🚧 Ah, the irony! An article titled "The 15-minute city is a dead end" can't even make it past its own dead end of a 403 error. 🛑 Clearly, the only thing reaching its destination in 15 minutes is our collective #patience. 🙄
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/2021/05/28/the-15-minute-city-is-a-dead-end-cities-must-be-places-of-opportunity-for-everyone/ #The15MinuteCity #DeadEnd #403Error #Irony #HackerNews #ngated
The 15-minute city is a dead end — cities must be places of opportunity for everyone - LSE COVID-19

The notion of the 15-minute city, in which people can work, shop, play and go to school within a small radius of their home, has attracted some urban planners. But now more than ever, argues Edward Glaeser (Harvard), it should be recognised as a dead end which would stop cities from fulfilling their true role as

LSE COVID-19 - From research to global policy response
The 15-minute city is a dead end — cities must be places of opportunity for everyone - LSE COVID-19

The notion of the 15-minute city, in which people can work, shop, play and go to school within a small radius of their home, has attracted some urban planners. But now more than ever, argues Edward Glaeser (Harvard), it should be recognised as a dead end which would stop cities from fulfilling their true role as

LSE COVID-19 - From research to global policy response

#usa #israel #iran #warofaggression #deadend #miscalculation #analysis

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… more by the extent to which the belligerents can withstand very different forms of economic pain. That calculation bodes ill for the United States.“

#usa #israel #iran : #warofaggression / #deadend / #miscalculation / #analysis

„Trump wants to move on, but to do so he desperately needs some short-term concessions from Iran to justify his having launched this war. Tehran is not inclined to offer those concessions; after all, this fight is existential for them, not for the Americans. That means that negotiations between Washington and Tehran will be shaped less by the balance of military power and …

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https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/iran-and-forever-war-trap

Iran and the Forever War Trap

In trying to avoid a quagmire in Iran, America found a dead end.

Foreign Affairs
Daniel Hong Thriller 'Dead End' Lands at EST N8

EST N8 picks up worldwide rights to Chan Chun-hao's debut feature 'Dead End,' starring Daniel Hong.

Variety
I’ll be offering some vintage screenprints from the year 2000 at #artawhirl this weekend. Here are 4 of 8 from my “Dead End” series. These are original 22x28” pieces that fit in a standard frame. They have never been exhibited before. #screenprint #deadend #minneapolis #artistlife #blueskyart #art

#middleeast #nuclearenergy #deadend #uno #iaea

„As global electricity demand grows, so does the popularity of nuclear energy. In the Middle East, several countries are evaluating or advancing nuclear power projects, balancing weighty issues such as regional security, climatic conditions and international cooperation.“

https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/05/1167448

Nuclear energy in the Middle East: A realistic choice or a risk?

As global electricity demand grows, so does the popularity of nuclear energy. In the Middle East, several countries are evaluating or advancing nuclear power projects, balancing weighty issues such as regional security, climatic conditions and international cooperation.

UN News