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brian

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2 months

we need the thing they have in japan where every phone camera makes a loud ass noise when you take a pic. people have gotten too comfortable being psycho

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what type of hating ass shit is this

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community college non credit classes are so dope. for like a hundred bucks you can learn a fun new skill and meet seven new grandmothers

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she shows up for our date — it’s a trap. i am nowhere to be seen. restaurants are bourgeois. she posts about me standing her up — male leftist misogyny. aha, but has she considered my anxiety? move and countermove fill my vision as i am struck by a doordash ebike doing 120mph

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@brianonhere

7 months

opinion section in Israeli newspaper: we must reckon with the costs of an occupation that has never been sustainable - and rechart a course forward to peace for all NBA official team account: The Indiana Pacers organization will not rest until every Palestinian trembles in fear

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me: Get up to anything fun this weekend? So sunny! work wife: omg I know! Daniel and I did a hike 🙄 then went to this cute little cocktail bar. You should take your next date there😉 coworker whos had the same wet hacking cough for 19 months: Don’t worry i’m not contagious

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charles barkley: Now listen these IDF videos they, theyre blowing up empty buildings! they’re putting the blue triangle on there, these buildings empty man, ain’t no Hamas. Meanwhy, these Palanchunians — Shaq (in tears) These what Chuck Ernie, tersely: Palestinians. Continue

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So proud of my adult son for writing this incredibly powerful and thoughtful piece of journalism about being so much of an unlikeable freak that even at Stanford, the premier unlikeable freak factory, people thought he was too pro-genocide to invite to parties. I love you Son

Peter Baker

@peterbakernyt

1 month

So proud of ⁦ @tab_delete ⁩ for this incredibly powerful, deeply reported and thought provoking piece on Stanford's war over the Gaza war. This is what Ben Bradlee used to call a "holy shit" story from its stunning lead to its head-snapping conclusion.

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@brianonhere

6 months

its not antisemitic to make fun of the IDF’s increasingly convoluted stories — but it may be ableist. my latest for the Atlantic:

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@brianonhere

28 days

the Atlantic tomorrow: The Hidden Costs of Earthquake Preparedness the New Yorker tomorrow: How To Survive a Massive 4.0 Earthquake the Cut tomorrow: I Divorced My Stepfather and I’ve Never Felt Worse

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@brianonhere

2 months

narrator: It costs more

Joe Cohen

@CohenSite

2 months

These two buildings are located a block away from each other It doesn’t necessarily cost more to get the small details right, you just need to care

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never heard of these guys but this is dope. i think exposed utilties look cool when you do them thoughtfully. murray legge architecture

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@brianonhere

7 months

bro im crying lmao. of all the songs to use AI captions on

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the guy is nodding and agreeing with everything she says. he just uttered the phrase “word hell yeah that’s sick, tight” the rare 4x agree

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@brianonhere

2 months

this is what the average US developer would pay for

Steve Mouzon

@stevemouzon

2 months

You periodic reminder that 5-over-1s could look exactly like this if the architects had enough humility to learn things long proven to work. But no, it’s trained out of us in architecture school, where I spent 5 years. Been trying to make up for it ever since.

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7 months

every democrat on the debate stage in 2028: well actually at the TIME i had called for, what i had called for was for BOTH sides to, uh, to de escalate, of course to the best of our knowledge there was no way to know, uh, i strongly condemned Israel’s uh, you know

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7 months

looks like the pacers were the one team who didn’t do one of these. that’s my bad. pacers in 5 coming out of the east. 🙌

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@AlisonB916 people hate women

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30 days

it’s time to get serious about urbanism

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28 days

this is bonkers. this roof is just two layers of membrane. one on top and one swoopy one for the ceiling. didnt know this was allowed. didnt know buildings could be fun anymore.

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in this particular instance i also get to eavesdrop on 2 gen z kids trying to rizz each other up

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2 months

traditional architecture is when buildings do this ◻️◻️ ◻️◻️ ◻️◻️ contemporary architecture is when buildings do this ◻️◻️ ◻️◻️ ◻️◻️ also the second one turns you gay

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5 months

@SimaoR_23 think so

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wow…

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@LocalLifter art stuff is always a hit. but an entry level class on a sport you’ve never played is always a hoot. like gym class but with a way wider range of ages and languages spoken

