Peter Hill
@peterkhill.bsky.social
a plain walking-around citizen of Sydney, an architect
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I've proudly said before that the logic of the third worldist is right in many respects and that the law is fake but also the law is real and third worldists themselves have used it to advance their own struggle. I like the law and want it to be enforced. post-ideology is where hitlerism emanates
January 3, 2026 at 10:16 PM
I've proudly said before that the logic of the third worldist is right in many respects and that the law is fake but also the law is real and third worldists themselves have used it to advance their own struggle. I like the law and want it to be enforced. post-ideology is where hitlerism emanates
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Not for the first time, where other European leaders wring their hands over Trump, Spain’s Sánchez draws a line. A stance that is only looking more sensible (more *realistic*) as time goes on.
Pedro Sánchez afirma que España no reconoció al régimen de Maduro, “pero tampoco reconocerá una intervención que viola el derecho internacional”
Sánchez asegura que España no reconocerá “una intervención que viola el derecho internacional”
El Gobierno llama a la “desescalada” en Venezuela tras el ataque de EE UU y se ofrece a mediar; y Feijóo pone el foco en la “férrea dictadura” de Maduro
elpais.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Not for the first time, where other European leaders wring their hands over Trump, Spain’s Sánchez draws a line. A stance that is only looking more sensible (more *realistic*) as time goes on.
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The kidnapping of Maduro inaugurates a highly dangerous era of U.S. empire that for perhaps the first time in an era of mass media is not pretending to be anything other than a violent, extractive enterprise of domination.
A Criminal Empire
The United States launches a conquest and occupation of Venezuela to extract its oil wealth. The neocon dream is the America First dream
www.forever-wars.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The kidnapping of Maduro inaugurates a highly dangerous era of U.S. empire that for perhaps the first time in an era of mass media is not pretending to be anything other than a violent, extractive enterprise of domination.
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The BBC keeps calling the imperialist actions of the US 'unprecedented'; I wonder if they know anything about the history of Latin America in the last 200 years or so.
January 3, 2026 at 12:45 PM
The BBC keeps calling the imperialist actions of the US 'unprecedented'; I wonder if they know anything about the history of Latin America in the last 200 years or so.
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A lifetime of hearing US politicians solemnly intone about the glories of the constitution and the sacredness of law. Now they don’t even have the post 9/11 fig leaf. The whole vast military machinery is the plaything of a senile old man and his corrupt circle and most of them don’t care
January 3, 2026 at 12:58 PM
A lifetime of hearing US politicians solemnly intone about the glories of the constitution and the sacredness of law. Now they don’t even have the post 9/11 fig leaf. The whole vast military machinery is the plaything of a senile old man and his corrupt circle and most of them don’t care
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It’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize
January 3, 2026 at 7:06 AM
It’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize
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If you've missed the story, we've started to use the individual total-blacklist financial sanctions designed to go after terrorists against ICC staff, and are threatening same against EU bureaucrats. Blocked from bank accounts, credit cards, online shopping, air travel, major email providers, etc
guys, "the judges at the ICC are being sanctioned by the USA and can't access their iphones or bank accounts" and "why aren't any countries banning twitter or prosecuting elon musk for owning a site that manufactures CSAM" stories are the same story
January 2, 2026 at 9:02 PM
If you've missed the story, we've started to use the individual total-blacklist financial sanctions designed to go after terrorists against ICC staff, and are threatening same against EU bureaucrats. Blocked from bank accounts, credit cards, online shopping, air travel, major email providers, etc
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Here’s hoping the new year brings us an iconic young lead singer named Polly Crisis.
January 1, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Here’s hoping the new year brings us an iconic young lead singer named Polly Crisis.
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it’s rent day. Mayor Mamdani do something
January 1, 2026 at 3:07 PM
it’s rent day. Mayor Mamdani do something
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January 1, 2026 at 3:47 AM
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Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
As ever - sharing Tennyson’s exhortation to leave the old year dying in the night.
In gratitude, fellow travelers. #everynightapoem
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
As ever - sharing Tennyson’s exhortation to leave the old year dying in the night.
In gratitude, fellow travelers. #everynightapoem
January 1, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
As ever - sharing Tennyson’s exhortation to leave the old year dying in the night.
In gratitude, fellow travelers. #everynightapoem
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
As ever - sharing Tennyson’s exhortation to leave the old year dying in the night.
In gratitude, fellow travelers. #everynightapoem
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Plan your city for people, and you get people.
Sydney pedestrianised George Street, controversially replacing lanes of traffic with a Light Rail line in 2019. The city has never looked back.
Sydney pedestrianised George Street, controversially replacing lanes of traffic with a Light Rail line in 2019. The city has never looked back.
December 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Plan your city for people, and you get people.
