mia 水明

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hairy cherry https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x4d03474160fa5786696e9dfcca2fdfb9df7b2c20/17?referrer=0x1eff547e423a315d75f490c6b3a481bec8389648

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Free design resource created from public infrastructure :) https://www.dayroselane.com/hydrants

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“Upload an aerial or satellite photo from your city - an intersection or neighbourhood - and start mapping how much space is allocated to cars, pedestrians and bikes.” https://cyklokoalicia.sk/arrogance/

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Written in 1993 but still very relevant read on how New York City has, for decades, bent over backwards to increase land values for wealthy developers. In turn, pushing out blue collar jobs and funding for mass public transit (and the people that depend on them) https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/1419-the-assassination-of-new-york

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Texting millennials be like

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Finally being addressed the way I should

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I cannot recommend this book list enough: https://www.versobooks.com/collections/architecture-cities#pagination-target

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Another big win for micromobility https://www.thedailybeast.com/who-is-the-citi-bike-assassin-who-killed-unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-in-new-york/

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I respect the push for affordable housing, but the startup city movement’s fixation with “just build more housing” oversimplifies the crisis. The problem isn’t just supply. In 2023, California had 1.2 million vacant homes—8.7% of its housing stock—while 181,399 people were homeless. This crisis demands more than supply-side fixes. the startup city movement is missing the piece on non-market solutions, like social housing, public housing, and cooperatives models, which remove housing from the speculative market, ensure long term affordability, and give communities a say in how housing is managed.

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Thank you Audrey tang https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x7c6035dcf9846074dd5e18af1a36fd88651ba892/19?referrer=0x1eff547e423a315d75f490c6b3a481bec8389648

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As a woman, I’ve noticed a highly effective way to get creepy dudes to stop hitting on you is to start mentioning things like “collective emancipation from capital holding classes”and “abolition of private property.” Apparently nothing kills the vibe like a woman going off about communist theory. Works for me though all I have to do is be myself!

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Decentralized community networks don't work alone, they directly support and amplify other grassroots movements https://www.nycmesh.net/blog/nyc-surveillance-archive/

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This belongs here

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beautiful, well-functioning cities often naturally mimic fractal geometry, using repeating patterns to create networks of streets, public spaces, and buildings that adapt as needs change. in contrast, the rigid, top-down plans from the 20th century, like Le Corbusier’s designs, often failed to create vibrant city life. They focused too much on uniformity and architectural consistency but ignored how cities constantly evolve and need flexibility. to build more resilient cities, urban planning should: 1. Embrace fractal principles to support organic, flexible growth 2. Focus on networks of public spaces that connect buildings and build community 3. Use technology & decentralized systems to guide growth while staying adaptable to change http://emergenturbanism.com/2007/11/19/complex-geometry-and-structured-chaos/

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Reminder for your holiday season travels to always opt out of facial recognition at TSA! Biometric data collection is ALWAYS optional, even if you’re in Clear PreCheck. It's no coincidence they make it so hard to know this—we should be asked for our consent to opt in, rather than us having to fight to opt out! Resist surveillance culture!!! https://keepbeyond.com/optout/#clauses

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https://is.gd/Vqyv4m 🦷🦷🦷

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anyone in the pursuit of collective liberation should read Pleasure Activism by adrienne matter brown:

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“Buildings, infrastructures and other urban technologies may be enablers of cities, but they are not the point of cities. The ‘smart city’ movement has repeatedly misunderstood this, by focusing on simplistic instruments rather than emergent complexity, operational efficiency rather than thriving cultures, control rather than conviviality. As Brian Eno wrote, a truly smart city would be built around the intelligence, creativity and resourcefulness of its inhabitants, human and otherwise. This city is expressed via its culture, its interactions, its relationships. And adaptive urban technologies can powerfully tune systems to produce such diverse, open, and adaptable cultures—or they can inhibit them, producing the opposite.” https://dialogue.city/futureurbanism/

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Technofeminista 💚 https://cyborgrrrls.net/

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