Nick Thorn
@nickjthorn.com
he/him
i’m an architect.
fayetteville, arkansas.
everyone deserves good design.
i’m an architect.
fayetteville, arkansas.
everyone deserves good design.
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Nick Thorn
@nickjthorn.com
· Jul 19
Going to do the same here in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
“How would you prefer to see Northwest Arkansas developed?”
Sadly, we’re overrun with folks who want single family houses and to protect the natural beauty of the city. Can’t have both, folks.
DENSITY SAVES NATURE
“How would you prefer to see Northwest Arkansas developed?”
Sadly, we’re overrun with folks who want single family houses and to protect the natural beauty of the city. Can’t have both, folks.
DENSITY SAVES NATURE
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Democrats could act like a real opposition party, refusing to validate Trump malfeasance with votes, and setting up a shadow cabinet that regularly communicates how Democrats would be different. But nah.
It’s not only a majority of Democratic voters that hate this approach. US allies see it too.
It’s not only a majority of Democratic voters that hate this approach. US allies see it too.
The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
But Americans who want to save the alliance with Europe must have no illusions about how bad a condition this transatlantic partnership is in.
January 18, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Democrats could act like a real opposition party, refusing to validate Trump malfeasance with votes, and setting up a shadow cabinet that regularly communicates how Democrats would be different. But nah.
It’s not only a majority of Democratic voters that hate this approach. US allies see it too.
It’s not only a majority of Democratic voters that hate this approach. US allies see it too.
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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Congress can stop ICE. Congress can block the use of force in Greenland. In other words, in this crisis, Congress can act to support civil liberties at home and free nations abroad. To fail to act would be to be complicit in a dreadful outcome.
January 18, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Congress can stop ICE. Congress can block the use of force in Greenland. In other words, in this crisis, Congress can act to support civil liberties at home and free nations abroad. To fail to act would be to be complicit in a dreadful outcome.
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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The 2026 Cadillac F1 car running on track for the first time at Silverstone today, with Sergio Perez behind the wheel for the filming day #F1
January 16, 2026 at 7:37 PM
The 2026 Cadillac F1 car running on track for the first time at Silverstone today, with Sergio Perez behind the wheel for the filming day #F1
There's a lot of racism and bullshit to unpack here, but shouldn't there just be one sled in the foreground?
January 14, 2026 at 10:16 PM
There's a lot of racism and bullshit to unpack here, but shouldn't there just be one sled in the foreground?
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Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average.
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
January 14, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average.
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
100% chance that I will no longer be reading or watching CBS News.
January 14, 2026 at 5:12 PM
100% chance that I will no longer be reading or watching CBS News.
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my latest on how to save downtown dallas: it ain’t a convention center, it ain’t an arena, and it certainly ain’t tearing down city hall. it is reversing generaitons of auto-centric urban planning.
www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...
www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...
Lamster: How to fix downtown Dallas
What is the future of downtown Dallas? Even for a place that is persistently described as “at a crossroads” and “in crisis,” the present moment seems fraught...
www.dallasnews.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:09 PM
my latest on how to save downtown dallas: it ain’t a convention center, it ain’t an arena, and it certainly ain’t tearing down city hall. it is reversing generaitons of auto-centric urban planning.
www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...
www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...
i... i think i need to sign off from bluesky for a few days or a week or a month or forever.
the firehose of chaos is just too much to observe every hour of every day.
the firehose of chaos is just too much to observe every hour of every day.
January 13, 2026 at 8:13 PM
i... i think i need to sign off from bluesky for a few days or a week or a month or forever.
the firehose of chaos is just too much to observe every hour of every day.
the firehose of chaos is just too much to observe every hour of every day.
there's no going back to the united states of america from before. the game has changed and we're all doomed.
i don't know how we as a country heal and recover from this madness.
something has to change, but nothing ever does.
i don't know how we as a country heal and recover from this madness.
something has to change, but nothing ever does.
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 8:12 PM
there's no going back to the united states of america from before. the game has changed and we're all doomed.
i don't know how we as a country heal and recover from this madness.
something has to change, but nothing ever does.
i don't know how we as a country heal and recover from this madness.
something has to change, but nothing ever does.
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“A car crash involving a pedestrian” is one of the dumbest things I read constantly in the news.
How hard is it to say that a person driving a car killed another person on foot?
How hard is it to say that a person driving a car killed another person on foot?
Police confirm traffic fatality after pedestrian involved in Kalihi crash succumbs to injuries days later
On Friday, at about 6:45 a.m., a car crash involving a pedestrian occurred on North King St. in the Kalihi area.
www.hawaiinewsnow.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:42 PM
“A car crash involving a pedestrian” is one of the dumbest things I read constantly in the news.
How hard is it to say that a person driving a car killed another person on foot?
How hard is it to say that a person driving a car killed another person on foot?
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Just the fact that now in the United States armed masked men can go up to someone just pumping gas and say "are you a US citizen" should outrage every. single. American.
My edit makes it appear like the ICE officer is just doing his job and this crazy is coming at him. Not so. Here's the rest.
January 13, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Just the fact that now in the United States armed masked men can go up to someone just pumping gas and say "are you a US citizen" should outrage every. single. American.
my (least) favorite instagram feature (bug) is the one that selects one (or more) of my friends and fails to mark their story (or stories) as seen so i see it every time i open the app for twenty four hours.