Sydney pedestrianised George Street, controversially replacing lanes of traffic with a Light Rail line in 2019. The city has never looked back.
Sydney pedestrianised George Street, controversially replacing lanes of traffic with a Light Rail line in 2019. The city has never looked back.
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‘This year will be harder than last year. On the other hand, it will be easier than next year.’
— Enver Hoxha, New Year’s Day Address, 1967
— Enver Hoxha, New Year’s Day Address, 1967
January 1, 2026 at 2:27 AM
‘This year will be harder than last year. On the other hand, it will be easier than next year.’
— Enver Hoxha, New Year’s Day Address, 1967
— Enver Hoxha, New Year’s Day Address, 1967
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And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been,
Rilke, Letter to Clara (1 Jan 1907)
Rilke, Letter to Clara (1 Jan 1907)
December 31, 2025 at 9:19 AM
And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been,
Rilke, Letter to Clara (1 Jan 1907)
Rilke, Letter to Clara (1 Jan 1907)
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and good perspectives on where we are and where we can go. All my best for 2026.
December 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
and good perspectives on where we are and where we can go. All my best for 2026.
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In the coming year, I wish you all a thriving community
December 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
In the coming year, I wish you all a thriving community
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In Uruguay, families co-own and co-build their homes through housing cooperatives. Some chip in savings, others swing hammers.
The result? Affordable, dignified housing that stays off the private market, and a blueprint the world can learn from.
The result? Affordable, dignified housing that stays off the private market, and a blueprint the world can learn from.
What the world can learn from Uruguay as the global housing crisis deepens
One of Latin America’s smallest nations has a robust network of housing cooperatives, which give access to permanent, affordable housing to citizens at a range of income levels.
buff.ly
December 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
In Uruguay, families co-own and co-build their homes through housing cooperatives. Some chip in savings, others swing hammers.
The result? Affordable, dignified housing that stays off the private market, and a blueprint the world can learn from.
The result? Affordable, dignified housing that stays off the private market, and a blueprint the world can learn from.
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Open up this picture fully.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
December 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Open up this picture fully.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
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🥁✨🎉 **My Top Image of the Year · #1 of 10**
The jaw-dropping early C16th angel roof at St. Wendreda's in March, Cambridgeshire.
Sir John Betjeman said it was “worth cycling forty miles into a headwind to see.”
🤔 He was right.
The jaw-dropping early C16th angel roof at St. Wendreda's in March, Cambridgeshire.
Sir John Betjeman said it was “worth cycling forty miles into a headwind to see.”
🤔 He was right.
December 31, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🥁✨🎉 **My Top Image of the Year · #1 of 10**
The jaw-dropping early C16th angel roof at St. Wendreda's in March, Cambridgeshire.
Sir John Betjeman said it was “worth cycling forty miles into a headwind to see.”
🤔 He was right.
The jaw-dropping early C16th angel roof at St. Wendreda's in March, Cambridgeshire.
Sir John Betjeman said it was “worth cycling forty miles into a headwind to see.”
🤔 He was right.
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Lydia Davis. New Year’s Resolution. ✨
December 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Lydia Davis. New Year’s Resolution. ✨
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MSM has spent more time vilifying a pitch curator in 6 hours than Ben Netanyahu in 2 years.
December 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
MSM has spent more time vilifying a pitch curator in 6 hours than Ben Netanyahu in 2 years.
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I can hardly think of any writing by Rilke that does not evoke intense love in me, or at least the remembrance of having loved it once, intensely.
Yet “Requiem for a Friend" is truly something else.
full text of Mitchell trans. at @theparisreivew.bsky.social www.theparisreview.org/poetry/3205/...
Yet “Requiem for a Friend" is truly something else.
full text of Mitchell trans. at @theparisreivew.bsky.social www.theparisreview.org/poetry/3205/...
December 15, 2024 at 1:04 AM
I can hardly think of any writing by Rilke that does not evoke intense love in me, or at least the remembrance of having loved it once, intensely.
Yet “Requiem for a Friend" is truly something else.
full text of Mitchell trans. at @theparisreivew.bsky.social www.theparisreview.org/poetry/3205/...
Yet “Requiem for a Friend" is truly something else.
full text of Mitchell trans. at @theparisreivew.bsky.social www.theparisreview.org/poetry/3205/...
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As urbanisation accelerates, cities are grappling with unprecedented pressures—from chronic housing shortages to streets overwhelmed by cars. In response, a small but growing group of leaders is matching the scale of the challenge—steering toward a more prosperous, resilient and sustainable future.🧵
December 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
As urbanisation accelerates, cities are grappling with unprecedented pressures—from chronic housing shortages to streets overwhelmed by cars. In response, a small but growing group of leaders is matching the scale of the challenge—steering toward a more prosperous, resilient and sustainable future.🧵