Borners
@borners.bsky.social
Transit Costs Project Researcher
英国基進主義者 (English state buildingism...its better in the Sino-Japanese).
Profile pic is Nagasawa Ryosetsu's picture of Crane (the virtuous man) staring at your soul.
英国基進主義者 (English state buildingism...its better in the Sino-Japanese).
Profile pic is Nagasawa Ryosetsu's picture of Crane (the virtuous man) staring at your soul.
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Borners
@borners.bsky.social
· Oct 17
This Himeji city's current land use plan, 6 sides of A4 for a city of 500,000 people, an industrial city with Japan's largest intact castle west of Osaka. Use rights, FAR ratios, light-rights, set-back all, here.
If your city plan can't be summarised like this, you have to ask why.
If your city plan can't be summarised like this, you have to ask why.
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Kemi Badenoch - one of the many, many politicians since Margaret Thatcher to talk about learning from Margaret Thatcher who, IDK, maybe they saw a meme about her one time?
November 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Kemi Badenoch - one of the many, many politicians since Margaret Thatcher to talk about learning from Margaret Thatcher who, IDK, maybe they saw a meme about her one time?
My grandfather committed suicide because by the time they tried moved from their beautiful big rural house to assisted living my dementia suffering Grandma couldn't handle it.
Pushing people to live the nuclear family/property speculator lifestyle all their lives is poison.
Pushing people to live the nuclear family/property speculator lifestyle all their lives is poison.
Not really a comment on this story, but I think we should try to make it easier and more normalised to downsize in your 60s.
If left too late, moving house can be incredibly disorientating - and you don’t tend to know it’s too late until it is
If left too late, moving house can be incredibly disorientating - and you don’t tend to know it’s too late until it is
Her *6* bedroomed house in North Kensington. 6!
November 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
My grandfather committed suicide because by the time they tried moved from their beautiful big rural house to assisted living my dementia suffering Grandma couldn't handle it.
Pushing people to live the nuclear family/property speculator lifestyle all their lives is poison.
Pushing people to live the nuclear family/property speculator lifestyle all their lives is poison.
The real story here is London's housing crisis means its cheaper for this subsidised 2hour+ commute (N/B TfL/GB rail property arms should look to find places to plonk dorms e.g. Tring).
Also our needlessly complex operations and bad workforce management cascade into everyday operations.
Also our needlessly complex operations and bad workforce management cascade into everyday operations.
If that doesn't sumup the absurdity that is Britain, then I don't know what does!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Soon-to-be-axed 7am Manchester-London train will still run – but without passengers
Exclusive: Rail regulator pulls Avanti service from timetable from mid-December but it is needed for staff travel
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The real story here is London's housing crisis means its cheaper for this subsidised 2hour+ commute (N/B TfL/GB rail property arms should look to find places to plonk dorms e.g. Tring).
Also our needlessly complex operations and bad workforce management cascade into everyday operations.
Also our needlessly complex operations and bad workforce management cascade into everyday operations.
Horseshoe theory.
Did not expect Dom to be speaking at the Your Party conference but politics makes for strange bedfellows and all that
November 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Horseshoe theory.
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It's almost a full house on my bingo card. Trams anybody?
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It's almost a full house on my bingo card. Trams anybody?
A relic of assumptions about early marriage with kids lots of kids and servants. England and London's shortage is really homes for singles and couples.
I found some more charts on this topic. One in 20 houses in England is 5 or more bed rooms. Over 1 in 6 are 4 bed. 4 bed is now substantially more common than one bed.
November 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
A relic of assumptions about early marriage with kids lots of kids and servants. England and London's shortage is really homes for singles and couples.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Interesting new working paper that studies chains of movers after the construction of a new apartment building in Honolulu.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
uhero.hawaii.edu
November 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Interesting new working paper that studies chains of movers after the construction of a new apartment building in Honolulu.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
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The Plutocrat-Populist Axis
Why is this alliance such a robust and enduring power bloc?
