Wrath Of Gnon

Traditionalist. #GoodUrbanism

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2026-04-01 03:00:26 UTC

Schools (being already divided by neighborhood) could get a mix of "adopted insect species" and encourage their students to set up micro habitats for breeding (or to simply exist) insects.
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2026-04-01 01:40:14 UTC

Anywhere the humble birch tree grows in abundance is a prime location for where to build sod or turf roofs. Urban or suburban or rural, it works anywhere, uses no plastics and no fuel or electricity at all and literally grown on trees and the turf we walk on.
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2026-04-01 01:10:20 UTC

https://www.ru.nl/en/research/research-news/more-hedges-lead-to-more-insects-even-in-relatively-green-agricultural-areas

2026-04-01 01:10:18 UTC

“Field margins where hedges have been planted attract twice as many insects as those without hedges. This holds true even in agricultural areas that already contain plenty of natural habitat.”
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2026-04-01 01:10:14 UTC

When I first joined Twitter back in 2014 I shared a scientific article with the word "impacted" in the headline and got such a beating from people like @380kmh and I think @lueyee too (my memory is hazy) that I can't use that word at all even when it is legit. Now every-time I see it in print or online I cringe. Every day on Twitter is a new learning experience but it is funny what sticks the hardest.

2026-03-31 23:05:11 UTC

Lügenpresse.
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2026-03-31 13:10:11 UTC

The coolest thing about the "back to the earth wool carding victory gardening orchard planting hippies" is that they love nothing more than being helpful. The words "Can you teach me how to do this?" is like catnip to them.

2026-03-31 13:00:36 UTC

If you live in the northern hemisphere now is when you look up how to grow herbs, vegetables, fruits etc. on any speck of land you might have access too. If nothing happens this summer your friends and relatives will love your gifts of fresh home grown produce. If something happens, well, no need to brag about it.

2026-03-31 13:00:34 UTC

RT @DurhamWASP@twitter.com:
“If you meet anyone in a pub or at a party who says he is an architect, punch him in the face.” Auberon Waugh
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2026-03-31 13:00:31 UTC

Since modern housing is mostly plastics and caulk, you can imagine what is happening to building material prices right now. Luckily we still know how to build energy efficient homes without a speck of plastic. If we want to.
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2026-03-31 13:00:28 UTC

Granites, marbles and limestones (in that order) holding up well. Sandstones and slate not so much. However, these are the results from this climate and this application only, even though the general trend should be similar worldwide. All stone types have their own pros and cons.
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2026-03-31 11:00:29 UTC

Hahahaha

2026-03-31 11:00:27 UTC

“Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends.”
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2026-03-31 05:00:25 UTC

Probably one of the most famous Kansas City residents worldwide, William "Count" Basie (1904-1984) lived in this small house on 1327 Brooklyn Avenue maybe 1927-1935, it looks like a balloon frame construction. Sometime between 2019 and 2022 it burned down, because of course nobody cared about it. It was once part of a dense neighborhood of mostly Sicilian immigrants. Today an empty lot.
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2026-03-31 03:00:28 UTC

The most innovative thing you can do today is build something radically old.
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2026-03-31 03:00:24 UTC

Our modern disposable architecture makes less sense for each passing day. Build to last with natural materials to the human scale not the factory scale.
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2026-03-31 01:55:11 UTC

Modernism (and whatever variants you might be thinking of) is impossible without cheap and abundant oil. Everything from foundations to the sealants you need to stop water from tearing it apart. Traditional architecture and the humble vernacular will persevere though.
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2026-03-31 01:30:22 UTC

Kamakura streets. #GoodUrbanism means narrow streets for people where cars are guests.
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2026-03-31 01:10:15 UTC

Kamakura restaurant. #GoodUrbanism is detailed.
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2026-03-31 01:00:24 UTC

Three points: Wood lasts longer if given the chance to breathe. Build so that if one part or one piece gets damaged you don't need to replace the entire structure. Eaves matter, and the undersides of eaves matter for people who spend time underneath them.
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2026-03-30 11:15:17 UTC

A people that forgets its past has no future.
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2026-03-30 09:25:21 UTC

"Roman spenglerien".
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2026-03-30 09:25:18 UTC

The Matsuyama Tatami Store has been a family business for over 80 years, a stone throw from the fifth largest train and subway station in the world (over 760 million passengers annually). Now in its fourth generation ownership. The city grew up around it. Photo from 2018.
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2026-03-30 09:25:12 UTC

We should try an anti-jubilee: instead of pardoning criminals we declare one month a year when all violent criminals sentenced will receive unpardonable five-fold punishments. Just to see how much violent crimes drop. And if it has a large effect we make the five-fold rate permanent. Repeat as necessary.

