Geoff
@gchristou.bsky.social
Architect specializing in sustainable design, Passive House Designer, Permaculturist, entrepreneur, positivist, and free thinker.
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Geolocation of beginning of eruption.
POV: ~13.480667, 40.539286 (19.5 km from Hayli Gubbi crater)
POV: ~13.480667, 40.539286 (19.5 km from Hayli Gubbi crater)
November 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Geolocation of beginning of eruption.
POV: ~13.480667, 40.539286 (19.5 km from Hayli Gubbi crater)
POV: ~13.480667, 40.539286 (19.5 km from Hayli Gubbi crater)
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Gonna be good:
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The Henning Larsen's Playbook for Scalable Straw Buildings
Leading architecture firm demonstrates what's achievable through innovation
webinar.ecococon.eu
October 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Gonna be good:
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Time to rewild our planet! 📸 NTS
October 4, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Time to rewild our planet! 📸 NTS
Little permaculture orchard: quince, oak, paw paw. Some sneaky mint in the background.
#permaculture
#permaculture
September 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Little permaculture orchard: quince, oak, paw paw. Some sneaky mint in the background.
#permaculture
#permaculture
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“Growth should pay for growth” is a political choice to socialize the benefits of immigration while privatizing its infrastructure costs onto younger cohorts, insulating established homeowners and corporations from financial responsibility.
Read here:
Read here:
The Policy Sleight of Hand Behind “Growth Should Pay for Growth”
Houses don't use libraries, people do
www.missingmiddleinitiative.ca
September 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
“Growth should pay for growth” is a political choice to socialize the benefits of immigration while privatizing its infrastructure costs onto younger cohorts, insulating established homeowners and corporations from financial responsibility.
Read here:
Read here:
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Things went great.
BREAKING: The scheduled luncheon between the U.S. and Russian delegations has been CANCELLED after no deal was reached.
Trump is returning to Washington immediately.
Trump is returning to Washington immediately.
August 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Things went great.
If you plant seeds, and they grow into plants, you also, in each seed's small way, create an ecosystem.
#permaculture #regenerative
#permaculture #regenerative
August 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
If you plant seeds, and they grow into plants, you also, in each seed's small way, create an ecosystem.
#permaculture #regenerative
#permaculture #regenerative
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“AI watchers daren’t look away for a moment such is the pace of progress. My concern remains that as a country, a society, and in many…companies, we in the UK are still under-estimating the speed of AI progress, and the profundity of its implications.” cassiai.substack.com/p/what-did-y...
What did you do in the AI Revolution, Daddy?
Pre-GPT-5, Post AGI? For too many, hope is the largest part of their AI strategy. We are still under-estimating the speed of AI progress, and the profundity of its implications.
cassiai.substack.com
August 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
“AI watchers daren’t look away for a moment such is the pace of progress. My concern remains that as a country, a society, and in many…companies, we in the UK are still under-estimating the speed of AI progress, and the profundity of its implications.” cassiai.substack.com/p/what-did-y...
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July 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Trump is excusing Iran for the missile strike (“perhaps the missile landed by mistake”) this morning and blaming Israel for the latest escalation. He ends the statement in an emotional way.
June 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Trump is excusing Iran for the missile strike (“perhaps the missile landed by mistake”) this morning and blaming Israel for the latest escalation. He ends the statement in an emotional way.
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#topoli New from me on @spacing.bsky.social: Council this week will get a chance to greenlight sixplexes in residential neighbourhoods. The sky will not fall! In fact, this move represents a generational opportunity to repair Toronto's troubled housing market. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
LORINC: What's so scary about six-plexes? - Spacing Toronto
When I look out my office window, trying to think up a lede, I find myself staring at the grey-stuccoed side-wall of a house kitty corner to mine, which was owned for a long time by a mobster of some ...
spacing.ca
June 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
#topoli New from me on @spacing.bsky.social: Council this week will get a chance to greenlight sixplexes in residential neighbourhoods. The sky will not fall! In fact, this move represents a generational opportunity to repair Toronto's troubled housing market. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
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They're really going to do it.
After murdering millions of people in Iraq based on lies,
The same people are gearing up to murder god only knows how many more people in Iran based on lies.
After murdering millions of people in Iraq based on lies,
The same people are gearing up to murder god only knows how many more people in Iran based on lies.
Q: When the president says Iran is very close to a nuclear weapon, is he relying on US intelligence or intelligence sharing from an ally?
LEAVITT: It is a fact and the US govt maintains this fact that Iran has never been closer to a nuclear weapon
LEAVITT: It is a fact and the US govt maintains this fact that Iran has never been closer to a nuclear weapon
June 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
They're really going to do it.
After murdering millions of people in Iraq based on lies,
The same people are gearing up to murder god only knows how many more people in Iran based on lies.
After murdering millions of people in Iraq based on lies,
The same people are gearing up to murder god only knows how many more people in Iran based on lies.
