Neil Carhart
@neilcarhart.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Infrastructure Systems.
Mainly systems thinking approaches to health and regenerative design in the built environment at the moment.
Mainly systems thinking approaches to health and regenerative design in the built environment at the moment.
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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My latest: Move over bat tunnel, here’s the wild story of how HS2 were forced to build a multi-million pound bridge for a road that… doesn’t actually exist.
How HS2 built a bridge to nowhere
A state-of-the-art road bridge has been built deep in the heart of rural Buckinghamshire. Designed to carry traffic over the HS2 railway, there's just one tiny problem - there's no actual road.
martinrobbins.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:16 AM
My latest: Move over bat tunnel, here’s the wild story of how HS2 were forced to build a multi-million pound bridge for a road that… doesn’t actually exist.
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I can’t stress this enough: you cannot understand politics without reading this paragraph about why there’s no such thing as a 1/3rd pound hamburger
October 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I can’t stress this enough: you cannot understand politics without reading this paragraph about why there’s no such thing as a 1/3rd pound hamburger
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🔔We are pleased to announce the release of Volume 9, Issue 3 (2025)!
tandfonline.com/toc/rcah20/c...
This new #ThematicIssue: Policy and practice includes 19 articles. Enjoy reading!
#UrbanHealth #HealthyCities #Cities4Health #BuiltEnvironment #CitiesxHealth
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This new #ThematicIssue: Policy and practice includes 19 articles. Enjoy reading!
#UrbanHealth #HealthyCities #Cities4Health #BuiltEnvironment #CitiesxHealth
Cities & Health
Thematic Issue: Policy and practice. Volume 9, Issue 3 of Cities & Health
tandfonline.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:31 AM
🔔We are pleased to announce the release of Volume 9, Issue 3 (2025)!
tandfonline.com/toc/rcah20/c...
This new #ThematicIssue: Policy and practice includes 19 articles. Enjoy reading!
#UrbanHealth #HealthyCities #Cities4Health #BuiltEnvironment #CitiesxHealth
tandfonline.com/toc/rcah20/c...
This new #ThematicIssue: Policy and practice includes 19 articles. Enjoy reading!
#UrbanHealth #HealthyCities #Cities4Health #BuiltEnvironment #CitiesxHealth
How many projectors does Amazon think I need!?
Six projectors is too many projectors.
Six projectors is too many projectors.
October 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
How many projectors does Amazon think I need!?
Six projectors is too many projectors.
Six projectors is too many projectors.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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The IPBES #NexusAssessment Report finds that using a ‘nexus’ approach to address intertwined environmental, social and economic crises is more effective than a siloed approach.
Read more: https://www.ipbes.net/nexus/media-release
Read more: https://www.ipbes.net/nexus/media-release
September 26, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The IPBES #NexusAssessment Report finds that using a ‘nexus’ approach to address intertwined environmental, social and economic crises is more effective than a siloed approach.
Read more: https://www.ipbes.net/nexus/media-release
Read more: https://www.ipbes.net/nexus/media-release
We have a new paper in Cities:
"Health consideration in UK urban development: Systems mapping insights for interventions"
It details systems mapping that informed the design & implementation of 7 joined-up interventions to improve the consideration of health in urban development decision making.
"Health consideration in UK urban development: Systems mapping insights for interventions"
It details systems mapping that informed the design & implementation of 7 joined-up interventions to improve the consideration of health in urban development decision making.
If #health is everyone’s responsibility in #urban development...why is it often nobody’s priority?
We mapped the system using interviews with 132 decision-makers.
It shows
- Where health slips through the cracks
- How 7 interventions could shift the whole system
doi.org/10.1016/j.ci...
We mapped the system using interviews with 132 decision-makers.
It shows
- Where health slips through the cracks
- How 7 interventions could shift the whole system
doi.org/10.1016/j.ci...
September 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
We have a new paper in Cities:
"Health consideration in UK urban development: Systems mapping insights for interventions"
It details systems mapping that informed the design & implementation of 7 joined-up interventions to improve the consideration of health in urban development decision making.
"Health consideration in UK urban development: Systems mapping insights for interventions"
It details systems mapping that informed the design & implementation of 7 joined-up interventions to improve the consideration of health in urban development decision making.
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UK gov's 10 year health plan sets out a focus on prevention to improve health.
New research in @springernature.com Health Research Policy and Systems by @geoffbates.bsky.social demonstrates how to integrate health into urban policy decision making.
Research conducted through TRUUD truud.ac.uk.
New research in @springernature.com Health Research Policy and Systems by @geoffbates.bsky.social demonstrates how to integrate health into urban policy decision making.
Research conducted through TRUUD truud.ac.uk.