2026-03-30 07:30:17 UTC

There's been a lot of comments about the effect of the Anglosphere starting to see Japanese content on their feeds. But let me add to that: Japanese users are also starting to see tons more anglophone content than they used to. And what they are seeing is unsettling to say the least.

2026-03-30 03:25:22 UTC

This must be embarrassing for all the "first world nations" in the world.

2026-03-30 03:25:13 UTC

Castillo San Cristóbal was the main defensive fortress of San Juan, on Puerto Rico, built by the Spanish 1634-1783 in stone on 27 acres, and the largest fort they ever built in the New World. Since the fortress had no access to fresh water engineers built five large cisterns connected by channels and pipes to to collect all rainwater that fell on fort, making it completely independent on any other water sources. The cisterns together held almost 800,000 gallons and with frequent rains it would essentially never risk running out of water. The system was in use until 1898 when San Juan was captured by the U.S. who feared the Spanish had poisoned the cisterns. In 2011 the rainwater harvesting resumed and the fort is now self-sufficient in facilities water.
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2026-03-30 01:05:13 UTC

Almost anyone can build their own home. It isn't esoteric knowledge and doesn't involve fine rapid motor skills requiring extreme precision like playing the violin. Just like sewing a pair of pants or even a whole suit, every step of building a home can be accomplished by taking time to carefully complete every step of the process in order using the correct techniques depending on the materials used. But there is no way an amateur can build homes more profitably or efficiently than a professional home builder. That takes experience and skills beyond the ability of most individuals these days. It is the same with clothing. I buy my suit because it is cheaper for me to get it off the rack than it is for me to make it myself. The interesting difference is when you want something not available on the market, or when the market is so distorted as to make even the DIY approach more efficient. Or better even. I am convinced that the modern home (housing, to be exact) is now more expensive, more unhealthy and more wasteful than what you'd have if you built it yourself. A lot of what I post about here is myself looking into what it would take to create homes and communities by ourselves rather than relying on banks, governments and industry. You can learn too, by tagging along with me.
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2026-03-29 23:05:12 UTC

RT @TheCityMentor@twitter.com:
Timelapse of a real half-timbered house by Holzbau Pappe
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2026-03-29 13:45:17 UTC

The traditional latticework of the tea houses in Kanazawa are called kimusuko (木虫籠), and installed in such a manner that in the daytime you have almost a full view of the outside, but from the outside you can not see almost anything of the inside. It is all because of the trapezoid shape of the lattices. In the old days before electric lightning this was the perfect solution for busy streets and more private interiors. But these days, no matter how well designed the lattices are, at night the situation becomes a little of the opposite with better views of the inside than of the outside. Presently curtains or sliding paper doors are used from dusk to shield the interiors.
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2026-03-28 14:55:20 UTC

RT @realAtlasPress@twitter.com:
“My father observed that most buildings, and most buildings that we truly love, are not the work of architects. The agreeable settledness of the old English town, he reasoned, was the work of local craftsmen…” —Sir Roger Scruton
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2026-03-28 14:55:17 UTC

Exactly.

2026-03-28 02:05:14 UTC

RT @mspringut@twitter.com:
What the NYTimes described as a “small art school in Queens” that somehow nabbed $2m in NEH funding is actually one of premier (if not the premier) institutions of figurative sculpture in America today. If you don’t know Grand Central Atelier, you should now. They’ll be essential contributors to the next great monuments and works of figurative art. I’ve been lucky to interact with the tiny group of recent graduates from their sculpture program (Maia Williamson, Sam Davis, and Monumental Labs’ very own Julian Prairie) and they are some of the most talented sculptors of their generation. The political angle of the article and in fact the politicization of classical art in general is quite funny to watch. From what I see, the people who generally teach and learn at GCA and other classical art schools are nowhere near being the MAGA types that media coverage would have you imagine. Really happy for Grand Central Atelier. The NEH did well here. Link to article below.
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2026-03-27 12:00:25 UTC

