Hugh Millward

Footprint comparison of several European capitals on the same scale.

Finally, greed has been defeated!

*demand is down and supply is up, so prices are lower

Sidewalks can be most important infra in cities. It's where people meet boy/girl friends, neighbors, sellers of coffee, fruits... Sense belonging!

Having worked in over 350 cities I find that quality of sidewalks are correlated with level of civility.
Make WALKING SAFE & joyful.

$206 Million Wind Farm Investment Could Reshape Nova Scotia's Energy Landscape | Rob Lough | Realtor/Broker A major federal investment is set to bring one of Nova Scotia's largest wind energy projects to life and the ripple effects could be felt well beyond the South Shore, reaching into the province's long...

🌬️ Big energy news for NS, the Canada Infrastructure Bank is loaning $206M to build the Mersey River Wind Farm. 33 turbines. 148.5 MW. Power for 50,000+ homes sold directly to customers, bypassing Nova Scotia Power.
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#NovaScotia #CleanEnergy #WindFarm #RenewableEnergy #MerseyRiver

Advocates for Ingram River wilderness area ask Halifax to join fight to protect land | CBC News A campaign to protect the proposed Ingram River wilderness area is hoping the Halifax municipality will join the cause.

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Mapped: Which U.S. States Gained the Most Residents in 2025 Driven by cost of living and affordability issues, Americans are increasingly abandoning the coasts for cheaper interior states.

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Mapped: U.S. States With the Highest Diabetes Rates About 1 in 10 U.S. adults has diabetes. This map shows how rates vary by state.

Mostly southern. www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-highe...

Data on the religious composition on 13 European countries collated by @ryanburge shows how very secular big parts of Europe have become. Catholic strongholds appear to holdout somewhat better.

Scientists in Iceland are capturing CO₂ directly from the air and transforming the gas into solid rock underground in less than two years, using water and volcanic basalt in a process that could change the global fight against warming. A climate technology company in Iceland captures CO₂ from the air and converts it into underground rock in up to 2 years, using basalt and renewable energy to reduce global emissions.

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This map feels like a metaphor for how we live our lives. We carefully step around conflicts (that are in no way inevitable in the first place) and carry on with our banalities. I’m not saying we shouldn’t but it does feel representative of our condition.

With Russian, Ukrainian, and Iranian airspace closed, there's just a tiny needle eye left for international flights from Europe to Asia. Some airlines are profiting from the current situation more than others. Source: buff.ly/iZ9AfdE

Le Corbusier plus corruption. But decent housing was desperately needed at the time.

Map reveals states with worst rental home crisis Not a single state has an adequate supply of affordable housing for renters with low incomes, says the National Low Income Housing Coalition.

A clear geographic pattern. www.newsweek.com/map-reveals-...

Dense, dark forests in Europe are a modern phenomenon For over 20 million years, the landscape of Europe has been a tree-rich mosaic of grasslands, scrubs and more or less open woodlands with an abundance of wildflowers. This is the conclusion of a new a...

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Charted: China’s Population Is Rapidly Aging (1950–2100) China’s birth slump and aging surge will have a big impact on the country's future. Here’s what the data shows.

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this is going in at 1200 Cole Harbour Rd
including knocking down the former community centre/old RCMP (across from Irving Fabricville)

The UK used less coal in 2025 than they did in 1600, when Shakespeare was writing Hamlet. Source: buff.ly/Ifmz1Eo

🔎 Jakub Marian   🔗 https://jakubmarian.com/tree-cover-of-europe/

🌲 Tree cover density of Europe.

🚢 Major straits of the world: key maritime gateways shaping global trade and energy flows.

Friendly reminder that while all this geopolitical madness is going on the planet merrily keeps heating up. Source: buff.ly/OylcIxg

PhD candidates from any university worldwide are invited to apply for our summer workshop on urban mixed methods, hosted by the University of Toronto, Aug. 4-6. Join us to explore innovative research methodologies in urbanism & cities (travel & costs covered if accepted) https://ow.ly/YLAz50YntBt

Mapped: The World’s Oil Chokepoints Oil supply chokepoints move over 90% of global maritime crude. See which routes—like Hormuz and Malacca—matter most.

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A picture of PEW poll on global attitude survey, saying the % who rate the morality and ethics of people in their country as good vs bad, where the US has the worst rankings and Canada the best

Americans: we live in a fallen state—embroiled by sin, cheating, lying, and evil. You cannot trust anyone, not even those who claim to know you best

Canadians: I love my neighbors and my friends!

The Entire Global Economy in 2026 in One Chart (GDP, PPP) When taking purchasing power into account, emerging markets like Russia and China far outperform their Western counterparts.

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Computer generated view shows an exaggerated relief of Iran and the Persian Gulf region. Source: buff.ly/39wZjGr

Analysis finds urban areas in England where no one lives within 15-minute walk of nature Government says it is working to solve ‘postcode lottery’ of access to green or blue spaces

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How to read this chart: the typical Belgian earns as much as the typical Californian but works about 24% less. Pretty smart move to calculate such data for the “bottom 95%” only. Worth exploring further.

Source: sethackerman.substack.com

Mapped: America’s Fastest-Growing and Fastest-Shrinking States (2020–2025) See how populations changed by state from 2020 to 2025, led by growth in Texas and Florida.

Idaho may seem surprising: Californian exodus www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-ameri...

a map of a fairly empty strait of hormuz

AIS tracks still show a spooky Strait of Hormuz with nearly zero traffic (except for a few Iranian ships.

That's a lot of ships waiting outside the Strait at either end. www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/...

Charted: Oil Trade Through the Strait of Hormuz by Country See which countries depend most on the Strait of Hormuz for their crude oil exports and imports.

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