Wrath Of Gnon

It is time for a thread on traditional urbanism, or town planning 13th century style. I will dispel some myths of modern dis-urbanism.

“When the Englishman says “England,” he does not think of armies and domination; he thinks of a lane, of a field, of a line of cliffs... The word Britain stirs his pride, but it is the word England that stirs his heart.” — Unpopular Opinions, Dorothy L. Sayers, 1893-1957

“The English people have always, incessantly and unmercifully, chivvied their governments: and for a very good reason. A government must be either servant or master. If you do not chivvy it, it may chivvy you.” — Unpopular Opinions, Dorothy L. Sayers, 1893-1957

"The UNESCO World Heritage Committee, meeting in Paris decided to remove three properties located in Madagascar, Egypt and Libya from the List of World Heritage in Danger." unesco.org/en/articles/th…

In Kenya, first discovery of a fruit tree that is able to turn CO2 into calcium carbonate (egg shells, marble, limestone, sea shells, corals etc.) and sequester a ton of it into the surrounding soil. discovermagazine.com/environment/so…

Chinese wild elephants are a vital species in ecosystems: "Researchers found that compared with areas without Asian elephants, areas with Asian elephants exhibited stronger mammal co-occurrence networks, showing more complex and resilient ecological interactions. They also found…

“‘After a thousand years no better way than theirs has been found for the ploughing of this bit of England for the practice of husbandry.’” — H.R. Loyn, Anglo Saxon England and the Norman Conquest, 1962

What we all knew from observation of course: "New research suggests some families may be genetically predisposed to having only boys or only girls, challenging the long-held belief that a child’s sex is purely random." healthandme.com/parenting/why-…

“Electric weed control in viticulture has comparable efficiency to that achieved by herbicides. Electric weed control will be of particular importance for those where herbicide resistance is increasingly problematic and for organic growers.” cambridge.org/core/blog/2025…

Kathryn Grandstaff's (Crosby) autobiography has a funny contents page. Is it worth reading? A little premature maybe, at 1967. She would live on until 2024.

The benefits of monarchy, maybe also for Jamaica emilkirkegaard.com/p/the-benefits…

Well explained. Very tall buildings or very low density neighborhoods are only profitable thanks to land speculation and the laws enforcing it. And they are dependent on each other. You can't have the CBD without the sprawl.

Wood in schools reduce stress: "In an Austrian school classrooms equipped mainly with solid wood materials pupils exhibited a decreasing of heartbeats by an average of 8600 beats during the day and showed significantly higher vagal activity during wakefulness."

The Japanese "guarantor system" introduces a fourth party liable for damages and loss of income caused by the tenant when leasing property (like a tenant leasing and apartment or room). From the University of Tokyo website.

"Mientras lo mítico representa un estadio temprano y primitivo en la vida de la humanidad, en la vida del individuo representa uno tardío y maduro" Thomas Mann

The magnificent Italian Palladian 1710 Villa Fracanzan Piovene is a key location in the first few minutes of the 2024 film "A Beautiful Imperfection". Mostly famous for its baroque working kitchen, the exteriors are just as fantastic.

Public democratic elections are an as effective and likely tool for regime change in Japan as they are in the U.S., Ecuador, Sweden, Australia, China, or North Korea.

Edmond Johnson, the last fluent speaker of the Caddo language of Oklahoma, the historic language of the Caddo Nation, has died at the age of 95. Caddo is a Caddoan language, a family of languages native to the Great Plains historically spoken by tribal groups from present-day…

Well. Myself, I was once quoted by a Ted Cruz intern.