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@woolie.meowmeow.city
I like trains, buses, cities, and maps. He/him.
My feed is photography, software development, and urban planning junk.
My feed is photography, software development, and urban planning junk.
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(OC) Some shots from my recent trip to Munich r/brutalism
October 31, 2025 at 11:28 PM
(OC) Some shots from my recent trip to Munich r/brutalism
No one can have housing like this, unfortunately, because of the specific physical and chemical properties of water.
November 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
No one can have housing like this, unfortunately, because of the specific physical and chemical properties of water.
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“Oh, yes, Schopenhauer! Did you know his mother wrote him many letters until finally disowning him? No wait, this is good, I’ll read one of them out loud. To you.”
August 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“Oh, yes, Schopenhauer! Did you know his mother wrote him many letters until finally disowning him? No wait, this is good, I’ll read one of them out loud. To you.”
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An amazing amount of work went into this bsky.app/profile/ucla... study/report/infomaps, etc on the damaging legacy of racist highway construction in communities and cities up and down the state.
cal.streetsblog.org/2025/11/25/u...
cal.streetsblog.org/2025/11/25/u...
UCLA Report Shows How Freeway Construction Last Century Was Used to Destroy and Divide Communities of Color. - Streetsblog California
“Understanding the history of racism in freeway development can inform restorative justice in these areas.”
cal.streetsblog.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
An amazing amount of work went into this bsky.app/profile/ucla... study/report/infomaps, etc on the damaging legacy of racist highway construction in communities and cities up and down the state.
cal.streetsblog.org/2025/11/25/u...
cal.streetsblog.org/2025/11/25/u...
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LA has two parallel sets of very complex and expensive infrastructure, one is designed to bring fresh water over long distances at great effort and expense, the other designs to flush fresh water into the ocean as fast as possible.
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
LA has two parallel sets of very complex and expensive infrastructure, one is designed to bring fresh water over long distances at great effort and expense, the other designs to flush fresh water into the ocean as fast as possible.
There's no reason Los Angeles County can't have 26 million people, like Seoul.
We have as many subways as Seoul did when it was 10 million 😜
(Also you kinda have to feel like this would be LA County without NIMBYs)
(Also you kinda have to feel like this would be LA County without NIMBYs)
November 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
There's no reason Los Angeles County can't have 26 million people, like Seoul.
I just realized the current iPhone switched to USB-C. This is a pleasant discovery.
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I just realized the current iPhone switched to USB-C. This is a pleasant discovery.
A niche comment about some youtubers, but when Theresa eats at Disney World literally every plate looks like inedible garbage, but when Mei Mei goes to Disneyland every food item looks pretty goddamn tasty and authentic. Is this just because Florida sucks and it's not California?
November 26, 2025 at 6:06 AM
A niche comment about some youtubers, but when Theresa eats at Disney World literally every plate looks like inedible garbage, but when Mei Mei goes to Disneyland every food item looks pretty goddamn tasty and authentic. Is this just because Florida sucks and it's not California?
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Ordering a matcha latte at the cafe then sitting down and pulling something out of my tote bag, everyone internally groans. I reveal it’s the print edition of Liberal Currents, the mood immediately shifts and all the patrons and employees line up to shake my hand and thank me for my good opinions.
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Ordering a matcha latte at the cafe then sitting down and pulling something out of my tote bag, everyone internally groans. I reveal it’s the print edition of Liberal Currents, the mood immediately shifts and all the patrons and employees line up to shake my hand and thank me for my good opinions.
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I’ve never been so excited to see fencing!
Construction is beginning on El Cerrito Plaza BART TOD, replacing parking with 743 homes and hopefully a new library.
The first building will be 100% affordable with 70 homes.
I’ve been working on this project for nearly a decade and couldn’t be happier.
Construction is beginning on El Cerrito Plaza BART TOD, replacing parking with 743 homes and hopefully a new library.
The first building will be 100% affordable with 70 homes.
I’ve been working on this project for nearly a decade and couldn’t be happier.
November 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I’ve never been so excited to see fencing!
Construction is beginning on El Cerrito Plaza BART TOD, replacing parking with 743 homes and hopefully a new library.
The first building will be 100% affordable with 70 homes.
I’ve been working on this project for nearly a decade and couldn’t be happier.
Construction is beginning on El Cerrito Plaza BART TOD, replacing parking with 743 homes and hopefully a new library.
The first building will be 100% affordable with 70 homes.
I’ve been working on this project for nearly a decade and couldn’t be happier.
Does the component listen to its own emits?
Does the parent call these methods?
Can the falcon hear the falconer?
Can the center hold?
Does the parent call these methods?
Can the falcon hear the falconer?
Can the center hold?
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Does the component listen to its own emits?