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@brianonhere

8 months

this guy wakes up every day and posts some awful dogshit floor plan, five blue check guys named like Kyle Investments instantly reply “This would be awesome to see in St. Louis 👍” and 15 architects with early onset seasonal depression quote tweet it like “i’d kms instantly lol”

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brian

@brianonhere

7 months

Hearing reports that Hochul staffers have opened fire on arriving Newsom staffers -- sources on the ground describe an "extremely kinetic" situation unfolding in the lobby of the La Quinta Tel Aviv as power struggle heats up

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@brianonhere

1 month

normal guy tweet: Might have a sandwich for lunch california guy tweet: Looks like the Board of Supervisors got the votes to sublimate Measure 23 into Prop C. This is going to make Measure 445 look like the Prop A referendum. Just hope the County can green light the Comp Plan..

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@brianonhere

1 month

my therapist told me to start my own architecture firm

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@brianonhere

2 months

brought a girl to see the oscar nominated short films on a second date. first three shorts: life after seeing your family murdered, life in a post-Roe red state when you need an abortion, life in a French Canadian youth prison. don’t think i’m gettin laid tonight

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@brianonhere

8 months

Converting office space into beautiful, functional housing isn’t easy — but “Easy” isn’t why I got into this gig. Working on this 4 bed unit now. Deep floor plates are a challenge but this layout is perfect for young families. Let’s unf***ck our cities!

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@brianonhere

7 months

Got tons of feedback on the first version of this we posted. Some great, some… Constructive! 😅 Easy to just plow ahead. But I believe in getting things right. So I went back to the drawing board and made this design even better! Video breakdown 👉

brian

@brianonhere

8 months

Converting office space into beautiful, functional housing isn’t easy — but “Easy” isn’t why I got into this gig. Working on this 4 bed unit now. Deep floor plates are a challenge but this layout is perfect for young families. Let’s unf***ck our cities!

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1 month

i’m sorry i don’t understand any of the anime references in the replies here but i’m sure they’re good

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1 month

my job on the leftist commune is going to be door dash driver

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@brianonhere

1 month

architecture is cool until you learn anything about it

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@brianonhere

2 months

i’m a believer in the chris black thesis that we need to bring back duffing people out in certain cases

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@brianonhere

5 months

this is how i found out

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@brianonhere

5 months

just cracked open the zoning code and it says you’re zoned for zero bitches?? is that right

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@brianonhere

2 months

normal guy: Man rent is so high now this fucking sucks yimby guy spinning around in chair: There’s an easy solution! You know how we all love landlords? What if there were way more of them (seeing look of disgust cross normal guys face) Or! Or way fewer but they own everything

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@brianonhere

6 months

let’s have a great friday out there everyone. but let’s not forget about those deliverables! haha

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@brianonhere

5 months

i really think building and land use codes are obscure, technical, and removed enough from the public eye that a lot of you depressed architects could be forming vanguard blocs to almost entirely overhaul them, way quicker than you think, in order to legalize your little viennas

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@brianonhere

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first step of starting your own architecture firm is choosing a stupid name that will piss everyone off

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2 months

architecture PSA

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2 months

not at all. you and your nephew are raising a very lovely child.

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2 months

@JHWeissmann which country vetoed a un ceasefire resolution like a week ago

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7 months

that’s interesting. there are currently zero actual one bedroom apartments listed on apartments dot com in oakland for under $1500. guess the landlords did not get the memo?

Joshua Davis

@byJoshuaDavis

7 months

After a decade of building 8,000 apartments in Oakland, market rate 1-bedroom units are now affordable to low income people, as defined by HUD. Today the SF Chronicle reported: - Oakland has largest rent decline (-7.2%) among top 100 US cities. - Median one-bedroom rent in…

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@louisafloftus @iyintosoluwami no problem. with today’s computing power it was pretty easy.

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@brianonhere

6 months

the inquilābi hot dam historian

@varsha_venkat_

6 months

can everyone older than me please share their most insane post 9/11 stories. because you all really went through it...

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@CMOS76 don't be crass

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5 months

i guess we're doing "tenements are awesome" on here again these things suck ass, and what's even worse is the insanely cynical "oh so i guess you want people to be homeless instead???" responses its wild but actually i can picture third, fourth, even fifth options in my head

buildhomez🌐

@buildhomez

10 months

Seattle probably achieved peak realistic density at the lowest possible cost in 2016. 4,268 sqft lot, 50 units, 6 stories, no elevator, no lobby, no bike/car parking, no in unit kitchen/laundry, no DRB, outside trash, 5 feet away from other building, 200sqft average unit size

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@brianonhere

2 months

@realmordinsolus air raid siren

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@brianonhere

5 months

architects getting laid off all over town because building got less profitable & thousands of people sleeping under bridges still. phenomenally stupid system that pisses me off every time i think about it.

