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philbixby.bsky.social
@philbixby.bsky.social
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Architect and Passivhaus Designer in York, UK with a passion for sustainable & community-based projects, half of myfutureyork.org & part of yoco.uk. Makes B&W photos on film, rides bikes for pleasure & utility, and leans to the political left.
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iandunt.bsky.social
Downside: There is no plan and no courage. No attempt to sort the tax system. No strategy for the economy, like the one @johnspringford.bsky.social suggests here getting-out-of-the-hole.uk. Even good policies, like mansion tax, simply fiddle for pennies instead of properly reforming property tax.
Getting Britain out of the hole
A plan for the UK economy
getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
philbixby.bsky.social
Yesterday evening we visited Hamilton, Canada, with www.yoco.uk plus @colville-andersen.com plus some Hamilton residents (thanks to extensive family networks!). *Really* good discussion, reflecting on York - and I've blogged it at www.yoco.uk/blog/the-lif...
November 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
philbixby.bsky.social
Firmly in thermal image camera weather now, so here's the cat enjoying the underfloor heating
November 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
philbixby.bsky.social
Final reminder for YoCo's next Screenings & Discussions event on Zoom! 7:00pm-9:00pm next Monday 24th Nov - join us online to visit Hamilton in Canada & share thoughts about what we can learn about making our own cities more life-sized. Free booking via YoCo's website at www.yoco.uk/events
November 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Of all the people you could defame, I wouldn’t pick a judge
colinyeo.bsky.social Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 6d
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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jurajmikurcik.bsky.social
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November 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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localnotail.bsky.social
"Britain has failed to base its economic strategy on what it’s good at - tradeable services, science and tech, universities, niches in advanced manufacturing.
And since Brexit, it has been actively undermining its economic model, which is founded on openness to trade, ideas and people."
johnspringford.bsky.social John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 10d
New essay out today by me and @acjsissons.bsky.social - ‘Getting Britain out of the hole: a plan for the economy’. You can read the whole thing here getting-out-of-the-hole.uk

A chart mega-thread follows 🧵
Getting Britain out of the hole
A plan for the UK economy
getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:14 AM
philbixby.bsky.social
Say what you like about a wet weekend but by heck it's an opportunity to get stuff done - it's been solid printing / cutting / folding here, meaning I now have a (very limited) stock of Marginal, my photobook. Better work out how to sell it or there'll be a lot left for next year's #yorkopenstudios
A photograph of a very large composite photo print spread across a table
November 16, 2025 at 9:27 AM
philbixby.bsky.social
It's the system, stupid - there isn't the capacity to enable the new neighbourhoods we need, but easier to blame the newts and promise to "rip up red tape" (whichever political colour you are, apparently). At last some serious questions from within -
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds
Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:46 AM
philbixby.bsky.social
A gift for the next romantic

B&W photography on film
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 400
#believeinfilm
#fridayfavourites
#ilfordphoto
A black and white photograph of the splintered trunk of a fallen tree, upon which someone has left a few carnations and stems of grasses
November 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM
philbixby.bsky.social
Too much to take in at once

B&W photography on film
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 400
#believeinfilm
#fridayfavourites
#ilfordphoto
A black and white photograph taken into the twigs and branches of a fallen, leafless tree, with a shallow depth of field
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
philbixby.bsky.social
We are encircled

B&W photography on film
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 400
#believeinfilm
#fridayfavourites
#ilfordphoto
A black and white photograph of a pair of coots facing one another, surrounded by a circular pattern of ripples in the water, accentuated by reflections
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
philbixby.bsky.social
A river runs beneath it
Leeds Railway Station

B&W photography on film
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 400
#believeinfilm
#fridayfavourites
#ilfordphoto
A black and white photograph showing a vaulted culvert with a sizeable river running through it, with bright light at the distant end.
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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orla-hegarty.bsky.social
🚡 “How did the Most Dangerous City in the World” transform into a public transit paradise?

Discover the uplifting story of Medellín’s Metrocable” nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
Medellín’s Metrocable: From Danger Capital to Urban Mobility Splendor
Sponsored: How did the “Most Dangerous City in the World” transform into a public transit paradise? Discover the uplifting story of Medellín’s Metrocable.
nextcity.org
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
philbixby.bsky.social
I seem to have heard lots of discussion this week about what culture is, where it happens and what it means, so a good reminder to plug the www.yoco.uk screening & discussion on Monday 24th Nov. Join us for free to find out what Hamilton can suggest for our own cities - www.yoco.uk/events/the-l...
November 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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marzenamajcher.bsky.social
My new album “DNA CODE MUSIC”, featuring my contemporary music performed by the brilliant string quartet NEOQUARTET.
Listen on Bandcamp
marzenamajcher.bandcamp.com/album/dna-co...
November 4, 2025 at 9:40 AM
philbixby.bsky.social
After the rain

B&W photography on film
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 400
#believeinfilm
#fridayfavourites
#ilfordphoto
A black and white photograph of droplets (in and out of focus) on the leaf of a castor oil plant
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
philbixby.bsky.social
Autumn will for now define me, and I will define it

B&W photography on film
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 400
#believeinfilm
#fridayfavourites
#ilfordphoto
A black and white photograph of a low-hanging branch with autumnal leaves, with trees and leaves on the ground out of focus behind
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
73% of Copenhageners don’t own a car, and the city has made huge strides reclaiming public space for people that had been previously surrendered to cars. Now candidates in the upcoming city election want to prioritize “car storage” again. Not surprisingly, @colville-andersen.com isn’t holding back.
Debunking political myths about car #parking in #copenhagen #kv25 #cities #cars
YouTube video by Coolville feat.:The Life-Sized City
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 AM
philbixby.bsky.social
Sinuous you say

B&W photography on film
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 400
#believeinfilm
#fridayfavourites
#ilfordphoto
A black and white photograph of a wooden handrail and its complex shadow beneath a number of overhead lights
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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rufustsuperfly.bsky.social
‘I love the smell of onions & mustard in the morning. Smells like failure.’
November 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
philbixby.bsky.social
No idea why I bother with design - working with a brief and thinking through rational responses - why don't I simply have a competition for every decision? Bath in the kitchen? Give it your best shot! Bother with a roof or just go for nicer skirtings? C'mon roof-lovers, bid! What *is* this nonsense?
November 5, 2025 at 8:53 AM
philbixby.bsky.social
With one stride

B&W photography on film
📷 Nikon F4
🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 400
#believeinfilm
#fridayfavourites
#ilfordphoto
A black and white photograph taken with a wide angle lens looking up at the underside of a brick-arched bridge crossing a road on a diagonal route, sweeping from bottom left to top right of the image.
November 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
philbixby.bsky.social
Just passing through

B&W photography on film
📷 Nikon F4
🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 400
#believeinfilm
#fridayfavourites
#ilfordphoto
A black and white photograph showing a row of cottages alongside a street, with a tall railway viaduct passing close behind (and very much above) them.
November 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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culturalsnow.bsky.social
People who want to return Britain to how it was in the 1950s, but also resist any thought of income tax rises, might want to do a bit of cursory research.
November 4, 2025 at 7:19 AM