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First #Neom. Now #Noem.

neom #neom

#AdamSomething

https://youtu.be/Ps_eyTa2NtA

The line, la barre habitée en plein desert, dystopique, "écologique", ploutocrate, a du plomb dans l'aile

https://www.arielworld.fr/monde/the-line-des-ambitions-revues-a-la-baisse-de-95/

C'est plus #theline c'est #theunderscroll 😂 #neom #Architect #architecture #teamarchi

il y aurait eu des diazine de milliers de mort durant ce chantier qui n'a servit à rien. Tous des réfugies.

bravo la team!

"informed by Neom's megacity The Line"
🤯

<insert Billy Madison meme>

#hsr #neom #britain

https://www.dezeen.com/2026/02/06/the-loop-chris-williamson-high-speed-railway/

Die Solarfarm des #NEOM-Projekts, in welcher der grüne Wasserstoff für #Gaskathi produziert werden soll, steht kurz vor der Vollendung. Auf der Projektseite ist sogar schon ein Satellitenbild mit der „exakten“ Koordinate zu sehen. Nur Ungläubige sehen dort einen Golfplatz und eine Luxuswohnanlage für die Königsfamilie. Nein, nein, das ist eine Wasserstofffabrik.
https://www.gem.wiki/NEOM_Green_Hydrogen_solar_farm?utm_source=perplexity

Jetzt ernsthaft: Wo steht die Anlage tatsächlich? Andere Quellen nennen Tabuk, 100 km entfernt …?

Weil sich wohl doch keine neun Millionen Menschen finden werden, die in einem 170 Kilometer langen, 200 Meter breiten und 500 Meter hohen Glaskäfig mitten in der Wüste hocken wollen, überlegt man jetzt in Saudi-Arabien, die Bauruine von #TheLine in ein Datacenter für Künstliche Intelligenz umzuwidmen.

Gut, an Intelligenz scheint es bei dem Projekt #NEOM ja bislang eher gemangelt zu haben. Vielleicht hilft es ja. Viel Spaß mit der Kühlung!

https://www.techradar.com/pro/planned-saudi-the-line-170km-megacity-for-9-million-people-could-now-be-transformed-into-a-significantly-downscaled-and-redesigned-data-center

@tagesschau Nein, „Deutschland“ will einen Grund, um ein #Gasterminal in der #Ostsee (bitte auf dem Globus nachschauen, wo die liegt) zu errichten, weil das Volk immer noch nicht vergessen hat, dass wir ja eigentlich kein russisches Gas mehr kaufen wollen.

Aber wenn so ein Terminal erst einmal steht, muss man es ja auch nutzen, nicht wahr?

Und wenn die Saudis die grünblaugraue H₂-Produktion schließlich wie andere #NEOM-Projekte auch verkacken, bleibt dann ja immer noch Genosse P. zur Rettung.

Die Asiatischen Winterspiele 2029 können jetzt doch überraschend nicht in der Wüste Saudi-Arabiens stattfinden, weil das angekündigte Luxus-Wintersportzentrum des NEOM-Projekts leichte Probleme mit seiner Realisierung hat.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c2k988ld2k5o

#NEOM #Trojena #AsianWinterGames

Ricordate The Line? La città lineare a specchio per 9 milioni di persone potrebbe non ospitare quasi nessuno. Nuovi report suggeriscono un cambio di rotta drastico: da utopia residenziale a gigantesca server farm per l'Intelligenza Artificiale. Motivo? Servono posti per le GPU, non per gli umani. E l'acqua del Mar Rosso fa gola per il raffreddamento. Le ambizioni lasciano il posto all'idraulica: ecco come il deserto saudita sta diventando l'hardware del futuro.

https://www.futuroprossimo.it/2026/01/the-line-diventa-un-trattino-voci-di-restyling-come-polo-per-lai/

#Neom

NEOM's The Line is a totally idiotic thing in real life... but I'd really want a video game or movie that takes place in a 500 meter tall 170 km long line megalopolis.

