garrett 🤠

enjoyer of walkable cities, cats, and sad girl indie music - proud plant parent - GT bsae ‘23 🔜 NU meche phd ‘28- 🏳️‍🌈

[garrett 🤠 @brokenrobot21]

I present: the syncing of rocket test fires with the canons from Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture
Enjoy

[garrett 🤠 @brokenrobot21]

@physicssux1234 Reminds me to do mine again….hmmm what color to pick

[garrett 🤠 @brokenrobot21]

@atlwinb Ignore the haters. Having lived in Atlanta and now living near Chicago, they are both very similar culturally to the regions they are in. Chicago the largest main hub of the Midwest and Atlanta the Southeast. Not to mention that both exploded in size due to railroads

[garrett 🤠 @brokenrobot21]

Made sure to pay my respects to the Chicago rat hole today. May it bring me good luck

[garrett 🤠 @brokenrobot21]

Car: SF—> LA —> Atlanta (a solo 4 day odyssey)

Bus: Texas to Orlando (I love marching band)

Train: Chicago -> Texas (27 hrs!)

Plane: DFW to Frankfurt, Germany

I have taken some wild trips lol

[emily north @north0fnorth]

car: chicago->st louis->dc->nyc->erie->cleveland->chicago

bus: probably the south shore line bus substitution (?)

train: ann arbor->chicago->wisconsin dells

plane: chicago->hong kong

[garrett 🤠 @brokenrobot21]

Yes, I know this is going to age poorly when it’s -1 F on Tuesday, but idc

[garrett 🤠 @brokenrobot21]

>be me
>move to Chicago
>”omg it’s going to be so cold and snowy”
>”8-12 inches predicted this Friday”
>It rains
Man, climate change sucks

[garrett 🤠 @brokenrobot21]

Flying from one weird place (Austin) to another (Portland). This is about to be the most granola gay flight I have ever been on

[garrett 🤠 @brokenrobot21]

A successful and on time trip, 27 hours later I have survived.

[garrett 🤠 @brokenrobot21]

Just now leaving Union Station on my trip home to Texas! 27 hours until I get home. I’ll post some updates along the way. Packed train!

[garrett 🤠 @brokenrobot21]

A big ball and Texas train livery spotted at Dallas Union Station

[garrett 🤠 @brokenrobot21]

Fun fact, this is actually available on all Amtrak services

[Troy Osinoff 🕺 @yo]

.@Delta what's stopping you from doing this?

[garrett 🤠 @brokenrobot21]

@astrogrifff This post is verified by a true Georgia tech AE graduate

[garrett 🤠 @brokenrobot21]

Trains offer an easy alternative to flying & take cars off the road, an important step in the sustainability of communities. Places like the Front Range, Texas Triangle, and SE Piedmont are seeing explosive pop. growth. They need better rail. 🤞the new FRA routes open soon 3/3

[garrett 🤠 @brokenrobot21]

My most “return to tradition” position is to return to the intercity rail network we used to have. The 1960s image isn’t even the greatest extent we had! I understand that passenger rail isn’t a money maker, but that’s just a good reason to fully nationalize it 🧵1/3

[garrett 🤠 @brokenrobot21]

Long distance trips (Chicago to TX) will never be advantageous over airplanes, except for weirdos like me. They just take too long. But fighting climate change will require replacing <6 hr drives or regional flights with frequent train service. 2/3

[garrett 🤠 @brokenrobot21]

@astrogrifff Imagine paying for wifi. There’s no such thing as “train mode” on phones, except for me when I’m train-posting

[garrett 🤠 @brokenrobot21]

@astrogrifff Yeah, planes are faster and more convenient, but trains are cheaper, more environmentally friendly, a journey unto themselves, no security or checked baggage and….look at all this leg room! More than a full arms length