Simone Ferracina
@simoneferracina.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Architectural Ecologies + MArch Programme Director, University of Edinburgh. BOOK: Ecologies of Inception: Design Potentials on a Warming Planet. Anti-fascist.
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What might a conceptual and methodological design toolkit look like that addresses the durational + anthropocenic materiality of the 21C, radically prioritizing practices of maintenance, reuse, care + co-option? @simoneferracina.bsky.social explores this question. berlinergazette.de/dispositions...
Dispositions, Affordances, and Being Otherwise: How to Reclaim and Unlock Environmental Potentials · BG · berlinergazette.de · EN|DE
What might a conceptual and methodological design toolkit look like that addresses the durational and anthropocenic materiality of the third millennium, radically prioritizing practices of maintenance...
berlinergazette.de
Wonderful to have this short essay on dispositions, affordances, and the ability to be otherwise on the @berlinergazette.bsky.social, available for free and in both English and German. Thanks Krystian for the invitation!
@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social very large screen on piersfield terrace is flashing/flickering and could be dangerous to/trigger some passersby.
September 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social very large screen on piersfield terrace is flashing/flickering and could be dangerous to/trigger some passersby.
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Breaking News: The EPA moved to stop requiring polluters to report their emissions of greenhouse gases. The proposal would end a key tool the government uses to track carbon dioxide, methane and other gases that are driving climate change.
E.P.A. to Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters
The data, from thousands of coal-burning power plants, oil refineries, steel mills and other industrial facilities, is the country’s most comprehensive way to track greenhouse gases.
nyti.ms
September 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Breaking News: The EPA moved to stop requiring polluters to report their emissions of greenhouse gases. The proposal would end a key tool the government uses to track carbon dioxide, methane and other gases that are driving climate change.
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NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
July 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
RIP Bob Wilson
July 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
RIP Bob Wilson
Republicans re-designate gas as ‘green’ to allow fossil fuel firms to compete for clean energy funding. All forms of reality and shame replaced by the ‘right-wing thrill and sense of exhilaration’ (Butler) attained by the ability to be openly dishonest and irrational.
Red states, defying reality, are reclassifying gas as a “green” fuel
[from our @climatedesk.org partners, @grist.org]
[from our @climatedesk.org partners, @grist.org]
Red states, defying reality, are reclassifying gas as a “green” fuel
The designation, pushed by right-wing think tank ALEC, allows fossil fuel firms to compete for clean energy funding.
www.motherjones.com
July 15, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Republicans re-designate gas as ‘green’ to allow fossil fuel firms to compete for clean energy funding. All forms of reality and shame replaced by the ‘right-wing thrill and sense of exhilaration’ (Butler) attained by the ability to be openly dishonest and irrational.
And they won’t ever be held to account for the immense violence (hunger; sickness) caused by it.
Republican Senators have passed a bill that will have literally deadly consequences for sick & disabled people, & will lead to sickness & disability for many others, on the first day of disability pride month. (I know they don't care).
July 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
And they won’t ever be held to account for the immense violence (hunger; sickness) caused by it.
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The new Senate bill doesn’t just gut renewables. It includes massive giveaways to the fossil fuel industry.
It exempts oil and gas drillers from paying corporate taxes. It gives coal companies a tax credit for burning more coal.
It uses your tax dollars to subsidize climate destruction.
It exempts oil and gas drillers from paying corporate taxes. It gives coal companies a tax credit for burning more coal.
It uses your tax dollars to subsidize climate destruction.
The Senate is about to destroy clean energy to give tax cuts to billionaires
The bill could pass within the next 24 hours.
heated.world
June 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The new Senate bill doesn’t just gut renewables. It includes massive giveaways to the fossil fuel industry.
It exempts oil and gas drillers from paying corporate taxes. It gives coal companies a tax credit for burning more coal.
It uses your tax dollars to subsidize climate destruction.
It exempts oil and gas drillers from paying corporate taxes. It gives coal companies a tax credit for burning more coal.
It uses your tax dollars to subsidize climate destruction.
“This thing called killing innocent people – it's been normalized. We were constantly told there are no noncombatants in Gaza, and apparently that message sank in among the troops." “No one stops to ask why dozens of civilians looking for food are being killed every day.” archive.ph/3LjoW
archive.ph
June 28, 2025 at 10:12 AM
“This thing called killing innocent people – it's been normalized. We were constantly told there are no noncombatants in Gaza, and apparently that message sank in among the troops." “No one stops to ask why dozens of civilians looking for food are being killed every day.” archive.ph/3LjoW
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Children in Gaza dying of thirst after trucks carrying water blocked - UNICEF
Children in Gaza are dying of thirst, says UNICEF
UNICEF has warned that while the world's attention is focused elsewhere, the situation in Gaza is "at the worst it has ever been" with the Palestinian territory hitting "rock bottom".
www.rte.ie
June 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Children in Gaza dying of thirst after trucks carrying water blocked - UNICEF
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In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
June 25, 2025 at 5:54 AM
In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
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Trump’s attacks on Iran were based on vibes, not new intel, two administration officials tell Rolling Stone. “There is no intel,” one of the sources says. “The intelligence assessments have not really changed.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
June 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Trump’s attacks on Iran were based on vibes, not new intel, two administration officials tell Rolling Stone. “There is no intel,” one of the sources says. “The intelligence assessments have not really changed.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Millions of acres worth of public land would be put up for sale in the Senate version of Trump’s big, ugly bill.
