Hector Arbuckle
@hectorarbuckle.bsky.social
Iowan in DC. Born this side of the millennium. Italianate architecture stan. I love a good corn maize!
...but I thought spontaneous generation isn't real?
November 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
...but I thought spontaneous generation isn't real?
Going to Spain made it clear how a society can achieve a lot more in terms of "lived prosperity per dollar" with dense urbanism vs semi-rural sprawl. So much of American household spending is shoveled into transportation costs and location-value costs. (Though Spain has some of that too.)
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Going to Spain made it clear how a society can achieve a lot more in terms of "lived prosperity per dollar" with dense urbanism vs semi-rural sprawl. So much of American household spending is shoveled into transportation costs and location-value costs. (Though Spain has some of that too.)
Fancy apartments in Washington Heights in 1938: $300-600 per room per month, in 2025 dollars.
Good apartments in Lower East Side in 1938: also $300-600/room/month, 2025$.
Bad old rooming house apts in Lower East Side in 1938: $180-220/room/month, 2025$.
Good apartments in Lower East Side in 1938: also $300-600/room/month, 2025$.
Bad old rooming house apts in Lower East Side in 1938: $180-220/room/month, 2025$.
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Fancy apartments in Washington Heights in 1938: $300-600 per room per month, in 2025 dollars.
Good apartments in Lower East Side in 1938: also $300-600/room/month, 2025$.
Bad old rooming house apts in Lower East Side in 1938: $180-220/room/month, 2025$.
Good apartments in Lower East Side in 1938: also $300-600/room/month, 2025$.
Bad old rooming house apts in Lower East Side in 1938: $180-220/room/month, 2025$.
I don't think this is true. If you look at the redlining maps (granted, during a nationwide depression, but still), the rental rates given aren't that different between cities - and are MUCH lower than today. Plus, in the reverse of today, they were often cheaper in city centers than outskirts.
November 19, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I don't think this is true. If you look at the redlining maps (granted, during a nationwide depression, but still), the rental rates given aren't that different between cities - and are MUCH lower than today. Plus, in the reverse of today, they were often cheaper in city centers than outskirts.
@kevinerdmann.bsky.social argues that changes to mortgage underwriting practices in 2007-2008 drastically reduced the viability of entry-level for-sale housing construction, leading to a nationwide drop in housing production to add to the localized crises in HCOL metro areas.
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 AM
@kevinerdmann.bsky.social argues that changes to mortgage underwriting practices in 2007-2008 drastically reduced the viability of entry-level for-sale housing construction, leading to a nationwide drop in housing production to add to the localized crises in HCOL metro areas.
Do you think it's not easy to read for English-speakers, or not easy to read for anyone?
November 19, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Do you think it's not easy to read for English-speakers, or not easy to read for anyone?
Bone-melting may also happen because of lots of sicknesses or treatments, including often-drunkenness, hungerlessness or underweight, by-shieldgland overflow, and after cutting out of the eggnests. [Nativized English.]
November 19, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Bone-melting may also happen because of lots of sicknesses or treatments, including often-drunkenness, hungerlessness or underweight, by-shieldgland overflow, and after cutting out of the eggnests. [Nativized English.]
[Chinese translation, con't]... hate-food sickness, shieldgland over-function, cutting out of the eggnests, kidney disease, and other sicknesses.
November 19, 2025 at 3:15 AM
[Chinese translation, con't]... hate-food sickness, shieldgland over-function, cutting out of the eggnests, kidney disease, and other sicknesses.
因雌激素下降，女性在更年期后骨质疏松会加剧；该病症也可能因患病或接受治疗而引起，例如酗酒、厌食症、甲状腺机能亢进、卵巢切除术和肾病变等疾病. [Chinese].
Due to drive-stuff [hormone] decline, women in their older stage may suffer more serious bonematter-loosening. This sickness also may be caused by illnesses or by receiving treatments, such as alcoholism...
Due to drive-stuff [hormone] decline, women in their older stage may suffer more serious bonematter-loosening. This sickness also may be caused by illnesses or by receiving treatments, such as alcoholism...
November 19, 2025 at 3:12 AM
因雌激素下降，女性在更年期后骨质疏松会加剧；该病症也可能因患病或接受治疗而引起，例如酗酒、厌食症、甲状腺机能亢进、卵巢切除术和肾病变等疾病. [Chinese].
