Jay Castle
@jbcastle2.bsky.social
Oakland, Milwaukee, Architecture, Urban Design, Politics, Music, Football
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Marcel Breuer at the Whitney. 1967. What a shot. Photographer Evelyne Burnheim.
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Marcel Breuer at the Whitney. 1967. What a shot. Photographer Evelyne Burnheim.
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detroit's ubiquitous u-buy-we-fry fish markets are a dodge around this, and i love them for it
Most people don’t know that with SNAP you are banned from buying “foods that are hot at the point of sale”. So even if you have SNAP (which people don’t now) you can’t get cooked food. Which means you need to also actually have the resources to PREPARE a “healthy” meal.
Thinking about the social stigma against eating fast food in a country where poor people are being starved by the govt, the cost of groceries and fresh vegetables are astronomical, and a cheeseburger at McDonald’s costs $3.50.
“Clean” and “healthy” eating rhetoric is racist, ableist, and classist.
“Clean” and “healthy” eating rhetoric is racist, ableist, and classist.
November 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
detroit's ubiquitous u-buy-we-fry fish markets are a dodge around this, and i love them for it
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Let’s check in with people who threatened to leave Zohran Mamdani’s NYC: defector.com/lets-check-i...
Let's Check In With People Who Threatened To Leave Zohran Mamdani's NYC | Defector
When Zohran Mamdani upset Andrew Cuomo to win the New York City Democratic mayoral primary in June, it led to a lot of histrionics. The usual fear tactics against a young Muslim democratic socialist…
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November 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Let’s check in with people who threatened to leave Zohran Mamdani’s NYC: defector.com/lets-check-i...
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I wrote about Grupo de Diseño Urbano's momentous Oberlander Prize win and what it means that the award has gone to a firm, rather than an individual, for the first time, and in particular to a firm that has long been committed to the people of Mexico landscapearchitecturemagazine.org/2025/11/05/f...
“For All of Latin America”: Mexican Firm Celebrates Its Oberlander Prize | Landscape Architecture Magazine
What landscape architects need to know. The honor for Grupo de Diseño Urbano reflects founder Mario Schjetnan’s focus on immigrant issues and his country’s “mosaic of cultures.” By Timothy A. Schuler ...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I wrote about Grupo de Diseño Urbano's momentous Oberlander Prize win and what it means that the award has gone to a firm, rather than an individual, for the first time, and in particular to a firm that has long been committed to the people of Mexico landscapearchitecturemagazine.org/2025/11/05/f...
There is plenty of country music with good politics on the radio if you know where to look - The Chickenshack Fridays from
9a-12p CT on @wmse917fm.bsky.social and Forked Toungue every other Thursday from 10a-12p on @bff.fm are good places to start.
9a-12p CT on @wmse917fm.bsky.social and Forked Toungue every other Thursday from 10a-12p on @bff.fm are good places to start.
Yes, though I'd also argue that giving up entire genres of music to right-wingers--genres of music with very deep roots in working class culture--is not a good political move.
And in fact, there's tons of country out there with great politics. It's just not on the radio.
And in fact, there's tons of country out there with great politics. It's just not on the radio.
Yes! Hip Hop’s deep history of social commentary and political messaging makes it a natural fit for this generation of progressive movement. Especially given the rise of modern mainstream country music’s social narrative, it’s a good juxtaposition.
October 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
There is plenty of country music with good politics on the radio if you know where to look - The Chickenshack Fridays from
9a-12p CT on @wmse917fm.bsky.social and Forked Toungue every other Thursday from 10a-12p on @bff.fm are good places to start.
9a-12p CT on @wmse917fm.bsky.social and Forked Toungue every other Thursday from 10a-12p on @bff.fm are good places to start.
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People who say they won't vote for the lesser of 2 evils, burden us all with the greater of 2 evils.
October 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
People who say they won't vote for the lesser of 2 evils, burden us all with the greater of 2 evils.
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This is the sort of feature of normal American family culture you can lose sight of when you staff your newsroom exclusively with people who have been banned from attending family Thanksgiving bsky.app/profile/deli...
My cousins are my kid’s aunts and uncles. Their kids are his cousins. My aunts and uncles? Also his aunts and uncles. My friends? My partner’s friends? Also aunts and uncles! Firmly convinced being an aunt/uncle is one of the highest honors in human life.
October 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the sort of feature of normal American family culture you can lose sight of when you staff your newsroom exclusively with people who have been banned from attending family Thanksgiving bsky.app/profile/deli...
The Driftless Area of SW Wisconsin. The rugged topography eschews land consolidation for large-scale farming, so it remains a (relatively) progressive (and beautiful!) rural region.
So much of the country feels homogenous and samey. Tell me some more about American micro-regions that actually have unique economies and cultures. The Imperial Valley. The Oregon Coast. The Iron Range. That part of Northern maine where they all speak French.
What are some other ones
What are some other ones
October 22, 2025 at 4:40 AM
The Driftless Area of SW Wisconsin. The rugged topography eschews land consolidation for large-scale farming, so it remains a (relatively) progressive (and beautiful!) rural region.
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no screenshots. no clever replies. your outrage is their platform. do not platform them.
October 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
no screenshots. no clever replies. your outrage is their platform. do not platform them.
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If you want to really feel the housing crisis, browse the Census microdata for LA households with lots of people in them. About 16,000 houses in LA County have three bedrooms and 8+ people.
