The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had.

This is such a curious listen. @greglindsay.org and Daniel Safarik from Unfrozen: chat with legendary critic Paul Goldberger on Trump’s Mussolini-like architectural ambitions—and the broader implications for American democracy, urbanism, and design.

This is why last week I spoke to Greg Lindsay, co-author of Aerotropolis, who was very clear that Florida’s account of the research is wrong. bsky.app/profile/alex...

Scholars of smart cities, tax havens, and other liminal zones will enjoy this: Doug Ford’s special economic zone is code for “Whatever. I do what I want!” à la Eric Cartman. – cc @greglindsay.org – cc @sarahkmoser.bsky.social

The continuum from the Toronto board of trade to ford & his ancient ideas about Niagara being “Vegas” and the same old - we don’t talk about the mediocrity of the Canadian business establishment enough & how it undermines Canada. Maybe they stink.

Tomorrow’s news today. (If today were The Onion in 2000.) theonion.com/nation-plung...

Florida's not just wrong on this score, he's totally disingenuous. He's read all the same literature I have regarding the importance of large, centralized hubs versus a constellation of smaller airports. I know because he told me himself when he agreed to *blurb my book.*

At this @bsky.app @theonion.com thing with Jeopardy's Greg "@handle.invalid" Lindsay trying to get his account reactivated. #freegreg

Would jets downtown be good for Toronto’s economy? As it turns out, no. @greglindsay.org explains the truth behind the vibes: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

What is the pro-social use of this feature.

Also, people, “I really like this charming small airport we should make it more like the one I hate” is not a smart position to take.

Had a great time dipping back into the academic literature underpinning AEROTROPOLIS to explain to The Globe and Mail's @alexbozikovic.bsky.social why expanding Toronto's Billy Bishop is purely vibes-based and would be a mistake. #makepearsongreatagain www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Not a single city in the world is expanding a downtown airport right now. Not one. All of this is rationalization for the fact that executives like having an airport that nobody else uses. Textbook elite capture.

Excellent title: The Screen Killed the City. I’m jealous I couldn’t be in Vancouver for this. I promise I’ll visit one day.

My favorite talk of the fall, and it isn't close. Thanks again to WRLDCTY for having me! youtu.be/Pz3w7IQnVmQ?...

Is our language so impoverished that we have to use acronyms of French phrases to make ourselves understood, Charlie Brown? Yes.

Only 40%?! Try harder, Chicago.

Congratulations Rafi Segal and Marisa Morán Jahn! On the Holcim Foundation Grand Prize in Europe: for Art-Tek Tulltorja. A former brick factory turns art and science hub and cornerstone of urban revival in Kosovo’s Pristina. – via @glindsay.bsky.social

My book North: The Future of Post-Climate America is moving up the Amazon Books rankings (and its not even out yet). Want to hear more? Check-out my conversation with @glindsay.bsky.social and Daniel Safarik on Unfrozen (podcast) www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlKV...

The only thing smart in my house is a TV because I was not given a choice in the matter. Modem televisions are near impossible to get without smart features.

You were right back then and it’s only gotten harder to find appliances that aren’t connected. I assume the ability to sell consumer data as an additional revenue stream is irresistible to corporations.

I remember being so excited abt IoT, I was 20, starry-eyed and only worried about privacy in the context of Facebook. I still like the idea of home automation and power use graphs! But the execution of it all bore horrors i couldn’t have conceived of back then…

[email protected] coined "luxury surveillance" to describe the devil's bargain of smart glasses and AI+AR (AIR). Read my interview with him in "The Augmented City" to learn what we can do about it: urban.tech.cornell.edu/the-augmente...

Nearly a decade ago, my @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social colleagues and I warned that smart homes were a gigantic attack surface for cyberattacks and malware. And we weren't remotely the first to do so. www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-res...

Great. “AI” and Big Tech waste billions to rip societies apart (a good investment apparently, as nearly 40 percent of US GDP growth in 2025 comes from AI, which can’t possibly go on forever, or can it) so people buy gold as a “hedge against destruction”. — via @glindsay.bsky.social

*chuckles* I’m in danger

"You can see the workslop everywhere, except in productivity statistics" — Robert Solow, probably

Forget competency. Consider pursuing a career as an AI “Workslop” Course-Corrector. — via @glindsay.bsky.social

Popped in to see how the reactionary urbanists were doing at over newgeography, and the definite article in this headline really said it all for me.

Listening to Genesis’ Invisible Touch on my late father’s matte black component stereo is triggering some sort of Gen X primal memory

I met Paulina on the tour for “Cyberselfish,” cited her in my own book, and never forgot her gimlet-eyed take on the SF scene. It’s high past time to belatedly recognize her prescient warnings on what Silicon Valley was and what it would become. She was there, she saw it, and no one has any excuse.

They're doubling down on this. x.com/AJentleson/s...

Just what we need, a “center-left” think tank postulating we need to bring back Jim Crow in order to do another New Deal.

New Mexico is the most underrated state in the nation, and it isn't close. 19thnews.org/2025/09/new-...

Mobility Innovation Exchange to Feature Greg Lindsay as Keynote Speaker This September#United_States#Detroit#Mobility_Innovation#Greg_Lindsay

Reading up on James Buchanan’s post-presidency for no good reason

Imagine thinking leaking to the NYT will save you. (RIP.) youtu.be/vZNnDiDSUiI?...

“A bad mood board of good intentions.” — lol via @glindsay.bsky.social

PlanScapeArch Opening Keynote: @glindsay.bsky.social - Generalist, Urbanist, Speaker, Futurist 'BEYOND HUMAN: Leveraging the Power of Intelligence' @nationalasla.bsky.social @aiaofficial.bsky.social APA Sponsor @kimley-horn.bsky.social Fri Sept 19 - 6 CEUs www.aslany.org/event/plansc...

Based on the lines for $23 “Honey Deuces” and $22 Aperol spritzes(!!) at this year’s US Open, I think we can all afford to pay Zohran’s lil’ tax.

Now I see why BCG has aggressively disavowed it. 🤮

The monkey’s paw never stops curling. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Worst “smart city” proposal ever. — via @glindsay.bsky.social

Emerging technologies are allowing planners to share their ideas in whole new ways, from immersive bus tours to digital libraries. Find out how augmented reality is shaping planning projects on the ground in Rob Walker's newest City Tech column: go.lincolninst.edu/l/153411/202...

If I have a grand unified theory of this particular moment, it's that the Boomers have declared war on everything. www.nber.org/papers/w3413...

Zohran's hosting free scavenger hunts drawing thousands, meanwhile, Cuomo's hosting a $350+ fundraiser in the sixth borough of Sag Harbor. contribute.nycvotes.org/campaigns/an...

I would gently suggest they look into the history of Nauvoo, IL. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/r...

Another reason why car dealerships must be destroyed. patrickwyman.substack.com/p/american-g... cc: @patrickwyman.bsky.social #americangentry www.espn.com/college-foot...

In a park amphitheater at sunset, listening to an experimental harpist while eating cheese and drinking rose: the Montreal Dream. Cc: @mutek.bsky.social