Karl
@karlj21.bsky.social
Architect. sustainability, cycling, running, nature
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The painted trees, the air so still,
The rustling leaves that strew the hill
John Clare
The rustling leaves that strew the hill
John Clare
October 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The painted trees, the air so still,
The rustling leaves that strew the hill
John Clare
The rustling leaves that strew the hill
John Clare
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I’m quoted in this one. Please give it a read and share it.
By me this week - the happiest thing I've got to report of late, with a glorious trip over the summer to Montreal
"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."
www.economist.com/internationa...
"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."
www.economist.com/internationa...
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war
www.economist.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I’m quoted in this one. Please give it a read and share it.
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So high time for all Councils to be out planting the streets with shade trees
Maybe Fed Govt could even help - such a tangible project better than a fake ‘offset’ scheme!
Maybe Fed Govt could even help - such a tangible project better than a fake ‘offset’ scheme!
October 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
So high time for all Councils to be out planting the streets with shade trees
Maybe Fed Govt could even help - such a tangible project better than a fake ‘offset’ scheme!
Maybe Fed Govt could even help - such a tangible project better than a fake ‘offset’ scheme!
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Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela
Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.
www.theatlantic.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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South Australia hit –11¢/kWh today—and it’s not even summer. 135% renewables in the grid, utilities paying us to use energy. This is the future Tony Seba mapped out: solar, wind & batteries pushing prices below zero. Fossil baseload is fading fast; superabundance nears. #EnergyTransition #Renewables
September 7, 2025 at 4:02 AM
South Australia hit –11¢/kWh today—and it’s not even summer. 135% renewables in the grid, utilities paying us to use energy. This is the future Tony Seba mapped out: solar, wind & batteries pushing prices below zero. Fossil baseload is fading fast; superabundance nears. #EnergyTransition #Renewables
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Why don’t you send everyone proof of life first?
(Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)
(Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)
August 31, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Why don’t you send everyone proof of life first?
(Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)
(Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)
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The way that housing co-ops work in Switzerland may seem foreign to many. But the central idea is simple: What if homeownership had no profit motive and no capital gains? Advocates say their model could reshape how the world thinks about affordable housing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...
August 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The way that housing co-ops work in Switzerland may seem foreign to many. But the central idea is simple: What if homeownership had no profit motive and no capital gains? Advocates say their model could reshape how the world thinks about affordable housing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...
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One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen, was filled with cars until a 2 year pedestrianization pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued “no cars means no business,” but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street.
August 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM
One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen, was filled with cars until a 2 year pedestrianization pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued “no cars means no business,” but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street.
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Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘August’ (Whitbread calendar, 1958)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
‘August’ (Whitbread calendar, 1958)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
August 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘August’ (Whitbread calendar, 1958)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
‘August’ (Whitbread calendar, 1958)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
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EU fossil fuel share is collapsing. Coal, oil + gas 🔥
Top drops from 2004 → 2024:
🇩🇰 Denmark: 76% → 12% 🏆
🇵🇹 Portugal: 73% → 15%
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 91% → 46%
