Lichota Seidewand

Enjoy every day • LA • London • Malibu Ski League

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

Saving LA - Phase III

[John Ennis @johnennis]

I don't really understand how the LA mayor race is a race at all

How is "There was no water in the fire hydrants" not just 100% disqualifying for both incumbents?

What is the point of paying taxes if the lowest possible expectations are not met?

[Lichota Seidewand @SeidewandStyle]

@Vinny_Daniel0 2016-2019 was truly is all-time. 3 Saturdays a month. We all still talk about it lol. Helluva run.

41 Ocean, (old) Victorian, 31 Ten, Shore Bar, etc. the golden days of the Westside 🪦

[Vinny Daniel @Vinny_Daniel0]

The Bungalow pre-Covid in LA is something that should be in the Smithsonian

[sgb @sadgirlyboss]

linkedin has convinced millions of people their email job is a hero’s journey

[Mark E. Jeftovic @jeftovic]

Fascinating

[Alex Feinberg @Alexfeinberg]

Spencer Pratt is basically telling LA voters they deserve to live in a first world country

[Oluwajomiloju @JomiAdeniran]

Watching your girl dispute a room charge with the front desk

[Carter Byrd @CarterByrd13]

Alberta is gonna have a hell of a college football program when they join the United States.

[Lichota Seidewand @SeidewandStyle]

@NoahPollak @RyanSaavedra @SadamThielen dog lol

[Lee (Greater) @shortmagsmle]

I’m noticing a lot of foreigners who seem to not understand why we’d risk hundreds of lives, spend millions of dollars, and sacrifice several aircraft to rescue one guy. And the reason they don’t understand is also the reason people can’t be made American by a piece of paper.

[Casual Thursday @CasualThursday]

We haven’t seen a Duke go out like that since Franz Ferdinand

[Boring_Business @BoringBiz_]

How Wharton MBAs feel when they find a family HVAC business with no website and the founder has no idea what Claude is

[Cons @CaptainCons]

When they taped the bird’s head back on and gave it to the blind kid

[Ginger @Gboye_Rave]

i barely go on instagram cause everybody’s life just seems too perfect. i come on here cause y’all are lunatics

[Matt Shumer @mattshumer_]

https://t.co/ivXRKXJvQg

[Daily Harry Potter @TheDailyHPotter]

There’s real tears in my eyes, this is the best Harry Potter summary/explanation ever 😌

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇨🇳 CHINA'S MAGLEV HITS 700 KM/H IN 2 SECONDS - PLANNING 1,000 KM/H - WHILE AMERICA ARGUES ABOUT FIXING POTHOLES

China just tested a maglev platform that accelerates to 700 km/h (435 mph) in 2 seconds. Target speed: 1,000 km/h (621 mph). That's faster than commercial aircraft. On the ground.

The acceleration alone is borderline violent - 0 to 435 mph in two seconds is 9.8g. Fighter jet territory. Passengers would need specialized seating just to survive the launch.

But let's address reality: This is a test platform. Prototype speeds don't mean operational trains. China announces ambitious projects constantly. Some materialize (their existing 430 km/h maglev in Shanghai works). Others disappear quietly.

The pattern though? They're attempting scale nobody else is. High-speed rail connecting every major city. Maglev research pushed to extremes. Infrastructure spending that makes Western investment look microscopic.

Meanwhile in America: Amtrak averages 105 km/h between cities. California's high-speed rail project started in 2008, burned $10+ billion, and hasn't moved a passenger. The fastest train in the U.S. hits 240 km/h for exactly one 54-mile stretch.

China's going for 1,000 km/h. Even if they only achieve 800 km/h operationally, that's still triple America's maximum.

Here's why this matters beyond trains: Infrastructure capacity signals industrial capability.

If China can build and operate 1,000 km/h trains, they can manufacture the precision components, power systems, and control mechanisms that transfer to aerospace, military, and manufacturing.

The U.S. won the 20th century partly because it built the Interstate Highway System when others couldn't.

China's betting the 21st century winner will be whoever builds impossible infrastructure first.

They might fail. Engineering challenges at 1,000 km/h are extreme - air resistance, track precision, emergency braking, passenger safety.

But they're trying while America argues whether to fix the L train in New York.

Even Chinese failure puts them ahead. You learn more from attempting the impossible than from successfully maintaining mediocrity.

Source: Xinhua, CGTN

[Chris Mowrey @chrisdmowrey]

95% of sales volume was what

[Lichota Seidewand @SeidewandStyle]

@AerLingus look here everyone, more robots. the jokes write themselves at @AerLingus . Avoid at all costs. Tier 3 airline.