◥◤Kriston Capps
@kristoncapps.bsky.social
Cities and design for @Bloomberg @CityLab. Texan. Chili purist.
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The executive jet that DHS says it needs has a “bedroom with a queen bed, showers, a kitchen, four large flat-screen TVs and even a bar ..”
@nbcnews.com
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@nbcnews.com
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February 19, 2026 at 3:33 PM
The executive jet that DHS says it needs has a “bedroom with a queen bed, showers, a kitchen, four large flat-screen TVs and even a bar ..”
@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
@nbcnews.com
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After a presentation on the design concept for the White House ballroom, the Trump-appointed commission decided to vote to approve it in full as a final plan, which means no more hearings will take place. No debate, no public input, a rubber stamp.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
White House Ballroom Design Approved by Trump Commission After One Hearing
The US Commission of Fine Arts, whose members were appointed by Trump, also suggested making changes to the White House mansion to make it closer to the design of the new ballroom.
www.bloomberg.com
February 19, 2026 at 6:50 PM
After a presentation on the design concept for the White House ballroom, the Trump-appointed commission decided to vote to approve it in full as a final plan, which means no more hearings will take place. No debate, no public input, a rubber stamp.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Seeing more and more lawsuits blaming buildings — hotels, apartments, nightclubs — for sex trafficking.
Should stuff like this succeed, expect lots more surveillance & harassment of all women in public spaces... reason.com/2026/02/18/b...
Should stuff like this succeed, expect lots more surveillance & harassment of all women in public spaces... reason.com/2026/02/18/b...
Blaming buildings for sex trafficking
As sex trafficking suits expand, critics warn they could push hotels and landlords to police women’s behavior.
reason.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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A very detailed explanation of how FBI bamboozled a magistrate into authorizing a raid on Fulton County’s election offices by omitting critical information that would have totally undermined any probable cause claim. Pretty clear-cut case of calculated deception of the courts.
Fulton Co elections expert: “In all 5 areas identified by ... the [search warrant] affidavit, there are a multitude of false or misleading statements or omissions. ... Once ... corrected, the affidavit loses any basis in reality.”
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 18, 2026 at 4:00 AM
A very detailed explanation of how FBI bamboozled a magistrate into authorizing a raid on Fulton County’s election offices by omitting critical information that would have totally undermined any probable cause claim. Pretty clear-cut case of calculated deception of the courts.
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Missed this last week but this is one of the most important advances in Chinese space tech in a while (and they are gonna beat the US back to the Moon...)
arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...
arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...
China showcases new Moon ship and reusable rocket in one extraordinary test
The test marks a significant step in China's push to land humans on the Moon by 2030.
arstechnica.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Missed this last week but this is one of the most important advances in Chinese space tech in a while (and they are gonna beat the US back to the Moon...)
arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...
arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez was on a podcast (I forget which one) and said something about how rural communities are thriftier because they have a special relationship with garbage and I remember thinking 🚩
www.foxnews.com/politics/hou...
www.foxnews.com/politics/hou...
House Dem's graphic chicken decapitation 'horrified' her college roommates: 'Blood went everywhere'
Ex-college roommates of Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez recalled how their "urban farming" experiment often got bloody, including when she "serrated" a chicken's head off.
www.foxnews.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez was on a podcast (I forget which one) and said something about how rural communities are thriftier because they have a special relationship with garbage and I remember thinking 🚩
www.foxnews.com/politics/hou...
www.foxnews.com/politics/hou...
I'm on the @citycastdc.bsky.social podcast this week talking about the massive changes that could be coming to SW under Trump — a plan for a neighborhood I'm calling Fedlandia megaphone.link/CC7057964800
Is ‘Fedlandia’ DC’s Newest Neighborhood? by City Cast DC
megaphone.link
February 17, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I'm on the @citycastdc.bsky.social podcast this week talking about the massive changes that could be coming to SW under Trump — a plan for a neighborhood I'm calling Fedlandia megaphone.link/CC7057964800
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Why does the SSA . gov website have a laudatory little bio of, and speech given by, father john coughlin
www.ssa.gov/history/fcsp...
www.ssa.gov/history/fcsp...
February 17, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Why does the SSA . gov website have a laudatory little bio of, and speech given by, father john coughlin
www.ssa.gov/history/fcsp...
www.ssa.gov/history/fcsp...
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Bring back the supergroup
Kim Gordon & Kim Deal - Little Trouble Girl | Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney
YouTube video by Kim Gordon
www.youtube.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Bring back the supergroup
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RT to scare a design review board
February 17, 2026 at 3:14 PM
RT to scare a design review board
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“Cut ICE’s budget to restore federal health care funding” is an extremely popular message www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
February 11, 2026 at 1:48 PM
“Cut ICE’s budget to restore federal health care funding” is an extremely popular message www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
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Finally some good news!!! www.cnn.com/2026/02/16/t...
Italy’s famous ‘Lovers’ Arch’ collapses on Valentine’s Day | CNN
A powerful Valentine’s Day storm destroyed a centuries-old seaside arch in southern Italy long associated with romance, dealing a blow to local tourism and highlighting concerns about coastal erosion ...
www.cnn.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Finally some good news!!! www.cnn.com/2026/02/16/t...
This is not true. It's not fair. It is not just a matter of will for communities struggling with housing, jobs or schools, especially the small towns where ICE is building camps www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 9:01 PM
This is not true. It's not fair. It is not just a matter of will for communities struggling with housing, jobs or schools, especially the small towns where ICE is building camps www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Really curious to see how Joe Thompson parlays his turn from prosecuting public corruption and fraud to defending the First Amendment against Donald Trump
www.startribune.com/joe-thompson...
www.startribune.com/joe-thompson...