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Last year, the final of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River were removed in the largest project of its kind in US history. The river that straddles the California-Oregon border has since been reborn.
Klamath River reborn: A journey through America’s largest dam removal project
Less than a year later, life has blossomed along its banks.
www.motherjones.com
June 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Last year, the final of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River were removed in the largest project of its kind in US history. The river that straddles the California-Oregon border has since been reborn.
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Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣
June 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣
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Permaculture style food forest garden. We use cardboard to keep down grass, drop weeds by stepping on them occasionally chopping and hay to fertilize and mulch. Rhubarb, goumi berry, apple, raspberry, currant and quince. #permaculture #amyweberstudio #foodforest
June 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Permaculture style food forest garden. We use cardboard to keep down grass, drop weeds by stepping on them occasionally chopping and hay to fertilize and mulch. Rhubarb, goumi berry, apple, raspberry, currant and quince. #permaculture #amyweberstudio #foodforest
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“Young soldiers make mistakes. But if senior officers remain silent, what lesson will those young men and women take from what happened?” says @radiofreetom.bsky.social.
I’m embarrassed by those troops & their leaders, and they all ought review the army’s rules. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
I’m embarrassed by those troops & their leaders, and they all ought review the army’s rules. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Silence of the Generals
As President Donald Trump crossed a dangerous line at Fort Bragg, the brass failed to speak out in the Army’s defense.
www.theatlantic.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
“Young soldiers make mistakes. But if senior officers remain silent, what lesson will those young men and women take from what happened?” says @radiofreetom.bsky.social.
I’m embarrassed by those troops & their leaders, and they all ought review the army’s rules. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
I’m embarrassed by those troops & their leaders, and they all ought review the army’s rules. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Andor is the most relevant series on television today.
June 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Andor is the most relevant series on television today.
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Seven years ago the brilliant #Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth exhibition began at @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social, and the companion book Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth was published (required reading for Tolkien fans!). Did you visit the exhibition or get the book? Tell us what you most enjoyed!
June 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Seven years ago the brilliant #Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth exhibition began at @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social, and the companion book Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth was published (required reading for Tolkien fans!). Did you visit the exhibition or get the book? Tell us what you most enjoyed!
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🔥Even more amazing footages of the FPV drone attack on the Russian air base in Olenegorsk, Murmansk region, and Belaya Irkutsk region, dropped.
June 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🔥Even more amazing footages of the FPV drone attack on the Russian air base in Olenegorsk, Murmansk region, and Belaya Irkutsk region, dropped.
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The decline of large seed-dispersing animals has serious implications for trees and other flora.
It's also further proof of how very short-sighted it is to view forests as merely bunches of trees, rather than the complex *ecosystems* they are (or at least, should be).
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
It's also further proof of how very short-sighted it is to view forests as merely bunches of trees, rather than the complex *ecosystems* they are (or at least, should be).
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Drivers and impacts of global seed disperser decline - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Many plants rely on animals to disperse their seeds, but some groups of these seed-dispersing animals are facing severe declines. This Review summarizes evidence of seed disperser declines and discuss...
www.nature.com
May 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The decline of large seed-dispersing animals has serious implications for trees and other flora.
It's also further proof of how very short-sighted it is to view forests as merely bunches of trees, rather than the complex *ecosystems* they are (or at least, should be).
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
It's also further proof of how very short-sighted it is to view forests as merely bunches of trees, rather than the complex *ecosystems* they are (or at least, should be).
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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New @missingmiddleca piece!
Is Doug Ford About to Slash $100K Off the Price of a New Home?
The Premier of Ontario makes a bold offer to the federal government.
Read here: www.missingmiddleini...
Is Doug Ford About to Slash $100K Off the Price of a New Home?
The Premier of Ontario makes a bold offer to the federal government.
Read here: www.missingmiddleini...
May 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
New @missingmiddleca piece!
Is Doug Ford About to Slash $100K Off the Price of a New Home?
The Premier of Ontario makes a bold offer to the federal government.
Read here: www.missingmiddleini...
Is Doug Ford About to Slash $100K Off the Price of a New Home?
The Premier of Ontario makes a bold offer to the federal government.
Read here: www.missingmiddleini...
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Misty morning in the forest garden, new cut/dry flower beds filling up #gardening #gardensky #flowers #bloomscrolling #permaculture #foodforest 🌱
May 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Misty morning in the forest garden, new cut/dry flower beds filling up #gardening #gardensky #flowers #bloomscrolling #permaculture #foodforest 🌱
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Democracy is dying at the root, and all we have power to do is "like". The entire information system we exist consumes democracy like yesterday's leftover and convinces us we're freer than ever.
May 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Democracy is dying at the root, and all we have power to do is "like". The entire information system we exist consumes democracy like yesterday's leftover and convinces us we're freer than ever.