Grafton Architects city housing project is going ahead. No demolition of existing blocks. #AbolishDemolish Dublin’s ‘iconic’ Constitution Hill flats to undergo €44.5m revamp irishtimes.com/ireland/housin…

Two days ago in Sao Paulo. Bolsominion protests seemed more like the Benny Hill Show and were widely mocked by everyone on the street. Hadn't expected to see the shocking events today in Brasilia.

Readvertised: G.S. Caird Scholarship in Climate Change Mitigation sydney.edu.au/scholarships/b…

Why is retrofit not the default position here? Andy Devane's work is getting trashed left, right and centre in Ireland - needs to be much better appreciated or there will be nothing left.

In the last few years, BP, Shell, and ExxonMobil have announced net-zero climate pledges. They've spent millions of dollars advertising their investments in clean energy. Last week, all 3 companies changed up those plans and said they are doubling down on fossil fuels. 🧵

Went down a rabbit hole for cross-industry innovations (when one industry borrows from another). Here are 8 gems. 1. James Dyson made a bagless vacuum after seeing how sawmills used cyclone force to eject sawdust.

This one we’ve been very excited to get out into the world - patrick bresnihan and I get into the dynamics of big tech’s interest in boglands! Large scale energy cultures of DCs herald “eco-modernity” driven by cloud computing. “Data sinks, carbon services” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

Heard a great story about Derrida giving a lecture in Dublin from Richard Kearney last night. Derrida showed up to an audience of thousands of people with a giant stack of papers. “What is that?” Kearney asked. “It’s my talk!” Derrida said. Kearney took the stack from him…

In Christian art red, the colour of blood, came to be associated with martyrs and all forms of sacrifice and compassion. Jesus was often painted wearing red (as in Leonardo's Last Supper) and Mary too, while the Pope has also worn red robes for centuries.

Anyone know a good stonemason who specialises in rhinoplasty? 'Ireland' on the GPO building, Sydney. The iconography is pretty wild on this building.

Couldn't agree more.

Defo worth a read as BP's ad guy spills the beans on the cynical corporate strategy to shift blame on to individual actions to make us all feel guilty, when it is the actions of massive corporations that are actually driving the climate emergency. crikey.com.au/2023/05/23/car…

We are excited to share news of TWO new funded PhD (or MSc) positions Heat and Health Research Incubator Sydney Health to work at the intersection of #climate change, #heat stress, #sustainable #cooling, #sleep and #malaria risk. Contact Yorgi Mavros or me for more details. Please RT.

In my 30 years of publishing, there are very few books that match this one. It has a strange publishing history. Bear with me. The story has a happy ending. (1/14) unbound.com/books/i-could-…

Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin before and after its 1878 refurbishment and partial rebuilding by George Edmund Street

You may notice that our Basking Shark has been fitted with a nappy. The high humidity levels this summer softened the previously hard skin, making it pull away from the underlying form, so we had to secure it. We ask that visitors refrain from pointing and singing 'Baby Shark'

Our lecture series continues this winter term. 🗓 Tuesdays, 11.15 - 12.45 📍 Neue Universität, Lecture Hall 14 The lectures are open to the public and will be recorded, and made available on our YouTube channel afterwards. Students can register until October 8th via lsf.

The University of Sydney has awarded an honorary doctorate to distinguished alumnus Dillon Kombumerri in recognition of his contributions to built environmental professions and in shaping Australia's environments. Read more: bit.ly/3tI7JKw

The STS Cluster at Asia Research Institute - NUS is looking for a postdoctoral fellow with research interests at the intersections of STS and environmental humanities. Please share! careers.nus.edu.sg/job-invite/237…

Flood risk maps shown to have unintended consequence - they *reduced* concern about future SLR. "Overall, our results speak to the urgent need to empirically test all features of public climate communication campaigns" Hear hear! Matto Mildenberger et al. nature.com/articles/s4189…