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Ph.D. Architect. Dad of two. Reposting or liking ≠ endorsement.
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It's that season again.
"A city's priorities become as clear as the spaces they choose to maintain in the winter."

Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
✌️Greetings from Area 75 😶
Sunshine and above-average temperatures over #Italy but worsening #airquality.
According to @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social (CAMS), high PM₂․₅ levels are expected this afternoon across the #PoValley, with peaks above 75 µg/m³ — about four times higher than the WHO daily limit (15 µg/m³).
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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But they built it in 24 hours, right?
A recently opened bridge in China’s mountainous southwest partially collapsed Tuesday. Parts of the 2,487-foot Hongqi Bridge crumbled within seconds around 4 p.m. local time.

There were no reports of casualties. https://wapo.st/49fMAu8
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Thousands protest Jared Kushner-linked plan to tear down Serbian army headquarters
Thousands protest Jared Kushner-linked plan to tear down Serbian army headquarters
Thousands protest Jared Kushner-linked plan to tear down Serbian army headquarters
www.independent.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Dubai courtyard installation examines how "architecture evolved in the region": www.dezeen.com/2025/11/11/courtyard-installation-some-kind-of-practice-dubai-design-week/
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Aerial photos reveal repetitive housing of Neom workers camps: www.dezeen.com/2025/11/10/neom-worker-housing-aerial-photos/
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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NEW: Global fossil fuel use will peak before 2030 – unless 'stated policies' are abandoned

Contra some terrible news coverage, IEA World Energy Outlook shows coal near peak, oil peaking by 2030 & gas by 2035 (see chart)

What's going on? 🧵 + cool charts

www.carbonbrief.org/iea-fossil-f...
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Commentary: From surveilling and repressing Chinese citizens to firing and prosecuting potential rivals, Chinese President Xi Jinping seems able to rule only through fear.
Continued purges by Xi reveal his insecurity
Xi Jinping's recent purge of top-ranking generals, like those before it, shows that he still sees enemies everywhere.
ebx.sh
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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La scoperta dell'acqua calda, anzi caldissima.

Lo dico da tempo e adesso è ufficiale: la maggior parte dei modelli climatici mostrano che l'obiettivo di contenere il riscaldamento del pianeta entro +1.5 °C è fallito. 1/4
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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The Uninhabitable United States
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Great article about a pretty stupid idea. the more you read about it, the worse of an idea it becomes ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Leading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix: bit.ly/4hVDlBC

Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.

It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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The White House is considering backing a 50-year mortgage plan to help alleviate the country's home affordability crisis. Experts say the proposal has several drawbacks.
How a 50-Year mortgage could reshape homeownership in the US
The White House is considering backing a 50-year mortgage plan to help alleviate the country's home affordability crisis. Experts say the proposal has several drawbacks.
l.euronews.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says IEA

Watchdog’s flagship report says rise in low-carbon electricity will make transition ‘inevitable’, despite Trump’s calls to carry on drilling
www.theguardian.com/environment...
Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says IEA
Watchdog’s flagship report says rise in low-carbon electricity will make transition ‘inevitable’, despite Trump’s calls to carry on drilling
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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November 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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🏀 We won the competition for the new Asllan Rusi sports palace in Tirana! The Grand Ballroom, a spherical building over 100m in diameter, houses a 6,000-seat arena for basketball and volleyball, residential apartments, a hotel, and retail spaces.
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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MVRDV ha ganado el concurso para proyectar el nuevo palacio deportivo Asllan Rusi en Tirana, un complejo de uso mixto que incluye un pabellón con capacidad para 6.000 espectadores para baloncesto y voleibol, así como apartamentos
www.metalocus.es/es/noticias/...
«The Grand Ballroom» de MVRDV gana el concurso para un complejo con estadio, apartamentos y hotel
MVRDV ha ganado el concurso para proyectar el nuevo palacio deportivo Asllan Rusi en Tirana, un complejo de uso mixto que incluye un pabellón con capacidad para 6.000 espectadores para baloncesto y vo...
www.metalocus.es
November 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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#Groupwork ift.tt/Ay5J1e3 | posted by afasia | daily entries on contemporary art and architecture #afasiaarchzine #afasiaarq |

#architecture #arquitectura #design

The Stone Demonstrator . London Groupwork . photos: © Bas Princen, courtesy o…
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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'Dudson (Hope Street)'
Charcoal and Varnish on Paper
Wilson55. Nantwich.
www.wilson55.com/auction/deta...
November 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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The global auto industry is rapidly evolving, and the emergence of Chinese manufacturers has created new opportunities and risks for emerging markets.

Read more from @chinaecon.csis.org: www.csis.org/analysis/chi...
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Discover the Regions in Italy Where the People Descended from the Medieval or Ancient Greeks, and Still Speak Greek
Discover the Regions in Italy Where the People Descended from the Medieval or Ancient Greeks, and Still Speak Greek
All of us, across the world, know that Italy is shaped like a boot. But almost none of us know that, in the regions of Apulia and Calabria at the country's 'heel' and 'toe,' live small communities who...
www.openculture.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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What a blast! 🚀 At ETH Zurich’s Treffpunkt Science City, our VAW Glaciology member Dr. Mylène Jacquemart shared insights on alpine hazards, rock–ice avalanches & the forces shaping our mountains. A packed hall. Great to see so many young minds interested in climate change! ❄️
November 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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We are testing La Matinale Européenne in English.

Today’s analysis by @elodielamer.bsky.social: “Tax policy: energy and Trump — move along, nothing to see at the Ecofin”.

Don’t miss our brief.

With @grimmse.bsky.social and @cspillmann.bsky.social👇

europemorningpost.substack.com/p/tax-policy...
Tax policy: energy and Trump — move along, nothing to see at the Ecofin
Good morning!
europemorningpost.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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The Trump administration is planning to open the California coast to new offshore oil leases for the first time in decades. But it's not clear if any oil companies actually want to drill: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @hayleysmith.bsky.social
Trump wants oil drilling off the coast of California. But does anyone else?
An oil trade group said drilling off Southern California was of interest. But the environmental pushback would be considerable.
www.latimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:09 AM