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This should be worth reading.
By Isaac Rose.
The Rentier City: Manchester and the Making of the Neoliberal Metropolis - Repeater Books
https://repeaterbooks.com/product/the-rentier-city-manchester-and-the-making-…

The Rentier City: Manchester and the Making of the Neoliberal Metropolis - Repeater Books
In cities across the world, gentrification and the housing crisis are facts of life. But how did we get to this point? And is there any way we can fight back? A good place to begin answering these questions is Manchester, England. Over the last thirty years, corporate developers, rentier capitalists and boosterist politicians have reshaped Manchester in their image, replacing its working-class communities, public spaces and affordable housing with skyscrapers, luxury developments and a private…

Old band photos. First three in a Maryland basement back in the early 2000s, partial reuinion (missing a member) of my band that started in the late 90s in my teens, The Retro Delicatessen.
Last pic, a band I had in the late 2000s in New Hampshire for a short time called Winter Itch, from a show at Molly's Tavern in Manchester NH.

🔊 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio2's #SoundsOfThe60sWithTonyBlackburn
The Monkees:
🎵 Daydream Believer
#TheMonkees
https://open.spotify.com/track/7uEcCGtM1FBBGIhPozhJjv
https://bigdealwhocares.bandcamp.com/track/10-seconds-the-monkees-daydream-believer

While it is true that it's hard to explain something, I think it's way harder to unexplain a concept and shift someone's perspective of it. This is why I think Ryan George's comedy, while silly, is phenomenal.
From human connections or experiences, such as friendship or dreams, to societal concepts like imprisonment, kidnapping, or the police, he manages to deconstruct these norms and make you understand and question them as if you were an alien from another p…

Know of an enclosed pond in Plymouth, Bristol, London, Cambridge, Newcastle or Manchester? You can help science!
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/monitor-and-encourage-nature/genepools.html

GenePools
Investigate the hidden life inside your pond with the GenePools project.

Heck, who needs a bad guy like in 13 Monkeys?
Nature's skipped the middleman...
Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Flu Detected in New York City Wild Birds
https://scitechdaily.com/highly-pathogenic-h5n1-avian-flu-detected…

Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Flu Detected in New York City Wild Birds
NYC wild birds carry H5N1 avian influenza, as revealed by a study involving local students. The research highlights urban zoonotic risks and the role of wildlife centers in surveillance, stressing the need for public awareness and safe wildlife handling. According to new research, a small number

New #degrowth book is out.
And it's available for free download. MUP.
I read the concluding chapter.
Wise words but it's not a transformational recipe book.
Maybe that is still to write.
"Deep transformations – A theory of degrowth" | manchesterhive

Deep transformations
"Deep transformations" published on 14 May 2024 by Manchester University Press.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/russian-hackers-target-newspaper-group-29152869
Anyone ever hear of Russian hackers hacking newspaper websites to plant propaganda or fake stories?

"Brazil takes pioneering action — and a vaccine — to rewild howler monkeys"
#Brazil #Animals #HowlerMonkeys

Brazil takes pioneering action — and a vaccine — to rewild howler monkeys
It was Hope who first dared to approach Juvenal. They had been on the opposing sides of a quarrel ever since Hope’s family wrapped their tails around the branches of that 10,000-acre urban forest in the heart of Rio de Janeiro. The arrival of her clan contested the eight-year rule of Juvenal’s group in Tijuca […]

#Manchester voted, now we *really* need to see some action – #ClimateEmergency Manchester