Reposted by @c1typlann3rEdwin Davies @edwinjdavies.bsky.social · 29/04/2026CITY OF QUARTZ by Mike Davis - An engrossing account of the forces that shaped LA throughout the 19th and 20th century. Published on eve of the riots, it captures so many elements of what made an eruption inevitable, but also has many echoes of our modern sickness on display. 121
@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Rooted in Safety, Rising in Joy: Walk Audits During ICE Raids in South Central LA Saturday, October 3, 2026, 10:30-11:45am APA California Conference 2026 Los Angeles, CA c1typlann3r.blog/2026/09/19/w...c1typlann3r.blogWalk Audits During ICE Raids in South Central LARooted in Safety, Rising in Joy: Walk Audits During ICE Raids in South Central LA Saturday, October 3, 2026, 10:30-11:45 a.m. | APA CA Conference 2026, Los Angeles, CA Speakers: – Emily Ocegueda: … 123
@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Full AICP ✔️ 📐 🏙️ 🏡 🌳 c1typlann3r.blog/2026/09/17/f...c1typlann3r.blogFull AICPVisit the post for more. 000
@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I'm gonna start using @bsky.app to bookmark articles to read. "10 Abandoned Cities Reclaimed by Nature That Are Eerily Beautiful," Charlotte Collins and Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, Sept 15, 2026. www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/aban...architecturaldigest.com10 Abandoned Cities Reclaimed by Nature That Are Eerily BeautifulWhether they’ve been encased in greenery or flooded with sand, the elements have overtaken these abandoned locales 010
Reposted by @c1typlann3rTrond @trondfroestad.com · 27/09/2025Edward Soja wrote in Thirdspace: “My objective[…]is to encourage you to think differently about the meanings and significance of space and those related concepts that compose and comprise the inherent spatiality of human life.” His words echo in the overlooked, reminding us that space isn’t neutral. 111
@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Reskeet with your home river The L.A. River en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Ang...en.wikipedia.orgLos Angeles River - Wikipedia 020
Reposted by @c1typlann3rMayor Cooley @mayorcooley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026RS with your home river South Central does in fact have a river. It's called Compton Creek 😎 1363
Reposted by @c1typlann3rVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Mike Davis: Ecology of Fear and City of Quartz. 1161
Reposted by @c1typlann3rTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026RESULT: David Morales, a socialist challenger, has ousted the mayor of Providence David Smiley. Add Providence to NYC, DC, and Ann Arbor as socialist wins in mayoral elections. 463003575
Reposted by @c1typlann3r@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 17/09/2025this is a major component of why embedded planning praxis was created 😬 011
Reposted by @c1typlann3rkate wehwalt @katewagner.wehwalt.net · 31/08/2026that being said teenage sex and death at camp miasma is a very fun movie 11071
Reposted by @c1typlann3r@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Google has been demonstrating bootlicker behavior obediently renaming bodies of water and now this 032
Reposted by @c1typlann3rAlessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026When Gemini sounds like Fox News. By the way I don’t use this crap. I entered the question on Google and now the default is this AI nonsense 4299
Reposted by @c1typlann3rHeidi Haaland @heidiehaaland.bsky.social · 04/05/2026See: City of Quartz by Mike Davis 031
@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 05/09/2026AICP Candidate 📐 🏙️ 🏡 🌳 c1typlann3r.blog/2026/09/05/a...c1typlann3r.blogAICP CandidateVisit the post for more. 010
Reposted by @c1typlann3rCarsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 23/04/2026The first time I thought about the politics of public benches was when I read Mike Davis' discussion of deliberately uncomfortable benches as hostile architecture in his City of Quartz. 141
Reposted by @c1typlann3rMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 26/08/2026"Sure, this city isn’t near major job markets and doesn't have maintained roads, well-funded schools, or functioning emergency services, but it does have a series of dilapidated ranch houses located between a data center and a second data center that is currently on fire." buff.ly/03WTZvhmcsweeneys.netWhy Aren’t People Moving to This Town with Cheap Housing and Literally Nothing Else“Sure, this city is in the middle of nowhere, isn’t near major job markets, and doesn’t have maintained roads, well-funded schools, or functioning emergency ... 6349100
Reposted by @c1typlann3rSiddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 28/03/2026And UCLA had the postmodern geographers with Edward Soja 031
