Dan Caroselli
@dancaroselli.bsky.social
Public Servant @ City of L.A. | LA stuff | architecture appreciator | maps/charts/tables when I have the time
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LA Modern Architecture - Google My Maps
Proto-Modern/International Style/Modernist/Moderne/Postmodern etc etc
www.google.com
Realized I hadn’t posted this on Bluesky. I’m not an authoritative source but here is a map I created of modern architecture in the LA area (so far ~1,700 points from many sources). I’ve added perimeters for the current fires to get a sense of what might be impacted: www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...
This poll is both *why* the Dem establishment is the way it is and *because* the Dem establishment is the way it is
the median voter wants no taxes & no debt but still healthcare & pensions, they want clean energy, clean water, cheap beef, & cheap gas, & they want a bruising take-no-prisoners military that embraces lesbians & furries & single moms without threatening anyone's masculinity
"Who do you trust more on..."
🔵 LGBT+ Rights: D +28
🔵 Abortion: D +18
🔵 Healthcare: D + 13
🔵 Medicare/Social Security: D +13
🔵 Energy: D +1
🔴 Economy: R +3
🔴 National Debt: R +4
🔴 Foreign Policy: R +4
🔴 Trade: R + 6
🔴 Immigration: R +9
🔴 National Security: R +9
Morning Consult / Jan 18, 2026
🔵 LGBT+ Rights: D +28
🔵 Abortion: D +18
🔵 Healthcare: D + 13
🔵 Medicare/Social Security: D +13
🔵 Energy: D +1
🔴 Economy: R +3
🔴 National Debt: R +4
🔴 Foreign Policy: R +4
🔴 Trade: R + 6
🔴 Immigration: R +9
🔴 National Security: R +9
Morning Consult / Jan 18, 2026
January 20, 2026 at 4:05 AM
This poll is both *why* the Dem establishment is the way it is and *because* the Dem establishment is the way it is
I love how pink the golden hour has been lately
January 19, 2026 at 3:43 AM
I love how pink the golden hour has been lately
Everything ok babe? You haven’t even touched your piece of chicken, piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing.
January 16, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Everything ok babe? You haven’t even touched your piece of chicken, piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing.
A thought that keeps me going: one of these days they’re going to try and open the ark and we all just have to remember to look away!
January 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM
A thought that keeps me going: one of these days they’re going to try and open the ark and we all just have to remember to look away!
Reposted by Dan Caroselli
Some Brunswick Ave fantasy bungalows
January 9, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Some Brunswick Ave fantasy bungalows
From time to time I will crack an old timer’s smile at a great Twitter yarn like this and then make the mistake of recounting it to my wife. “Why do you fall for this?! everything on the internet is a lie!”
When I was 23, I saw a bunch of really cute velvet furniture on the side of the road, totally nice. Took it in and a year later a friend’s new gf came to my house and it turns out I’d stolen her entire living room while she was moving.
January 7, 2026 at 12:41 AM
From time to time I will crack an old timer’s smile at a great Twitter yarn like this and then make the mistake of recounting it to my wife. “Why do you fall for this?! everything on the internet is a lie!”
Reposted by Dan Caroselli
In the city where Jacuzzi was founded, a company based on Jacuzzi Street is installing a Jacuzzi.
December 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
In the city where Jacuzzi was founded, a company based on Jacuzzi Street is installing a Jacuzzi.
In honor of Christmas, I’m showing my family the programmatic tamale-shaped restaurant building on Whittier from the late 20s when tamales were a popular fast food here.
December 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
In honor of Christmas, I’m showing my family the programmatic tamale-shaped restaurant building on Whittier from the late 20s when tamales were a popular fast food here.
My kids watched all of the Santa Buddies CGI dog-mouth movies (without ever watching Air Bud), and so now they are watching Space Buddies which is from 2009 but has a Soviet space dog that’s the same breed as Spuds Mackenzie named Spudnik.
December 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
My kids watched all of the Santa Buddies CGI dog-mouth movies (without ever watching Air Bud), and so now they are watching Space Buddies which is from 2009 but has a Soviet space dog that’s the same breed as Spuds Mackenzie named Spudnik.