#NEOM #TheLine

#Neom : le rêve futuriste de l’#Arabiesaoudite est-il en train de s’effondrer ?
https://www.numerama.com/politique/2168417-neom-le-reve-futuriste-de-larabie-saoudite-est-il-en-train-de-seffondrer.html

Le mégaprojet saoudien Neom, lancé en 2017, pourrait être largement revu à la baisse. En cours de réévaluation, il serait désormais envisagé comme un pôle de centres de données sur la #merRouge.

Saudi-Arabien fährt das Megaprojekt NEOM zurück: Arbeiten an der Kilometerstadt „The Line“ werden stark reduziert, Fokus und Budget werden umgeschichtet. 🏗️🇸🇦 Beobachter sehen damit die Zukunftsvision ins Wanken geraten. Mehr Details: https://www.golem.de/news/kilometerstadt-saudi-arabien-stutzt-neom-megaprojekt-2601-204640.html #NEOM #TheLine #SaudiArabien #Stadtplanung
XD #Newz

Zuhur MENA News Highlights 27 Jan. ‘26 on: #Lebanon #Israel #Kuwait #Iraq-#Yemen-#Iran #Jordan #Cellebrite #UNRWA #Jerusalem #Gaza #SaudiArabia #NEOM #UAE - #Iran #UAE-KSA Please consider subscribing #press https://www.patreon.com/posts/149290111?utm_campaign=postshare_creator

Nun ist eine weitaus kleinere Version von The Line geplant. Auch andere Neom-Projekte werden überdacht. #sfcd #science #theline #neom

The Line gescheitert: Wie es j...

Saudi Arabia's Olympic committee and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) agreed to postpone ​the 2029 Asian Winter Games, with no new timetable provided. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/25/more-sports/saudi-arabia-winter-games-postpone/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #saudiarabia #neom #2029asianwintergames

www.ft.com/content/b6ad... Prediction: this is DOA just like #NEOM in #SaudiArabia Folks from that region should cut a deal with Kushner: here is our land, in return for a place in the higher latitudes in #Europe #Canada - Deal? #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #survival #extinction

Jared Kushner sets out $30bn v...

https://www.ft.com/content/b6ad9dde-d034-4cfa-a9d0-e799f8360d9d

Prediction: this is DOA just like #NEOM in #SaudiArabia

#MiddleEast is a dying region for all except the #billionaires #monarchs #oligarchs #plutocrats

Folks from that region should cut a deal with the likes of Kushner - here is our land, in return for a place in the higher latitudes in #Europe #Russia #Canada - Deal?

#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #survival #extinction

Saudi Arabia brings a critical eye to appraising eVTOL readiness

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://theaircurrent.com/industry-strategy/saudi-arabia-critical-eye-evtol-joby-archer-sandbox-trials/

#saudis #neom #theline always was a questionable idea in the first place

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/the-radio-national-hour/is-saudi-arabia-s-neom-dream-a-mirage-/106011918

Das war‘s für #Neom:

Die Gründe für das Scheitern des Megaprojekts

"Interviews mit zahlreichen Verantwortlichen zeigen, dass nicht nur fehlendes Geld und Größenwahn zum Scheitern von The Line beigetragen haben."

Der Text lohnt sich, die Saudis sind ganz köstlich ihrer eigenen Megalomanie erlegen.

https://www.golem.de/news/neom-die-gruende-fuer-das-scheitern-des-megaprojekts-2511-202060.html

Dazu auch: https://youtu.be/Ak4on5uTaTg
via: https://chaos.social/@BarbNerdy/112314348555343867

dann doch lieber Sachsen-Anhalt https://www.golem.de/news/neom-die-gruende-fuer-das-scheitern-des-megaprojekts-2511-202060-2.html /via #golem #neom

Die geplante 170 Kilometer lange Zukunftsstadt #Neom in Saudi-Arabien findet kaum Investoren. Jetzt steht sogar ein komplettes Scheitern des Projekts im Raum. https://winfuture.de/news,154855.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

@NewtonMark I think I know a way to save NEOM/The Line.

Here's how the Crown Prince, Beloved Leader of Saudi, can not only deliver, but enhance his vision of a ~180 kilometre long city of the future.

First, we need to save some money. So let's start by taking the roof off the travel corridor.

Instead of "the line", I call this cost-reduced version "the street".

