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Startups killed by Apple today #WWDC

So sad to hear about Michael Mosley. Will be sorely missed. 😞

@pierpaolo.bsky.social how did you get the font of your name to look like that?

Ability to upload video to Bluesky "coming soon". The final piece of the puzzle to make Bluesky a viable alternative to X for many people.

The skies just got a little more blue... you can now post GIFs! We're starting with a set list of GIFs from Tenor. You can turn off auto-play in your settings. Custom uploaded GIFs and video coming soon! 🔜 Share Bluesky with a friend: bsky.app/download 💙

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This part of the Strand in London used to be a congested road for cars. Now it’s a magnetic place for people. Good trade. It can feel hard to muster the vision and leadership needed for smart urban change. But it pays off with a better city. Gorgeous pic by @livinglondonhis.

Like it or not. #AI-powered_building_design is coming: architechtures.com What do you think?

Architechtures - AI-Powered Building Designarchitechtures.com AI-Powered Building Design Web tool for the residential sector to help you improve decision making and reduce design time from months to minutes.

Fruit juice companies are like tobacco companies. This fruit juice contains more sugar than a can of coke (coke is typically 10.6 g per 100 mL). My dad drinks this shit on an empty stomach every day believing it's healthy, because of this kind of deceptive marketing.

@hi.skygaze.io I really want to like For You but the feed rarely shows me something I like. I'm expecting something like a Youtube or TikTok feed, where I like just about everything it shows me. Am I expecting too much? Or doing something wrong?

Rammed earth construction: Researchers look to the past to improve sustainability

Rammed earth construction: Researchers look to the past to improve sustainabilitytechxplore.com Researchers at UBC Okanagan are revisiting old building practices—the use of by-products and cast-offs—as a way to improve building materials and the sustainability of the trade.

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Clay / earth from the site coupled with timber. Win-win situation for indoor climate and combating climate change. Herzog & de Meuron #lehm #bauwende afasiaarchzine.com/2023/07/herz...

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Gardens in towns & cities are cool. Literally. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Botanical gardens ‘most effective’ green space at cooling streets in heatwaveswww.theguardian.com Researchers hope the findings will inform policymakers planning cities for a warming world

Plastic cladding again.

Four dead as Valencia apartment block gutted by flames fanned by high winds, official sayswww.theguardian.com Thirteen reported injured as 22 teams of firefighters fight flames engulfing 14-storey building

Many of my favourite social housing schemes are in Spain. This one in Barcelona. La Balma by Lacol + Laboqueria. Inviting spaces. CLT structure. Future allowance for PV and grey water recovery. Geothermal generation of air conditioning and hot water. divisare.com/projects/466...

The UK’s largest all-timber development gets the go ahead. Almost 700 homes built from a CLT structure and wall cassette system. www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/green-l...

UK’s largest all-timber development given green light in Leweswww.architectsjournal.co.uk The South Downs National Park Authority granted detailed permission for new flood defences, access a...

@ajweissbard.bsky.social, @patstanford.bsky.social, @scparker.bsky.social, @architectmark.bsky.social, @archoncad.bsky.social, @thinkingpencil.bsky.social New Vectorworks feed here: bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Strong 'The System Says No' vibes in this story.

Plans for a £100m folding bike factory focused on active travel has been delayed over concerns about "the potential to impact on the safe and efficient operation of the strategic road network". Not an article from the Onion.

New “car-free” Brompton factory facing delays as traffic authority calls on bike brand to consider those with “no choice but to drive”road.cc The folding bike manufacturer’s proposed eco-friendly headquarters features no car parking spaces and aims to encourage staff and visitors to cycle, walk, and use public transport – but National Highways has objected to the scheme four times in a year

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You can now sign up for Bluesky without an invite! 🎉 bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Join Bluesky Today (Bye, Invites!) - Blueskybsky.social Sign up for Bluesky! No invite code required.

“What I think this tells us is that the direction of artificial light matters. If you are going to have lights at night, you really want them to be shrouded and not chucking loads of light out sideways, and especially not upwards into the atmosphere” www.theguardian.com/science/2024...

Why are moths attracted to lights? Science may finally have an answerwww.theguardian.com Insect flight paths were filmed at night using hi-res and infrared technology with surprising results

@janrosenow.bsky.social what is the likely problem here: inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

I regret installing my £25k heat pump - I spend £20 a day and am still freezinginews.co.uk Jane bought one to heat her 200-year old Cornish home - but says it still leaves her 'freezing cold'

We build in concrete, steel, masonry, wood. But what if there was a fifth option?

Michael Green: The natural building blocks of sustainable architecturewww.ted.com If we're going to solve the climate crisis, we need to talk about construction. The four main building materials that humans currently use -- concrete, steel, masonry and wood -- have a heavy environm...

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Hello Bluesky! 🦋 We're happy to announce the release of our Bluesky integration for Postpone. 🎉 Postpone is a social media scheduler for content creators, with support for 5 social platforms. Click here to learn more 👉 https://updates.postpone.app/announcements/postpone-now-supports-bluesky

Postpone now supports Bluesky! 🦋updates.postpone.app Today we're excited to unveil Postpone's latest integration: Bluesky ! Bluesky is an up-and-coming microblogging social media platform with features similar...

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Some quick thoughts on Trump's victory in Iowa iandunt.substack.com/p/some-quick...

Some quick thoughts on Trumpiandunt.substack.com The battle for American democracy

The chocolate situation in New Zealand is pretty dire.

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Climate delayer often claim “My country’s emissions are so negligible it won’t make a difference”. But if every country that had ‘negligible emissions’ decided to do nothing, we wouldn’t be able to fix climate change. Great piece by Hannah Ritchie: www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/small-emit...

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Exciting news: We’re taking another step to making Bluesky an open network for public conversations. Around the end of this month, we’ll release a public web interface. With this, you’ll be able to view posts on Bluesky without being logged in on an account.

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Timber airship hanger in Mulheim, Germany 42m span with joints made of wooden dowels (so no need for steel). It ‘stores’ 1,189 tonnes of carbon and the wood used can be regrown by German forests in 47 minutes derix.de/en/project/a...

How does Microsoft even exist? It can't even provide basic file sharing services. It's been 7 months since we reported not being able to access our client's files on OneDrive and we're still on some kind of merry-go-round horror show with their support staff.

Cross posting test, with image, using Yup Mobile, to Twitter + Bluesky

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Yup is live in the App Store! Yup is the all-in-one social aggregator for Bluesky, Twitter, and more. 💐 One tap to crosspost. 💐 One feed for everything you read. 💐 One click to follow your friends everywhere. 💐 One place for your notifications. iPhone: apple.co/3G4Nf1u Android: bit.ly/3uaTz4T

‎Yup - Open Social All-In-Oneapple.co ‎Twitter, Bluesky, Farcaster, Threads, Lens, and more in one app. Features: • Crossposting: quickly post to all 5 platforms at once. • Aggregated Notifications: simplify your digital life...