The 2023 masonry or mass heater built by master plasterer Mitsuru Konuma (小沼充). 2.25m x1.35m, weighing 3 tons. The core is a fire brick frame, covered in a clay rich soil and plastered over. Very unusual construction in Japan. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/ce43fcd1927f7218857796118c1b694919321c11d391728c72cf2f0cd416cca1.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/b4e23a016561ec11be21b83d021384d8e549060453dc4f57a9e9c218fbb37265.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/bd48d023cf76fa7329d3aa6a3d56ac14305d3ab0df1d39114149511cef93aba9.file

Reminds me of Uta von Ballenstedt (1000-1046, but her likeness is 13th century). https://hell.twtr.plus/media/9585756512c5b2bb42df307c9424813eed480a106a51a5fea2555e43a36d4153.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/534d88dd5c367f97e3d5b710e6e01e1ade4280075ee95e70d601db5fd8b4795b.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/1779451bc4765c3fb7654f9553530e566538c1aef200118aa20e5b70524b850d.file

Finally sensible politics. Joking aside, you could probably run on a single issue like this and win a landslide: "Will this policy result in more Ionic orders or less?" https://hell.twtr.plus/media/d4d40fca65915703f2f1859e83fd065a87071d5510fe0bb23a0b2e5950ff954c.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/67aa960721bb217b36ecb3bf0fbac610620a49c0e50708964f6a6017b9245005.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/337d4a2058e7cd24cd9f6959b37af0bf2ca89bd940ce5534255a809039eda346.file

Not that I recommended it but a home with walls like this is a completely possible DIY project. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/5eebd1e4a86b27b16c7b4bcebb45fbee75c72dfa0d5f67f8e30f71a9ff926b57.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/9fb746838257754d12c9eb59dd6ac24ab15ae934d3d7de7fc889c2bf9457378c.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/a192cd6bc45b290e9e8a8e05d4ff22bc4eb9f9ee8f86e7278d7a24be35909d8a.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/80b6b8f47e9423002a6e481b32dc5a5208ba5571c45dfc3fae16cdff2a898bff.file

"Mangrove forests can protect waterfront homes from storm surges and, as this new study found, big price dips when the homes are sold in the wake of major hurricanes." https://news.ucsc.edu/2025/12/mangroves-zillow-home-prices/ https://hell.twtr.plus/media/934f4ea6032e412a4eead9ebc30fbf8a2a6d3c1336744a5450aa03c267e2e4a3.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/9da1fcae7e77cee5c48567d830a475ca60ba3f00299fcc81e9c01585bbe67f0d.file

Video game style recreation of the Sassanid Great Wall of Gorgan, a possibly 200km, 6-10m tall adobe and fired brick defensive wall manned by 30,000 soldiers in 40 forts and built in the 6th and 7th centuries. Third longest defensive wall (maybe?), Iran.

WANA

The Second-Longest Ancient Wall in the World Is in Iran - WANA

Artificial intelligence has reconstructed an image of the Great Wall of Gorgan — a structure long buried beneath the ground and considered the se...

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A gorgeous rammed earth home in the French Provincial style in Marlborough, New Zealand. Possibly built in the 1990s. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/bd3809cf58ab4bc3457d956a65e68e1d447534511bad98cf30e09bc27d6b4393.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/d194cb61d165e1be2fc28f3bbeba1eaa478e7c28b9ead866bb7a6219d6ce85fc.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/5353aefda613df4ffdbed4476cdec0b342554b11bd0c0214881a2ffd103569fc.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/062bc31e80a4a1eeac755bc64b8e5ce1a0aa6ed43680663de74b2567523ae14f.file

Japanese art project, a sculpture made of rammed earth—same as in regular rammed earth construction—was dismantled and returned to soil. There is something wildly attractive in this kind of zero waste zero toxins construction. Before-After photos of site and source. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/d921fcdba98d72b2540c1741c6b3f52fc1f235572d541fd0a1332088a776492a.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/155ce857c23623669752ed21b8d674345bed5be6fd051202f35beaa6aa228509.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/70f54025afbdb509f3c01f80d8da40ded03643b91c5410f381109b8770338123.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/ed444857cff3993b5aa00a6697fa55836922d6409f8becc88b34c69fa0ca252a.file

RT @_prashanthn@twitter.com: It is a beautiful day to be alive! Good morning! 😃 Today’s artwork is dedicated to @Wrath Of Gnon for posts about Japanese railways! 🚃 https://hell.twtr.plus/media/af59a8928dec5608c4cb045498e6beff8d7b8e991051ac04a3d178d168042d51.file

Suisun City (pop. 30k), California. I had never heard of it. NY Times makes the proposal to incorporate the land of California Forever look plausible. The way the photos are taken tells the story as much as the words themselves. https://archive.is/NPeGs https://hell.twtr.plus/media/ec2c021fc5e00af2ee697b73a4ec723dd9ed35e917df7a7b7d3918b63e50d8c1.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/792feb19703d32f928305a033105a4d831410bbfc231706136a2cc5c574c96b6.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/201bf1547eb3d7a4be9eb41755260bdc3f4c1d3a318f45e23ff77e3d0ef89a57.file