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Mamdani to be sworn in as New York mayor in abandoned subway station (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Based,

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The pneumatic railway tubes, with the homogeneous rat viscera?

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Folks, I was not joking; they were real and they looked sick.

... and they did infamously have issues with wildlife getting caught in the pipes while eating the airtight sealant.

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

AKA the idea Elon stole for the Hyperloop, but less stupid.

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Was the airtight sealant made of whale blubber?

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Beef tallow.

Seriously.

[–] helloworld@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Beef tallow

This stuff? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beef_tallow#Industrial

Sealant use is not mentioned in the Wikipedia article; interesting.