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.

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

Keep the city in the city and the country in the country.

IDEA: Take a half block and remove cars.

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%

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.

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

Or allow for radiant sidewalks…

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…

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.

While our friends at Royal Canadian Air Force track Santa in the sky, we found him... aboard our icebreaker! 🎅🚢

#Ottawa white Christmases over the past 50 years (2025 edition) #YowWx #OttWeather #OttNews

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...

Bring back street cars

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

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

Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough (Live Swap Shop 1981) #80s #synthpop

🎉 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

Glasgow to experiment with free travel… secretglasgow.com/glasgow-free-p…