And super inconvenient mountains that you have to route tracks above, around, and through.

Fair enough! Sorry to generalize about the geography of a state I don’t live in. I just drove through Amarillo a couple years back and it was so empty out there that it made a lasting impression 😅

Have you seen how empty Texas is? And how flat it is? It’s kinda ideal train territory. If Norway and Switzerland can set up train routes, the Great Plains certainly can.

Homework at an elementary and middle school level is kinda an equity issue because not everyone has a stable home life. But in high school and college, it makes sense to drill the harder concepts and to get a chance to produce high-quality project-based work.

It feels like the enshittification cycle is so fast these days. There’s not even any time to get comfy as a frog in the pot before they turn up the gas! 🐸