Category Archives: infrastructure

Sleepers’ Beat

Posted on February 6, 2021 by agogo22

‘It pulls you in’: the staff seduced by the rhythms of the Trans-Siberian railway. Directed by Anastasia Kirillova More on this film: psyche.co/films/it-pulls-you-in-the-staff-seduced-by-the-rhythms-of-the-trans-siberian-railway Watch more on Psyche: psyche.co/films

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New Addington: The Tram Stop They Took 50 Years to Build

Posted on February 4, 2021 by agogo22

How New Addington wound up in the middle of nowhere. https://ko-fi.com/jagohazzard​

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India’s Solar Canals. Lateral thinking at its finest!

Posted on January 30, 2021 by agogo22

Solar Power is set to be the dominant transformative form of power on the mighty subcontinent of India as it moves away from its dependence on coal and towards a more sustainable future. But land is at a heavy premium … Continue reading →

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How Socialists Solved The Housing Crisis

Posted on January 30, 2021 by agogo22

American housing is in crisis. With more luxury housing being built every day while huge numbers of people are stuck with substandard homes or none at all, the U.S. model for housing has proven to be a catastrophe. Zohran Mamdani, … Continue reading →

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Last Acre

Posted on January 25, 2021 by agogo22

A documentary portrait centred on a remote settlement of self-built shed and cabin homes, located on the sand dunes of England’s north west coastline, near Barrow-in-Furness. The film explores the social and ecological topography of this off-grid, outlying community. Existing … Continue reading →

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Gulf slave society | Aeon

Posted on January 23, 2021 by agogo22

Migrant construction workers sleep on the floor in Dubai in 2012. Photo by Jonas Bendickson/Magnum Bernard Freamon is adjunct professor at New York University School of Law and emeritus professor at Seton Hall University School of Law. He is the … Continue reading →

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The end of globalization (and the beginning of something new) | Mike O’Sullivan

Posted on January 14, 2021 by agogo22

Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. “Globalization is on its deathbed,” says economist Mike O’Sullivan. The question now is: What’s next? Tracing the historical successes and failures of globalization, … Continue reading →

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Running into WILD POLAR BEARS in Canada!

Posted on January 13, 2021 by agogo22

Filmed in October before the travel ban, and I had the most incredible experience with the polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. If you ever get the chance to go up North, you have to go! You won’t regret it. … Continue reading →

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48hrs on VIA Rail’s MOST NORTHERN TRAIN in Canada

Posted on January 13, 2021 by agogo22

VIA Rail in Canada has a number of Adventure Routes, and this train heads straight north from Winnipeg to Churchill, Manitoba, also known as the Polar Bear Capital of the World. Watch Part 2 and our Polar Bear tours here: … Continue reading →

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Google’s Hidden CIA Connection – The Full Story

Posted on December 23, 2020 by agogo22

— ColdFusion Podcast links — Google Podcasts – http://bit.ly/2xo8doR Apple Podcasts – https://apple.co/2WI2IeU Spotify – https://spoti.fi/2KT1taB Stitcher – http://bit.ly/2WI4f4E Script by Fil Zivko Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018… https://pando.com/2016/03/21/new-clin… https://listverse.com/2016/09/21/10-i… https://www.newsweek.com/assange-goog… https://techonomy.com/2013/06/how-sta… https://qz.com/1145669/googles-true-o… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-Q-Tel https://www.cia.gov/library/readingro… https://www.wired.com/2010/07/exclusi… https://healthland.time.com/2012/03/2… View at Medium.com https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/06/us… https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytim… https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytim… … Continue reading →

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