I would have been happy to vote for any and all of the tracks in the above thread (edit: see next toot), but I whittled my list down to these final four
@sknob No way 😳😊💚Even if you finally had to discard my song, having arrive to that position is incredible! Look at the others there. I see my own discards and I feel them all winners anyway...
I'm very happy that you liked the song so much :blobbee_heart:
@Langile great simple melody (#earworm), clear and lovely implied harmony, beautiful voice and singing, touching lyrics (even without tuna), what’s not to love ?
A century ago, this photo was taken in Haubstadt, #Indiana. This town had both a #train station and #electric#interurban service, with a population of less than 700.
Now it has over 1,600 people, but has no service of any kind. The station and several of the buildings in this photo are now gone or empty.
Even major cities with populations in the hundreds of thousands sometimes lack basic #rail service. It's painful how much we've lost.
Eight arrested after #climate activists breach German airport
"Climate group #LastGeneration said six individuals had seated themselves on airport asphalt at 4:45 a.m. local time (0245 GMT) to block planes, and it criticised Berlin for subsidising #airlines at the expense of #rail.
Germany's transport minister, Volker Wissing, said new laws were needed to punish such actions as criminal, with up to two years in prison. Current laws classify them as minor offences."
Climate activists glue themselves at #Munich airport to protest pollution caused by flying
"The activists from the group Last Generation were protesting flying, the most polluting form of transportation.
#LastGeneration [accused] the German government of “downplaying” the negative effects of flying on the environment instead of “finally acting sincerely.”"
It's worth mentioning that BILL C-371 from Taylor Bachrach would give #canada passenger #rail priority.
It's just sitting there after first reading.
People who like rail transportation should encourage their local MPs to support this bill.
It's an easy win. https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-371/first-reading
@john Obvious, innit? The whole thing needs to be nationalized and run in a coherent way for the benefit of citizens — not (as it is now) split into a dozen separate little isolated fiefdoms, each run for the beneft of shareholders.
@mike Probably wouldn't hurt, but I think there's something else going on, because the nationalised mainland European ones aren't cheap either, and some aren't very reliable. All of them are confusing.
I am travelling by train from Brussels, in Belgium, to Messina, in Sicily. I am used to international rail travel, but this is my longest one-way trip yet at 2,500 km. Day one was Brussels - Paris - Geneva - Milan. Day two is today, Milan - Messina with an early start that should take me to Messina by dinner time. Beautiful early morning light! #rail
@mario hello Mario. I just took the 6.40 Italo from Milan to Villa San Giovanni, and then a Bluejet ferry to cross the strait.
If you travel from Brussels alternative is to enter Switzerland through Germany. Unfortunately Deutsche Bahn struggles with delays, so I recommend making sure you have no tight connections. 30 mins would be the minimum.
Belated update: the whole 2,500 km journey through four countries ran flawlessly, not one minute of delay. And day 2 was even a day of strike by Italian rail workers!
So that was great. Unfortunately it is always rather unusual. I love #rail travel, but delays and missed connections are a real problem, especially with international trips where you need to ride with several operators. A @EU_Commission passengers rights directive, like we have for air travel, would help.