Josh J Architect
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Architecture and built stuff that I find I interesting, amusement park stuff, pro wrestling
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Josh J Architect
@jjarchitect.bsky.social
· Nov 15
The Elephantine Colossus was a tourist attraction located on Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York City.
It was built in the shape of an elephant, an example of novelty architecture.
The seven story structure designed by James V. Lafferty stood above Surf Avenue and West 12th.
It was built in the shape of an elephant, an example of novelty architecture.
The seven story structure designed by James V. Lafferty stood above Surf Avenue and West 12th.
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This is as close as Democrats get to a statewide win here
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This is as close as Democrats get to a statewide win here
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In 1924, Calvin Coolidge's 16-yr-old son played tennis on the White House grounds w/o wearing socks. He got a blister and was dead from infection a week later.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
For a yr, I've been working on a series for The New Atlantis about the vast systems that underlie our lives. Our ancestors built them up over decades to fend off hunger, thirst, darkness and disease. But too few of us know about them—and they're all at risk. The conclusion is now available online:
Why We Are Better Off Than a Century Ago
Our ancestors built grand public systems to conquer hunger, thirst, darkness, and squalor. That progress can be lost if we forget it.
www.thenewatlantis.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In 1924, Calvin Coolidge's 16-yr-old son played tennis on the White House grounds w/o wearing socks. He got a blister and was dead from infection a week later.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
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I wrote about this building and other unnecessary demolitions around Chicago in this piece last year. Sometimes you just need to rant. 😊
chicagolandarchitecture.substack.com/p/why-is-dem...
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Why is Demolition Always the Answer?
“Well, there’s a logic to it.
chicagolandarchitecture.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I wrote about this building and other unnecessary demolitions around Chicago in this piece last year. Sometimes you just need to rant. 😊
chicagolandarchitecture.substack.com/p/why-is-dem...
chicagolandarchitecture.substack.com/p/why-is-dem...
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ICE lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms, according to new contracting records reviewed by WIRED.
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
ICE lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms, according to new contracting records reviewed by WIRED.
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hoop over dog game, seaside heights, new jersey, 1978
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
hoop over dog game, seaside heights, new jersey, 1978
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Complaint cites "Linda McMahon, Trump’s Education Pick, Bankrolled His Raucous Madison Square Garden Rally" from Dec. 2024
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Complaint cites "Linda McMahon, Trump’s Education Pick, Bankrolled His Raucous Madison Square Garden Rally" from Dec. 2024
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A roundtrip LAX-JFK flight in the late 60s was around $3K in today’s dollars. The people who wore suits on those flights were the people who regularly wore suits. Complaining about informally-dressed fliers is complaining that the wrong sorts of people are flying today.
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A roundtrip LAX-JFK flight in the late 60s was around $3K in today’s dollars. The people who wore suits on those flights were the people who regularly wore suits. Complaining about informally-dressed fliers is complaining that the wrong sorts of people are flying today.
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So Jim Justice is one of the wealthiest people in the country.
And in 2021, we wrote a story about how almost never paid taxes
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
And in 2021, we wrote a story about how almost never paid taxes
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
So Jim Justice is one of the wealthiest people in the country.
And in 2021, we wrote a story about how almost never paid taxes
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
And in 2021, we wrote a story about how almost never paid taxes
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
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TBF, every traffic jam and lane of parking is also privatization of a public street
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
TBF, every traffic jam and lane of parking is also privatization of a public street
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Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
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Another Boar's Head recall. This time it's pecorino romano cheese products being recalled due to a possible risk of Listeria monocytogenes, according to a notice posted by the FDA. A massive 7-million pound recall of Boar's deli meats made headlines in July 2024 & was also linked to Listeria👇
2 Popular Boar's Head Deli Products Recalled for Potential Listeria Contamination
Boar's Head has recalled two of its Pecorino Romano deli cheese products due to the potential presence of Listeria monocytogenes. Read on for more details on the recall.
www.allrecipes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Another Boar's Head recall. This time it's pecorino romano cheese products being recalled due to a possible risk of Listeria monocytogenes, according to a notice posted by the FDA. A massive 7-million pound recall of Boar's deli meats made headlines in July 2024 & was also linked to Listeria👇
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Carl honestly seems like one of the few good ones, man.
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Carl honestly seems like one of the few good ones, man.
Journalists should not be the story
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Journalists should not be the story
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At York Merchant Adventurers' C14th timbered hall, the joy of craft has been caught in Medusa’s gaze – surging, soaring, uplifting. This place is not merely a building, but a glade within a forest – the medieval artisan’s woody memoranda embedded within the street. A must see.
July 2, 2025 at 5:57 AM
At York Merchant Adventurers' C14th timbered hall, the joy of craft has been caught in Medusa’s gaze – surging, soaring, uplifting. This place is not merely a building, but a glade within a forest – the medieval artisan’s woody memoranda embedded within the street. A must see.
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From this vapid interview with Joe Gebbia, I learned that he is workin from Austin, Texas. That the NDS has some amazing talent they refuse to name, and that they had created a FIFTH web page (safedc.gov) at some point. FIVE total pages, people!
www.dezeen.com/2025/11/18/a...
www.dezeen.com/2025/11/18/a...
"Design is in the White House" says America's first chief design officer Joe Gebbia
The creation of a National Design Studio shows an "unprecedented" concern for web design in the US government, says Joe Gebbia in this exclusive interview.
www.dezeen.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
From this vapid interview with Joe Gebbia, I learned that he is workin from Austin, Texas. That the NDS has some amazing talent they refuse to name, and that they had created a FIFTH web page (safedc.gov) at some point. FIVE total pages, people!
www.dezeen.com/2025/11/18/a...
www.dezeen.com/2025/11/18/a...
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margate elephant, margate city, new jersey, 1978
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
margate elephant, margate city, new jersey, 1978
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This is exactly right
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is exactly right
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NEWS: The criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James are gone. A federal judge ruled that the appointment of Lindsey Halligan as the lead prosecutor was illegal.
DOJ could try again, but there are other headwinds.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
DOJ could try again, but there are other headwinds.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
NEWS: The criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James are gone. A federal judge ruled that the appointment of Lindsey Halligan as the lead prosecutor was illegal.
DOJ could try again, but there are other headwinds.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
DOJ could try again, but there are other headwinds.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
I returned cans for money as a child. When I was 12, I bought this.
32 years later, I am an unemployed architect.
32 years later, I am an unemployed architect.
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I returned cans for money as a child. When I was 12, I bought this.
32 years later, I am an unemployed architect.
32 years later, I am an unemployed architect.
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PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
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November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
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“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
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Yeah, we have a fascist president with a fascist cabinet and a ruling party in our legislature that is like 40% explicitly fascist and 60% acquiescent to most of the fascism.
Those are the cold hard facts, people, you can't just harrumph them out of existence.
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Those are the cold hard facts, people, you can't just harrumph them out of existence.
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"he's a fascist", "he's the president", and "the president of the united states is, by virtually any definition, within the bounds of what's considered 'normal' " are statements that unfortunately can and do coexist
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Yeah, we have a fascist president with a fascist cabinet and a ruling party in our legislature that is like 40% explicitly fascist and 60% acquiescent to most of the fascism.
Those are the cold hard facts, people, you can't just harrumph them out of existence.
bsky.app/profile/stat...
Those are the cold hard facts, people, you can't just harrumph them out of existence.
bsky.app/profile/stat...