August 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
UK gov's 10 year health plan sets out a focus on prevention to improve health.
New research in @springernature.com Health Research Policy and Systems by @geoffbates.bsky.social demonstrates how to integrate health into urban policy decision making.
Research conducted through TRUUD truud.ac.uk.
New research in @springernature.com Health Research Policy and Systems by @geoffbates.bsky.social demonstrates how to integrate health into urban policy decision making.
Research conducted through TRUUD truud.ac.uk.
This post and the replies are great.
It would make a good topic for a ‘true or false’ pub quiz round…
…Could Charlie Chaplin have watched Eraserhead?
…Could Olivia de Havilland have had a TikTok account?
It would make a good topic for a ‘true or false’ pub quiz round…
…Could Charlie Chaplin have watched Eraserhead?
…Could Olivia de Havilland have had a TikTok account?
a thing I have just discovered that feels utterly wrong is that Arthur Miller only died in 2005. he could have seen Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. he could have seen Donnie Darko!
September 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This post and the replies are great.
It would make a good topic for a ‘true or false’ pub quiz round…
…Could Charlie Chaplin have watched Eraserhead?
…Could Olivia de Havilland have had a TikTok account?
It would make a good topic for a ‘true or false’ pub quiz round…
…Could Charlie Chaplin have watched Eraserhead?
…Could Olivia de Havilland have had a TikTok account?
If #health is everyone’s responsibility in #urban development...why is it often nobody’s priority?
We mapped the system using interviews with 132 decision-makers.
It shows
- Where health slips through the cracks
- How 7 interventions could shift the whole system
doi.org/10.1016/j.ci...
We mapped the system using interviews with 132 decision-makers.
It shows
- Where health slips through the cracks
- How 7 interventions could shift the whole system
doi.org/10.1016/j.ci...
September 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
If #health is everyone’s responsibility in #urban development...why is it often nobody’s priority?
We mapped the system using interviews with 132 decision-makers.
It shows
- Where health slips through the cracks
- How 7 interventions could shift the whole system
doi.org/10.1016/j.ci...
We mapped the system using interviews with 132 decision-makers.
It shows
- Where health slips through the cracks
- How 7 interventions could shift the whole system
doi.org/10.1016/j.ci...
Some crazy thunder in Bristol right now.
September 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Some crazy thunder in Bristol right now.
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The design of your city can help make you healthier, study finds.
“A new study in Nature found when people moved from less walkable U.S. cities to more walkable ones, they increased their levels of physical activity and saw health benefits.”
“A new study in Nature found when people moved from less walkable U.S. cities to more walkable ones, they increased their levels of physical activity and saw health benefits.”
The design of your city can help make you healthier, study finds
A new study in Nature found when people moved from less walkable U.S. cities to more walkable ones, they increased their levels of physical activity and saw health benefits.
www.cbc.ca
August 16, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The design of your city can help make you healthier, study finds.
“A new study in Nature found when people moved from less walkable U.S. cities to more walkable ones, they increased their levels of physical activity and saw health benefits.”
“A new study in Nature found when people moved from less walkable U.S. cities to more walkable ones, they increased their levels of physical activity and saw health benefits.”
Weird bit of serendipity.
I watched Sunset Boulevard for the first time last night, obviously staring Swanson and von Stroheim.
I looked up the old silent film they are watching in it and find this article published today about it finally being completed.
I watched Sunset Boulevard for the first time last night, obviously staring Swanson and von Stroheim.
I looked up the old silent film they are watching in it and find this article published today about it finally being completed.
‘Our director is a madman’: a century on, Gloria Swanson’s disastrous film Queen Kelly is finished
The Hollywood icon played a convent girl falling for a prince in this bizarre film directed by Erich von Stroheim. Decades after it was abandoned, Queen Kelly will now be shown at the Venice film fest...
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Weird bit of serendipity.
I watched Sunset Boulevard for the first time last night, obviously staring Swanson and von Stroheim.
I looked up the old silent film they are watching in it and find this article published today about it finally being completed.
I watched Sunset Boulevard for the first time last night, obviously staring Swanson and von Stroheim.
I looked up the old silent film they are watching in it and find this article published today about it finally being completed.
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"When you become less polite, the alteration in your conduct can make you less happy, more depressed, and angrier about life.... Being impolite is more like scratching at your poison-ivy rash. Giving in to the urge makes things worse."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Power of Politeness
Being courteous can be challenging in these times of online snark, but it is guaranteed to make you happier.
www.theatlantic.com
August 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"When you become less polite, the alteration in your conduct can make you less happy, more depressed, and angrier about life.... Being impolite is more like scratching at your poison-ivy rash. Giving in to the urge makes things worse."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Totally agree, like Andy Warhol said:
“… you can know that the President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking.”
