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How to win the war for the soul of the internet and build the Web We Want.

"Illich’s thesis is that technology and its derived tools should serve people in a way that enhances their freedom, creativity, independence, and will.

The distillation of those principles on the web through manual code, hand-built social networks, and blogs, points luminously to one answer to the question of how the Internet can best serve humans:
it’s..."

https://henry.codes/writing/a-website-to-destroy-all-websites/

#web #internet #blogging #homepage #smallweb #Indieweb #Humanscale #appropriatetechnology #illich

How We Lost Communication to Entertainment

https://communick.news/post/5046205

Dare to be inconvenienced.

We have been trained to prioritize "seamless" experiences over ethical ones. But every convenience has a hidden cost, whether it is labor rights, environmental impact, or the erosion of privacy.

Efficiency is a metric for machines, not for a meaningful life. When we stop choosing products solely for their convenience, we reclaim our agency. We choose local over global, human over algorithm, and sustainable over instant.

What would happen if we stopped using services that do very little good for society, even if it means taking the long way around?

#DareToBeInconvenienced #DareToBe #EthicalLiving #Intentionality #SlowWeb #noai #DigitalSovereignty #deGoogle #privacy #privacymatters #humanscale #degrowth #EthicalConsumerism #SupportLocal #AntiConsumption #LaborRights #SimpleLiving #Mindfulness #LowTech

> The true work of art is always on the human scale. It is essentially the one that says, 'less.
#AlberCamus #CamusQuote
#HumanScale #ArtScale #ArtIsLess #WorseIsMore

Minamata's Masato Ogata makes a similar point while talking about their NoBotoke (Jizo) little stone statues placed over the toxic landfill to face the sea...

From traffic channels to
"replacing them with shared surfaces, lower speeds, an ecological layer, and spatial ambiguity."

Shared public spaces
"are expected to accommodate not only movement and encounter but also water infiltration, carbon sequestration, shade, biodiversity, and multispecies migration, while remaining safe and efficient conduits for people and infrastructure above and below ground."

"Personal transportation is a primary driver of urban sprawl and the proliferation of intercity highways."
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https://landezine.com/streets-from-infrastructures-to-shared-ecologies/
#SharedSpace #PublicSpaces #mobility #pedestrians #micromobility #traffic #pollution #runoff #microclimate #heatisland #HumanScale #machines #cars #traffic #sprawl #BellingenShire #sprawl
Bellingen traffic channel

Arnhem Central Station makes people look small

During my visit to Arnhem — home turf of my photo buddy Kevin — I decided to give street photography another go. Kevin makes it look so easy. With his tiny Fuji mirrorless and a 24mm lens, he just hip-shoots away and somehow always nails it.

Me? Not so much. My Canon 5DsR with the Sigma 24–70 Art isn’t exactly what you’d call “discreet.” Every click sounds like a miniature thunderclap echoing through the station. So instead of blending in, I hide in corners, under staircases, or anywhere people don’t look.

That’s where I found this shot — standing beneath the staircase, drawn first by the sweeping architectural lines. Then came the couple, walking right into the frame. Kevin called it “fishing” — waiting patiently for the scene to complete itself. It’s new to me, but I have to admit… it works.

Sometimes photography isn’t about chasing the shot. It’s about waiting for life to wander into it.

#StreetPhotography #Arnhem #ArnhemCentraal #ArchitecturePhotography #UrbanExploration #Canon5DsR #Sigma2470Art #DutchArchitecture #BlackAndWhitePhotography #ModernDesign #PhotoStory #DocumentaryPhotography #WaitingForTheMoment #CandidPhotography #StreetShot #PhotographersLife #UrbanGeometry #LinesAndLight #HumanScale #PerspectivePlay #StoryInALens #EverydayLife #VisualNarrative #TravelThroughLenses #LifeInFrames #CaptureTheMoment #CreativeAngles #BehindTheLens #CanonPhotography #CityLife #DutchDesign #CompositionMatters #LightAndShadow #PhotoFishing #StreetLens #ThroughMyEyes #VisualPoetry #DocumentingReality #PhotographyJourney #ByMaikeldeBakker

Concrete Perspective

From up high, perspective changes everything. Standing atop the Spoorpark tower, I looked down and noticed how geometry and life align in the most unexpected ways. The pavement below—made up of large 4x6 meter concrete slabs—formed clean intersecting lines that seemed to guide movement through the frame. Then, almost perfectly on cue, a woman entered the scene from the lower right corner, her attention fixed on her phone.

