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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

I called that 3 letter hotline which detains people. I called twice and got a message to report tips thru their online portal. The third time I got thru, and the voice on the other line sounded decisive and impatient. Both banal and freaky to be on the other side of so much power and authority.

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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Several star architects announced Tuesday morning in a NY press conference to say goodbye to reinforced concrete. Not without melancholy, Jngels: "It's remains a fantastic material, but in times of climate change, data is clear, we need to focus on renewable materials and renovation now." Dezen.com

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

i'm at my threshold with the Other Site 🥹

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

one of the best pups I’ve met! Joey :) los robles trail was a sweet spot between a walk and a hike

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

who are the Abundant Housing folks active on here?

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

#volunteers: architects, planners, land-use, housing advocates: I’d like to plan a volunteer day in LA for pros to donate a few hrs of their time to meet w/ homeowners for “counter” reviews of their home. The scope would be constrained, No Design, general guidance, milestones, insurance negotiations

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Hosted a meeting yesterday w/ building industry & emergency professionals on what rebuilding might look like. Planning similar for an East Side event w/Altadena focus. Who are some community organizers I should reach out to? Caltech folks monitoring air/environmental? Insurance advocates, RE agents?

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

absolutely unacceptable what emusk did

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Time Change: Saturday Jan 25th 2:30-4:30 at a community center in Beverly Hills. Pls share. RSVP required.

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Join us for a Potluck Meetup in LA Q&A w/architect Greg Chasen & Land use planner Erik Yesayan. We’ll discuss the fires, policy and rebuilding. It’s a chance to be together and talk about how to navigate the huge challenges ahead. 12:00 Saturday Jan 25th lu.ma/mhzyht7g

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Send in the Cavalry · Luma

YOU'RE INVITED! House & housing folks in LA are invited to a Potluck lunch Saturday January 25th. Most of you know someone personally who lost a home in the…

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

LA architect Michael Kovac and his environmentalist wife describe how they built fire-resiliency into the design of their home. One stood out: they had a system to squirt fire retardant on their home on-demand. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAeP...

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Owners of a fire-resistant house hope LA rebuilds smarter | REUTERS

YouTube video by Reuters

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

pulling my boots out of storage and maybe getting a P100. anyone doing regular site visits in LA?

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

would like to bring together designers, planners, developers, builders, academics, policy people, etc as we collectively face the trauma, challenges and future rebuilding efforts of the great city of los angeles.

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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 11/01/2025

Changes to departments' operational budget, FY24-25:

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

I’m planning a road trip up to British Columbia and back down thru Montana, then finally hit the sierra nevada’s and death valley on the way back to los angeles. where should I stop in Oregon, Washington, BC, Montana, Idaho? Food/hikes/views/water/culture/history/people

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

I’m back on twitter to suss out more on real estate conversations. I appreciate this post:

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

I know 2 families personally who lost their home (so far). As I reflect on the magnitude of loss from the perspective of a house design professional, I feel quite uncomfortable: so many people are in a world of pain as they come to terms w/insurance, limits of capital and the construction ecosystem.

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']: Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

penny, truly one of my favorites. a mix of 12 breeds incl indian street dog and golden retriever. ostensibly GSD. i got in trouble bc she wanted to stay with me when her parents returned from their trip. they asked me what did i do to her? 🥹

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

just learned palm trees (except a few varieties) rosemary and italian cypress are highly flammable. tons of this stuff in LA.

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Might be a good time to point out a billionaire couple own and use more water than every home in LA combined

Meet the California Couple Who Uses More Water Than Every Home in Los Angeles Combined
How megafarmers Lynda and Stewart Resnick built their billion-dollar empire.

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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

1.5 million people without power. Thousands newly homeless. At least five confirmed dead. But LAPD felt salty about being useless and overfunded and now all the focus is about “looting” and “crime prevention.”

