Lovely New York Central System poster from 1946 by American illustrator Leslie Ragan (1897-1972). The feeling you must’ve gotten as a visitor to the US during the steam engine boom must’ve been one of looking into the future.
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⚪The economy of cities⚪Short block grid⚪3mph urban design https://frankkevinmurphy.blogspot.com "Lively diverse intense cities contain seeds of their own regeneration with energy enough to carry over for problems and needs outside themselves” Jane Jacobs
Valeria Luiselli’s intricate novel, “Lost Children Archive,” confronts the complexities of bearing witness. Writing About Writing About the Border Crisis ✍️ James Wood @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
Writing About Writing About the Border Crisis
Valeria Luiselli’s intricate novel, “Lost Children Archive,” confronts the complexities of bearing witness.
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Developed in collaboration with industry and academic partners, the modular timber system is based on a rationalized structural grid, a concise kit of prefabricated components, modular planning principles, and fully coordinated building services.
Perkins&Will study proposes mass timber housing system
Developed in collaboration with industry and academic partners, the modular timber system is based on a rationalized structural grid, a concise kit of prefabricated components, modular planning princi...
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Praying for rain to save our camp in Northwestern Ontario: My piece www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Memories of a Northwestern Ontario cottage that may go up in smoke
Our little slice of heaven on Lac des Mille Lacs may become just that, memories, if the wildfires in the region are not brought under control
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Looking for your next unputdownable summer read? ☀️ From the beloved, award-winning author of the culture-changing hits Lost Children Archive and Tell Me How It Ends comes her most powerful and page-turning novel yet about a mother and daughter travelling together after expectations collapse.
![The Booksellers' List selection Beginning Middle End by Valeria Luiselli. Bookseller Sarah Lilleyman from Spencer Books said
[At once a road novel, a love letter to the majesty of Sicily and myth, and an exploration of mother and daughterhood, Beginning Middle End is an exquisite story that I didn’t want to, well, end. When a mother arrives in Sicily with her daughter after the breakdown of her marriage, she’s seeking connection to her grandmother’s archeological work and a way to reimagine her family’s future. But her daughter sees things differently, and we get to experience the story from both vantage points. Valeria Luiselli is a beautiful writer, and this is a uniquely powerful and uplifting novel.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cmea7fw6o7m7xxu635kx3my2/bafkreigj5mfbnd5prsrz5oxpqnfiwj42zojnfqyezo5hmnrja7yuds6kca)
Good half hour summary of China’s 1990s on BBC Radio 4 today, including, of course, Deng Xiaoping’s Southern Tour: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
How Did We Get Here? - No World Order - 2. The View from Beijing - BBC Sounds
The decade in which China reshaped its relationship with the international system.
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The Cuban Throwing Parties to Fight for Political Change. David González has suddenly become the host of Havana’s hottest parties amid its energy crisis. @jacknicas.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/w...
The Cuban Throwing Parties to Fight for Political Change (Gift Article)
David González has suddenly become the host of Havana’s hottest parties amid its energy crisis. Can he turn them into a movement?
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Globally the shift towards cities merrily continues. This means lots of construction. If you are in this sector or sell something like steel or cement, you’ll be doing well. Source: buff.ly/WZoQp60
The milestone marks two decades of design-focused initiatives across the city.
Montréal Celebrates 20th Anniversary as UNESCO City of Design
The milestone marks two decades of design-focused initiatives across the city.
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Something I'll never understand - if I want to make substantial enough changes to my house, it has to go through a neighbourhood consultation process, but someone on my block can buy a vehicle that significantly increases the chances one of my kids gets run over.
David Zipper@davidzipper.bsky.social · 5d agoWhich vehicles most endanger the drivers of other cars? Giant pickup trucks — and the Dodge Charger Source: www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
I got back from Ukraine to find copies of my new book, "Betrayal: Trump, Putin and the New Age of Conquest" waiting for me! It's my tenth non-fiction work, published by @faberbooks.bsky.social on August 27th, with international editions to follow
Here’s a non-paywalled version for 20 of you. I was just texting with Khalifa earlier this week. He’s moved to Dakar, after his sister and mother died in Guinea, and is still hoping to use his English to get work in the Gulf or Morocco‘s tourist spots. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e33036f...
Along the trans-Saharan path, African migrants weigh the risks and rewards of heading to Europe
The Globe joins West Africans along the desert route that carries hundreds of thousands through deadly perils and ignites political crises in Europe
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Island of Exteriors Before and after Habitat 67. Exploring Montréal: 151 Best Buildings reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202... @reviewcanada.bsky.social
Island of Exteriors | A review of “Exploring Montréal” by Robin Ward | Literary Review of Canada
Kelvin Browne reviews “Exploring Montréal,” a book on the city’s 151 best buildings, by Robin Ward.