Ginza, Tokyo. The building to the right is a long shopping mall built underneath the elevated railway lines.
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2026-03-27 00:55:12 UTC

The home of legendary Portuguese art deco architect Francisco Augusto da Silva Rocha, built in sun dried mud brick (adobe) in 1906, Aveiro, Portugal. Four floors.
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2026-03-27 00:45:16 UTC

A private residence built in sun dried mud brick, adobe, in 1783, Casa de Carcavelos, Vila Verde, Portugal.
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2026-03-27 00:25:11 UTC

Built in 1651 in sun dried mud brick: Igreja Velha de Quintãs, in Aveiro, Portugal, by the architect Mateus de Couto.
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2026-03-27 00:05:19 UTC

The Murphys Hotel, in the village of Murphys, Calavaras co., California, is one of the oldest continuously operated hotels in the state. Built in beautiful ashlar limestone, of which the county is famously well endowed with.
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2026-03-27 00:05:15 UTC

The Alta Vista neighborhood (Fort Collins, Colorado) has the northernmost substantial collection of vernacular adobe buildings in North America. Here is one charming family owned home, built in 1921, still in good shape, but the sheds could use a bit of maintenance.
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2026-03-26 22:45:15 UTC

Come to Japan. People here don't care about being seen as avant garde and subjecting their audiences to daring programming. In April alone we have Wagner, Brahms, Dvořák "New World"), Bizet, Verdi, Haydn (several), Bruckner, famous movie music in symphony versions, video game music concerts, Beethoven, several of Schubert and Mozart (I'm seeing Don Giovanni), Poulenc, and so on. And this weekend Sibelius. To mention the first few results from a search.
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2026-03-26 14:25:12 UTC

RT @FamedCelebrity@twitter.com:
Brit rulers welcome, and are even eager for, every humiliation. But there is still one thing they won't stand for.
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2026-03-26 08:25:17 UTC

One of the, if not the, most accomplished illustrators of historical architecture and landscapes in the world.
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2026-03-26 08:00:27 UTC

https://bio.au.dk/en/about-biology/news-and-events/show/artikel/gps-data-afsloerer-vilde-heste-og-kvaeg-skaber-en-mere-robust-natur

2026-03-26 08:00:25 UTC

"Feral horses and cattle create a dynamic that passive nature management—simple land abandonment—cannot match. By keeping small patches completely open while allowing others to grow, the animals create a patchwork of habitats with varying resilience."
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2026-03-26 04:25:12 UTC

This ramp, along with the one belonging to the Waitrose supermarket in Poundbury are the two most beautiful ramps I have ever seen. Photos by @SCP_Hughes
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2026-03-26 04:15:17 UTC

The man who changed my life. Jeremy Wayne Tate (@JeremyTate41) The single most insightful person about modernity and enduring truth over the past century is GK Chesterton, a 300+ pound British journalist with bad teeth. He was only right about literally everything. — https://nitter.poast.org/JeremyTate41/status/2037004769676410990#m
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2026-03-26 04:15:15 UTC

RT @boys_nicholas@twitter.com:
Not all ramps are created equal. Never permit performative plastic.
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2026-03-26 02:25:15 UTC

RT @heisei_ramen@twitter.com:
"I'm at the Starbucks!" "I'm at the Family Mart!" "I'm at the combination beautiful @wrathofgnon-core traditional Starbucks and Family Mart."

2026-03-25 14:00:33 UTC

Ginza, Tokyo.
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2026-03-25 02:15:17 UTC

RT @_F_B_G_@twitter.com:
Kundera brilliant on his country’s name. Wonder what he made of the appalling neologism ‘Czechia’?
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2026-03-24 12:45:18 UTC

I suspect this polite Citoyenne of Nantes would agree with me.
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/f12d4ecb0856a4d2fa277fce61d1a518d5553a944845a24d21b553f1ef20d6b3.file

2026-03-24 12:00:31 UTC

RT @V_and_A@twitter.com:
Celebrating the birthday of William Morris, born on this day in 1834. He played a central role in the Arts and Crafts Movement, championing the value of handmade craftsmanship at a time when the Victorian era was defined by industrial progress.
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2026-03-24 12:00:27 UTC

RT @Aesthetic_City@twitter.com:
A revolution is on its way in Europe. New schools are being founded to restore the crafts and beauty in architecture. Support La Table Ronde de l'Architecture in their quest to create the 'Anti-Bauhaus'
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/ae2d4b586b9f730a1980e9d93a90893f9ec67a325eda330e10e64cdf2a3c60a9.file

2026-03-24 08:35:20 UTC

The town of Tønsberg, Norway planned a new modernist building by the main square, but a counter proposal was given and according to the local newspaper. after 5,000 votes the result was firmly—92%—for classical architecture in harmony with the existing town architecture. Obviously the architects and modernists are upset the people aren't buying their ugly proposal.
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2026-03-24 06:00:24 UTC

The best time to plant a food garden was ten years ago. The second best time is today.