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@brianonhere

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actually i think its pretty sick that we’ve been at war in the middle east for essentially my entire life and it was ok to talk about universal healthcare for about six months in 2019

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@brianonhere

20 days

bro they both have nukes chill

LeBron James

@KingJames

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Nothing like 2 heavyweights doing What They Do Best! For the love off of the sport

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@brianonhere

7 months

if i had KNOWN of course, i uh would not have voted to send, uh, we were told the aid was primarily of a humanitarian, a medical and humanitarian, uhhh… defensive, nature. and i’m the only one on this debate stage who has actually visited the mass graves and seen, uh, stood with

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@brianonhere

7 months

hey anyone know why it costs ten bajillion dollars to build anything in this country

Lee Harris

@leee_harris

7 months

NEW: Private equity is making a huge new play in HVAC and energy services, buying up heat pump installers. Part of an alarming trend: After big subsidies in IRA, enviros said prices of heat pumps would fall. Instead, they’re rising:

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2 months

my two buddies just moved into studio apartments on opposite sides of the building. the guy who only gets east light is becoming evil. the guy who only gets west light is now seven feet tall

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brian

@brianonhere

2 months

American housing has absolutely nailed the studio apartment - but our double loaded corridors suck! European point-access blocks are super efficient to access, but ain’t too dense. The solution? Leverage the best of both with these point-access studio blocks! Infill, anyone?

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@brianonhere

2 months

one of these is a nightmarishly tedious book of made-up sorcery used by unimaginative nerds to attempt to impose a set of rules and constraints on something that should be fun, free, and deeply human. the other of course is the D&D players handbook

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25 days

a landlord is a grumpy old guy who never fixes your sink and could be evil. a developer is a heroic cartoon pig in overalls with a trowel and hard hat. if you dont understand this i cant help you.

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7 months

regret to inform you

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me using Revit every day

whirling, screaming head

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gm :-)

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lol

Jay Parsons

@jayparsons

2 months

Imagine a respected, major media outlet publishing a news article on vaccines or climate change that doesn't once mention the majority view of scientists. Wouldn't happen, right? So why don't the same standards apply when the topic is rent control? I'm not the "anti-mainstream…

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@brianonhere

2 months

Do better, women

Dezeen

@dezeen

2 months

It's now 20 years since a solo woman won the Pritzker Architecture Prize. They must do better, writes Tom Ravenscroft.

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@brianonhere

5 months

its cool that we've just moved beyond all pretense at this point and the state department is still just like "Yeah guys go for it"

Muhammad Shehada

@muhammadshehad2

5 months

Israel blows up Gaza's "Palace of Justice" compound which housed the Palestinian Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the Court of First Instance & the Magistrate. 100,000s of vital case documents are gone. Deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure is a War Crime!

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this is the budget you’d get if you got “lucky” and it was a luxury development

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@brianonhere

2 months

@Eric_Erins never. that’s for sinners.

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@brianonhere

1 month

sure seems like someone should stop these guys at some point

The Associated Press

@AP

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An Israeli airstrike has destroyed the consular section of Iran's embassy in Damascus, killing or wounding everyone inside, Syrian state media said.

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@zack_enron @AlisonB916 shut da fuck up

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“landlords hate new housing supply” ok well the landlords of the new housing supply don’t, otherwise it wouldn’t be getting built. is there a chart in the yimby handbook that lays out the optimal number of landlords : non-landlords in a city? is it 1:1?

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@brianonhere

1 month

@louisafloftus @iyintosoluwami i actually just calculated it

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@brianonhere

4 months

you heard it here first folks: in order to build a bunch of housing so rent goes down, the rent needs to go up first

Chris Elmendorf

@CSElmendorf

5 months

tl;dr: Even under incredibly optimistic assumptions about site conditions, ***rents are not high enough*** in Bay Area, LA, or Sac for these projects to pencil. Even if builder pays just market-rate wages. Even if IZ rate is zero. Even if site is vacant & clean. 2/3

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@brianonhere

7 months

the quality of kate’s haters remains at historical lows

kate wagner

@mcmansionhell

7 months

hello I wrote about why I personally Kate Wagner want a house so goddamn bad

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@brianonhere

5 months

glass block aint dead. built in 2019. check out that tile too

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nick

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what is your favourite line delivery?

