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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 22h

I tried it with my daughter and she can hear all the way up to 18. I was able to hear 14 and a little of 15 this time with my iPhone speakers. I was using Bluetooth headphones earlier through my laptop.

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Here's a test to see where your upper hearing threshold is (or of your speakers if that's the limiting factor). I can hear the 12 kHz tone but not the 14 kHz or higher.

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How Old Are Your Ears? Hearing Test 20 Hz –20 kHz (Find Your Limit)

YouTube video by Ears & Waves

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Sounds like it might be one of those Mosquito Devices that plays frequencies outside the upper range for older adults but still audible to teens and children. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mos...

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The Mosquito - Wikipedia

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Turns out today’s delivery was only 2 of 3 items. So I’m actually get two taxis to bring my stuff to my door. An Uber to just take me to Home Depot right now is $14 one way.

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I bought $34 of stuff from Home Depot yesterday and someone delivered it to my door. I didn't have to pay for the delivery separately. The price I paid online is what I would have paid in the store. What are we doing to ourselves when a $34 purchase comes with a taxi to bring it to your door?

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Commuting through downtown Seattle years ago and I’d choose 3rd Ave to mix it up with the busses. Had to keep your wits about you, but they were so much more predictable than other traffic.

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I think of myself as a 3, but was probably actually a 1, and found out my kid is a 2.

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Giving me World Industries Flameboy vibes (laudatory).

Flameboy sticker showing a smiling personified cartoon flame giving a thumbs up.

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Time for school pickup in the rainy PNW. My “jacket” today is a @cleverhood.bsky.social rain cape.

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Archinect @archinect.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Orhan Ayyüce, the architect, educator, writer, longtime Archinect contributor, and deeply loved member of the LA architecture community, died suddenly and unexpectedly on September 20. A tribute. archinect.com/features/art...

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Orhan Ayyüce, longtime champion of Archinect and Los Angeles architecture, has passed away

Orhan Ayyüce, the architect, educator, writer, longtime Archinect contributor, and deeply loved member of the Los Angeles architecture community, died suddenly and unexpectedly on September 20 at his ...

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I’m thinking it’s just a coincidence that matches this firm’s logo. www.cec-leipzig.de/en/

CEC
CONVEYING
ENGINEERING &
CONSULTING GMBH

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Jason @jrock08.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I felt so strongly about this nextdoor comment that I decided to do a dramatic reading of it. I hope you'll listen with the volume on to fully appreciate the quiet reverie.

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If you’re not driving to a park-and-ride, transit service on the Eastside can be pretty terrible.

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'm not really sure I get any say in that, but I'll take it under advisement.

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

In addition to that ... "rolling right turn stop" is an oxymoron. If you were rolling, you didn't stop. If you stopped, you weren't rolling. See how that works?

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

For a brief millisecond I'm glad that I only have a daughter and don't have to raise a boy in today's landscape ... but then I realize there's a chance my daughter will want to date and even marry one of these boys and it's back* to being my problem too. *it was never not my problem.

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A little too big for me, otherwise I'd be all over this.

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

And to be fair, she's never been trained in architecture or engineering or design. There's no reason to think she should know the history of the IBC. She came into it in a different way and is learning it now. She's making great progress, but still has quite the learning curve ahead of her.

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

In the course of discussing it, the IBC was brought up and in some frustration she questioned why the *International* Building Code doesn't recognize/cite European testing protocols like they do ASTM, NFPA, etc. (My short answer was, "think of the title as aspirational.")

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Got reminded yesterday how much we can take for granted our accumulated knowledge in a particular field. A coworker had an issue where they were looking at a wallcovering for a project, and I pointed out the manufacturer didn't have any test data showing compliance with building code requirements.

