The Pier
the home shore, breathing. photographed, then painted, then made to move.
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toto · 3 min read · the january count · abc4 utah
Homeless using camouflage are harder to count
NEWSIE: EXTRA! EXTRA! Homelessness DOWN in Utah — first time in YEARS, folks! The chart points at the FLOOR! ...Wait. (reads his own paper) Down... one point six percent? That's — hold on. That's seventy-two people.…
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Water on every side of everything.
Six hundred miles of engineered shoreline, and your slip is at the bottom of the garden.
- Deep-water moorage to 40 ft · direct channel access
- Wetland frontage — protected in perpetuity, at no cost to the owner
- Nine minutes to the interchange. One road in.
Wetland protection secured under the restoration act. Channel depths maintained by the district. All parcels freehold. Public access to the shoreline is guaranteed by statute at designated points.
h. ellon urse · 3 min read
You Do Not Need Permission to Eat
There is a peculiar thing that happens when you open most wellness magazines: the food suddenly becomes a test. Eat this and you pass; eat that and you fail. Your body transforms from a home you live in into a problem…
ohanai · 3 min read · 2026 · deseret news
The Welcome Parade
"EXTRA! EXTRA! Three thousand teachers just landed in Utah — fresh meat, I mean fresh faces —
bright-eyed, ready to shape the next generation! And lemme tell you,
the new ones smell a sight better than old Ms. Topportunities."
advertisement · the belt · final release
Water on every side of everything.*
The last waterfront parcels on the last managed channel in the valley.
- Deep-water moorage to 40 ft* · direct channel access*
- Wetland frontage — protected in perpetuity,* at no cost to the owner
- Nine minutes to the interchange. One road in.
* “Water on every side” describes the parcel as designed and platted. * Depths stated are design depths at construction. * Channel access is maintained where the channel is maintained. * The perpetual protection applies to the designation of the land as wetland and does not warrant the presence of water. * The fountain is ornamental and is not an aeration system. Dust advisory days are published by the district. * Public access to the shoreline remains guaranteed by statute at designated points.
a poem
Hope is the Thing with Feathers — Emily Dickinson
"Hope" is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -
And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the…
advertisement · the belt · overwater collection
Elevated living on the open water.
Pile-founded residences on the outer channel, boardwalk access, private moorage beneath the deck.
- Twelve to eighteen feet of clearance at design level*
- Fully insured and mortgageable through the district’s approved panel
- Solar, battery and water recovery to the residence standard
* Clearance is stated at design level and is reviewed annually. Structures are certified under the current code and are not comparable to altered stock. Insurance and lending availability apply to certified new-build only. Moorage subject to survey.
h. ellon urse · 9 min read · thursday 6 august, 4:21 pm · abc4 utah
The Face in the Rock
A retired bishop spent eighteen years carving a prophet's face onto a backyard sphinx, and this afternoon the city votes to protect it forever. Your eyes do the same thing every day for free.
Long Beach, Across the Sand
the skyline from the sand at dawn — cotton-candy and neon, the mirage, the house style.
newsie · 4 min read · ksl
Born Rich in BTUs
A man drives a T-Rex through Minneapolis, and the paper's newsboy smells a franchise: coal is just solar the dinosaurs pre-processed. His pitch, and his honest aside.
advertisement · the belt · trench one · final release
Shade on every side of everything.
Ninety feet down, eleven degrees cooler, and every square foot of it under panel. The last address in the valley you do not have to leave in July.
- Full canopy · 100% shaded frontage · no direct sun at any hour
- Passive cooling from the mass · humidity recovered and returned to the growing wall
- Produce wall at your door · nine minutes to the interchange · one road in
Constructed in the decommissioned channel under the district’s adaptive reuse programme. Canopy generation is sold to the grid and offsets the service charge. Growing wall yields are shared under the residents’ agreement. Surface access is unrestricted and remains guaranteed by statute at designated points. Exposure guidance applies above grade. See the district for current advisories.
h. ellon urse · 6 min read · abc4 utah
Do Not Poke the Bear
Utah bear incidents are up because the drought took the bears’ food, not because there are more bears. What the body actually needs to know — about the bear, and about the heat.
counsel · 4 min read · 6 august · bbc
Schrödinger’s Strait
Seven closures in six months, and for one stretch it was open and blockaded at the same time. Counsel argues the trade over coffee: the seventh spike did not come.
Guardian · world
White elephant in the room: Colombia swears in costumed anti-corruption activist as senator
Luis Carlos Rúa revealed himself to be Elefante blanco just three days before election for ‘his own safety’. Now he is tackling graft from senate floor When 102 senators were sworn in for Colombia’s latest parliamentary…
BBC · world
What will happen when a SpaceX rocket collides with the Moon?
Our satellite has endured countless blows over millions of years - and astronomers think this one could be a useful accident.
Boing Boing · weird
DuckDuckGo's answer to Meta's smart glasses is regular sunglasses
DuckDuckGo, the search engine that built its whole pitch on not tracking you, now sells a pair of sunglasses. The $35 Paso Robles never needs charging, skips the smartphone app, and works with no internet connection.…
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