Yesterday's links:
City design
https://acoup.blog/category/collections/lonely-cities/
Misc links:
https://gmkeros.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/a-miscellany-of-links-pt-xxii/
Adventure: Strange relic stolen
https://strangeaeons.substack.com/p/the-juggernauts-heart
Chupacabra
http://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2025/05/monstrous-mondays-chupacabras.html
Nightmare City Generator aka This City Does Not Exist
Do you want Carcossa? Because this is how you get Carcossa. #TTRPG #CityDesign #GMTools #CallOfCthulhu #DeltaGreen
Weather in the City - Book Launch & Panel Discussion
Join us on Thursday, April 10th at the AMS Institute, as author Sanda Lenzholzer explores new urban climate strategies, followed by a panel discussion with experts Marjolein van Esch (Delft University of Technology), Jeroen Kluck (Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences) David Huijben (design agency CB5) and Rixt Hofman (Municipality of Amsterdam).
For more information: https://www.nai010.com/en/bericht/weather-in-the-city-book-launch-panel-discussion/
🚀 Brasília: A Utopian Capital or a Failed Urban Experiment? 🇧🇷
Designed in the 1950s as Brazil’s city of the future.
🏙️ Does Brasília work as a livable city? Read more 👉 https://www.ryanjhite.com/2025/03/10/brasilia-the-dream-and-reality-of-brazils-utopian-capital/
#Brasília #UrbanPlanning #Brazil #OscarNiemeyer #Modernism #CityDesign
Mission Statement [reviwed and edited 24-12-21]
[but don't hold me to it]
After the devastating Dutch elections [‘23-11-22] I decided to dedicate my toots back to the original goal.
I care about a lot of issues, most global some national; but I won't be 'tooting' about them all.
First and formost I WANT to 'toot' about:
* #ClimateSolutions
Because I trust that most people reading know about the dreadfull future of climate change, I want to spread the, possible, solutions to a problem rather than reiterate on the problem.
* #ClimateJustice
One of those solution might be sueing the polluters or governments on human rights, violations or #Ecoside
* #ClimateAction
Action is by all means a solution.
* #ClimateEmergency
* #Climate
As said I want to focus on the global issue. I don't want to nitpick on too much principles. Like: "What's worse: eating cows or driving diesel?" Both are devastating behaviors of intitled rich people!
On the otherhand therefore I truly respect ANY effort to make a change for the better.
Most of all... I want to add instead of preach. Bring some bits of the puzzle to the table.
I'm NOT a scientist of any kind. I'm just a disabled old white guy typing on a desk reading and searching a lot.
I tend to toot 10-15 toots at 13:00* that I boost again unchanged at 20:00* the same day, but that's NOT a promise. [*=my [Amstedam] time]
I might be interested in: #StopCopCity #ClimateFinance #Capitalism #Energy #USpolitics #Ukraine #Europe #Bernie #XR #OceanCleanup #NextBlue #InductionCooking #TaxTheRich #Africa #FemaleSoccer #Ajax #WomensRights #Indigenous #BigOil #Greta #CityDesign #VanessaNakate #2030 #Wildfires / #Floods #IPCC #AOC and more.
But after a year or two there appear to be 4 general topics: #Climate #Gaza / #IsraeliGenocide #USpolitics and #Ukraine
I tend to follow anyone who 'retoots' or 'favourites' my toots. Forget it, I'm vain.
If any of my 'followers' wants to opt out... this is your chance, as always.
Rather read that watch? The companion blog post "Five Instant City Generators" has all the commentary, links, and screenshots: https://lairofsecrets.com/blog/5-instant-city-generators/
5 Instant City Creation Tools for your RPG Campaign
https://youtu.be/SLfjrhlxrcc
Fantasy Town Generator has an impressive (overwhelming?) number of options. It's got towns from hamlet to metropolis, sliders for governments, religions, guilds, etc.
It creates NPCs for every building and even moves them around based on time of day. #CityDesign #TTRPG
https://www.fantasytowngenerator.com/
"Procedural Modeling of Cities" was born from a research project (you can check out the slide deck and git repo supporting it). It creates a bare-bones map of branching lines, but it's still useful as inspiration. https://phiresky.github.io/procedural-cities/
Redesigning Night City between 2020 and 2077 https://youtube.com/shorts/-80mbpXOkiM
#Cyberpunk #CyberpunkRED #Cyberpunk2077 #UrbanPlanning #CityDesign
Sometimes I come up with strange video game projects. I've loved city simulation games since I first played the original Sim City game in school in the 80s. I've enjoyed several Sim City games since (2000, DS, the mobile one), but I've always just gone headlong into the game and built anything however, without a real plan, like the big dumb Aries I am.
I recently grabbed Skylines on Switch when it was super discounted, and it's such a cool looking, realistic game, that this time, I want to do it LEGIT. I decided I wanted to research real cities (and I've started to) for different things like sustainability, walkability, etc, in order to plan out a really cool, realistic type city in the game.
