GeorgeWeeks2014
@georgeweeks2014.bsky.social
🇪🇺British/New Zealand urban planner & university teaching fellow living and working in Auckland. Twitter refugee. Interested in most things, esp. architecture, energy, accessibility, sustainability, comedy and health. My views are my own. #FBPE
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As we near the 10th anniversary of Brexit, with evidence the damage to our economy is even worse than predicted, time to remind ourselves of Brexit Battalions ‘Media Corps’ who pushed for and celebrated this. Good time to tag them in. Any apologies?
February 18, 2026 at 8:45 AM
As we near the 10th anniversary of Brexit, with evidence the damage to our economy is even worse than predicted, time to remind ourselves of Brexit Battalions ‘Media Corps’ who pushed for and celebrated this. Good time to tag them in. Any apologies?
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
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My mum (over 70) rides an ebike. I ride an ebike, or even an acoustic bike, when my chronic illness symptoms allow. The rest of the time I use public transport. There are lots of elderly and disabled people who rely on active and/or public transport - there's quite a lot of them on Bluesky.
February 17, 2026 at 1:03 PM
My mum (over 70) rides an ebike. I ride an ebike, or even an acoustic bike, when my chronic illness symptoms allow. The rest of the time I use public transport. There are lots of elderly and disabled people who rely on active and/or public transport - there's quite a lot of them on Bluesky.
Southgate Underground Station 🚇 Almost 100 years old and it still looks ultramodern.
It also moves millions of Londoners every year, literally and figuratively.
Civic infrastructure at its absolute finest. 💙
It also moves millions of Londoners every year, literally and figuratively.
Civic infrastructure at its absolute finest. 💙
Spaceship Reflection - Southgate
Night photo of this beautiful 1933 Charles Holden London Underground Station. The puddle was calling me.
Night photo of this beautiful 1933 Charles Holden London Underground Station. The puddle was calling me.
February 17, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Southgate Underground Station 🚇 Almost 100 years old and it still looks ultramodern.
It also moves millions of Londoners every year, literally and figuratively.
Civic infrastructure at its absolute finest. 💙
It also moves millions of Londoners every year, literally and figuratively.
Civic infrastructure at its absolute finest. 💙
As an early-Milliennial, one of the oddest things about Gen-Zs is their propensity for watching telly with the subtitles turned on 📺
Apparently this is a mainstream Gen-Z thing.
www.insighttrendsworld.com/post/enterta...
Personally I dislike it because it ruins comedy, esp comic timing & surprise.
Apparently this is a mainstream Gen-Z thing.
www.insighttrendsworld.com/post/enterta...
Personally I dislike it because it ruins comedy, esp comic timing & surprise.
Entertainment: The Subtitle Surge: Why Gen Z is Watching TV on Mute and Reading the Screen
What is the 'Reading the Screen' Trend?The 'Reading the Screen' trend refers to the dominant cultural shift, primarily among Gen Z and Millennials, of using subtitles and permanent text captions acros...
www.insighttrendsworld.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:28 AM
As an early-Milliennial, one of the oddest things about Gen-Zs is their propensity for watching telly with the subtitles turned on 📺
Apparently this is a mainstream Gen-Z thing.
www.insighttrendsworld.com/post/enterta...
Personally I dislike it because it ruins comedy, esp comic timing & surprise.
Apparently this is a mainstream Gen-Z thing.
www.insighttrendsworld.com/post/enterta...
Personally I dislike it because it ruins comedy, esp comic timing & surprise.
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February 16, 2026 at 3:57 PM
If New Zealand's government wanted to eliminate its budget deficit this year, it could introduce $2,000 fines for people who use phones while driving.
NZ's standard of driving was already pretty gormless before smartphones were ubiquitous.
Nowadays phone use at the wheel is rife. No-one cares.
NZ's standard of driving was already pretty gormless before smartphones were ubiquitous.
Nowadays phone use at the wheel is rife. No-one cares.
February 17, 2026 at 5:27 AM
If New Zealand's government wanted to eliminate its budget deficit this year, it could introduce $2,000 fines for people who use phones while driving.
NZ's standard of driving was already pretty gormless before smartphones were ubiquitous.
Nowadays phone use at the wheel is rife. No-one cares.
NZ's standard of driving was already pretty gormless before smartphones were ubiquitous.
