Buddy,

Train Station Benches Labeled "Remove" Inside a Cage

MTA, mixed media, 2026

“What is subject to discretion and fees versus ministerial approvals and waivers” is the “show me your budget I’ll show you your values” of land use.

In my opinion, this is the model for making a campaign sign on a budget. Single color, no bleed, still eye-catching.

Gloria Nauden: All variations in light and dark here seem to come from changes in ink density. Red background grabs your attention. Key info—Distinct name and Ward—is highlighted through typography and single-ink effects. The subtle DC flag in the background: 9/10, one point off for that QR code.

TheCybersmith @thecybersmith.bsky.social Beneath New York, there exists a parallel society of Subterranean Jews. Beneath the streets of England, lie the roads of Rome. Beneath the hollow earth, Agartha. Beneath the new world, the echoes of the old. 3:04 PM • Apr 15, 2026

Does he know?

Seeing lots of great Cybersmith posts in the replies here, but I don’t think anyone has mentioned his belief that Roman citizens lived in miniature coliseums

I am so glad

I'm excited to share that we've made a collection of historic Supreme Court Records and Briefs available via
@archive.org

I've written a blog post where I go into detail about the importance of this collection.

blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u...

The Wild Wild Western Water Wars - The American Prospect As a changing climate bakes and dries up the Colorado River, the seven basin states can’t agree on how to share the declining water resources.

A set of legal doctrines over 170 years old guide water rights in the American West, which are no longer suitable in a drier, warming climate (if those rights ever were suitable, given that the acre-feet agreements were established in a wet year).

Always wanted to do a series on the bike racks of famous buildings.

e.g.: great ones at H&deM’s Parrish, but terrible ones at basically every Holl project I have visited.

sure, just hit my venmo

When you visit the Apple Park Visitors Center, Coffee Shop, and Store, there is a big physical model of the campus that you can look at through a tablet. The AR provides no new information.

They've already built the bunker It wouldn't be the first time Donald Trump blew one of the country's biggest secrets.

Happy to help:

To keep the lights on in emergencies.

Between 2002 and 2016, the United States Navy built a tunnel from East Potomac Park to the Naval Observatory via the East Wing of the White House.

This is business traveler brain. Massively overestimates the number of people who fly outside of family trips.

Personally I think the comparison is to Ludwig II of Bavaria or Nicholas II. Bored, possibly unwell leader codependent with a reactionary bureaucracy.

[muttering] oh that’s fine if you want to INSPIRE people

Dunno about this. One of the reasons Hoover was so mad he lost in 1932 was because the Democratic Party was a clown car of regional interests in the 20s.

Exterior of OKC bombing memorial — arches and a reflecting pool replaced the road that once was in front of the federal building, the one McVeigh drove on to park his bomb-filled Ryder truck. Pic taken May 26, 2020.

Chairs note the 169 dead at the OKC bombing on April 19, 1995. The small chairs represent children who died at the Murrah Federal Building daycare.

On an exterior fence at the OKC memorial, people place remembrances to the victims.

A display in the OKC memorial museum of the T-shirt Tim McVeigh wore when he was arrested. It has a picture of Lincoln with “Sic Semper Tyrannis,” reflecting McVeigh’s connection to the wider 1990s racist, anti-government Patriot Movement.

Unhappy 31st anniversary to the OKC bombing. Two big postscripts:

- Timothy McVeigh was held on a gun charge while they figured out whether he was the bomber; that crime no longer exists
- The prosecutor, Merrick Garland, focused on McVeigh and largely ignored the movement he was connected to

OKLab color plane at 70% luminance

And it's a good opportunity to remind people that pinks are not a shade of red, they are a unique balance of red and blue wavelengths. Coral is a "light red." Good news for Pinto as I am sure she wouldn't want to be connected to the color used by the Republican Party!

Brooke Pinto: Single, distinctive spot color with minimal noise. White text has solid contrast with the fuchsia and the last name in black is stronger. Hue/chroma distinction is crystal clear and reinforces candidate name and brand. Reused from her first campaign, but cool beans, iwbh. 7/10

Brooke Pinto: Single, distinctive spot color with minimal noise. White text has solid contrast with the fuchsia and the last name in black is stronger. Hue/chroma distinction is crystal clear and reinforces candidate name and brand. Reused from her first campaign, but cool beans, iwbh. 7/10

NCAS founding member Michael Franck has been put in charge of the National Garden of American Heroes

This is the guy who proposed the arch and is now getting good press for backing out over the size

Confederate Monuments’ Uncertain Future Some have been banished or destroyed, and others are threatened, while one is slated for reinstallation.

Yes and I wish these discussions of his building projects talked more about the confederate sympathies of the people behind them:

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Being president is a lot of responsibility and playing with his model village makes him happy. Same with his arch.