@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 26/08/2026From the archives. My article, “Abolish Fines at LA County Library.” And we did. c1typlann3r.medium.com/abolish-fine...c1typlann3r.medium.comAbolish Fines at LA County LibraryThis is the ethical path forward. 020
Reposted by @c1typlann3rBlack Bile @blackbile.bsky.social · 16/11/2024started reading mike davis city of quartz 1171
@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 25/08/2026SCI-Arc in Los Angeles is developing a PhD in Architecture & Design, as noted in the last 2 sentences of this blog post. Exciting! This will offer a new pathway in California to a doctorate in architecture building upon longtime programs at UCLA & UC Berkeley @sciarc.bsky.social lnkd.in/p/gw4hjbrAlnkd.inSCI-Arc is pleased to announce the launch of its new Accelerated Master of Science (M.S.) programs, expanding opportunities for professional degree students to pursue highly specialized… | SCI-ArcSCI-Arc is pleased to announce the launch of its new Accelerated Master of Science (M.S.) programs, expanding opportunities for professional degree students to pursue highly specialized, forward-think... 010
@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Los Angeles Walks, Bike LA, and the Florence-Firestone Community Organization are planning something to link up Florence-Firestone, Watts, and Willowbrook. Stay tuned! c1typlann3r.blog/2026/08/23/f...c1typlann3r.blogFlorence-Firestone, Watts, WillowbrookLos Angeles Walks, BikeLA, and the Florence-Firestone Community Organization are planning something to link up Florence-Firestone, Watts, and Willowbrook. Stay tuned! 000
@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 22/08/2026From the archives: My article, "I Recognize This Bureaucracy. It Almost Killed Embedded Planning." medium.com/@c1typlann3r...medium.comI Recognize This BureaucracyIt almost killed Embedded Planning. 000
@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I appreciate this profile of my work and life *balanced* in the newsletter The Fulcrum. "Your Local Altruist: The Embedded Planner" workpurposebalance.beehiiv.com/p/your-local...workpurposebalance.beehiiv.comLocal Altruist: The Embedded Planner & Purpose-Driven PlanningDiscover how urban planners balance purpose-driven work with life: meet Jonathan Pacheco Bell and his embedded planning movement. 000
@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Hostile Architecture: Design Against Humanity is a 2026 documentary by students of Eastern Middle School in East Silver Spring, Maryland. As one of their interviewees, I was hella impressed with the team’s analysis, critique, & recommendations. Video posted with permission. youtu.be/RKvXlNcBgjY?...youtu.beHostile Architecture: Design Against HumanityYouTube video by Jonathan Pacheco Bell, MAUP, MLIS 000
@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Felonious love is the summer 2026 meme c1typlann3r.blog/2026/07/03/e...c1typlann3r.blogEmbedded Planning Praxis For the WinShout out to Angela Nikolau and Ivan Kuznetsov and their felonious love for giving us the meme of Summer 2026 000
@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I wrote a brief reflection about the meaning of Jackass: Best and Last as an aging Gen X superfan. medium.com/@c1typlann3r...medium.comVulnerable JackassIt was a good run. 010
@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I wrote about stumbling upon an abandoned Fosters Freeze in Firebaugh on a road trip from L.A. to the Bay. Article, “Forgotten Firebaugh Fosters Freeze Fotoessay” on @medium.com: c1typlann3r.medium.com/forgotten-fi...c1typlann3r.medium.comForgotten Firebaugh Fosters Freeze FotoessayIce cream memories in California’s Central Valley. 020
@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Shout out to Billy Cooney for citing me & Embedded Planning Praxis in this Southern Urbanism piece, "Where Did the Planners Go?" www.southernurbanism.org/p/where-did-... @southernurbanism.bsky.socialsouthernurbanism.orgWhere Did the Planners Go?How Planning’s Declining Influence Led Cities Astray, and What To Do About It 010
@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Cake fail at my local corporate supermercado c1typlann3r.blog/2026/06/04/s...c1typlann3r.blogShould We Consider This A Cake Fail?Visit the post for more. 000
@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 02/06/2026I wrote a brief reflection about Frank Gehry after visiting the Stata Center at MIT c1typlann3r.medium.com/aesthetics-a...c1typlann3r.medium.comAesthetics and Polemics: A Reflection on Frank Gehry After Visiting the Stata Center at MITFrom corrugated metal to the world stage. 011
