Laverdure @laverdure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026there is something deeply satisfying to me about the prospect of building and occupying a structure like this 1163
Reposted by LaverdureJames Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Oh man, I just looked these bikes up and they actually have squirrel sprockets! 57910
Reposted by LaverdureMihai Cirstea @mihai-cirstea.bsky.social · 11/05/2026This graph shows two things, 1) obviously that the cameras reduced speeding, but 2) that the improvement kept getting better over time. Speeders tend to get one or two tickets and then learn and change their behaviour. This isn't a cash grab, it's an extremely useful intervention. 221144383
Reposted by Laverdureartnau @artnau.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Apple Tree, 1920-1928 by Edvard Munch 0135
Reposted by Laverdureartnau @artnau.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Doulagh's Church on the Malahide Road, Dublin, c.1860-1883 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls0... 0173
Reposted by LaverdurePitt Rivers Museum @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Dating from around 1865, this hooded parka from the Aleutian Islands in southern Alaska is made from seal intestines, a naturally waterproof & windproof material. Both robust & decorative, these seal gut parkas would have been used daily to keep warm & dry in this harsh environment. bit.ly/4oRZuCC 1043329466
Reposted by LaverdurePresent & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Wrapped lemon trees at Villa Medici, Rome. www.instagram.com/p/DTabW1LDDGy/ 314224
Reposted by LaverdurePresent & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Winter by Kiyoshi Saito. 1970 roningallery.com 229878
Reposted by LaverdureThe Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 05/11/2025"Picturing Pyrotechnics" — @simon_werrett on how artists through the ages have responded to the challenge of representing firework displays: publicdomainreview.org/essay/pictur… #bonfirenight #FireworksNight #fireworks 18013
Reposted by Laverduredesigngeekatl.bsky.social @designgeekatl.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Alexander Calder's 'Mailbox', 1963 Apr.. Howard W. and Jean Lipman papers, 1848, 1916-2000. Archives of American Art 0102
Reposted by LaverdurePresent & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Typology of Corn Kernels. www.instagram.com/p/DMF0xndqKy... 3466152
Laverdure @laverdure.bsky.social · 17/07/2025increasingly, if an author’s name, and date of publication are not at the top, I am resistant to reading it 000
Reposted by LaverdureArthur David Spota @adaspota.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Renowned photographer Elliott Erwitt, who has contributed significantly to photography and commercial photography. New York City, 1949 #ElliottErwitt #Photography 0293
Reposted by LaverdureRabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Alfred Eisenstaedt, Alma Mahler listening to Leonard Bernstein conduct her husband's 2nd Symphony at Carnegie Hall in 1960. 25212
Reposted by LaverdureShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 15/06/2025how the fuck is it possible to be this bad at drinking coffee 531348122
Reposted by LaverdureNovember Kelly @postoctobrist.bsky.social · 29/05/2025old ads used to be so cool. baffling lie. four kinds of typesetting. ends in a demand 1364135719
Laverdure @laverdure.bsky.social · 21/04/2025my ~5yo stuck his finger at every painting in a room at the Smith College art museum and said, clear and confident, NOT IMPOTANT. We were the only visitors. Guards almost died. 0141
Reposted by Laverdureartnau @artnau.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Le petit dejeuner, 1920 by Daphne Maugham Casorati 2203
Reposted by LaverdureEmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Paris, the city that displays its own pollution map on billboards in its streets ! 26813
Reposted by LaverdureAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 21/03/2025American civil society is full of abject cowards, that is the issue. The government is a mafia state but it is winning because most American elite institutions are devoid of anything resembling integrity and are folding rather than stand on principles that were little more than marketing. 518201224793
Reposted by LaverdureNothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Firefighters rest after fighting a subway tunnel fire at West 55th Street and Broadway, 1915 2153
Reposted by LaverdurePresent & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Use shops, use cinemas, use pubs, cafes and restaurants. Use grocers, use markets, use libraries, use museums, use galleries. The internet will not sustain us. 311240
