Love this fruity vignette of London's coffeehouse culture, and its reminder of the power of coffee as a tool for innovation in an age where most people were drunk most of the time
It's #InternationalCoffeeDay! Celebrate with a read of @drmatthewgreen's essay on the halcyon days of the 17th and 18th-century London coffeehouse, a haven for caffeine-fuelled debate and innovation which helped to shape the modern world: https://t.co/F4xUXk8E46
@milski360 Would be interested to hear your conclusions too, might be worth a blog on current thoughts? Interested in how much this is a product of many years of slow growth and low productivity.
The politics of Americaโs housing issues in one chart:
โข People and politicians in blue states say they care deeply about the housing crisis and homelessness but keep blocking housing so both get worse
โข Red states simply permit loads of new homes and have no housing crisis
@the_aiju I've been doing morning pages for the last couple of months (Google it - it's a thing). Three pages of whatever you can squeeze out and that noone will ever read. Would recommend, really helps siphon off the crap.
โฌ๏ธ Definitely one to read โฌ๏ธ
Thank you Jason for taking the time to express the nuance and the bigger narrative of conflict here - the sadness I've felt about the conflict has only been worsened by the moral side taking on it. There's a reason this needs 15 tweets to set out.
A reflection on the hope for community cohesion โ A thread
We are reeling; from grief, from pain, from fear, from anger. The tragedy of what has occurred over the past few weeks has shattered many of our worlds. I go to bed each night wishing the fighting would come to end..1/17
@Sam_Dumitriu Great thread and points well made... though don't you think the policy proposals are still half baked? How can examination periods reduce and quality be retained without other measures, and "explore options" about legal challenge is a classic policy recommendation cop-out
I only wish that capturing wider social and economic benefits in how we measure regeneration outcomes was standard practice but it's frustrated me in practice to see it's not. Lots of reasons why, including collective cultural tunnel vision, but good to see some progress at least
As part of our mission to drive regeneration and housing delivery, we have undertaken a comprehensive programme of research aimed at strengthening the approach to economic appraisal and the measurement of social value.
You can read the paper here - https://t.co/wp1WNXkAM3
A huge achievement to have this amendment to the Bill and powerful messages around the need for a strategic responsibility over securing a standard for housing - and the huge impact this has on life chances for people who can rely on secure, safe and healthy homes.
@FionaEHowie @theTCPA @RTPIPlanners That's really fantastic news. Congratulations - a really well led campaign and great to be a part of @designcouncil
@AntBreach Sure and also buildings are (sometimes) more than just bricks. I actually think there's a fair argument to DCMS managing listing. It's a cultural heritage and identity point. Question is then about how DLUHC handles listing and the weighing of factors in the planning process.
Newsflash: man reinvents sailing.
I can't help but laugh, but actually, I wonder how many of the innovations we need to support a climate transition already exist...?
"I do predict by 2025 half the new-build ships will be ordered with wind propulsion
"The reason I'm so confident is our savings - one-and-a-half tonnes of fuel per day. Get four wings on a vessel, that's six tonnes of fuel saved"
https://t.co/xlhycQ6XxD
@nimtimtim@lb_southwark That is very depressing though I would suspect it not flowing down to planning officers is probably the fault of a lack of clarity and prioritisation coming from politicians and senior officers and a lack of confidence lower down in picking the right battles...
@russellcurtis That's an interesting one. Absolutely the committee decision is the right one but the officers clearly didn't feel empowered to apply their judgement to go against the green belt policy position - that's the bit that needs to change!