Carol Duncan
@carolduncan.bsky.social
Podcast & media content producer, Casual Academic UoN, Newcastle Councillor 2017-2024. Founder @lostnewcastle. http://linktr.ee/carol.duncan
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A Washington Post article suggests that, beyond a certain threshold, larger homes don't make people happier. Instead, well-being is correlated with affordable housing in walkable neighborhoods where they feel socially connected.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
![Excerpt reads: "Prioritize your neighborhood
Neighborhoods drive our happiness (or unhappiness) more than we think.
When Lina Martinez, director of POLIS, the Center for Wellbeing Studies at Universidad Icesi in Colombia, studied the happiness of households in the city of Cali, she couldn’t find much difference between poorer and richer areas. “Their happiness is pretty much the same,” she said. But that changed when she isolated neighborhood conditions, such as access to transit, health care and parks. “The conditions of the neighborhood affect happiness,” she said. “I can’t link that to the space where [people] live.”
That aligns with findings from a 2023 study of the Vancouver metro area: Researchers found no significant differences in well-being between people living in single detached homes, duplexes, townhouses, laneway houses and apartment buildings (basement units smaller than 300 square feet were the only negative exception). What did people say they missed most in their neighborhood? Affordability, proximity to family and friends, and a sense of community. Home design was eighth on the list."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreicapfknasylzk2lqzaxxeb5mchgnru75obggn45dusda6j5zogvuu@jpeg)
January 7, 2026 at 4:29 AM
A Washington Post article suggests that, beyond a certain threshold, larger homes don't make people happier. Instead, well-being is correlated with affordable housing in walkable neighborhoods where they feel socially connected.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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This is an excellent thread if you’re anxious about SE Australia’s upcoming heatwave and don’t have access to / the financial ability to run your own air con
I’m self-sufficient nowadays, but as a teenager HATED the heat and had no way to escape it. I dreaded Summer.
I’m self-sufficient nowadays, but as a teenager HATED the heat and had no way to escape it. I dreaded Summer.
For many years I lived in an apartment without aircon. My list of places I could go to escape the heat in metro Melbourne
January 5, 2026 at 9:02 AM
This is an excellent thread if you’re anxious about SE Australia’s upcoming heatwave and don’t have access to / the financial ability to run your own air con
I’m self-sufficient nowadays, but as a teenager HATED the heat and had no way to escape it. I dreaded Summer.
I’m self-sufficient nowadays, but as a teenager HATED the heat and had no way to escape it. I dreaded Summer.
I see Sunday’s experts are now Monday’s experts.
michael jackson eating popcorn with the words look at all these experts written below him
ALT: michael jackson eating popcorn with the words look at all these experts written below him
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:19 AM
I see Sunday’s experts are now Monday’s experts.
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The PBS is a national treasure.
Australia Institute research shows the prices Australians would pay if Trump had his way and dismantled our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.🤯
#auspol
Australia Institute research shows the prices Australians would pay if Trump had his way and dismantled our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.🤯
#auspol
January 5, 2026 at 12:56 AM
The PBS is a national treasure.
Australia Institute research shows the prices Australians would pay if Trump had his way and dismantled our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.🤯
#auspol
Australia Institute research shows the prices Australians would pay if Trump had his way and dismantled our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.🤯
#auspol
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Very few people can write beautifully about 'ordinary' things that aren't really ordinary at all. Many modern media editors have yet to grasp that it's the how, not just the what, that matters. Rick Morton is the GOAT. rick-morton.ghost.io/surprise-so-...
Surprise So Nice We Did It Twice
The Morton family has never really been good at surprises.
To be surprised meant being the recipient of unscheduled bad news. To wit: a part on the car that none of us previously knew existed is brok...
rick-morton.ghost.io
January 5, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Very few people can write beautifully about 'ordinary' things that aren't really ordinary at all. Many modern media editors have yet to grasp that it's the how, not just the what, that matters. Rick Morton is the GOAT. rick-morton.ghost.io/surprise-so-...
Save yourself from doomscrolling the insanity and have a Cambodian monk playing with the pagoda cat …
January 4, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Save yourself from doomscrolling the insanity and have a Cambodian monk playing with the pagoda cat …
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All the celebrity calling for a royal commission are yet to explain what the purpose might be, what the commission would actually investigate.
They want a show trial, but they don’t know what they want on show and what they want on trial.
They want a show trial, but they don’t know what they want on show and what they want on trial.
January 4, 2026 at 1:15 AM
All the celebrity calling for a royal commission are yet to explain what the purpose might be, what the commission would actually investigate.
They want a show trial, but they don’t know what they want on show and what they want on trial.
They want a show trial, but they don’t know what they want on show and what they want on trial.
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How about business leaders first institute all the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry?
January 2, 2026 at 12:55 AM
How about business leaders first institute all the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry?
NYE is juicy! 💛💛💛💛💛💛
December 31, 2025 at 8:36 AM
NYE is juicy! 💛💛💛💛💛💛
Love them so much. And the house smells amazing!
December 31, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Love them so much. And the house smells amazing!
Love my stanhopea orchids!
December 31, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Love my stanhopea orchids!
Thank you! It was amazing!
December 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Thank you! It was amazing!
Former admin building by the late Brian Suters. Desperately needed the upgrade! lostnewcastle.com.au/city-adminis...
Lost Newcastle City Administration Centre – The Roundhouse
Newcastle council's City Administration Centre opened in 1977. A leading example of brutalist architecture, the building is now the Crystalbrook Kingsley - the first 5-star hotel in Newcastle.
lostnewcastle.com.au
December 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Former admin building by the late Brian Suters. Desperately needed the upgrade! lostnewcastle.com.au/city-adminis...
Yes! Come back! @stilgherrian.com needs his swimming lessons!
December 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Yes! Come back! @stilgherrian.com needs his swimming lessons!
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David Attenborough [whispering]:
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
December 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
David Attenborough [whispering]:
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”