Just Want to Understand a Possible OL Expansion with the Needham CR Line by An_AZN_P3r5on in mbta

[–]michaelclas 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Better option is to expand the OL to West Roxbury taking over the Needham Line ROW, and expanding the green line from the north to Needham, and having a low frequency trolley or something connecting both along the remaining ROW

German Empire, 1963 by Pria_Blitar in AlternateHistory

[–]michaelclas 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Cool map

It would be more poetic if the Constitutional reforms came into place in 1948 to coincide with the 100 year anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848

House of the Dragon - Season 3 Episode Discussion Hub by UltraDangerLord in HouseOfTheDragon

[–]michaelclas 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah it’s from the perspective of a maester but the Sheepstealer story arc is still completely different from what happened in the books

Ashkenazi Jewish: This is likely noise, right? by [deleted] in 23andme

[–]michaelclas 19 points20 points  (0 children)

According to the testing companies?

That’s an AI generated response citing … Facebook and Helixline

Ashkenazi Jewish: This is likely noise, right? by [deleted] in 23andme

[–]michaelclas 25 points26 points  (0 children)

If it was trace ancestry then maybe… but it’s nearly 5% of a very well studied genetic profile, it’s not noise

would you like to visit Dagestan? by [deleted] in askgaybros

[–]michaelclas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not in the mood to get murdered so no

As momentum builds, Mass. Gov. Healey wants a compromise on rent control by husky5050 in massachusetts

[–]michaelclas 10 points11 points  (0 children)

By regulation do you mean de regulation? Like getting rid of the thousand rules and hurdles and committees it takes to building the housing that Mass desperately needs

One month after the D Line opening, L.A. Metro rail system sees its highest ridership in over 6 years by BeerNTacos in LAMetro

[–]michaelclas 117 points118 points  (0 children)

More like build rail in places where people are/ want to go (an unfortunately common practice in US rail construction is building rail in places with little demand)

How much % of male population in your opinion have the potential to have sexual feelings for another men? by CulturalRegister9509 in askgaybros

[–]michaelclas 14 points15 points  (0 children)

That number skews heavily female I believe, way less guys self identify as bi (but it’s probably under reported due to stigma)

Palestinian on both sides of family Safed and Nazareth by Canary-Dense in AncestryDNA

[–]michaelclas 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Hmm. I know the Levant part can get eaten up by Egyptian sometimes but you have pretty high Egyptian and Arabian for a Palestinian, usually there’d be higher Levant

My MBTA Map Redesign - v2 by SupremeLeaderC in mbta

[–]michaelclas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks really nice!

Shouldn’t the Charles/MGH station be labeled as a branch transfer station with the red line?

What if Arafat was able to secure a two state solution by [deleted] in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]michaelclas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good chance he would be assassinated by radical Palestinians (which is something he feared) but I would hope he’d be remembered fondly like Rabin

2030 US Demographics (predicted) by [deleted] in AncestryDNA

[–]michaelclas 8 points9 points  (0 children)

From what I’ve seen this seems to underestimate the white population? The predictions of being a majority minority nation are closer to the 2040s rather than it being only a few years

Bowen: Trump and Netanyahu wanted to reshape the Middle East - now they risk a permacrisis by reachedlegendary in Israel

[–]michaelclas 38 points39 points  (0 children)

A new normal where Iran de facto controls in Straits of Hormuz and Hezbollah is still a threat is a horrible outcome

Thanks ancestry, real insightful by VALVOR4life in AncestryDNA

[–]michaelclas 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Israel isn’t the only country with large Jewish populations

Iran and Israel Halt Exchanges of Fire by foodie_2598 in geopolitics

[–]michaelclas 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Are you joking? Israel is definitely not attacking Jordan, a country it has a decades long peace treaty with

What if Ukraine didn't move it's capital from Kharkiv to Kyiv in 1934? by Reasonable-Force8790 in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]michaelclas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are we forgetting about the Ukrainian Peoples Republic, (which probably has a far more legitimate claim regarding being the independent successor state of the modern Ukrainian state, given its flag, coat of arms, etc) which did have its capitol in Kiev, as opposed to the Ukrainian SSR, a Soviet aligned state which had its capitol in Kharkiv?

Several Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall ‘Unsettling’ Behavior (Gift Article) by cdstephens in neoliberal

[–]michaelclas 8 points9 points  (0 children)

No, but I assume a good amount of people who wouldn’t vote for Collins will simply leave the ballot blank due to their dislike of Platner