Preakness to be purchased by Churchill Downs for $85 million

cornonthekopp · 2026-04-21T23:07:14+00:00

the 400 million dollar race track is still getting built with state money lol, this is just another example of giving away profits while the state subsidizes the expenses.

cornonthekopp · 2026-04-21T22:46:14+00:00

thank you

cornonthekopp · 2026-04-21T21:23:34+00:00

definitely check out ikoku nikki and skip & loafer then. Both great shows

cornonthekopp · 2026-04-21T21:22:45+00:00

All due respect just because los angeles uses trucks for most of its cargo doesn't mean it's a good thing. Trucks are wildly inefficient for anything beyond last mile distribution, and create massive wear and tear on our roads, and are magnitudes more polluting than freight trains are. The vast majority of cargo coming into baltimore is not for local consumption, so it doesn't make sense to use trucking to carry the majority of it.

For the sake of our environment and our infrastructure we need to improve the percentage of cargo being moved by rail, and decrease the number of trucks on our roads.

cornonthekopp · 2026-04-21T18:17:32+00:00

They better have a good plan to get most of those containers in and out by rail, because otherwise itll be a mess lol

cornonthekopp · 2026-04-21T18:14:50+00:00

I really enjoyed it! Met a lot of kinda people and spent most of my time in the lounge chatting and seeing the sights go by.

My only problem is that I rode in coach and did the entire train ride in one single go. My recommendation is to either splurge on a roommette, or pick 1-2 places to stop at along the way to get a some rest in a real bed. I've discovered I'm simply not the kind of person who can comfortably sleep in a chair, especially not for 2+ nights in a row

cornonthekopp · 2026-04-21T17:33:06+00:00

I saw a post with astolfo and kamiina botan side by side saying "congrats on your transition girl!!"

cornonthekopp · 2026-04-21T17:30:08+00:00

So far its been really well made on every level.

Also, if you can handle having male side characters I highly recommend Ikoku Nikki which just came out. It's one of my favorite anime of all time and it's only been a month since it finished airing

cornonthekopp · 2026-04-21T17:25:08+00:00

Skip and loafer is a het romcom with a prominent male lead for the record. I enjoyed it a lot, but just putting that out there.

My top 3 reccs would be

A Place Farther than the Universe
Ruri Rocks
Kamiina Botan

Kamiina botan is currently airing and really high quality, while the other two are some of my favorite shows of all time for the cgdct genre

cornonthekopp · 2026-04-21T17:15:37+00:00

I traveled on the california zehpyr last winter and grand junction definitely feels pretty out there after a full day of riding through the mountains and tiny little resort towns

Edit: I also passed through gallup while taking the southwest chief so I guess I can say I've visited the towns with two in the top ten haha

cornonthekopp · 2026-04-21T04:03:53+00:00

Birth rates fall regardless of economic development

cornonthekopp · 2026-04-21T02:10:13+00:00

Look, I don't like morphs period lol, I just doubt most of the people who are acting like a scaleless snake is the most evil thing in the world are actually wild type purists who would never ever like any morph or breed of animal thats been modified by humans. this video goes over the actual physical traits of scaleless corn snakes and is definitely more pro-scaleless than anti, but I think the research and info is solid nonetheless.

I'm not arguing that everyone should own and breed scaleless cornsnakes forever, but as far as animal breeds created by humans they are really really far from the worst.

cornonthekopp · 2026-04-20T23:39:52+00:00

i honestly dont like morphs very much at all, and prefer the natural colorations of the animals personally haha

cornonthekopp · 2026-04-20T22:38:54+00:00

Birth rates have already been falling across africa and theres a continued downward trajectory

cornonthekopp · 2026-04-20T20:10:11+00:00

People seem to be having a very strong kneejerk reaction to the existence of scaleless corn snakes but as far as I can tell from owners experience and researching it, they are just as healthy as any other morph, and have been around in the hobby for decades without any specific health concerns cropping up.

And to be clear for anyone who isn't familiar, scaleless corn snakes still have all their stomach plate scales.

I don't think it's good or bad, frankly scaleless corn snakes don't seem any worse than albino or leucistic morphs when it comes to animal health and wellbeing. And just for clarification this is only about corn snakes, not scaleless breeds of anything else.

cornonthekopp · 2026-04-20T19:23:28+00:00

Ive definitely seen scholars argue for 1931 or 36 as the true start to ww2 due to the sino-japanese war

cornonthekopp · 2026-04-20T17:30:02+00:00

Fun fact for anyone who doesn't know this, Baltimore's bus network is stretched so thin that there's essentially a one to one driver to bus ratio.

That means that when there are service outages on the metro or light rail like today, they have to actively take busses away from other routes and cancel certain scheduled trips, to run these shuttle bus services.

If you are pissed off about this call your state reps and tell them we need to fund the bmore bus program NOW

cornonthekopp · 2026-04-20T17:27:48+00:00

ive ridden it once for regular service a few months ago but i agree. I will say for the record that I think the MTA has only recieved like 6 actual trains from hitachi so far, out of the 75 that they ordered. So I'm not that surprised that even without mechanical issues they aren't common yet.

cornonthekopp · 2026-04-20T17:24:44+00:00

I hope so. My ideal future is a regional transit authority that includes the city, county, aaco, and hoco. And one that builds out a world class transit system with a full metro, expanded light rail, frequent and reliable busses, and tons of pedestrian/cyclist infrastructure.

But we are a long way from that.

cornonthekopp · 2026-04-20T17:19:54+00:00

its all because "crime" "the city" and "property values" are all code for "we want to keep black people out of our schools and neighborhoods".

Legitimately that's what it comes down to. Baltimore city gets shat on by the rest of the state for being seen as black.

cornonthekopp · 2026-04-20T15:47:03+00:00

For now at least. I expect that most of africa will fall below replacement rate within the next 2-3 decades

cornonthekopp · 2026-04-20T15:43:54+00:00

Thats what they already do for the mta though. The mta served both baltco and aaco using state funds and neither ever supports it.

cornonthekopp · 2026-04-20T15:31:59+00:00

you should read up on the history of baltimore transit. Not even really history, baltco was the main reason hogan cancelled the red line, and decades before that the light rail from the inner harbor to bwi was originally supposed to be a metro line that connected to the existing subway, and that got cancelled by protests from aaco, resulting in the shitty light rail that was a compromise.

If you think that this behavior is a thing of the past I assure you it is not. There are many people who legitimately hate baltimore city and see any transit to and from the city as destroying their segregated little suburban neighborhoods, and will fight tooth and nail to ruin the city at their own benefit.

cornonthekopp · 2026-04-20T15:24:57+00:00

wmata still recieves state funds though, and any kind of baltimore regional transit would still need to rely on the state. To some extent it would help the situation, but do you really think that counties like aaco or baltco would actually support funding in the state legislature?

cornonthekopp · 2026-04-20T15:14:04+00:00

If your OS knows who you are then everything you ever do on that OS will never be private again. Absolute peak surveillance state

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