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Living with an urban planner (Emily Bernstein in the New Yorker).
July 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Living with an urban planner (Emily Bernstein in the New Yorker).
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Cherry Vann becomes UK’s first female archbishop after election in Wales
Cherry Vann becomes UK’s first female archbishop after election in Wales
Bishop of Monmouth chosen after Andy John stepped down in June following scandal at Bangor Cathedral
The Bishop of Monmouth, Cherry Vann, has been elected as the new archbishop of Wales, becoming the UK’s first female archbishop and first LGBTQ+ leader in the church in Wales in a symbolic break with recent safeguarding scandals.
Vann, 66, was chosen on Wednesday after an electoral college made up of clergy and laypersons met for two days of deliberations at St Pierre church near Chepstow. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Cherry Vann becomes UK’s first female archbishop after election in Wales
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A cartoon by Adam Sacks. #NewYorkerCartoons
See more cartoons from this week’s issue: www.newyorker.com/gallery/cart...
See more cartoons from this week’s issue: www.newyorker.com/gallery/cart...
July 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
A cartoon by Adam Sacks. #NewYorkerCartoons
See more cartoons from this week’s issue: www.newyorker.com/gallery/cart...
See more cartoons from this week’s issue: www.newyorker.com/gallery/cart...
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⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
July 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
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Please work closely with the Greens. Zack Polanski has an incredible vision, and if Adrian and Ellie win the leadership contest I'd feel better if you and Zarah could hold them to account.
July 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Please work closely with the Greens. Zack Polanski has an incredible vision, and if Adrian and Ellie win the leadership contest I'd feel better if you and Zarah could hold them to account.
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July 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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You see that yellow cargo bikes? 🧐
It's basically the "roadside assistance" truck in cities for cars AND bikes in the Netherlands 🇳🇱.
It's basically the "roadside assistance" truck in cities for cars AND bikes in the Netherlands 🇳🇱.
Hilfe nötig?! Die niederländische Pannenhilfe (für Auto und Rad) kommt auch gerne mal mit dem Fahrrad 🇳🇱❤️🚲
#Verkehrswende
#Verkehrswende
December 13, 2024 at 2:58 PM
You see that yellow cargo bikes? 🧐
It's basically the "roadside assistance" truck in cities for cars AND bikes in the Netherlands 🇳🇱.
It's basically the "roadside assistance" truck in cities for cars AND bikes in the Netherlands 🇳🇱.
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I wish cities had more calm, casual Third Places designed primarily for adults. Spaces where you can go alone or be around others, free from the noise of kids, alcohol, or loud music—a quiet refuge that balances personal time and a sense of community.
December 13, 2024 at 11:02 PM
I wish cities had more calm, casual Third Places designed primarily for adults. Spaces where you can go alone or be around others, free from the noise of kids, alcohol, or loud music—a quiet refuge that balances personal time and a sense of community.
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Rush hour in the centre of the city doesn't have to be loud
November 28, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Rush hour in the centre of the city doesn't have to be loud
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Electoral Reform Society claims to do serious analysis, yet in this chart they use an unreasonable 50% line (shown blue) to how much support an MP should get in a *multi-party* election.
Apply a more sensible 40% line (shown green), and 70+% of Labour and Lib Dem MPs have local majority credibility
Apply a more sensible 40% line (shown green), and 70+% of Labour and Lib Dem MPs have local majority credibility
December 11, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Electoral Reform Society claims to do serious analysis, yet in this chart they use an unreasonable 50% line (shown blue) to how much support an MP should get in a *multi-party* election.
Apply a more sensible 40% line (shown green), and 70+% of Labour and Lib Dem MPs have local majority credibility
Apply a more sensible 40% line (shown green), and 70+% of Labour and Lib Dem MPs have local majority credibility
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Staalstraat, Amsterdam in 1981 and today. Now a cycle only street, which helps to reduce the amount of motor traffic coming into the city.
November 29, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Staalstraat, Amsterdam in 1981 and today. Now a cycle only street, which helps to reduce the amount of motor traffic coming into the city.
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Amazing data - perceptions of Aus fossil fuel industry [employment / contribution to GDP / tax contributions] vs reality - from @australiainstitute.org.au's annual 'Climate of the Nation' survey
What $billions in advertising + compliant cultural capture buys you -->>
apo.org.au/node/329142
What $billions in advertising + compliant cultural capture buys you -->>
apo.org.au/node/329142
November 27, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Amazing data - perceptions of Aus fossil fuel industry [employment / contribution to GDP / tax contributions] vs reality - from @australiainstitute.org.au's annual 'Climate of the Nation' survey
What $billions in advertising + compliant cultural capture buys you -->>
apo.org.au/node/329142
What $billions in advertising + compliant cultural capture buys you -->>
apo.org.au/node/329142
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Under-appreciated election fact...