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Periodic reminder that The End of Evangelion is a Christmas Film.
1. Canonically takes place on 31 December 2015.
2. Involves Angels.
3. Soundtrack includes a Bach chorale.
4. Ends with a scene of domestic abuse.
1. Canonically takes place on 31 December 2015.
2. Involves Angels.
3. Soundtrack includes a Bach chorale.
4. Ends with a scene of domestic abuse.
What is Britain's favourite Christmas film?
Home Alone: 19%
Die Hard: 11%
Elf: 9%
Love Actually: 7%
It's a Wonderful Life: 6%
A Christmas Carol: 5%
The Muppet Christmas Carol: 5%
The Holiday: 5%
The Grinch: 4%
Miracle on 34th Street: 3%
Santa Claus: The Movie: 3%
The Polar Express: 3%
Home Alone: 19%
Die Hard: 11%
Elf: 9%
Love Actually: 7%
It's a Wonderful Life: 6%
A Christmas Carol: 5%
The Muppet Christmas Carol: 5%
The Holiday: 5%
The Grinch: 4%
Miracle on 34th Street: 3%
Santa Claus: The Movie: 3%
The Polar Express: 3%
November 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Periodic reminder that The End of Evangelion is a Christmas Film.
1. Canonically takes place on 31 December 2015.
2. Involves Angels.
3. Soundtrack includes a Bach chorale.
4. Ends with a scene of domestic abuse.
1. Canonically takes place on 31 December 2015.
2. Involves Angels.
3. Soundtrack includes a Bach chorale.
4. Ends with a scene of domestic abuse.
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Nick, 30 is probably a Green or Lib Dem voter
British politics is now just about making up a guy and assuming he will vote for you
November 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Nick, 30 is probably a Green or Lib Dem voter
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This might become my pet issue but it’s crazy how center left parties are hurting because they’re seen as the party of snobbish technocrats when the actual “experts” they go to are lawyers who think anesthesiology and TV manufacturing have seen similar productivity growth
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
This might become my pet issue but it’s crazy how center left parties are hurting because they’re seen as the party of snobbish technocrats when the actual “experts” they go to are lawyers who think anesthesiology and TV manufacturing have seen similar productivity growth
Sendai is moving towards rebuilding Taga-jo the Nara-Heian period centre of Imperial rule in Tohoku. Which I approve having spent 1 hour walking around with a local Oji-san in 2020.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccm1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccm1...
宮城・多賀城の政庁 建物全てを復元へ かつて東北の政治や軍事の中心
YouTube video by khb東日本放送
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Sendai is moving towards rebuilding Taga-jo the Nara-Heian period centre of Imperial rule in Tohoku. Which I approve having spent 1 hour walking around with a local Oji-san in 2020.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccm1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccm1...
English sub video on the struggles of the Sagano line, in Kyoto, which is quite frustrating to me because, JR West upgraded to double elevated electrified....but screwed up little bits (passing loops/Nara throughrun) so its stuck at 6-7tph.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyPJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyPJ...
【カオス】混雑路線の意外な実態 路線の特性と朝ラッシュの利用状況 離れた区間の大ピンチとは｜JR嵯峨野線混雑問題・亀岡～園部間減便問題【小春六花】
YouTube video by Takagi Railway
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
English sub video on the struggles of the Sagano line, in Kyoto, which is quite frustrating to me because, JR West upgraded to double elevated electrified....but screwed up little bits (passing loops/Nara throughrun) so its stuck at 6-7tph.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyPJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyPJ...
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Weijian Shan is right: China does need to let the renminbi rise, and substantially. An appreciating currency would "subsidize" imports and "tax" exports – the opposite of what tariffs are supposed to do. Given that households are net importers...
www.ft.com/content/5bb8...