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Bryan Boatman @bryanboatman.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Direct hit on the Sunset Fire in Hollywood. 🎯 Nice work, @lafd.bsky.social #LAFD c/o @nbcla.bsky.social 👨🏼‍🚒

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Dr Grace S Peng @gspeng.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Built:LA has a map of building ages from 1890 to 1908. Note the upper development was mostly built in the 1970s and 1980s, but more were added in the 1990s and 2000s. Adding homes up and up the canyons cityhubla.github.io/LA_Building_...

map section of Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Brentwood, North Santa Monica showing age of structures. Canyon homes were built most recently

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

dog-sitting x hobonichi x stickers

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

was staying in the nose bleed section of beverly hills and saw a small secondary (woodley?) around 8:30am and decided to go. brave BH young firemen w grim expressions packing up to leave the station. air quality poor but didn’t realize impacts till I got south near torrance. irvine now v windy/dusty

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

There’s a trio of juvenile coyotes roaming the Oaks section of the Hollywood Hills. I see them all the time—this video was taken ~7am. They look well-fed, fearless/curious or dumb. Kinda cute. The german shepherd I’m watching neither guards me nor scares them. I honk my horn to shoo them at night.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 29/12/2024

“You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.” — Jimmy Carter Rest in peace, Mr. President, you kind soul.

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God @thegodshow.com · 29/12/2024

Welcome to Heaven, Jimmy Carter.

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

planning my new yr by planning the physical things that aid me in the process/procedures of work. my vintage (gifted gucci) bag was stolen. i had taken it from storage for repair. i generally use canvas bags but after the theft, i said F it, i’m gonna use the other fancy bag.

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Rebecca Newman (Fewtrell) @rebeccanewmanuk.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Easily the best thing I’ve seen on the Luigi Magione story. Not only is this guy funny but he is so smart and able to bring some really insightful points. He really gets to the heart of the issues it has thrown up. youtu.be/HZl_ZBzvifA?...

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The Failure, Fear, And Frenzy around Luigi Mangione

YouTube video by Josh Johnson

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

THIS is how we solve HOUSING 😂😂 FUND the PLANNERS!! (I’ll show this post to the planners who I’ve been frustrated with this week, maybe they will be nicer)

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Brutalismbot @brutalismbot.com · 19/12/2024

Brutalist Rabbit, Finland, Jyväskylä (yeah) r/brutalism

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

My last history paper (I was pre-med) was “internet fatwas and the degradation of religious authority” and I was later published on various topics on social media/arab spring (even tho I was an architectural designer then)

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

honestly would rather do this line of work than wrangle with planning offices… 🖖

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

My graphic designer friend put together a family calendar using her (genius) son’s artwork. He’s ~8 years old and definitely on the professional artist spectrum. Look at his wonderful work. printed on shutterfly.

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

everyone is filling out their Hobonichi planners and I can’t decide if I should abandon Moleskin for Leuchtturn, or take the jump to Weeks. Also balking at the price. Former Manhattan Diary user…. Do I get a separate sketch pad and planner? send help!

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Can someone explain to me how the GazaVetters spreadsheet works and who/what groups are behind it?

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Lindsay Liu—who hosted a garden party on the Venice Canals—randomly threw out the idea to host a holiday party for those Solo Entrepreneurs or Small Biz people who have no official Office. Shall we throw an Office Party for these orphans?

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

pls send starter pack links for: public health, h5n1, journalism in MENA, spanish architecture, mass timber, osint journos, map pros, graphic design

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

Some style lessons from Gerard Basquiat, a Haitian immigrant whose son helped define the New York art scene and neo-expressionism. 🧵 (1/18)

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 26/10/2024

I’m in Long Beach, CA, for ICC hearings. Tomorrow I’ll have an update on my single-stair proposal, but in the meantime, I updated my website with a few different single-stair initiatives moving forward across the country – Knoxville, Wyoming, San Francisco! www.centerforbuilding.org/singlestair-...

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

Join us for a happy hour on Thursday Oct 24th to rally support & build connections around Single-Stair reform. @stephenjacobsmith.bsky.social is in LA defending his proposal for Single-Stair code at the Int’l Code Council conference hearings the following weekend. lu.ma/urss79y1

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The Single-Stair · Luma

Hey housing folks! We welcome you to join us for a happy hour centered around housing advocacy and Single-Stair reform. Stephen Smith (XTwitter/Bluesky…

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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

been feeding my flowers for algernon pills to a bird instead of taking them like dr said. bird is outside my window screaming at me in crisp george plimpton accented speech to let him inside. i cant hear tv too loud lol

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kthos @kthos.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

yes. let’s make buildings and cities with a great deal of care. let it express something of our appreciation/dignity to humanity

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