October 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
If you want to really feel the housing crisis, browse the Census microdata for LA households with lots of people in them. About 16,000 houses in LA County have three bedrooms and 8+ people.
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I pitched in at katforillinois.com/stream @katmabu.bsky.social good luck!
October 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I pitched in at katforillinois.com/stream @katmabu.bsky.social good luck!
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This has been the entire thing for months. It's better if Democrats start saying so in public.
October 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This has been the entire thing for months. It's better if Democrats start saying so in public.
I did this yesterday and you should do it now - (916) 445-2841.
Call Newsom and tell him to sign SB79!
cayimby.org/sb-79-talkin...
cayimby.org/sb-79-talkin...
Call the State Senate to pass SB 79!
Please call your State Senator and urge them to vote YES on SB 79!
cayimby.org
October 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I did this yesterday and you should do it now - (916) 445-2841.
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This is so, so good. Just from a basic comms perspective, but also, focusing on a nuts and bolts thing that can tangibly improve people's lives.
I'm on the slowest bus line in the city with the slowest buses in the nation to talk to New Yorkers about what it would mean for their lives if we made them fast and free.
October 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This is so, so good. Just from a basic comms perspective, but also, focusing on a nuts and bolts thing that can tangibly improve people's lives.
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the plan? we combat the effects of trump's increasingly unpopular policies by sending americans checks with trump's name on them.
October 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
the plan? we combat the effects of trump's increasingly unpopular policies by sending americans checks with trump's name on them.
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imagine appearing before the canadian supreme court to make the case whether you've been naughty or nice
October 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
imagine appearing before the canadian supreme court to make the case whether you've been naughty or nice
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You can’t visit many sites on the web these days without being bombarded by ads, pop-ups, and paywalls.
We’re happy to report that there is absolutely nothing to interrupt you when you read an article on placesjournal.org. No ads, no pop-ups, no distractions. A rare luxury in online reading today.
We’re happy to report that there is absolutely nothing to interrupt you when you read an article on placesjournal.org. No ads, no pop-ups, no distractions. A rare luxury in online reading today.
October 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
You can’t visit many sites on the web these days without being bombarded by ads, pop-ups, and paywalls.
We’re happy to report that there is absolutely nothing to interrupt you when you read an article on placesjournal.org. No ads, no pop-ups, no distractions. A rare luxury in online reading today.
We’re happy to report that there is absolutely nothing to interrupt you when you read an article on placesjournal.org. No ads, no pop-ups, no distractions. A rare luxury in online reading today.
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Imagine if a water pipe broke and the water department had to ask city council whether to fix it and then spend 12 months asking everyone on the street their opinion of how to fix it before they could start work.
That's how cities manage curbs.
That's how cities manage curbs.
This is the process chart for the City of Bellevue's potential plan to add parking meters.
October 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Imagine if a water pipe broke and the water department had to ask city council whether to fix it and then spend 12 months asking everyone on the street their opinion of how to fix it before they could start work.
That's how cities manage curbs.
That's how cities manage curbs.
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"We've been forced into a 'free speech zone.' Its very existence implies that everywhere else is a non-free speech zone, that there are places where our First Amendment rights do not apply."
October 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"We've been forced into a 'free speech zone.' Its very existence implies that everywhere else is a non-free speech zone, that there are places where our First Amendment rights do not apply."
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Imagine if we treated any other form of safety like this:"We should only install outlet covers in day care centers on a case-by-case basis, such as where a toddler has stuck his fingers in an electrical socket."
September 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Imagine if we treated any other form of safety like this:"We should only install outlet covers in day care centers on a case-by-case basis, such as where a toddler has stuck his fingers in an electrical socket."
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I think the case for “this was a decisive affirmation of the MAG ideology” is extremely weak & I think the view that we ought to take the election as an expression of where The People stand owes more to the insecurity and lack of confidence that is pervasive among our liberal elites than the facts.
September 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I think the case for “this was a decisive affirmation of the MAG ideology” is extremely weak & I think the view that we ought to take the election as an expression of where The People stand owes more to the insecurity and lack of confidence that is pervasive among our liberal elites than the facts.
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30-odd years later and I vividly remember those books and the class discussions about them. Funny isn't it?
We talk a lot about college as a vehicle for building skills, training workers, and so on. But its real value is in giving you an intellectual universe to inhabit.
We talk a lot about college as a vehicle for building skills, training workers, and so on. But its real value is in giving you an intellectual universe to inhabit.
September 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
30-odd years later and I vividly remember those books and the class discussions about them. Funny isn't it?
We talk a lot about college as a vehicle for building skills, training workers, and so on. But its real value is in giving you an intellectual universe to inhabit.
We talk a lot about college as a vehicle for building skills, training workers, and so on. But its real value is in giving you an intellectual universe to inhabit.
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the cultural crisis is straightforward: there are no longer any formal consequences for blatantly anti-social behavior, and the rest of us are constantly just getting lectured that we have to put up with these assholes making our lives worse
Imagine if NPR had actually talked to safe streets advocates for this story and learned how the solutions to drivers killing people is not, in fact, victim blaming
September 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
the cultural crisis is straightforward: there are no longer any formal consequences for blatantly anti-social behavior, and the rest of us are constantly just getting lectured that we have to put up with these assholes making our lives worse
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this is the shit i want to see
Swalwell: There’s going to be a Democratic majority in just over a year. To the FCC chairperson and anyone in involved in these dirty deals: get a lawyer and save your records because you’re going to be in this room answering questions
September 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
this is the shit i want to see