Karen Liebreich

Hammersmith Bridge Where did 25,000 vehicles go?

I really cannot recommend this excellent piece on Hammersmith Bridge highly enough

‘Plant some sh*t—and then look after it’: Karen Liebreich on Building a Greener City” - The Green Londoner We sat down with Karen Liebreich — writer, gardener, environmental activist, and non-fiction author — on a mild October afternoon at the W6 Garden

Interview about Planting some Sh*t and Building a Greener City

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#chiswick

Why does modern architecture have to be so ugly? The new floors plonked on top of #Olympia. Meanwhile the old gates a few hundred yards away some beautiful old gates enhanced by stylish Halloween decorations @createstreets.bsky.social

Looks like my clever agent picked a winner here #CatherineClarke, A History of England in 25 poems. @gordonelliott.bsky.social

Multi-tasking. Preparing @abundancelondon.bsky.social posters for #AppleDay while reading about Parisian art.

Two colour-co-ordinated local influencers at today's @cheesemarket.bsky.social #lucycufflin and #bridgetosborne

Vintage black and white photo of a woman standing in a studio, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, coat, and gloves, holding a small bag.

21 July 1895 | A German Jewish woman, Grete Liebreich, was born in Wattenscheid.

In February 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.

Don't play here because you might damage the cars! Some strange priorities here.

Hedgehog home and ‘wildlife haven’ destroyed to build private school sports ground - Chiswick Calendar News Image: The ‘wildlife corridor’ has been entirely cleared of plants; photographs: Roy Forshaw Anger from Chiswick’s environmental groups A private school has ripped out undergrowth on the boundary betw...

@holland-tom.bsky.social

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So much of interest in the #V&A magazine, as opposed to the #Tate mag.

Just read this gripping, moving book. See you in #Chiswick in September. Will raise you grandmothers named Erna Borger, Studentenfutter & Viennese Nazis @julianborger.bsky.social @torindouglas.bsky.social @mliebreich.bsky.social

I won a prize for science @pintofscience.uk! This is unheard of. I can't tell you how chuffed I am with my engraved beer glass.

1/ The Trump admin may be about to greenlight the export of advanced AI chips to the Gulf. If it does so, it will place the most important technology of the 21st C at the whims of autocrats with expanding ties to China and interests very far from those of the US.

UK government admits almost no evidence nature protections block development Whitehall analysis provides no data or research to support the government argument that environmental legislation holds up building

Don't take it from me. Take it from the government's own assessment:
Everything Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have said about nature protection blocking house building is big fat shining lie.
A lie now being locked into legislation before Parliament.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK government admits almost no evidence nature protections block development Whitehall analysis provides no data or research to support the government argument that environmental legislation holds up building

Turns out the newts didn’t do it

Ginkgo Corner: carving out new public realm in Chiswick - Create Streets In 2024 Create Streets helped the Chiswick Flower Market run a community consultation on how to improve the public realm along Chiswick High Road using our Create Communities platform. It’s not often ...

... @kareninagarden.bsky.social (Chiswick Flower Market) whom we have worked with on a number of projects tells the tale of Ginkgo Corner in our latest blog here www.createstreets.com/ginkgo-corne...

Organising a brainful of ideas. Art book, public art project, apple book, guerrilla gardens...

London street scene with moon.

Norway ski touring.

Planted a stunning flowering dogwood tree on the High Road today. #Chiswick #GinkgoCorner @chiswickflowers.bsky.social

A host of daffodils in an #AbundanceLondon garden. And a dumped cutlery stacker. Go figure?

Turnham Green Terrace piazza, created by #abundancelondon. Flowers + benches + art = music

Acton Green crocus wave @abundancelondon.bsky.social

Ask Bertrand Russell "How does fascism begin?"
He replied:
First, they fascinate the fools.
Then they muzzle the intelligent.

Not only is it unlikely to happen but it throws out any belief in Labour caring about the environment. Spaffing political & environmental credibility for zero gain.

Chips, China, and a Lot of Money: The Factors Driving the DeepSeek AI Turmoil Two experts discuss the Chinese AI startup that’s causing global turbulence and what they’re watching for in the coming weeks.

In the wake of DeepSeek's market-jolting release, @carnegieendowment.org's Matt Sheehan and I explain why export controls almost certainly still matter, how the Chinese govt is likely to respond, and what this means for the U.S.-China AI race more broadly carnegieendowment.org/posts/2025/0...

ChatGPT complaining that its work has been stolen to train DeepSeek #AI. Understand how it feels now? @societyofauthors.bsky.social