Adam
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A thread on the Geometry of Urban Patterns: Two forms exist. Vernacular networking - the medieval winding streets etc. Classical networking - the euclidean grid/Jeffersonian grid Making #goodurbanism requires harmony between plan, skyline, corridor, and node.
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Classical architecture is so much better at wayfinding and navigation than what we typically get today it’s hard to convey the million ways this works better
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We will soon have spent more time talking about reviving Art Nouveau than it existed as a living practice. It’s the least viable path forward of all the classical styles.
At the end of the 19th century, an exciting new architectural style emerged that would rapidly spread across Europe: Art Nouveau. However, it would die out as quickly as it appeared... I went to Antwerp and Brussels to photograph some of the highlights. A short 🧵
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This is the same thing as why ornament is not used in architecture. Cultural not economic factors. Americans choose inferior taste and food experience. That not a single American manufacturer of pasta uses these simple changes is so striking.
Yes! Pasta brand matters. De Cecco (Imported from Italy) contains 100% semolina flour, is extruded through bronze dies, and is dried at a lower temperature compared to US-made pastas (Ronzoni/Barilla) which use hotter drying, Teflon dies that produce an excessively smooth noodle
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Many archbishops of Canterbury came from places like Pavia and Normandy. The Church from the 11th century onward was the most democratic and international institution until quite recent. A kind of barbell Christianity. Concern for the global community and the highly local
Amusingly, my "moral heat map" resembles that of a Sicilian peasant. Very high affinity for close family, high affinity for neighbors, but when it comes to larger abstractions, my mind jumps directly to "The Church." Don't find the "national" abstraction very compelling.
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Mallorca Spain has most of their highways on 18th century dry stone structure. Repair from a collapse in 2019. The government prohibited the repair from being used structurally as a road. A concrete ‘modern’ wall was built with this section reduced to an overlook.
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Island in the Sun (1957) Beautiful transect of urban port town to rural fields.
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This wonderful citizen put a beautiful bench outside for people to sit and rest.
@Anusien I had to go to the city office a few times, provide photos and drawings, pay $2125, and then go to the county recorders office. took a few months. giant waste of everyone's time
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Cool how they naturally start to harmonize. Beautiful family
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1932 wooden speed boat for sale. Could probably talk them down to a few grand.
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If you like @wrathofgnon or @simonsarris aesthetic poasting. Then I highly recommend you pick up @LeonKrier book The Architecture of Community. Leon distilled the humanistic principals best of architecture and urbanism. Concerned heavily with truth, justice, beauty.
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I cannot emphasize enough this is a good thing for men with health testosterone levels.
when men become fathers and spend time caring for their kids, their testosterone drops by about 30%
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This CIA operatives memoirs, recruited in the 1959’s, is an interesting read.
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The Muses, still with freedom found, Shall to thy happy coast repair: Blest isle! with matchless beauty crowned, And manly hearts to guard the fair. "Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves."
In 1947, the UK was producing over 50% of the world's shipping tonnage. In 2023, it produced zero commercial ships. This week on Construction Physics, I look at how the UK lost its shipbuilding industry. https://t.co/m2TUkARKu8
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People wanting to reproduce is probably a good sign of civilizational health and thus our goal should be to produce conditions where individuals want to produce at or above replacement. But that’s not entirely obvious to me.
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If we were serious about fertility we’d need to study England or other early to industrialize places and their baby booms and busts. A coherent theory to explain them would be necessary to stimulate a baby boom.
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Always exciting to see government experimenting. I think this will materially impact the culture and quality of student in Florida. I was a nationally ranked debater. It’s a great thing for young ppl.
We’ve come a long way from when we started our mission to revive speech and debate in our schools. Today, we announced that April’s debate competition winner of the Charlie Kirk prize will receive a $50k scholarship, with runner-up ($25k), semi-finalists ($15k) and
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We have modern technology that’s a big leap from a mop or swiffer. The microfiber mop is incredible. My marriage is much improved. https://t.co/tgKhD65MrL
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I should get a swiffer mop so I don’t need to bend over to push my lil wet paper towel around
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Another day another opportunity for us to inhabit these ruins. Re-clad the Colosseum. Build the shade cover and restore concerts and games. Would be a marvel of the world again.
Most tourists visiting Rome today skip this place. If you ever find yourself in Rome, I strongly recommend visiting it. those tiny doorways continue a 2000‑year habit of retail: already under Trajan the ground‑floor fornici held shops,we even have a 104-AD statue base dedicated
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