Dan Caroselli
@dancaroselli.bsky.social
Public Servant @ City of L.A. | LA stuff | architecture appreciator | maps/charts/tables when I have the time
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LA Modern Architecture - Google My Maps
Proto-Modern/International Style/Modernist/Moderne/Postmodern etc etc
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Realized I hadn’t posted this on Bluesky. I’m not an authoritative source but here is a map I created of modern architecture in the LA area (so far ~1,700 points from many sources). I’ve added perimeters for the current fires to get a sense of what might be impacted: www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
I think this is the best way to put my thoughts on AI: I see it like cars — on it’s own on a closed track it’s cool and fun and awesome; let it loose in US society, though, and it becomes the Great Satan.
I believe that AI has valid ethical use cases that are actually pretty interesting. Human nature being what it is, they are outnumbered by the unethical ones — as with guns and crypto. But I think it’s *possible* with the right regulations to make AI net-positive, unlike with guns and crypto.
November 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I think this is the best way to put my thoughts on AI: I see it like cars — on it’s own on a closed track it’s cool and fun and awesome; let it loose in US society, though, and it becomes the Great Satan.
I believe that AI has valid ethical use cases that are actually pretty interesting. Human nature being what it is, they are outnumbered by the unethical ones — as with guns and crypto. But I think it’s *possible* with the right regulations to make AI net-positive, unlike with guns and crypto.
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I believe that AI has valid ethical use cases that are actually pretty interesting. Human nature being what it is, they are outnumbered by the unethical ones — as with guns and crypto. But I think it’s *possible* with the right regulations to make AI net-positive, unlike with guns and crypto.
Thread of streetview images of LA County Zigzag Moderne residential buildings, hotels included. All of these were built within a three year span of 1929-1931. Ordered roughly by decreasing height — starting with the tallest and easily most famous: 8358 Sunset Blvd, WH
November 24, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Thread of streetview images of LA County Zigzag Moderne residential buildings, hotels included. All of these were built within a three year span of 1929-1931. Ordered roughly by decreasing height — starting with the tallest and easily most famous: 8358 Sunset Blvd, WH
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Movie that takes place where you’re from
November 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Movie that takes place where you’re from
Happy first cloudless LA day after the rains to all who celebrate
November 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Happy first cloudless LA day after the rains to all who celebrate
Rainbow over forest lawn earlier today, landing on the Holly Terrace part of the grand mausoleum, where Michael Jackson and Paramahansa Yogananda are buried. Aimee Semple McPherson also getting some rainbow.
November 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Rainbow over forest lawn earlier today, landing on the Holly Terrace part of the grand mausoleum, where Michael Jackson and Paramahansa Yogananda are buried. Aimee Semple McPherson also getting some rainbow.
Finally saw OBAA last night and now I’m shocked that I cannot purchase a St Carlos Ninja Academy sticker anywhere on God’s green Internet.
November 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Finally saw OBAA last night and now I’m shocked that I cannot purchase a St Carlos Ninja Academy sticker anywhere on God’s green Internet.
Just saw my first LA owl! (I’d seen owls before in other places but never one here). A great big white one.
November 19, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Just saw my first LA owl! (I’d seen owls before in other places but never one here). A great big white one.
IMO the best-ever western film theme is a tie between Silverado (1985) and A Bug’s Life (1998)
November 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
IMO the best-ever western film theme is a tie between Silverado (1985) and A Bug’s Life (1998)
In 1980, 40% of all Angelenos (city of LA) lived in a owner-occupied detached single family house. A decade later in 1990 it was down to 35%. But by 2000 it only ticked down a percentage point to 34%. Today (2023 data) it’s 33%, meaning it basically hasn’t budged significantly since the 90s..
November 16, 2025 at 6:06 AM
In 1980, 40% of all Angelenos (city of LA) lived in a owner-occupied detached single family house. A decade later in 1990 it was down to 35%. But by 2000 it only ticked down a percentage point to 34%. Today (2023 data) it’s 33%, meaning it basically hasn’t budged significantly since the 90s..
I’m starting to feel like the country’s depraved elite are pivoting from cover-up to accelerationism.
November 14, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I’m starting to feel like the country’s depraved elite are pivoting from cover-up to accelerationism.
I literally think about this every day
man we need a way to say "the moral rot and depravity of this country's elite must be burned out of it with cleansing fire" that isn't wildly reactionary-coded
November 14, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I literally think about this every day
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The median age of all U.S. homebuyers is now 59 years old.
Just 15 years ago, it was 39 years old.
Just 15 years ago, it was 39 years old.
November 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The median age of all U.S. homebuyers is now 59 years old.
Just 15 years ago, it was 39 years old.
Just 15 years ago, it was 39 years old.
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"Fuck moving forward. Screw coming together. We are going to hire a team of prosecutors so large it needs its own building, fund them so well they have their own helicopters, and instruct them to go after everyone who broke the law from the White House to individual ICE agents."
i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
November 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"Fuck moving forward. Screw coming together. We are going to hire a team of prosecutors so large it needs its own building, fund them so well they have their own helicopters, and instruct them to go after everyone who broke the law from the White House to individual ICE agents."
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For the airplane + red aurora + big dipper fans. 😍
November 12, 2025 at 6:11 AM
For the airplane + red aurora + big dipper fans. 😍
HuffPost perfectly illustrating this moment.
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- The Tide Has Turned!
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November 10, 2025 at 2:24 AM
HuffPost perfectly illustrating this moment.
- The Tide Has Turned!
- please disregard the above message
- The Tide Has Turned!
- please disregard the above message
Ha yes I finally can do this LA nerd joke
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Ha yes I finally can do this LA nerd joke
I feel like I just found a gold nugget! During my daily streetview ambling I just now discovered a 1925 apartment building designed by RM Schindler that was thought to have been demolished for the 101 freeway. But it wasn’t! It was *moved.* (first screenshot is from US Modernist)
November 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I feel like I just found a gold nugget! During my daily streetview ambling I just now discovered a 1925 apartment building designed by RM Schindler that was thought to have been demolished for the 101 freeway. But it wasn’t! It was *moved.* (first screenshot is from US Modernist)
How had I never heard “Lord, Mr. Ford” by Jerry Reed until today? 50+ years old but all of it still hits hard today. Why is this #waroncars anthem not all over the place. Thx @synaptidae.bsky.social youtu.be/UVZEFZlLUzY?...
Lord, Mr. Ford
YouTube video by Jerry Reed - Topic
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
How had I never heard “Lord, Mr. Ford” by Jerry Reed until today? 50+ years old but all of it still hits hard today. Why is this #waroncars anthem not all over the place. Thx @synaptidae.bsky.social youtu.be/UVZEFZlLUzY?...
*every* time I see a lambo suv I think it’s a Chevy.
November 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
*every* time I see a lambo suv I think it’s a Chevy.
Pick it up! Pick it up! (Your speed when escaping danger)
November 3, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Pick it up! Pick it up! (Your speed when escaping danger)
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I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
Remember how just a few years ago during the worst of the pandemic when we saw how the govt can actually do big things and saw that our collective health & well-being are intertwined, and then corporations got mad that they lost a modicum of power and helped fund a backlash of amnesia and fascism?
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.