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Highspeed

@highspeedottawa

Change Agent. Trains. Community building. Wrexham FC. Did I mention Highspeed Trains. OO for those in the know. Indochine

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Scientists found that fungi constantly send bioelectrical signals through their mycelium, like tiny messages moving through a living network. By connecting those signals to a synthesizer, each pulse is turned into a musical note, letting the mushroom "perform" in real time.

Melissa & Chris Bruntlett (@modacitylife) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A World Bank report calls on governments to create dedicated Livable Streets Investment Programs, scaling up funding to 10% of road budgets by 2035. Why? Livable streets deliver some of the highest returns in transport investment—up to €16 per €1 spent: investinlivablestreets.info

A World Bank report calls on governments to create dedicated Livable Streets Investment Programs, scaling up funding to 10% of road budgets by 2035.

Why? Livable streets deliver some of the highest returns in transport investment—up to €16 per €1 spent: investinlivablestreets.info
Bhaumik Gowande (@bhaumikgowande) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Copenhagen without skyscrapers with a per capita (PPP) of $85000. Roads & skyscrapers being the sign of development is something population in developing countries exposed to Internet should UNLEARN. With population of 1.4 million, Copenhageners owned only 250,000 cars (23%

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What does it take to move 1000 people? Better infrastructure supporting mobility choices that don’t take up so much space (or produce so much emissions/pollution, cost so much public money, etc). Graphic via Seattle Subway based on a Sydney graphic I spread around years ago.

What does it take to move 1000 people? Better infrastructure supporting mobility choices that don’t take up so much space (or produce so much emissions/pollution, cost so much public money, etc).

Graphic via <a href="/SeattleSubway/">Seattle Subway</a> based on a Sydney graphic I spread around years ago.
Alicia, Courtyard Urbanist (@urbancourtyard) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Americans deserve nice cities too. Small-scale, mixed-use, single stair apartment blocks are the foundation of family-friendly, walkable neighborhoods. The reasons we don’t have them here are harmful rules and norms that need to go

Americans deserve nice cities too. Small-scale, mixed-use, single stair apartment blocks are the foundation of family-friendly, walkable neighborhoods. The reasons we don’t have them here are harmful rules and norms that need to go
Robert Kwolek (@robertkwolek) 's Twitter Profile Photo

From the IG account lost_german_heritage, a comparison of Karl-Liebknecht Straße in Berlin. For all our technological advances, it shows a society utterly stripped now of beauty. And not just the buildings, it’s everything: street furniture, paving, signage, clothing…

From the IG account lost_german_heritage, a comparison of Karl-Liebknecht Straße in Berlin. For all our technological advances, it shows a society utterly stripped now of beauty. And not just the buildings, it’s everything: street furniture, paving, signage, clothing…
Robert Kwolek (@robertkwolek) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I was lucky one morning in Tokyo to see a convoy of compact waste collection vehicles leaving Meguro Incineration Plant. This is the epitome of adapting your vehicles to your city rather than your city to your vehicles.

I was lucky one morning in Tokyo to see a convoy of compact waste collection vehicles leaving Meguro Incineration Plant. This is the epitome of adapting your vehicles to your city rather than your city to your vehicles.
Nouvelle-France ⚜ (@jean_vauquelin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

26 décembre 1791 (1/2) Entrée en vigueur de l'Acte constitutionnel de 1791. La «Province du Québec» est divisée en 2 colonies distinctes (Haut et Bas-Canada) ayant chacune leurs assemblées législatives. Au Bas-Canada, la «Coutume de Paris» s'applique, ce qui permet aux femmes...

26 décembre 1791 (1/2)
Entrée en vigueur de l'Acte constitutionnel de 1791. La «Province du Québec» est divisée en 2 colonies distinctes (Haut et Bas-Canada) ayant chacune leurs assemblées législatives. Au Bas-Canada, la «Coutume de Paris» s'applique, ce qui permet aux femmes...
Ian Phillips: Retro Nostalgia Music, TV & Movies (@iphillips79) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Specials - Ghost Town (1981) 2026 will mark this classic song's 45 anniversary. Still a big favourite of many & defo one of my top picks. Captured the time so well but easily still so relevant (sadly). A UK #1 hit single from the classic More Specials album. #Legends

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Finland's underground data centers heat entire city blocks using server waste heat In Finland, several data-centres now feed their waste heat into municipal district-heating networks instead of simply dumping it into the air. For example, waste heat generated by data-centre

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🎉 The Villejuif–Gustave Roussy station, designed by architect Dominique Perrault, has been awarded the Versailles 2025 Prize, which recognizes the most beautiful architectural achievements in the world. 📸 ©urban__flavor #visitparisregion #explorefrance

🎉 The Villejuif–Gustave Roussy station, designed by architect Dominique Perrault, has been awarded the Versailles 2025 Prize, which recognizes the most beautiful architectural achievements in the world.
📸 ©urban__flavor
#visitparisregion #explorefrance