Reposted by Rory HydeGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“Biggest improvement in housing affordability for 40 years” 19440121
Reposted by Rory HydeDaniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport. 164115623176
Rory Hyde @roryhyde.bsky.social · 03/09/2026"Dear Professor Hyde, I hope your week is unfolding with ease and inspiration." (Email I have just received) 020
Rory Hyde @roryhyde.bsky.social · 02/09/2026‘what happens to our shared public spaces when we are forced to confront the presumption that we are all being filmed, broadcast, processed? What happens to our cities? What happens to our trust, our bonds, our relationships with our fellow humans?’ 030
Reposted by Rory Hydethe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 30/08/2026this is really beautiful 71219256
Rory Hyde @roryhyde.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Sam Jacob's review of the V&A's Postmodernism show (2011). Wonderfully clever writing. www.architectural-review.com/essays/exhib...architectural-review.comPlaying with PostmodernismPostmodernism at the V&A 010
Rory Hyde @roryhyde.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Brilliant stuff, esp. ‘Nostalgic deprivation’ as a way to explain the shit we are in 063
Rory Hyde @roryhyde.bsky.social · 11/07/2026'Berman’s passion for shoving as many units into as small a space as possible and then going big on plush facilities led one of his own architects to describe the developments to me as “slums for the rich.”' www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...newyorker.comWho Will Be Blamed for the Near-Collapse of a Midtown Tower?The 37-story Pfizer building in midtown was stabilized, after almost falling over earlier this week. Now the real-estate developer behind its renovation will have to deal with the fallout. 000
Reposted by Rory HydeDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/07/2026I am not exaggerating when I say that we are deeply, deeply cooked. I just don't believe democracy, or even the Enlightenment itself, survives without literacy.theatlantic.comThe End of Reading Is HereOptimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history. 815231
Reposted by Rory HydeKon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 03/07/2026So proud of our amazing, talented #Socceroos who represent the very best of our beautiful, Multicultural Australia. They are young and filled with boundless talent and will only be stronger and better from this tough loss today at the next World Cup in 2030! 411016
Reposted by Rory HydeTamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 03/07/2026Incredible moment where Fox News puts up a graphic with all the reasons it opposes the DSA and why people should be afraid of them 765259707159
Rory Hyde @roryhyde.bsky.social · 28/06/2026So great. I’ve written about this recently, and used the Rucellai as an example. A private palazzo with a public spirit. 030
Reposted by Rory HydeUrsula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 27/06/2026To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness. 18131
Reposted by Rory HydeJadzia Axelrod 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Lynda Barry did not squeeze your heart and simultaneously explain the point of all art with the barest of line drawings so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable." 695902895
Reposted by Rory Hyde🇦🇺 WyndhamVic @wyndhamvic.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Gina's "Sweet Child o'Mines" from Sammy J's 2013 ABC comedy 'Wednesday Night Fever'. Still freakishly relevant today over a decade later. 🤣 Absolutely brilliant. 411465
Reposted by Rory HydeThe Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Pauline Hanson dog whistled her way through the entire Press Club speech and apparently nobody in the room heard a thing. 58654187
Reposted by Rory HydeKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 18/06/2026Deeply tragic, and my fucking god - SUVs are killers and need to be regulated and restricted. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.com‘I wish it hit me’: Sydney mother shares anguish after children in pram hit and killed by carKatherine, five, and brother Harry, 14 months, died on Wednesday after their pram was hit by an SUV in Cabramatta 1119541
Reposted by Rory HydeArchitectureAu @architectureau.com · 16/06/2026Carey Lyon launches foundation to elevate architectural debate in Melbournedlvr.itCarey Lyon launches foundation to elevate architectural debate in MelbourneLaunched on 16 June, the foundation will support research projects, a publication on architectural discourse and a residency program. 002
Reposted by Rory HydeWolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Edward Luce in the Financial Times about Musk: 11749631688
Reposted by Rory HydeThe Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Do something. My @smh cartoon. 28462182
Reposted by Rory HydeProfessor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 31/05/2026One Nation are racist, bigoted, & anti-science...facts that are all easily found online. They will trash this country like Trump has the U.S. Vote for One Nation & this is on you. There are sound choices for a fairer Australia, including independents and the Greens. www.smh.com.au/national/one...smh.com.auOne Nation leapfrogs Labor in pollIn a massive political disruption, a new poll reveals One Nation is now the most popular party in the country, leapfrogging Labor in primary support. 2419568