@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 22/05/2026This week I sat for 2 interviews about Hostile Architecture. 1st with students from UCLA Luskin, 2nd with a student reporter at Western Washington University. I see the future of critical planning praxis in good hands. @uclaurbanplanning.bsky.social @wwu.edu c1typlann3r.blog/tag/hostile-...c1typlann3r.blogHostile Architecture – @c1typlann3r.blogPosts about Hostile Architecture written by Jonathan Pacheco Bell, MAUP+MLIS @c1typlann3r 000
Reposted by @c1typlann3rDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 20/05/2026The longer you look at this, the worse it gets 3792536547
Reposted by @c1typlann3rRyan Sophia McCall (菲菲) @scudubydubop.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Now have Nolan adapt James Joyce 1121
Reposted by @c1typlann3rstuart @stuartp.bsky.social · 18/05/2026do you think it would be good for my career if I posted on linkedin that I mainly live off a large container of protein powder I found in the street 8441
Reposted by @c1typlann3rdoc shartman @docshartman.bsky.social · 17/05/2026[7am, hungover, gonna be late for work, staring in the mirror at the saddest looking piece of shit I’ve ever seen in my life] da greatest to ever do it baby 71291198
@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Continuing to use the KNOCK LA Voter Guide in particular for the Superior Court Judges knock-la.com/knock-la-pro... @knockdotla.bsky.socialknock-la.comThe Knock LA Progressive Voter Guide for the June 2026 Primary Election - Knock LAJune 2 is coming faster than you think! Read on for the latest Progressive Voter Guide from Knock LA. 000
Reposted by @c1typlann3rchristina500 @christina500.bsky.social · 06/07/2025I read City of Quartz for an architecture/planning seminar in college, long ago. I should re-read! (Have only read PKD's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep which I loved in my teens. Need more time to read everything!!!!) 121
Reposted by @c1typlann3rHere, the ghost is me. @highway62.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Brought a friend along on the trip. 2317
Reposted by @c1typlann3rJack @probablylosingit.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Maybe this is too regional but City of Quartz is a great history of how Los Angeles developed into what it was in the 90s and speaks to broader US trends in urban development and racial politics 041
Reposted by @c1typlann3rCraig Johnson @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social · 17/04/2026what would you assign students as a reading for a history course on the US in 1990s? 531
Reposted by @c1typlann3rDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Idea: Luddite University. 2527441
@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 05/05/2026I closed my recent guest talk at Cal Poly Pomona URP on the words of the late Mike Davis. c1typlann3r.blog/2026/05/04/n...c1typlann3r.blogNever Give Up the StreetsIn my recent guest talk, “Critical Public Space Planning: Challenges & Possibilities,” we explored this question: Is critical public space planning practice possible? Drawing from my life exper… 000
@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 03/05/2026One of my favorite reads by the author of Applied Divinity Studies on Nintil blog How Substack Became Milquetoast nintil.com/substack-mil...nintil.comNintil - [Guest post] How Substack Became MilquetoastThe internet's best blog! 000
Reposted by @c1typlann3rMatthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 03/05/2026I wrote this in 2021:eff.orgDon’t Let Police Arm Autonomous or Remote-Controlled Robots and DronesWhether controlled by an artificial intelligence or a remote human operator, armed police robots and drones pose an unacceptable threat to civilians. The ongoing revolution in the field of robotics re... 17524
@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 02/05/2026My article Googling "New Regionalism" was originally written in 2005 and references links and webpages from the old internet. medium.com/@c1typlann3r... @theoldinternet.bsky.socialmedium.comGoogling “New Regionalism”Search engine results from 2005. 000
@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Thank you, Whittier College and community members. Embedded Planning Praxis is now worldwide. c1typlann3r.blog/2026/05/02/w...c1typlann3r.blogWhittier College and Community Members Embrace Embedded Planning PraxisBig thanks to Professor Cinzia Fissore, environmental science students, and the Hartley House at Whittier College for hosting my guest talk, “The Strength of Street Knowledge: Embedded Planning as … 000
Reposted by @c1typlann3rwint @dril.bsky.social · 29/03/2026the word " yolo " .... i will never say such shit 684055526
@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 28/04/2026At Good Neighbor Bar in Altadena this weekend one of the awesome bartenders asked for book recommendations. I recommended City of Quartz, Mike Davis. I gave my stump speech on the importance of Mike Davis and this book, especially Ch 4: Fortress LA, Mike’s inaugural critique of Hostile Architecture. 020