2026-03-24 04:05:30 UTC

The Old Post Office, Rampisham, Dorset. Originally two cottages joined into one, rubble stone and chalk block walls, thatched roof, early 18th century. The roads have been somewhat improved but unhappily so, for the village ducks.
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2026-03-24 04:05:27 UTC

“Although the cottage orné period became firmly established during the early part of the nineteenth century, the impetus towards the picturesque had started much earlier in the eighteenth century. A few wealthy landowners in Dorset built groups of model thatched cottages, landscaped into the surrounding scenery for the labourers working on their estates. Eventually, they became more ornate as the architects began to play a greater role in their design. The eventual passing of the cottage orné period was partly due to the rich deciding that they preferred to spend their holiday leisure abroad, in warmer climes than in England. Nevertheless, even to the present time, many people still dream of living in an idyllic thatched cottage in the countryside, with visions of climbing roses, honeysuckle and clematis on the walls. The more rustic its appearance, so the greater the charm of the thatched cottage in attracting a town or city dweller. Many people retire to such cottages, to fulfil a lifetime's ambition to escape from urban surroundings and industrialization.” — Michael Billett, 1984
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2026-03-24 04:05:23 UTC

“Although the cottage orné period became firmly established during the early part of the nineteenth century, the impetus towards the picturesque had started much earlier in the eighteenth century. A few wealthy landowners in Dorset built groups of model thatched cottages, landscaped into the surrounding scenery for the labourers working on their estates. Eventually, they became more ornate as the architects began to play a greater role in their design. The eventual passing of the cottage orné period was partly due to the rich deciding that they preferred to spend their holiday leisure abroad, in warmer climes than in England. Nevertheless, even to the present time, many people still dream of living in an idyllic thatched cottage in the countryside, with visions of climbing roses, honeysuckle and clematis on the walls. The more rustic its appearance, so the greater the charm of the thatched cottage in attracting a town or city dweller. Many people retire to such cottages, to fulfil a lifetime's ambition to escape from urban surroundings and industrialization.” — Michael Billett, 1984 Wrath Of Gnon (@wrathofgnon) The cottage orné style, popular in the 1810s and 1820s, pioneered by the architect John Nash (1752-1835). Probably the cutest architectural style ever invented. Characteristic are the cusped eaves, to add even more flair to the ornate roofs. — https://nitter.poast.org/wrathofgnon/status/2036267305278255343#m
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/d7fc56683968f1cc0b913f77541f115207ebae089662ca125e2b284450a1fb23.file
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2026-03-24 04:05:19 UTC

Any country that doesn't replicate what El Salvador managed in mere months is telling the world their only purpose is to protect criminals and terrorize law abiding citizens. They are themselves criminals.
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/9d6718516d4a5b38c5698fbe55d3f6c411ffbdf48e8f7a6c50169e788e9f103c.file

2026-03-24 02:35:17 UTC

The cottage orné style, popular in the 1810s and 1820s, pioneered by the architect John Nash (1752-1835). Probably the cutest architectural style ever invented. Characteristic are the cusped eaves, to add even more flair to the ornate roofs.
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/d11a283f1082175ac50e51fa7c7940bd8cb82ea1bb7cf2a0fe1845e0234a7334.file
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/9e0b8b435572fa7b3e9d2dbff61bedbd525afa439f39acc45a766b5ea9621746.file
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2026-03-23 22:55:16 UTC

The epitaph Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote for himself 1834. Buried in Highgate, London.
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2026-03-23 12:25:14 UTC

Ochanomizu.
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/d4200cd508ce387968ffaba3f74bd5043f604770e4a4c950a2a7b4d8c14eb8b7.file

2026-03-23 10:15:13 UTC

On the Tommies (enlisted men) ward in 1915. Some things never change.
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2026-03-23 10:05:09 UTC

If enough of your generation shows that you won't roll over this whole thing will be over in less than three years. The opposition has nothing once the silent majority switches on.

