Andrew Popp
@andrewpopp.bsky.social
Historian of economic life, emotions & the everyday. Living in Copenhagen, going swimming, being vegan.
I have swapped stoney verticalities for liquid horizontals.
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I have swapped stoney verticalities for liquid horizontals.
Every great, liveable city should feature an easy escape valve to nature. #Copenhagen #AmagerFælled
November 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Every great, liveable city should feature an easy escape valve to nature. #Copenhagen #AmagerFælled
This junk store find (Børge Mogensen stol 3060) was at a very precisely calibrated price point: very cheap/still unjustifiably expensive.
November 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This junk store find (Børge Mogensen stol 3060) was at a very precisely calibrated price point: very cheap/still unjustifiably expensive.
Social housing at Dorthevej 2 in Copenhagen's Nordvest neighbourhood #architecture #urbanism
November 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Social housing at Dorthevej 2 in Copenhagen's Nordvest neighbourhood #architecture #urbanism
I sway outside myself
Into the darkening currents,
Into the small spillage of driftwood,
The waters swirling past the tiny headlands.
Was it here I wore a crown of birds for a moment
While on a far point of the rocks
The light heightened,
Theodore Roethke, The Rose
Into the darkening currents,
Into the small spillage of driftwood,
The waters swirling past the tiny headlands.
Was it here I wore a crown of birds for a moment
While on a far point of the rocks
The light heightened,
Theodore Roethke, The Rose
November 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I sway outside myself
Into the darkening currents,
Into the small spillage of driftwood,
The waters swirling past the tiny headlands.
Was it here I wore a crown of birds for a moment
While on a far point of the rocks
The light heightened,
Theodore Roethke, The Rose
Into the darkening currents,
Into the small spillage of driftwood,
The waters swirling past the tiny headlands.
Was it here I wore a crown of birds for a moment
While on a far point of the rocks
The light heightened,
Theodore Roethke, The Rose
Graffiti on a building on the same street as the election street (a street that is massively gentrified).
October 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Graffiti on a building on the same street as the election street (a street that is massively gentrified).
Danish election poster pulling no punches.
October 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Danish election poster pulling no punches.
"Irish cultural icon" Mr Tayto goes Munch
October 28, 2025 at 7:07 AM
"Irish cultural icon" Mr Tayto goes Munch
Who amongst us has not speculated upon what sour cola potato chips would taste like?
October 28, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Who amongst us has not speculated upon what sour cola potato chips would taste like?
Copenhagen is dotted with unusually high benches meant to highlight exactly the same issue. I have seen many people stop and talk about them. They are based on an 1888 bench design so ubiquitous in the city it is simply known as the Copenhagen Bench.
October 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Copenhagen is dotted with unusually high benches meant to highlight exactly the same issue. I have seen many people stop and talk about them. They are based on an 1888 bench design so ubiquitous in the city it is simply known as the Copenhagen Bench.
My one attempt at making a meme (yes, I got the quote wrong).
October 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
My one attempt at making a meme (yes, I got the quote wrong).
Really looking forward to this, experiencing an author for the first time.
October 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Really looking forward to this, experiencing an author for the first time.
Leila. Don't be fooled, she's Very Bad.
October 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Leila. Don't be fooled, she's Very Bad.
(Less scary) alternative cover image.
October 14, 2025 at 6:48 AM
(Less scary) alternative cover image.
Really looking forward to making something from this definitely not at all terrifying cook book.
October 14, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Really looking forward to making something from this definitely not at all terrifying cook book.
I saw this superb movie a few months ago & am pleased to see it getting a UK theatrical release & positive review. But I take issue with this epically bad final take. Far from "gaming" anything, anyone in Souleymane's position is completely trapped in a system mercilessly stacked against them.
October 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I saw this superb movie a few months ago & am pleased to see it getting a UK theatrical release & positive review. But I take issue with this epically bad final take. Far from "gaming" anything, anyone in Souleymane's position is completely trapped in a system mercilessly stacked against them.
Walking through Manhattan 10 years ago I saw the figure 5
in gold
on a red
firetruck
It seemed to be completely unheeded.
in gold
on a red
firetruck
It seemed to be completely unheeded.
October 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Walking through Manhattan 10 years ago I saw the figure 5
in gold
on a red
firetruck
It seemed to be completely unheeded.
in gold
on a red
firetruck
It seemed to be completely unheeded.
Got a food waste box on Wed: all the veg for a stir fry; tomatoes for a marinara; kale, corn, & pots in a kale & white bean soup; eggplant in a Turkish lentil soup; cucumber in tzaatziki; cabbage for malfouf. Still have lots of potatoes. Yippee for us! But our food systems are broken
October 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Got a food waste box on Wed: all the veg for a stir fry; tomatoes for a marinara; kale, corn, & pots in a kale & white bean soup; eggplant in a Turkish lentil soup; cucumber in tzaatziki; cabbage for malfouf. Still have lots of potatoes. Yippee for us! But our food systems are broken
Of course it's the batshit techno-futurism & #entrepreneurialismasdiscourse as the only route to salvation that get all the headlines, but it's just another Gospel of Wealth. Here, Thiel says the quiet part out loud. Like so many of the very rich, he simply doesn't believe he should pay taxes
October 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Of course it's the batshit techno-futurism & #entrepreneurialismasdiscourse as the only route to salvation that get all the headlines, but it's just another Gospel of Wealth. Here, Thiel says the quiet part out loud. Like so many of the very rich, he simply doesn't believe he should pay taxes
Currently reading.
October 7, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Currently reading.
Visited Thoravej 29, a beautifully repurposed factory building in Copenhagen's Nordvest neighborhood. Great slabs have been cut from monolithic concrete floors and then canted downward to create broad stairways, simultaneously letting in floods of light.
October 4, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Visited Thoravej 29, a beautifully repurposed factory building in Copenhagen's Nordvest neighborhood. Great slabs have been cut from monolithic concrete floors and then canted downward to create broad stairways, simultaneously letting in floods of light.
The paintings of Gazan Ahmed Muhanna, seen today on their last day in Copenhagen. Expediency drove Ahmed to use flattened cardboard boxes from World Food Program aid packages. Necessity proved to be a brilliant mother of invention.
October 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The paintings of Gazan Ahmed Muhanna, seen today on their last day in Copenhagen. Expediency drove Ahmed to use flattened cardboard boxes from World Food Program aid packages. Necessity proved to be a brilliant mother of invention.