Reposted by Hunter CullenPatrick Siegman @siegman.biz · 11/10/2026This isn’t what I expected from complete Republican control of all 3 branches of the federal government: “Global fossil-fuel emissions are set to decline ever so slightly this year, per a new Carbon Brief analysis — mainly because soaring oil prices are putting a damper on consumption of the fuel.”canarymedia.comThe Iran war pushed countries toward clean energy — and coalSurging oil and gas prices are boosting coal demand. But the conflict has also spurred cleantech adoption — and fossil-fuel emissions may still drop as a… 3378
Reposted by Hunter CullenStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 11/10/2026Yikes...the National Fire Sprinkler Association published a blog post in 2025 about Maryland’s 2024 Fire Fatality Report that appears to have been written with ChatGPT and, as far as I can tell, hallucinated some major findings nfsa.org/2025/07/29/m...nfsa.orgMaryland Leads by Example: What 16 Years of Fire Data and 20 Years of National Research Say About Residential Automatic Fire Sprinklers - National Fire Sprinkler AssociationWhat 16 Years of Fire Data and 20 Years of National Research Say About Residential Automatic Fire Sprinklers 310710
Hunter Cullen @indictmenttime.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Unfortunately, NFPA 101 is going to get more and more over-regulated. The committees are leaning less conservative now. It appears Indiana is poised to adopt the 2027 NFPA 101 instead of 2024 since it just came out. Indiana is known for not lagging behind when codes are updated. 000
Reposted by Hunter CullenStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 11/10/2026One day people are tweeting about how YIMBYism has no answers for the Rust Belt and single-stair kills. The next, a firefighter moonlighting in construction and a nurse (total household income: $175k-$200k?) can’t afford to buy in a good Kansas City school district. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...bloomberg.comAmerica’s Housing Affordability Crisis Spreads to the MidwestIn the region that’s often thought of as a refuge from the US housing squeeze, prices are rising and would-be buyers are feeling boxed out. 1010410
Reposted by Hunter CullenAlicia @aliciablackgirl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Trump is preparing to declare a state of emergency followed by martial law in order to delay the 2028 presidential election and remain in power. He desperately needs a Republican victory in the midterms to accomplish this. Vote like your life depends on it. 29462154
Reposted by Hunter CullenAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Cocchiarella: You said that you do support a moratorium on data centers, but if there were to be one that had to be built, Mar-a-Lago seemed as good a place as any. Nixon: They have a huge golf course that it can be dropped onto. 684469947
Reposted by Hunter CullenPatrick Siegman @siegman.biz · 14/09/2026I agree. For US building codes, “heightened scrutiny is long overdue.” Nicholas Erickson, Executive Director of Housing Affordability Institute, writes, “Regardless of the level, broadly speaking, there isn’t sufficient scrutiny of code changes.“housingwire.comBuilding Code Reform Needs Longer Cycles and More ScrutinyThe author urges evidence and cost analysis for model code changes, plus longer timelines so cities can evaluate how provisions work in practice. 253
Reposted by Hunter Cullenrandomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Extreme home rule is a huge part of this problem. (and it's probably the only reason why these cities exist in the first place.) Make Dillon's Rule great again. 011
Reposted by Hunter CullenStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 16/09/2026“You cannot plant right directly in front of someone's home” is a recipe for not having any trees in the neighborhood. EVERYWHERE is right in front of someone’s home when lots are this narrow. And tons of feng shui principles are sacrificed in a city this dense, like the orientational preferences. 3887
Reposted by Hunter CullenStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 16/09/2026Please be serious 6945
Reposted by Hunter CullenStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 03/09/2026If you live outside of the US and Canada and would like to help me with an elevator census I'm doing, please DM me – I want to send you something! Would just involve noting a few items about elevators you encounter in the wild. 3217
Reposted by Hunter CullenDr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 27/08/2026An executive order is not a law. An executive order is not a law. An executive order is not a law. An executive order is not a law. An executive order is not a law. An executive order is not a law. 21667042035
Reposted by Hunter CullenEmily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The ICC is certified by the American National Standards Institute, and it follow a real consensus process, more or less, for its *standards* but not for its *model codes* 1194
Reposted by Hunter CullenStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 27/08/2026Something funny about the ICC is that everybody’s personal relationship to apartment buildings or cities runs through their kids. “For example, my son lives in an apartment building, and the facility has 10-ft. ceilings…” (almost a direct quote from today). 1393
