@nicoleecho.bsky.social
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Welcome to Analogville. When the shit hits the fan, it's gonna be low-tech that saves us. www.planetizen.com/blogs/135612... @planetizen.bsky.social #cities #urbanism
July 30, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Welcome to Analogville. When the shit hits the fan, it's gonna be low-tech that saves us. www.planetizen.com/blogs/135612... @planetizen.bsky.social #cities #urbanism
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In Praise of Analog Cities: Futureproofing in a Time of Crisis by Island Press author Mikael Colville-Andersen
In Praise of Analog Cities: Futureproofing in a Time of Crisis
By Mikael Colville-Andersen
islandpress.medium.com
August 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
In Praise of Analog Cities: Futureproofing in a Time of Crisis by Island Press author Mikael Colville-Andersen
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If you live in a historic neighborhood, you should also have to wear period costume and drive in period cars (if there were any)
Historic designations are being weaponized to stop housing in the same way environmental regulations were.
In either case, policymakers need to recognize abuse of these well-intentioned policies and change the law to prevent it.
In either case, policymakers need to recognize abuse of these well-intentioned policies and change the law to prevent it.
More SF neighborhoods want to be ‘historic.’ YIMBYs are upset
Neighborhoods seeking historic status have become the latest flashpoint in the intense debate over building more housing in California.
sfstandard.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
If you live in a historic neighborhood, you should also have to wear period costume and drive in period cars (if there were any)
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Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
August 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
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I've said it often, but libraries are, without hyperbole, one of the greatest things humans have ever done. Like ever.
Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
August 13, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I've said it often, but libraries are, without hyperbole, one of the greatest things humans have ever done. Like ever.
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kind of wild to remember there was a world without hard borders and passports just a century ago
August 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
kind of wild to remember there was a world without hard borders and passports just a century ago
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I mapped the over 500 SB 9 projects that broke ground last year in the City of LA. 92% of them in the Valley. Almost no lot splits.
Each pin has a link to the permit - there's a lot of variation in the kinds of projects. Adding a second house, building a new duplex, adding a house + ADU...
Each pin has a link to the permit - there's a lot of variation in the kinds of projects. Adding a second house, building a new duplex, adding a house + ADU...
SB 9 projects in LA - Google My Maps
All 552 projects that pulled permits to start construction in 2024.
www.google.com
May 30, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I mapped the over 500 SB 9 projects that broke ground last year in the City of LA. 92% of them in the Valley. Almost no lot splits.
Each pin has a link to the permit - there's a lot of variation in the kinds of projects. Adding a second house, building a new duplex, adding a house + ADU...
Each pin has a link to the permit - there's a lot of variation in the kinds of projects. Adding a second house, building a new duplex, adding a house + ADU...
Mayor Bass updates re: Pali + Eaton rebuild efforts
-- self certification program (for fire rebuild only? Or all LA🤞?)
-- AI to streamline permitting process...
-- no planning or permit fees (for fire affected residents?)
cautiously optimistic!
at 26:00 ....
www.youtube.com/live/6GItRty...
Mayor Bass updates re: Pali + Eaton rebuild efforts
-- self certification program (for fire rebuild only? Or all LA🤞?)
-- AI to streamline permitting process...
-- no planning or permit fees (for fire affected residents?)
cautiously optimistic!
at 26:00 ....
www.youtube.com/live/6GItRty...
LIVE: LA Mayor Karen Bass delivers State of the City address
YouTube video by FOX 11 Los Angeles
www.youtube.com
April 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Mayor Bass updates re: Pali + Eaton rebuild efforts
-- self certification program (for fire rebuild only? Or all LA🤞?)
-- AI to streamline permitting process...
-- no planning or permit fees (for fire affected residents?)
cautiously optimistic!
at 26:00 ....
www.youtube.com/live/6GItRty...
Mayor Bass updates re: Pali + Eaton rebuild efforts
-- self certification program (for fire rebuild only? Or all LA🤞?)
-- AI to streamline permitting process...
-- no planning or permit fees (for fire affected residents?)
cautiously optimistic!
at 26:00 ....
www.youtube.com/live/6GItRty...
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The history of Earth as the length of a human’s outstretched arm - representing 4.5 billion years of time.
At this scale, humans emerged so recently that we could be filed off from a microscopic slice at the very tip of a fingernail.
Infographic by Katie Scott. #science
At this scale, humans emerged so recently that we could be filed off from a microscopic slice at the very tip of a fingernail.
Infographic by Katie Scott. #science
April 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The history of Earth as the length of a human’s outstretched arm - representing 4.5 billion years of time.
At this scale, humans emerged so recently that we could be filed off from a microscopic slice at the very tip of a fingernail.