Reposted by Rory HydeDaniel James @mrdtjames.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Is there anyone in government thinking, “hang on, let’s just having a good fucking think about this. Maybe we need a national strategy or something.” Course not. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...theage.com.auAs big as 175 MCG fields: The mega data centre coming to Melbourne’s westThe 350-hectare hub – the biggest ever publicly proposed in Australia – would need more power than the total output of Victoria’s largest coal-fired power station. 43610
Reposted by Rory HydeSardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 26/05/2026Japanese kabuto (helmet), 17th c, in the shape of a giant dragonfly. collections.artsmia.org/art/114440/h... 619146
Rory Hyde @roryhyde.bsky.social · 26/05/2026It has been said many times, but the thing when you're typing and the AI suggests words as you go is just DIABOLICAL. Like having a toddler yell words at you while you're trying to write. LITERALLY. My god. Pope, lead us to salvation. 021
Reposted by Rory HydeJames Lyden @jameslyden.com · 24/05/2026So soon to use a reaction image from a data center protest that took place today but I think this one's going to get a workout 101347235
Reposted by Rory HydeFast Company @fastcompany.com · 21/05/2026CEO of The Onion, Ben Collins, had a message for attendees of the 2026 Most Innovative Companies Summit: it's better for your business to not capitulate to people in power. "It's better for you to go at them and say what everyone thinks," @bencollins.bsky.social says. 10901138
Rory Hyde @roryhyde.bsky.social · 05/05/2026“At a moment when Australia’s far-right party is surging in the polls, viewing these works together feels especially significant: they offer alternate ways of conceiving of ‘Australia’s’ land and collective history” 011
Reposted by Rory HydeSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Utterly shameful failure to meet the moment from Labor - it's not populist it's popular and he's listening to his mining mates instead of the people. 2824897
Reposted by Rory HydeSam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 26/04/2026I hate the ambient violence of daily life in the US, and how unevenly it is dealt out across class, race, and gender. I hate how blasé our press and our lawmakers are about it, and I hate how vital it is to the persistence of social media. 223229
Reposted by Rory HydeWilliam Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Oh please. Really. 191012126
Reposted by Rory HydeKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10/04/2026A GENTLE REMINDER: we are trying to eliminate fossil fuels because using them kills us. If fossil fuels were cheap (they're not) or reliable (they're SO NOT), it would still be urgent to get rid of them because their intended use destroys our life support systems. 91179493
Rory Hyde @roryhyde.bsky.social · 02/04/2026These guys are great goodbarber.shopgoodbarber.shopGood Barber Shop – Good Barber Shop • South Melbourne 000
Rory Hyde @roryhyde.bsky.social · 02/04/2026those creaky outdoor cane chairs, inside. Perfection. 010
Rory Hyde @roryhyde.bsky.social · 02/04/2026I like this kind of room. Longer than wide, lots of mismatched chairs, different spots to sit, light from all sides. A random picture I found while tidying up. 140
Rory Hyde @roryhyde.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Poem by Aimee Nezhukumatathil. www.ft.com/content/fb5f... 010
Reposted by Rory HydeDan HIll @cityofsound.bsky.social · 01/04/2026www.ft.com/content/a1b9... vs. www.ft.com/content/1213... (UK housing affordability/wage growth improves as UK builds fewer houses: just a reminder that building new homes is the dumbest, slowest way to produce housing affordability, out of kilter with planetary boundaries and social justice)ft.comEngland’s housing at most affordable since 2015, official data showsBank of England deputy governor warns Iran war will take a toll, with quoted mortgage rates already rising 041
Rory Hyde @roryhyde.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Pre-fab mini Eames House for €145,000. Joy. www.ft.com/content/bc92... 272
Rory Hyde @roryhyde.bsky.social · 31/03/2026‘What are museums for? I’d suggest that in an era of declining public facilities and atomising communities, free museums are one of the last truly public spaces’ - @edwinheathcote.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/7b2d...ft.comFree museum entry is the mark of a civilised city — and one of the best things about LondonThese are some of Britain’s last truly public spaces — charging overseas visitors is an erosion of that ideal 0114
Rory Hyde @roryhyde.bsky.social · 31/03/2026I’m amazed at how many people seem to still love Labor. Like, do you not have eyes? Literally they do worse than nothing and still stonk it in at election time. Greens are cutting through in UK where everyone has given up on Starmer. 000
Rory Hyde @roryhyde.bsky.social · 30/03/2026‘I’m not an academic, I deal with things the way they are’, says Albo on 774, as he proceeds to bury his head. 010
