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AD—WO to convert Portland grain silo into cultural complex
A new adaptive reuse project in Oregon has been designed by AD—WO, Mall, and Wayside Studio, featuring comprehensive reuse of a former grain terminal.
www.dezeen.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
go Portland! www.dezeen.com/2025/12/12/a...
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In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
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Trying to ban fluoride in water while approving these guys?
November 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Trying to ban fluoride in water while approving these guys?
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He's also rescinded CoT's much admired Green Roof Bylaw earlier this month. #BackSliding #ProvincialGovsSuck
www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...
Doug Ford quietly kills Toronto’s green roof bylaw
Since the bylaw came into force in 2009, more than 1,200 green roofs have been installed across the city.
www.thestar.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:16 AM
He's also rescinded CoT's much admired Green Roof Bylaw earlier this month. #BackSliding #ProvincialGovsSuck
www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...
I want to see Toronto like this again youtu.be/6CUWccEUZjI?... #GoJays! 🐦
The night Toronto and Canada became NBA Champions
YouTube video by Tomas Kaplan
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I want to see Toronto like this again youtu.be/6CUWccEUZjI?... #GoJays! 🐦
@stevenpressfield.bsky.social wisdom bombs continue to drop: "The one thing that the tribe hates most is someone who goes their own way." @hubermanlab.com music.youtube.com/watch?v=cpKs...
How to Overcome Inner Resistance | Steven Pressfield
YouTube video by Andrew Huberman
music.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
@stevenpressfield.bsky.social wisdom bombs continue to drop: "The one thing that the tribe hates most is someone who goes their own way." @hubermanlab.com music.youtube.com/watch?v=cpKs...
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Toronto wins over LA at city-building.
day 2:
dodger stadium's 16,000-spot parking lot is so huge, it could fit ~10 more dodger stadiums in its place. a monument to socal's asphalt addiction more than to baseball.
meanwhile in toronto, an actual walkable, bustling city exists around the stadium
dodger stadium's 16,000-spot parking lot is so huge, it could fit ~10 more dodger stadiums in its place. a monument to socal's asphalt addiction more than to baseball.
meanwhile in toronto, an actual walkable, bustling city exists around the stadium
October 25, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Toronto wins over LA at city-building.
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Apple markets its new AirPods as being able to translate other languages directly in your ears. When @matteowong.bsky.social tested out the tool, it was barely able to help him buy flowers or tamales:
Lost in AirPod Translation
Apple promises to put an AI interpreter in everyone’s ears. It couldn’t even help me order tamales.
bit.ly
October 25, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Apple markets its new AirPods as being able to translate other languages directly in your ears. When @matteowong.bsky.social tested out the tool, it was barely able to help him buy flowers or tamales:
Five minutes in @hubermanlab.com and @stevenpressfield.bsky.social is already dropping bombs. "If you want to know which one of three or four projects you should do, you should do the one you are the most afraid of." music.youtube.com/watch?v=cpKs...
How to Overcome Inner Resistance | Steven Pressfield
YouTube video by Andrew Huberman
music.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Five minutes in @hubermanlab.com and @stevenpressfield.bsky.social is already dropping bombs. "If you want to know which one of three or four projects you should do, you should do the one you are the most afraid of." music.youtube.com/watch?v=cpKs...
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Psst: Stop burning stuff on Earth for energy. Let the burning fireball in the sky be your energy source.
NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.
The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
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The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
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October 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Psst: Stop burning stuff on Earth for energy. Let the burning fireball in the sky be your energy source.
That's it. Staying with Android/Windows.
Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.
Apple Pulls The Savant From Its Release Schedule
Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.
www.vulture.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
That's it. Staying with Android/Windows.
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Big News! The Toronto Society of Architects is now doing architecture boat tours! I got to ride along for the first one this weekend. Details at torontosocietyofarchitects.ca/events/
September 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Big News! The Toronto Society of Architects is now doing architecture boat tours! I got to ride along for the first one this weekend. Details at torontosocietyofarchitects.ca/events/
BIG's Telosa City. I'm in. www.archdaily.com/967927/big-u...
BIG's Telosa City Presents a Master Plan for Future Urban Development
Titled Telosa, the project aims to create a new city in America that sets a global standard for urban living and becomes a blueprint for future generations.
www.archdaily.com
September 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
BIG's Telosa City. I'm in. www.archdaily.com/967927/big-u...
Not all Trump's decisions are bad. Airbnb Co-Founder, Joe Gebbia, was appointed as the first Chief Design Officer of the United States of America. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
August 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Not all Trump's decisions are bad. Airbnb Co-Founder, Joe Gebbia, was appointed as the first Chief Design Officer of the United States of America. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Montreal’s Village to become pedestrian-only year-round
Montreal's Village to become pedestrian-only year-round
The heart of the Village has been pedestrian-only every summer since 2007, but the City of Montreal will soon make it car-free year-round.
cultmtl.com
August 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Montreal’s Village to become pedestrian-only year-round
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“Many Swedish cities, including #Stockholm, prioritize snow clearance very differently. They now clear walkways & bike paths first, especially those near bus stops & primary schools. Next, they clear local roads, & then, finally, highways.”
usa.streetsblog.org/2018/01/24/w...
usa.streetsblog.org/2018/01/24/w...
