Citizen State
@citizenstate.bsky.social
Citizen State is reimagining society to create a world that’s citizen-centric, self-sustaining, and unique. We’re building a borderless community independent of the current system that allows each individual to meet their basic needs and thrive.
A #civilization without memory is a civilization without direction. We cannot navigate the future by abandoning the past, nor build tomorrow by living in yesterday. Wisdom lies in understanding both. History is a compass. #CitizenState citizenstate.substack.com/p/towards-ja...
Towards Janusian Societies
Understanding History Is Key to Civic Life
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Every great journey begins as an idea. Physicists have shown that a theoretical ring wormhole could connect distant regions of space (and even time). Today it's theory. Tomorrow? The future belongs to those who #explore. @charlesuni.cuni.cz www.thebrighterside.news/post/wormhol...
Wormholes may enable time travel, astrophysicists find
A new analysis suggests a ring wormhole could, in theory, form closed timelike curves under the right gravitational conditions.
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If this truce to place Hamas's heavy weapons under oversight endures it may become the first step toward ending years of suffering in Gaza. Let us welcome the possibility with caution, while knowing that true peace is measured by lives rebuilt and children who no longer wake to war.
Rushdi Abualouf: If Hamas disarmament plan holds, it could mark first credible step to ending Gaza war
The plan - if successful - potentially removes the most significant obstacle to advancing the Trump-backed peace initiative in Gaza.
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An experiment in economics: a Baltimore Guaranteed Income Club redistributes money between members based on income, creating a safety net. It's not a replacement for UBI, but an intriguing model of mutual aid and local solidarity. #UBI #CommunityEconomics www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...
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Cities cannot remain dependent and fragile. Sponge cities, floating cities, and ethical design show a path forward. Build resilience, protect people, and decentralize systems. We choose to evolve. #CitizenState #EcoCities #ClimateResilience #FutureCities stacker.com/stories/soci...
Are these 'eco-cities’ the future of sustainable design?
Atmos reports on innovative eco-cities addressing climate change through sustainable designs like sponge cities and floating communities.
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The idea that aesthetics, nature, and surroundings can provide healing is seemingly often forgotten in the design of spaces that need those principles the most. We're very pleased to see the opening of the UK's first rooftop intensive care ward at @kingscollegenhs.bsky.social...
UK's first rooftop intensive care ward opens at King's College Hospital
The outdoor ward, at King's College Hospital in London, will monitor how much it boosts the recovery of seriously ill patients.
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An emerging truth is that Europe lacks a counterpart to Silicon Valley, raising an open question about whether the advantages that built the modern economy will carry into the next phase. But should such centres of development be spatially bound? #Economics #History #Future
What a thousand years of economic history reveals about modern growth
Nobel laureates James Robinson, Joel Mokyr explored origins of the modern economy with Harris and Booth colleagues at recent Stone Center panel
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An emerging truth is that Europe lacks a counterpart to Silicon Valley, raising an open question about whether the advantages that built the modern economy will carry into the next phase. But should such centres of development be spatially bound? #Economics #History #Future
What a thousand years of economic history reveals about modern growth
Nobel laureates James Robinson, Joel Mokyr explored origins of the modern economy with Harris and Booth colleagues at recent Stone Center panel
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A 2025 report from Stanford University revealed that lonely individuals using AI applications showed a decreased will to engage in face-to-face social interaction, tending to withdraw from real-world relationships due to the emotional support they receive from these systems (Stanford HAI, 2025).
The Last Human Generation
The Surrender of Decision, Imagination, and Connection to AI
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Farmer-led innovation is already transforming food systems. Across the world, communities are building resilient, place-based solutions rooted in knowledge and care. The future of food is grown from the ground up. #Agroecology www.uvm.edu/institutefor...
Farmer-Led, Grassroots Innovation Makes Real Systems Change Possible | Institute for Agroecology | The University of Vermont
Across the globe, agroecological farmers are leading the way, preserving biodiversity, stewarding land and waterways with place-based knowledge, and nourishing their communities. Yet dominant funding…
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New research from the Centre for London suggests the #HousingCrisis isn’t just about supply, it’s about fairness and distribution. Behind it all? A system that treats property as a primary store of wealth. When homes become assets first, people come second. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Affordability, not shortage, causes London housing crisis'
A think tank argues that price inflation, not supply is at the heart of London's housing crisis.
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From #Atlantis to #seasteads, islands have long been canvases for radical dreams: #utopias, pirate republics, floating nations. Cut off from the mainland, they promise freedom… but often reveal who holds power 🌊🏝️
Islands of the Imagination - JSTOR Daily
A short history of islands as sites of political escape and reinvention, from the myth of Atlantis to modern seasteading.
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The Southern Poverty Law Center, which is best known for its tracking of hate groups, said that the Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the nonprofit regarding their use of informants.
Southern Poverty Law Center says it is under Justice Department investigation
The nonprofit on Tuesday said it is “the latest organization targeted by this administration.”
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This moment carries quiet weight. Systems that concentrate power can appear immovable until citizens withdraw their consent. That matters!
Orbán era swept away by Péter Magyar's Hungary election landslide
Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule is over, defeated by a 45-year-old ex-party insider who convinced a majority of Hungarians to oust him.
