Okay, I know I acted silly about this, but the fact that there is 1 singular year round roller skating rink in the city of Philadelphia home to 1.6 million people is kinda fucking horrifying when you think about the broader implications of it.
Recently I've been rereading The Hobbit and I've been thinking of something.
Where did the Hobbit movies get half of their ideas? Where was Radagast in that story? Where did Azog come from? There was only one line mentioning him. Where did Legolas come from? Who was Alfrid? What was the barrel scene, the books had them sealed in them. I know movie adaptations of books have differences but these additions were a bit strange in my eyes.
So the Transitpolitic's Transit Exporer map just updated to show historical transit maps, so here you can see maps of Philadelphia and New York in both 1980 (left) and now(right)
It’s interesting how diseases rip through schools at incredible speeds despite being in an arguably modern, clean(ish) environment. I wonder if it has something to do with the whole “you need a doctor’s note to excuse your absence of even one day” combined with the average price of going to a doctor, the lack of education on things like “you’re still contagious even after the fever goes away”, and the overwhelming message of “if you don’t struggle through it, you’re a failure!”