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The Biggest Challenge Facing Robots? Surviving Us.
Robots need social skills
Sep 29 • 
Jeff Fong
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Building Solar Punk Utopia
Deploying the tech and building the markets we need to power the future
Sep 24 • 
Jeff Fong
 and 
Sean Fleming
6
Why Nuclear is Not Enough
What actually stands between us and energy abundant urbanism
Sep 22 • 
Jeff Fong
 and 
Sean Fleming
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How to Power a City
A conversation about how cities keep the lights on
Sep 16 • 
Jeff Fong
 and 
Sean Fleming
8
MAGA declares war on the property tax
Republican politicians decide they like California after all
Sep 1 • 
Jeff Fong
39
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August 2025

Conferences, Urban Proxima in Portuguese, YIMBY<>Strong Towns, and Developments in Urbanism
Odds and Ends 25.08.2025
Aug 25 • 
Jeff Fong
5
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The weirdest border town you've never heard of
Life between the lines
Aug 18 • 
Jeff Fong
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Neighborhood privatization is no panacea
Contra Tomas Pueyo on urbanism
Aug 6 • 
Jeff Fong
12
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July 2025

Progress in Chinese Urbanism
A conversation about Datong, urban renewal, and finding the future in the past
Jul 17 • 
Jeff Fong
 and 
afra
12
Senáḵw High-Rise
First Nations urbanism in Metro Vancouver
Jul 11 • 
Jeff Fong
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Call for bureaucrats, A Cure for NIMBYism revisited, and Why I remain skeptical about Tesla Robotaxis
Odds and Ends 01.07.2025
Jul 1 • 
Jeff Fong
3

June 2025

Interview: Pablo Sepúlveda, founder and CEO at zlvas
Cities and their data part II
Jun 26 • 
Jeff Fong
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