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If you could explore any planet in the solar system, where would you go next? #WeAreExplorers #Artemis2 #Moon #NASA @nasaspaceflight.com @nasawatch.bsky.social
Adam R. Hemmings@adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 4mo agoAnd we're off! The future belongs to those who dream, who question, and who explore. So excited we're going back to the Moon! www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4... #Moon #Artemis #Artemis2 @nasaspaceflight.com @nasawatch.bsky.social
If you could explore any planet in the solar system, where would you go next? #WeAreExplorers #Artemis2 #Moon #NASA @nasaspaceflight.com @nasawatch.bsky.social
Adam R. Hemmings@adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 4mo agoAnd we're off! The future belongs to those who dream, who question, and who explore. So excited we're going back to the Moon! www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4... #Moon #Artemis #Artemis2 @nasaspaceflight.com @nasawatch.bsky.social
"Solarpunk seeks to rewild our imaginations, captivate us with success stories from the near future, ease our psychic burden, & motivate us toward constructive action. It also crucially implies that the landscape of our collective imagination is not a monoculture; it should be an abundant ecosystem"
Citizen State@citizenstate.bsky.social · 7mo agoSolarpunk is not escapism. It is rehearsal. By imagining a civilization where human dignity and ecological flourishing coexist, we begin the serious work of building it. The future must be made desirable before it can be made real. #Solarpunk #EcologicalCivilization
"Not everyone has welcomed the changes, with the Residential Freeholders Association accusing the government on an attack on leasehold system". Sorry, thought we were in 2026, not 1066! #Fleecehold www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Service charges rise concerning residents across the West
People across the West explain how the charges on their buildings are affecting their finances.
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New research shows bringing #TB testing to local clinics could diagnose millions more people, but only if costs drop. This is solvable. When we design health systems around people not profit, life saving care becomes local, accessible, and universal. www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
New Analysis Identifies Feasible TB Diagnostic Instrument Prices for Healthcare Systems in Low-Resourced Countries
A new study found that offering decentralized tuberculosis testing in local clinics could be cost-effective in low- and middle-income countries if the diagnostic instruments used to run those tests…
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Claims that immigrants are taking most social housing don’t hold up, as new migrants are excluded from accessing it. Blame divides us. A citizen system builds enough homes for all, rooted in truth, fairness, and shared dignity. www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Do settled migrants really get 'immediate access' to social housing?
Shabana Mahmood claimed settled migrants would "receive immediate access to social housing" if Labour didn't step in. Is it true?
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A home in Japan runs #offgrid, using solar power, composting, and local design to live in balance with its environment. This is the future. Citizens building homes that sustain life, restore ecosystems, and free us from fragile central systems. www.designboom.com/architecture...
five interconnected timber volumes shape off-grid house on japanese island
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New-build homeowners face hidden #fleecehold fees, paying ongoing charges for roads, drains, and shared spaces. A home should mean freedom. Let’s build communities owned and governed by the people who live in them! www.ft.com/content/7aac...
Time to shear the UK housing market of the dreaded ‘fleecehold’
Estate management charges can leave buyers of new-built homes with unforeseen costs as they pay annually for maintenance
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A study shows that a simple no-strings grant helped care leavers achieve more stable housing, better health, and improved well-being while reducing crime and hardship. When we trust people with resources instead of conditions, we unlock human potential. #FutureOfSociety
One-off £2,000 cash grant gives care leavers head start, study finds
Participants were less likely to become homeless or spend time in hospital or prison, researchers say.
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Overheating is no longer a marginal issue, it is becoming a clear housing risk, writes Doug Johnson of energy and building performance specialists Mesh #UKhousing www.insidehousing.co.uk/home/the-gov...
The government’s warm homes policy has a major contradiction
Overheating is no longer a marginal issue, it is becoming a clear housing risk, writes Doug Johnson of energy and building performance specialists Mesh.
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Zero-carbon housing projects face delays from cost pressures and legal battles even though smaller eco-homes are already proving cheaper to run and viable to build. The lesson is clear: the barrier is not possibility but system design. #CitizenState #FutureOfLiving #ClimateAction
Low carbon homes; why do they take so long to build?
Why has it taken so long for plans for a zero carbon community to be approved in West Oxfordshire?
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We love it when the media acts surprised about something that everyone who's been living it knows all too well! #HousingCrisis #Housing
Average age of first time buyer climbs to 34
A new report looks at how conditions have changed for first time buyers since the 1990s.
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Mortgage rates have climbed past 5% as global conflict drives financial uncertainty and lenders withdraw home loan deals. Moments like this remind us how global instability shapes everyday life, and why building a more resilient and fair economic system matters. #Economy
Average UK mortgage rate tops 5% as lenders scurry to reprice loans amid Middle East crisis
More than 500 lending products pulled in biggest single upheaval since Liz Truss’s mini-budget in 2022
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Farmers in the Northeastern United States are cultivating hyper-local “ecotype” seeds adapted to their specific landscapes to restore ecosystems. #Biodiversity #FutureOfHumanity
Hyper-Local Seed Collecting Gains Momentum in the Northeast
A lesser-known local movement seeks to preserve biodiversity and restore landscapes
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A growing feminist debate argues that rethinking kinship, family, and care systems is essential to addressing crises. A stronger democracy begins when we recognise our shared interdependence that extend beyond bloodlines and borders. #Democracy #FutureOfHumanity
🌈 A radical feminist kinship for democratic futures
A radical feminist politics of kinship asks us to interrogate the roots of how we live together: how we form families, share resources, and imagine belonging. At stake, says Víctor Hugo Ramírez…
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Youth climate activists around the world are organising strikes that challenge political inertia while experimenting with new forms of democratic action. Their courage shows that the future is something citizens can begin building together today. #ClimateAction #FutureOfHumanity
🎭 Youth climate activism prefigures just futures, not distant utopias
Despite widespread political inertia in responding to the climate crisis, youth climate activists are reshaping politics. Turkan Firinci Orman argues that by embodying Hannah Arendt’s ideas of…
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