Theo Lorenz (theonicole)

This story is a DELIGHT.

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

Energy note. Inch by inch.

"The world’s wind and solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants for the first time this year, marking a turning point for the global power system, according to research."

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A year in, our front porch rainbow is holding up surprisingly well considering I never got around to sealing it. Still really proud of this!

One time when I was 7 I bit myself and blamed it on my brother

Christ, that is some industrial strength pettiness

A screenshot of the ADA website, with a banner at the top that reads “Democrats have shut down the government. Department of Justice websites are not currently regularly updated.”

What fresh fuckery is this

Business in front, goose in the back

Apparently there were TWO saunas. Have not confirmed if the second was at the top of stairs for a final break

May we all be blessed with the freedom to do something so joyfully weird!

Legit! I can barely keep up with a house 1/5 the size of that. But I'm guessing someone rich enough to buy a $2.5M Spanish-Postmodern Frankenstein mansion can afford to hire people to handle all their home maintenance

A screenshot from the video linked at the end of this thread, showing the swimming pool window. It's on the side of the pool and tucked inside at least 2 feet of material that supports the pool

Not quite! It's on the side of the pool, and I'm pretty sure it's only directly over the grand entrance and sunken family room, not the main gallery area. Deeply weird, but less precarious than it sounds

SAAAAAAME

When I first showed it to Pip, they said "That house wants to make problems on purpose"

And why did she add a suspended second floor lap pool? As Dolly told an interview in this vintage video clip: "I had some fractures, and the doctor said I should swim."

I love her, and I love her weird house. Here's hoping it finds an equally weird new owner.
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What she added was completely bonkers, yes, but like the art she loved, it's also totally unique, instantly engaging, and a reflection of the time in which it was made. She turned her house into a piece of eclectic contemporary art, in which to display and enjoy more art. It's an art turducken.

I hated this house at first glance, but the more I look at it and read about its late owner (Dolly died in 2017, after 40 years in the house), the more I love it. This wasn't a rich person stripping the historic character out of their house--she kept the 1920s details intact, she just added to them.

The addition on the back of the home was made by owner Dolly Fiterman in the late 80s. She loved contemporary art, supporting local artists, and blending the old and the new. So when it came time to add onto her home, she made the house into an ecclectic piece of art that matched her style.

There is a window INSIDE the lap pool that looks down into the gallery. None of the listings have a good photo of it, which is a damn shame. You can check if your guests are here yet while you're doing the breaststroke!

The sunken living room off the back entrance. It's filled with light and unusual shapes, and an odd, bowed shape hangs over it. That's the bottom of the lap pool. No, really.

The second floor lap pool, which is suspended directly over that sunken living room. In this photo from an old listing, it's empty, and the window below the water level is visible. Someone has set up cheerful beach chairs and an umbrella on the bottom of the pool. Above it, a peaked roof made entirely of windows pours light in.

Next to the pool, a very 1980s hot tub setup featuring pink tiled stairs, a mirrored surround, and a wood paneled ceiling. Stunning.

The pool with water in it, ready to meet your perfectly reasonable lap-swimming needs.

The part that really gets me is the pool. The second floor has a suspended lap pool. A SUSPENDED LAP POOL. ON THE SECOND FLOOR.

A classic living room with those tall arched windows, a marble fireplace, coved ceilings, and archways.

The grand rear entrance, which has multiple different levels of wood slatted ceilings, marble floors, random columns, and steps leading into a sunken living room.

A curving, meandering walkway with brass railings that's suspended by columns on the second floor. It leads to an elevator.

Also somewhere near that walkway is this sauna, which is tucked into a curved column and steps out onto a carpeted landing.

It has beautifully maintained 1920s living spaces...and also a postmodern gallery space in the back. And a suspended walkway with an elevator. And a sauna on a stair landing?

The front facade of a classic Spanish Revival mansion, which features tall arched windows placed with careful symmetry, balconies with black metal railings, and a terracotta tile roof.

The completely bonkers back of said mansion, which is a glorious explosion of 1980s postmodern architecture. It features a dramatic zigzag of triangular columns of windows jutting out the back, a rounded corner with stripes, an enormous angled skylight up top, more balconies, and a side entrance made up of strange shapes that sort of looks like a goose head.

I can't stop thinking about this mansion on Lake Harriet that belonged to a modern art collector. This is the front and back of THE SAME BUILDING.

The view over my shoulder as I’m working from a comfy chair: a small calico cat named Zelda is curled up in a tangle of limbs behind my left shoulder, her back foot and forehead against the back of my neck. She’s purring and gazing at the camera. Why is she so cute when it’s so warm?

It’s so warm in my office, and yet…

Yeah, they're an added cost, usually $150+ in my experience. I wish they were standard--they add value for so many buyers!

It's SO GOOD. It feels like an oasis in the city--you close that front door and you're in this quiet, beautiful space with welcoming vibes and everything taken care of. I'm so smitten!

An exterior shot of 3011 17th Ave S, a large 2-story stucco house with a navy blue fence. Its neighbors to the sides are another house and a block of Lake Street businesses.

A shot of the expansive living and dining rooms, which include a brick fireplace, original woodwork, built-in bookshelves and pillars, and a built-in buffet in the dining room. There isn't any real estate photography trickery here--the living room alone is 20 feet by 14 feet.

The bright and sunny kitchen, which was fully renovated in 2018 for the family that lived here. It has light gray cabinets, white quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, and heated tile floors. Not pictured is the adjacent walk-in pantry. This kitchen taunts me in my dreams. It's such a great space for cooking together!!

One of three spacious bedrooms upstairs, all of which have walk-in closets, great natural light, and hardwood floors. There are two more bedrooms on the main floor and one bedroom in the basement with a massive closet that used to be the original coal chute.

Any Minneapolis folks looking for a large home or mixed-use/office space? My latest listing is a home I've literally dreamt about--HUGE 6 bed/3 bath/2 car home with flexible zoning, just off Lake Street.

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okay. yeah, “labubu.” i hear you. but listen: i am 40 years old and if i have to learn about another thing i will die

Delayed sleep phase disorder counts as a disability under the ADA, and my dx did get an employer to bend on my hours once! Can’t stop them from being cows, tho.

i hope this email doesn’t find you at all. i hope you got out. i hope you’re free

She must be in the advanced class!

A small dilute calico cat named Zelda folded up in incomprehensible ways between my side and the arm of the chair I’m in. Her knee is pressed against her cheek and folded over her front leg, her other back leg appears to be sticking out backwards underneath her, and her face is smooshed against my side so hard that her eyes are mostly shut. She looks like a badly drawn picture of a cat. She is purring.

Moments later, Zelda had rolled herself into an upside down pillbug pose and is staring wide-eyed up at the camera with all four limbs in the air and her tail curled up her belly. She is perfectly content and purring.

I cannot with this creature and her complete disregard for physics