Ran Boydell
@ranboydell.bsky.social
Australian architect working in Aus+UK, pioneer of sustainable homes, built environment research, posts on #climatechange #netzero #architecture #housing #ecoart #leadership
"The limit on action is culture not capacity."
www.ecohus.net
#allmyownwork
"The limit on action is culture not capacity."
www.ecohus.net
#allmyownwork
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The Dawlish - Teignmouth railway line feels like the absolute front line of climate adaptation in Britain (a test we are not passing so far).
And yet somehow, somehow, this article manages to go in-depth on the problems with the line without mentioning the climate once. The sea is literally higher!
And yet somehow, somehow, this article manages to go in-depth on the problems with the line without mentioning the climate once. The sea is literally higher!
Fresh fears for South West's rail link in Dawlish after storms
Taxpayer money has flowed into fixing the rail line connecting Cornwall with the rest of the UK - but the elements have other ideas.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 8:27 PM
The Dawlish - Teignmouth railway line feels like the absolute front line of climate adaptation in Britain (a test we are not passing so far).
And yet somehow, somehow, this article manages to go in-depth on the problems with the line without mentioning the climate once. The sea is literally higher!
And yet somehow, somehow, this article manages to go in-depth on the problems with the line without mentioning the climate once. The sea is literally higher!
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a gorgeous 8-story single stair social housing development in paris w/ flats and maisonettes from 1-3 bedrooms.
great stuff. stunning interiors.
divisare.com/projects/551...
great stuff. stunning interiors.
divisare.com/projects/551...
Nicolas Hugoo Architecture, Pierre-Romain Guedj, Charly Broyez, 11H45 · 36 Social flats
Volumetry serving the urban project
This parallelogram-shaped lot necessitated the present building with its sharp angle. The location and volumetry of the project seek to soften this angularity by pl...
divisare.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:37 PM
a gorgeous 8-story single stair social housing development in paris w/ flats and maisonettes from 1-3 bedrooms.
great stuff. stunning interiors.
divisare.com/projects/551...
great stuff. stunning interiors.
divisare.com/projects/551...
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Something incredible is happening in Spain
February 15, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Something incredible is happening in Spain
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When Trump announced the change, he said fossil fuels have “saved millions of lives” all over the world.
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/trump-h...
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/trump-h...
February 15, 2026 at 9:21 PM
When Trump announced the change, he said fossil fuels have “saved millions of lives” all over the world.
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/trump-h...
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/trump-h...
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OpenAI ”acknowledged in its own research that LLMs will always produce hallucinations due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering, marking a significant admission from one of the AI industry’s leading companies.”
You can’t trust chatbots.
You can’t trust chatbots.
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:25 PM
OpenAI ”acknowledged in its own research that LLMs will always produce hallucinations due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering, marking a significant admission from one of the AI industry’s leading companies.”
You can’t trust chatbots.
You can’t trust chatbots.
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Sea Ranch started out as a planned Californian community in the 1960s. Now you can stay in some of its renovated modernist homes, each embracing its natural context www.wallpaper.com/travel/sea-r...
February 15, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Sea Ranch started out as a planned Californian community in the 1960s. Now you can stay in some of its renovated modernist homes, each embracing its natural context www.wallpaper.com/travel/sea-r...
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Kal Glanznig had his urine tested as part of an upcoming documentary exploring plastic pollution in Australia. The results left him speechless.
A urine test for plastic chemicals set this 25-year-old on a mission to find solutions for pollution
Kal Glanznig had his urine tested as part of an upcoming documentary exploring plastic pollution in Australia. The results left him speechless.
www.abc.net.au
February 15, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Kal Glanznig had his urine tested as part of an upcoming documentary exploring plastic pollution in Australia. The results left him speechless.
February 15, 2026 at 12:29 AM
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After years of delays, the Pilbara's largest carbon emitters are testing greener ways to haul iron ore, and Andrew Forrest has now joined their ranks.
Forrest launches battery-powered trains as green deadline nears
After years of delays, the Pilbara's largest carbon emitters are testing greener ways to haul iron ore, and Andrew Forrest has now joined their ranks.
www.abc.net.au
February 14, 2026 at 11:08 PM
After years of delays, the Pilbara's largest carbon emitters are testing greener ways to haul iron ore, and Andrew Forrest has now joined their ranks.
