Chip Butty
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While Japan's ruling coalition has agreed to enact legislation to create a backup capital in next year’s regular session of parliament, the concept itself faces tough questions about what it would look like in practice. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/japan/politics/backup-capital/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #tokyo #disasterpreparedness #cities #nipponishinnokai #osaka #ldp #hirofumiyoshimura #naomichisuzuki #seitarohattori
You're far braver than me!
#photography #StreetPhotography #WindowCleaner #city #cities
Bjørnar (he/him)
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Urbanists.video is a PeerTube video server for anyone interested in walkable, livable places and wanting to publish videos about them:
You can find out more at https://urbanists.video/about/instance or contact the admin accounts @mattcaff & @alex
#FeaturedServer #Urbanism #Cities #Urbanists #UrbanPlanning #PublicTransport #WalkableCities #PeerTube #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
Urbanists.video is a PeerTube video server for anyone interested in walkable, livable places and wanting to publish videos about them:
You can find out more at https://urbanists.video/about/instance or contact the admin accounts @mattcaff & @alex
#FeaturedServer #Urbanism #Cities #Urbanists #UrbanPlanning #PublicTransport #WalkableCities #PeerTube #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
hypebot
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These patches of wild abandon are purposefully crafted #habitats and foraging grounds for pollinating insects, part of the city’s Pollinator #Meadows program: an initiative designed to #rewild city boulevards and parks managed by the City of Vancouver’s Parks Board.
It’s a program that, since its conception in 2020, has paid dividends.
#vancouver #bc #pollinators #rewilding #urbannature #urbanrewilding #cities
https://www.rewildingmag.com/the-city-turning-lawns-into-pollinator-meadows/
These patches of wild abandon are purposefully crafted #habitats and foraging grounds for pollinating insects, part of the city’s Pollinator #Meadows program: an initiative designed to #rewild city boulevards and parks managed by the City of Vancouver’s Parks Board.
It’s a program that, since its conception in 2020, has paid dividends.
#vancouver #bc #pollinators #rewilding #urbannature #urbanrewilding #cities
https://www.rewildingmag.com/the-city-turning-lawns-into-pollinator-meadows/
Will Tuladhar-Douglas
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New mission just dropped!
UNDP's Digital, AI and Innovation Hub has asked me to develop a portfolio for deep economic reform at the city level – we are calling it economic transformation. Our economies have lost their alignment with human wellbeing and planetary balance; cities and regions have been innovating around economic governance for decades.
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Bjørnar (he/him)
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@NewtonMark I think I know a way to save NEOM/The Line.
Here's how the Crown Prince, Beloved Leader of Saudi, can not only deliver, but enhance his vision of a ~180 kilometre long city of the future.
First, we need to save some money. So let's start by taking the roof off the travel corridor.
Instead of "the line", I call this cost-reduced version "the street".
In this configuration, you have an open-air "street" with separate "buildings" on either side.
And sure, a single long east-west street is certainly visionary.
But you know what's better than one? Twenty.
That's right, we'll have 20 streets running east to west.
But why stop there?
Let's bisect the 20 east to west streets with 20 more running north to south.
That's 40 streets in total.
If we divide the 180 km total length between these 40 streets, we're left with a length of 4.5 kilometres each.
I call this vision "the grid".
Now, because each of these streets are now 4.5 kilometres long, we can travel from one end of each street to the other far more quickly than a maglev could travel 180 kilometres.
And we'll do this in a futuristic pod-like vehicle powered by renewable electric power.
I call these vehicles: Trams.
So you'll have a "network" of these "trams" running along this "grid" of 4.5 kilometre long "streets". With 20 "streets" running north to south and 20 "streets" running east to west.
Best of all, instead of being one continuous building, in this configuration the buildings are divided up into "blocks" that can be developed as people move in!
I know it's a bold and futuristic vision.
But in this "grid" configuration, with streets, blocks, and trams, I believe the Crown Prince can deliver his vision of a city of the future.
#neom #Urbanism #UrbanPlanning #cities #TheLine #tram #trams #futurism
New mission just dropped!
