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Ph.D. Architect. Dad of two. Reposting or liking ≠ endorsement.
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If you want to know what Donald will say tomorrow, listen to what Kremlin says today.
December 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Beijing-based architect Dong Gong of Vector Architects has won the 2025 Marcus Prize for Architecture from UW–Milwaukee SARUP. The $100,000 award, one of the field’s largest, honors established architects with strong future promise.

archinect.com/news/b...
December 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Two tankers destroyed, one damaged. That's all it took for Besiktas Shipping to pull 15 tankers from Russia's shadow fleet

Half of Russia's 500 sanctioned-crude tankers are foreign-leased. If others follow, Moscow loses $100bn+ yearly

euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/09/f...
December 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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#DORVAL-BORY ift.tt/6CxgFPt | posted by afasia | daily entries on contemporary art and architecture #afasiaarchzine #afasiaarq |

#architecture #arquitectura #design

Project for a ruined façade . Girac NICOLAS DORVAL-BORY architectes . photo…
December 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Haitang River Ecological Park Exhibition Hall by E PLUS/SZA DESIGN 📸 Jin Weiqi, Wu Jianquan #ArchinectProjects

Project details at archinect.com/firms/...
December 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Donald Trump removes James McCrery as White House ballroom architect: www.dezeen.com/2025/12/05/james-mccrery-dismissed-white-house-ballroom-architect/
December 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Monument to the Unknown Bureaucrat, Reykjavik — Magnús Tómasson, 1994
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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As Europe builds #renewable energy, new #nuclear power plants, big or small, forced to run at limited capacity to make way for cheaper green electricity. Low nuclear production would mean slower return on investment, pushing up price of electricity they produce.
www.euractiv.com/news/climate...
Climate activists question hype around small modular reactors | Euractiv
Backing these reactors would be a ‘costly mistake for Europe’, the lead author said
www.euractiv.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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New research shows that people on the lowest incomes are increasingly being denied access to social housing

We need major investment in new social homes, allocation systems that prioritise human need
#ukhousing
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
People on lowest incomes being denied access to social housing, research finds
Benefit claimants having applications denied for being deemed too risky by housing associations, says Crisis
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad

The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'

Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Cada vivienda de tres dormitorios incorpora tres patios diferenciados: norte como espacio híbrido, central como núcleo social y sur como patio de invierno, garantizando interacción, confort y captación solar. #arquitectura Crearctive S Coop And – Estudio RKT
28 patios y 14 viviendas sociales | Crearctive S.Coop. And - Estudio RKT - veredes
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December 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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California Air Resources Board: "To achieve climate goals, we need less driving"
Transportation Researchers: "To reduce driving, we need fewer lane miles"

Caltrans: "We need billions of dollars to keep widening highways."
California Legislature: "You got it."

usa.streetsblog.org/2025/12/02/o...
Opinion: One Less Lane Ought To Fix It — Streetsblog USA
Federal inaction means states must lead on reducing emissions — but their reluctance to reallocate road space for cars may doom climate goals.
usa.streetsblog.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to portray the Russian economy as able to support a protracted war in Ukraine — likely to buttress the ongoing Russian cognitive warfare effort falsely claiming that a Russian victory is inevitable.
www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/rus...
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 8, 2025
www.criticalthreats.org
December 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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After a backroom meeting with Donald Trump and a donation to the Trump ballroom, NVIDIA got a deal to sell the most advanced AI chip it has ever sold to China.

The NVIDIA CEO should testify under oath in Congress.
December 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Our infrastructure isn’t ready for what’s coming.
The Bay took over the highway during this morning's #KingTides in Marin.
December 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Trump ban on wind power projects overturned by federal judge
Trump ban on wind power projects overturned by federal judge
Seventeen states led by New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Trump in May to overturn the president's ban.
cnb.cx
December 9, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Britain records new wind power generation record, NESO says reut.rs/48qCx4B
Britain records new wind power generation record, NESO says
Britain posted a new wind generation record, producing enough power for more than 23 million homes, the National Energy System Operator said on Monday.
reut.rs
December 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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US judge strikes down Trump’s ban on new wind permits on.ft.com/4pnpxCH
US judge strikes down Trump’s ban on new wind permits
Court vacates president’s January executive order that froze approval of new projects
on.ft.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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China’s trade surplus tops $1 trillion for first time

www.ft.com/content/b9bf...
December 8, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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25 yrs since UK's 1st commercial offshore wind farm, now a world leader

How does wind power help ⬇️ wholesale energy prices?

🇬🇧’s marginal cost pricing system - most expensive power source (usually gas) sets price

⬆️ renewable capacity = ⬇️ gas reliance = ⬇️ prices
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Eisenhower said it was a "historic need"

Kennedy talked about "admiration" to EU project.

Nixon went for "less lecturing Europe and more listenig"

Reagan: "moral success"

Obama: "great achievement of human history"

...

The US-EU relations by US Presidents www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...
December 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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This morning's ECMWF deterministic forecast simulates an extreme scenario: +11 °C in Finland in mid-December.

Most likely does not verify as such but gives perspective of what it possible in today's climate under the current large-scale weather pattern.
December 8, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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China's real estate crisis keeps worsening
• Property prices have fallen by 20-40% since their 2021 peak, depending on the measure
• Huge share of families may have suffered loss, as value of their home is now below what they paid for it
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
December 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM