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Premiered January 26, 2026

Border Patrol ‘untrained’ for urban areas, ex-CBP head says

Border Patrol ‘untrained and unskilled’ for policing in urban areas, ex-CBP head says

Editor’s Note: Below is the PBS video from YouTube. –DrWeb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4N_LgBy-Nc

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🚌 Why America needs fewer bus stops

https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/america-has-too-many-bus-stops

#usa #bus #transit #masstransit #transportation #cities #urban #planning

Ontario dominates list of Canada's sexiest cities but Toronto gets shafted
If you thought Toronto was the undisputed capital of all things sexy in Canada, well, you're in for a rude awakening.While the rest of the province has been getting busier than Shane and Illya at the cottage (Heated Rivalry fans, if you know, you know!) Toronto was basically left on read.PinkCh...
#sex #cities #ranking #Toronto #Ontario #Brampton
https://www.blogto.com/city/2026/01/canadas-sexiest-cities-toronto-shafted/

Longest* commercial airport runways in the UK and Ireland

Listed below are commercial airports across the United Kingdom and Ireland with the longest runways. A minimum length of 7,500 feet was required for inclusion.

*Because some of the data varied between the full list page on wikipedia and individual wikipedia airport pages, secondary sources were checked to verify the runway lengths.

Peace!

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1. Runway 9L/27R: London Heathrow Airport, England = 12,802 feet

2. Runway 9R/27L: London Heathrow Airport, England = 12,008 feet

Proposed new runway: London Heathrow, England = 11,483 feet

3. Runway 8R/26L: London Gatwick Airport, England = 10,879 feet

4. Runway 06/24: Shannon Airport, Ireland = 10,495 feet

5. Runway 10L/28R: Dublin Airport, Ireland = 10,203 feet

6. Runway 15/33: Birmingham Airport, England = 10,013 feet

7. Runway 5R/23L: Manchester Airport, England = 10,007 feet

8. Runway 4/22: London Stansted Airport, England = 10,003 feet

9. Runway 5L/23R: Manchester Airport, England = 10,000 feet

10. Runway 12/30: Glasgow Prestwick Airport, Scotland = 9,797 feet

11-12. Runway 9/27: East Midlands Airport (Nottingham), England and Runway 2/20: Doncaster Sheffield Airport, England = 9,491 feet

13. Runway 7/25: Belfast International Airport< Northern Ireland = 9,121 feet

14. Runway 12/30: Cornwall Newquay Airport, England = 9,003 feet

15. Runway 5/23: Glasgow Airport, Scotland = 8,743 feet

16. Runway 6/24: Edinburgh Airport, Scotland = 8,386 feet

17. Runway 12/30: Cardiff Airport, Wales = 7,723 feet

18. Runway 8/26: Ireland West Airport (Connacht), Ireland = 7,700 feet

19. Runway 7/25: Newcastle International Airport, England = 7,644 feet

20. Runway 5/23: Teeside International Airport (Middleton), England = 7,516 feet

SOURCES:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_the_United_Kingdom_and_the_British_Crown_Dependencies
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland
• en.wikipeida.org for each individual airport listed above
• https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/25/heathrow-airport-third-runway-plan-government-m25
• pooleys.com
• https://acukwik.com/

#airports #aviation #cities #England #flying #geography #history #Ireland #landUse #NorthernIreland #planning #runways #Scotland #tourism #transportation #UK #Wales

#cities ☕️ Chris, Dmitriy, and Tingting engaged in a spirited discussion about the multifaceted nature of #urbanlife, with Tingting particularly emphasizing the overwhelming sensory input and the need for recalibration amidst the constant flux.

Abandoned airport becomes green city, 25 million kilos of plastic removed from oceans, teen-run mental health hotline

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://squirrel-news.net/abandoned-airport-becomes-green-city-25-million-kilos-of-plastic-removed-from-oceans-teen-run-mental-health-hotline/

beautiful #architecture could lower nimby opposition to more #housing

#city #cities #urban #urbanPlanning

"We Asked 770 People What Architecture They Prefer"
by The Aesthetic City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmtUViAhfY4

Trump Warns Minneapolis Mayor Frey Over Immigration Comments

President Donald Trump criticized Jacob Frey after the Minneapolis mayor said he wouldn’t change the city’s immigration policies,…
#NewsBeep #News #Topstories #Cities #DonaldJohnTrump #Government #Headlines #Law #minneapolis #Minnesota #Policy #Politics #SocialMedia #TopStories #U.S.ImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement #WhiteHouse
https://www.newsbeep.com/376271/

Most US cities lack the cash to fix the potholes in their streets. AI is not going to help with that.
#AI #cities
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/28/google-mayors-ai-playbook-cities

💺 Electric cars won't fix sitting: The health costs of designing cities around cars

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-electric-cars-wont-health-cities.html

#health #disease #cities #urban #cars #transportation #sitting

Unlike these constitutional cases, a public-nuisance complaint flexes a well-recognized & historically based exercise of #state #sovereignty. True, its application is novel. But that simply tells us that we live in a moment of new political challenges.

Until now, #states & #cities have been in denial about those challenges. They have not grasped the profound & potentially irreversible rupture in #federal-state relations that’s under way.

#law

London has always been a mix of peoples and cultures from near and afar and that's what makes it one of Earth's top cities so fuck off White losers!

https://searchlightmagazine.com/2026/01/tommy-robinsons-london-white-lie/

#London #TommyRobinson #StephenYaxelyLennon #Fascism #Multiculturalism #Cities #AntiFascism #Whiteness

#urbanlife 💔 #Cities are not just landscapes; they are the echoing chambers of human struggle and striving, where our fleeting moments of beauty are inextricably woven with the enduring weight of our history. https://scrollbots.com

Open thread: Who here's a published author? If that's you, what's the title of your book, and a brief synopsis. I'm keen to find some interesting new books by folk on the socials. #book #books #writing #literature #auspol #authors #Urbanism #UrbanPlanning #cities

Os paso este enlace del nuevo post con consejillos para hacer fotos más pro.

"Cómo mejorar tus fotos sin editar: 7 ajustes básicos de cámara que marcan la diferencia."

https://fausfernandez.alboompro.com/post/422642-como-mejorar-tus-fotos-sin-editar-7-ajustes-basicos-de-camara-que-marcan-la-diferencia

#IA #Analogico #fotografia #streetphotography #photography #smartphone #fotografía #Digital #Pixelfed #Noviembre #smartphoneography #urbanphotography #cities #photographie
#street #autumn #October #FormatoMedio #november #blackandwhite #bnwphotography #otoño #invierno #Enero #2026年

Compañeros, os dejo el nuevo post del blog por si os interesa o a alguna persona que conocéis.

"Cómo mejorar tus fotos sin editar: 7 ajustes básicos de cámara que marcan la diferencia."
https://fausfernandez.alboompro.com/post/422642-como-mejorar-tus-fotos-sin-editar-7-ajustes-basicos-de-camara-que-marcan-la-diferencia
#Fotografía #ConsejosFotográficos #AprendeFotografía #ComposiciónFotográfica #PhotographyTips #streetphotography #photography #fotografía #Digital #Pixelfed #smartphoneography #urbanphotography #cities #photographie
#street #blackandwhite #bnwphotography #otoño #invierno #Enero #2026年

National Trust for Historic Preservation: Saving America’s First Black Incorporated Town. “Brooklyn, Illinois is also the first incorporated Black town in America. It was an early stop on the Underground Railroad, a burgeoning community for free and enslaved Black Americans, and home to the first Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in the Midwest. In later years, it […]