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New toys reneweconomy.com.au/fortescue-la...
Fortescue launches its first electric locomotives - with batteries the size of more than 200 Tesla EVs
Fortescue has launched the first of its massive battery trains, which it says the hardest part of its goal to eliminate fossil fuels by 2030.
reneweconomy.com.au
February 14, 2026 at 11:25 PM
New toys reneweconomy.com.au/fortescue-la...
"The fashionable cringe about that period underplays the hideousness of most of the rest of world history. Even with all the defects and hypocrisies, it doesn’t get to look any better than that."
Janan Ganesh
Janan Ganesh
Liberals should mourn the passing world
Why apologise for what was the most successful international order in history?
www.ft.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:01 PM
"The fashionable cringe about that period underplays the hideousness of most of the rest of world history. Even with all the defects and hypocrisies, it doesn’t get to look any better than that."
Janan Ganesh
Janan Ganesh
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China’s Yangtze River shows signs of remarkable recovery after fishing ban
- the most positive freshwater conservation story in the world in 20 years, says one veteran biologist
Story by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- the most positive freshwater conservation story in the world in 20 years, says one veteran biologist
Story by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
China’s Yangtze River shows signs of remarkable recovery after fishing ban
Doubling of fish biomass and rebounding of endangered species shows government measures starting to work, biologists say
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:58 AM
China’s Yangtze River shows signs of remarkable recovery after fishing ban
- the most positive freshwater conservation story in the world in 20 years, says one veteran biologist
Story by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- the most positive freshwater conservation story in the world in 20 years, says one veteran biologist
Story by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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China's Xinhua news agency has just published this editorial cartoon in response to Trump's rejection of climate policies.
It is pretty clear that China views this as a HUGE geopolitical fumble by the US leaving the field clear for China's to win the global race to clean-tech hegemony
It is pretty clear that China views this as a HUGE geopolitical fumble by the US leaving the field clear for China's to win the global race to clean-tech hegemony
February 14, 2026 at 12:20 PM
China's Xinhua news agency has just published this editorial cartoon in response to Trump's rejection of climate policies.
It is pretty clear that China views this as a HUGE geopolitical fumble by the US leaving the field clear for China's to win the global race to clean-tech hegemony
It is pretty clear that China views this as a HUGE geopolitical fumble by the US leaving the field clear for China's to win the global race to clean-tech hegemony
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I dont know what everyone is so worked up on how long solar panels can last.
The avg useful life of a vehicle is 12-16 yrs whereas a solar panel is beyond 30 yrs & can last upwards of 50 yrs.
Plus 95-99% of a solar panel is recycable.
The avg useful life of a vehicle is 12-16 yrs whereas a solar panel is beyond 30 yrs & can last upwards of 50 yrs.
Plus 95-99% of a solar panel is recycable.
February 14, 2026 at 4:03 PM
I dont know what everyone is so worked up on how long solar panels can last.
The avg useful life of a vehicle is 12-16 yrs whereas a solar panel is beyond 30 yrs & can last upwards of 50 yrs.
Plus 95-99% of a solar panel is recycable.
The avg useful life of a vehicle is 12-16 yrs whereas a solar panel is beyond 30 yrs & can last upwards of 50 yrs.
Plus 95-99% of a solar panel is recycable.
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Researchers say leptospirosis is emerging as a climate‑driven health threat in Australia, with frequent storms, floods and heatwaves pushing the disease further south.
'More outbreaks' of deadly zoonotic disease in southern Australia
Researchers say leptospirosis is emerging as a climate‑driven health threat in Australia, with frequent storms, floods and heatwaves pushing the disease further south.
www.abc.net.au
February 14, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Researchers say leptospirosis is emerging as a climate‑driven health threat in Australia, with frequent storms, floods and heatwaves pushing the disease further south.
Communal central heating means entire neighbourhoods can be plunged into cold with a single strike.
How a Soviet-era heating system exposes Ukraine to Russian attack – a visual guide
Communal central heating means Moscow can plunge entire neighbourhoods into cold with a single strike
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Communal central heating means entire neighbourhoods can be plunged into cold with a single strike.
