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NPR @npr.org · 14h

Macario Martínez, the street sweeper who became a Mexican pop star, brings his evocative music and longing lyricism to the Tiny Desk. n.pr/48pIa3k

Macario Martínez: Tiny Desk Concert

Macario Martínez, the street sweeper who became a Mexican pop star, brings his evocative music and longing lyricism to the Tiny Desk.

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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 1d

"Qinghai’s Talatan solar project:
Capacity of 16,930 megawatts of power, could run every Chicago household

Still adding panels w/ a target of growing 10 x the area of Manhattan in 3 yrs

Another 4,700 megawatts of wind energy & 7,380 megawatts of hydroelectric dams are nearby"

#nytimes

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
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The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

Nobel Peace Prizes have often been awarded to people who fight autocracy. Maria Corina Machado fits right into that tradition

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Why María Machado Deserved the Nobel Peace Prize

The Venezuelan opposition leader shows why participation matters.

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Ember @ember-energy.org · 23h

#China’s fossil fuel power is starting to plateau ⚡️🇨🇳

📉 In H1-2025, as solar & wind surged, both coal and gas generation fell 2%
📉 China’s power sector emissions also dropped 46 MtCO2 (-1.7%).

The big question: when will fossil fuels peak for good? 👀

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DMovies @dmovies.bsky.social · 22h

A black cloud hangs over the head of those living near the Vesuvius, while time conveys both healing and destruction

Gianfranco Rosi's quiet and observational doc is in the 69th BFI London Film Festival:

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Below the Clouds (Sotto le Nuvole) - DMovies

A black cloud hangs over the head of those living near the Vesuvius, while time conveys both healing and destruction - Gianfranco Rosi's quiet and observational doc is in the 69th BFI London Film Fest...

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 22h

Over the last 60 years, the world population has more than doubled.

This has inevitably reduced the land available per person to live and grow food.

How have we managed to feed a rapidly growing population with ever-shrinking land resources?

A line chart showing the change from 1961 to 2023 in global cereal production, yield, land use, and population. All figures are indexed to 1961, which is given a value of zero.

In this time, the world population has more than doubled. And the world can now produce more than three times as much cereal from a given area of land as it did in 1961 (i.e., an increase in yield of 214%). In the same period, land used for cereal has only increased by 14%.

The data sources are the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (2025); HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); and the UN WPP (2024). The chart is licensed CC BY to Our World in Data.

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MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 1d

Thea Djordjadze, She didn't have friends, children, sex, religion, marriage, success, a salary or a fear of death. She worked., 2013-14
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137642

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Bertrom. @bertrom.bsky.social · 1d

Joel Sternfeld.

American Prospects.

Sternfeld's America is most analogous to that of Walker Evans. Yet where Evans saw a physically crumbling but spiritually intact nation, Sternfeld finds a world of shimmering new construction surrounding a human spirit in serious trouble.

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Ian R. Pearsall @ianrpearsall.bsky.social · 1d

'Man & Industry'
Charcoal

Preparations for a new exhibition start tomorrow .. www.ianrpearsall.co.uk
Opening 22nd Oct

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International Energy Agency @iea.org · 1d

As renewables role in power systems grows, managing risks is key

Global supply chains for solar PV & rare earths used in wind turbines are highly concentrated in China

But diversification is set to remain limited by 2030 under today's policy settings ➡️ iea.li/4gXjRfc

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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 1d

Being an adult in a climate crisis #humansofbluesky #regenerative
Architect: Michael Reichegger
Foto:Samuel Holzner
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People stacking up jumbo straw bales as a load-bearing straw passive house. Window and door frames are installed 'floating' before final compression.

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| Andrea Pasquato | @andpas.bsky.social · 1d

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Casa Xcunya / APV Arquitectura para vivir

Construido en 2023 en Xcunyá, México. Imagenes por Manolo R. Solis. Casa Xcunya es un proyecto residencial minimalista cerca de Mérida que reserva solo el 2% de sus 43,000 m² para vivienda humana, pre...

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| Andrea Pasquato | @andpas.bsky.social · 1d

👁️👁️ "...los dormitorios se sitúan al norte, donde las temperaturas son más frescas, mientras que las áreas comunes aprovechan la luz filtrada del oeste." La palapa, tejida con palma natural, actúa como un sistema pasivo de climatización, reduciendo la temperatura interior de forma eficiente."

| Andrea Pasquato | @andpas.bsky.social · 1d

👁️👁️ "Construida con materiales de la región y técnicas tradicionales mayas, Casa Xcunya encarna una arquitectura de respeto y permanencia. La orientación de sus espacios ha sido cuidadosamente estudiada..."
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Casa Xcunya en Mérida - APV Arquitectura para vivir

Inspirada en la forma fluida de una gota de agua, Casa Xcunya es una propuesta arquitectónica que apuesta por la...

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veredes, arquitectura y divulgación @veredes.es · 1d

Las ciudades surgen de la necesidad de relación para sobrevivir y multiplicar talentos. Su fortaleza está en densidad y diversidad. En Perú, la población urbana pasó de 35% a 80% en 80 años #arquitectura #urbanismo #ciudad

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Brutalismbot @brutalismbot.com · 1d

House Tao in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico by HW Studio photos by Hugo Tirso Domínguez, Cesar Belio, and Gustavo Qiroz r/brutalism

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| Andrea Pasquato | @andpas.bsky.social · 1d

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From Saudi Arabia to Uzbekistan: AlMusalla Pavilion Reinstalled for the Inaugural Bukhara Biennial 2025

The Diriyah Biennale Foundation’s AlMusalla Prize-winning project by EAST Architecture Studio has been reinstalled in Uzbekistan for the Bukhara Biennial 2025.

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| Andrea Pasquato | @andpas.bsky.social · 1d

👁️👁️ "The project aims to open the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire (Art and History Museum), its apartments, and former annexes onto the city, creating a vibrant link between the museum, the City, and the territory."

afasia archzine @afasiaarq.bsky.social · 1d

#BIG . Frei & Stefani ift.tt/LnFCqUv | posted by afasia | daily entries on contemporary art and architecture #afasiaarchzine #afasiaarq |

#architecture #arquitectura #design

MAH . Genève BIG Bjarke Ingels Group . Frei & Stefani The project …

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Loretta Robinson @lorettarobinson.bsky.social · 2d

Reiman Pedestrian Bridge at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Wisconsin.

#UrbanGaze #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #Photography

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Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl · 2d

This is the Ann-Arbor-Bridge is Tübingen, Germany

This bright blue bicycle bridge, along with a nearby tunnel, offer a convenient north-south link across the railway tracks and form part of the city's 'Blaue Band' (Blue Ribbon) cycling route.

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veredes, arquitectura y divulgación @veredes.es · 2d

El material esencial de los putucos es la champa: bloques de tierra compactada con raíces de pasto. Una técnica eficiente que no precisa mortero ni cimientos, heredada y transmitida por generaciones. #arquitectura Karen Paredes Malma #patrimonio #arquitecturavernacula

Putucos y arquitectura vernácula similar: forma y material | Daniela Karen Paredes Malma - veredes

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afasia archzine @afasiaarq.bsky.social · 2d

#ATAMA ift.tt/BJaGq0D | posted by afasia | daily entries on contemporary art and architecture #afasiaarchzine #afasiaarq |

#architecture #arquitectura #design

Balenmagazijn – UCO Site . Gent ATAMA The redevelopment of the UCO site, a former…

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