Aesthetic vandalism 🫤

And just like that, 'died suddenly' became the 'new normal'.

Here we have evidence of what post-modernism has done to us psychologically. We're surrounded by people who are virtually faceless, who use empty gestures to communicate false empathy, just like this vapid bronze blob that fails to signal a human embrace.

Reminder that World Economic Forum is an organisation of mid-wits with good family/political connections and zero useful insights. Davos Man does PR much better than policy

Lies can also die suddenly. The excess deaths will become the story; it's only a matter of when.

We're barely into 2023 and Ren has already emerged as the hero we need. A visionary and an inspiration. If you haven't heard of him yet, you soon will.

Environmental Design for Urban Cooling, Access, and Safety in Aged Care Facilities New paper, open access to help share cutting edge planning and design knowledge with practitioners mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/2…

Escalating heat in cities and suburbs is a growing public health concern, especially for our elderly. Griffith University's Tony Matthews tells Jason Dasey that Governments' need a multi-stakeholder dialogue to green our cities. apacnetwork.com/story/what-ris…

Perhaps of interest 🤘Assoc. Prof. Paul J. Maginn🤘 Sandy James Planner @sandyjamesplanner.bluesky Jago Dodson Ash Alam @CrystalLegacy1 PlaceMatt Edgar Liu 廖宇立 CitiesRI Griffith PIA PIA Qld Greg Vann Shane Spargo Christoph Rupprecht @[email protected] Lisa Stafford urbanismnz SwelteringCities Nicole Bennetts Elon Musk Alice Charles

Sights on Cities: New article tomorrow! 15-Minute Cities are old wine in a new bottle “Planning history is filled with two dimensional dreams materialising into three dimensional nightmares. I see low potential for 15-minute cities to be any different.” lnkd.in/ghjF6ZtA

Sights on Cities Substack: 15-Minute Cities are old wine in a new bottle sightsoncities.substack.com/p/15-minute-ci…

Out now and free to all readers! "15-minute cities are nothing but old wine in a new bottle. The current international furore doesn’t change the fact they are a fad; unwarranted, unworkable, and unnecessary." sightsoncities.substack.com/p/15-minute-ci… If you like it, subscribe for more!

Sights on Cities Substack: Friday Free Thinking sightsoncities.substack.com/p/friday-free-…

Sights on Cities Substack: Who wants to be King? sightsoncities.substack.com/p/who-wants-to…

Cities around the world are moving down radically different pathways toward sustainability, and a new set of city benchmarks is overdue. Griffith University's Tony Matthews and Curtin University's Kate Meyrick explore the options. Urbis apacnetwork.com/story/how-shou…

Four transformative stressors from Tony Matthews without home ownership, you have no chance of social mobility over time; with total digitisation we need to work on our EI; rise of mental ill health within cities; climigration - relocation of communities at #UNZ2023

I couldn’t count the number of flights I have taken, incl today, but I’m never less than amazed at the reality of flying and that something so huge can take off and land elegantly

Kindness never needs an audience, it only needs a beneficiary. Allow your good deeds to be their own motivation and reward.

Suburbs are often unfairly depicted as unfashionable, dull and boring. Less recognised is the fact they are our cultural engine-rooms. sightsoncities.substack.com/p/friday-free-…