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In the Black Square by Vasily Kandinsky, 1923
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137199
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137199
February 14, 2026 at 6:42 AM
In the Black Square by Vasily Kandinsky, 1923
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137199
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137199
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Please who say "beautiful, clean coal" should be made to stand in a coal mine and try breathing for 20 minutes
February 12, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Please who say "beautiful, clean coal" should be made to stand in a coal mine and try breathing for 20 minutes
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My grand theory here: Anthropic, Microsoft and Trump are running what superficially seems like a social responsibility line because it creates permission space for a *massive* build-out of off-grid fossil gas: a shadow fleet of ultra-polluting petrotech.
Anthropic suggest a TARGET for building gas
Anthropic suggest a TARGET for building gas
February 13, 2026 at 7:48 PM
My grand theory here: Anthropic, Microsoft and Trump are running what superficially seems like a social responsibility line because it creates permission space for a *massive* build-out of off-grid fossil gas: a shadow fleet of ultra-polluting petrotech.
Anthropic suggest a TARGET for building gas
Anthropic suggest a TARGET for building gas
"botched implementation and a failure to anticipate how policies would interact have created a perverse situation where it is no longer economical to build homes in one of the world’s most prosperous and desirable cities."
John Burn Murdoch
John Burn Murdoch
How London unwittingly killed housebuilding
A perfect storm of policy and regulatory headwinds has slowed new construction to a trickle
www.ft.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:29 AM
"botched implementation and a failure to anticipate how policies would interact have created a perverse situation where it is no longer economical to build homes in one of the world’s most prosperous and desirable cities."
John Burn Murdoch
John Burn Murdoch
"we get massive production of things such as SUVs, mansions and fast fashion, because these things are highly profitable to capital, but chronic underproduction of obviously necessary things like affordable housing and public transit, because these are much less profitable to capital..."
We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps | Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis
Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp, say Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:25 AM
"we get massive production of things such as SUVs, mansions and fast fashion, because these things are highly profitable to capital, but chronic underproduction of obviously necessary things like affordable housing and public transit, because these are much less profitable to capital..."
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The Tony Blair Institute out there today calling for more oil and gas drilling in an absolute gift for Farage and Badenoch. Government will be forgiven for thinking, with friends like these... www.businessgreen.com/news/4525624...
Government hits back at Tony Blair Institute call to ditch clean power targets
Think tank calls for 'energy strategy reset' to permit more drilling in the North Sea and drop clean power by 2030 goal, sparking criticism from government and analysts
www.businessgreen.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:00 AM
The Tony Blair Institute out there today calling for more oil and gas drilling in an absolute gift for Farage and Badenoch. Government will be forgiven for thinking, with friends like these... www.businessgreen.com/news/4525624...
Large-scale public awareness campaigns are routinely used by governments to change public behaviour and protect our health... but not on our most pressing threat #climate
Slip, slap, sloppy: Squillions spent on public education, but not on our most pressing threat
Clever ads cut smoking among Australians and increased their use of seatbelts and sunscreen – but where’s the education campaign for the dangers of climate change?
www.smh.com.au
February 13, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Large-scale public awareness campaigns are routinely used by governments to change public behaviour and protect our health... but not on our most pressing threat #climate
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As I say here, there is no scientific justification to revoke the engagement finding. In fact, over the last 15+ yrs, the evidence of how climate change affects our health has only grown. Higher risk of allergies, dementia, fertility, heart disease, and death: that’s what’s on the line. @nature.org
There is No Scientific Justification to Revoke the Endangerment Finding
The U.S. EPA's decision to repeal the Endangerment Finding will limit the government's ability to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
www.nature.org
February 12, 2026 at 9:45 PM
As I say here, there is no scientific justification to revoke the engagement finding. In fact, over the last 15+ yrs, the evidence of how climate change affects our health has only grown. Higher risk of allergies, dementia, fertility, heart disease, and death: that’s what’s on the line. @nature.org
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Investors will be looking for a clear signal that Woodside’s next CEO will break from the habit of pursuing high-capex, marginal-return fossil fuel projects, and instead prioritise capital discipline, balance sheet strength and shareholder returns. www.accr.org.au/insights/edi...
February 12, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Investors will be looking for a clear signal that Woodside’s next CEO will break from the habit of pursuing high-capex, marginal-return fossil fuel projects, and instead prioritise capital discipline, balance sheet strength and shareholder returns. www.accr.org.au/insights/edi...