Me zooming in really really close to see what’s up with geography’s trends Oh…right…

creating a demand for my writing through artificial scarcity

Gen X American here, utterly unprepared for Sean Penn as a voice of measured reason www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/m...

Marking the occasion in the usual way

Here’s how I sometimes start a new project. First I buy a fancy new notebook. Second I write some very well-ordered notes in my best handwriting on the first page. Third I never look at it again.

And so it begins

IT IS TIME.

Mad Libs are now available to all staff and students, as part of the University's expanding Mad Libs offer

Hot off the presses. I’ve got 250 of them so be sure to hit me up when you see me.

Bonus: in February the grizzly bears are all asleep 🤞🏼

The call for participation is out for the 9th Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference #SKI2026 Canada. The conference will take place February 19-22, 2026 in Banff, Alberta. Ski all morning, conference all evening. skiconference.ca

Some of us have lived confused lives in cities that do stuff like this on purpose

🎧New #GLaDpodcast 🎧 Everything you ever wanted to know about mobile phone data in social science and never dared to ask, all in an entertaining™️ conversation btw @levijohnwolf.bsky.social, @rsfrankl.bsky.social, yours truly and the one and only @wenfeixu.bsky.social. www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ufnqe-...

Prominent people everywhere will be disappointed to learn that 80% of what is happening in my classroom is explaining file directories, folders, what to do with zipped files, and the travesty that is virtual machines paired with OneDrive

Me zooming in really really carefully to see what I’m actually committing to

Here at your friendly "Geography, Life, and Data" podcast, we do a lot of Geography, a lot of Life, and a lot of Geography Life. This one's for the Data—mobile phone data, that is. ☎️ @darribas.bsky.social @levijohnwolf.bsky.social @wenfeixu.bsky.social #geography open.spotify.com/episode/7Hmx...

Long time listener first time caller here! So GLaD to chat mobile phone data research with these folks.

Here at your friendly "Geography, Life, and Data" podcast, we do a lot of Geography, a lot of Life, and a lot of Geography Life. This one's for the Data—mobile phone data, that is. ☎️ @darribas.bsky.social @levijohnwolf.bsky.social @wenfeixu.bsky.social #geography open.spotify.com/episode/7Hmx...

The @uncpopcenter.bsky.social is recruiting for a postdoc for our Population Science Training Program. Applications are due November 17th, with a start date of August 2026. For more info about the program, visit www.cpc.unc.edu/training/pop... To apply, visit unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/306...

I have a novel theory for why they keep losing in court.

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

I kind of mind meetings

It’s only science if you unexpectedly get hit on the head by an apple I don’t make the rules

WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you. Apply by: 10 Oct www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

My guess is that President Trump picked up a copy of Infinite Jest and just can’t put it down.

this but department chair

“Figure 1: Check this shit out”

wiretap recording: *15 minutes of noisy crunching and chewing* “ok now see if the envelope fits in the bag” “thank u mayor”

Actually think it might be me

Reading other people’s work to see if they’ve cited me just to feel something

Wait what???

The first time I quit Facebook, my kids staged a protest at a local outdoor mall. There was a petition. Campaign buttons. A “documentary” set to the tune of “Eye of the Tiger” It did work…temporarily…

We gave in to the hype and did one #GLaDpodcast episode on how we use AI, for Geography, Life, Geography Life, and data… www.podbean.com/ew/pb-hva24-...

Only 2% of Britons have a PhD so who are the other 4%?

Immigration is good, actually. Cities are good, and if you don't like them you don't have to live in them.

AI is now definitely changing how we live our (geography) lives! Join @rsfrankl.bsky.social, @darribas.bsky.social, and me for another episode of GLaD, where we discuss whether you should be vibe coding w/ Claude, sending ChatGPT review requests, or running on AI-made routes! shorturl.at/GLNKd

Slightly diminish a band: Cupcake

We are excited to announce the #PAA2026 Call for Papers is now available! The submission site opens on Monday, Aug. 18 and the deadline is Sunday, Oct. 5. Meet me in St. Louis! May 6-9, 2026: www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...

The scene: Me, approaching my office on a Monday morning. Office manager (hustling up): So the good news is facilities management finally delivered your bookcase… Me (opens door):

📯 Call for papers! Special issue of the Harvard Data Science Review on all things Digital Twins! Co-editors: Mike Batty, S.V. Subramanian, Sarah Williams, and me! See HDSR website (hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu) or QR code below for full details! #geography #DigitalTwins #DataScience @rmcleodb.bsky.social

"generate a map of the USA with each state named"

friend's French dad was offered an 8am breakfast meeting and allegedly, famously responded with "or you could just come to mine at 7am so we can shower together first?"

🚨We are delighted to announce our opening plenary for RSA Regional Futures Conference, 13-14 November 🚨 📣Andres Rodriguez-Pose & Rachel Franklin 🪑Luisa Corrado 🔶Spatial Economic Analysis Lecture We have extended the abstract deadline: ⌛18 August ℹ️and submit: bit.ly/4lgfLj3 Join us in London 🌟

"80 million jobs were added in june, very nice very nice. 300 million jobs added in july, even better. but this month mr president, 2 billion jobs were added," I confidently declare, doing the easiest job in the world so i can own a home in a walkable neighborhood

Or when you want to make your co-author laugh so you insert the word “dialectics” into the title of your paper on homeownership but she doesn’t see it and submits the paper with the joke title and then one of the reviewers says “your title is weird” and the joke’s on you

Remember Your Heritage

Complaining to Verizon that my home wifi and phone service are crap and the agent has some really innovative ideas for me to consider

Dearest mother, I take my phone in hand to dm you a short text to let you know that I have survived the Battle of MacArthur Park. We rooted out two nests of day campers and broke up three picnics before retreating....

And caretaking opportunities