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We’ve noticed the same, usually when the wildfire smoke is bad and we have the air conditioning set to recirculate. Trade particulates for CO2 🫠

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Doug Trumm @metropolitanglide.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Save for a couple sprinters, everybody lost the race to the bus. Transit advocates were excited about that

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Will Jennings @willjennings.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I fully endorse tiny versions of huge buildings for blind people, and others, to read. Like this one in Mechelen.

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Jeremy Cole @jeremycole.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This would be a great time for @mayor.seattle.gov to prove that we can have and keep nice things even despite the best efforts of carbrained curmudgeons.

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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 25/08/2026

Not anymore 🚌💪

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

When I saved it without having to put my foot down, the crowds looked like this.

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

In HS, I was on a road trip through Canada from Niagara Falls to Detroit with my family and I wanted to pick up a Canadian CD. Found an Our Lady Peace album at a gas station and I played it basically nonstop the rest of the trip.

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Our Lady Peace - One Man Army (Official Remastered HD Video)

YouTube video by OurLadyPeaceVEVO

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I survived. Only one close-ish call.

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Seems like a great day to go mountain biking. If I’m not back in a few hours, come find me upside down on the trail somewhere.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

guys literally only want one thing and its fucking disgusting

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I was looking this up just a few hours ago. help.libbyapp.com/en-us/6251.htm

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Reading Libby ebooks on a Kobo ereader

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Or, both? Yeah, we can probably do both.

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The only speed camera I regularly encounter is at a school zone and it’s not one that can really be avoided one block over (thanks terrible city planning). People who regularly encounter it simply learn to slow down.

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Seems like a RAVlovian response.

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Matthew Pfab @matthewpfabwx.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This is a huge issue in the S. Puget Sound waters. MANY violations of WA law here. Boats must be 200 yds from side/rear and 400 yds from forward path of orcas, with NO WAKE (<7 kts) within 1/2 mi (880 yds), and NO leapfrogging. We can do way better, this conduct is unacceptable.

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Mine was replaced by a parking lot. Then across the street where I went to Jr. High School it’s been replaced with a Dollar Tree.

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Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I have had my SUV (sustainable urban vehicle) for two full years! 🎉🚲🍾I biked 5400 miles across 2700 trips. This works out to just over 2 miles per trip. These things are so much FUN to ride, plus they are tremendously efficient compared to cars and saved us thousands of 💵Here's what I learned: 1/15

A blond male with a goatee, black t-shirt, jeans and orange sneakers riding an urban arrow cargo bike with two young passengers. One wears a blue helmet, the other a red helmet. One of the passengers is reading a comic book.

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I already made a quart or so of freezer jam earlier this summer. Almost all of the ones pictured are in the oven turning into a blueberry crisp, but I’ll have more tomorrow.

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I need your favorite things to make with fresh blueberries. I’ve got almost 2 pounds of them and 2 more bushes I haven’t picked yet.

Freshly picked blueberries in a white bowl.

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The conductor was managing the radio and communication with controllers all from the dining car heading across the border and into Vancouver. Just bizarre there’s not a better place for them.

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I was trying to make sense of it and the best I could come up with is they simply don’t have a spot for their stuff and those are the only seats not sold to a ticket-carrying passenger. But surely they can take some overhead space or a corner of the baggage car?

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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I noticed a similar thing when we took Amtrak to Vancouver earlier this year. At least when we took it, one of the tables they took was on the land side of the train.

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Crow @abbyjane.cloverdalelane.com · 14/08/2026

I think about this a lot.

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Mauv @ThatsMauvelous • 1d the machine refused to recognize my humanity until i professed to believe that a sign painted to look like a traffic light is indeed a traffic light.
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Brian @vandalarchitect.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I once lived above a fast food place and it was good and bad all at the same time.

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Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I was on a Torrance Transit bus where the driver was getting trained and when the trainer saw a bike rider on the road ahead, she said "You have to give the biker four feet no matter what. If you don't think you have four feet, you need to wait to pass until you do." Wanted to hug that lady so bad.

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