The newest minute from Swiss road traffic counters around 16 cities, with every marker blinking once per vehicle counted.
Live trains around 16 Swiss cities
Every train with a realtime report near 16 Swiss cities, moving along the rail lines with its current delay.
A simulated day of commuting in 16 Swiss cities
Try the Geneva map here https://www.danielpradilla.info/swiss-commutes/geneva/ I was inspired by Habibi Code’s commuter map, shared in this r/geneva post – it’s hipnotic to see the dots converge on Geneva. Being a Geneva commuter myself I am acutely aware of the international commutes that taks place in major Swiss border towns. So I took the top… Continue reading A simulated day of commuting in 16 Swiss cities
Which British music city punches furthest above its weight?
For years, I thought it was completely normal to know where every band came from. Radio DJs had a lot to do with it. Instead of repeating the name of a band, they would often use antonomasia and refer to “the Liverpool quartet”, “the boys from Manchester”. Music magazines and reviews did the same. I… Continue reading Which British music city punches furthest above its weight?
Chtonian Nature
I was listening to a podcast when, in a brief comment about the tension between the sacred and the profane, one of the hosts dropped this quote: “The daemonism of chthonian nature is the West’s dirty secret.” Powerfully succinct, beautiful sentence. That’s by the (very) controversial Camille Paglia in her book Sexual Personae. In the… Continue reading Chtonian Nature