#Skylines #SimCity #simulation #SimGames #NintendoSwitch #design #cities #CityDesign #UrbanPlanning
You built your city ... but is it liveable? Test it out by having an NPC interact with the town. https://youtube.com/shorts/SBw1KdLVNLY #DnD #DMTips #GMTips #CityDesign
509 #ClimateSolutions #CityDesign #Montreal #Can
"Cul-de-Sacs, But Smarter: How Montreal is Rethinking Residential Streets" [9:51 min]
by Oh the Urbanity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lpXH7ajjUw
Quote by OtU:
"Dec 7, 2024
The simple cul-de-sac is one of the greatest innovations of North American suburbia. By blocking through traffic, you create a residential street that’s safer and calmer for kids and that’s quieter and more community-oriented for adults. The suburbs have the advantage of being built like this from the start, but can we retrofit older cities with some of these principles?"
#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside
#ClimateBreakDown
Josh talks about his favorite book for designing cities:
Astonishing Random Cities
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-ev5RoGPlRw
Mission Statement [reviwed and edited 24-12-21]
[but don't hold me to it]
After the devastating Dutch elections [‘23-11-22] I decided to dedicate my toots back to the original goal.
I care about a lot of issues, most global some national; but I won't be 'tooting' about them all.
First and formost I WANT to 'toot' about:
* #ClimateSolutions
Because I trust that most people reading know about the dreadfull future of climate change, I want to spread the, possible, solutions to a problem rather than reiterate on the problem.
* #ClimateJustice
One of those solution might be sueing the polluters or governments on human rights, violations or #Ecoside
* #ClimateAction
Action is by all means a solution.
* #ClimateEmergency
* #Climate
As said I want to focus on the global issue. I don't want to nitpick on too much principles. Like: "What's worse: eating cows or driving diesel?" Both are devastating behaviors of intitled rich people!
On the otherhand therefore I truly respect ANY effort to make a change for the better.
Most of all... I want to add instead of preach. Bring some bits of the puzzle to the table.
I'm NOT a scientist of any kind. I'm just a disabled old white guy typing on a desk reading and searching a lot.
I tend to toot 10-15 toots at 13:00* that I boost again unchanged at 20:00* the same day, but that's NOT a promise. [*=my [Amstedam] time]
I might be interested in: #StopCopCity #ClimateFinance #Capitalism #Energy #USpolitics #Ukraine #Europe #Bernie #XR #OceanCleanup #NextBlue #InductionCooking #TaxTheRich #Africa #FemaleSoccer #Ajax #WomensRights #Indigenous #BigOil #Greta #CityDesign #VanessaNakate #2030 #Wildfires / #Floods #IPCC #AOC and more.
But after a year or two there appear to be 4 general topics: #Climate #Gaza / #IsraeliGenocide #USpolitics and #Ukraine
I tend to follow anyone who 'retoots' or 'favourites' my toots. Forget it, I'm vain.
If any of my 'followers' wants to opt out... this is your chance, as always.
The answer is Yes
Does Car Dependence Make People Unsatisfied With Life? Evidence From a U.S. National Survey - ScienceDirect
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214367X24002175
#carDependency #automobile #carbrain #urbandesign #citydesign #urbanism #urbanplanning #BikeCommuting #walkable #15MinuteCity
Architecture and city, a symbiosis 🌆🏙️
The building functions as an urban echo; the environment makes the building and the building makes the environment.
👉 READ the news and SUBSCRIBE to our summary of news and updates through link: https://amusementlogic.com/company-news/architecture-and-city-a-symbiosis/
#amusementlogic #architecture #urbanplanning #citydesign #urbanisme #conceptionurbaine #arquitectura #urbanismo #diseñourbano
Urban planning: lessons from history for today's cities
In the distant past, other civilisations developed architectural and urban planning strategies to combat extreme heat.
🏗️🌡️🌆
👉 READ the news, see MORE PICTURES and SUBSCRIBE to our summary of news and updates through link: https://amusementlogic.com/general-news/urban-planning-lessons-from-history-for-todays-cities/
#architecture #citydesign #historicalarchitecture #UrbanStrategies #urbanplanning #urbanismehistorique #conceptionurbaine #urbanisme #urbanismohistórico #diseñourbano #urbanismo #arquitectura
5.1: Let's Talk Tech, Solarpunks! With Ariel & Christina
If tech wasn’t such a central aspect of solarpunk, we’d all just be hippies redux. Yet not all tech, right? Because solarpunk is also about living the good life while building a just, inclusive, and sustainable society. So, what is solarpunk’s attitude toward and relationship with tech? How do solarpunks decide what’s worth it and what’s beyond the pale? And what’s all this about appropriate technology?
https://youtu.be/v8_kizTLing?si=PHEg0uHwPiHSpVO9
#Episode #Season5 #YouTube #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #AffordableHousing #Housing #CityDesign #Homes
