Mark Dando
@markdando.bsky.social
Human-scale cities, media, language. Canberra and Sydney
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Huge win from the Greater Canberra crew! In just four years, GC’s ragtag bunch of volunteers have completely reshaped Canberra politics, redesigned the entire planning scheme and secured crosspartisan support for the changes.
MISSING MIDDLE IS COMING TO CANBERRA!
The ACT Government has today released its Missing Middle plan to enable more medium-density housing across Canberra.
The ACT Government has today released its Missing Middle plan to enable more medium-density housing across Canberra.
May 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Huge win from the Greater Canberra crew! In just four years, GC’s ragtag bunch of volunteers have completely reshaped Canberra politics, redesigned the entire planning scheme and secured crosspartisan support for the changes.
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Line goes up – the early voting line, that is.
April 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Line goes up – the early voting line, that is.
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Can all good people please share above post, this is my last attempt before I give up on BlueSky.
@ronnisalt.bsky.social
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@davidshoebridge.bsky.social
@barbarapocock.bsky.social
@zoedaniel.bsky.social
@worldzonfire.bsky.social
@ronnisalt.bsky.social
@deniseshrivell.bsky.social
@davidshoebridge.bsky.social
@barbarapocock.bsky.social
@zoedaniel.bsky.social
@worldzonfire.bsky.social
April 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Can all good people please share above post, this is my last attempt before I give up on BlueSky.
@ronnisalt.bsky.social
@deniseshrivell.bsky.social
@davidshoebridge.bsky.social
@barbarapocock.bsky.social
@zoedaniel.bsky.social
@worldzonfire.bsky.social
@ronnisalt.bsky.social
@deniseshrivell.bsky.social
@davidshoebridge.bsky.social
@barbarapocock.bsky.social
@zoedaniel.bsky.social
@worldzonfire.bsky.social
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"almost every night since Oct 2023, even during his hospitalization, Pope Francis made a daily phone call to the only Catholic parish in the Gaza Strip to check on their safety and offer words of prayer and support. His last public act, the day before he died, was to call for a ceasefire in Gaza."
BREAKING: Pope Francis Dies at 88. Here's How He Should Be Remembered
The late pontiff was a progressive pope who was outspoken on Trump, Gaza, the climate, and more.
zeteo.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"almost every night since Oct 2023, even during his hospitalization, Pope Francis made a daily phone call to the only Catholic parish in the Gaza Strip to check on their safety and offer words of prayer and support. His last public act, the day before he died, was to call for a ceasefire in Gaza."
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Everybody loves nuclear … in theory. Visit Chartbook Top Link for more insights. Link in the comment.
April 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Everybody loves nuclear … in theory. Visit Chartbook Top Link for more insights. Link in the comment.
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It’s still a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history.
Please share it as much as you can.
Please share it as much as you can.
April 2, 2025 at 4:49 AM
It’s still a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history.
Please share it as much as you can.
Please share it as much as you can.
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Rotating back to China: South-east Asian markets roiled as investors turn to China. Visit Chartbook Top Link for more!
April 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Rotating back to China: South-east Asian markets roiled as investors turn to China. Visit Chartbook Top Link for more!
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French teenagers are using minicars to get to school:
"In this rural commune of 2800 inhabitants, about twenty kilometers southeast of Lille, minicars have become the preferred solution for high school students lacking school transportation."
A big part of the appeal: No driver's license required.
"In this rural commune of 2800 inhabitants, about twenty kilometers southeast of Lille, minicars have become the preferred solution for high school students lacking school transportation."
A big part of the appeal: No driver's license required.
Elle détrône le scooter et la mobylette : comment la voiturette s'impose chez les lycéens | TF1 INFO
[VIDÉO] Les voitures sans permis sont en train de remplacer les scooters et autres mobylettes. Autorisées dès l'âge de quatorze ans, elles colonisent les parkings de collèges et lycées. À Genech, en ...
www.tf1info.fr
April 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
French teenagers are using minicars to get to school:
"In this rural commune of 2800 inhabitants, about twenty kilometers southeast of Lille, minicars have become the preferred solution for high school students lacking school transportation."