Does the parent call these methods?
Can the falcon hear the falconer?
Can the center hold?
Does the parent call these methods?
Can the falcon hear the falconer?
Can the center hold?
Study of Dorothea Lange and Margaret Bourke-White photographs should be part of the standard high school history curriculum.
November 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Study of Dorothea Lange and Margaret Bourke-White photographs should be part of the standard high school history curriculum.
It's time for South Korea to become the 51st State.
All this talk about strengthening the atrophy in the shipbuilding industrial followed by cancelation of major shipbuilding programs that are sustaining whatever dwindling number of shipyards the US has left.
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
It's time for South Korea to become the 51st State.
Even the simplest Japanese house is assembled with timber and woodworking technology that doesn't exist anywhere in the United States. youtu.be/Rc7qcooQatQ?...
40-Yr Contractor Learns Japanese House Construction
YouTube video by Essential Craftsman
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Even the simplest Japanese house is assembled with timber and woodworking technology that doesn't exist anywhere in the United States. youtu.be/Rc7qcooQatQ?...
Truly galaxy brain to use kebab-case for component names and also hyphen for directory names in components. Amazing.
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Truly galaxy brain to use kebab-case for component names and also hyphen for directory names in components. Amazing.
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By increasing the diameter of the drainage stack for a kitchen sink from 2 inches to 3 inches, all of the vent piping can be eliminated. This isn’t however allowed in most major American cities. NYC adopted the International Plumbing Code but deleted sections 913 and 917 that would allow this.
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 AM
By increasing the diameter of the drainage stack for a kitchen sink from 2 inches to 3 inches, all of the vent piping can be eliminated. This isn’t however allowed in most major American cities. NYC adopted the International Plumbing Code but deleted sections 913 and 917 that would allow this.
Meet me under the Mercury-Redstone and Saturn V rockets.
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Meet me under the Mercury-Redstone and Saturn V rockets.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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The 1979 Iranian revolution was ultimately responsible for the first three Final Fantasy games, and from them all that followed.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasir_G...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasir_G...
July 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The 1979 Iranian revolution was ultimately responsible for the first three Final Fantasy games, and from them all that followed.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasir_G...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasir_G...
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"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
The thing about Nimbys is their only guiding value is preservation of the status quo, whatever it may be, it may be charming and quaint and walkable, it may be horrible and smelly and noisy, whatever it is, they will rationalize why Things Must Stay That Way.
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The thing about Nimbys is their only guiding value is preservation of the status quo, whatever it may be, it may be charming and quaint and walkable, it may be horrible and smelly and noisy, whatever it is, they will rationalize why Things Must Stay That Way.
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You are hereby reminded that Berkeley could have had Pixar. Steve Jobs wanted to specifically place Pixar HQ near the "creative and intellectual center of Berkeley." But at the same time Berkeley created the West Berkeley Plan to maintain little hobbit workshops instead of attracting real business.
Undoubtedly. Pixar, and the others. Look at my assessment density map. Emeryville sticks out for how many huge, valuable parcels they have.
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
You are hereby reminded that Berkeley could have had Pixar. Steve Jobs wanted to specifically place Pixar HQ near the "creative and intellectual center of Berkeley." But at the same time Berkeley created the West Berkeley Plan to maintain little hobbit workshops instead of attracting real business.
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Visual detours and trip modifications are by far the best feature of Transit Royale. Takes an incredible amount of data processing under the hood to make it all work.
Happy Lagniappe 🎄
Happy Lagniappe 🎄
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Visual detours and trip modifications are by far the best feature of Transit Royale. Takes an incredible amount of data processing under the hood to make it all work.
Happy Lagniappe 🎄
Happy Lagniappe 🎄
Almost every Safeway in San Francisco is planning a total rebuild into "housing over grocery." At least three recent proposals. Meanwhile, zero proposals from Safeway in the East Bay. sfyimby.com/2025/11/prel... sfyimby.com/2025/11/perm... sfyimby.com/2025/11/bern...
Preliminary Plans Filed For Safeway in Outer Richmond, San Francisco - San Francisco YIMBY
Preliminary plans have been filed for an eight-story apartment complex at 850 La Playa Street in San Francisco’s Richmond District. The project will...
sfyimby.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Almost every Safeway in San Francisco is planning a total rebuild into "housing over grocery." At least three recent proposals. Meanwhile, zero proposals from Safeway in the East Bay. sfyimby.com/2025/11/prel... sfyimby.com/2025/11/perm... sfyimby.com/2025/11/bern...
Disney didn't Disneyfy Star Wars; the truth is that Star Wars fans were always Disney Adults.
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Disney didn't Disneyfy Star Wars; the truth is that Star Wars fans were always Disney Adults.