Reposted by Hunter CullenBen Edwards @bostonhistory.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The president of the United States is a mentally deranged con man and a pathological liar. 26966801239
Reposted by Hunter CullenDavid Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 03/08/2026If you reduce the barriers to entry for building, more local, small developers would invest in architecture for personal, subjective reasons and there would be fewer mediocre hot takes on design. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...sfchronicle.comS.F. is rushing to build new housing, but we shouldn’t settle for mediocre designOPINION: If City Hall wants its residents to get behind the “Family Zoning” plan, it needs to work a lot harder to build architecture that is well-designed, columnist Allison Arieff writes. 11488
Reposted by Hunter CullenStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 03/08/2026We're working with @metroabundance.bsky.social to collect cost drivers in California building codes and standards above and beyond national model codes/standards. See here for more – please circulate among architects, engineers, etc. in the state! admin.centerforbuilding.org/wp-content/u...admin.centerforbuilding.org 510131
Reposted by Hunter CullenLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 03/08/2026That turnaround with direct eye contact 😂😂😂 IG: @renjung.family 1643963457
Reposted by Hunter CullenMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/07/2026Uber Eats and DoorDash hid tip buttons and set default tips below 10%. As a result, tips for delivery workers fell 79%. In January, we made these corporations change their apps — and in the past six months, we've put $104 million back in delivery workers' pockets. This is only the beginning. 588261714824
Reposted by Hunter CullenMo Zhu @moinmybackyard.bsky.social · 28/07/2026On the death of second floor residences in Main Street USA, or live/work units. dirtamericana.com/2023/02/uppe...dirtamericana.comUpper floors in old buildings: why are they so hard to put to use?It's enough to revive the street level of a historic commercial corridor with new businesses. But what about those upper floors? 132
Reposted by Hunter CullenJohn Lansing @pipedreaming.bsky.social · 26/07/2026The American mind cannot comprehend the efficiencies of the Swiss single stack. 1418
Reposted by Hunter CullenRuss @pappyparki.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Remember America. The reason it is being reported that Trump has decided not to "obliterate" Iran for the 117th time is because the oil markets open in 8 hours. We know the trades are being set up by his people & traders to short & buy the bounce that will happen during the week. War by profiteering 14432
Hunter Cullen @indictmenttime.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Bloomington, IN UDO doesn't allow any building that is higher than the courthouse (would be at least 7 to 8 stories). There's a high-rise apartment (affordable student housing) that is around 9 stories, but that was because of height bonuses (can go up to 12 feet). 000
Reposted by Hunter CullenStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 25/07/2026San Mateo’s first SB 79 project. I’m sorry but this is too much lot coverage. Even NYC’s tenement house act of 1879 did not allow 91% lot coverage. The building should be 50 ft. deep at most. You should not pack an FAR of 4.5 into five stories, this is terrible design and will lead to a backlash. 21738
Reposted by Hunter CullenSam🏳️🌈🌊🏳️⚧️ @separker.bsky.social · 16/07/2026As alway, our cartoonists nail it. #USDemocracy 9675942968
Reposted by Hunter CullenJim Musil Painter @jimmusilpainter.bsky.social · 16/07/2026My painting DARK STORM 984815432
Reposted by Hunter CullenStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 16/07/2026Emergent discovery of @chittimarco.bsky.social's research on bidirectional lanes. Could enhance and formalize this with various other measures in the toolbox: tpa.transitcosts.com/atlas/toolbo... 1163
Reposted by Hunter CullenWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 16/07/2026This is Winnie. He got so excited that he briefly forgot how to be a dog. You can laugh, but he'd like to point out you look this ridiculous all the time. 13/10 (TT: brisbreaks) 243143042010
Reposted by Hunter CullenLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 15/07/2026He said don’t worry I won’t sleep in your bed. I’ll sleep in mine. 👍 IG: doggvids 3077751952
Reposted by Hunter CullenJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was murdered by ICE. His three sons called him “El mundo entero” — the whole world. They watched as their whole world died in a video posted on Facebook. Lorenzo was our neighbor and fellow Texan. He deserves justice. 275194525838
Reposted by Hunter CullenPatrick Siegman @siegman.biz · 12/07/2026Politicians decided to give curb parking away for free. Off-street garages charge fees. So at peak hours, curb parking is jampacked, garages are mostly empty, and customers complain. #Seattle has a parking MANAGEMENT problem, not a parking supply problem. It's politicians can and should fix it! 4546
