“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

“I lied. I manipulated. I wrapped control in poetry.” Chilling.

One of the best reads on AI & Education: "You can no longer make students do the reading or the writing. So what’s left? Only this: give them work they want to do. And help them want to do it. What, again, is education? The non-coercive rearranging of desire. " www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

I can't believe I'll say this in 2025 but: We, EU tech engineers, should start to seriously consider EU made alternatives to every American SaaS & business we currently use. Tariffs will impact goods but soon services too. We cannot rely on the US anymore as a reliable economical partner anymore.

Dans le Vermont, le réseau social ultralocal aussi populaire que Facebook

Heartbreaking to watch the USA ship sink slowly to the abyss. As much as we compare this moment to German and Italian fascism (and rightly so), there's also a striking resemblance with China's cultural (counter)revolution.

Beautiful commitment of Fed workers in the USA holding their line. "Le sens du service public" is strong!

This thread is so good ✨

Welcome immigrants from X interested in science to the friendlier skies of @bsky.app, as documented by a new @nature.com survey (but you already knew that 😉) "Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Very helpful overview of (some of) the great design talent + leaders active on Bluesky. Let’s build the supportive, inspiring, thought-provoking community we all need right now! Thanks for putting this together @jonas.do 🙌

I wish TikTok was removed in Europe too. Lucky Americans!

6, and I still send postcards

Hello (again) Bluesky !

Billionaires shouldn't exist. This statement only feels radical because we tend to severely underestimate the true scale of superwealth. 👉This visualization does a perfect job putting things in perspective. mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-weal...

I just discovered Halla Tómasdóttir, the president of Iceland, through the Adam Grant podcast. So hopeful, and one of the best takes I've heard on imposter syndrome. Give it a listen, it'll lighten your day ☀️ open.spotify.com/episode/00eM...

Without downloading any pictures, what's your energy going into 2025?

Si vous êtes ici je pense que vous êtes prêt à signer cette pétition, pour que le gouvernement cesse d’utiliser X comme plateforme de communication : petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/...

Coucou tout le monde ! Comme pas mal de gens, on s'éloigne de Twitter/X pour chercher un ciel un peu moins nuageux... Pour commencer, vous pouvez jeter un oeil à cette liste (où on a l'honneur de figurer) qui regroupe l'essentiel de la science sur Bluesky. Merci et bisous ! 😘 go.bsky.app/CFvzzJP

The Nokia Design Archive is an online museum curating the history and designs Nokia, and it's just lovely and nostalgic in every possible way

Progress occurs every day, right under our noses, and there was plenty across the globe, *even in 2024*. Including progress on disease treatments, rise of minimum wages, same-sex marriage, women and children's rights and... the location of Plato's tumb (!)

Doing sufficient qualitative research for the purposes of making business decisions is neither particularly expensive nor difficult if you actually care about people and want to learn about them. Unfortunately, you will end up learning a lot of inconvenient stuff.

Absolutely spot on @tomgauld.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/books/pictur...

Google WAS good. But I've been using a combination of Firefox and DuckDuckGo for quite some time now. More than enough to land on Wikipedia anyway.

Mood #gouvernement #zombies The new is sure taking its time to be born.

This is what the internet is for.

"The end of forever." Beautiful.

Lovely read, taking a step aside the *tiring* debate of AI awareness, and inviting us to expand the way we view our own minds, beyond the experience-memory-knowledge loop. Very Bergsonian.

Actual people with some insight on Syria: go.bsky.app/3ng3Ghq

Bachar the tyrant could've left 13 years ago, or chosen another path for Syria. Better late than never, but what a waste. Let's see how the transition unfolds. Happy for the refugees already making plans to go back home. #Syria

Souvenir ému d'il y a... 16 ans 🙈, lorsque que "Quelque chose noir" était au programme de Khâgne. Ça ne lui plaisait pas beaucoup que sa poésie soit disséquée par des gamins et leurs profs pour un concours. Mais il était venu quand même, avec son humour, sa finesse, et son génie discret 🥹

Parfois, des questions très simples peuvent conduire à des réflexions intenses. Trouver une réponse peut prendre des siècles. C'est le cas de la question "Pourquoi la nuit est-elle noire?". Pendant des siècles, cette question a chauffé les cerveaux les plus brillants: thread👇

295,000 journalists from 44 countries will stop posting content on X. We are making change and the world has spoken. www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...

Traffic from Bluesky's @bsky.app to @theguardian.com is already 2x that of Threads In its first week on the platform & with 300k followers, Bluesky traffic from @theguardian.com posts is already higher than it was from TwX in any week in 2024, where the account had 10.8m followers, but🧵

Even though you have the job title service design, doesn't mean the organisation at large has bought into it. New weeknote on teaching service design, looking at cob barns and making music on a new bit of hardware sarah-drummond.com/2024/11/irre...

Why have the Guardian & Observer's journalists voted overwhelming to go on strike? I've attempted to summarise our concerns, the reports so far & why a Scott Trust board meeting tomorrow is a pivotal moment for press freedom & the future of journalism. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

J'ai pris beaucoup de plaisir à lire votre petit dernier @monachollet.bsky.social. Salutaire 💎 Un de mes passages préférés 👇 @manueelle78.bsky.social #Marcel 😸

The coolest quiz, thank you @lalizlabeth.bsky.social! I got Kusama's Ludens, so on point ☺️

8 days left for submitting to the Global Service Design Salary report for 2025 An important bit of data collection from Marc Fonteijn on the discipline and industry www.servicedesignjobs.com?fluent-form=14

Why do so many strategic initiatives fail? Too often, organisations focus entirely on the target customer experience, without thinking about how they’ll make it real. They want to create a new experience, but their operating model holds them back.

We're expanding the Service Manual on GOV.UK to all user groups + all service transformation topics. It needs to be broader to be effective. And gaps to fill include leadership, sustainability, continuous improvement when live... Help keep it up to date: www.gov.uk/service-manu... #govdigital

It is so incredibly nice to have a social platform that values links again - a breath of fresh air in the poisoned ecosystem of the creator economy

Today's Montana, Arizona, Dakota, New Mexico, Louisiana... Through the lenses of the cowboy Lucky Luke. This 3-part @artefr.bsky.social documentary is a must watch. The social and cultural commentary is subtle, on point and lighthearted. Just loved it 😍

Half the joy of being so fucking back is seeing how happy everyone else is to be SO FUCKING BACK

I looked for it, couldn't find it, so there it is: a Starter pack for Service Design practicioners. Let me know if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/7ksuZN

Huge influx of UX design people on here, which is awesome. I have a starter pack for active accounts if you want to follow them! go.bsky.app/2NKjZdu (let me know if you want to be added)

I don’t know who made this graphic but it’s pretty good.

I am posting on Bluesky the piece I wrote about Bluesky for the @theatlantic.bsky.social. The short version is that it seems very nice here but also it is bad that it seems nice because social media is bad and we need to abandon it. Further thoughts follow 👇 www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

first draft of a lil civic tech starter pack! focused on practitioners, might do another one on other parts of the ecosystem later. go.bsky.app/Dw5gEA1

So, the #Xodus is fabulous. Truly is. It is SO good to see you all arrive. Loving it ❤️ And, once you’ve acclimatised, and got them off your chest - let’s not talk about those psychopaths. They’d only bask in your attention. Let us instead, lean into the light - for hope’s the air we breathe here❤️

I love this 2010 Twitter vibe. I moved away from the other one on October 2022, never looking back. This feels good, let's enjoy it while it lasts.