Justin McGuirk
@justinmcguirk.bsky.social
Writer and curator. Director of Future Observatory, the national design research programme for the green transition, at the Design Museum. Author of Radical Cities and other books. Views my own.
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I wrote this for @aeon.co in conjunction with our exhibition Waste Age a few years ago aeon.co/essays/ours-...
Ours is the Waste Age: that’s the key to tranforming the future | Aeon Essays
Recognising that waste is central, not peripheral, to everything we design, make and do is key to transforming the future
aeon.co
November 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I wrote this for @aeon.co in conjunction with our exhibition Waste Age a few years ago aeon.co/essays/ours-...
‘his victory was not political but viral’. So true. And thirty years later the viral has become political
November 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
‘his victory was not political but viral’. So true. And thirty years later the viral has become political
Yes. I’m assuming that the Milan investigation will conclude that European Muslims were just easy prey for a certain category of psychopath
November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Yes. I’m assuming that the Milan investigation will conclude that European Muslims were just easy prey for a certain category of psychopath
I thought Limonov was a crazy outlier. I am stunned and horrified that this was a broader phenomenon. You know my personal connection to Sarajevo
November 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I thought Limonov was a crazy outlier. I am stunned and horrified that this was a broader phenomenon. You know my personal connection to Sarajevo
I mean I read Emmanuel Carrère’s Limonov, but I assumed he was just one crazy mf, not that there was a market in sniping civilians
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I mean I read Emmanuel Carrère’s Limonov, but I assumed he was just one crazy mf, not that there was a market in sniping civilians
The book's not bad either!
September 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The book's not bad either!
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Yeah, Heartland started pushing fear of lithium mining explicitly in 2023.
This was a key response to their propaganda, and includes a link to the Heartland piece.
www.distilled.earth/p/a-fossil-f...
This was a key response to their propaganda, and includes a link to the Heartland piece.
www.distilled.earth/p/a-fossil-f...
A Fossil Fuel Economy Requires 535x More Mining Than a Clean Energy Economy
Transitioning to clean energy would reduce the volume and harm of mining dramatically
www.distilled.earth
September 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Yeah, Heartland started pushing fear of lithium mining explicitly in 2023.
This was a key response to their propaganda, and includes a link to the Heartland piece.
www.distilled.earth/p/a-fossil-f...
This was a key response to their propaganda, and includes a link to the Heartland piece.
www.distilled.earth/p/a-fossil-f...