A big part of the appeal: No driver's license required.
"In this rural commune of 2800 inhabitants, about twenty kilometers southeast of Lille, minicars have become the preferred solution for high school students lacking school transportation."
A big part of the appeal: No driver's license required.
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Gang-gang
describes the “cockatoo” call in the Wiradjuri dialect
describes the “cockatoo” call in the Wiradjuri dialect
Isn’t this the cutest little gang gang? #birds 🪶 (pic from Canberra).
March 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Gang-gang
describes the “cockatoo” call in the Wiradjuri dialect
describes the “cockatoo” call in the Wiradjuri dialect
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In an effort to counter left dumb, it’s clear. No one is asking you to sell your Tesla as that does nothing to affect the company revenues or share price.
The goal is to damage Musk’s wealth and force him out as CEO. Meanwhile it’s a proxy for antifascist action that needs its own identity.
The goal is to damage Musk’s wealth and force him out as CEO. Meanwhile it’s a proxy for antifascist action that needs its own identity.
Protests hit Tesla dealerships across the world in challenge to Elon Musk
From Australia to Europe and the US, demonstrators rallied against carmaker’s dismantling of US federal government
www.theguardian.com
March 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
In an effort to counter left dumb, it’s clear. No one is asking you to sell your Tesla as that does nothing to affect the company revenues or share price.
The goal is to damage Musk’s wealth and force him out as CEO. Meanwhile it’s a proxy for antifascist action that needs its own identity.
The goal is to damage Musk’s wealth and force him out as CEO. Meanwhile it’s a proxy for antifascist action that needs its own identity.
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A slide about the death toll in Gaza “could be perceived as antisemitic.”
March 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A slide about the death toll in Gaza “could be perceived as antisemitic.”
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Important point from constitutional law expert Anne Twomey that regardless of results the PM stays as incumbent until they resign. It means if there’s no majority, unless crossbenchers vote for no confidence post-#ausvotes in an ALP Govt it can continue www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol
All signs point to a hung parliament: what does this mean, and what should crossbenchers do?
‘Don’t be bullied by anyone’ and avoid ‘horse trading’. Former kingmakers Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott advise new crop of independents
www.theguardian.com
March 30, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Important point from constitutional law expert Anne Twomey that regardless of results the PM stays as incumbent until they resign. It means if there’s no majority, unless crossbenchers vote for no confidence post-#ausvotes in an ALP Govt it can continue www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol
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Interesting new paper on “motonormativity”, the tendency to view the motorist as the normal traveler and all others as alternative or marginal. By @ianwalker.bsky.social and Marco te Brőmmelstroet. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....
March 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Interesting new paper on “motonormativity”, the tendency to view the motorist as the normal traveler and all others as alternative or marginal. By @ianwalker.bsky.social and Marco te Brőmmelstroet. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....
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Although the initial figures do not include fatalities from inside Mandalay, the city is known to have sustained some of the worst damage from the quake and emergency workers estimated that “hundreds” had been killed
Read more:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/144-...
Read more:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/144-...
March 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Although the initial figures do not include fatalities from inside Mandalay, the city is known to have sustained some of the worst damage from the quake and emergency workers estimated that “hundreds” had been killed
Read more:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/144-...
Read more:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/144-...
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Historic Mandalay Palace damaged, Sagaing bridge destroyed; fears grow for residents trapped in collapsed buildings
More at:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/brea...
More at:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/brea...
March 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Historic Mandalay Palace damaged, Sagaing bridge destroyed; fears grow for residents trapped in collapsed buildings
More at:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/brea...
More at:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/brea...
Reliable source of news on the country generally myanmar-now.org/en/news/brea...
