san francisco Captivating first-person video from a San Francisco cable car in the 1960s David Pescovitz
movies Actual San Francisco bus driver's fantastic tweeted review of the Shang-Chi bus scene David Pescovitz
subways There was once a "Miss Subways" beauty contest that displayed its winners on the NYC subway Annie Rauwerda
politics Andrew Cuomo's naked hostility drives out MTA president Andy Byford, the "Train Daddy" who has transformed the world's rail systems Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Buried in Uber's IPO, an aggressive plan to destroy all public transit Cory Doctorow
Science SpaceX launches Hyperloop pod design competition geared for students and indie engineering teams Xeni Jardin
Boing Boing Gadgets Vibrating train window to play ads through the skulls of tired commuters Cory Doctorow
politics Let's learn more about "hard-right legal warrior turned little-known legislator" Mike Johnson, new Speaker of the House Jennifer Sandlin
tabloids World War III starts (yet again) and RFJ Jr is not RFK, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
1970s "Everything Has A History" explores Parker Brothers' 1971 toy, the "Johnny Horizon Environmental Test Kit" Jennifer Sandlin