Jonathan Mertzig
mertzigzag@urbanists.social
<p>professional destroyer of software. sewer socialist. queer geek. wannabe polyglot. car avoider/walker/cyclist/transit enthusiast. 🦩🍻</p><p>Admittedly more active over on BlueSky (same handle) but I try to post the more interesting things here too... and sometimes entirely different things!</p>
Posts
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Post #3125088
I don’t speak Polish but I know what this is about… seemed like an appropriate souvenir for our time.
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Post #3125087
European cities: “Ugh! We hate the sound of tourists’ rolling luggage!” Also European cities: “Our Cobblestone Engineering department has achieved a special European Union award for maximum unevenness per square meter!” 🧱
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Post #3125086
Apparently my Łódź tram is going all the way to Bochum.
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Post #3125085
Me buying a bottle of water: Oh no! This Żabka is closed. Oh good, there’s another Żabka across the park. Oh wait, there’s a Żabka closer on that corner. &lt;look to my right&gt; oh there’s another Żabka like 3m away. 😵💫 Talk about a convenience store! It’s like you can’t go 10m in Poland without one! 😂
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Post #3018405
Trying to understand the enshittification of allergy forecasts/pollen counts in the USA these last couple years. Used to be most weather sites and a few specialized apps had reliable and consistent info… now I get wildly different results for the same regions…
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Post #3018404
Went to Slide Away in Chicago tonight. Great show, and a lesson that more festivals should be sponsored by pickles. Who doesn’t love a free pickle?!? And a bonus pickle guitar solo! 🎸 🥒
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Post #3018403
On vacation so I’ve been slacking with my Mastodon posting. Here’s some Polish trams to make up for it… from Krakow:
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Post #3018402
Sometimes on my travels, I come across things that make me pause and contemplate the cost of freedom…
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Post #3018401
@lynnesbian you already had me LOLing at “Transmeta Crusoe”—the rest was icing on the cake. 😂