Why I love Bristol. Seeing the fabulous Joy Crookes, one of my favourite singers, with 200 people, in a club 200 yards from home. She is amazing! ❤️❤️❤️

Incredible match. Extra time for the third match in a row. We were right behind the goal for the penalties. Champions of Europe again!

Lionesses do it again: win, but put us through the wringer. On to the final!

Anticipation building for England-Sweden in sunny Zurich. Cmon!

Really enjoyed talking futures for the built environment at University Design Forum annual conference www.linkedin.com/posts/profes...

How to build affordable homes within planetary boundaries? Great to hear @melissamean.bsky.social @cityofsound.bsky.social @indyjohar.bsky.social at the launch of the MULTIMAX Playbook. wecanmake.org Hosted by @wshed.bsky.social

How can engagement with the future enable more transdisciplinary and impactful research? @cugeogplan.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/profes...

Caught 2 great exhibitions @tatemodern.bsky.social about art, technology & the future. Geeked out on vintage tech art at the wonderful #ElectricDreams then explored art & imaginaries of the future in #AYearinArt:2050

On VE Day, I remember my Dad (centre) who, aged 18, was on the D-Day landing & fought his way across Europe. And I worry that, with the passing of this generation, we're losing our collective memory of what happened in Europe, how lucky we've been these past decades, & how precious peace is.

Lovely, intimate theatrical experience in a Bristol Hackney cab, hearing the stories of drivers in our city www.mayk.org.uk

The @lyrafest.com Poetry Slam @arnolfiniarts.bsky.social tonight was awesome. So many amazing poets. A treat for the ears & the mind

A lovely night out eating noodles, then drinking Bristol-brewed ales, with some of our lovely colleagues from Geography and Planning at Cardiff University, who live across the water here in Bristol. Thanks for organising @jgwilliams.bsky.social

Great to deliver opening keynote, with Juliet Davis, Head of the Welsh School of Architecture, to #AUDE2025 We explored how using engagement with the future, particularly through design futures & co-creation, can help shape better buildings & places @cugeogplan.bsky.social

A tour de force on the history of & arguments for council housing from @municipaldreams.bsky.social at this w/e Festival www.brh.org.uk Fascinating how the same battles - quality vs quantity, public vs private, dense vs extensive play out again & again

Super-informative talks about the highs & lows of garden-city suburbs & council housing in our city as part of Bristol Radical History Festival www.brh.org.uk Next up @municipaldreams.bsky.social

A 4-1 victory in the West London sunshine. COYB #BrentfordFC

Second book talk of the week, the polymathic Margaret Heffernan to a packed theatre @arnolfiniarts.bsky.social on the benefits of embracing uncertainty and the importance of the arts to so many areas of our lives. @andrewkelly.bsky.social @gillkirk.bsky.social

Guess who was at my local bookshop @bookhaus.bsky.social this evening? @stephenoram.bsky.social talking about his new book We Are Not Anonymous & discussing with @timkindberg.bsky.social how to write about the future. Monday evening treat.

An entire 3-D printed train station in Japan. I'll be interested to see the real photos rather than CGIs. futurism.com/japan-3d-pri...

Marking 10 years of the pioneering Wellbeing of Future Generations Act @derek-walker.bsky.social shares the achievements to a packed hall, but stresses we must ‘be impatient to do more’ #LightuptheFuture #Futures

Our University looking gorgeous this morning #CardiffUniversity

St Patrick’s Day tea: home-made soda bread, veg shepherd’s pie, greens & Guinness zero. Kneecap on speaker. And Baileys cheesecake to follow 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

Nubian Twist @trinitybristol.bsky.social were immense. So tight. The whole place dancing. Go see!

Nice one @thepmadden.bsky.social - great list! Thanks for my inclusion. #futuregen

In this week's Lunchtime Talk, Fri 14 Mar, artist and technologist Tarim explores the complex relationship between technology and society, questioning the impact of data-driven systems and how individuals can take control of their digital footprint. www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1314...

Well, this was handy. Quite a big entry barrier to build up all the interesting people I want to follow in the #futures space on Bluesky. This starter pack made it a bit easier

Hi @soifutures.bsky.social Thanks for following. Here's a list of people that will of interest to you: go.bsky.app/TPpFWs1

Lovely day doing futures at Cardiff University. I ran a workshop to co-design future spaces for teaching and learning, then joined a session exploring different tools for futuring, focusing on transport planning & diabetes care, with the Office of the Commissioner for Future Generations #futures

BP is literally this... #bbcqt www.insidehook.com/culture/stor...

New podcasts recently dropped on the excellent Futures, hosted by @lukerobertmason.net Two takes on near-futures speculation by @liam-young.bsky.social & @stephenoram.bsky.social Well worth a listen: futurespodcast.net/episodes/84-...

At our next WeCanMake Hood Meet Up (20 Feb), the team would like to share some of what we like making in our own time with YOU! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wecanmake-... #Bristol @knowlewestmedia.bsky.social

Great session with @mic-martin.bsky.social and Philip Black introducing their new book Applied Urban Design, which sets out a framework for contextually responsive urban design. Look forward to reading it properly!

Fascinating piece on changing demography. ‘By midway through this century, one in four people on Earth will live in Africa. That compares with one in eleven at the time when most African states were gaining independence in the early 1960s.’ on.ft.com/42CMU2A

Hurrah for today's go ahead for a "Land Use Framework". Steve Reed valuing the "story of our land" & scarce land resources in a small island. After days of naive "growth" & "build" rhetoric the need for a pan-Government approach could hardly be clearer

Bullets from vending . machines as part of your grocery shop?!?Saw this worrying signal of the future courtesy of IFTF www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...

Watched 2 architecture-themed movies this w/e. In Architecton, the detached gaze of interminable drone shots, the mumblings of the architect - who we often saw from the back of his head - & the fact that anyone could still produce a film without a single woman appearing in it, left me cold

Loving the fashion changes.

📍London has the highest wages of any city in Britain, 33% higher than the national average, 68% higher than Burnley. That means that by August the average worker in London has earnt what the worker in Burnley earns in a full year 📅 Read more 👇 https://buff.ly/4hnCUi0

Called Neighbourhood Electric Vehicles (NEVs), you might see more of them in London soon. 20p/min (24 cents) to hire, you have to return them where you picked them up. Max speed 20mph, you must be >25 years old to drive them, booked via an app. 🧪 #SustainableTravel www.bbc.com/news/article...

I never know how these are compiled, but most striking on this visual is China.

is trying to avoid those futures no longer on the table

42% of students in private schools get extra time in exams. The figure is 27% in state schools. I didn’t see a figure for schools in deprived areas. And we wonder why inequality is so entrenched. (Front page of Sunday Times today)

I've become slightly obsessed with anachronyms; words that are used in an anachronistic way, by referring to something that was appropriate in a former time. E.g. to clock in, to film something, to hang up the phone, to dial a number. I've collected a list.

"London's ULEZ expansion hasn’t hurt high street spending". nice blog from my colleague @oscarselby.bsky.social. www.centreforcities.org/blog/ulez-ex...

I'm glad we're innovating for the big global challenges: techcrunch.com/2025/01/05/t...

Smell-O-Vision is back. Online is getting more & more immersive. www.fastcompany.com/91257892/son...

Are you working, playing or creating with futures & foresight? This starter pack now has 99 people on it. It's a reasonably balanced and diverse list, but suggestions for African/Asian/South American futurists are welcome. #futures #foresight go.bsky.app/TPpFWs1

Is not Tesla Optimus, but is this the future of living with robots? :-) www.designboom.com/technology/f...