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trains

Everyone cool loves public transit

@riotgrrrl

Jan 26, 2024

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i love trains

i love going on the train.

@polaris_is_here

Dec 26, 2024

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eavesdropping on a train

People have the craziest convos on a train (I’m thinking Amtrak, Eurostar, etc) , especially the solo travelers who chat up the people sitting next to them. The last few times I’ve taken my headphones off on a train and tuned into the convos around me I learned and giggled a lot. Would highly recommend!

@gtrevi

Apr 14, 2024

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CD’s are the enduring future

like many of the other responses to this post, I think that having physical copies of media ensures that there is some enduring access. It’s archival. I would also add that having the physical copies enhances engagement with the media. This is of course a privilege bc physical media is usually more expensive than digital, but I do think that consuming Digital media is often more passive. Idk. I love my phone too (and Spotify and the internet archive and Gutenberg project). But after I started collecting CDs and physical books I became very interested in getting as much as possible out of them. listening to the same album in its entirety for weeks at a time. rereading a book (Seriously, I would rarely reread a book before). Also lending the copies to friends is the best thing in the world. Like being able to share and then discus- or even just the sharing. Whether or not you get it back it just becomes a gift. Which is nice. Anyways to blabber on this last point: I don’t think that you always have to personally own and keep forever all of the physical media you accrue. just going to a library does a lot of the same good (supporting local archiving + engaging with stuff my tangibly + media becoming communal). learning that many libraries still have VHS, CDs, and DVDs available to check out changed my life. ya.

@ummmvia

3d ago

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If cats DISAPPEARed from the world

Bought this for cheap in Berlin and read this on the plane + train back to London. had to fight tears. Such a quick and beautiful read.

@ummmvia

3d ago

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The Belfry of Ghent

views of Ghent/Gint were so beautiful from the top. The most accessible monument I’ve ever visited as well, it was really nice being able to see this with my partner.

@ummmvia

3d ago