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42four, a Vancouver Design Studio. J. Cassels, Lead Designer. Set Design, Visualizations and Art Department Multi-Tool. IASTE 891✊🏼
also reported by @thetyee.ca, the same developer let Dunsmiur Hotel rot until it became a public danger, then dodged $50 million in penalties. the city just approved a new Holburn Group development on the same site. thetyee.ca/News/2024/12...
The End of a Neglected, Dangerous, Once Great Hotel | The Tyee
Vancouver will demolish the Holborn Group’s Dunsmuir House. And could impose a $50-million penalty.
thetyee.ca
Little Mountain is one of the most enraging developer sagas in Vancouver history: 700 social housing residents evicted in 2007, developer received $299 million in interest-free loans to redevelop, then left site empty for years. crazy to see mayor and council spinning this as a success story.
The Tyee@thetyee.ca · 5h agoControversial developer Holborn Group promised new social housing buildings when it bought the Little Mountain land from BC Housing in 2008 and tore down existing social housing. thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...
At a time when dais slogans tend to favour gerunds (e.g., "Building Ontario"), it takes courage to go forth with blunt, caveman-syntax resolve:
Italy to place all 27 of its major cities on highest heat alert
Italy to place all 27 of its major cities on highest heat alert
Move comes as fourth heatwave of summer intensifies, edging temperatures in some areas close to 40C Italy is to place all of its 27 major cities, from Trieste in the north to Palermo in the south, under the highest heat alert as the fourth heatwave to hit the country this summer intensifies. A red alert means there is a higher chance of an emergency owing to the health risk posed by prolonged extreme temperatures to the entire population. Continue reading...
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Angèle Etoundi Essamba, Cameroonian photographer known for her photography in black and white particularly #WomensArt
The Runaways (Joan Jett, Jackie Fox, Lita Ford, Cherie Currie, and Sandy West) at CBGBs — Bob Gruen, August 1976
If you show up to Bluesky without following anyone, you'll be treated to a series of posts about art, music, and dogs. If you show up to X without following anyone, you'll be bombarded with right-wing conspiracies and white supremacist slop. It's weird which one is seen as a "political bubble"
I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
What if everything you hate about phone calls, but you’re expected to just sit there staring at your own dumb face.
42four@424.bsky.social · 2d agoGiven the choice of an enema or a FaceTime…
In my home town a furniture store had one of these signs that read, very temporarily, “COME IN AND SEE OUR PINES!”
Neville Park@nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy · 2d agothis makes me start laughing uncontrollably every time i think of it
Looking for a life-affirming beach read? Look it has an ice cream on the front. A high quality black matte hard cover. The perfect book for this transitional time between summer and spooky season. www.mulebooks.com/store/how-to...
How to Die (and other stories) — MULE BOOKS
On April 2, 2024 I sent out a newsletter asking people to send me questions. I promised to answer a question a week. This book is the result of that (ongoing) project. A collection of essays from my n...
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Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...
More than 80% of kids still using social media despite ban, new eSafety report finds
The report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan.
theconversation.com
Vancouver’s three urban golf courses overlaid on neighbourhoods where over 60,000 people live.
Mike Eliason@holz-bau.bsky.social · 3d agoseattle will have 4 count em 4 public golf courses accessible by light rail. and a way under-assessed private one that could be accessible by BRT. anyway it's unfortunate we don't take climate action seriously.
seattle will have 4 count em 4 public golf courses accessible by light rail. and a way under-assessed private one that could be accessible by BRT. anyway it's unfortunate we don't take climate action seriously.
oh hey i've literally been saying this for over a decade www.vox.com/future-perfe...
The case for turning golf courses into affordable housing
A major housing project in Nevada used to be a fairway. Other states should take a swing.
vox.com
The case for turning golf courses into affordable housing www.vox.com/future-perfe...
The case for turning golf courses into affordable housing
A major housing project in Nevada used to be a fairway. Other states should take a swing.
vox.com
is this the "both sides" I keep hearing about
Stephen Judkins@stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 4d agoIt's pretty infuriating that Trump is denying disaster aid to Oregon for political reasons and I have barely heard anything about it, while Biden was falsely accused of doing the exact same thing to North Carolina and millions of people believed that
During construction is often the best time to see mass timber! This is the new tower at UofT, designed by MJMA and Patkau!
