Category: Feed
Bits and pieces found online that stand out from my filter bubble. Culture, tech, lols or references to big events, anything could fit. Originally I might have posted these on Tumblr, Facebook or Twitter, but lately I’ve not been so sure about the stability of those platforms. By hosting these here myself I can reference to them as long as I like!
The pandemic is normalizing faster than expected
COVID-19 made us used to terms like WFH, self quarantining and social distancing, but I didn’t expect stuff to normalize THAT quickly…
TIL about the Headington Shark
The Headington Shark is a most peculiar rooftop sculpture in Oxford. Wikipedia has a beautiful description of it:
The sculpture was erected on the 41st anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki. It was designed by sculptor John Buckley and constructed by Anton Castiau, a local carpenter and friend of Buckley. Heine said “The shark was to express someone feeling totally impotent and ripping a hole in their roof out of a sense of impotence and anger and desperation… It is saying something about CND, nuclear power, Chernobyl and Nagasaki“. The structure is in deliberate contrast with its otherwise ordinary suburban setting.
Why nuclear power will never supply the world’s energy needs
As our awareness for the need of sustainable energy sources increases, I assumed nuclear power would be one of the routes we could take to move away from fossil fuels. This take however puts that in a whole new light.
Why nuclear power will never supply the world’s energy needs.

18 summers

Print some roads
Design Agency
This reminded me a lot of a previous life running our own agency called Your Neighbors.