Through the Canon 5D Mark IV paired with the Sigma 100–400, I framed the shot so that one diagonal ran straight toward her, while another crossed it, forming an “X” that almost marked her path. It’s fascinating how urban design, when viewed from above, becomes a study of pattern and rhythm—how our daily movements trace invisible geometries that we rarely notice from the ground.

#ConcretePerspective #StreetPhotography #UrbanGeometry #AerialPerspective #HumanScale #CityPatterns #VisualComposition #EverydayGeometry #ArchitecturalLines #CanonPhotography #SigmaArtLens #TiltedView #GeometricMinimalism #TiltPerspective #StreetLife #ObservationalPhotography #DocumentaryStyle #PhotographyAsScience #PerspectiveStudy #UrbanExploration #VisualRhythm #CompositionalBalance #LightAndLife #DutchPhotography #TilburgCity #Spoorpark #AbstractRealism #ModernObservation #Canon5DMarkIV #Sigma100400 #MindfulObservation #PatternRecognition #StreetVisuals #CityTexture #CandidMoment #CreativeSeeing #LinesAndLight #ArtInEveryday #StoryInStillness #CapturedMoment #ByMaikelPhotography

"Cities are often obsessed with the big things — budgets, master plans, capital projects — but the prosperity of a city depends on the small things. The way a building meets the street. The way light falls on a bench. The way a park feels after dark. Those details shape whether people feel safe, whether they linger, whether they come back."

Link: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025-11-3-a-lesson-in-light

#Community #Resilience #HumanScale

Strong Towns
A little light goes a long way.

"A Lesson in Light" by Charles Marohn
November 3, 2025

How two identical park buildings reveal the power of small design choices.

Photo of a well-lit park pavilion with picnic tables.

I didn't bring my son to a museum to look at screens

https://communick.news/post/4193550

Why the Ultrarich Are Unplugging From “Smart Homes”

https://communick.news/post/4097406

The ROI of exercise

https://communick.news/post/4040818

The bewildering phenomenon of declining quality

https://communick.news/post/3755714

Flounder Mode: Kevin Kelly on a different way to do great work

https://communick.news/post/3625848

The #Humanscale series is, IMO, one of the most important publications in the history of modern civilization. I own the 1/2/3 set, but I never got around to buying the other two sets.

I cannot stress enough how important understanding the scale of human bodies is for all #design, #engineering, and public #policy disciplines.

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Humanscale/d5CnswEACAAJ?hl=en

Timothée Chalamet on a Bike Shows How We Can Travel Faster Without Cars

https://communick.news/post/2417094

Architecture holds power beyond the creation of buildings - it is a practice that shapes how people live, interact, and thrive within their communities.

https://www.archdaily.com/1022846/architecture-as-a-tool-for-social-innovation-human-centered-design-to-combat-loneliness

#Architecture #Urbanism #CityPlanning #Redevelopment #Sustainability #Walkability #HumanScale #ThirdSpaces

Archdaily : Architecture as a Tool for Social Innovation: Human-Centered Design to Combat Loneliness

https://www.archdaily.com/1022846/architecture-as-a-tool-for-social-innovation-human-centered-design-to-combat-loneliness

Do you think the current trend of overly large home Halloween decorations is a knock-on effect from car culture? Because human-scale decorations are unnoticeable in a car, people have resorted to building car-scale decorations akin to road signs and billboards?

:thinking:

#carCulture #humanScale #urbanism #autonormativity #halloween #homedecor

Cities Should Handle Car Crashes Like They Handle Frat Houses

https://communick.news/post/1540839

One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss

https://communick.news/post/1346855

Bicycles are freedom. #humanscale

#humanscale

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