“… you can know that the President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking.”
Very enjoyable column by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on 'the Diet Coke test' for restaurants:
What’s your test of a bad restaurant?
With food, one should be tolerant. But there is no need to be pretentious about fizzy drinks
www.ft.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Totally agree, like Andy Warhol said:
“… you can know that the President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking.”
“… you can know that the President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking.”
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IMPORTANT: Study finds electrifying SUVs/pick-ups could actually INCREASE emissions by using up scarce battery material that could otherwise be used to electrify a lot MORE smaller cars (and e-bikes). Via @sciencedirect.bsky.social
SUVs are too big. #CarBloat
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
SUVs are too big. #CarBloat
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The new electric SUV market under battery supply constraints: Might they increase CO2 emissions?
Two trends have shaped the European car market over the past decade: electrification and SUVisation. Recently, they have merged in a new product: the …
www.sciencedirect.com
July 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
IMPORTANT: Study finds electrifying SUVs/pick-ups could actually INCREASE emissions by using up scarce battery material that could otherwise be used to electrify a lot MORE smaller cars (and e-bikes). Via @sciencedirect.bsky.social
SUVs are too big. #CarBloat
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
SUVs are too big. #CarBloat
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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TRUUD researchers and guests discuss some of the sticky issues around creating healthier urban places with @andrewkelly.bsky.social.
Listen to their new podcast series here: truud.ac.uk/podcasts/
Listen to their new podcast series here: truud.ac.uk/podcasts/
Podcasts - TRUUD
truud.ac.uk
May 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
TRUUD researchers and guests discuss some of the sticky issues around creating healthier urban places with @andrewkelly.bsky.social.
Listen to their new podcast series here: truud.ac.uk/podcasts/
Listen to their new podcast series here: truud.ac.uk/podcasts/
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Preparations are underway for today’s TRUUD project event at the MShed in Bristol.
July 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Preparations are underway for today’s TRUUD project event at the MShed in Bristol.
Interesting how this stuff gets reported & interpreted.
There’s often focus on technical faults immediately preceding the event, framed as the “root cause”, with the lesson to prevent that type of failure.
But the NESO report is clear the underlying issue is a system that allowed it to happen.
There’s often focus on technical faults immediately preceding the event, framed as the “root cause”, with the lesson to prevent that type of failure.
But the NESO report is clear the underlying issue is a system that allowed it to happen.
July 2, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Interesting how this stuff gets reported & interpreted.
There’s often focus on technical faults immediately preceding the event, framed as the “root cause”, with the lesson to prevent that type of failure.
But the NESO report is clear the underlying issue is a system that allowed it to happen.
There’s often focus on technical faults immediately preceding the event, framed as the “root cause”, with the lesson to prevent that type of failure.
But the NESO report is clear the underlying issue is a system that allowed it to happen.
Moviedrome showing Ed Wood on 25th April 1999 (the Mark Cousins years) is one of those key formative memories for me.
Raise your hands if you absolutely fucking loved Moviedrome and Alex Cox is partly responsible for making you the human you are today…
🙋🏼♀️🙋🏼♀️🙋🏼♀️
#moviesky #filmsky #horrorsky
#cultfilm #moviedrome
www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/a...
🙋🏼♀️🙋🏼♀️🙋🏼♀️
#moviesky #filmsky #horrorsky
#cultfilm #moviedrome
www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/a...
Alex Cox on the legacy of Moviedrome, the BBC’s essential cult film slot
Broadcasting a weekly diet of transgressive, iconoclastic cinema into British living rooms, the BBC’s Moviedrome series turned a generation of viewers into adventurous cinephiles. How did it come abou...
www.bfi.org.uk
June 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Moviedrome showing Ed Wood on 25th April 1999 (the Mark Cousins years) is one of those key formative memories for me.
If you came to the #CivilEngineering session at the @bristoluni.bsky.social open day you will have heard me talking about this amazing project seismically testing 3D printed structures, great to see this update: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bristol shaking 3D homes experiment a 'world first'
Professors are using a simulator which shakes 3D structures to test their safety.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
If you came to the #CivilEngineering session at the @bristoluni.bsky.social open day you will have heard me talking about this amazing project seismically testing 3D printed structures, great to see this update: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I saw Brian Wilson perform several years ago and I remember a reviewer described the concert as the pop equivalent of watching Shakespeare read his Sonnets.
It was magical.
It was magical.
Breaking News: Brian Wilson has died
The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson Dies at 82
The beloved musician had been living with a neurocognative disorder akin to dementia
pitchfork.com
June 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I saw Brian Wilson perform several years ago and I remember a reviewer described the concert as the pop equivalent of watching Shakespeare read his Sonnets.
It was magical.
It was magical.