Nowadays phone use at the wheel is rife. No-one cares.
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Angry guy opposing bike lanes from town hall can't believe the bicycle utopia city has built.
February 16, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Angry guy opposing bike lanes from town hall can't believe the bicycle utopia city has built.
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Government’s plan to import LNG for electricity generation would cost households and businesses up to $8.3bn
Same volume of electricity could be delivered through a $2.5b investment in rooftop solar panels and hot water heat pumps
evsandbeyond.co.nz/solar-heat-p...
Same volume of electricity could be delivered through a $2.5b investment in rooftop solar panels and hot water heat pumps
evsandbeyond.co.nz/solar-heat-p...
Solar, heat pumps ‘lower cost’ path than LNG for electrification, says NZGBC
A new report argues New Zealand can meet its looming energy shortfall by accelerating rooftop solar and electric hot water
evsandbeyond.co.nz
February 15, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Government’s plan to import LNG for electricity generation would cost households and businesses up to $8.3bn
Same volume of electricity could be delivered through a $2.5b investment in rooftop solar panels and hot water heat pumps
evsandbeyond.co.nz/solar-heat-p...
Same volume of electricity could be delivered through a $2.5b investment in rooftop solar panels and hot water heat pumps
evsandbeyond.co.nz/solar-heat-p...
AIR CRASH✈️
Watching the tale of Avianca 052, a Boeing 707 which crashed in Long Island in 1990 after completely running out of fuel, is a harrowing tale of miscommunication.
@mentourpilot.bsky.social tells it well.
Moral of the story. If you're in trouble, call for help.
youtu.be/mJ5zuuDN7A4?...
Watching the tale of Avianca 052, a Boeing 707 which crashed in Long Island in 1990 after completely running out of fuel, is a harrowing tale of miscommunication.
@mentourpilot.bsky.social tells it well.
Moral of the story. If you're in trouble, call for help.
youtu.be/mJ5zuuDN7A4?...
Desperate: The Crash that Changed Aviation Forever
YouTube video by Mentour Pilot
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 9:32 AM
AIR CRASH✈️
Watching the tale of Avianca 052, a Boeing 707 which crashed in Long Island in 1990 after completely running out of fuel, is a harrowing tale of miscommunication.
@mentourpilot.bsky.social tells it well.
Moral of the story. If you're in trouble, call for help.
youtu.be/mJ5zuuDN7A4?...
Watching the tale of Avianca 052, a Boeing 707 which crashed in Long Island in 1990 after completely running out of fuel, is a harrowing tale of miscommunication.
@mentourpilot.bsky.social tells it well.
Moral of the story. If you're in trouble, call for help.
youtu.be/mJ5zuuDN7A4?...
Two Hawker Hurricanes spotted on recent bike rides in New Zealand.
1) MOTAT Aviation Hall, Auckland
2) Thames Aero Club
#Hurricane #WW2 #GateGuardian
1) MOTAT Aviation Hall, Auckland
2) Thames Aero Club
#Hurricane #WW2 #GateGuardian
February 16, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Two Hawker Hurricanes spotted on recent bike rides in New Zealand.
1) MOTAT Aviation Hall, Auckland
2) Thames Aero Club
#Hurricane #WW2 #GateGuardian
1) MOTAT Aviation Hall, Auckland
2) Thames Aero Club
#Hurricane #WW2 #GateGuardian
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Lilla Cabot Perry (American painter) 1848 - 1933
Dans un Bateau (In a Boat), 1907
oil on canvas
114.3 x 88.9 cm.
Gerald Peters Gallery
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Dans un Bateau (In a Boat), 1907
oil on canvas
114.3 x 88.9 cm.
Gerald Peters Gallery
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
February 15, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Lilla Cabot Perry (American painter) 1848 - 1933
Dans un Bateau (In a Boat), 1907
oil on canvas
114.3 x 88.9 cm.
Gerald Peters Gallery
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Dans un Bateau (In a Boat), 1907
oil on canvas
114.3 x 88.9 cm.
Gerald Peters Gallery
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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February 15, 2026 at 5:26 AM
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February 14, 1990: Voyager 1 took the famous "Pale Blue Dot" photo.
"Consider again that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives."
~ Carl Sagan
"Consider again that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives."
