I live in Hornby and yeah I agree. Those shops should be bowled and much higher buildings put in place. And allowing greater intensification here might actually improve the place if we end up getting more services, cafes, restaurants out here. Currently it’s a complete hospitality/entertainment/culture wasteland. It’ll be even better if we get the proposed light rail transport corridor out here too.

The only thing that worries me is that the scoped area that the 10 stories would be permitted goes a bit too far out into streets that aren’t equipped to deal with an increase in traffic. We already have massive problems with traffic that is too heavy and constant for the type of street that I’m on (as in the road material is physically not able to withstand the traffic already). If they made that scope just a fraction smaller, or improved the roads before all this kicks off, I’d be 100% happy with it. Screw nimbyism.

Toka Tū Ake EQC support means that the Museum can bring back the popular annual free entry weekend at the attraction this year (12 & 13 August) and expand its education programmes.

The agreement, through the Toka Tū Ake EQC public education programme of work, comes as the organisation marks a decade of support for Quake City, since the attraction first opened in February 2013. The exhibition was developed by the Museum in response to interest from tourism and community groups in retaining knowledge about the Canterbury earthquakes.

Yes!! The Dune movies are the only big movies I’ve been excited about in a loooong time. Between the crappy nostalgia remakes (which never live up to the originals) and the endless superhero franchise churn, the theatre experience has been quite dire for far too long.

I love that Villeneuve is bringing the craft of movie-making back to blockbuster movies, and doubly so that he’s done it with the Dune stories. And he’s done them justice so far, both the material and with the beauty of the cinematography.

I love that movie, it’s so beautifully shot.

Maybe subscribe to some media that’s more about longer-form journalism? So you can read stuff that’s informative and interesting, but doesn’t require the commitment of a longer book. And it has the bonus of supporting proper journalism, rather than click-bait rage news. I’m finding The New Yorker really good for this. I signed up for a trial before the Reddit thing blew up, but I think I’ll be keeping it long-term now.

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I totally agree with you. Genuine participation > growth for the sake of growth.

(Long-time reddit user, and former IRC (and ICQ!) user here too)