From theguardian.com
‘Professional buck-passers’: why the excoriating Grenfell report was right to damn architects
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The ultimate responsibility for the tower’s safety lay with its architect, said the 1,700-page report, which highlighted a ‘widespread failure among the profession’. Why are so many architects now utterly detached from the realities of construction?
#fire #press #building #grenfell #UutisBotEN #theguardian #construction #GrenfellTower #architecture
on Sep 5
From globalnews.ca
Sacred fire at Camp Morgan honouring slain Indigenous woman to be put out - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca
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A sacred fire near the Brady Road Landfill in honour of slain Indigenous woman Morgan Harris is being put out two years after it was lit.
#death #morganharris #fire #Canada #indigenous #bradyroadlandfill #murderedindigenouswoman
8h ago
From shkspr.mobi
Soft Launching my Next Big Project - Stopping
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As of today, I've quit. I started working full time before going to university. I worked part-time during my studies. Graduated into a crappy job. Got a place on a prestigious grad scheme. Worked my way up through the public and private sector. Start-ups and Ministries of State. Constantly...
20h ago
From globalnews.ca
Edmonton firefighters called to blaze at distillery in Strathcona - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca
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Fire crews arrived to find a fire "at the back of a business.
#efrs #fire #edmonton #emergency #strathcona #edmontonfire #edmontonfirerescueservices
12h ago
From lemonde.fr
« L’Age du feu » : histoire d’un embrasement
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Dans un récit implacable consacré au mégafeu canadien de Fort McMurray, en 2016, le journaliste et écrivain américain John Vaillant montre que c’est notre appétit pour le pétrole qui nourrit ces incendies catastrophiques pour le climat et la biodiversité.
#lemonde #fire #lagedufeu #megafires #fireweather #fortmcmurray #johnvaillant #climatechange
12h ago
From shkspr.mobi
Regeneration: You were expecting someone else?
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Twenty-Twenty-Two is Twenty-Twenty-NEW. Yup - time for me to regenerate into a new job. To recap - five years ago, I started at GDS in the Open Standards Team. Two-and-a-bit years later, I took a 6 months secondment to NHSX to do Open Standards. Eighteen months later, they finally let me go. I...
20h ago
From shkspr.mobi
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Well, that was a whirlwind! After 18-months at NHSX, my 6-month temporary secondment has reached its end. It's always hard when a job finishes. The secondment was twice extended, and that let me carry on defining open technology standards for the NHS. Now it is over and I'm a bit sad. The...
20h ago
From shkspr.mobi
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In 1974, a post-boxing day Britain tuned in to BBC 1 to watch "Robot" - the first Doctor Who story to star Tom Baker. For the next 6 years, 2 months, and 22 days, Tom Baker was The Doctor. But, as these things are wont to do, it came to an end. Forgive the spoilers, but The Doctor lay broken...
20h ago
From shkspr.mobi
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After four fun-packed years of Digital Disruption, it's time for me to move on from The Lab at O2. I've had an amazing time, building 3D printers, charging phones from lemons, building paper-prototypes with unemployed people, finding all sorts of interesting security bugs, teaching kids to code,...
20h ago
From globalnews.ca
Jasper wildfire: Several trails, day use areas in national park to reopen Friday | Globalnews.ca
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'If you plan to travel to Jasper, check what's open and available before you go,' officials said.
#fire #globalnews #albertawildfire #albertawildfires #jaspernationalpark
on Sep 5
From shkspr.mobi
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A mysterious woman, with a non-London accent and blonde hair, reached out her hand. She asked me a simple, yet terrifying, question - "Do you want to come on an adventure?" Sadly, Hadley Beeman does not have a TARDIS (Well, as far as any of us can tell...). What she does have is an interesting [...]
on Jan 20