It’s a massive privatization of a public good that everyone gets to enjoy – all to finance tax cuts that predominantly flow to the super-rich.
It’s a massive privatization of a public good that everyone gets to enjoy – all to finance tax cuts that predominantly flow to the super-rich.
250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR bill
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in t
www.wilderness.org
June 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Millions of acres worth of public land would be put up for sale in the Senate version of Trump’s big, ugly bill.
It’s a massive privatization of a public good that everyone gets to enjoy – all to finance tax cuts that predominantly flow to the super-rich.
It’s a massive privatization of a public good that everyone gets to enjoy – all to finance tax cuts that predominantly flow to the super-rich.
Judith Butler: “Ok, there are two genders: fascists and anti-fascists.” Brilliant. Via @avaitsopoulou.bsky.social
June 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Judith Butler: “Ok, there are two genders: fascists and anti-fascists.” Brilliant. Via @avaitsopoulou.bsky.social
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In a few short weeks, the Supreme Court may very well find in favor of a man who is suing to stop PrEP coverage for millions because he objects to theoretical possibility that someone he employs could one day access PrEP via insurance, and this "encourages and facilitates homosexual behavior."
May 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
In a few short weeks, the Supreme Court may very well find in favor of a man who is suing to stop PrEP coverage for millions because he objects to theoretical possibility that someone he employs could one day access PrEP via insurance, and this "encourages and facilitates homosexual behavior."
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14,000 babies are at risk of dying in the next 48 hours in Gaza if aid doesn’t reach them, warns Tom Fletcher, the UN’s under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs – a figure he called “utterly chilling.”
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/x26ghx
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/x26ghx
May 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
14,000 babies are at risk of dying in the next 48 hours in Gaza if aid doesn’t reach them, warns Tom Fletcher, the UN’s under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs – a figure he called “utterly chilling.”
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/x26ghx
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/x26ghx
David Farrier‘s new book, Nature‘s Genius: Evolution‘s Lessons for a Changing Planet, sounds amazing. I am also really pleased to have my work on exaptive design featured in the second chapter (The Living City), and to share his pages with so many other friends and collaborators. Highly recommended!
May 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
David Farrier‘s new book, Nature‘s Genius: Evolution‘s Lessons for a Changing Planet, sounds amazing. I am also really pleased to have my work on exaptive design featured in the second chapter (The Living City), and to share his pages with so many other friends and collaborators. Highly recommended!
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This is very good actionable advice for non-transphobes in the UK (I think all I can do is give $ so I will):
Take action now against the Supreme Court ruling and for trans rights
By UCU Commons A core value of UCU Commons is equality and dignity for everyone; but particularly for transgender and nonbinary people whose rights and wellbeing have faced increasing attacks over …
ucucommons.org
April 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is very good actionable advice for non-transphobes in the UK (I think all I can do is give $ so I will):
This looks brilliant!
Today is publication date for our Fragilities volume!
"At a time when it may be easy to fall into a defeatist melancholia, if not outright pessimism, the book is an invitation to think from fragility to build life-affirming politics and ethics"
It's got an amazing line-up & it is open-access! 🤓
"At a time when it may be easy to fall into a defeatist melancholia, if not outright pessimism, the book is an invitation to think from fragility to build life-affirming politics and ethics"
It's got an amazing line-up & it is open-access! 🤓
Fragilities: Essays on the Politics, Ethics, and Aesthetics of Maintenance and Repair
An original essay collection that explores the generative dimensions of fragility, which can help reveal new life-affirming politics and ethics.At a time w
direct.mit.edu
April 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This looks brilliant!
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“I insist on being shocked. I am never going to become immune. I think that’s a kind of failure to see so much of it that you die inside. I want to be surprised and shocked every time.”
― Toni Morrison
― Toni Morrison
March 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“I insist on being shocked. I am never going to become immune. I think that’s a kind of failure to see so much of it that you die inside. I want to be surprised and shocked every time.”
― Toni Morrison
― Toni Morrison
Congratulations to the brilliant Mari Helland, whose work—developed in the MArch programme at ESALA, in the ‘Architecture as Support Structure’ studio run by @sepikar.bsky.social and Naomi De Barr—was just awarded the RSA New Contemporaries Medal for Architecture!
March 22, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Congratulations to the brilliant Mari Helland, whose work—developed in the MArch programme at ESALA, in the ‘Architecture as Support Structure’ studio run by @sepikar.bsky.social and Naomi De Barr—was just awarded the RSA New Contemporaries Medal for Architecture!
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Decent people thank Ukraine.
February 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Decent people thank Ukraine.
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Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
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Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
February 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.