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@timberism.bsky.social
Housing policy, great cities, and timber architecture!
The goal of urban planning should not be a to maintain a bloated job market for urban planners.
March 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The goal of urban planning should not be a to maintain a bloated job market for urban planners.
A legal standard of child abuse that does not include denying children vaccines is not a good standard.
February 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A legal standard of child abuse that does not include denying children vaccines is not a good standard.
There’s a phenomenon where people compare present-day life with the lifestyles of past ultra-elites (medieval nobles, colonial administrators, the jet-set of the 60s) rather than the normal people of the past. Is there a word for this?
These tickets cost $25,000 modern day. And it’s an ad.
These tickets cost $25,000 modern day. And it’s an ad.
February 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
There’s a phenomenon where people compare present-day life with the lifestyles of past ultra-elites (medieval nobles, colonial administrators, the jet-set of the 60s) rather than the normal people of the past. Is there a word for this?
These tickets cost $25,000 modern day. And it’s an ad.
These tickets cost $25,000 modern day. And it’s an ad.
New streetwear for anyone who commutes in NYC.
February 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
New streetwear for anyone who commutes in NYC.
MAGA true believers live in a fully Trump-themed world. You drink your anti-woke coffee, drive to work in your cybertruck, browse Truth Social, go home to a beef tallow dinner, and fall asleep cuddling your trumpy bear.
There is no liberal equivalent of this. We mock it , but it evidently works.
There is no liberal equivalent of this. We mock it , but it evidently works.
February 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
MAGA true believers live in a fully Trump-themed world. You drink your anti-woke coffee, drive to work in your cybertruck, browse Truth Social, go home to a beef tallow dinner, and fall asleep cuddling your trumpy bear.
There is no liberal equivalent of this. We mock it , but it evidently works.
There is no liberal equivalent of this. We mock it , but it evidently works.
Disqualifying.
In a race where most of the candidates have (on paper at least) decent housing priorities, it’s an easy call not to rank Lander.
In a race where most of the candidates have (on paper at least) decent housing priorities, it’s an easy call not to rank Lander.
February 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Disqualifying.
In a race where most of the candidates have (on paper at least) decent housing priorities, it’s an easy call not to rank Lander.
In a race where most of the candidates have (on paper at least) decent housing priorities, it’s an easy call not to rank Lander.
Manhattanites against the Manhattanization of Manhattan.
January 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Manhattanites against the Manhattanization of Manhattan.
New York is a two-party city, but with typical Yankee frugality we only have one of them.
January 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
New York is a two-party city, but with typical Yankee frugality we only have one of them.
“We’re all trying to find the guy who did this.”
January 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
“We’re all trying to find the guy who did this.”
There was another antisemitic attack in @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social’s district and some of the antisemites seem very confused about where they want Jews to live.
January 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
There was another antisemitic attack in @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social’s district and some of the antisemites seem very confused about where they want Jews to live.
Remarkable theological innovation: Shi’a Protestantism.
January 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Remarkable theological innovation: Shi’a Protestantism.
The insurance industry is unfairly refusing to cover my property. On an unrelated note, I live in a place called The Lava Zone.
January 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The insurance industry is unfairly refusing to cover my property. On an unrelated note, I live in a place called The Lava Zone.
The ceiling of the New York County Courthouse goes stupid hard I love American civic religion so much 1/2
December 30, 2024 at 2:29 PM
The ceiling of the New York County Courthouse goes stupid hard I love American civic religion so much 1/2
Trump is so obsessed with buying Greenland because he thinks the Mercator projection is real and it’s actually the size of Africa. I believe this with all my heart.
December 23, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Trump is so obsessed with buying Greenland because he thinks the Mercator projection is real and it’s actually the size of Africa. I believe this with all my heart.
Maybe it’s just me, but is anyone else seeing cassette futurism / chunky tech / 80s chic coming back in a big way?
December 23, 2024 at 11:45 AM
Maybe it’s just me, but is anyone else seeing cassette futurism / chunky tech / 80s chic coming back in a big way?
can we talk about how refusing to address subway crime means conceding that nobody but able-bodied men is entitled to use public services safely
December 12, 2024 at 4:33 PM
can we talk about how refusing to address subway crime means conceding that nobody but able-bodied men is entitled to use public services safely
Ok am I being too sensitive here or is it a little sus to talk up the (((deep roots))) of a candidate with a history of antisemitism scandals who’s also running against a Jewish opponent?
December 4, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Ok am I being too sensitive here or is it a little sus to talk up the (((deep roots))) of a candidate with a history of antisemitism scandals who’s also running against a Jewish opponent?
Another day, another thrilling episode of “Twitter circumlocutes the idea that Jews are from the levant and Mediterranean peoples tend to look similar.”
November 22, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Another day, another thrilling episode of “Twitter circumlocutes the idea that Jews are from the levant and Mediterranean peoples tend to look similar.”