What’s the most common non-English main language in your London borough? HT @mapsporn
Robert Morrison
@morrisonbrink.bsky.social
Architect, Watch designer, maker, European. #Montmartre #paris #wristwatch #design #horology #watches #urbanism #architecture #foxterrier
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
washingtonpost.com
Sabrina Pasterski (b. #OTD in 1993) is a world-renowned theoretical physicist dubbed the "next Einstein" for her groundbreaking work in quantum gravity & spacetime. She's turned down lucrative corporate positions (e.g., Bezos' Blue Origin) to keep her research unrestricted. #WomenInSTEM #physics
Wow, who knew the ref would sign for PSG during half time
This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.
Remembering Aretha Franklin on her birthday. 💜 🙏🏼 🎵 🎹🎤
It's official! ... The French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot just invited Britain back into the Single Market. He said we'd be met with "open arms". #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Cabaret Sauvage! #paris #dogsofinstagram #foxterrier #foxterriersofinstagram #architecture #foxterrier_official
Time for your traditional christmas music link- youtu.be/s0NoalRsk5w?...
Clarence Carter - Back Door Santa (1968)
YouTube video by JBtheModManchester
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Most europeans would welcome uk back into EU - This certainly matches what I hear from my french friends and neighbours www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Most people in France, Germany, Italy and Spain would support UK rejoining EU, poll finds
YouGov survey suggests majority support idea of Britain returning to bloc – but not on same terms it once enjoyed
theguardian.com
Quelques jours après ma photo de cette rue, ils y ont installé des "mini-bancs Davioud", à hauteur d'enfant - apparemment il y en aura bientôt dans d'autres rues aux écoles (photos Le Parisien et Mairie de Paris)
EmmanuelSPV@emmanuelspv.bsky.social · last yr.Before (2017) / After (2025) the school street Rue Pierre Foncin in the 20th arrondissement of Paris. The street was closed to cars in 2020 and transformed during 2021.
ArtistFave15: pick one artist, then select and rank 15 fave tracks. One song a day, April 1-15. #ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Artist: #StevieWonder. Day 3, #13: Stevie Wonder: Black Man (Songs in the Key of Life, 1976) youtu.be/XCX2o7zOzg8?...
Black Man
YouTube video by Stevie Wonder - Topic
youtu.be
UK considers pulling the plug on £180M Brexit trade system “Single Trade Window” platform could be abandoned as government seeks savings ahead of spending review. www.politico.eu/article/uk-b...
UK considers pulling the plug on £180M Brexit trade system
“Single Trade Window” platform could be abandoned as government seeks savings ahead of spending review.
politico.eu
Vous avez été 66% à vous prononcer “pour” végétaliser et rendre piétonnes 500 nouvelles rues réparties dans tous les quartiers. Dans les prochaines semaines, une concertation sera ouverte pour définir la liste des rues et débuter la transformation de la Ville !
15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis
Tuileries terrier hunting ducks. #terriere #dogsofinstagram #foxterrier #paris #tuileries #terriertuesday
Hey @evanhd.bsky.social - nice to hear Scofidio tribute and discussion about the New York highline, but as usual no-one mentions that the NY highline was specifically inspired by and modelled on the "promenade plantée" project in Paris completed several yeaers before the Highline got started.
@evanhd.bsky.social Promenade Plantée opened in 1993- www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/...
A magical, green walk along Paris's Promenade Plantée
At times 10 metres above street level, this free, scenic three-mile stroll from the Bastille to the Bois de Vincennes was the world’s first elevated park walkway – and has become a cherished part of t...
theguardian.com
EXC - Britain’s biggest unions call for much closer UK-EU ties amid ‘volatile’ global economy In its first major intervention on Europe in five years, the TUC will call for a “much-needed” closer relationship with the EU, including for workers www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Britain’s biggest unions call for much closer UK-EU ties amid ‘volatile’ global economy
Exclusive: union umbrella body calls for new cooperation agreement ahead of Keir Starmer’s reset talks with Brussels
theguardian.com
