there’s room for improvement at Amtrak but it comes with public investment and smart reform, not this naked attempt to circumvent public ownership and shut the system down for the profit of the oligarchs. Please fight, we will all be the poorer if the USA loses passenger rail
Amtrak has never been stronger. Building on record ridership, record revenue and $10B+ in new fleet, our Board is requesting input on a preliminary framework to modernize our structure for the next 50 years, and we're seeking public feedback. Learn more: https://t.co/xI1m364lLC
M¡ngus’ Moanin’ proves some songs just need a champion to promote: wasn’t “the hit” on its orig.album, Blues & Roots, but go to any high school band room in a wide swath of the WORLD and play the opening lick, and a whole chorus will jump in with the response, thanks to “MBB 93”
seems they only played this for a few months in late 1948, but it’s one of my favorites of his entire catalog.
Ellington tossed away probably dozens of tunes that would have been magnum opuses [opii?] by anyone else’s pen, they sit mostly forgotten now
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Peter Brook’s first one-man show at Agnew’s in 1969 was a turning point, his urban work giving way to what were to become highly collectible portrayals of the decline of Pennine hill farming. ‘Evacuated Farmhouse - Dene Head Valley’ featured on the front cover of the catalogue.
in some ways being horribly neglected as a child and going through repeated tragedies gives you a major advantage in the being happy as an adult department, like basic stability feels absolutely incredible now
glad to finally see some reporting on this. being able to tap a card instead of swiping is easier and quicker, but the benefits pretty much ended there
Some transit riders are claiming that their OMNY cards aren't becoming unlimited after 12 rides, as promised, with others complaining that they're having to pay again for subway to bus transfers, which are supposed to be free.
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New Yorkers will need to prove they’re adults before continuing to scroll through their social media feeds starting this January.
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