Juli Sikorska (she/her)
julisikorska.bsky.social
Juli Sikorska (she/her)
@julisikorska.bsky.social
hello this is dog disguised as the human who feeds me and runs Urban Heat Studio. Climate, Futures, Imagination, Systemic & Experiential Interventions, Collectives. Improv @ Comedy Cafe Berlin. julisikorska.com + urbanheat.studio
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Interesting to imagine futures where rural & urban churches become "cool [literally] places" amidst hot future Britain—every village has one.

I remember (the brilliant) Juli Sikorska urbanheat.studio suggesting cinemas might be reframed as places that are cool & just happen to provide entertainment
“I’m not at all judging of people who use air conditioners but this [church] isn’t using any fuel to cool down, it’s happening quite naturally,” says Rev Annie Blyth.

Less AC, more JC, if you like.

www.thereengineer.pro/p/churches-s...
Churches say ‘we’re cool’ as climate change supercharges heatwaves
Old stone and concrete buildings are a secret weapon in a warming world
www.thereengineer.pro
June 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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you say "i asked chatgpt"
i hear "i asked [an improv comedy group]"

an improv group wrote this report
instead of a therapist i use an improv comedy group
chatgpt is much like an improv comedy group

1) you are the audience, giving it prompts
2) it produces things roughly shaped like your prompt
3) it is trained to respond with Yes, And
4) it has the factual accuracy of improv
5) it does not understand comedy
This is fascinating: www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/s/I...

Someone “worked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…
July 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM