Ariel Norling
@arielnorling.bsky.social
writer. designer.
peppier version of daria.
spotter of homes with personality @ readiknowaspot.com
arielnorling.com
peppier version of daria.
spotter of homes with personality @ readiknowaspot.com
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Some quotes are too good to cut
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May 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Some quotes are too good to cut
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not to be a cliche but learning carpentry has changed my life and now the idea of doing all of my work on the computer makes me so sad
May 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
not to be a cliche but learning carpentry has changed my life and now the idea of doing all of my work on the computer makes me so sad
I don’t think I fully wrapped my head around the absurdity of modern living until I heard Sarah Marshall quip “I have to avoid all plastics and also sleep with my retainer in somehow” and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since.
Is Your House Too Clean? with Sarah Archer
You're Wrong About · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I don’t think I fully wrapped my head around the absurdity of modern living until I heard Sarah Marshall quip “I have to avoid all plastics and also sleep with my retainer in somehow” and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since.
I can't think of a higher compliment for a designer than being remembered for "how radical and uncompromising so many of his ideas were, but also how he was able to compromise, taking into account other people’s ideas, or just practical considerations. And yet the park never feels compromised."
Lovely and interesting tribute to the late architect Ricardo Scofidio by High Line co-founder Robert Hammond.
While I knew that DSR headed up the High Line design team, I’d never given much thought to who did what.
While I knew that DSR headed up the High Line design team, I’d never given much thought to who did what.
Opinion | Ricardo Scofidio Was the Wizard Behind the High Line’s Magic (Gift Article)
What Ricardo Scofidio really wanted to do in designing a park that transformed its Manhattan neighborhood.
www.nytimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I can't think of a higher compliment for a designer than being remembered for "how radical and uncompromising so many of his ideas were, but also how he was able to compromise, taking into account other people’s ideas, or just practical considerations. And yet the park never feels compromised."
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Toni Morrison on why I still watch Love is Blind.
March 23, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Toni Morrison on why I still watch Love is Blind.
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Important note about this breakthrough:
Literally would not exist without the kind of Federal support the current administration is slashing.
Took 15+ years of research at a federal lab (Lawrence Berkeley) to get this to a point at which private enterprise could take over and make these at scale.
Literally would not exist without the kind of Federal support the current administration is slashing.
Took 15+ years of research at a federal lab (Lawrence Berkeley) to get this to a point at which private enterprise could take over and make these at scale.
Thanks to Steve Jobs and Gorilla Glass, factories in America are now ramping up to make affordable windows, made from panes thinner than a credit card, that can:
* save Americans $25 billion / year
* withstand a 2x4 shot out of a cannon
(gift link)
www.wsj.com/business/cor...
* save Americans $25 billion / year
* withstand a 2x4 shot out of a cannon
(gift link)
www.wsj.com/business/cor...
A Piece of Glass Thinner Than a Credit Card Could Solve America’s $25 Billion Energy Problem
New windows can insulate better than most walls, and some can even survive being hit with a two-by-four shot from a cannon.
www.wsj.com
March 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Important note about this breakthrough:
Literally would not exist without the kind of Federal support the current administration is slashing.
Took 15+ years of research at a federal lab (Lawrence Berkeley) to get this to a point at which private enterprise could take over and make these at scale.
Literally would not exist without the kind of Federal support the current administration is slashing.
Took 15+ years of research at a federal lab (Lawrence Berkeley) to get this to a point at which private enterprise could take over and make these at scale.
18F and USDS were always bucket list tech jobs for me, and this piece shows why.
Ethan also does a brilliant job summarizing why the administration is putting agencies under fire.
Ethan also does a brilliant job summarizing why the administration is putting agencies under fire.
February 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM
18F and USDS were always bucket list tech jobs for me, and this piece shows why.
Ethan also does a brilliant job summarizing why the administration is putting agencies under fire.
Ethan also does a brilliant job summarizing why the administration is putting agencies under fire.
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I will forgive and forget January 6th when I’m dead.
January 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I will forgive and forget January 6th when I’m dead.
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Trump on Elon Musk: "He knows those computers better than anybody. All those computers. Those vote-counting computers. And we ended up winning Pennsylvania like in a landslide."
January 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Trump on Elon Musk: "He knows those computers better than anybody. All those computers. Those vote-counting computers. And we ended up winning Pennsylvania like in a landslide."
I woke up around 3am to explosion sounds and a fire had broken out a few hundred feet from my house. As waves of neighbors called 911 they complained the fire department was “taking its sweet time.” Now I know why www.kqed.org/news/1202242...
When an Oakland Hills Home Caught Fire Near Closed Station, the Response Was Slow | KQED
Firefighters took over 10 minutes to arrive at the house fire near shutted Station 28, underscoring fire officials’ concern about the closures amid Oakland’s budget crisis.
www.kqed.org
January 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I woke up around 3am to explosion sounds and a fire had broken out a few hundred feet from my house. As waves of neighbors called 911 they complained the fire department was “taking its sweet time.” Now I know why www.kqed.org/news/1202242...
I can’t believe i’ve watched my last tiktok
January 19, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I can’t believe i’ve watched my last tiktok
spending my last minutes frantically downloading and ugly crying hbu
January 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
spending my last minutes frantically downloading and ugly crying hbu
Christine’s move to Texas and rebrand as a woman who bakes (with the wooden kitchenaid mixer no less) and wears turtlenecks has made me more nervous for our shifting cultural climate than just about anything else
January 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Christine’s move to Texas and rebrand as a woman who bakes (with the wooden kitchenaid mixer no less) and wears turtlenecks has made me more nervous for our shifting cultural climate than just about anything else
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sure designers being neutral sponges that can be dropped into new environments and quickly sus out the core problems through endless user interviews sounds good in theory but have you ever tried being a niche domain expert fueled rage and hope?
December 12, 2024 at 11:06 PM
sure designers being neutral sponges that can be dropped into new environments and quickly sus out the core problems through endless user interviews sounds good in theory but have you ever tried being a niche domain expert fueled rage and hope?