Infographic by Katie Scott. #science
At this scale, humans emerged so recently that we could be filed off from a microscopic slice at the very tip of a fingernail.
Infographic by Katie Scott. #science
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love to see a rolf disch in the wild.
this house (heliotrope - his own) is *crazy*
it *rotates*
www.dezeen.com/2025/03/27/s...
this house (heliotrope - his own) is *crazy*
it *rotates*
www.dezeen.com/2025/03/27/s...
April 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
love to see a rolf disch in the wild.
this house (heliotrope - his own) is *crazy*
it *rotates*
www.dezeen.com/2025/03/27/s...
this house (heliotrope - his own) is *crazy*
it *rotates*
www.dezeen.com/2025/03/27/s...
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LA's single-stair motion has been adopted!
And I very much appreciate these quotes from two moms of young kids on our council. More family-sized housing please!
And I very much appreciate these quotes from two moms of young kids on our council. More family-sized housing please!
April 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
LA's single-stair motion has been adopted!
And I very much appreciate these quotes from two moms of young kids on our council. More family-sized housing please!
And I very much appreciate these quotes from two moms of young kids on our council. More family-sized housing please!
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Do you have a library card?
Do you?
Do
You
Do it
Do you?
Do
You
Do it
March 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Do you have a library card?
Do you?
Do
You
Do it
Do you?
Do
You
Do it
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The 3 pyramids you need to know when you work in construction / architecture / planning / live or work in a building:
1. materialepyramiden.dk
2. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%...
3. @barnabascalder.bsky.social 📘Architecture: From Prehistory to Climate Emergency
1. materialepyramiden.dk
2. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%...
3. @barnabascalder.bsky.social 📘Architecture: From Prehistory to Climate Emergency
March 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The 3 pyramids you need to know when you work in construction / architecture / planning / live or work in a building:
1. materialepyramiden.dk
2. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%...
3. @barnabascalder.bsky.social 📘Architecture: From Prehistory to Climate Emergency
1. materialepyramiden.dk
2. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%...
3. @barnabascalder.bsky.social 📘Architecture: From Prehistory to Climate Emergency
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"Hey Alexa, are you recording this?"
Yes, the answer is yes. Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.
Let's get into it...
Yes, the answer is yes. Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.
Let's get into it...
Everything You Say to Your Echo Will Soon Be Sent to Amazon, and You Can’t Opt Out
Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.
www.wired.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"Hey Alexa, are you recording this?"
Yes, the answer is yes. Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.
Let's get into it...
Yes, the answer is yes. Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.
Let's get into it...
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[BILL ALERT] AB 253, which will speed up the approval process for new homes by allowing home builders to hire a licensed and certified third-party reviewer, has passed Assembly Appropriations and is headed to the Assembly floor! Learn more here: cayimby.org/legislation/...
AB 253 (Ward): Third Party Permit Review (Housing “Shot Clock”)
This bill will speed up the approval process for new homes by allowing home builders to hire a licensed and certified third-party reviewer for review of housing permit applications if the local govern...
cayimby.org
March 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
[BILL ALERT] AB 253, which will speed up the approval process for new homes by allowing home builders to hire a licensed and certified third-party reviewer, has passed Assembly Appropriations and is headed to the Assembly floor! Learn more here: cayimby.org/legislation/...
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AB 253 was just voted out of Assembly Housing unanimously—the first (of hopefully many) California YIMBY bill to be advanced in 2025! It's headed to Assembly Local Government in 30 minutes.
March 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
AB 253 was just voted out of Assembly Housing unanimously—the first (of hopefully many) California YIMBY bill to be advanced in 2025! It's headed to Assembly Local Government in 30 minutes.
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People genuinely think you can preserve the culture of a place simply by refusing to ever change the built environment.
They fail to realize that forcibly holding a place in the past like that is itself a significant and unique disturbance in the housing market that creates unique incentives.
They fail to realize that forcibly holding a place in the past like that is itself a significant and unique disturbance in the housing market that creates unique incentives.
Also I had a real Median Voter moment with an old queen who expressed outrage about how there are people who oppose historic districting in principle and then immediately pivoted to complaining about how Greenwich Village is being entirely taken over by boring rich people with bad taste.
March 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
People genuinely think you can preserve the culture of a place simply by refusing to ever change the built environment.
They fail to realize that forcibly holding a place in the past like that is itself a significant and unique disturbance in the housing market that creates unique incentives.
They fail to realize that forcibly holding a place in the past like that is itself a significant and unique disturbance in the housing market that creates unique incentives.
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every data center in the US on one map
March 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
every data center in the US on one map
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LA's Single Stair council motion is here!
March 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
LA's Single Stair council motion is here!