Kyle D.
@kynakwado.bsky.social
A 'walking assortment of idiosyncrasies'; 'semi-professional YIMBY'. Posts personal, views my own.
Broadway, surely.
But I'm curious about is how street names work in Argentina, where most seem to have no qualifier at all.
(e.g., Don Julio's address is "Guatemala 4699")
But I'm curious about is how street names work in Argentina, where most seem to have no qualifier at all.
(e.g., Don Julio's address is "Guatemala 4699")
November 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Broadway, surely.
But I'm curious about is how street names work in Argentina, where most seem to have no qualifier at all.
(e.g., Don Julio's address is "Guatemala 4699")
But I'm curious about is how street names work in Argentina, where most seem to have no qualifier at all.
(e.g., Don Julio's address is "Guatemala 4699")
I don't think it's outside the realm of possibility that Schlossberg (or anyone else) could meme and post his way to victory with a sub-20% share of the vote in an ultra-crowded field (c.f., 1977 mayoral primary).
Also not as if he's any less "experienced" than, say, AOC was when elected.
Also not as if he's any less "experienced" than, say, AOC was when elected.
September 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I don't think it's outside the realm of possibility that Schlossberg (or anyone else) could meme and post his way to victory with a sub-20% share of the vote in an ultra-crowded field (c.f., 1977 mayoral primary).
Also not as if he's any less "experienced" than, say, AOC was when elected.
Also not as if he's any less "experienced" than, say, AOC was when elected.
Nearly all I know about her is that, aside from being Louis Malle's daughter, she met her husband at an Ethiopian New Year's party.
September 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Nearly all I know about her is that, aside from being Louis Malle's daughter, she met her husband at an Ethiopian New Year's party.
I just finished this book and some of the parallels are striking—the hollowing out of political parties, the lack of initiative from the administrative apparatus and paralysis in times of royal indecision, involvement in ministerial-level appointments, and a certain remoteness from the people.
August 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I just finished this book and some of the parallels are striking—the hollowing out of political parties, the lack of initiative from the administrative apparatus and paralysis in times of royal indecision, involvement in ministerial-level appointments, and a certain remoteness from the people.
What's stopping them from building a layout along these lines? (Sketch, not to scale!)
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
What's stopping them from building a layout along these lines? (Sketch, not to scale!)
What is the required rear setback? I notice this building is considerably more set back at the rear than its neighbors.
July 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
What is the required rear setback? I notice this building is considerably more set back at the rear than its neighbors.
Today in absurd scaffolding @stephenjacobsmith.com
June 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Today in absurd scaffolding @stephenjacobsmith.com
X, the Everything App™ today:
March 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
X, the Everything App™ today:
I suspect we shall not see his likes again—may The Most Interesting Man in the World rest in peace!
February 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I suspect we shall not see his likes again—may The Most Interesting Man in the World rest in peace!
I cannot think of anyone else in our time who inhabited so many diverse, even contradictory, identities and roles. He was at once a product and driver of a globalized and connected world (and Ismaili community), yet it is hard to see such a figure arising today in our more homogenized one.
February 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I cannot think of anyone else in our time who inhabited so many diverse, even contradictory, identities and roles. He was at once a product and driver of a globalized and connected world (and Ismaili community), yet it is hard to see such a figure arising today in our more homogenized one.
There was the Aga Khan the statesman, who ultimately, through his religious leadership, charitable works, and ability to marshal funds and expertise, was essentially a one-man state unto himself.
February 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There was the Aga Khan the statesman, who ultimately, through his religious leadership, charitable works, and ability to marshal funds and expertise, was essentially a one-man state unto himself.
There was the Aga Khan the billionaire, who had a private jet, a private island, a yacht designed to break speed records, and whose most famous passion was, like his grandfather, horse racing—he owned one of the most sophisticated stud operations on the planet.
February 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There was the Aga Khan the billionaire, who had a private jet, a private island, a yacht designed to break speed records, and whose most famous passion was, like his grandfather, horse racing—he owned one of the most sophisticated stud operations on the planet.
