Proven Winner
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fwiw I think that dam removal—specifically in the northeast us—is a super critical field for landscape historians, preservationists, and archaeologists to get involved it and, at least when I was looking into it 8 or 9 years ago, it seemed like remarkably few people were working on it.
De-Damming is one of my weird total obsessions. I'm super excited to see the removal of Kinneytown Dam here in CT
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December 15, 2025 at 3:16 AM
fwiw I think that dam removal—specifically in the northeast us—is a super critical field for landscape historians, preservationists, and archaeologists to get involved it and, at least when I was looking into it 8 or 9 years ago, it seemed like remarkably few people were working on it.
It feels like this would be very difficult, like on a thermodynamic level but I know nothing about this
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It feels like this would be very difficult, like on a thermodynamic level but I know nothing about this
this mfer thinks we see doctors lmao
For all Universal HC/Single Payer/M4A advocates.
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
December 12, 2025 at 12:58 AM
this mfer thinks we see doctors lmao
Pittsburgh bluesky has weighed in and informed me that this project is actually good and makes it a lot easier to get to Penguins games. I would like to say that I have always been in favor of people going to Penguins games, and that I am Listening and Learning.
I hope someone gets some pleasure out of it but this feels like one of the most why bother freeway caps possible
December 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Pittsburgh bluesky has weighed in and informed me that this project is actually good and makes it a lot easier to get to Penguins games. I would like to say that I have always been in favor of people going to Penguins games, and that I am Listening and Learning.
I will say that sometimes parks are fussy and overdesigned in plan because a hotshot designer wanted to win an award, and sometimes it’s because the landscape director at a multiservice engineering firm shat the design out in colored pencil in 20 minutes while eating a turkey sandwich
easily my biggest problem with modern landscape architecture. parks are now things that look pretty from an aerial view with lots of curvy paths and walls, not something useful. no softball fields, no tennis or basketball courts, no playgrounds, just unusable grass and concrete. totally dead
December 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I will say that sometimes parks are fussy and overdesigned in plan because a hotshot designer wanted to win an award, and sometimes it’s because the landscape director at a multiservice engineering firm shat the design out in colored pencil in 20 minutes while eating a turkey sandwich
I hope someone gets some pleasure out of it but this feels like one of the most why bother freeway caps possible
December 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I hope someone gets some pleasure out of it but this feels like one of the most why bother freeway caps possible
you just know seeing the guy on the bottom right was an absolute game changer for some little gay boy in 1884
December 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
you just know seeing the guy on the bottom right was an absolute game changer for some little gay boy in 1884
there should be a law where before you're allowed to hold office you have to prove that you have a friend
December 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
there should be a law where before you're allowed to hold office you have to prove that you have a friend
Boston just held a hearing on parking minimums and one of the city councilors literally complained about how all the expert witnesses favored removing them lol
December 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Boston just held a hearing on parking minimums and one of the city councilors literally complained about how all the expert witnesses favored removing them lol
Another side of this is that the average democratic politician considers “using the powers of government to improve the lives of Americans” as inherently antithetical to the project of winning elections.
none of these people (inclusive of UK labour) seem to understand that voters want their leaders to *lead* them, not reflect their own ill thought preferences back at them
December 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Another side of this is that the average democratic politician considers “using the powers of government to improve the lives of Americans” as inherently antithetical to the project of winning elections.
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I’ve been asked to be on Jimmy Fallon to talk about my very cool death ray.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I’ve been asked to be on Jimmy Fallon to talk about my very cool death ray.
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ok kudos to the team. i thought this was pretty streamlined
December 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
ok kudos to the team. i thought this was pretty streamlined
the other side of this is that the centralization of agricultural knowledge production in the usda and in universities after the civil war lead to a cultural disconnect between farmers and experts, unlike when knowledge was produced by farmers organizations, fairs, and the agricultural press.
