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just heard a radio ad from dhs with kristi noem trying to scare immigrants into self-deporting and uh what the fuck???

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again it really sucks that there's no way to remove the president from office anymore!

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

obviously this is a bad way to legislate and bad on the whole "maintaining a habitable planet" front but at least it seems like it would be pretty easy to undo?

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

oh so this weekend is going to be "don't step outside" hot, huh?

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

i dunno i think it's bad for politicians to have signature issues they can't deliver on

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

so which major us city is going to be second?

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.

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hands at amy sherald's whitney show

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

did the white house press secretary dictate this post?

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

"opposition leader assassinated on eve of massive planned protests" is quite a headline for the united states of america

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

amazing to me that the pentagon hasn't fixed their pizza-ordering issue yet. seems like a security risk

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

on one hand, it's pretty clear that mainstream country today is not the same thing as it was 30 years ago as hip hop's influence consolidates. on the other, very funny that it took a black woman winning the award for the proposal to pass

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

"abolish ice" is looking like quite a prescient slogan

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

the human-scaled urbanism of the empire state building

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

this is the way

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

the nyc subway handles more passengers per day than all the airplanes in the us do. something tells me that doesn't match the relative investments....

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

starting a petition to bring the headphone jack back. i think we've suffered enough (there are currently 3 people in the train blaring tiktok videos)

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

the exquisitely liminal temporality of the airport terminal...

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

writing about design and cities is essential public discourse. hats off to @kristoncapps.bsky.social (and @langealexandra.bsky.social , of course)

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

really great system, no notes

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

this is pretty cool!

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

was talking with a journalist about energy codes and building practices in the EU v. US - when the discussion of flat facades came up. this is an issue that plagues everything from ADUs to midrise buildings.

submitted 20 days ago • 11 comments

i really hate the trend of big cargo-style patch pockets on pants. they are so ugly...

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

sometimes the spotify webplayer opens to a screen where i literally cannot search for songs i haven't saved/recently played and that is very annoying

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

import.... a foreign class... of servants.....? is that what it says on the statue of liberty?

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