In this configuration, you have an open-air "street" with separate "buildings" on either side.

And sure, a single long east-west street is certainly visionary.

But you know what's better than one? Twenty.

That's right, we'll have 20 streets running east to west.

But why stop there?

Let's bisect the 20 east to west streets with 20 more running north to south.

That's 40 streets in total.

If we divide the 180 km total length between these 40 streets, we're left with a length of 4.5 kilometres each.

I call this vision "the grid".

Now, because each of these streets are now 4.5 kilometres long, we can travel from one end of each street to the other far more quickly than a maglev could travel 180 kilometres.

And we'll do this in a futuristic pod-like vehicle powered by renewable electric power.

I call these vehicles: Trams.

So you'll have a "network" of these "trams" running along this "grid" of 4.5 kilometre long "streets". With 20 "streets" running north to south and 20 "streets" running east to west.

Best of all, instead of being one continuous building, in this configuration the buildings are divided up into "blocks" that can be developed as people move in!

I know it's a bold and futuristic vision.

But in this "grid" configuration, with streets, blocks, and trams, I believe the Crown Prince can deliver his vision of a city of the future.

#neom #Urbanism #UrbanPlanning #cities #TheLine #tram #trams #futurism

Thinking how Boris Johnson (remember that cunt) would often spin yarns about massive engineering projects and the Media would indulge it like any of it was going to happen....

Anyway, was this whole thing an excuse to steal some people's land? I heard it was a violent theft...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/the-line-saudi-arabia-megacity-neom-b2858056.html

#Neom #SaudiArabia

https://thenib.com/futures-built-on-sand/

#Art #Cartoons #illustrations #MbS #Neom #NoKings #SaudiArabia

#NEOM (#TheLine) wird wohl mit einem mittleren zweistelligen Milliardenverlust eingestellt. Ich empfehle den Scheichs zum Ausgleich der Verluste eine Reichensteuer 🤭

Neom und The Line: Saudi-Arabien stoppt Mega-Projekte
Es sollte das größte Bauvorhaben der Welt werden: Mit #Neom plante Saudi-Arabien eine Hightech-Metropole der Superlative. Herzstück des Projekts: die Stadt The Line, 170 Kilometer lang, 500 Meter hoch, vollständig klimaneutral. Doch aus dem ambitionierten Science-Fiction-Traum wird für das saudische Königshaus zunehmend ein Milliardenproblem.

@egghat Wird „The Line“ jetzt in „The Dash“ umbenannt?
#neom

Planning for cities with linear skylines

Shown below are some of the cities around the globe that have linear skylines. While these can be visually impressive, especially when set as a backdrop against the coastline or mountains, they also can be challenging from a planning and infrastructure perspective, unless they are adapted properly to address this unique urban landform.

Bear in mind, that linear skylines are not just a coastal or narrow valley phenomenon. Las Vegas is perfect example of an inland city with a very linear skyline that resulted in part due to how the city developed as a desert oasis along a single major corridor. Other examples may result from topographic settings like narrow mountain valleys, river valleys, peninsulas, or islands.

The length of linear skylines can tend to dissuade walking, as the distances between sites can be intimidating. Furthermore, if the focus is too concentrated, primary streets that run the length of the skyline, such as the Las Vegas Strip, can become overwhelmed by traffic and people.

That is why it is important to have viable and efficient alternatives — light rail, buses, bicycling routes, trollies, or as Las Vegas has developed, a monorail line. Safe crossings of busy thoroughfares is also needed. As the image are shows, overpasses or tunnels for pedestrians may be necessary. Otherwise, crosswalks must be set up to allow time for safe movement across the avenues.

In some ways, a linear design can be efficient when it comes to utilities, because they can be focused in a narrower area. However, they must constructed of sufficient size and scale to handle the concentrated needs for water, sewer, electricity, gas, etc. Otherwise, the streets and roads may be constantly torn up to increase capacity. Utility managers will also need to address verticality of the service area, to assure water pressure and other services are maintained at their highest levels.