🇮🇪 Ireland: 95% → 55%
🇬🇷 Greece: 90% → 50%
🇫🇮 Finland: 44% → 5%
Clean power isn’t a future dream—it’s already the present. ⚡ #EnergyTransition #EU
Top drops from 2004 → 2024:
🇩🇰 Denmark: 76% → 12% 🏆
🇵🇹 Portugal: 73% → 15%
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 91% → 46%
🇮🇪 Ireland: 95% → 55%
🇬🇷 Greece: 90% → 50%
🇫🇮 Finland: 44% → 5%
Clean power isn’t a future dream—it’s already the present. ⚡ #EnergyTransition #EU
July 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
EU fossil fuel share is collapsing. Coal, oil + gas 🔥
Top drops from 2004 → 2024:
🇩🇰 Denmark: 76% → 12% 🏆
🇵🇹 Portugal: 73% → 15%
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 91% → 46%
🇮🇪 Ireland: 95% → 55%
🇬🇷 Greece: 90% → 50%
🇫🇮 Finland: 44% → 5%
Clean power isn’t a future dream—it’s already the present. ⚡ #EnergyTransition #EU
Top drops from 2004 → 2024:
🇩🇰 Denmark: 76% → 12% 🏆
🇵🇹 Portugal: 73% → 15%
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 91% → 46%
🇮🇪 Ireland: 95% → 55%
🇬🇷 Greece: 90% → 50%
🇫🇮 Finland: 44% → 5%
Clean power isn’t a future dream—it’s already the present. ⚡ #EnergyTransition #EU
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Stage 7 Saint-Malo to Mûr-de-Bretagne Guerlédan - Big stack in the final kms #letourdepoupees #couchpeloton #sbscycling #TDF2025
July 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Stage 7 Saint-Malo to Mûr-de-Bretagne Guerlédan - Big stack in the final kms #letourdepoupees #couchpeloton #sbscycling #TDF2025
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Stage 1 Lille Métropole to Lille Métropole - Typical crash on the cobbles...uphill #letourdepoupees #couchpeloton #sbscycling #TDF2025
July 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Stage 1 Lille Métropole to Lille Métropole - Typical crash on the cobbles...uphill #letourdepoupees #couchpeloton #sbscycling #TDF2025
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“You have to hold developers to high standards. You don’t just let anything get built. The answer isn’t to say ‘no’ to everything—it’s to say, ‘Yes, if.’ If it meets our vision. If it improves our public realm. If it creates benefits, not just burdens.”
My @sarasotamagazine.bsky.social interview.
My @sarasotamagazine.bsky.social interview.
Urbanist Brent Toderian Says Tall Buildings Are Not the Problem
“Sarasota has a huge disconnect between the types of developments being built and the actual needs of the community."
www.sarasotamagazine.com
July 6, 2025 at 2:08 AM
“You have to hold developers to high standards. You don’t just let anything get built. The answer isn’t to say ‘no’ to everything—it’s to say, ‘Yes, if.’ If it meets our vision. If it improves our public realm. If it creates benefits, not just burdens.”
My @sarasotamagazine.bsky.social interview.
My @sarasotamagazine.bsky.social interview.
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July 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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downloading this before a flight is solidarity
June 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
downloading this before a flight is solidarity
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We’re getting f*## at both ends by counterfeit products, and Amazon and Wallmart continue to sell these terrible fakes.
Enjoying our growing pains at www.Yetch.Studio.
Enjoying our growing pains at www.Yetch.Studio.
June 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
We’re getting f*## at both ends by counterfeit products, and Amazon and Wallmart continue to sell these terrible fakes.
Enjoying our growing pains at www.Yetch.Studio.
Enjoying our growing pains at www.Yetch.Studio.
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Visit to #parisproject, largest social housing provider in central Paris, housing 1 in 9 citizens!
Run in assoc’n with City of Paris, it renovates their old buildings, converts redundant Govt buildings & builds new ones.
Aim to house 25% Paris pop’n, mix of income brackets.
But still waiting list…
Run in assoc’n with City of Paris, it renovates their old buildings, converts redundant Govt buildings & builds new ones.
Aim to house 25% Paris pop’n, mix of income brackets.
But still waiting list…
May 17, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Visit to #parisproject, largest social housing provider in central Paris, housing 1 in 9 citizens!
Run in assoc’n with City of Paris, it renovates their old buildings, converts redundant Govt buildings & builds new ones.
Aim to house 25% Paris pop’n, mix of income brackets.
But still waiting list…
Run in assoc’n with City of Paris, it renovates their old buildings, converts redundant Govt buildings & builds new ones.
Aim to house 25% Paris pop’n, mix of income brackets.
But still waiting list…
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Attention Street Design Nerds! One of the most intriguing cities in recent years at reconsidering streets for people instead of just for cars, Oslo Norway, translated their great Street Design Manual into English and put it on-line. It’s worth digging into. #Oslo
www.oslo.kommune.no/getfile.php/...
www.oslo.kommune.no/getfile.php/...
