Some of these are named after the Pennsylvania city.

Amman, Jordan was also one called Philadelphia

>So there's no actual evidence

The actual evidence is that texts say enslaved people were marked. It cites arguments that tattooing in Egypt was religious (so less likely for slaves) and the branding irons appearing to be better fitted for humans. But the primary evidence is the fact that enslaved people were marked.

>A strange quantifier in the title. I can't think of a way to brand a living creature that isn't brutal.

I was thinking the same thing. It's brutal and cruel. For some reason, adding the qualifier brutal has the unintentional effect of making it seem like there are instances of branding that isn't brutal?

I'm excited for it. I think the novelty will wear off quickly.

Why does Pennsylvania Ave have their own?

I know why they didn't do it, but it would have been nice to have two track for silver.

You're probably right. They're probably required to post the job publicly, though.

I know.

It was great when they were running. Hopefully they won't have a gague issue.

Yeah. Also, I rarely have a charging cable.

Hopefully not. The 7000s seems to be a disaster. (Though I think they should be allowed to return more to service)

Charging outlets would be nice. But if having the 8000s means they'll have a full fleet, it seems it would solve a lot of needs.

They were running more than 8 an hour during rush before the 7000 went offline, so I'd imagine the 8000 would allow them to resume that schedule. There was a report the other day that WMATA believed the trains were overcrowded for COVID conditions and tried to get the safety commission to clear the 7000s and were denied. I see no reason why the 8000s wouldn't get them back to that earlier schedule unless there's a driver shortfall.