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Asher Kohn

@ajkhn.bsky.social
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Cities | Cats | Chickpeas Back in Chicago, I missed this place.

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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 17h
How does Annie Proulx fit in? I realize now I thought she won yesterday
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Has the American Sign Museum done an exhibit yet on immigrant communities + neon, and if not let me get on that grant proposal
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"A neon-sign display fittingly credited to no artist, that collates technicolor logos from real restaurants around the country", via @annakornbluh.bsky.social 's www.artnews.com/art-in-ameri.... Ever read a sentence and immediately need to look it up?
Several neon signs advertising different foods, smashed together in an otherwise dark room. Courtesy Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
anything taking the school search away from the message boards, whisper networks, and private consultants would be huge.
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I did it over the summer, they have some spots on the east side by the season ticket entrance. Didnt feel GREAT, but was well lit/concierge was close enough I guess. EBike was there when i got back.
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
check out the sb 1123 projects in Campbell! www.campbellca.gov/1535/Starter... The Mex Heritage Plaza is a cool spot, but awkward to get to. Santa Clara U is pretty. But yeah I’m there for work quarterly and just camp out at Pruneyard.
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Would I pay $100 for essentially a supercharged Blackberry? Yes. But every company wants to sell me the Torment Nexus.
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Week Junior is the gossip rag of my kid’s 3rd grade class. The website is basically just a signup and a contact page. It rules
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Read Seize the Day a few years ago, was struck by how much it rhymed with Uncut Gems: born loser who doesn't realize he is the whalefall for a bunch of weirdos until well after the audience does
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
An almost perfect inverse of places I have lived, not sure how to feel about that
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
been trying to reform the “I ❤️ EMANUEL” sign into a Rahm pun all day to no avail
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Expedition will serve you well. I think you just have to be mindful about maintenance (which I’m terrible at)
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
E-cargo bikes are transformational for kid commutes. I broke the bank for a Tern, which I love and upkeep costs have been essentially zilch. This one though is super popular as well
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
*Tahdig Pictures
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Is this by Cyrus at Tahdig Productions?
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Introduced anthropeum to the maptap group chat. This is how i found out daniel is a menace
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
How is that dearly departed cafe on Irving Park the second best Finom
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Found Angine de Poitrine in shel silverstein’s Falling Up
The index page of Falling Up, showing two kids in what i can only describe as the masks from quebecois prog rock duo angine se poitrine
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Egyptians tonight are united in one voice after the historic victory. This is that voice:
youtu.be
mummy voice
YouTube video by kmlkmljkl
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Not in this WC cycle but the grandma of US phenom Cavan Sullivan is a real one www.facebook.com/groups/bangl...
facebook.com
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The track djellaba warmup is extremely cool
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
California differentiates between current and long-range planning, which makes sense but agitates current planners
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
admittedly a day late here, but I think it's also a GWOT-era thing where said 20-somethings are encountering "an enemy that doesn't eat bacon" - impossible to separate from the kafir tattoo craze
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Is this the 17th century version of the Two Guys on a Bus meme?
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Some neighborhood retail is designed to absorb Snap dollars, other neighborhood retail soaks up HSA and/or insurance dollars
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I started last year! Made an album of photos to take inspiration from. Avoided figures bc i cant draw. Palomaprints.co at Lillstreet is great
palomaprints.co
Paloma valencia
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
if I was younger and more charismatic I would have done a podcast based on this bot
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Great Ashers In Literature (and a wonderful book besides)
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
$150/sf for a 9-bed house is an incredible stat
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
heh as much as I agree, I love “Cobra” which sounds like Chris Isaak sessioned with Silversun Pickups
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Magnet dress-up dolls, large sticky notes to draw on
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
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...
neroeditions.com
Taxonomy of The Barricade. Image Acts of Political Authority in May 1968 NERO Editions
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Won’t stop hitting rewind until I’m searching google maps via T9
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
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
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Ha, never saw one installed! I can’t imagine its crane construction, maybe the component pieces are connected on-site?
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
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
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
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...)
rendering of the new Foundry Yards project on the Chicago River, with high-rises behind a walking path with couples walking along the river
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
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
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Weimar Stoner, it’s fantastic
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Big main rink, little practice rink off to the side. Source: many kids birthday parties
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
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
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
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
salom.com.tr
Judeo-Espanyol
Şalom Gazetesi | Haftalık Siyasi ve Kültürel Gazete
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
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.
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
if I ran a public transit system, we'd have a guy handing out umbrellas / picking up umbrellas at every station
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Pink married Charles Townshend, who seems like one of the worst dudes of the WW1-era British Army. Which is saying someting.
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
The one that always gets to me, is that the "blue" in Renoir's 1881 "Pink and Blue" was murdered in Auschwitz
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
wait man for real
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Saw a handful thursday night, which must feel cool as hell but also looked a little dangerous
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
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
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