OK, big thread time. It will seem a little bit meandery, but I promise it all comes together in the end.
The topic is, as is increasingly usual for my rants, the #disingenuous #western #press and its service of #narrative over information. The seeds of this rant were planted when Architecture News has moved (npub1renโฆznvz) posted a link to this story:
https://www.domusweb.it/en/news/2025/07/07/in-china-an-inflatable-dome-reduces-construction-dust-and-noise.html
I urge you to read both the headline and the article before continuing. But I'll be starting with the headline.
Obliquely.
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