Number of MPs with majority greater than 10,000:
Labour: 115
Lib Dem: 25
Conservative: 5
Green: 2
Plaid: 2
Number of MPs with majority greater than 10,000:
Labour: 115
Lib Dem: 25
Conservative: 5
Green: 2
Plaid: 2
November 26, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Under-appreciated election fact...
Number of MPs with majority greater than 10,000:
Labour: 115
Lib Dem: 25
Conservative: 5
Green: 2
Plaid: 2
Number of MPs with majority greater than 10,000:
Labour: 115
Lib Dem: 25
Conservative: 5
Green: 2
Plaid: 2
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Using a car costs way more - in both private and public costs - than public transport and other modes. When our government decides to invest in motorways over public transport and to prioritise sprawling car dependent suburbs, they are actively choosing to force up the cost of transport.
November 24, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Using a car costs way more - in both private and public costs - than public transport and other modes. When our government decides to invest in motorways over public transport and to prioritise sprawling car dependent suburbs, they are actively choosing to force up the cost of transport.
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Did you know that The Economist can not just be read on paper and digitally, but comes out as an #audiobook every week?
Read by British actors, not AI, it is one of our best service to readers I think.
Read by British actors, not AI, it is one of our best service to readers I think.
November 24, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Did you know that The Economist can not just be read on paper and digitally, but comes out as an #audiobook every week?
Read by British actors, not AI, it is one of our best service to readers I think.
Read by British actors, not AI, it is one of our best service to readers I think.
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Advisors told Ljubljana’s mayor that pedestrianizing downtown would be political suicide. Eighteen years later, he’s still mayor.
November 24, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Advisors told Ljubljana’s mayor that pedestrianizing downtown would be political suicide. Eighteen years later, he’s still mayor.
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It makes tons of sense. People don’t desire to be flanked by loud, dangerous, stinky cars. They desire to be around people, quieter spaces, and have free flowing access to roam about.
Advisors told Ljubljana’s mayor that pedestrianizing downtown would be political suicide. Eighteen years later, he’s still mayor.
November 24, 2024 at 5:22 PM
It makes tons of sense. People don’t desire to be flanked by loud, dangerous, stinky cars. They desire to be around people, quieter spaces, and have free flowing access to roam about.
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I'd like to submit this picture I took in Tokyo in 2019 of an older woman riding her nifty trike through the streets of (I think) the Ueno neighborhood. In utter safety and confidence.
November 23, 2024 at 4:34 PM
I'd like to submit this picture I took in Tokyo in 2019 of an older woman riding her nifty trike through the streets of (I think) the Ueno neighborhood. In utter safety and confidence.
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I really do not understand economics 🤷♂️
November 20, 2024 at 7:31 AM
I really do not understand economics 🤷♂️
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Okay, seriously, we're at 9.4K.
Can you help us get to 10K by lunchtime?
My boss would go ballistic if we managed it.
Please and thanks. 🇪🇺
Can you help us get to 10K by lunchtime?
My boss would go ballistic if we managed it.
Please and thanks. 🇪🇺
November 18, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Okay, seriously, we're at 9.4K.
Can you help us get to 10K by lunchtime?
My boss would go ballistic if we managed it.
Please and thanks. 🇪🇺
Can you help us get to 10K by lunchtime?
My boss would go ballistic if we managed it.
Please and thanks. 🇪🇺
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When you're due in the Colosseum at 10, but can't resist popping into a NT café on the way #GladiatorII
November 15, 2024 at 3:44 PM
When you're due in the Colosseum at 10, but can't resist popping into a NT café on the way #GladiatorII
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Surprised to know that the overwhelming cause of the massive increase in renewables is China?
'China was the leader in renewable energy installations, with a capacity of around 1,453 gigawatts. The U.S., in second place, had a capacity of around 388 gigawatts'
www.statista.com/statistics/2....
'China was the leader in renewable energy installations, with a capacity of around 1,453 gigawatts. The U.S., in second place, had a capacity of around 388 gigawatts'
www.statista.com/statistics/2....
November 17, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Surprised to know that the overwhelming cause of the massive increase in renewables is China?
'China was the leader in renewable energy installations, with a capacity of around 1,453 gigawatts. The U.S., in second place, had a capacity of around 388 gigawatts'
www.statista.com/statistics/2....
'China was the leader in renewable energy installations, with a capacity of around 1,453 gigawatts. The U.S., in second place, had a capacity of around 388 gigawatts'
www.statista.com/statistics/2....