UNDP's Digital, AI and Innovation Hub has asked me to develop a portfolio for deep economic reform at the city level – we are calling it economic transformation. Our economies have lost their alignment with human wellbeing and planetary balance; cities and regions have been innovating around economic governance for decades.
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@NewtonMark I think I know a way to save NEOM/The Line.
Here's how the Crown Prince, Beloved Leader of Saudi, can not only deliver, but enhance his vision of a ~180 kilometre long city of the future.
First, we need to save some money. So let's start by taking the roof off the travel corridor.
Instead of "the line", I call this cost-reduced version "the street".
In this configuration, you have an open-air "street" with separate "buildings" on either side.
And sure, a single long east-west street is certainly visionary.
But you know what's better than one? Twenty.
That's right, we'll have 20 streets running east to west.
But why stop there?
Let's bisect the 20 east to west streets with 20 more running north to south.
That's 40 streets in total.
If we divide the 180 km total length between these 40 streets, we're left with a length of 4.5 kilometres each.
I call this vision "the grid".
Now, because each of these streets are now 4.5 kilometres long, we can travel from one end of each street to the other far more quickly than a maglev could travel 180 kilometres.
And we'll do this in a futuristic pod-like vehicle powered by renewable electric power.
I call these vehicles: Trams.
So you'll have a "network" of these "trams" running along this "grid" of 4.5 kilometre long "streets". With 20 "streets" running north to south and 20 "streets" running east to west.
Best of all, instead of being one continuous building, in this configuration the buildings are divided up into "blocks" that can be developed as people move in!
I know it's a bold and futuristic vision.
But in this "grid" configuration, with streets, blocks, and trams, I believe the Crown Prince can deliver his vision of a city of the future.
#neom #Urbanism #UrbanPlanning #cities #TheLine #tram #trams #futurism
Lisa Melton
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#Trump Says He Is Prepared to Send ‘More Than the #NationalGuard’ Into US #Cities
In a speech to American #troops assembled in Japan on Tuesday, Trump said he would escalate his orders to active duty branches of the #military if he decides it is appropriate.
#law #immigration #Constitution #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #PosseComitatusAct
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/politics/trump-japan-national-guard-us-cities.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#Trump Says He Is Prepared to Send ‘More Than the #NationalGuard’ Into US #Cities
In a speech to American #troops assembled in Japan on Tuesday, Trump said he would escalate his orders to active duty branches of the #military if he decides it is appropriate.
#law #immigration #Constitution #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #PosseComitatusAct
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/politics/trump-japan-national-guard-us-cities.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Silicon Valley wants to make cities more efficient by taking away anything that makes them enjoyable.
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with @jomc to discuss why robotaxis and delivery bots aren’t solving any real problems with transport and cities.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/299_silicon_valley_doesnt_know_what_makes_a_good_city_w_joanne_mcneil
#tech #robotaxi #selfdriving #transportation #cities #urbanism
…a #government #shutdown …will force active-duty service members to continue to serve WITHOUT PAY….
During a #GovernmentShutdown, all active-duty personnel, as well as #NationalGuard who are currently deployed, must carry out their assigned duties WITHOUT PAY until the shutdown is over….
This includes the #military #Trump has deployed to #cities in the #US to purportedly fight *crime* / assist #ICE.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-impact-u-s-military/
"The American left: 'They’re really bad. They’re bad people.' Again, he’s talking about Americans here.
His own domestic political opponents: 'They’re vicious people that we have to fight, just like you have to fight vicious people. Mine are a different kind of vicious.'
American journalists: 'sleazebags.'
Residents of American inner cities: 'animals.'”
#Trump #Hegseth #military #war #Democrats #cities #journalists #woke #DEI
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"This is not normal. It’s dangerous af. …
Trump was open about how he wants the military to engage with civilians: He said that 'quell[ing] civil disturbances' is 'going to be a big thing for the people in this room.' …
The entire senior leadership of America’s military has been put on notice. They now understand how Trump intends to use their forces."
#Trump #Hegseth #military #war #Democrats #cities #journalists #woke #DEI
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