Due to drive-stuff [hormone] decline, women in their older stage may suffer more serious bonematter-loosening. This sickness also may be caused by illnesses or by receiving treatments, such as alcoholism...
Due to drive-stuff [hormone] decline, women in their older stage may suffer more serious bonematter-loosening. This sickness also may be caused by illnesses or by receiving treatments, such as alcoholism...
Osteoporosis may also occur due to several diseases or treatments, including alcoholism, anorexia or underweight, hyperparathyroidism, hyperthyroidism, kidney disease, and after oophorectomy (surgical removal of the ovaries). [English]
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Osteoporosis may also occur due to several diseases or treatments, including alcoholism, anorexia or underweight, hyperparathyroidism, hyperthyroidism, kidney disease, and after oophorectomy (surgical removal of the ovaries). [English]
As in, other translations.
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
As in, other translations.
Now I'll do some other stuff!
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Now I'll do some other stuff!
The golden grapeberry germlet (science name: Staphylococcus aureas) is a Gramstain-positive, ball-shaped germlet. It's a member of the rod-shaped tribe, and is a common member of the body's tinylifeworld. It's often found in the upper airway and on the skin. [Nativized English.]
November 19, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The golden grapeberry germlet (science name: Staphylococcus aureas) is a Gramstain-positive, ball-shaped germlet. It's a member of the rod-shaped tribe, and is a common member of the body's tinylifeworld. It's often found in the upper airway and on the skin. [Nativized English.]
金黄色葡萄球菌（学名：Staphylococcus aureus）为一种革兰氏染色阳性球型细菌。
Golden grape-ball germ (study-name: ~) is a kind of Gram clan-dye positive ball-shaped thin-germ.
Golden grape-ball germ (study-name: ~) is a kind of Gram clan-dye positive ball-shaped thin-germ.
November 19, 2025 at 2:54 AM
金黄色葡萄球菌（学名：Staphylococcus aureus）为一种革兰氏染色阳性球型细菌。
Golden grape-ball germ (study-name: ~) is a kind of Gram clan-dye positive ball-shaped thin-germ.
Golden grape-ball germ (study-name: ~) is a kind of Gram clan-dye positive ball-shaped thin-germ.
Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive spherically shaped bacterium, a member of the Bacillota, and is a usual member of the microbiota of the body, frequently found in the upper respiratory tract and on the skin. [English]
November 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive spherically shaped bacterium, a member of the Bacillota, and is a usual member of the microbiota of the body, frequently found in the upper respiratory tract and on the skin. [English]
I'm going to "translate" a paragraph of medical terms: I'll start with an English paragraph, then a Chinese paragraph from the same article, and then do my own translation with nativized calques of Greco-Latin terms. Let me know what you think!
November 19, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I'm going to "translate" a paragraph of medical terms: I'll start with an English paragraph, then a Chinese paragraph from the same article, and then do my own translation with nativized calques of Greco-Latin terms. Let me know what you think!
Settle down, victory-women, sink to earth,
never be wild and fly to the woods.
Be as mindful of my welfare,
as is each man of border and of home.
Setl däun, victarywimin, sinc tu örþ
nevör bi wæld änd flæ tu ða wudz.
Bii äz mændful öv mæ welfear,
äz iz iich män ov boordar änd öv hoom.
never be wild and fly to the woods.
Be as mindful of my welfare,
as is each man of border and of home.
Setl däun, victarywimin, sinc tu örþ
nevör bi wæld änd flæ tu ða wudz.
Bii äz mændful öv mæ welfear,
äz iz iich män ov boordar änd öv hoom.
November 19, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Settle down, victory-women, sink to earth,
never be wild and fly to the woods.
Be as mindful of my welfare,
as is each man of border and of home.
Setl däun, victarywimin, sinc tu örþ
nevör bi wæld änd flæ tu ða wudz.
Bii äz mændful öv mæ welfear,
äz iz iich män ov boordar änd öv hoom.
never be wild and fly to the woods.
Be as mindful of my welfare,
as is each man of border and of home.
Setl däun, victarywimin, sinc tu örþ
nevör bi wæld änd flæ tu ða wudz.
Bii äz mændful öv mæ welfear,
äz iz iich män ov boordar änd öv hoom.
Max number of lanes for a city street should be 2, imo
November 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Max number of lanes for a city street should be 2, imo
I actually really like flowery writing sometimes, just for a little whimsy in creative writing
November 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I actually really like flowery writing sometimes, just for a little whimsy in creative writing