Dan Burton
@dbstandsfor.bsky.social
fan of weird role playing games (ask me about the Brooklyn OSR Discord), cities, and the New York Mets. I live in Brooklyn
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One of my biggest takeaways from living in Tokyo was that the city is incredible in spite of the fact that 95% of the architecture is unremarkable.
It makes the years-long design review process for a single apartment building in the U.S. seem all the more frivolous.
It makes the years-long design review process for a single apartment building in the U.S. seem all the more frivolous.
Tokyo is a city that makes the argument that architecture is irrelevant.
What matters more is urbanism:
The street network
The density
The freedom of uses
The clustering around rail
What matters more is urbanism:
The street network
The density
The freedom of uses
The clustering around rail
January 5, 2026 at 9:46 PM
One of my biggest takeaways from living in Tokyo was that the city is incredible in spite of the fact that 95% of the architecture is unremarkable.
It makes the years-long design review process for a single apartment building in the U.S. seem all the more frivolous.
It makes the years-long design review process for a single apartment building in the U.S. seem all the more frivolous.
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January 5, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Now that we’ve reached the Chowder chapter I can share my recipe. I always make the people eating it listen to me describe the “clam or cod” scene from Moby Dick. I made it last night and I may have rinsed the oysters too much, I could use a little more smokiness. 🐋
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Fish Chowder - Brian Lagerstrom
Fish Chowder (as cooked in Topsham, Maine 2022) Original recipe by Brian Lagerstrom (YouTube) Ingredients Large onion, diced Medium bulb of fennel– snip out woody core and cut like the onion. 5 clove...
docs.google.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Now that we’ve reached the Chowder chapter I can share my recipe. I always make the people eating it listen to me describe the “clam or cod” scene from Moby Dick. I made it last night and I may have rinsed the oysters too much, I could use a little more smokiness. 🐋
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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“With other men, perhaps, such things would not have been inducements; but as for me, i am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote.”
Moby Dick 🐋
Moby Dick 🐋
January 2, 2026 at 6:11 PM
“With other men, perhaps, such things would not have been inducements; but as for me, i am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote.”
Moby Dick 🐋
Moby Dick 🐋
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“The act of paying is perhaps the most uncomfortable infliction that the two orchard thieves entailed upon us. But being paid — what will compare with it? The urbane activity with which a man receives money is really marvelous…” 🐋
Moby Dick
Moby Dick
January 2, 2026 at 5:48 PM
“The act of paying is perhaps the most uncomfortable infliction that the two orchard thieves entailed upon us. But being paid — what will compare with it? The urbane activity with which a man receives money is really marvelous…” 🐋
Moby Dick
Moby Dick
We got our baby name ideas from a book that’s just a big list of names and their meanings, and tbh I don’t think this is that different?
What amazes me is how quickly people are losing either the confidence or the willingness to complete basic human tasks.
The parents of the first baby born in 2026 in this county outside Baltimore got their name ideas from ChatGPT. Hudson Oakley Winkler.
www.baltimoresun.com/2026/01/01/c...
www.baltimoresun.com/2026/01/01/c...
January 2, 2026 at 6:37 PM
We got our baby name ideas from a book that’s just a big list of names and their meanings, and tbh I don’t think this is that different?
The energy I want to bring into this year: on NYE a man who lives on the upper west side said he wouldn’t ride the subway after midnight, “especially the L.” All the baby boomers in attendance were nodding and agreeing. I asked him out loud whether he’s on drugs that make him think it’s 1980
January 2, 2026 at 3:26 PM
The energy I want to bring into this year: on NYE a man who lives on the upper west side said he wouldn’t ride the subway after midnight, “especially the L.” All the baby boomers in attendance were nodding and agreeing. I asked him out loud whether he’s on drugs that make him think it’s 1980
If you play the story of Portopunk into early indie rock back at massive speed it’s a movie about taking all the Pink Floyd space jams out of rock music and then adding it back in
January 2, 2026 at 2:38 PM
If you play the story of Portopunk into early indie rock back at massive speed it’s a movie about taking all the Pink Floyd space jams out of rock music and then adding it back in
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One of the best to ever do it
December 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
One of the best to ever do it
It’s killing me I don’t remember the exact quote but when I first moved to New Jersey I came to hang out in Manhattan and saw H John Benjamin walking down the street. He was asking a kid something like “and then we made a… do you know what a pilot episode is?” in basically the Coach McGurk voice
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
It’s killing me I don’t remember the exact quote but when I first moved to New Jersey I came to hang out in Manhattan and saw H John Benjamin walking down the street. He was asking a kid something like “and then we made a… do you know what a pilot episode is?” in basically the Coach McGurk voice
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Do we think this was Martin Scorsese at the Brooklyn Costco last week?