2026-03-23 06:00:32 UTC

In a better world this would be the national headwear of the USA, instead we got the baseball cap.
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2026-03-23 06:00:27 UTC

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2026-03-23 04:00:29 UTC

This is Millan House, on Lennox Hill, Upper East Side, Manhattan NYC. Built in 1931 for Rockefeller by NY state architect Andrew J. Thomas who was famous for being cost efficient as rental homes for employees of the Rockefeller Institute(their director was the first tenant). Romanesque Revival on the street side, and Italianate on the garden side. The animal themed door surrounds are carved limestone. Once it represented an almost philanthropic interest in beauty and honest labor. Today, it wouldn't be difficult to copy these and have them machine carved and replaced, or remade to fit other buildings in other cities around the world.
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/d3f9538125db400f664c83a8f4e1d452dd9c210a4232131f2e53e46e8f8e42b1.file
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2026-03-23 02:35:13 UTC

Always with the pattern noticing, Steve.

2026-03-23 00:45:20 UTC

https://cordwoodconstruction.org/kinstone-cordwood-chapel-stone-circle
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2026-03-23 00:45:17 UTC

The Kinstone Chapel, hand built in 2013, stone base, cordwood wall, round-pole roof and reed thatched roof. Fountain City, Wisconsin.
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2026-03-23 00:15:21 UTC

https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/march-2026/death-of-sydney-front-yards

2026-03-23 00:15:19 UTC

“We are sleepwalking ourselves away from a green suburban aesthetic to one dominated by buildings and driveways...A typical knock-down rebuild in Sydney’s suburbs is wiping out nearly half the front garden and more than 60% of tree canopy.”
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2026-03-22 22:55:12 UTC

A better world is possible.
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2026-03-22 22:25:11 UTC

RT @VicctorianChad@twitter.com:
Putting a brutalist addition on a brutalist building is totally fine but the moment you put a classical addition on a classical building everybody loses their minds.
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2026-03-22 12:55:10 UTC

Good point. TFR went from 1.9 to 3.7 between 1966 and 1967.

2026-03-22 12:45:20 UTC

Link to PDF: https://byogland.dk/documents/fredning_lokummer_kbh.pdf

2026-03-22 12:45:19 UTC

The only listed heritage toilets in Copenhagen (and maybe the last in use). These modern courtyard WC were built in 1915 to replace the earlier "dry" outhouses, and was to be used by 20 employees of a workshop as well as residents of one of the apartment buildings. In 1923 the apartments got private WCs but these toilets were still in use by some workers so were kept going until they were successfully protected thanks to the efforts of a historical building group. One toilet is open to the public and two are closed. On top of the toilets are a dovecote. Possibly someone in the neighborhood raised pigeons as a side business. The surrounding street (of setts) is also listed, and in good shape after a century in use and never renovated. Krystalgade 5.
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2026-03-22 08:15:18 UTC

Empress tree, Paulownia, the fastest growing tree in the world, vs. abandoned car park car.
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2026-03-22 08:15:14 UTC

Jun Aida is probably one of the best artists of whimsical architecture. I wish he could design a whole town. In real life.
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2026-03-22 06:00:26 UTC

Thank God for Lord Elgin. (L. Sprague de Camp)
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2026-03-22 02:35:14 UTC

Danish thatchers showing how heather was used as a filler in traditional straw roofs. You can also see one of more traditional ways of stitching straw roofs (not the power drill method). https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWBJRyIjYwJ/?igsh=YTJyY3ZtaGxuZTN0
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2026-03-21 10:00:25 UTC

The most beautiful city in Scandinavia.
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2026-03-21 04:55:13 UTC

RT @TBCNewsAction@twitter.com:
Seattle built 465 brick Romanesque buildings in a single year after the Great Fire of 1889. By 11 AM the next morning, 600 businessmen met to plan the rebuild, 200 special deputies were sworn in, and the city was placed under martial law for two weeks. No committees, no public comment periods, just action. The Pioneer Building (1892), the Mutual Life Building (1890), the Grand Central Hotel (1890), the Schwabacher Building (1890). They are all still standing. Seattle has a new Burnt District sadly. Same buildings, different fire.
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2026-03-20 16:15:12 UTC

I'd want to see the movie telling this story.