Greta Garbo at 50. Taken in 1955.
December 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Greta Garbo at 50. Taken in 1955.
I intuitively felt this to be true: the usage of “identity theft” looks to have fallen along with the rise of social media. I remember the 2000s when people were afraid of their identity getting stolen (and not just for credit cards). Now we just sign it all away with each Meta terms agreement.
December 23, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I intuitively felt this to be true: the usage of “identity theft” looks to have fallen along with the rise of social media. I remember the 2000s when people were afraid of their identity getting stolen (and not just for credit cards). Now we just sign it all away with each Meta terms agreement.
The “Golden Kirin Fleet”
President Trump will announce on Monday a new type of large warship he is calling “battleships,” marking a step toward achieving the president’s vision for a new “Golden Fleet.”
Trump To Announce Navy Will Buy New ‘Battleship’
The new warship will be the latest in what the White House envisions as a “Golden Fleet.”
on.wsj.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The “Golden Kirin Fleet”
Reposted by Dan Caroselli
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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Was just in K-town for kbbq for the first time in years (I eat less meat as I’ve aged). It’s a bummer to me that there’s still not a single pedestrian-focused block in our most housing- and restaurant-dense neighborhood. A pedestrianized or even CDMX-style wide-sidewalked 6th st would be incredible.
December 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Was just in K-town for kbbq for the first time in years (I eat less meat as I’ve aged). It’s a bummer to me that there’s still not a single pedestrian-focused block in our most housing- and restaurant-dense neighborhood. A pedestrianized or even CDMX-style wide-sidewalked 6th st would be incredible.
Guys I just saw (and heard…) a super loud crackle tuned *boxster.* This is really getting out of hand.
December 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Guys I just saw (and heard…) a super loud crackle tuned *boxster.* This is really getting out of hand.
A very basic rule of thumb I realized I live by, as a white man navigating social spaces dominated by other white men:
✅ Happy groups of white men
❌ Angry groups of white men
✅ Happy groups of white men
❌ Angry groups of white men
December 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A very basic rule of thumb I realized I live by, as a white man navigating social spaces dominated by other white men:
✅ Happy groups of white men
❌ Angry groups of white men
✅ Happy groups of white men
❌ Angry groups of white men
On a flight a couple days ago, we let our two kids watch whatever they wanted on the screens. Our 4yo chose Barbie. She got so mad at Ken when he took over the house that she started yelling and punching the screen. We had to switch her movie for the sake of the person sitting in front of her.
December 18, 2025 at 4:41 AM
On a flight a couple days ago, we let our two kids watch whatever they wanted on the screens. Our 4yo chose Barbie. She got so mad at Ken when he took over the house that she started yelling and punching the screen. We had to switch her movie for the sake of the person sitting in front of her.
It just hit me that there are likely many men out there who believe that an AI instance can be female but a trans woman cannot.
December 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It just hit me that there are likely many men out there who believe that an AI instance can be female but a trans woman cannot.
Whelp, looks like we need to remake Quest for Fire (1981)
Scientists found the oldest evidence of human fire-making dating to 400,000 years ago, much earlier than previously thought.
Archaeologists Find Oldest Evidence of Fire-Making
Neanderthals 400,000 years ago were striking flints to make fires, researchers have found.
nyti.ms
December 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Whelp, looks like we need to remake Quest for Fire (1981)
Reposted by Dan Caroselli
It's one of those films you know is incredibly profound when you see it for the first time, as I did as a kid. It only gets better with time.
December 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It's one of those films you know is incredibly profound when you see it for the first time, as I did as a kid. It only gets better with time.
Reposted by Dan Caroselli
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
Got to finally visit this place on my birthday today!
December 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Got to finally visit this place on my birthday today!
I’m on vacation in Mexico City staying in Polanquito and so of course all I’m thinking about is what changes you could make to an upper-income neighborhood in LA to make it this nice.
December 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I’m on vacation in Mexico City staying in Polanquito and so of course all I’m thinking about is what changes you could make to an upper-income neighborhood in LA to make it this nice.