December 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Do we think this was Martin Scorsese at the Brooklyn Costco last week?
I bet some of you D&D weirdos would love this upcoming vampire book
Paris, 1869. A theatre troupe of vampires and the strange, alluring visitors who shatter their status quo…a city of gilded opulence on the brink of siege, revolution and massacre. Pre-order my debut novel THE RED SACRAMENT, in conversation with the works of Anne Rice and Karl Marx, out July 2026🩸🎭 👀
totally, fatally obsessed with this gorgeous cover design by Julia Lloyd at @titanbooks.bsky.social for my debut novel THE RED SACRAMENT! Ahhh!!!
December 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I bet some of you D&D weirdos would love this upcoming vampire book
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this is completely delusional
December 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
this is completely delusional
While he is still with us I need someone to ask Paul McCartney some in-depth questions about his songwriting. Like I know he does not read music, but I want to know how he thinks about harmony— like did he learn about keys and key changes and stuff or was it purely intuitive/imitating?
December 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
While he is still with us I need someone to ask Paul McCartney some in-depth questions about his songwriting. Like I know he does not read music, but I want to know how he thinks about harmony— like did he learn about keys and key changes and stuff or was it purely intuitive/imitating?
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manhattan permitting numbers are always funny because the answer to
"Since COVID, in absolute numbers, how much does one of the most in demand areas in America build?" is
"around as much as Omaha and way less than Columbus"
"Since COVID, in absolute numbers, how much does one of the most in demand areas in America build?" is
"around as much as Omaha and way less than Columbus"
December 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
manhattan permitting numbers are always funny because the answer to
"Since COVID, in absolute numbers, how much does one of the most in demand areas in America build?" is
"around as much as Omaha and way less than Columbus"
"Since COVID, in absolute numbers, how much does one of the most in demand areas in America build?" is
"around as much as Omaha and way less than Columbus"
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Queens, a borough of 2.4 million people, permitted just 3,240 homes last year, a bit over 1 boatload.
Austin, a city of less than a million people, permitted that same number every month last year.
The results?
Queens rents: ⬆️ 4.6%
Austin rents: ⬇️ 3.1%
Austin, a city of less than a million people, permitted that same number every month last year.
The results?
Queens rents: ⬆️ 4.6%
Austin rents: ⬇️ 3.1%
NYC is not building “boatloads of housing”.
Last year, Manhattan permitted fewer units (2,347) than 1 boat (Icon of the Seas, 2,800 units)
Last year, Manhattan permitted fewer units (2,347) than 1 boat (Icon of the Seas, 2,800 units)
December 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Queens, a borough of 2.4 million people, permitted just 3,240 homes last year, a bit over 1 boatload.
Austin, a city of less than a million people, permitted that same number every month last year.
The results?
Queens rents: ⬆️ 4.6%
Austin rents: ⬇️ 3.1%
Austin, a city of less than a million people, permitted that same number every month last year.
The results?
Queens rents: ⬆️ 4.6%
Austin rents: ⬇️ 3.1%
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Girl, is your name Drizzt Do’urden? Because I’ve read a lot about you
December 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Girl, is your name Drizzt Do’urden? Because I’ve read a lot about you
something there about Carl Yastrzemski playing for the Red Sox and Mike Yastrzemski playing for the (formerly Boston) Braves
December 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
something there about Carl Yastrzemski playing for the Red Sox and Mike Yastrzemski playing for the (formerly Boston) Braves
It’s very very good
And SUPERGIRL: WOMAN OF TOMORROW is being released as a “compact” trade paperback collection (9.99) in January
December 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
It’s very very good
My Chilean distant cousins reached out because they’re coming to NYC in January and I’m trying to find the exact right tone to ask “you know we’re in the northern hemisphere so it’s winter and the average temperature will be 0 degrees Celsius, the sun will go down at 4pm, etc, right?”
December 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
My Chilean distant cousins reached out because they’re coming to NYC in January and I’m trying to find the exact right tone to ask “you know we’re in the northern hemisphere so it’s winter and the average temperature will be 0 degrees Celsius, the sun will go down at 4pm, etc, right?”
One of the reasons the National League decided clubs needed to provide dressing rooms for the visiting team in 1892: hotels complained about players ruining their carpets walking around in spikes
December 8, 2025 at 4:25 AM
One of the reasons the National League decided clubs needed to provide dressing rooms for the visiting team in 1892: hotels complained about players ruining their carpets walking around in spikes
A man has been double parked on our block, directly next to multiple open spots, for hours. He’s sitting there in his running car looking at his phone
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
A man has been double parked on our block, directly next to multiple open spots, for hours. He’s sitting there in his running car looking at his phone