The rapid growth of American turfgrass science basically plays out in this context: political support for agrostological research peaked at a moment when the economic rationale that initially supported that movement was becoming increasingly questionabl.
December 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
the other side of this is that the centralization of agricultural knowledge production in the usda and in universities after the civil war lead to a cultural disconnect between farmers and experts, unlike when knowledge was produced by farmers organizations, fairs, and the agricultural press.
guys i think at this point we have sufficiently defended paul dano
December 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
guys i think at this point we have sufficiently defended paul dano
I try not to be a snob about contemporary forms of pop/pulp writing, but this idea that books should be meticulously indexed with dozens of hyperspecific tags just feels so grim to me.
December 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I try not to be a snob about contemporary forms of pop/pulp writing, but this idea that books should be meticulously indexed with dozens of hyperspecific tags just feels so grim to me.
Just found @arielron.bsky.social’s work recently and it really ties together so many thoughts I’ve had about American grass culture. One of the big takeaways: leading up into the civil war the economic value of hay production was roughly equivalent to that of cotton (!)
When Hay Was King: Energy History and Economic Nationalism in the Nineteenth-Century United States
Abstract. Hay was a linchpin of the early industrial energy regime. It was the primary fodder for working horses, who became more rather than less importan
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December 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Just found @arielron.bsky.social’s work recently and it really ties together so many thoughts I’ve had about American grass culture. One of the big takeaways: leading up into the civil war the economic value of hay production was roughly equivalent to that of cotton (!)
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cannot begin to tell you how happy I am to have stumbled upon the Paris building shared by metal music fans and the union for metal workers, what a delight
December 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
cannot begin to tell you how happy I am to have stumbled upon the Paris building shared by metal music fans and the union for metal workers, what a delight
ironically, I think the reason antimodernists seized on gehry as the go-to example of the starchitect peddler of pretentious, inscrutable designs is that his work is actually super accessible, fun, whiz-bang stuff.
December 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
ironically, I think the reason antimodernists seized on gehry as the go-to example of the starchitect peddler of pretentious, inscrutable designs is that his work is actually super accessible, fun, whiz-bang stuff.
this is insane??
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
this is insane??
My 87 year old father just told me, unprompted, about how in the early 60s he and his fraternity brothers would all go to Coney Island and do poppers while riding the Cyclone so I’m sorry if there’s a male loneliness epidemic but that sounds like a fucking skill issue to me
December 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
My 87 year old father just told me, unprompted, about how in the early 60s he and his fraternity brothers would all go to Coney Island and do poppers while riding the Cyclone so I’m sorry if there’s a male loneliness epidemic but that sounds like a fucking skill issue to me
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Big, big difference, substantively and theoretically, between wanting protests to be better led and sniping at the poor leadership of a movement that you obviously wish didn't exist.
December 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Big, big difference, substantively and theoretically, between wanting protests to be better led and sniping at the poor leadership of a movement that you obviously wish didn't exist.
I refuse to believe this is real. You're doing a jd vance couch fucking bit again.
A scene from American Canto. Olivia Nuzzi tries to visit the WWE Hall of Fame, only to discover that it is not a physical building.
December 4, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I refuse to believe this is real. You're doing a jd vance couch fucking bit again.
Something I would be interested in reading is a case study on the economics of streeteries/dining sheds. I think it’s actually a really weird situation when you dig into it.
December 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Something I would be interested in reading is a case study on the economics of streeteries/dining sheds. I think it’s actually a really weird situation when you dig into it.
rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim absolutely seething at this one
basically nothing dapples as well as sunlight. unquestionably the GOAT of dappling
November 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim absolutely seething at this one
have seriously considered quitting my job to start a specialty mail-order fern nursery called Best Fronds
The Franzia box wine customer loyalty program is called “Franz with Benefits” congratulations to all involved, very nice work
November 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
have seriously considered quitting my job to start a specialty mail-order fern nursery called Best Fronds