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What do you do with old bikes and stations from your bike share system? Montréal-based artist JUNKO turned them into this giant “BIXI” insect sculpture.
#cycling #biketooter #art #publicart #cities #montreal #bikeshare
Replacing some or all of your #lawn with native plants and food is one way to support each other and the environment – but it truly does so much more than that.
Here are some significant research-backed and expert-approved benefits you’ll experience when you make the switch.
#nolawn #nolawns #rewilding #gardening #biodiversity #cities #urbannature #insects #ecology #landscaping #ediblelandscaping #mentalhealth #bees
https://www.rewildingmag.com/6-reasons-to-downsize-your-lawn/
Throughout former Yugoslavia, brightly colored kiosks began to emerge as hot dog stands, flower shops, currency exchanges, ticket booths, and more. "Kiosk: The Last Modernist Booths Across Central and Eastern Europe," features more than 150 examples photographed by David Navarro and Martyna Sobecka.
#Trump Says He Is Prepared to Send ‘More Than the #NationalGuard’ Into US #Cities
In a speech to American #troops assembled in Japan on Tuesday, Trump said he would escalate his orders to active duty branches of the #military if he decides it is appropriate.
#law #immigration #Constitution #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #PosseComitatusAct
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/politics/trump-japan-national-guard-us-cities.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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It’s not about #immigration.
It’s #RevengePolitics.
#Trump directs #ICE to expand #deportations in #Democratic-run #cities, undeterred by #protests
Trump on Sunday directed federal immigration officials to prioritize deportations from Democratic-run cities, a move that comes after large protests erupted in Los Angeles & other major cities against the Trump admin’s immigration policies.
#law #USpol
https://apnews.com/article/trump-ice-deportations-protests-65fa8d64ea12a78a0ee0ebeea008ee4d
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#ICE Set to Vastly Expand Its Reach With New Funds
After the passage of #Trump’s domestic policy #law, #DHS is poised to hire thousands of new #immigration agents & double detention space.
Thousands of new #deportation agents deployed into American #cities. A doubling of #detention space to hold tens of thousands of immigrants before they are expelled. Miles of new border wall, along with #surveillance towers equipped with #ArtificialIntelligence.
#AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/us/politics/ice-expansion-concerns.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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"Hard surfaces such as driveways and car parks block water from filtering into the soil.
"By removing the pavement, soils can soak up rainwater, which in turn aids in recharging groundwater supplies."
#rewilding #cities #urbanrewilding #green #nature #gardening #resilience #climatechange
https://www.rewildingmag.com/the-depaving-groups-reclaiming-urban-green-space/
My new paper got published, about urban civic learning, alternative counter culture spaces and democratic cities. Open Access!
>> Hacker–maker urban spaces as infrastructures of incidental civic learning
Nostalgically browsing online street views of a Central European city I once lived in, I was appalled to see that its nicest small stores had been replaced by tacky bubble-tea joints, smash-burger "restaurants," or electronic "vape" stores.
Also, two-thirds of an adjacent street, formerly occupied by the most lovely local businesses, was vacant and for rent. That street appears tarnished, and the previous streets with more shops have obviously lost their authentic character.
This is almost what is occurring in the larger city where I currently reside.
What’s the point in visiting another EU city when they are all going to end up looking the same?
When local venues are left empty or replaced by businesses appealing to wankers, there is no longer any point in making a thousand-mile trip to a city that you remembered for its peculiarities, which has now become just another clone of countless others.
#cities #defaced #Europe #local_stores #authenticity #bubble_tea #vape_stores #smash_burgers
Excellent!
https://riftlymedia.com/zipper-mechanics-fail-everyday-product-engineering/
I swear, every city needs a medina, a cheap mixed-use neighborhood where people can open tiny 2m × 2m shops that specialize in fixing zippers. Or sharpening kitchen knives. Or replacing shoe heels. You can get those services now, of course, but only at ruinous cost, because every shop has to pay thousands of dollars a month in rent on a high street. More tiny kiosks on narrow streets, sez I.
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