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Stewart Martin
@sgmartin.bsky.social
People & the built environment - their relationship in the context of societal and technological change;
History & Art – principally Renaissance.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stewart-martin-a76b7320/


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I mean could you get more out of touch…or immoral….. we should put more tax on those that have the least, for fear that those with the most will leave the country if we ask them to pay a fair share…?
April 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
FFS!
Donald Trump, "The BRICS nations.. I don't even know if China is a member of BRICS"

Brazil
Russia
India
China
South Africa

👀
February 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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George Monibot, "We have a Chancellor and. Prime Minister who seem to have no vision at all, except this thing called growth, GDP growth"

"GDP should not be used as a measure of national welfare" #BBCQT
February 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Cars are getting 1cm wider every two years. That may not sound much, but over time it adds up, and they're showing no signs of slowing down 😬

That's #carspreading. Our new campaign is calling on city leaders to make parking policies fairer by varying costs based on the size of a car.

Why? 🧵1/8
February 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"Godley went viral (in 2016) after being pictured standing outside Donald Trump's Turnberry Golf resort holding a sign stating "Trump is a C*nt."

RIP Janey Godley en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janey_G...
January 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Prospects for Greenlanders of Trump's proposed Americanisation of their unspoiled land ....
January 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
How ironic: The people of a city that arguably epitomises the 'mores' and materialism of capitalist ideology being exploited by rapacious neoliberalists.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Selling Sunset's Jason says landlords price gouging over LA fires
Real estate mogul Jason Oppenheim says renters are being asked for thousands over previous prices.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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"Siri, what 15 second video clip serves as a metaphor for the culmination of the last half-Century of American-led, fossil fuel driven, neoliberal capitalism?"

[Video by @stuartpalley.bsky.social]
January 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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#ledbydonkeys at the top of their game.
December 17, 2024 at 4:22 PM
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December 16, 2024 at 6:09 PM
👇 from The Economist (September 21st - 27th 2024)
September 24, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Visionary commentary from Jools Holland (speaking in 1996) about the (then) long term future prospects for Canary Wharf when “perhaps, like the warehouses that it replaced, it will be turned into flats because people no longer need offices…”

here👇 @12:15 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
BBC London - Evening News: 19/08/2024
The latest news, sport and weather from London.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 20, 2024 at 9:31 AM
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August 20, 2024 at 7:38 AM
August 19, 2024 at 7:54 PM