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“Three Parisiens” — Three people walk along a street in Le Marais, Paris.

There is a story about this wall that I’ll share in the second paragraph. The photograph comes from the Le Marais district of Paris, where we were out for a walk in early December. It uses one of the classic approaches to street photography, namely finding an interesting street landscape and waiting for people to walk into the frame and populate it. This can lead to a lot of photos of the sides of people, but here it helps that the person in the lead has glanced in my direction…continues: gdanmitchell.com/2025/04/16/th

“The magic happens when a city’s #bike network is expansive enough to safely accommodate the bulk of regular trips”

A standoff over #cycling #infrastructure and traffic congestion in #Toronto shows why building protected #bikelanes on essential corridors draws controversy along with riders bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

#Paris Proves the Power of Pedals: How #Cycling Helped Cut Pollution in Half
a remarkable transformation — and #cyclists are riding at the heart of it momentummag.com/paris-proves-t

Les villes au défi de la Paix

Le 16 avril 2025, se tiendra un événement exceptionnel à l’Hôtel de Ville de Paris :”Les villes au défi de la Paix”, une conférence internationale portée par les voix de militants palestiniens et israéliens engagés pour la paix et la justice, en dialogue avec des maires de villes du monde entier.

Organisée par Les Guerrières de la Paix, en partenariat avec la Mairie de Paris, cette rencontre a pour objectifs :· Amplifier et relayer les voix courageuses des militants pour la Paix palestiniens et israéliens de la société civile.·

Réfléchir aux enjeux cruciaux de la Paix, de la Justice et de l’Égalité, à la fois au niveau local et international.·

Favoriser l’émergence d’initiatives concrètes pour un avenir de Paix juste et durable au Proche-Orient.

- standing-together.frama.io/fra

- standing-together.frama.io/fra

- standing-together.frama.io/fra

Source: paris.fr/evenements/les-villes

#Paix #GuerrièresPaix #Paris #Villes #StopWar #StandingTogether #WeAreNotWeaponsOfWar #RabbisForHumanRights #ALLMEP #UTTN #VivianSilver #YonathanZeigen
#Taghyeer

When I take the métro in the morning, if I see the last train leaving the station when I arrive at the platform (just barely missing it) I’m not upset because by the time I walk to the other end of the platform another train will have come.

This is part of why I moved to #paris, I no longer run to the train station nor do I even look up when the next train is coming.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s special envoy tasked with ending the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, are expected to travel to Paris later this week, according to two people familiar with preparations for the trip.

politico.eu/article/us-secreta

POLITICO · Rubio, Witkoff heading to France for talks on Ukraine, Iran and tradeBy Clea Caulcutt