May 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Attention Street Design Nerds! One of the most intriguing cities in recent years at reconsidering streets for people instead of just for cars, Oslo Norway, translated their great Street Design Manual into English and put it on-line. It’s worth digging into. #Oslo
www.oslo.kommune.no/getfile.php/...
www.oslo.kommune.no/getfile.php/...
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Rise in renewable share in Labor's first term, each of the 3 years:
- 4%
- 3%
- 1%
Rise required each year until 2028:
8.6%
New @reneweconomy.com.au piece w/ 4 key numbers for next three years under @albomp.bsky.social / @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social
reneweconomy.com.au/labors-next-...
- 4%
- 3%
- 1%
Rise required each year until 2028:
8.6%
New @reneweconomy.com.au piece w/ 4 key numbers for next three years under @albomp.bsky.social / @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social
reneweconomy.com.au/labors-next-...
May 6, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Rise in renewable share in Labor's first term, each of the 3 years:
- 4%
- 3%
- 1%
Rise required each year until 2028:
8.6%
New @reneweconomy.com.au piece w/ 4 key numbers for next three years under @albomp.bsky.social / @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social
reneweconomy.com.au/labors-next-...
- 4%
- 3%
- 1%
Rise required each year until 2028:
8.6%
New @reneweconomy.com.au piece w/ 4 key numbers for next three years under @albomp.bsky.social / @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social
reneweconomy.com.au/labors-next-...
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Not a single seat for Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party in the HoR. Waiting to see Senate results. #auspol #AusVotes25 #OneNation
May 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Not a single seat for Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party in the HoR. Waiting to see Senate results. #auspol #AusVotes25 #OneNation
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If Labor was smart, they'd:
• ignore the pro-LNP media (esp. NewsCorp). They don't represent the views of most Australians.
• be principled. Take real action to address climate, housing, education, healthcare.
• This will shore up support among informed young voters for 2028.
#auspol #AusVotes25
• ignore the pro-LNP media (esp. NewsCorp). They don't represent the views of most Australians.
• be principled. Take real action to address climate, housing, education, healthcare.
• This will shore up support among informed young voters for 2028.
#auspol #AusVotes25
May 4, 2025 at 6:55 AM
If Labor was smart, they'd:
• ignore the pro-LNP media (esp. NewsCorp). They don't represent the views of most Australians.
• be principled. Take real action to address climate, housing, education, healthcare.
• This will shore up support among informed young voters for 2028.
#auspol #AusVotes25
• ignore the pro-LNP media (esp. NewsCorp). They don't represent the views of most Australians.
• be principled. Take real action to address climate, housing, education, healthcare.
• This will shore up support among informed young voters for 2028.
#auspol #AusVotes25
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Volz: I’m 102 years old. I taught for more than 20 years and have always been a great believer in American independence and good taste.
We have a president who has no dignity and no sense of the dignity of a human being, especially one who is old and expects to die any minute.
We have a president who has no dignity and no sense of the dignity of a human being, especially one who is old and expects to die any minute.
April 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Volz: I’m 102 years old. I taught for more than 20 years and have always been a great believer in American independence and good taste.
We have a president who has no dignity and no sense of the dignity of a human being, especially one who is old and expects to die any minute.
We have a president who has no dignity and no sense of the dignity of a human being, especially one who is old and expects to die any minute.
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Beyond Amsterdam: 9 Underrated Destinations for Bicycle-Loving Travelers.
momentummag.com/beyond-amste...
momentummag.com/beyond-amste...
Beyond Amsterdam: 9 Underrated Destinations for Bicycle-Loving Travelers
Here are seven underrated cities that offer incredible bike infrastructure, scenic routes, and a cycling-friendly atmosphere.
momentummag.com
April 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Beyond Amsterdam: 9 Underrated Destinations for Bicycle-Loving Travelers.
momentummag.com/beyond-amste...
momentummag.com/beyond-amste...
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“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
grist.org
March 20, 2025 at 5:50 AM
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.