Another important factor to consider is public safety, particularly from fire-fighting and emergency response standpoints. By their very nature, linear skylines tend to be more dense and as a result taller. This is very evident from the photos provided below. How public safety services address the inherently denser and taller structures is critically important for assuring public safety is always a top priority for avoiding potential tragedies.

Another factor to consider for tourist-oriented linear skyline is the variations between on and off-season. Any and all planning efforts will need to take this into account as the extent of impacts can fluctuate greatly over a calendar year.

What is likely to be the most linear (and perhaps vertical) skyline of them all is the controversial 106 mile long, new city of Neom being constructed in Saudi Arabia (see images above and below. How this project will eventually turn out and whether it will achieve the stated goals of livability and sustainability remains to be seen. If it is successful, it may be a defining development for the future. Otherwise, it could be a precautionary tale to avoid excepting very specialized circumstances.

As has been noted throughout this post, linear skylines can have their challenges. How effectively these are addressed will help determine whether or not the infrastructure and services can meet the concentrated demand. At the same time, the opportunities are not quite as apparent. To this retired planner, ambitious individual developments that are overly lengthy or excessively vertical may not achieve their “lofty” goals. Similarly, it remains to be seen how efficient and effective such a narrow, dense and lengthy urban form can be.

Peace!

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Las Vegas, Nevada – centered along the Strip (Las Vegas Boulevard)

Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia and other beachfront cities – centered along the beachfront

Balneário Camboriú, Brazil

Miami Beach, Florida

Daytona Beach

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Ocean City, Maryland

Cancun, Mexico

Grand Rapids, Michigan – the tallest buildings are centered along the Grand River

Pikeville, Kentucky – a very unique linear “semi-circle” in the Appalachian Mountains.

Danang, Vietnam – concentrated along both the river and along the coastline at My Khe Beach

#BalneárioCamboriú #Cancun #cities #coastlines #Danang #DaytonaBeach #downtown #geography #GrandRapids #history #landUse #LasVegas #linearSkylines #MiamiBeach #Neom #OceanCity #Pikeville #planning #skylines #SurfersParadise #topography #transit #transportation #travel #valleys #VirginiaBeach #walking #Yanjing

"(...) Bis zu 21.000 #Bauarbeiter sind bislang beim Bau von »#Neom« umgekommen. (...)"

Trotzdem ist das Ding am Floppen.

Größenwahn unterm Wüstenkönig [Bezahlschranke]

#CapitalismIsADeathCult

#GeoPol #Eupol #DEpol

(9/n)

...#Citadel, #Deloitte, #JPMorgan, #KKR, #KraftHeinz, #LibertySteel, #Macquarie, #McKinsey, #Meta, #Neom, #Palantir, #PwC und anderen gehören.
...Sie werden von rechtsextremen Politikern aus der EU begleitet werden. Zu den Teilnehmern gehören gewählte Vertreter rechtsradikaler Parteien aus #Frankreich (#RassemblementNational), #Dänemark (#DänischeVolkspartei), #Estland (#KonservativeVolkspartei), #Ungarn (#Fidesz), #Island (#Zentrumspartei), den

Saudi Drama Against The Patriarchy ‘Hobal’ Beats Hollywood Titles Becoming Fast-Growing Local Hit
#Variety #Global #News #Hobal #NEOM #SaudiCinema

https://variety.com/2025/film/global/saudi-drama-patriarchy-hobal-hollywood-fast-growing-hit-1236302356/

I did not really pay attention to the Neom / The Line project, the basic idea was so “ambitious” that it made Musk's plans realistic in comparison. I assumed this was just a bunch of slides and CGI renderings, to show that Saudia Arabia was doing _something_.

Turns out I was wrong, they are building that thing, and discovering that logistics and building physical stuff is hard, and scaling back their ambitions by two orders of magnitude. #neom #theline #megaprojects

https://youtu.be/Ak4on5uTaTg?si=uGglb4UVrmXgeT7i

Ok, I thought #LucidMotors is funded by #Dubai, which would be questionable, at best, but I was wrong.

They're funded by #MohammedBinSalman (#MBS) as part of his 2030 campaign for #SaudiArabia, like #NEOM's #TheLine project, and many others.