~ Carl Sagan
February 15, 2026 at 12:58 AM
February 14, 1990: Voyager 1 took the famous "Pale Blue Dot" photo.
"Consider again that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives."
~ Carl Sagan
"Consider again that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives."
~ Carl Sagan
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One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen, was filled with cars until a 2 year pedestrianization pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued “no cars means no business,” but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street.
February 15, 2026 at 6:05 AM
One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen, was filled with cars until a 2 year pedestrianization pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued “no cars means no business,” but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street.
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I think the media understands the difference between e-bikes and illegal e-motos. They are intentionally conflating the difference between legal e-bikes and illegal e-motos to stoke fear and get clicks.
It's could destroy the e-bike revolution if we don't find a way to stop it.
It's could destroy the e-bike revolution if we don't find a way to stop it.
‘Growing epidemic’: Bay Area teen’s 40-mph crash reveals overlooked dangers of e-bikes
Crashes on e-bikes and illegal “e-motos” are causing alarm across the Bay Area. “They think they’re buying an e-bike when they’re not.”
www.sfchronicle.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:35 PM
I think the media understands the difference between e-bikes and illegal e-motos. They are intentionally conflating the difference between legal e-bikes and illegal e-motos to stoke fear and get clicks.
It's could destroy the e-bike revolution if we don't find a way to stop it.
It's could destroy the e-bike revolution if we don't find a way to stop it.
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📢 Andrew Eagles said he didn’t accept the contention that liquefied natural gas would smooth out the highs in electricity prices.
Green Building Council calls for solar over Government's LNG plan
www.1news.co.nz
February 15, 2026 at 3:22 AM
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I don’t know how many people join Bluesky each day, but my sense is that more & more people are discovering the outstanding community/conversation here (best on social media) about better cities. I still think STARTER PACKS are a superpower. I’ve made many, but here’s my first again. Please share.
February 11, 2026 at 7:39 PM
I don’t know how many people join Bluesky each day, but my sense is that more & more people are discovering the outstanding community/conversation here (best on social media) about better cities. I still think STARTER PACKS are a superpower. I’ve made many, but here’s my first again. Please share.
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Welcome to the Plutocracy
February 14, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Welcome to the Plutocracy
Andrew Marr interviewing Ian Hislop about Mandelson and Epstein on @lbc.co.uk - worth a read/watch/listen.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/ian-...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/ian-...
Ian Hislop lays into ‘phenomenally arrogant’ Peter Mandelson over ‘selective amnesia’ over Epstein relationship | LBC
Ian Hislop has blasted Peter Mandelson amid the fallout over the Epstein files scandal.
www.lbc.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Andrew Marr interviewing Ian Hislop about Mandelson and Epstein on @lbc.co.uk - worth a read/watch/listen.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/ian-...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/ian-...
Twitter will have academic significance...as a business school case study of how to ruin an established social network.
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
academic.oup.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Twitter will have academic significance...as a business school case study of how to ruin an established social network.
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The other day Manchester United’s co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said the UK had been "colonised by immigrants"….today there’s this billboard outside of Old Trafford 🔥….way to go Manchester 💪!
February 13, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The other day Manchester United’s co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said the UK had been "colonised by immigrants"….today there’s this billboard outside of Old Trafford 🔥….way to go Manchester 💪!
New Zealand is dealing with the climate crisis in its own inimitable way by removing a protected cycleway in Blenhiem, a small town which is flat as a tack and could support a very high cycle mode share.
This could've been part of a well-developed network. But nooo 🤦♂️
www.1news.co.nz/2026/02/13/c...
This could've been part of a well-developed network. But nooo 🤦♂️
www.1news.co.nz/2026/02/13/c...
Controversial Blenheim cycle lane to be revamped
Marlborough District Council said the cycle lane along Eltham Rd would no longer be separated from the road by kerbing.
www.1news.co.nz
February 14, 2026 at 6:16 AM
New Zealand is dealing with the climate crisis in its own inimitable way by removing a protected cycleway in Blenhiem, a small town which is flat as a tack and could support a very high cycle mode share.
This could've been part of a well-developed network. But nooo 🤦♂️
www.1news.co.nz/2026/02/13/c...
This could've been part of a well-developed network. But nooo 🤦♂️
www.1news.co.nz/2026/02/13/c...