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It was, in accelerated fashion, a parallel to how living through climate change is making Republicans far worse on emissions & pollution.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d agoThe Fauci hearing perfectly illustrated how living through a once in a century pandemic somehow made Republicans far worse on public health. God forbid we face anything like covid again during Trump 2.0. There will be no Dr Fauci around to try to talk sense to Trump.
Dave Eggers on Writing a Sprawling Novel of Art and Artists, Contrapposto. @janeciab.bsky.social @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/dave-eggers-...
Dave Eggers on Writing a Sprawling Novel of Art and Artists
Dave Eggers’s new novel, Contrapposto, transmits a deep understanding of the impulse to make art—to study, practice, commit to making art on a regular basis, to exhibit and sell your work (or your …
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Unesco’s World Heritage Committee has added 25 new sites to its prestigious list – among them, modernist landmarks in Finland, Poland and Uzbekistan mark a growing shift towards recognising 20th-century architecture www.wallpaper.com/architecture...
When housing design ignores inhabitants' realities, dwellings become obsolete. As households change, people are forced to move—not because their homes are too small, but because they no longer meet their needs.
Op-Ed: The Housing Crisis Is Also a Design Crisis: Six Housing Design Strategies That Could Halve the Housing Shortage
When housing design ignores inhabitants' realities, dwellings become obsolete. As households change, people are forced to move—not because their homes are too small, but because they no longer meet th...
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Meet Karti, the most affectionate, courageous dog ever, who before seeking refuge here tirelessly assisted pro-democracy protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia. He’s earned an early & extremely soft retirement in a loving home w/experienced rescue-dog people. Pls share widely. Inquiries: speakingofdogs.com.
‘You Aren’t Going to Like What Comes After America’ @chrystia-freeland.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/o...
Opinion | ‘You Aren’t Going to Like What Comes After America’
Remember when ‘blame Canada’ was a joke?
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Me for @theguardian.com from Kyiv. The war is now a contest of drones in which #Ukraine has the upper hand. Russian troops are advancing slowly in the east. But Zelenskyy has found a theory of victory: to flatten Russia's economy via unmanned long-range strikes www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
Who has the momentum in the Russia-Ukraine war? – video explainer
Since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, the war in Ukraine has changed dramatically. The Guardian's Luke Harding looks at who has the advantage and how Volodymyr Zelenskyy's strategy has ...
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The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, home to one of the world’s foremost collections of Canadian and Indigenous art, has announced a redevelopment led by Toronto-based firm Hariri Pontarini Architects (HPA).
Hariri Pontarini Architects to Lead Redevelopment of McMichael Canadian Art Collection
This renewal, supported by investments from the Government of Ontario, the Government of Canada, and philanthropic partners, will remake the McMichael into a museum that is a beacon of accessibility, ...
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Hotels are designed to help you relax. Here are design tricks to bring the look and feel home. www.theglobeandmail.com/life/style/a... @theglobeandmail.com
That is an EXCELLENT (as in, ALL-CAPS-WORTHY) decision. The federal government has rejected Doug Ford’s plans to allow jets at Billy Bishop airport on the downtown Toronto waterfront www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Federal government declines to allow jets at Billy Bishop airport ‘at this stage’
Ottawa’s rejection delivers a major blow to Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s agenda
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In the latest issue of Maclean's, we surveyed our writers about the neighbourhoods they love most. The result is both a portrait of a country bursting with urban development and an indispensable bucket list for Canadian summer travel. https://macleans.ca/culture/canadas-coolest-neighbourhoods/
Canada's Coolest Neighbourhoods - Macleans.ca
The best places to eat, drink and explore in Canada
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On his first morning as PM, Andy Burnham backed a national rough-sleeping pledge with £340m and the 'Housing First' model he ran in Manchester.
I love this map! It shows all the US cities that used to have more than 100,000 residents but now don't anymore. Cool US history and geography trivia. Source: buff.ly/3yM5JOa
Oliver Jones, celebrated Canadian jazz pianist, dies. @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/musi...
Oliver Jones, celebrated Canadian jazz pianist, dies
Jones’s musical career took him from classical to pop to jazz stages around the world, working with artists including Oscar Peterson, Clark Terry, Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen, Herb Ellis and Red Mitchell
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Kate Armstrong@brainchain.ca · 2w agoOliver Jones was a Montréalais and and incredibly brilliant jazz pianist. I love this video of him improving ‘Tenderly’ at his home: m.youtube.com/watch?v=pHkN...