Superb book by @samfr.bsky.social - lots of familiar stories marshalled together in a compelling narrative that explains our current predicament. Hard recommend

Sellout crowd at #architectse17 Chit Chat 6! #pechakucha #walthamstow #architecture

Carl Benz has an idea

If you live in, or are interested in #walthamstow join us for an evening of rapid 'chit chat' talks about architecture on 1st October from 8pm Bit.ly/chitchat6

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again. Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐

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Fascinating piece on Giroscope in Hull's inventive approach to developing property for social purpose. As shared by a current PhD student I'm supervising who is studying self help models for homelessness www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

My piece on racism for @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

Day in, day out, I speak to ordinary people who are organising to welcome the asylum seekers accommodated in their towns. They befriend, support them, reach out to them as fellow human beings. That's the Britain I know, the one I see around me & we never get told about on TV.

Morning run, Lea Valley #lovelondon

The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?

Incredible to finally experience the new @sohotheatre.bsky.social in Walthamstow!

Bon courage! To all #LEL2025 cyclists leaving the London area on Sunday: have a great ride, keep pedaling, we're cheering you all on! Only 1500km to go! #LEL25 Live rider tracking here: londonedinburghlondon.com

Lovely 80km gravel #bike ride in Hertfordshire, finished with #vegan orange drizzle cake at the waterside cafe

Waves hello at @cyclinguk.bsky.social ... with over 2700 long distance cyclists registered for this event, we're hoping Cycling UK members might keep their eyes peeled, and cheer them along the route! 🎉🚴‍♀️🚴🎉

Absolutely bowled over by Alterlaa in Vienna - high density mass #social #housing done right. Transport hub, community facilities and shopping all included! Vienna is an amazing city anyway but Alterlaa alone is worth the trip.

Even though you can barely see it from the street, Coop Himmelblau's original project in Vienna didn't disappoint. If felt like such a big deal back in the day - whilst others were getting tied up in deconstructivist nonsense, they were just having fun!

Enjoyed this church in Leipzig

Also with my colleague Isadora! Recommended!

Procurement is in dire need of a rethink. The procurement act takes some tentative steps but so much lost/latent opportunity still in this space

Great piece - clearly articulating the problem of 'getting a grip' and love the idea of moral agency as solvent.

A few people turned out to see our child play with the London Symphony Orchestra today

Happy national #beer day everyone. Currently on tap is my home brewed stout @camraofficial.bsky.social 🍻

The very clever Fraser putting his finger on something very specifically dreadful about AI’s promise of a frictionless everything: www.henryfrasertechlaw.com/post/the-nig...

"Building a better world and a more sustainable planet will take more than artificial intelligence and space lettuce" Review of the Biennale

Fantastic venue, audience and speakers, including my excellent colleagues at Inner Circle #strongerthings

Treat social housing as critical infrastructure to unlock billions, says Peabody boss

www.linkedin.com/posts/roland... Great experience, speaking at the European Parliament on #mentalhealth in housing and the built environment

If you want to reduce the carbon footprint of your diet, less meat is nearly always better than sustainable meat.

#prisons in the news again. Some thoughts from me www.linkedin.com/posts/roland...

If you are asking yourself this sort of question you definitely need a copy of XML’s Parliament which has diagrams of the lower chamber of each UN member. Plus sections listing them by size, year of construction and “typologically”. parliamentbook.com

Fabulous weekend with an e-cargo bike. Rode to Hook Norton for the brewery tour and back. 180 miles through the Cotswolds and Chilterns over 3 days

So many very very good pints in the replies here 😍. Going offline for a while now, but fundamentally: public-service innovation needs to be able to develop outside of the context of the market. The market can have a role in delivery, but not in setting the rules of engagement.

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Bit late to this, but here’s my thoughts on Mission driven Government, and how we can get there when we are not structured around services. www.cathydutton.co.uk/posts/missio...

“Loneliness and isolation can lead to: 29% increased risk of heart disease; 32% increased risk of stroke; 50% increased risk of developing dementia among older adults; and 60% increased risk of premature death.” Surgeon General recommends designing cities to create more connections. #WalkableCities

What a day to be alive!

Dammit. Someone nicked our cute lil yellow Yoonit. A mini cargo bike. Share around, and keep an eye out around Edinburgh. Shout at @cargobikemovement.bsky.social if you see it. Let's make this thing too hot to handle. Bike theft is the worst. Bike theft from a CHARITY is something else 😤

Some niche bicycle content here: 2-speed automatic hub to swap onto my fixie - looks fun!

We are seeing the transition of the US from a stable to an authoritarian democracy. This means that those who believe in democracy have to act and adapt. New ‘stack exploring what this means. open.substack.com/pub/anthonyp...

A long read, but absolutely worth your time. Takes you on a great tour round a lot of the key principles of complexity thinking - and what it means for organisations.

Funny, but horrifying. The best kind of art. By @stephencollins.bsky.social

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🤩 London

Ride out with these absolute units of Epping forest

Warming up?

Hear me out: you take the hard-won products of journalism, science, art and creativity, you use vast amounts of electrical energy during a time-sensitive energy transition to re-jumble the words and sentences, and then you present the outputs as being better and more trustworthy than the original

Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it, But we hae meat and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be Thankit! #burnsnight 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

"If the world adopted a plant-based diet, we would reduce global agricultural land use from 4 to 1 billion hectares" Imagine 3 billion more hectares for fully wild ecosystems. Diet is THE elephant in the room when it comes to reversing nature collapse. ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets