  • I'm writing to my favourite YouTubers to politely ask them to consider uploading to YouTube alternatives

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  • @cabbage @cecilkorik @brianpeiris There's an initiative in the works to try and answer these questions, forming a co-operative structure dedicated to hosting video platform(s) in a way that can support the needs of creators, viewers and supporters. Focused on Canadian content but hoping to create a widely replicable model. It's polling for names and other feedback right now, have your say:

    https://atomicpoet.org/notice/B0eL2wd3n3aWsnL756

  • First time I've seen the pedestrian crossing button pointing downward

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  • @Multiplexer That's correct. It's on a busy bridge for automobile traffic, so the light does not change until the cyclist or pedestrian buttons are pressed.

  • First time I've seen the pedestrian crossing button pointing downward

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  • @MultiplexerNormally, it points left or right to indicate the direction of crossing.

  • City Life @beehaw.org
    allen @rail.chat

    First time I've seen the pedestrian crossing button pointing downward

  • Air Canada union says flight attendants will continue strike, defy government

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  • @HellsBelleThis is the right move. Imagine if politicians were paid only for the time they were at their seat.

    Railroad unions have followed the process by the book, and there's still no resolution after being in court for a year now:

    https://tcrcplbo.ca/section-107-challenges/

    Being forced to go back to a job under-compensated is an untenable situation here. Something needed to be done lest we lose our right to collective labour action.

    #Solidarity #Railroad #Union #AirCanada #Strike

  • What hardware does not support Linux?

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  • @cm0002

    The RailDriver train simulator controller only has official Windows support.

    After reading the technical documentation from the makers, I cobbled together a "driver" that reads input messages then puts it out as a virtual device like an xbox controller.

    With two translation layers, and with calibration required every time, I am able to play TrainSimWorld with it, because out of the box it can't seem to recognize it.

  • Boycott US @lemmy.ca
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    38.1% fewer Canadians returned to Canada by road from the US last month compared to May 2024.

  • Trump administration terminates approval of New York's congestion pricing program

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  • @politics

    Sorry in advance folks, I couldn't figure out how to make a Link Post from Mastodon.

    Also frightening is Trump's reaction to this on Truth Social, casually referring to himself as king:

    "CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!"

  • politics @lemmy.world
    allen @rail.chat

    Trump administration terminates approval of New York's congestion pricing program