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  Why is it an impossible task for humanity to leave public restrooms clean?

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  Nothing makes you appreciate transit like flying into BWI and trying to leave in a rental car.

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  I don't know how many times Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez has to flush before people stop doubting her. https://www.npr.org/2026/10/11/nx-s1-5968691/midterm-elections-washington-congressional-district

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  Car brain

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  "Safety First," says Maryland SHA as they leave every guardrail terminal broken. Larry Hogan, I hope you're proud of your legacy.

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  The old white dude COO announced his retirement at the end of the year and you guys I am waiting with bated breath to hear which old white dude they are gonna replace him with in a few months.

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  Forget "the middle class," the most unifying segment of the US population is people opposed to data centers.

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  @cobalt123@beige.party She's the poster child for female body dysmorphia. But I agree she tries to look like a 50s comic book heroine.

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  @cobalt123@beige.party "hyper female breasts?" Cus you know how her moulded plastic configures her breasts is not remotely natural so I'm really curious what "female breasts" are as opposed to "breasts" and what makes them "hyper."

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  Congrats to the squirrel who got the first ripe strawberry of the season. I hope you and the snail who ate my baby sunflower burn in hades.

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  Was I too nice copying "Joe" on my response to the Peter Principle dude who assumed that I know Joe's availability even though Joe works for an entirely different organization. But I get it, I'm a girl, I should be able to schedule the meeting for all the boys, right?

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  Prayers for another fallen sunflower

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  At least the milkweed is going gangbusters

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  LA Metro opened an extension to it's underground subway today. The grand opening was held on the rooftop of the Petersen Automotive Museum. Things have gone full circle from Big Auto destroying LA's extensive street car system.

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  TIL 9yos kick soccer balls really hard.

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  I used to work in horse racing. I helped train horses, loaded them into starting gates, analyzed performances, created stallion ads, was a tipster, and so on. Somehow, I always forget big race days are about betting and fashion. #KentuckyDerby

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  The photographer took an action shot that made a kid--who was on my kid's soccer team and was so awful several teammates quit soccer--look absolutely ridiculous. My kid and I indulged in some delicious schadenfreude.

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  Since most people mad at traffic engineers aren't mad at urban hydrologists, and since I had occasion to revisit this wonderful article today, I thought I'd drop some insight into the professional practice of engineering and the trade offs we make. https://www.stormwater.com/home/article/13003575/voodoo-hydrology Science is the search for why, but engineering is the struggle for reliably predicting outcomes.

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  Russian olive trees smell so bad. 🤢

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  Cake pops are overrated

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  Oh good, we've reached the "if I can't have it nobody can" stage of diplomacy.

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  Talked to my Iranian colleague today. "I talked to my parents this morning; I don't know if it's for the last time or not."

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  Thinking of the six women (including me) who graduated together with a degree in civil eng 28 years ago. - P (BW) never worked as an engineer - J (AW) masters degree, worked a few years, married, had kids, never worked again - T (BW) masters degree, 10+ years progressive experience, had a kid with special needs, left workforce - R (AW) PhD, had kids, left workforce - J (WW) City Engineer of a 2m+ population Metro area - Me (WW) masters degree, hanging in the industry but do advisory work