Adam Old
@adamold.bsky.social
Cities, Transit, Housing, Ecology, Art, Neurobiology, Clouds, Rivers
So a portion of the ecological improvement is the reduction in trawls, but a portion is also the reef effect increasing detritus-fall? I wonder which is more dramatic.
December 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
So a portion of the ecological improvement is the reduction in trawls, but a portion is also the reef effect increasing detritus-fall? I wonder which is more dramatic.
Technically accurate.
December 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Technically accurate.
Neanderthals have always been humans.
December 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Neanderthals have always been humans.
Chunnel to the dark side.
December 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Chunnel to the dark side.
Are there two sargasso seas? Where do asian eels reproduce?
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Are there two sargasso seas? Where do asian eels reproduce?
Toured a 4 story mixed use building on 3000sq ft lot with two stairways and I thought of you.
December 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Toured a 4 story mixed use building on 3000sq ft lot with two stairways and I thought of you.
Is he suggesting that the eels don’t need to eat?!
December 10, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Is he suggesting that the eels don’t need to eat?!
Like slightly dialing back the extremism of the built in AI that went off about how it was Mecha Hitler… phew.
December 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Like slightly dialing back the extremism of the built in AI that went off about how it was Mecha Hitler… phew.
If you’re interested, @strongtowns.org has a lot of thinking about this. Ultimately boils down to (racism, classism, and) state and federal grantmaking processes and cities getting new revenue today, in exchange for O/M/Replacement costs tomorrow.
November 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
If you’re interested, @strongtowns.org has a lot of thinking about this. Ultimately boils down to (racism, classism, and) state and federal grantmaking processes and cities getting new revenue today, in exchange for O/M/Replacement costs tomorrow.
It seems like “Southern Baptist” could be replaced with “Low Income Population Rate” and you would get the same graph.
November 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
It seems like “Southern Baptist” could be replaced with “Low Income Population Rate” and you would get the same graph.
Can we finally plant trees along city streets again, or still too dangerous?
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Can we finally plant trees along city streets again, or still too dangerous?
That's earthly delightful.
November 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
That's earthly delightful.
Should add plumbing every few parking spaces in preparation for after we win the War on Cars.
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Should add plumbing every few parking spaces in preparation for after we win the War on Cars.
Yeah, my sense is that every state has an entrenched set of property appraisal mechanisms that would be very difficult to unwind.
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Yeah, my sense is that every state has an entrenched set of property appraisal mechanisms that would be very difficult to unwind.
Yeah, I was just looking at the blogs.
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Yeah, I was just looking at the blogs.
I guess the Georgists are mostly YIMBY but I don’t know if the YIMBYs care about George. There’s a single post from years ago on CalYIMBY.
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I guess the Georgists are mostly YIMBY but I don’t know if the YIMBYs care about George. There’s a single post from years ago on CalYIMBY.
Yeah, exactly, but he isn’t really featured in the YIMBY discourse that I can tell.
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Yeah, exactly, but he isn’t really featured in the YIMBY discourse that I can tell.
I’m dealing with fallout from “too many increments” rezoning that happened 10 years ago. Zoning push got way ahead of rents and financing. Now we’re stuck with unbuildable inefficient heights locked in, speculative land ownership on low tax uses. Very un-Strong situation, and no housing built.
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I’m dealing with fallout from “too many increments” rezoning that happened 10 years ago. Zoning push got way ahead of rents and financing. Now we’re stuck with unbuildable inefficient heights locked in, speculative land ownership on low tax uses. Very un-Strong situation, and no housing built.