Five years after we started it, I'm super happy to share that Works in Progress is now available as a print magazine! 🥹 It'll have everything on web and more. You can subscribe today for $100/£75 to receive 6 beautiful, 120-page issues of our magazine a year. worksinprogress.co/print

From @worksinprogress.blogsky.venki.dev, a tribute to Daniel Shoup, the Savanarola of Parking, the Jane Jacobs of Stationary Vehicles, who died on February 6: worksinprogress.news/p/the-prophe... Map shows N. American cities Shoup's ideas have changed.

"France built 40 nuclear reactors in a decade. Here’s how they did it, and how the world can follow their lead today." https://worksinprogress.co/issue/liberte-egalite-radioactivite/

I'm usually not a train history enthusiast, but I loved this piece by Benedict Springbett with a history of suburban rail & metros. And how to connect up suburban rail lines with tunnels, to get a new metro system at a fraction of the cost of a completely new one!

I’ve written an article for @worksinprogress.bsky.social about through running. It’s the most cost-effective way of upgrading railway lines in nearly all British cities. worksinprogress.co/issue/the-ma...

The latest issue of Works in Progress is out today! - One weird trick to build a metro - The FDA's secret liberalisation of animal drugs - How Japan builds infrastructure through cities - Brain-computer interfaces - How NZ invented inflation targeting And more! worksinprogress.co

LAUNCH DAY 🚀 Today I’m launching a new podcast, Hard Drugs, with Jacob Trefethen (@jacobtref.bsky.social) Our first episode is about lenacapavir — a new HIV drug that blocks infections with an efficacy rate of nearly 100%, and which could completely change the fight against HIV worldwide.

Unfortunately housing theory of everything is correct and you can't unsee it once you see it: worksinprogress.co/issue/the-ho...

💫 We’re launching the Centre for British Progress Our founding essay: Rediscovering British Progress is a case for growth that drives shared progress, rooted in Britain's values and industrial heritage. It all starts with a postcard from 1870 👇 britishprogress.org/articles/red...

Incredibly good historical account of land taxes and why they failed under Lloyd George worksinprogress.co/issue/the-fa... Note to self: read more Works in Progress! @watlingsamuel.bsky.social is the author I think

Many women face a choice between career advancement and motherhood. But emerging technologies could allow women to have it all. All in this piece on how the gender pay gap arises & fertility tech 🧵 worksinprogress.co/issue/fertil...

Reading an excellent article on pineapples rn which really makes me want to go buy one worksinprogress.co/issue/king-o...

Nice article by my friend John Halstead and Phil Thomson The title might undersell it a bit, though - the most interesting and important part is imo about comparably low rates of intergroup violence among hunter-gatherers. (And the reasons farmers were different) worksinprogress.co/issue/the-pr...

Ever wonder why apartment buildings look the way they do? I wrote an article on the building and zoning codes - such as height limits in the US and daylight access in China - that determine the design of apartments. worksinprogress.co/issue/chines...

"Our ancestral environment therefore created evolutionary pressures that equipped us with a natural aversion to violence, a taste for vengeance, and the capacity to solve conflicts through cooperation." Again, retaliation against bastards UNDERPINS mutual aid. worksinprogress.co/issue/the-pr...

Our latest issue of Works in Progress dropped today! - The steam networks of NYC - Prehistoric violence - Urbanism with Chinese characteristics - Extending the fertility window - The Hanseatic League's rise and fall - The pineapple: the king of fruits - The land value tax worksinprogress.co

Especially liked this one worksinprogress.co/issue/the-fa...

Love this big finish by @alfredtwu.com comparing the history & outcomes of Chinese & US housing regulations worksinprogress.co/issue/chines...

Dora is going to be a lamb in next week’s nativity.

Madrid tripled the length of its metro system in just 12 years, faster and cheaper than almost any other city in the world. Left: in 1994 Right: after 2007 Cost per mile: £64–91 million (around 7x cheaper than London's Jubilee & Northern line expansions & 14x cheaper than Toronto's Ontario line)

Does HS2 have a future? And why does that question hinge on an unseen government document and a sugar mill in Nottinghamshire?

It’s widely accepted *that* less expensive housing markets see less homelessness, but this important piece shows *why*: family & friends have more space to spare worksinprogress.co/issue/why-ho...

Bsky folks and #EconSky, The cool people at @worksinprogress.bsky.social invited me to write an article for their December issue about the fascinating story of innovation in US dairy genetics. Roughly based on some of my research in this area. My highlights: worksinprogress.co/issue/how-bi...

The original idea for Crossrails 1 & 2, plus a Marylebone-Victoria cross from George Dow, published in the Daily Star in 1941

Works in Progress is on Bluesky! 🥳 Find our team & authors in this starter pack:

In the spirit of giving this app the old "college try", I've made a Progress Studies starter pack. I'm sure I've missed a lot of people. go.bsky.app/R34NKJv