So, even if I had the money, I couldn't buy the two #LucidAir models I lust after, the Grand Touring for every day use and road trips, and the Sapphire for going out on the town.

Poor ass #consumerist problems 😢

#Dreams #EV

Ok, I thought #LucidMotors is funded by #Dubai, which would be questionable, at best, but I was wrong.

They're funded by #MohammedBinSalman (#MBS) as part of his 2030 campaign for #SaudiArabia, like #NEOM's #TheLine project, and many others.

So, even if I had the money, I couldn't buy the two #LucidAir models I lust after, the Grand Touring for every day use and road trips, and the Sapphire for going out on the town.

Poor ass #consumerist problems 😢

#Dreams #EV

Ok, I thought #LucidMotors is funded by #Dubai, which would be questionable, at best, but I was wrong.

They're funded by #MohammedBinSalman (#MBS) as part of his 2030 campaign for #SaudiArabia, like #NEOM's #TheLine project, and many others.

So, even if I had the money, I couldn't buy the two #LucidAir models I lust after, the Grand Touring for every day use and road trips, and the Sapphire for going out on the town.

Poor ass #consumerist problems 😢

#Dreams #EV

Ok, I thought #LucidMotors is funded by #Dubai, which would be questionable, at best, but I was wrong.

They're funded by #MohammedBinSalman (#MBS) as part of his 2030 campaign for #SaudiArabia, like #NEOM's #TheLine project, and many others.

So, even if I had the money, I couldn't buy the two #LucidAir models I lust after, the Grand Touring for every day use and road trips, and the Sapphire for going out on the town.

Poor ass #consumerist problems 😢

#Dreams #EV

Ok, I thought #LucidMotors is funded by #Dubai, which would be questionable, at best, but I was wrong.

They're funded by #MohammedBinSalman (#MBS) as part of his 2030 campaign for #SaudiArabia, like #NEOM's #TheLine project, and many others.

So, even if I had the money, I couldn't buy the two #LucidAir models I lust after, the Grand Touring for every day use and road trips, and the Sapphire for going out on the town.

Poor ass #consumerist problems 😢

#Dreams #EV

Here are my July 2024 plays! SOMEONE introduced me to Board Game Arena, so my play count has been inflated, but it’s been a fun month nonetheless (with new friends to boot)!

The play counts speak for themselves (obsessed with Obsession), but I’ve gotta shout out lesser played faves, like #Neom, #DiesonCrusoe, #AFeastForOdin, and #CatInTheBox which I am terrible at but quite enjoyed!
#boardgames #bgstats #bgstatsapp #brettspiele

‘Top Chef Middle East’ Moves to Saudi Arabia’s Neom Hub For New Season
#Variety #Global #News #MbcGroup #NEOM #TopChef

https://variety.com/2024/tv/global/top-chef-middle-east-saudi-arabia-neom-1236057840/

»#NEOM – eine Region der Zukunft, eingebettet in die menschenleere Dünenlandschaft zwischen Jordanien, Ägypten und dem Roten Meer. Grün, autofrei, CO2-arm, vernetzt durch öffentlichen Nahverkehr, umgeben von Touristenzielen – so zeigen es die PR-Videos internationaler Unternehmen.

Aus Sicht saudischer Oppositioneller steht das Projekt allerdings nicht für Zukunft, sondern für das Gegenteil: Eine Beton-Architektur von gestern, Gewaltherrschaft und Zwangsumsiedlungen von rund 20 000 Menschen, extralegale Tötungen und die bevorstehende Hinrichtung von NEOM-Gegnern. Deutschland unterstützt dort mit Bundesmitteln die Firma Thyssen Krupp beim Bau einer Fabrik für grünen Wasserstoff.

Was sagen beteiligte deutsche Firmen zur Kritik; was deutsche Politiker? Und wie steht es um Deutschlands „wertegeleitete Außenpolitik“, wenn es um den Machthaber Prinz Mohammed Bin Salman geht?«

https://www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr5/sendungen/dok5/neom-projekt-saudi-arabien-100.html

#SaudiArabien #grünerWasserstoff #Wasserstoff #Menschenrechte #Thyssen #ThyssenKrupp #Krupp #mbs #binSalman #Dok5