Post #4050438
2026-07-24 00:43 UTC
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org @paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange @W6KME@mastodon.radio @larand@appdot.net @moira@mastodon.murkworks.net @cookiesinheaven@m.ai6yr.org
I memorized this song. It's a tiny bit amusing that some issues that seemed so important in the 60s are still being fought over today.
https://youtu.be/MbtkL5_f6-4?is=QtADh1z52lz44pbY
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@paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange 2026-07-24 00:58
@Dougfir@m.ai6yr.org @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org @W6KME@mastodon.radio @larand@appdot.net @moira@mastodon.murkworks.net @cookiesinheaven@m.ai6yr.org "fight the fare increase, vote for george o'brian. get poor charlie off the MTA." fun trivia. the MTA song was based on "the train that never returned", which was based on "the ship that never returned", all 3 using the same melody.
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@W6KME@mastodon.radio 2026-07-24 00:48
@Dougfir@m.ai6yr.org @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org @paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange @larand@appdot.net @moira@mastodon.murkworks.net @cookiesinheaven@m.ai6yr.org This was on my mind when the Los Angeles Rapid Transit District, or RTD, changed its name to MTA. Staggering level of clulessness. Poor ol' Charlie.