Asher Kohn

if I was younger and more charismatic I would have done a podcast based on this bot

Great Ashers In Literature (and a wonderful book besides)

$150/sf for a 9-bed house is an incredible stat

heh as much as I agree, I love “Cobra” which sounds like Chris Isaak sessioned with Silversun Pickups

Magnet dress-up dolls, large sticky notes to draw on

I don’t think we’re close enough friends for me to get this book for you, but surely someone else is: www.neroeditions.com/product/taxo...

Won’t stop hitting rewind until I’m searching google maps via T9

this isn't quite that, but Slavenka Drakulic's They Would Never Hurt a Fly is a sort of Yugoslav War retrospective that talks about how all these dudes tried to make post-hoc sense of themselves from The Hague. She's very good generally

Ha, never saw one installed! I can’t imagine its crane construction, maybe the component pieces are connected on-site?

Seen these a lot in cheap “historic hotel” retrofits in the balkans: a way to get a modern bathroom in an old bedroom. Its kinda goofy, and i’m not a preservationist, but i dig it

rendering of the new Foundry Yards project on the Chicago River, with high-rises behind a walking path with couples walking along the river

Whatever the merits of Foundry Park, it's interesting that they're promoting it with this pen-and-ink style that feels very retro and much more approachable than the usual glossy renders (via: chicagoyimby.com/2025/12/foun...)

It’s been fun. Enjoyable features, neat mazes/crossword puzzle/coloring pages. Haven’t scratched too deeply but i‘ve stumbled upon it 3 times now and dug it

Weimar Stoner, it’s fantastic

Big main rink, little practice rink off to the side. Source: many kids birthday parties

I try not to post much, trying to ween off social media, but "typographic revival after lead type was melted down for the war effort" absolutely rules as a concept

Judeo-Espanyol Şalom Gazetesi | Haftalık Siyasi ve Kültürel Gazete

Salom still publishes a bit in Ladino, it's pretty interesting looking if you're used to Spanish: www.salom.com.tr/haberler/17/.... There's still a bit out there, but yes, the sun is absolutely setting

When I worked at a journalism startup, we had a very nice machine that was a lot of fun to mess around with. Made awful coffee, we managed to break it every couple of weeks.

if I ran a public transit system, we'd have a guy handing out umbrellas / picking up umbrellas at every station

Table, Donkey, and Stick might be a bit too small but is wonderful. That whole strip of Armitage is good depending on how far folks can venture from the blue line

Pink married Charles Townshend, who seems like one of the worst dudes of the WW1-era British Army. Which is saying someting.

The one that always gets to me, is that the "blue" in Renoir's 1881 "Pink and Blue" was murdered in Auschwitz

wait man for real

Saw a handful thursday night, which must feel cool as hell but also looked a little dangerous

I think it's the last episode of Deadwood Season 1 where there's a short scene where a deranged soldier mutters about all the violence he's seen/perpetuated as his officer gives a glorious speech. Can't find it online, but it left an impact on school-aged me for sure

couple things that come to mind are:
-How these conflicts overlapped in lifetimes: you have someone like Wellington, who fought in French Revolutionary wars, Indian wars, then Napoleonic...all within ~20 years
-Babel's Red Cavalry is a bit later, but is a stark, readable, text on violence

There’s a handful of converted synagogues within a half mile. And that big orphanage someone turned into the most haunted single family home imaginable. Hopefully it’ll be smooth

Thanks for this one! Used to walk by it all the time, mused about putting housing there. Glad someone’s doing it

I remember @mattdpearce.com covering the 2020 primary, polling folks online, and struggling to square the circle of "most folks are passionate about climate change, Inslee is passionate about climate change, why isn't he the shoo-in candidate?" Still think that was interesting!

My sister lived in the international dorm when she did grad school in NYC. Got invited over for dinner a bunch, everyone else was also excited about being in new york. Had a great time.

I think Zohran’s going to have to deal with the anger a lot of people felt at having to sit and learn during Obama’s ascendance