Why Sweden Clears Snow-Covered Walkways Before Roads — Streetsblog USA
It's part of "gender-balanced" policy that reflects the fact that women walk more than men.
usa.streetsblog.org
August 24, 2025 at 6:02 AM
“Many Swedish cities, including #Stockholm, prioritize snow clearance very differently. They now clear walkways & bike paths first, especially those near bus stops & primary schools. Next, they clear local roads, & then, finally, highways.”
usa.streetsblog.org/2018/01/24/w...
usa.streetsblog.org/2018/01/24/w...
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Canadian architecture studio Partisans completed Canvas House in Toronto, featuring an undulating yellow brick facade designed to appear pixelated, inspired by the owner's art collection.
August 20, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Canadian architecture studio Partisans completed Canvas House in Toronto, featuring an undulating yellow brick facade designed to appear pixelated, inspired by the owner's art collection.
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Student enrollment on average rose by 1.6% more at schools that had chief marketing officers than at those that didn’t. f-st.co/vo0gPKl
More universities are hiring chief marketing officers. Here's why
Research shows that having a CMO is linked to a significant boost in enrollment.
f-st.co
August 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Student enrollment on average rose by 1.6% more at schools that had chief marketing officers than at those that didn’t. f-st.co/vo0gPKl
when will get Toronto on par with the rest of the world? we need more biophilia, not more concrete density. www.dezeen.com/2025/08/18/s... @jasonthorne.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
when will get Toronto on par with the rest of the world? we need more biophilia, not more concrete density. www.dezeen.com/2025/08/18/s... @jasonthorne.bsky.social
given the scattered and clunky experience with the Windows ecosystem, i finally decided to switch to Apple. learning that this company still locks people in their ecosystem, not supporting Garmin watches, i reversed my decision.
August 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
given the scattered and clunky experience with the Windows ecosystem, i finally decided to switch to Apple. learning that this company still locks people in their ecosystem, not supporting Garmin watches, i reversed my decision.
👏 more hideouts with greenery like this in our city!
New “POPs” (privately-owned public space) mid-block pedestrian plaza and passageway has now opened as part of “Artists’ Alley” in downtown Toronto (Lanterra Developments with Hariri Pontarini Architects and NAK Design).
August 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
👏 more hideouts with greenery like this in our city!
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NEW DATA: UK car market continues shift to electric
EV +9.1%
PHEV +33.0%
Petrol -14.7%
Diesel -7.9%
Hybrid -10.0%
Data from SMMT
EV +9.1%
PHEV +33.0%
Petrol -14.7%
Diesel -7.9%
Hybrid -10.0%
Data from SMMT
August 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
NEW DATA: UK car market continues shift to electric
EV +9.1%
PHEV +33.0%
Petrol -14.7%
Diesel -7.9%
Hybrid -10.0%
Data from SMMT
EV +9.1%
PHEV +33.0%
Petrol -14.7%
Diesel -7.9%
Hybrid -10.0%
Data from SMMT
Microsoft's failed initiative to have a true ecosystem and be the only real competitor to Apple. Finish what you start, Microsoft. Sadly, when the original Surface star team is in ruins, my next laptop and phone will most certainly be Apple. I thought I would never say this. 💔
🥲 "This is Microsoft's canceled Windows-based Surface Duo — the dual-screen Windows Phone from 2018 that we never got"
DETAILS: www.windowscentral.com/hardware/sur...
DETAILS: www.windowscentral.com/hardware/sur...
This is Microsoft's canceled Windows-based Surface Duo — the dual-screen Windows Phone from 2018 that we never got
Surface Andromeda was the successor to Windows Phone we never got. Now, we know exactly what it would have looked like thanks to leaked images of prototype hardware from 2017 and 2018.
www.windowscentral.com
August 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Microsoft's failed initiative to have a true ecosystem and be the only real competitor to Apple. Finish what you start, Microsoft. Sadly, when the original Surface star team is in ruins, my next laptop and phone will most certainly be Apple. I thought I would never say this. 💔
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“While Mayor, I was often asked ‘how have you been able to afford bike-lanes in #Copenhagen?’ I’d reply, ‘how have you been able to NOT afford it? 25 years ago we were a few days away from going bankrupt. So the city invested in the cheapest infrastructure… bicycling.’” — @mortenkabell.bsky.social
August 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“While Mayor, I was often asked ‘how have you been able to afford bike-lanes in #Copenhagen?’ I’d reply, ‘how have you been able to NOT afford it? 25 years ago we were a few days away from going bankrupt. So the city invested in the cheapest infrastructure… bicycling.’” — @mortenkabell.bsky.social