Who is Joe Thompson, the federal prosecutor who says Minnesota ‘left the door wide open’ to fraud?
Thompson, an Osseo native, looms large over state government programs, prosecuting hundreds of millions of dollars in fraud cases like Feeding Our Future.
www.startribune.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Really curious to see how Joe Thompson parlays his turn from prosecuting public corruption and fraud to defending the First Amendment against Donald Trump
www.startribune.com/joe-thompson...
www.startribune.com/joe-thompson...
I don't know if it's the end of the Kathleen Kennedy era or the beginning of the Dave Feloni era but the decision to abandon the 1970s space opera aesthetic for a Hollywood golden age vibe tells me Disney still does not get Star Wars
February 15, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I don't know if it's the end of the Kathleen Kennedy era or the beginning of the Dave Feloni era but the decision to abandon the 1970s space opera aesthetic for a Hollywood golden age vibe tells me Disney still does not get Star Wars
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Listen. I regularly drove the beltway coming home from college, sleep-deprived and brain-fogged from exams, and the distraction of the goddamn Mormon temple all lit up like Oz was enough to make me nearly wreck more than once. I cannot imagine the mayhem a Sphere display would cause
Nobody has studied Sphere's effect on Las Vegas drivers. But what we know about the distractions of dynamic digital billboards — to say nothing of Maryland drivers — should have us all worried about putting a Sphere on the Beltway at National Harbor www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
What Happens When a Sphere Comes to Maryland
A giant orb can prove a distraction for drivers.
www.bloomberg.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Listen. I regularly drove the beltway coming home from college, sleep-deprived and brain-fogged from exams, and the distraction of the goddamn Mormon temple all lit up like Oz was enough to make me nearly wreck more than once. I cannot imagine the mayhem a Sphere display would cause
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“The risk of drivers crashing due to outside distractions depends on a number of factors — how fast drivers are going, how familiar they are with the area, and how experienced they are as drivers. Surely a Maryland driver’s license and a hill-sized spherical screen belong on the list.”
Nobody has studied Sphere's effect on Las Vegas drivers. But what we know about the distractions of dynamic digital billboards — to say nothing of Maryland drivers — should have us all worried about putting a Sphere on the Beltway at National Harbor www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
What Happens When a Sphere Comes to Maryland
A giant orb can prove a distraction for drivers.
www.bloomberg.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:16 PM
“The risk of drivers crashing due to outside distractions depends on a number of factors — how fast drivers are going, how familiar they are with the area, and how experienced they are as drivers. Surely a Maryland driver’s license and a hill-sized spherical screen belong on the list.”
Nobody has studied Sphere's effect on Las Vegas drivers. But what we know about the distractions of dynamic digital billboards — to say nothing of Maryland drivers — should have us all worried about putting a Sphere on the Beltway at National Harbor www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
What Happens When a Sphere Comes to Maryland
A giant orb can prove a distraction for drivers.
www.bloomberg.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Nobody has studied Sphere's effect on Las Vegas drivers. But what we know about the distractions of dynamic digital billboards — to say nothing of Maryland drivers — should have us all worried about putting a Sphere on the Beltway at National Harbor www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Meta violating the Stringer Bell rule with this diabolical shit www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 15, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Meta violating the Stringer Bell rule with this diabolical shit www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Canceling an art show for criticizing ICE is cowardly, I hope another Dallas institution will step up dentonrc.com/education/un...
UNT cancels prominent street artist's exhibit on campus featuring ICE-related work
A Brooklyn artist told the Denton Record-Chronicle that the University of North Texas College of Visual Arts and Design was removing an entire exhibit of his work, which was scheduled
dentonrc.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Canceling an art show for criticizing ICE is cowardly, I hope another Dallas institution will step up dentonrc.com/education/un...
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Some examples here of how European planning’s fear of exceeding 19th century heights has led to declining housing quality as ceiling heights shrink to try to squeeze extra floors into the same height
February 14, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Some examples here of how European planning’s fear of exceeding 19th century heights has led to declining housing quality as ceiling heights shrink to try to squeeze extra floors into the same height
Obsessed with the Maersk dual-fuel shipping container set although it's disappointing that the containers themselves aren't individual bricks. Does Lego know anything about what kids want from global carriers www.lego.com/en-us/produc...
February 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Obsessed with the Maersk dual-fuel shipping container set although it's disappointing that the containers themselves aren't individual bricks. Does Lego know anything about what kids want from global carriers www.lego.com/en-us/produc...
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Heartbreaking sign of the times. Richmond's excellent Black-owned newspaper is shutting down. A huge loss for the entire region. www.vpm.org/news/2026-02...
Richmond Free Press ceases publication after 34 years
A pillar of journalism for Richmond's Black community is closing its doors.
www.vpm.org
February 13, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Heartbreaking sign of the times. Richmond's excellent Black-owned newspaper is shutting down. A huge loss for the entire region. www.vpm.org/news/2026-02...
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Good thread on an important wrinkle often missed by both sides of the "institutional investors buying up houses" story.
Nationwide corporate landlords own 3% of single-family rental homes (and <<1% of single-family homes overall).
But in certain Sun Belt cities, Wall Street owns a lot of single-family rental housing — a whole lot www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
But in certain Sun Belt cities, Wall Street owns a lot of single-family rental housing — a whole lot www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
February 13, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Good thread on an important wrinkle often missed by both sides of the "institutional investors buying up houses" story.
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Just a reminder that the Dino Store exists at the grand army plaza 2/3 stop.
[Ernie Hudson voice] I love this town
[Ernie Hudson voice] I love this town
February 12, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Just a reminder that the Dino Store exists at the grand army plaza 2/3 stop.
[Ernie Hudson voice] I love this town
[Ernie Hudson voice] I love this town