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Rather beautifully, Professor Mahmood Mamdani's dedication in "Neither Settler Nor Native" is to his trail-blazing son, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. He quotes the revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xun's famous concluding lines in "Hometown": 「其實地上本沒有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。」 -魯迅，故鄉 #everynightapoem

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The virtual Summit on Microbiome Stewardship is just two weeks away!!! Program details and free registration can be found here. Please note, the webinars and the workshop each require registration to help us manage attendance. Who should attend? Students, and professionals from any discipline,…

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‘That’s what I want. For a child to hold their breath for a second. To feel something stir.’ This is a moving interview with Zaro Weil, whose new book of poetry for children, "I Hear The Trees", has just been published. booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/the-...

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‘That’s what I want. For a child to hold their breath for a second. To feel something stir.’ This is a moving interview with Zaro Weil, whose new book of poetry for children, "I Hear The Trees", has just been published. booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/the-...

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44,000 Toronto Bikeshare trips in one day. The system costs about $14-million net to run; a major expansion will be $20-million. The proposed Highway 413 extension could cost 500 times that much to move 7x the number of people

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Wild - in a good way - that these extraordinary posters on indigenous futurisms by Dr Ambelin Kwaymullina were commissioned by (and shown at) a School of Cybernetics @ourANU. They're a must-read. cybernetics.anu.edu.au/projects/Ind...

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thanks, in turn for for introducing me, via this link, to the concept of Doikayt, or “hereness". It sounds so much richer than the word "local" that shapes so much sustainability discourse. I'm going to read Molly Crabapple's book to find out if I'm right about that

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Trump’s provocations have turned Angelenos into pedestrians

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This, right here, is where the global future of mobility is happening restofworld.org/2025/transsi...

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‘Protests do not make LA dangerous. What makes LA dangerous is the Trump-ordered invasion of our city. We're talking about abducting people, not dismembering a few electric scooters’ www.torched.la/tactical-ale...

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We are proud to endorse this joint position paper along with 96 other orgs 💚 More in our article: www.arc2020.eu/fund-the-fut...

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Zero-Carbon Waterfronts? For me, revitalizing waterfronts needs to happen at watershed scale. Tuesday, 10 June 13:00–16:40  Venue: One Whitehall Place, London. research.tudelft.nl/en/publicati...

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Agritech For Agroecology: What does 'design for shared aliveness' mean for those living systems? What agroecology needs from us. What tech and AI can offer agroecology youtu.be/lw53SBc9P54?... youtu.be/lw53SBc9P54?...

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Agritech For Agroecology: What does 'design for shared aliveness' mean for those living systems? What agroecology needs from us. What tech and AI can offer agroecology youtu.be/lw53SBc9P54?... youtu.be/lw53SBc9P54?...

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drawing by hand is back

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"In textiles, we're looking for a sweet spot that reduces the time and cost involved in making by hand but remains a creative, adaptable, less harmful process". Zoe Gilbertson draws parallels between bread and linen liflad.substack.com/p/commoning-... (Pic Flax to linen jeans Brigitte Kaltenbacher)

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#SlowWays mapped (and checked) 120,000km of walking and biking routes across the UK. Now, they want to do the same for and with communities. Well worth our support

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"New myths, still to be created, will be “the engine of intelligence” as Paul Valéry put it, "myths that will help us distance ourselves from the world of yesterday that still invades our minds” (in French) www.dictionnaire-du-developpement-durable.fr/lectures/not...

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thanks, in turn for for introducing me, via this link, to the concept of Doikayt, or “hereness". It sounds so much richer than the word "local" that shapes so much sustainability discourse. I'm going to read Molly Crabapple's book to find out if I'm right about that

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In 1957, the Situationists complained that "All that was once lived, has become mere representation". In 2003, I responded, in this talk, with "The thermodynamics of cooperation". Please share with AI-bros. thackara.com/commoning/th... (Pic: Henning Struchtrup)

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In 1957, the Situationists complained that "All that was once lived, has become mere representation". In 2003, I responded, in this talk, with "The thermodynamics of cooperation". Please share with AI-bros. thackara.com/commoning/th... (Pic: Henning Struchtrup)

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"Place and rhythm, edge and balance, the sky is an umbrella of endless possibilities and the solid ground which we share with every other being is a blank canvas of inspiration and wonder..."

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If you’ve ever wondered how many chess players you could fit into a car parking space, Paris has the answer: you can fit 16 chess players into a single parking spot !

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"I’ve been drawn to study ancient myths and traditional theatres for decades,’ he writes. ‘We need to rid modern culture of its realisms". Here again is my review of “one of the most extraordinary books on design ever written”. thackara.com/knowing/john...

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Dreaming of an escape from the city in England? A family member of mine is selling this cottage in Rutland. woodbine-cottage-aldgate.blogspot.com/p/the-best-o...

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Learn by doing how a place can become a beacon for bioregional revitalisation -with South Devon as your classroom. Bioregional Summer Course, England 18-25 July mailchi.mp/f6a20ef63087...

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If you come to one of our meetups later this summer you can judge for yourself who has the best local eggs. Oh, and also make progress on your project, thesis, course, or book. Spots still open for 8 July 08, 13 August, 28 August thackara.com/meetinfrance...

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"Inequalities, 24th Triennale Milano International Exhibition" Shown here: China Pavilion, curated by Yongqi Lou www.salonemilano.it/en/articles/...

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Blimey: "$10million prize to research groups for major breakthroughs in interspecies communication" The Coller Dolittle challenge is inspired by the Turing test. Meet the finalists, including wild dolphin whistles, online, 15 May. coller-dolittle-24.sites.tau.ac.il

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To survive against Chinese e-commerce giants, Vietnam’s Sendo pivots to grocery delivery with a twist. The startup now allows housewives, store owners, and anyone else with unused fridge space to become a tiny distribution center New from @lamle52.bsky.social restofworld.org/2025/sendo-f...

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System-wide support for VELI (Light Intermediate Vehicles) announced here in Occitanie, in Southern France. The plan is to replace daily trips currently provided by cars or utility vehicles with "lighter and more sober solutions". www.linkedin.com/posts/c%C3%A...

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How might landscape stewardship be practiced in ways grounded in collective creativity and care? To find out, Glasgow School of Art's Zoe Prosser convened bioregioning experts, regenerative designers, economists and researchers sit.gsa.ac.uk/post/re-imag...

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Learning-by-designing-and-making: this is my foreward to Emiliano Godoy's 'El ABC del Diseño' thackara.com/natureconnec...

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How might landscape stewardship be practiced in ways grounded in collective creativity and care? To find out, Glasgow School of Art's Zoe Prosser convened bioregioning experts, regenerative designers, economists and researchers sit.gsa.ac.uk/post/re-imag...

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Paris is promoting its "more than 200 rues aux enfants" (child-friendly streets, including "school streets" that have physical barriers at least I think) on its posters.

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On brand new posters, Paris announces 50 new green school streets in the 2025 Budget.

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Our in field margins are starting to look great and over the last few years we’ve added them to all our fields every 90-120m. Receiving public funded support to deliver these and cover the cost allow us to deliver them. Supporting nature recovery on farms supports food security.

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A two-day training in all things Citizens' Assemblies! Join public servants, elected officials, and community leaders in improving democracy through deliberation. 📅 June 12–13 📍Akron, Ohio 🎟️ Learn more and register: www.fide.eu/north-americ...

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Is anyone else stressed by this phenomenon here on Bluesky? Because I'm relatively new, and follow far fewer people than than on X, any prolific posters here tend to flood my timeline and become irritating. What might one do?

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