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Senior lecturer (assoc. prof) in geography and urban studies // interested in energy, planning, urban climate, extraction frontiers, decarbonization-development dilemmas // known to frequent the Uni of York, UK // enjoys singer-songwriters, alt-folky music
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"as with the war, Zelensky didn’t start this Oval Office exchange. Was he supposed to tolerate an extended public denigration of the Ukrainian people, who have been fighting a war for survival for three years?” — WSJ edit board Gift link: www.wsj.com/opinion/puti...

The exchange between Trump, Vance and Zelenskyy in the Oval Office today in which our country attacked the victim in defense of a brutal aggressor has to be one of the most shameful moments in Modern American history.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk responds, something we hopefully see a lot more of that from other European leaders. It's never been clearer than in this moment that Trump is Putin's ally, not Europe's.

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Just what I needed on a Friday afternoon... jakexerxesfussell.bandcamp.com/album/what-i...

Physically sickened by mass firings at NOAA and NWS...especially as severe weather peak months approaching and hurricane season lurks...and climate changes

Since the 1950s, Summer Language Workshops at Indiana University have provided training in Russian, East European, and Central Asian languages. Generations have come to Bloomington to study Romanian, Polish, Kazakh, etc. Rubio just cancelled all of them languageworkshop.indiana.edu/summer-langu...

FT Editors almost calling BP a stranded asset "If all the big intl oil & gas producers, and national oil comps like Saudi Aramco, concentrate mainly on fossil fuels and demand declines, only some will survive. Higher-cost producers, such as BP, may not be among them" www.ft.com/content/c7fa...

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How much of Barcelona can fit into one downtown Kansas City highway interchange:

This sounds fantastic...

Join an online panel of experts in ecology, green technology and climate justice next week, discussing why there's still hope for the future 👇🌍 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hope-for-t... #climatejustice #sustainability

The Washington Post and LA Times editorial pages have gone full MAGA, MSNBC has purged all of its anti-Trump anchors, and Twitter is owned by a literal Nazi. Here's why liberal media bias is still a problem.

“The freezing of US humanitarian assistance has forced the closure of almost 80% of the emergency food kitchens set up to help people left destitute by Sudan's civil war. It is estimated that nearly two million people struggling to survive have been affected.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

Now the UK will cut its foreign aid budget. Things are not looking good for most people on the planet right now www.bbc.com/news/article...

Exciting opportunity to join the @changingrealities.bsky.social team at a time when the work we do together has never mattered more. Please do share widely jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

We are now part of the axis of evil. Good thing you didn't want to vote for the qualified, intelligent, empathetic woman of color.

“Right now, because of climate change and because of what farmers are facing in terms of extreme weather events, we need every piece of available information we can get,” he said. “We don’t have access to that, we’re not going to make it.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/c...

"The increase to Musk's wealth since Trump was elected president three months ago is greater than all of the American aid given to Ukraine over the last three years."-- @timothysnyder.bsky.social

"white skin, black fuel: on the danger of fossil fascism" by andreas malm and the zetkin collective likely requires a careful reading in our current times, now in the midst of the global reactionary wave

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It’s not hyperbole to say that American science is being destroyed before our eyes.

Is bluesky more like holding court in a radicalized, kooky cult or is ejecting an acquaintance from your chateau in rural France for the sin of disrespecting Bari Weiss more like holding court in a radicalized, kooky cult?

YES to dance protest! www.kuow.org/stories/as-t...

Staff of NSF’s Human-Environment & Geographical Sciences program terminated. Anti-intellectual vengeance against geographers. And, perhaps, against Tim Walz, high school geography teacher & advocate, in particular.

Opinion: The talent pipeline for the UK’s £100 billion creative arts industries is under threat as universities shutter loss-making arts degrees, says Ravensbourne vice-chancellor Andy Cook #AcademicSky #EduSky

Great version though... (one of the best songs ever written)

Our webinar series begins next week! Dr Ralitsa Hiteva presents "Digital and energy landscapes in independent living: the case of digital technologies for health and wellbeing in England" 2-3PM GMT 26/02. Register here👇 www.energygeographies.org/event-detail...

Those who called a watermelon pin or a keffiyeh antisemitic are also those who refer to Musk and Bannon's Nazi salute as a "very controversial hand gesture".

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A rare photo of the landing pad, before Central Hall touched down in 1968.

Recently, UNC Press authors have had their US visas revoked and talks canceled. For over 100 years, we have stood for academic freedom and open discourse, and continue to do so. Read more on the UNC Press Blog ⬇️

🚫GEOGRAPHIES OF AUTHORITARIANISM🚫 🌏CfP Royal Geographical Society Conference, Birmingham, 26-29 August 2025 📧Please send abstracts by 5th March 2025 #RGSIBG25

In Mozambique, the effects of cuts to USAID are very damaging. There are already not enough healthcare workers per head of population, and if PEPFAR is cancelled, it will pull funding for over 2,700 nurses www.zitamar.com/hollowed-out...

📣 #SussexDevLecture Dismantling green colonialism: Energy & climate justice in the Arab region. With Algerian researcher & activist Dr Hamza Hamouchene. Chair: @peternewell.bsky.social Wed 19 Feb at 4pm. Register your place at: www.ids.ac.uk/events/disma... Co-convened with @sussex.ac.uk

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

Yes, community energy enables the implementation of low carbon energy projects. Yes, community energy facilitates energy access in inclusive ways. But what fewer people realise is that community energy is a tool for community resilience. Read it here: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Cutting funding for science can have consequences for the economy, US technological competitiveness theconversation.com/cutting-fund...

See links within to sign the open letter - www.theguardian.com/science/2025...