BREAKING: Powerful earthquake strikes Myanmar, hitting Sagaing and Mandalay hardest
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 struck Sagaing Region in northwestern Myanmar today. Tremors were felt across several towns, including Sagaing, Mandalay, Kyaukse, Pyin Oo Lwin, and Shweb...
myanmar-now.org
March 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Reliable source of news on the country generally myanmar-now.org/en/news/brea...
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Auto parts cross the Canada-U.S. border six times on average before final assembly. In a trade crisis, that’s a vulnerability.
It’s time to build more cars right here at home with an All-In-Canada auto manufacturing network.
It’s time to build more cars right here at home with an All-In-Canada auto manufacturing network.
March 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Auto parts cross the Canada-U.S. border six times on average before final assembly. In a trade crisis, that’s a vulnerability.
It’s time to build more cars right here at home with an All-In-Canada auto manufacturing network.
It’s time to build more cars right here at home with an All-In-Canada auto manufacturing network.
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The RiotACT has published an absolutely delightful story interviewing PTCBR member Kyle Hanley about his winning regional public transport map!
the-riotact.com/this...
the-riotact.com/this...
This Canberra bus enthusiast has just saved you from a lot of Googling | Riotact
For the first time, Canberrans looking to travel interstate without using a car now have a one-stop shop to see…
the-riotact.com
March 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The RiotACT has published an absolutely delightful story interviewing PTCBR member Kyle Hanley about his winning regional public transport map!
the-riotact.com/this...
the-riotact.com/this...
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Right now people are planning their journeys to the Lake and New Acton, thinking this bus stop is still operational. @Transport_CBR needs to urgently update MyWay+ and the journey planner to reflect that the bus stop is closed.
March 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Right now people are planning their journeys to the Lake and New Acton, thinking this bus stop is still operational. @Transport_CBR needs to urgently update MyWay+ and the journey planner to reflect that the bus stop is closed.
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Anti-trammers: We must not burden our grandkids with light rail!
Grandkids: 🚊🚊🚊
Grandkids: 🚊🚊🚊
March 24, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Anti-trammers: We must not burden our grandkids with light rail!
Grandkids: 🚊🚊🚊
Grandkids: 🚊🚊🚊
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"We are insecure, afraid of abandonment and constantly in search of reassurance from a great and powerful protector. And we are diffident in our ability to self-affirm, always looking for American or British approval."
But that can change, says Allan Behm. Now.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
But that can change, says Allan Behm. Now.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia is a 21st-century power. Why hide behind the sham comfort of ‘punching above our weight’? | Allan Behm
In this adapted extract from What’s the Big Idea?, international security analyst Allan Behm explains how ‘middle power’ Australia can realise its agency in the era of Trump
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"We are insecure, afraid of abandonment and constantly in search of reassurance from a great and powerful protector. And we are diffident in our ability to self-affirm, always looking for American or British approval."
But that can change, says Allan Behm. Now.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
But that can change, says Allan Behm. Now.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Seventy years ago, the writer Lewis Mumford warned that urban highways would be a disaster:
“This is pyramid building with a vengeance, a tomb of concrete roads and ramps covering the dead corpse of a city.”
He was right. We just didn’t listen.
Me, in CityLab 🧵
“This is pyramid building with a vengeance, a tomb of concrete roads and ramps covering the dead corpse of a city.”
He was right. We just didn’t listen.
Me, in CityLab 🧵
The Dark Prophet of Car-Clogged Cities
70 years before congestion pricing landed in New York City, Lewis Mumford sounded the alarm on letting automobiles run amok in America’s downtowns.
www.bloomberg.com
March 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Seventy years ago, the writer Lewis Mumford warned that urban highways would be a disaster:
“This is pyramid building with a vengeance, a tomb of concrete roads and ramps covering the dead corpse of a city.”
He was right. We just didn’t listen.
Me, in CityLab 🧵
“This is pyramid building with a vengeance, a tomb of concrete roads and ramps covering the dead corpse of a city.”
He was right. We just didn’t listen.
Me, in CityLab 🧵