2026-03-20 14:00:23 UTC

Enid at duty at a war hospital in January 1915. Beautiful writing.
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/5eed93ab5cd81ba8b207c3421aa1c2b6d35601e0a37facd850eefbfb94d2c424.file

2026-03-20 10:00:26 UTC

60 new homes planned for Léon Krier's Poundbury in Dorset. The town every Prog loves to hate.
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2026-03-20 06:05:11 UTC

Some examples of California Baroque, by Christopher Hasbun, Los Angeles. Please give him three acres and a tram line.
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2026-03-19 12:05:47 UTC

The ancient tale of The Sibylline Books tells us how to do this: offer everyone leaving three pieces of Gold to leave. The next time you offer them two pieces of Gold to leave. The last time you offer them one piece of Gold to leave. After that whoever remains get nothing at all.

2026-03-19 08:45:55 UTC

Fantastic, terrific, amazing writing. This woman, read her.

2026-03-19 08:05:42 UTC

https://bio.au.dk/en/about-biology/news-and-events/show/artikel/taette-og-moerke-skove-i-europa-er-et-moderne-faenomen

2026-03-19 08:01:25 UTC

“Present-day Europe is, in ecological terms, highly unusual. The ecosystems we see in Europe today lack the large wild herbivores that not only shaped landscapes but also sustained its biodiversity for millions of years. The most dramatic shift has largely taken place within the last hundred years, when traditional extensive grazing disappeared from large parts of the landscape...many species now regarded as characteristic of cultural landscapes – such as larks, jackdaws or the European hamster – are likely to have their evolutionary roots in the open woodland systems of the past. And the wild poppies, that we now mostly associate with fields, grew in herbivore-disturbed places within the ancient woodlands.”

2026-03-19 06:05:49 UTC

There's only one way to defeat the algorithms. Do this on your favorite accounts (mine, for example):

2026-03-19 06:05:48 UTC

I am such an idiot. It turns out this man is Yukio Akamine, indeed one of the most well-dressed men in Japan if not the world. 大変失礼しました。

2026-03-19 04:05:41 UTC

When the Great War broke out she was a 24 year old student volunteer (a V.A.D., Voluntary Aid Detachment) nurse and rushed into service to receive the first trains straight from the front.

2026-03-19 04:05:39 UTC

Reading the autobiography of the English playwright Enid Bagnold (1889-1981), and the first time she was physically chastised by her father. I am of a mind to sympathize with him, what she did was quite bad, potentially lethal.

2026-03-19 02:05:43 UTC

A 2022 "bothy" (Scottish shelter) built using only uncut bricks laid by humans wearing VR headsets at precise angles as instructed by a computer. Here the human mason is the actual robot.

2026-03-19 00:35:44 UTC

In 2019 engineers at the Hirasawa Laboratory at Chiba University Graduate School of Engineering created a multitool robot that could successfully cut carve drill chisel all the components necessary to construct a traditional Japanese temple pagoda, reducing the need for human carpenters in traditional temple building by 90%.

2026-03-19 00:25:32 UTC

Bóvedas Recargadas is a traditional vernacular Spanish and Mexican way of building unsupported domes and vaults without needing any scaffolding or framing. The masons who specialize in this craft in Mexico are called bovederos. Unlike the similar Gustavino vaulting or Bóvedas Tabicados, the Recargadas technique uses just one first layer of brick and lays them so that the smallest end surface faces inward. You can do this with both adobe and fired brick depending on what your need is.

2026-03-15 02:55:45 UTC

I saw this when I first visited Europe back in the 20th century. Saw assault rifles for my first time in a Nice (France) fast food restaurant. Things are definitely not progressing.
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/2d3e79c01aa21d4cd77b4f83efe9d02166d6ab3191aae4e87a69acc0a4d1ef70.file

2026-03-15 02:16:00 UTC

Norwegian medieval kings had laws against littering. Maybe modern Norwegian kings should demand their army of bureaucrats enforce the ones they have now.
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/bbf88ca178fee5243c0f82e063d2776b479f1fd825652fafb3a070217e8cfe0f.file
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/d41359b1c4dc7387528d456e93d42e3dbecf2802b1a8761442ac186a7b43d55a.file