Weijian Shan is right: China does need to let the renminbi rise, and substantially. An appreciating currency would "subsidize" imports and "tax" exports – the opposite of what tariffs are supposed to do. Given that households are net importers...
www.ft.com/content/5bb8...
Why China needs to let the renminbi rise
A steady appreciation would boost domestic consumption and improve trade relations
www.ft.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Weijian Shan is right: China does need to let the renminbi rise, and substantially. An appreciating currency would "subsidize" imports and "tax" exports – the opposite of what tariffs are supposed to do. Given that households are net importers...
www.ft.com/content/5bb8...
Weijian Shan is right: China does need to let the renminbi rise, and substantially. An appreciating currency would "subsidize" imports and "tax" exports – the opposite of what tariffs are supposed to do. Given that households are net importers...
www.ft.com/content/5bb8...
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It shows how skewed their perception is that they don't seem to recognise that your relatively high earning graduate is equally likely, if not more likely, to be a woman.
British politics is now just about making up a guy and assuming he will vote for you
November 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It shows how skewed their perception is that they don't seem to recognise that your relatively high earning graduate is equally likely, if not more likely, to be a woman.
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Funny how this XKCD comic incidentally perfectly described Obama-Trump voters
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Funny how this XKCD comic incidentally perfectly described Obama-Trump voters
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The new case for ID cards in the UK - make the French pay to visit the British Museum.
Louvre to hike ticket prices for most non-EU tourists by 45%
The price increase is expected to raise millions to fund the museum's renovation plans.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
The new case for ID cards in the UK - make the French pay to visit the British Museum.
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We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
Weirdly just published even though from 2023?
Again finds growing support for housing but lots of opposition that's not explained.
Also as with all UK government docs these days small print says "Britain here means England"
Again finds growing support for housing but lots of opposition that's not explained.
Also as with all UK government docs these days small print says "Britain here means England"
November 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Weirdly just published even though from 2023?
Again finds growing support for housing but lots of opposition that's not explained.
Also as with all UK government docs these days small print says "Britain here means England"
Again finds growing support for housing but lots of opposition that's not explained.
Also as with all UK government docs these days small print says "Britain here means England"
Parking spot density various Greater Tokyo locations from Shibuya to Chiba New Town, plus Thai, German, UK and US data.
Which basically says my hometown/borough has the least parking in the world.
Best part of England indeed.
Which basically says my hometown/borough has the least parking in the world.
Best part of England indeed.
November 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Parking spot density various Greater Tokyo locations from Shibuya to Chiba New Town, plus Thai, German, UK and US data.
Which basically says my hometown/borough has the least parking in the world.
Best part of England indeed.
Which basically says my hometown/borough has the least parking in the world.
Best part of England indeed.
One for @alonlevy.bsky.social that transit is more efficient. This from a report by Japanese cabinet showing share of income going to cars (orange line) and public transport (blue line).
And Japan is very keen on making transport pay, high (for income) costs for cars and transit fares.
And Japan is very keen on making transport pay, high (for income) costs for cars and transit fares.
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
One for @alonlevy.bsky.social that transit is more efficient. This from a report by Japanese cabinet showing share of income going to cars (orange line) and public transport (blue line).
And Japan is very keen on making transport pay, high (for income) costs for cars and transit fares.
And Japan is very keen on making transport pay, high (for income) costs for cars and transit fares.
Which makes sense since the countries which 1. speak English 2. Have higher wages 3. Permissive of UK citizens is actually more limited than you think. And you need a premia just to get people to move.
The number of British citizens emigrating hasn’t increased, btw. Outward migration is up, but the increase is mostly non-EU migrants leaving the UK.
The methodology counting emigration of British citizens changed in 2021, which increased the number, and it’s been pretty much flat ever since…
The methodology counting emigration of British citizens changed in 2021, which increased the number, and it’s been pretty much flat ever since…
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Which makes sense since the countries which 1. speak English 2. Have higher wages 3. Permissive of UK citizens is actually more limited than you think. And you need a premia just to get people to move.