Jared Banks
shoegnome.bsky.social
Jared Banks
@shoegnome.bsky.social
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Architect, bassist, writer. Shoegnome Architects Northeast Seattle #Shoegnomearchitects #residentialarchitect #mapleleafseattle
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A great read.
The Republicans are used to burning their own people as leverage.

They are not used to the Democrats saying, “let them burn.”

A THREAD.
1. Before the No Kings demonstrations two weekends ago, I suggested that the shutdown of the government would look different afterward.
It's been so long since I did a project in 2D only. I forget half the bullshit that people still struggle with.

Setting up interior elevations and making sure the width and height of the room are correct.... Wtf!?!
5 months ago would have been peak "let's get these townhouses finished and on the market" mayhem. No wonder I can't remember/didn't follow through/nothing happened!

The townhouses are a great case study in BIM though. Someday I'll have time to share.
You're thinking of this video of how I measure and model simultaneously. Minimizes errors, faster than any other method, and definitely cheaper than paying someone to scan and then model.

youtu.be/4g4lWG-J6F4?...
Archicad Tutorial #88: How to Measure a House with Archicad
YouTube video by Shoegnome Architects
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Measuring and modeling/drawing on site is the only way. Drawing/modeling from measurements back at the office was always so painful.
I think I was contacted about this research project. But now I can't find proof of that. Maybe it was just you telling me about it back in June?

I never buy the argument that BIM costs more or takes longer. I can't think of one thing that'd be legitimately faster the old way.
Since I started using Archicad 20 years ago, I've yet to come across a project that is too small for BIM. And absolutely BIM from day 0 thru CA.
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This Reuters chart is pretty remarkable and I think it reveals Trump's true agenda, which is really all about just cashing in on his presidency.
I hope everyone votes and we get @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social as our next Seattle mayor.
I address the first scandal of my political life—Momgate.
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ICE violently detain father & son walking to school—teenage boy had to be rushed to hospital.

"I was just going to school," kid cries out. "I'm underage!"

The 16-year-old star athlete is a U.S. citizen—agents sent him to the hospital with severe injuries to his back & neck.

Houston, Texas.
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Do not normalize any headline or article that refuses to call out Trump's proposal to run again in 2028 and treats it like a political game.

Call out all these polls and hypotheticals.

This man cannot run again. Like we've said, he will try to stay in power until death.
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NEW: The entire staff supporting ACIP was laid off, and most working groups haven't met in months.

That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Threat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid off
Critics say scientists ‘held hostage’ by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril
www.theguardian.com
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Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage.

The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.

No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
Ask yourself this: How would the New York Times have covered the protests if it had been seven million MAGA supporters flooding the streets? We don’t even have to guess: We know how they and other mainstream outlets covered the Tea Party protests during Obama’s first term.
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Andy Ngo and other far-right extremists have reportedly been targeting the Portland City Council member for months and trying to paint her as violent and a ‘member of Antifa.’ The fire is being investigated as possible arson.

Thread 👇🏼
Portland City Councilor @counciloravalos.bsky.social woke up to her car and home engulfed in flames late last night. She had to grab her cat and escape to safety.
He does love jacking off invisible nazis.
What the actual fuck. Why isn't every politician calling for his impeachment?
Trump: I don't think we're gonna necessarily ask for a declaration of war. I think we're just gonna kill people. Okay? We're gonna kill them. They're gonna be, like, dead.
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CZ pleaded guilty to a criminal money laundering charge and was sentenced to prison.

But then he financed President Trump’s stablecoin and lobbied for a pardon.

Today, he got it.

If Congress does not stop this kind of corruption, it owns it.
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For folks asking if they've made it *inside* a Home Depot yet as the business has clearly just continued letting agents do whatever they want in their lots, the answer is yes. This is from yesterday in Evanston.
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Trump is paying himself off. An example of the unified kleptocracy theory at work.
Trump: "It's awfully strange to make a decision where I'm paying myself. But I was damaged very greatly and any money I would get I would give to charity."
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📅 10/29
⏰ 7 - 8:30pm

Register at
HandsOffNYC.com
A gang of ICE thugs just rolled into Chinatown, arresting street vendors on Canal Street who’ve been there for decades—they sent in an armored tank and masked agents with weapons to confront New Yorkers as protests grew in response.

Angry about this? Join our HandsOffNYC.com mass call 10/29 at 7pm.
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President began demolishing the East Wing of the WH to build there his $200M+ ballroom.

East Wing was built in 1942 during the presidency of FDR. It was constructed to cover the bunker that he used during WWII and the President's Emergency Operations Center.
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This is definitely one of those things that people would’ve called you hysterical for predicting a year ago.

Trump is going to destroy the East Room of the White House without even asking Congress and build a ballroom with funds from private companies that are seeking favors? Settle down, lib.
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st