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Kurt Kohlstedt

@KurtKohlstedt

Skeptical urbanist & design journalist @ 99% Invisible || NYT Best Seller: https://t.co/KhGoSU60uf || M. Arch || Visual musings @ https://t.co/0pzv7Gn2j2 🦝

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Amazon is having a 90% (!!!) off sale on The 99 Percent Invisible city, bringing the price down to $2.95 a book. Great time to grab one for yourself or a friend! 😏amzn.to/49Vj7lW

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We need a good word for vestigial design elements that have devolved from functional features to symbolic signifiers 🧐

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I take mine with me everywhere now. Pull it out of my pocket in public, and stare at it like a Gen Z phone drone. Little do they know I'm not scrolling on TikTok, just reading a crazy amounts of e-books 🦹‍♂️

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As soon as the design was finalized I ordered this for my brother (as the only person in the family who has a flagpole on his house). It wasn't my first choice of designs, but still a most excellent flag. Apparently, his neighbors keep asking what it is, though 😅

As soon as the design was finalized I ordered this for my brother (as the only person in the family who has a flagpole on his house). It wasn't my first choice of designs, but still a most excellent flag. Apparently, his neighbors keep asking what it is, though 😅
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Nothing quite says FUCK YEH, 'MURKA like an AK-47 sitting amidst a bunch of laser-cut wood model-building kits for kids (Ages 8 & UP) 🫠

Nothing quite says FUCK YEH, 'MURKA like an AK-47 sitting amidst a bunch of laser-cut wood model-building kits for kids (Ages 8 & UP) 🫠
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You know that thing people do where they bike for miles all over town and trace out crazy complicated patterns to look at later on a map? Well I used an electric scooter to trace out the shape of an electric scooter. 🛵

You know that thing people do where they bike for miles all over town and trace out crazy complicated patterns to look at later on a map? Well I used an electric scooter to trace out the shape of an electric scooter. #worksmarternotharder 🛵
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Me, a Minnesotan, bumping into someone:

*Oh, sorry!*

Him, a Tough Guy:

*You BETTER be sorry*

*Well, yes, I am, like I said*

*I'm going to MAKE you sorry!*

*But I'm ALREADY sorry.*

I wasn't even trying to be snarky, just accidentally took all the wind out of his aggro sails

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'You really shouldn't' for sodium (which literally explodes on contact with water) seems like a wee bit of an understatement. Then again, they applied the even less severe warning 'maybe not a good idea' to uranium so what do I know ...😅

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