Reposted by LaverdureNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 06/02/2025A #Roman #glass flask in the shape of a #fish. We don't know what flasks in the shape fishes were used for. Maybe the shape relates to the content (garum/fish sauce),maybe they were used to hold oil. On display at Pierides Museum, Larnaka, Cyprus. Photo: Jeff Amadon via Flickr 🏺 AncientBluesky 433680
Reposted by Laverdureartnau @artnau.bsky.social · 22/01/2025The Bibliophile, 1911 by Félix Vallotton 0103
Reposted by LaverdureTravis Huggett @travishuggett.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Tacos in New Haven 2. #photography 0356
Reposted by LaverdureMomentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 09/01/2025French village’s squiggle road design to slow speeding vehicles goes viral. momentummag.com/french-villa...momentummag.comFrench village's squiggle road design to slow speeding vehicles goes viralIn a bid to combat speeding and ensure road safety, the village of Baune resorted to an unconventional method creating a squiggle road 04812
Laverdure @laverdure.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Cul de Sac, and Adjacent Places - Richard Thompson, ~2010 0133
Reposted by LaverdureLaura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 26/09/2024Nine years ago, some people in my family moved into a house with a microwave that had a busted control screen. The only button that works is the "add 30 seconds." It turns out that's the only button they need. Heat up a cup of tea? Two presses. Cinnamon roll? One press. Corn on the cob? Four. 5162239
Reposted by LaverdureDes @desdelboy.bsky.social · 22/09/2024Photographer Hu Guoqing. Crows, Hokkaido Japan. www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202007/21/... 1163
Reposted by Laverdure𝐼'𝑚 𝑂𝑙𝑑 𝐹𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑑 - 𝑉𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑑𝑎𝑦 @klarablick.bsky.social · 09/09/2024Jessica Ford shot by Karen Radkai. Vogue 1958. #vintage 042
Reposted by Laverduremtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 04/09/2024there is no technological or material obstacle that prevents us from building streets like this in the united states, only the rules we've stupidly imposed on ourselves to favor the needs of cars over the needs of human beings. 622128
Reposted by Laverdurederek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/09/2024I'm trying to be more diligent about crossposting for people who have been kind enough to follow me here. Yesterday, some people on Twitter asked me to explain the difference between a four-in-hand and Windsor knot, and why one would be considered "better." So here's a thread. 🧵 (1/19) 1734034417
Reposted by LaverdureDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 01/09/2024The Economist has published a deeply-researched story about car bloat -- and it's very, very damning. "For every life that the heaviest 1% of SUVs and trucks save, there are more than a dozen lives lost in other vehicles." Well worth your time: www.economist.com/interactive/... 6425561305
Reposted by LaverdureNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 30/08/2024Me: Design review and the imposition of subjective aesthetic standards on new building drives up the cost of construction and makes our cities more expensive, more homogeneous, and less equitable. Also me: 25210
Reposted by LaverdureErika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 12/08/2024Looking at photos from a trip to Paris a while back. It's forbidden to walk your prancy little dog like an insouciant fucker. 916325
Reposted by LaverdureStrong Language @stronglang.bsky.social · 06/08/2024For those who don't speak French: "Fuck to the reactionaries, fuck to that extreme right, fuck to everyone who would like to imprison us in the war of everyone against everyone!" And "It's not completely fucked up [=foutu], we can be together and be happy together!" 091
Reposted by LaverdureThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 04/08/2024Scientists believe we could be just years away from discovering the opposite of "anti-fascist". 6963381891
Reposted by LaverdureParis Marx @parismarx.com · 02/07/2024A total ban is the only sane policy for Airbnb. There obviously needs to be accommodation in cities for visitors, but that shouldn’t be at the expense of housing units for people who actually live there. More governments should follow Barcelona’s lead.bloomberg.comBarcelona Plans to Ban All Short-Term Rentals for Tourists From 2029Barcelona plans to enact a citywide ban on all short-term rentals to address complaints that tourism is to blame for a local housing crisis and soaring rents. 22869155
Reposted by LaverdureQueenie's🦩💙🌊🌬️🌸 📸🪶🦉🐝🐞 @queenies.bsky.social · 22/04/2024A bit of a scuffle down at the fish creek. #Herons 🪶🦉📸💞🌿 45914
Reposted by LaverdurePresent & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 04/04/2024Stained glass combined with everyday objects. A trolley, crates & a TV. Three artists: www.crystalschenk.com www.jacksonkenna.com/ceramics www.instagram.com/feralstudio.... 03710