Reposted by Hunter CullenStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 09/07/2026Good rundown of how single-stair reform in Connecticut was killed by the fire service: "The protracted set of approvals and reviews that single-stair reform was subjected to presented several points of potential failure, some of which lacked transparency." rpa.org/news/lab/sin...rpa.orgThe Rise and Fall of Single-Stair Reform in Connecticut: Lessons for…In much of the world, multifamily residential buildings with one staircase are commonplace. Yet, with a few exceptions, such buildings are illegal above three stories in the United States. 25712
Reposted by Hunter CullenStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 04/07/2026Here’s an idea: to help people know who to vote for so they don’t have to turn to AI, American elections should have a system of robust partisan competition for all races, at all levels of government www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/u...nytimes.com‘Who Should I Vote for?’ Voters Turn to A.I. Before Casting Their Ballots 3282
Reposted by Hunter CullenAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/07/2026Todd Blanche's deadline to put up or shut up is tomorrow. It's true! @katiephang.bsky.social is a bad ass. Setting precedent and taking names. Check out our conversation about her case here. Never any paywalls. Ever. www.muellershewrote.com/p/a-major-wi...muellershewrote.comA MAJOR Win for Independent Media Against Todd Blanche!I'm still reeling from Judge Emmet Sullivan's 48-page ruling in Katie Phang's case against the Justice Department in the Epstein Files Transparency Act case. This is MASSIVE. 212107952906
Reposted by Hunter CullenWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 01/07/2026This is Nala. She thought your face had disappeared. Turns out it was behind your hands the whole time. Incredible. 12/10 (IG: goldennala27) 178171011488
Reposted by Hunter CullenDemCast USA @demcast.com · 01/07/2026Jon Ossoff is out with a new ad targeting sex trafficking. Ossoff passed a bill that saved countless young girls from the foster system. electjon.com 321973784
Reposted by Hunter CullenPatrick Siegman @siegman.biz · 01/07/2026Parked but not idle: The buses “will charge up their nearly 200-kilowatt-hour batteries overnight, when the power supply is at its cleanest & cheapest, then send energy back to the grid from 4 pm to 7 pm on days when the grid is strained. The district will earn revenue for the power it shares…”canarymedia.comIn Massachusetts, parked EVs will start feeding the grid this summerThree electric school buses will kick-start the state’s groundbreaking vehicle-to-grid pilot program once school's out, with more EVs to be added in the… 14466961854
Hunter Cullen @indictmenttime.bsky.social · 30/06/2026My family is facing incredible challenges after a sudden disability has left one parent unable to walk and the other struggling with mental health issues. They need help to rent a safe home where they can rebuild their lives together. www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-bu...gofundme.comDonate to Help Us Build a Safe, Loving Home, organized by Michelle CullenIn the past six months, I have been hit with a catastrophic physical disability, los… Michelle Cullen needs your support for Help Us Build a Safe, Loving Home 011
Reposted by Hunter CullenWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 30/06/2026Here are the top 5 dogs of June! 11970461305
Reposted by Hunter CullenStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 30/06/2026So...the definition of "worker" is a person who works. Not a person who is "working class," which is a misleading and anachronistic term that is no longer really defined much by whether a person works. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/o... 1402
Reposted by Hunter CullenStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 28/06/2026My pessimistic runs in the opposite direction! YIMBYism seems unstoppable, while no real popular or elite movement has built for transit. Instead even our largest cities only have transit cargo cults, which build transit-shaped abominations (ESA, PABT, 5x cost Subway extensions, RLX, “light rail”). 1314217
Reposted by Hunter CullenMichelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Dog cronching on a snack: 🔊 #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/aww/s/VHGQ... 271436111
Reposted by Hunter CullenPatrick Siegman @siegman.biz · 29/06/2026"Lui pointed out that another reason Emeryville’s housing market has cooled is that potential buyers have a good number of options. The city, one of California’s fastest-growing, has long encouraged housing construction, making it a bit easier for buyers to shop for deals." #AffordableHousing 163
Reposted by Hunter Cullenrandomperson Fire Alarms @randompersonfire.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Update: NFPA's technical meeting was yesterday... and the FARS scam has run out of air (get it?), at least as far as NFPA 1 is concerned. Results are linked from this page: www.nfpa.org/events/techn...nfpa.orgNFPA Technical Meeting | NFPAThe NFPA Technical Meeting provides an opportunity for debate and discussion of certified amending motions and for NFPA members to vote on proposed changes. 1102
Reposted by Hunter CullenStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 27/06/2026Embodied carbon ("Building material production") is really insignificant compared to other emissions. It is not worth adding cost to densification to drive these numbers down – concrete and steel are nothing compared to the energy required to heat/cool suburban houses and fuel cars to access them. 820536