Friday, November 07, 2025

Friday Links 25-25

Large group of cyclists in Barcelona, with one DJ on a cargo bike
Short one today. 

Listen to the last episode of Science in Action, or check out the archive. 

For a fun, scary game, have a look at The Scope Creep. One for the product managers.  

Leadership

Become the Consequence - I'll have to digest this a bit more.

The Scope Creep - scary product game 

Engineering

Ambient CI, progress this year - progress on a distributed CI

Environment

‘If you ignore emissions, we did great’: Germany’s challenging fight to go green - still stuck in the 90s. 

Urbanism

Stations and transfers - metro stations mapped in 3D

Radeln ohne Hirnschaden [German] - in Berlin they are smoothening the cobblestones for easier cycling. Obviously, only in one street. 

End of The Line? Saudi Arabia scales back plan for wildly ambitious 100-mile-long megacity in the desert - this will not happen at all. 

Free public transport trial in Glasgow to benefit 1000 citizens - that seems to be a tiny trial. 

Random Cyclists

‘You can do hard things!’ The young cycling enthusiasts reclaiming the streets of Johannesburg - I miss this kind of groups. 

12 Hours of Retro Gaming for Halloween Vibes (PAC-MAN Edition)  [YouTube] - in case you need some retro background music. 

Removing obfuscation in Java Edition - Minecraft is making the Java client easier to work with. 

Maldives becomes the only country with generational smoking ban - that will be interesting to watch. 

1283. Isamu Nakamura /// PF-2 /// Higashinada Ward, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan /// 1996-97 - I love this style. Maybe not something I would want to live in today. 

The dawn of the post-literate society - this long read will be especially challenging. 

How science got here, and where next [Podcast] - The last episode of Science in Action. It will be missed. 

Childcare policy: Who Does It Best? [Podcast] - Slovenia? 

Other Links

Friday Links Disclaimer
Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kinds of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time, you might notice common themes, though.
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