Sian Broadhurst
@sianbroadhurst.bsky.social
Urbanism, housing, garden city movement |PhD student at York University | Trustee at Curious Arts and Groundwork SANT
York looking good in the autumn sun. Aquatic wildlife was high on my list when choosing a university
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
York looking good in the autumn sun. Aquatic wildlife was high on my list when choosing a university
Last outdoor swim of the year - 13.5 degree water temp is definitely my limit even in the beautiful sun
September 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Last outdoor swim of the year - 13.5 degree water temp is definitely my limit even in the beautiful sun
Allotment life is a welcome break from the news. Though the leek judges are tough. We will be celebrating our third place in the best newcomer category and my wife has accepted that she will now be forever known as Harry
September 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Allotment life is a welcome break from the news. Though the leek judges are tough. We will be celebrating our third place in the best newcomer category and my wife has accepted that she will now be forever known as Harry
Trump announces that the Department of Defense will now be the Department of War
a man in a military uniform says are we the baddies
Alt: The Mitchell and Webb sketch of a man in a black military uniform with a skull on the caps says ‘are we the baddies’?
media.tenor.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Trump announces that the Department of Defense will now be the Department of War
At this stage in the PhD it is becoming very definite that I am allergic to some books. I do mean this literally. Thankfully not all books and not yet had a problem with archive papers so now got to figure out the pattern. Still, pretty devastating
August 6, 2025 at 6:27 AM
At this stage in the PhD it is becoming very definite that I am allergic to some books. I do mean this literally. Thankfully not all books and not yet had a problem with archive papers so now got to figure out the pattern. Still, pretty devastating
Not much time left but if any housing geeks happen to be in Vienna this week then the Suburbia exhibition is worth a look. We combined it with a trip to Karl Marx Hof and Hundertwasserhaus
July 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Not much time left but if any housing geeks happen to be in Vienna this week then the Suburbia exhibition is worth a look. We combined it with a trip to Karl Marx Hof and Hundertwasserhaus
This kind of take makes me want to weep. We’ve been here before. Building houses without transport and facilities is a false economy that stores up problems that take decades to undo
Apropos that Guardian article: I’ll happily take estates with no community facilities or shops if it means the 21k on the waiting list in my ends have a home. These articles make me want to weep: numbers of homes is what matters. I don’t want affordable housing funds abstracted to other stuff!
July 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
This kind of take makes me want to weep. We’ve been here before. Building houses without transport and facilities is a false economy that stores up problems that take decades to undo
Obsessed with allotment life
July 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Obsessed with allotment life
Wondering how many planned communities, new towns and model villages I can fit into this holiday before my wife puts her foot down. We start with Nowa Huta (with bonus points for the steel works admin building tour)
July 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Wondering how many planned communities, new towns and model villages I can fit into this holiday before my wife puts her foot down. We start with Nowa Huta (with bonus points for the steel works admin building tour)
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Author Val McDermid and her wife, geography professor Jo Sharp, take part in the Pride parade through Edinburgh city centre on Saturday afternoon
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘸/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘸/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
June 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Author Val McDermid and her wife, geography professor Jo Sharp, take part in the Pride parade through Edinburgh city centre on Saturday afternoon
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘸/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘸/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
I’m not sure photoshop is even the right word for this. That seems to imply an attempt to look real. This was labelling - a key to understand the supposed symbols. Nothing about it was designed to look real. Can’t wait to hear his gangland interpretation of ‘fig. 1’
This exchange is so very telling.
Trump repeatedly claims the photoshopped MS-13 on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's knuckles is real, Terry Moran keeps telling him it isn't, prompting Trump to say this:
"I never heard of you. I picked you. You’re not being very nice. He had MS-13 tattooed... Just say yes!"
Trump repeatedly claims the photoshopped MS-13 on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's knuckles is real, Terry Moran keeps telling him it isn't, prompting Trump to say this:
"I never heard of you. I picked you. You’re not being very nice. He had MS-13 tattooed... Just say yes!"