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@brianonhere

7 months

cmon what’s the worst that could happen with unregulated & improperly constructed high rise apartments in the UK. you’re being hysterical.

Vitruvius Grind

@VitruviusGrind

7 months

Hayden and Sam are both capable of reading and I don’t think either of them are particularly lazy, so I assume they know the violations here extend beyond aesthetics. Why do they pretend otherwise?

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@brianonhere

7 months

bucks in 4 bitch

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@brianonhere

6 months

IDF realizing people are gonna start googling stuff about babies & stumbling upon some dicey content from ‘48

Muslim Thomas Hussein Obama II

@MucahitTom

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IDF denies the story themselves

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@brianonhere

2 months

engaging in some robust discussion with thought leaders in the urbanism space… here’s a summary of the primary takeaway so far

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@brianonhere

2 months

every couple months on here there’s some new urbanist account run by a 24 year old that starts off with engagement farming swill like “Buses are goated when urbanism is the vibe!” and within a year pivots into fascist-adjacent burn-the-universities type shit. it’s like clockwork

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@brianonhere

8 months

everything you like about your apartment only exists because a developer somewhere was legally prevented from building it shittier

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@brianonhere

7 months

weeks like this make you kind of wish hell was real

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@brianonhere

5 months

one man’s opinion but i don’t think you need to combine the tommy needy drinky vibe with the bragging about seeing a snuff film vibe. it makes you seem weird.

Giles Fraser

@giles_fraser

5 months

Went to private IDF screening of unfiltered footage of 7th October earlier tonight. Seen things that I can never unsee. No words. But I am going to have to try and find some. Too much even to cry. Body still shaking.

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@brianonhere

5 months

massive fan of the "throw up two parallel CMU walls and infill with a bunch of plants bridges and staircases" housing typology

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@brianonhere

1 month

we gotta get all the elections synced up in this country. it'll be some random Tuesday night on here and all of a sudden fifteen of your mutuals will be tweeting like Welp i hope you're happy, landlords can now legally execute you with swords in Oklahoma

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@brianonhere

5 months

i toured this building while apartment hunting recently. not only is it not actually detailed well, the entire building smells like trash bc there aren’t trash rooms or chutes and upper floor residents just threw it into the hallway

Michael Schwartz 🟡

@michlschwrtz

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literally just toss these up on every corner like why is it so hard

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@brianonhere

7 months

@GMomurder nevertheless i think you understand what i’m getting at here

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brian

@brianonhere

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The 5-over-1 is the workhorse of American urbanism. Here's an example of two of my favorite 5-over-1's. It's quite possible to build a beautiful AND functional 5-over-1 like this today... and yet our cities are uglier than ever. Just what are they teaching in building school?

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@brianonhere

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@phylum_sinter a printmaking class. have taken short story writing, drawing, and Tennis 101 in the past

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@brianonhere

8 months

@bobbyfijan let me kick some numbers around with the team and circle back

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@brianonhere

4 months

just touched down in anchorage. guy next to me on the plane is googling “anchorage”

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2 months

this is america, Boeing was never actually gonna get in trouble for building planes out of trash that explode when they get airborne. which means they just killed that guy for the love of the game. respect

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@brianonhere

2 months

it has been pointed out to me that actually no US developer would pay for that many windows that big. which is true

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@samknight1 hamas national convention is gonna be wild next year

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@brianonhere

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"wow you're an architect, you must be good at math" ok well the whole 8 person studio just spent 3 minutes putting our heads together to add two fractions so

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@coopercooperco My lord asks if you can shoot the three?

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@brianonhere

5 months

hell is truly not hot enough

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz

@RepDWStweets

5 months

5/6 I’m also thankful @POTUS did not heed calls for an immediate ceasefire weeks ago, as Israel could not have achieved this breakthrough had one occurred. A unilateral ceasefire only serves Hamas terrorists, who broke a ceasefire on Oct. 7th - and vow to do so again and again.

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@brianonhere

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"We need rent in this new building to be $300" is just as valid a constraint as "We need this building to be fire-resistant" or "We need this building to not fall down." All three cut into profits. But rent control is the only one that gets you yelled at by Econ 101 superfans

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@brianonhere

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genuine question: where is it illegal to build a 250sf apartment in the US? seems to be legal in nyc, la, chicago, seattle, etc?

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