There was the Aga Khan the aristocrat, whose mother was English and whose grandmother was French, whose style of "Highness" was bestowed by Queen Elizabeth (the Shah made him HRH**), who lived in a French chateau, married two European aristos, and skied for Iran in the Olympics.
February 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There was the Aga Khan the aristocrat, whose mother was English and whose grandmother was French, whose style of "Highness" was bestowed by Queen Elizabeth (the Shah made him HRH**), who lived in a French chateau, married two European aristos, and skied for Iran in the Olympics.
There was the Aga Khan the preservationist and aesthete, who funded the restoration of Islamic heritage sites in places as diverse as Cairo, Delhi, and literally Timbuktu, and set up the Aga Khan Award for Architecture to recognize both contemporary and vernacular architecture.
February 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There was the Aga Khan the preservationist and aesthete, who funded the restoration of Islamic heritage sites in places as diverse as Cairo, Delhi, and literally Timbuktu, and set up the Aga Khan Award for Architecture to recognize both contemporary and vernacular architecture.
There was the Aga Khan, the educationalist, who set up schools, universities, and teaching hospitals (favored by elites and expats alike) in locales as diverse as Karachi, Nairobi, Hyderabad, Kyrgyzstan, and London.
February 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There was the Aga Khan, the educationalist, who set up schools, universities, and teaching hospitals (favored by elites and expats alike) in locales as diverse as Karachi, Nairobi, Hyderabad, Kyrgyzstan, and London.
There was the Aga Khan the business magnate, who invested in truly frontier markets, whose businesses owned the best-selling newspaper in Kenya, the most luxurious hotel in the likes of Kabul and Kigali, the biggest insurance company in Uganda, the top bank in Pakistan...
February 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There was the Aga Khan the business magnate, who invested in truly frontier markets, whose businesses owned the best-selling newspaper in Kenya, the most luxurious hotel in the likes of Kabul and Kigali, the biggest insurance company in Uganda, the top bank in Pakistan...
Yet many of his followers also lived in the remotest parts of the likes of Afghanistan, Tajikistan (helped end the civil war), Pakistan (Jinnah was Ismaili), or Syria. For them, the Aga Khan and his institutions were practically the sole link with the modern outside world.
February 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Yet many of his followers also lived in the remotest parts of the likes of Afghanistan, Tajikistan (helped end the civil war), Pakistan (Jinnah was Ismaili), or Syria. For them, the Aga Khan and his institutions were practically the sole link with the modern outside world.
Canada (thanks to his friendship with Pierre Trudeau, who he persuaded to take in Ugandan Ismailis after they were expelled by Idi Amin—Trudeau Jr got in trouble for vacationing with him), Portugal (where he ended up establishing his headquarters), or the US (he went to Harvard).
February 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Canada (thanks to his friendship with Pierre Trudeau, who he persuaded to take in Ugandan Ismailis after they were expelled by Idi Amin—Trudeau Jr got in trouble for vacationing with him), Portugal (where he ended up establishing his headquarters), or the US (he went to Harvard).
There was the Aga Khan, hereditary leader of the Ismaili Shia Muslims, Vicegerent of Allah, Imam of the Age, etc, the largest chunk of whose 15 million or so followers* are diasporized Gujarati Khojas found in the likes of East Africa or Burma, many of whom wound up in...
February 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There was the Aga Khan, hereditary leader of the Ismaili Shia Muslims, Vicegerent of Allah, Imam of the Age, etc, the largest chunk of whose 15 million or so followers* are diasporized Gujarati Khojas found in the likes of East Africa or Burma, many of whom wound up in...
Why did I call him this? I don't think there was anyone else in our time who was involved and at the top of so many non-overlapping and unrelated fields of human endeavor as the Aga Khan was.
February 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Why did I call him this? I don't think there was anyone else in our time who was involved and at the top of so many non-overlapping and unrelated fields of human endeavor as the Aga Khan was.
@alunephraim.bsky.social, you've gone viral!
January 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
@alunephraim.bsky.social, you've gone viral!