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Citizen State is reimagining society to create a world that’s citizen-centric, self-sustaining, and unique. We’re building a borderless community independent of the current system that allows each individual to meet their basic needs and thrive.
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Citizen State is reimagining society for a citizen-centric, self-sustaining future. If you’ve ever dreamed of building a better world, let’s connect and share ideas. 🌍💡

Learn more: www.citizen-state.com

#CitizenState #ReimagineSociety #FindYourCommunity #Future
María Corina Machado’s escape to Oslo after months in hiding is a reminder that people everywhere fight for the right to shape their own future. Citizen-led courage is how new societies are born and how old systems weaken.

#Democracy #Freedom #SelfDetermination

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Venezuelan Nobel peace prize winner greets crowds in Oslo after nearly a year in hiding
María Corina Machado climbs over barriers to meet chanting supporters gathered outside the Grand Hotel in early hours of Thursday
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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The real scandal is Britain’s aging, neglected housing stock. But it’s fixable: fund councils to renovate empties, support retrofits, and make good homes a national priority. Quality is possible and we have to choose it. #EmptyHomes #BetterHomes

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Steep rise in Herefordshire empty homes branded
Councillors say too many properties are becoming dilapidated and the government should act.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Plato’s Ship of Fools is a warning: when the unqualified fight for the helm, the state drifts, wastes resources, and sinks. He reminds us that leadership without expertise is chaos. #Plato #ShipOfFools #PoliticalPhilosophy #Democracy #Leadership

www.thecollector.com/plato-ship-o...
Plato's "Ship of Fools" Allegory Shows How Incompetent Rulers Sink the State | TheCollector
The Ship of Fools allegory illustrates the importance of political expertise and the limits of democracy within Plato's political theory.
www.thecollector.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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From the fountain of ignorance,
Only ignorance flows,
Cankles attracts ignorance,
Everywhere he goes,
The intelligent avoid him,
The respectable would quit,
That leaves him one group,
And that's just the idiots.
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
2025’s updated SETI rules feel like humanity practicing interstellar diplomacy. Before we reply to the stars, we learn to act as one world.

#SETI #CosmicDiplomacy #Astropolitics #FutureHumans

www.universetoday.com/articles/wha...
What Do We Do If SETI Is Successful?
The Search For Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is evolving. We’ve moved on from the limited thinking of monitoring radio waves to checking for interstellar pushing lasers or even budding Dyson…
www.universetoday.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It’s good to see charities thinking creatively about housing. But Crisis needs to take a hard look at why it spent £21m on raising funds last year out of £66m total income, and whether that money could be getting people into homes right now.

#Homelessness #Charity

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Homelessness charity to become landlord for first time
The charity Crisis says it is now
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
380 years after Westphalia, we’re still governed by medieval institutions and tribal maps. What happens when governance itself becomes open-source? Smart contracts. DAOs. Network states. A new political code is compiling.

#CryptoSovereignty #NetworkState #Web3Governance
A replacement for the nation-state?
In their new book, Jarrad Hope and Peter Ludlow argue that Web3 will allow new forms of organization to supplant traditional governments.
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November 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Change doesn’t always rise in concrete towers. Sometimes it grows in kitchen tiles, raised roofs, and hands rebuilding what history denied. Urabá is reminding us: housing is not a product, it’s a right, a memory, a future.

#RightToHousing #ClimateJustice #CommunityResilience
Resilience from the Ground Up: Community-Based Housing in Urabá, Colombia
The key to a better housing system lies not in building for people, but in equipping them to lead and design their own upgrades.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
What if capitalism was never as “free” as we were told? Every “free market” has always been scaffolded by state power. Recognizing this opens space for something new: a world of diverse economies beyond capitalism.

#PostCapitalism #EconomicImagination #DiverseEconomies
Beyond Capitalism: The Diverse Economies Challenge
What’s the state of capitalism today? Is American capitalism being remade by state power? Are the struggles for a future beyond capitalism having an impact? Two renowned economists, George F.…
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November 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Barcelona’s social housing gets flexible 🌈🏢

La Comunidad Habitacional features deliberately undefined rooms, letting residents shape their own spaces while bright colours bring warmth and life.

#SocialHousing #FlexibleLiving #BarcelonaDesign

www.dezeen.com/2025/09/23/l...
Barcelona social housing by Cierto Estudio "challenges traditional gender roles"
Apartments with deliberately non-defined rooms fill this social housing block in Barcelona, which local practice Cierto Estudio has finished with a palette of bold red and pastel green.
www.dezeen.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:12 AM
A village beyond competition 🌿✊

The African Peace Village in Portugal is a refugee-led ecovillage blending African wisdom and European approaches to create community, learning, and belonging. A living blueprint for a cooperative future.

#PeaceVillage #CommunityBuilding
Co-Creating An African Peace Village in Portugal
The African Peace Village is envisioned as a place to host gatherings, workshops, and retreats — where people come to recover their sense of belonging, exchange knowledge on food consciousness, mental...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Youth climate activists are rewriting politics 🌎🔥

By turning utopia into action, they’re proving that freedom means building the future together.