April 30, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I’m not sure photoshop is even the right word for this. That seems to imply an attempt to look real. This was labelling - a key to understand the supposed symbols. Nothing about it was designed to look real. Can’t wait to hear his gangland interpretation of ‘fig. 1’
So excited to have made it to the top of the allotment waiting list and I think we have struck lucky with the plot
April 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
So excited to have made it to the top of the allotment waiting list and I think we have struck lucky with the plot
Hopscotch taken very seriously around these parts. 1 - 50 and back again
April 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Hopscotch taken very seriously around these parts. 1 - 50 and back again
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You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
www.quaker.org.uk
March 29, 2025 at 7:39 AM
You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Sunny days on campus really show off York’s brutalism
March 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Sunny days on campus really show off York’s brutalism
Our boy is an angry cat. He has a special note on his vet’s file. Sometimes they resort to a muzzle. Sometimes they sedate. We are trying to get several doses in a day armed with nothing more than a towel and the advice to gently stroke his chin…
February 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Our boy is an angry cat. He has a special note on his vet’s file. Sometimes they resort to a muzzle. Sometimes they sedate. We are trying to get several doses in a day armed with nothing more than a towel and the advice to gently stroke his chin…
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In 1945 Rowntree's launched a campaign advertising their cocoa to women at home & in the workplace. As well as being architects, designers, musicians, reporters, librarians and bank tellers, the campaign also showed women as analytical chemists and scientific assistants #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
February 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
In 1945 Rowntree's launched a campaign advertising their cocoa to women at home & in the workplace. As well as being architects, designers, musicians, reporters, librarians and bank tellers, the campaign also showed women as analytical chemists and scientific assistants #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
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Everything you've been told about the 'unpopularity' of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods is a lie.
February 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Everything you've been told about the 'unpopularity' of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods is a lie.
I wonder whether the closure of these roads (c2009?) were as controversial as recent attempts to expand LTN measures in Heaton. The new garden looks nice, remains to be seen if it will prevent flash flooding on Chillingham Road
February 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I wonder whether the closure of these roads (c2009?) were as controversial as recent attempts to expand LTN measures in Heaton. The new garden looks nice, remains to be seen if it will prevent flash flooding on Chillingham Road
Friday afternoon pick me-up: some 1960s planning followed by tea and cake
January 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Friday afternoon pick me-up: some 1960s planning followed by tea and cake
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It's a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history. Please share it as much as you can. #InducedDemand
January 18, 2025 at 3:16 AM
It's a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history. Please share it as much as you can. #InducedDemand
Lots of posts about Carrie Underwood performing at the inauguration but the Village People seem to be flying under the radar - giving up the YMCA really stings
January 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Lots of posts about Carrie Underwood performing at the inauguration but the Village People seem to be flying under the radar - giving up the YMCA really stings
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Maybe it would have been nice to build some council houses and public transport to stimulate growth rather than relying on an unproven planet burning guessing machine.
January 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Maybe it would have been nice to build some council houses and public transport to stimulate growth rather than relying on an unproven planet burning guessing machine.
Recommendations that really speak to me…
December 27, 2024 at 12:39 PM
Recommendations that really speak to me…
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#Disney World has better transit than most US cities. Its 12-train-set monorail + 325 buses would make it the nation's 16th most ridden transit system.
People drive to a place where, for once, they don't have to drive everywhere.
Turns out that's exactly what Walt intended 🚝🧵
People drive to a place where, for once, they don't have to drive everywhere.
Turns out that's exactly what Walt intended 🚝🧵
December 17, 2024 at 3:21 PM
#Disney World has better transit than most US cities. Its 12-train-set monorail + 325 buses would make it the nation's 16th most ridden transit system.
People drive to a place where, for once, they don't have to drive everywhere.
Turns out that's exactly what Walt intended 🚝🧵
People drive to a place where, for once, they don't have to drive everywhere.
Turns out that's exactly what Walt intended 🚝🧵