Erik Champion

on your bike!

Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change. Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”

Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.

Common sense.

Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

it was great fun!

☁️🌊 TOROA: SKYCALL 🌊☁️
🐥 OUT NOW ON STEAM! 🐥

Unravel the fate of the ocean and glide across an ever changing seascape in the hopes of reuniting Toroa with their family 💙

After 5 years of hard mahi, love and dedication, we're so excited to share our first game with you all 🥹

Mauri ora e te whānau!

Training Manager IS-1712-12 Job Opening: Training Manager IS-1712-12 at Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.

Job posting: Training Manager in the Smithsonian's Office of Digital and Innovation. Deadline: 12/23 OR after first 100 applications, whichever comes first (so apply NOW if interested) 2-yr term position onsite, Washington, DC; $101,401-$131,826/yr

Où (en) est le médiévalisme? Where is medievalism (at)? (Paris, Sorbonne Nouvelle) Où (en) est le médiévalisme? Where is medievalism (at)? (English version & versión en español below) Colloque international Université Sorbonne Nouvelle les 12, 13 et 14 novembre 2026, avec le soutien...

Where is medievalism (at)?
Here is a call for papers for all the medievalists of Bluesky (and elsewhere)! Deadline: February 15. Papers are expected in English, Spanish and French. We'd love to hear from you! #medievalsky
www.fabula.org/actualites/1...

and what did the AI say? "Fake", I assume? "Bloody good job"? "You stupid carbon-based life forms"? "Shoulld have gone to Specsavers"?

"News about architecture no longer being a 'professional degree' is devastating, and also welcome" The US Government's exclusion of architecture from its list of "professional" degrees prompts an overdue discussion about the value of licensing, write Andrea Dietz and Peggy Deamer.

www.dezeen.com/2025/12/08/d...

India’s Japanese community is growing — and leaving its cultural mark The number of Japanese citizens in India has increased nearly fourfold since 2005. As their tiny presence has expanded, so has India’s fascination with Japan.

I'm drawing the line at butter chicken sushi. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1... [it probably helps that I don't eat chicken]

Bronze plaque saying "A Letter to the Future. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it. August 2019. 415ppm CO2"

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Haven't finished? Couldn't be arsed? (Possible subtitle).

Teacher Innovator Institute Spend two weeks in Washington, DC, working with education and STEAM experts to explore the connections between informal STEAM education and authentic learning.

Two week summer Teacher Innovation Institute @Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum for Middle School (grades 5-8) STEAM teachers. Applicants must commit to two full weeks onsite for two consecutive summers. (Museum pays food/lodging/travel costs!)

Frank Gehry: Legendary US architect dies aged 96 Frank Gehry was acclaimed for his love of jagged angles and use of industrial materials.

Frank Gehry has twisted his last curve www.bbc.com/news/article...

Interesting sounding paper! CultureQuest: Deploying AI-powered Characters in Museum Spaces to Reimagine Visitor Engagement, Richard Cole1, Chris Bevan1, Frances Pickworth1, Ben Ackland2, Thomas Keane2; 1University of Bristol; 2, Meaning Machine. www.conftool.org/fantastic-fu...

The 2025 ELLAK International Conference
www.kadh.org/the-2025-ell...

videogamecultures.org sounds like a great initiative, conference etc, that I hadn't come across before.

Technologist Talk: Tim Sherratt | SLV LAB Tim Sherratt presents his SLV LAB residency project: making place-based collections more accessible to library users.

Heading back to Melbourne today for a busy week at SLV as my residency wraps up. I'll be giving a talk on Wednesday if you're interested in what I've been doing: https://lab.slv.vic.gov.au/participate/technologist-talk-tim-sherratt #maps #libraries #GLAM #digitalHumanities

Linked Open Data FTW!

I am, perhaps, the only person who thinks these book covers look like elegant chocolate block wrappers...

Helly Hansen is the new uniform of choice for neo-Nazis. Why? The Norwegian brand with the HH logo has become popular on the far right. But is there anything a fashion label can – or should – do to disassociate itself from extremist movements?

Oh dear!! What about the alleged Indo-European links?! (Ymir in Norse, Purusha in Indian). www.watoday.com.au/lifestyle/fa...

a chihuahua holding a large bone with the words i found this humerus written below it Alt: a chihuahua holding a large bone with the words i found this humerus written below it

When I received what felt like the 10th spam journal invite, but to present on gynaecology, I realised it is a dastardly ploy to trigger insufferable dad jokes. I am resisting. Even if resistance is futile.

Could be a round of drinks of an interestingly named local ale?

a soccer game between minnesota united and aqua is being shown on youtube Alt: own goal: a soccer game between minnesota united and aqua is being shown on youtube

1 billion dollars for a climate change meeting? Call me old-fashioned but couldn't they have saved a little of the environment, met online, and spent the money on saving the environment? www.afr.com/politics/fed...

Well I don't think I should be a customer then. If this CEO is reported accurately, frankly, he is an idiot. And a greedy, immoral one.

I wonder why Microsoft One Note (Mac OS version here) takes up 1.39GB for what looks like a butchered tiny version of MS Word? Am I missing something of brilliance here?

Universities in 'battle of the century' with journal publisher Elsevier One New Zealand university told its staff all universities in New Zealand and Australia would "lose some degree of access" to the publisher's 1600 titles from the start of next year.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

It's really interesting to me reading the little shiny magpie clues that you wanted to examine in the game even though (or because?) you knew they did not belong there!

a poster with a blue background and an isometric pattern of green hexes with a blue and red decoration. the text reads CALLING ALL HISTORICAL GAMERS: Playful Time Machines is an NWO-funded research project investigating what historical video gameplay means to players. We are looking for survey respondents aged 18 and up who play grand strategy, action/ adventure, and shooter games about the past! Fill in our survey at edu.nl/7w3yn!

hey y'all! my questionnaire on player experience in historical videogames is now LIVE! if you play videogames about the past, we want to hear from you! edu.nl/7w3yn

Sulfur cave spiders build an arachnid megacity and possibly the largest-ever spider web Researchers may have discovered the world's biggest spider web, a massive subterranean structure spanning over 100 square meters in a sulfur cave on the Albania–Greece border. The multilayered web alo...

I would read this subterranean horror novel

Culture and Heritage Leicester is a place with rich history, diversity and culture. It’s home to England’s tallest piece of Roman architect still standing at Jewry Wall and Europe’s tallest piece of street art.

"Leicester is a place with rich history, diversity and culture. It’s home to England’s tallest piece of Roman architect still standing at Jewry Wall and Europe’s tallest piece of street art." I wonder how tall the Roman architect is-their endurance is incredible! visitleicester.info/see-and-do/c...