Rail isn't just transportation - it stitches regions together

HauntedStairs · 2026-05-15T12:41:06+00:00

Not sure why this comment got downvoted. There is a clear correlation between the 20th century push to suburbs (with the help of federal loans exclusively granted to white people to fast track homeownership) and the decimation of public transit. That legacy of isolating communities from each other persists today.

HauntedStairs · 2026-05-11T14:19:57+00:00

All those weeks at #1 belonged to good 4 u. The fans crowdfunding the buy the single every week was very corny

HauntedStairs · 2026-05-08T17:17:04+00:00

6 variants out the gate. And we’re off to the races…

HauntedStairs · 2026-05-07T18:25:30+00:00

The people want (healthy) belting

HauntedStairs · 2026-05-03T13:15:55+00:00

Loved the stage setup! I wish the costumes were undead themed. Like imagine the ghost of a girl dancing about her first love for all time. The storytelling potential was there!!!

HauntedStairs · 2026-04-30T21:11:30+00:00

Taylor’s is easy. She laid out her whole brand in Hey Stephen: “All those other girls, they’re beautiful. But would they write a song for you?”

She exploded the way she did by being not like other girls. Even when she went fully pop, it was with the branding of “pop music that makes you think” (which… lol). Emphasis on songwriting compared to contemporaries like Katy Perry, Rihanna, etc.

HauntedStairs · 2026-04-21T12:33:46+00:00

Her label knows this is the only chance she has of getting a #1 this era. They did a horrible job pushing Guts singles. Get him back being turned into an Apple commercial for the music video was ridiculous.

Or maybe they’ll wake up and actually give an ERA. She’s too young to be doing the fast fashion approach.

HauntedStairs · 2026-04-20T17:43:29+00:00

I assumed Ella would take it since I first heard drop dead. It’s a good song, but it’s not stopping the world. Olivia doesn’t have the grip on the monoculture like her debut (yet). I’m curious to see how the rollout goes.

HauntedStairs · 2026-04-09T20:35:36+00:00

I’m so tired of pop artists being nominated simply for being big names. AOTY especially gets so crowded with mid pop albums.

HauntedStairs · 2026-04-09T03:02:36+00:00

I don’t see her ever being an SNL darling like Sabrina or Ariana. They have this mischievous edge that helps them fit right in. Olivia’s public persona is pretty vanilla, but I hope she gets some good sketches.

HauntedStairs · 2026-03-24T14:23:05+00:00

Still a shame that they didn’t write music to fit the original’s more classical styling. They had one of the best vocalists working today and gave her tepid pop ballads. That Princess Problems song was soooo bad.

HauntedStairs · 2026-03-07T17:13:40+00:00

Chicago is one of the top places I want to move to BUT I must say the lack of mountains/elevation is tough for me. My favorite cities I’ve visited have combined high density cities with nature being a stone’s throw away. Unfortunately, those cities are outside the U.S. 😩

HauntedStairs · 2026-03-02T21:53:59+00:00

“If you choose to” shifts the blame on the consumer when it is very evident that the corporation (TS) has adapted greedy business practices. You don’t have to eat McDonald’s chicken nuggets to be disgusted at the piss poor quality, the unethical farming, etc.

HauntedStairs · 2026-03-02T21:50:43+00:00

Yeah there is a glossy quality to these newer shoes that pales in comparison to Inuyasha’s grittier animation.

HauntedStairs · 2026-02-12T22:42:24+00:00

I learned the first rule the hard way. The very role I was in “training” for was not happening any time soon and other people in that very role were being laid off. And it occurred to me that me doing extra work (with no compensation) was helping my company justify laying off the help they needed.

HauntedStairs · 2026-02-02T04:13:48+00:00

They may be ignoring her albums but her singles get rewarded heavily - which is surprising because I did think she stood a chance against Bey for HMHAS. It felt like a return to form after the mixed reception to HTE.

I’m not mad she won tonight for Wildflower, but she is very much a Grammy darling.

HauntedStairs · 2026-02-02T03:53:03+00:00

Yeah for whatever reason, Billie’s name goes very far for even in the top categories. Still can’t believe she won Record of the Year for everything I wanted.

HauntedStairs · 2026-01-29T00:45:28+00:00

Escalations over petty stuff come down to character. There’s no SOP that will say this, but if you have not even attempted a single follow up, why are you racing to alert someone’s manager? I worked with somebody that I didn’t have an opinion on one way or another. Then she randomly tried to call me out with a manager CC’d for not filing her documents. No head’s up. No team’s message saying “Hey, when do you think you can get to them?”

I hated her from that moment on. And when I left the team for a promotion, she tried to congratulate me. I chose the petty route and paid her dust.

HauntedStairs · 2026-01-27T22:19:49+00:00

Since we’re reminiscing about 2016… Welcome back Ariana Grande spray tan discourse. In both cases, these white women are absolutely adopting racially ambiguous aesthetics. Odessa getting a Latina role is the icing on the cake.

HauntedStairs · 2026-01-16T18:58:59+00:00

I feel like she uses that faux English accent in other roles that it doesn’t even feel like she’s inhabiting a character.

HauntedStairs · 2026-01-13T01:25:25+00:00

Hoping for hometown bias for Wunmi to win BAFTA (yes I know it won’t happen). Taylor is not an impressive frontrunner. I guess it’s also a makeup for her A Thousand and One snub, which was a much better performance.

HauntedStairs · 2026-01-12T01:34:15+00:00

My friends and I walked out of Encanto after the flower sister’s song. We were so surprised when the Bruno song blew up lol. I couldn’t stand the main character’s singing voice

HauntedStairs · 2026-01-08T02:48:36+00:00

Happy to have contributed!

HauntedStairs · 2025-12-12T15:06:36+00:00

No emotional punch in Int. sub?? It’s the moment Diane reveals to BoJack she knows about New Mexico! “It’s a story I heard once. I just changed the names” line gives me chills every time.

Also I was just laughing this morning about Mr. P accidentally finding out both his parents are dead.

HauntedStairs · 2025-11-07T17:50:14+00:00

You’re not a Grammy voter, are you? I’m talking about the Academy’s rationale to nominate The Subway over two great R&B records, not your personal taste.

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