January 13, 2026 at 2:46 PM
my (least) favorite instagram feature (bug) is the one that selects one (or more) of my friends and fails to mark their story (or stories) as seen so i see it every time i open the app for twenty four hours.
Sitting at my desk literally laughing at this news story 😂😂😂
“Residents have been urged to stay away from the monkeys and call for help instead. A news release said they are intelligent and social, but may be unpredictable or aggressive under stress.”
Aren‘t we all kind of like that these days?
“Residents have been urged to stay away from the monkeys and call for help instead. A news release said they are intelligent and social, but may be unpredictable or aggressive under stress.”
Aren‘t we all kind of like that these days?
Multiple monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis. And AI generated images are complicating the effort to find them.
Monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis and AI is complicating efforts to capture them
Multiple monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis. And AI generated images are complicating the effort to find them.
bit.ly
January 12, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Sitting at my desk literally laughing at this news story 😂😂😂
“Residents have been urged to stay away from the monkeys and call for help instead. A news release said they are intelligent and social, but may be unpredictable or aggressive under stress.”
Aren‘t we all kind of like that these days?
“Residents have been urged to stay away from the monkeys and call for help instead. A news release said they are intelligent and social, but may be unpredictable or aggressive under stress.”
Aren‘t we all kind of like that these days?
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I also must say that it's a bit rich that Trump and his DOJ think it's a good idea to gin up a bullshit investigation about supposed illegalities in ... {checks notes} … renovating a federal building
January 12, 2026 at 3:19 AM
I also must say that it's a bit rich that Trump and his DOJ think it's a good idea to gin up a bullshit investigation about supposed illegalities in ... {checks notes} … renovating a federal building
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there are *so* many people who cower before trump's threats, and jerome fucking powell is out here on youtube going, "all of this is corrupt horseshit, they're doing it because i won't bail them out, they're all liars"
what a fucking time to be alive
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
January 12, 2026 at 12:51 AM
there are *so* many people who cower before trump's threats, and jerome fucking powell is out here on youtube going, "all of this is corrupt horseshit, they're doing it because i won't bail them out, they're all liars"
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Powell, showing more guts than almost any GOP legislators:
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
January 12, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Powell, showing more guts than almost any GOP legislators:
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Trump is really into that ballroom
Chris Murphy: "Let's talk about what's at stake here. The president is spending every single day thinking about invading Greenland, managing the Venezuelan economy, building a ballroom. He's not thinking about the American people at all."
January 11, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Trump is really into that ballroom
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It's obvious stuff, but we must remember that if Americans had elected Kamala Harris, none of this would be happening right now. Keep that in mind when you vote in the midterms.
January 11, 2026 at 4:34 PM
It's obvious stuff, but we must remember that if Americans had elected Kamala Harris, none of this would be happening right now. Keep that in mind when you vote in the midterms.
Huh. I wonder what could've happened at the beginning of 2025 to accelerate this trend?
Elections have consequences and we're all going to suffer.
"But these 'illegals' are taking jobs from US citizens." Nope; obviously not, because these jobs aren't being filled by citizens.
Elections have consequences and we're all going to suffer.
"But these 'illegals' are taking jobs from US citizens." Nope; obviously not, because these jobs aren't being filled by citizens.
US construction job growth has ground to a practical halt over the last year, with the country losing jobs in homebuilding as the number of units under construction declines, while nonresidential job growth slowed significantly
January 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Huh. I wonder what could've happened at the beginning of 2025 to accelerate this trend?
Elections have consequences and we're all going to suffer.
"But these 'illegals' are taking jobs from US citizens." Nope; obviously not, because these jobs aren't being filled by citizens.
Elections have consequences and we're all going to suffer.
"But these 'illegals' are taking jobs from US citizens." Nope; obviously not, because these jobs aren't being filled by citizens.
”…it means that the U.S. government will no longer be eligible to attend global climate talks, known as COPs, and will be the only country in the world that is unable to participate in multilateral debates about climate change.”
January 9, 2026 at 12:07 AM
”…it means that the U.S. government will no longer be eligible to attend global climate talks, known as COPs, and will be the only country in the world that is unable to participate in multilateral debates about climate change.”
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@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
I am once again ashamed of my alma mater.
I removed the A&M decal from my car, and I'm debating if I want to stop wearing my class ring. My diploma will not be hung in the new house, I'm not wearing any more Texas A&M clothing, and no more money will be spent supporting this university.
I removed the A&M decal from my car, and I'm debating if I want to stop wearing my class ring. My diploma will not be hung in the new house, I'm not wearing any more Texas A&M clothing, and no more money will be spent supporting this university.
A Texas A&M professor has been told not to teach certain writings from Plato, a staple in introductory philosophy courses, because they may violate the university system's new rules against “advocating” race or gender ideology. bit.ly/49skWbA
January 7, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I am once again ashamed of my alma mater.
I removed the A&M decal from my car, and I'm debating if I want to stop wearing my class ring. My diploma will not be hung in the new house, I'm not wearing any more Texas A&M clothing, and no more money will be spent supporting this university.
I removed the A&M decal from my car, and I'm debating if I want to stop wearing my class ring. My diploma will not be hung in the new house, I'm not wearing any more Texas A&M clothing, and no more money will be spent supporting this university.