"Factory production has allowed all kinds of engineered products, from cars to electronics, to become much more sophisticated and also much less expensive. So why do we insist on building houses the old-fashioned way?"
Wessie du Toit on the commodification of housing, prefabrication and the attachment to historic architypes.
#Housing
https://www.thepathosofthings.com/p/why-we-dont-consume-houses
Our pets have never really seen eye to eye
nostr:npub12dp09mhas25mr76h7s04d43akx2n8rgg7hdn7u4q2lt5gfc5hwwq59rpxf nostr:npub1y57nkwg9cnu7ayhgwaatxllg64ej9y36ktk25kpy7knerf6uyk2swwzjag It sounds wonderful but a little flighty
nostr:npub1djvnea5e8tuytt8ml6z2sdraa643yqjcwqhkffgfdpray8dn60cq7v74n2 nostr:npub1y57nkwg9cnu7ayhgwaatxllg64ej9y36ktk25kpy7knerf6uyk2swwzjag The makings of a good historical novel, but very much a fictional account
nostr:npub1djvnea5e8tuytt8ml6z2sdraa643yqjcwqhkffgfdpray8dn60cq7v74n2 nostr:npub1y57nkwg9cnu7ayhgwaatxllg64ej9y36ktk25kpy7knerf6uyk2swwzjag Interesting that people ascribed her "decadence" to the fact that she had left rural life for the city, whereas, it was probably in rural Ireland that her child was conceived and therefore the "decadence" of rural life drove her to the city.
"We have 50km/h speed limits outside our schools, which is just ridiculous!" - Geraldine Herbert on driver behaviour around schools https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22289927/
#ActiveTravel
nostr:npub1f9mc3hq6jv89h8h57mutah4nkt4e3vuavj96cr5cjdcrpsfaqrrs6tcn3m I haven't posted, liked or retweeted anything on Twitter since November last year but I've kept my account, mainly because I don't want my Twitter handle to fall into other hands.
Initially, I had hoped that there might be a post-Musk future for Twitter and that I might return but that seems increasingly unlikely.
I don't think having an inactive account bolsters the platform in any significant way. Active Users is the key metric that investors and advertisers will look to.
nostr:npub12dp09mhas25mr76h7s04d43akx2n8rgg7hdn7u4q2lt5gfc5hwwq59rpxf What baffles me about this lad, though, is that I can't find him *afterwards*. One minute he's acting envoy to America, the next **poufff**
nostr:npub1djvnea5e8tuytt8ml6z2sdraa643yqjcwqhkffgfdpray8dn60cq7v74n2 three more years and we'll finally have that 1926 census data!
nostr:npub1djvnea5e8tuytt8ml6z2sdraa643yqjcwqhkffgfdpray8dn60cq7v74n2 I thin if there are too many results it won't return any.
For example, P* Murphy doesn't return results but Q* Murphy does
Dublin City Council are running a public consultation on the city Sports Plan https://consultation.dublincity.ie/sport-wellbeing/dublin-city-sports-plan-2023-2028/
I've used it to call for more publicly accessible green recreational space, safer walking and cycling routes to recreational spaces (including the proposed Dodder Greenway) and better walking and cycling infrastructure generally to allow people to build physical activity into their daily lives.
#ActiveTravel #Dublin
Shamim Malekmian reporting on a meeting chaired by Cllr Nial Ring to discuss asylum seekers living in the East Wall area. It's an excellently written piece that leaves no doubt about Cllr Ring's intentions.
“If they were really concerned, they would come into the building and talk to us and ask how they could help us. They would try to make sure that people who live in the building do come to these meetings”
nostr:npub1djvnea5e8tuytt8ml6z2sdraa643yqjcwqhkffgfdpray8dn60cq7v74n2 nostr:npub1lmpnxh24drmm4vcnjcrgvg2yg238v6pkhtd6vps02vxyvdgzafzqzux8hn it does if you click on each block of colour
Eamon Ryan couldn't have asked for a greater endorsement than to receive such criticism from the CEO of one of Europe's most polluting companies, whose business model is knowingly making climate change worse.
#EamonRyan #Ryanair #ClimateEmergency
#Meta is now pushing #Threads in my #Instagram notifications - I thought it wasn't available in the EU?
nostr:npub12dp09mhas25mr76h7s04d43akx2n8rgg7hdn7u4q2lt5gfc5hwwq59rpxf It is mainly wet in South Antrim. Wind only starting to get up now.
nostr:npub1s8n2dkyhnj0w82j4v6jz2t9vx68rztpshsrmw6mghn384yr0gktsshsusg I think it'll be a different picture here tomorrow. We're booked into Wild Ireland so we might have to break out the wet gear!
I don't know what it's like in the rest of the country but it's a beautiful day in #Inishowen!
#Donegal #Ireland