#ClimateAction #YouthPower #CollectiveFuture

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🎭 Youth climate activism prefigures just futures, not distant utopias
Despite widespread political inertia in responding to the climate crisis, youth climate activists are reshaping politics. Turkan Firinci Orman argues that by embodying Hannah Arendt’s ideas of…
theloop.ecpr.eu
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Mutual aid is changing disaster response 🌍🤝

It’s not charity, but solidarity, with communities organizing to care for each other and build lasting power from the ground up.

#MutualAid #CommunityPower #EquitableRecovery

disasterphilanthropy.org/events/solid...
Solidarity in times of crisis: Funding mutual aid - CDP
CDP hosted a webinar to explore how mutual aid operates in disaster contexts, what distinguishes it from charity, and how funders can support these models.
disasterphilanthropy.org
November 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Robots building wooden homes 🤖🏡

AUAR’s mobile microfactories can set up in 3 months to produce high-quality prefab houses fast, sustainable, and smart.

#ModularHousing #Robotics #Innovation

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Mobile robotic microfactories: Build wooden houses fast!
Are you looking for a profitable wooden house business? AUAR provides you with the software and the micro-factory. Quality houses with up to 40% less cost!
ovacen.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Aging well looks a lot like this 🌿🏡

Ebenezer’s new senior cooperatives give older adults ownership, community, and freedom, not just a place to live, but a place to belong.

#CooperativeLiving #AgingWell #TwinCities

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A growing trend in seniors housing? Ebenezer Development embracing senior cooperative housing – REJournals
Will the Twin Cities market see a growing number of senior cooperative housing developments pop up in the near future? It appears so, especially if you study the strategy of one of the biggest…
rejournals.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Once “giant babies” reliant on distant systems, they’re now learning to stand on their own: generating power, growing food, and adapting to a changing planet. From desert air taxis to ocean farms, architects are reimagining what resilience looks like.

#FutureCities #ResilientDesign
Are These ‘Eco-Cities’ the Future of Sustainable Design?
This is why architects and designers are no longer just envisioning adaptive, self-sufficient, and sustainable utopias—they’re building them.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Regenerative urbanism isn’t just about sensors and data; it’s about restoring life: to ecosystems, communities, and economies. Imagine cities that don’t just sustain us, but heal us. The future of urban living can be alive, connected, and thriving.

#RegenerativeCities
Beyond Smart Cities: The Rise Of Regenerative Urbanism
Regenerative urbanism is reshaping how cities grow, restoring ecosystems, rebuilding trust, and redefining long-term value for developers, investors, and policy makers.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
28 months of living with black mould, sick kids, and humiliation while Slough Council shuffled papers and “investigated.” 🤢

A child bullied because their clothes smelled of damp, and still no urgency? Unacceptable. Awaab’s Law exists to stop this.

#HousingCrisis
Slough Council resident left with damp and mould for 28 months
A council spokesperson said it was sorry for the "distress and inconvenience caused".
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November 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Absolutely outrageous. A single mum with medical proof that damp and mould are wrecking her lungs told to just “ventilate better” and move back in?! 🤬

Holly deserves a safe home, not gaslighting from a housing association hiding behind “humidity levels.”

#AwaabsLaw #HousingCrisis
Asthmatic mum 'made ill' by damp told to return home
Holly Monks was hospitalised by an asthma attack, but her housing association says her home is safe.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This isn’t rare. Over 1 million UK children live in mouldy homes.

Awaab’s Law starts this week, but it leaves millions of private renters behind.

📢 Share this. Tag your MP. Everyone deserves a safe home!

#AwaabsLaw #UKHousingCrisis

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Awaab’s Law: Why so many UK homes still have a mould problem
Despite outcry over a British toddler’s death, mould remains a problem in many homes - so are new law changes enough?
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Learning lessons from the past about rapid urbanization, ecological and social disruption and widening inequality, it should come as no surprise that holistic, integrated solutions continue to be relevant today.

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Regenerative design: urban spaces for people and the planet
Regenerative design can restore ecosystems, enhance biodiversity, and strengthen community resilience. But it cannot focus on environmental factors alone.
www.weforum.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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What we build is a statement of our character as a civilization. I'm hugely pleased to see social housing designed in such a beautiful and sensitive way. Indeed, this type of standard should be that which we aspire to all round.

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#SocialHousing #Architecture #Beauty
Riba Stirling Prize 2025: Appleby Blue Almshouse named Britain's best new building
Appleby Blue Almshouse in London wins the Royal Institute of British Architects' Stirling Prize.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Excellent ideas. Creative solutions. People are looking for change, and people are making change. It's the only thing that is constant. This is in for a deep dive.
🚀🌌 We’ve arrived on Bluesky! 🌌🚀

Citizen State is reimagining society for a citizen-centric, self-sustaining future. If you’ve ever dreamed of building a better world, let’s connect and share ideas. 🌍💡

Learn more: www.citizen-state.com

#CitizenState #ReimagineSociety #FindYourCommunity #Future
October 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
✊ Governments fail us. Citizen State doesn’t. We’re building a world where housing, healthcare, and education belong to the people, not profit. It’s time to reclaim society, redesign communities, and take the future into our own hands. #CitizenState #ReclaimTheFuture
Our Purpose - Citizen State
Our mission is simple: to build a world where all can prosper. Discover the thinking behind this mission below and learn about how we are uniting people, entrepreneurs and nonprofits to fashion a…
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September 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM