"Factory production has allowed all kinds of engineered products, from cars to electronics, to become much more sophisticated and also much less expensive. So why do we insist on building houses the old-fashioned way?"
Wessie du Toit on the commodification of housing, prefabrication and the attachment to historic architypes.
#Housing
https://www.thepathosofthings.com/p/why-we-dont-consume-houses
I won't share the video of Michael O'Leary getting cream-pied because he gets enough publicity to promote his planet-killing business but it's very satisfying to see people fighting back against him.
#Ryanair
"You're in Dublin all the time? I suppose you're well settled there now." - Longfordians chatting on the train station platform. I feel like Maeve Binchy.
@1e2b1b1d@214fcd33 The Dublin-Cork train and the Dublin-Belfast train both have separate goods carriages where you can put your bike and there is rarely a capacity problem. They can even take cargo bikes. But they are the exception, unfortunately.
Dublin City Council are running a public consultation on the city Sports Plan https://consultation.dublincity.ie/sport-wellbeing/dublin-city-sports-plan-2023-2028/
I've used it to call for more publicly accessible green recreational space, safer walking and cycling routes to recreational spaces (including the proposed Dodder Greenway) and better walking and cycling infrastructure generally to allow people to build physical activity into their daily lives.
#ActiveTravel #Dublin
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