Jason Dittmer
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Professor of Political Geography at UCL. Posting about geopolitics, popular culture, and cat memes
Better than the alternative, I say
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Is Waking Up to Pee Normal?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/well/nocturia-bathroom-night-sleep.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gVA.VxVD.jG9-BfUgjSjj&smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 3 hours ago
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Good geopolitical argument that compares the War in Iran to the Suez Crisis
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/o...
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Opinion | The Tragic Decline of the American Navy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/opinion/iran-hormuz-navy-south-china-sea-naval-power.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fVA.MMhl.xapLyjt2zQyC&smid=nytcore-ios-share
4 days ago
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Me, reading my draft article and looking for an original argument
#AcademicSky
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8 days ago
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I aspire to this level of cool
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Most Guests Ducked for Cover. This Man Munched on His Burrata Salad.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/us/politics/man-salad-white-house-correspondents-dinner.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eFA.YUNU.vwmZ6XD6RoJc&smid=nytcore-ios-share
9 days ago
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Sorry Charles, youāre going to have to try a bit harder to get out of this one King's US visit will go ahead as planned, Buckingham Palace says
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King's US visit will go ahead as planned, Buckingham Palace says
The decision was made
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz0e0rn179eo
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Cas Mudde
10 days ago
šØ JOB OPPORTUNITY šØ Very interesting postdoc opportunity at QMUL on far-right politics!
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Postdoctoral Research Associate at Queen Mary University of London
An academic position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRB023/postdoctoral-research-associate
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One for
@davidplotz.bsky.social
My condolences
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Iran war hits pistachio supplies amid Dubai chocolate boom
Prices for the nuts have surged after disruption to export routes from Iran, a major producer of the nut
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/46b679cd-92d6-4ad6-8c6b-c9a96af5953a
10 days ago
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@ULGeog
16 days ago
Applications are invited from excellent candidates to pursue a PhD project in Geography with the School of History and Geography
@unioflimerick.bsky.social
#StudyAtUL
Deadline: 29th May 2026. For more information, please see:
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PhD Bursary available in Geography
Applications are invited from excellent candidates to pursue a PhD project in Geography, for which one bursary will be awarded. Interested candidates may apply to undertake PhD research in the followi...
https://www.ul.ie/artsoc/history-geography/geography/news/phd-bursary-available-in-geography
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Jack Stilgoe
13 days ago
Great to see us academics doing our bit for falling income inequality š¬
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Is he going to block the Strait of Hormuz and ruin their economies?
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casey morell
14 days ago
doesn't seem great
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Gibraltarās monkeys eat mud āto avoid upset stomachs from tourist junk foodā
Macaques have learned to eat soil to avert gut irritation caused by salty and sugary snacks, researchers believe
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/gibraltar-monkeys-eat-mud-avoid-upset-stomachs-tourists-junk-food
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Trump and Iran finally agree on something: the real enemy is commercial shipping
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Iran War Live Updates: Iranian Forces Claim Seizure of 2 Ships After Trump Extends Truce
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/22/world/iran-war-trump-ceasefire-talks?unlocked_article_code=1.c1A.8rho.1pRshRE7RDpJ&smid=nytcore-ios-share
14 days ago
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Fascinating article by Noah Hawley that speaks to the danger to all of us from the rise of the super-super-rich:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezosās Private Retreat
For the richest men on Earth, everything is free and nothing matters.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/05/billionaire-consequence-free-reality/686588/?gift=FAbXtbJOdVzn8vLMl2CvzG6UbO7V3akz6w5h9FrbVGU
15 days ago
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Micah
19 days ago
I think it is preferable to have politicians who have, at some point in their lives, lived like a normal person
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Jo Wolff
22 days ago
To be fair Trumpās doctors have tended to look pretty wild. This is Dr Harold Bornstein.
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Itās going to commemorate the Iran War peace deal. They are going to make all the cars drive under it and then they will set up a tollbooth and charge $2 to pass
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25 days ago
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Kai Ryssdal
26 days ago
Remember, always consult your own financial advisor
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Jason "Red5" Lyall
27 days ago
You never miss professional diplomats until they're gone
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Headed out on Easter holiday and I am not sure what to make of this symbol on the BBC weather app
about 1 month ago
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You donāt say!
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about 1 month ago
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NPR
about 1 month ago
The British folk-rock band shares world-weary anthems to growing older, weathering the innumerable blows of life and coming out on the other side, hopefully a little wiser.
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Mumford & Sons: Tiny Desk Concert
The British folk-rock band shares world-weary anthems to growing older, weathering the innumerable blows of life and coming out on the other side, hopefully a little wiser.
https://n.pr/4rTXjjo
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A good article that provides an important remedy to some of todayās political problems. It probably should be read alongside the stories about insider trading around Trump and the Iran War
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Time to scrutinise populismās āsupply sideā
Volatility traders have come for our democratic politics and are showing that turbulence pays
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/ba841818-318e-4f54-9b86-fc506d1b12ad
about 1 month ago
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Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory
about 1 month ago
When history breaks, what happens to time? Distemporalities A one-day symposium on rupture, memory and imagined futures. š 24 April Ā· University of Stirling Evening conversation with Rahul Rao Register ā
placememory.net/distemporalities
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Josh Marshall
about 1 month ago
As time has gone on I've realized there is a still quite small but now non-trivial chance that the entire Iran War is simply an insider trading operation, creating repeated black swan moments and relying on markets continued willingness to gyrate wildly in the face of absurd and predictably ...
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Paul Lewis
about 2 months ago
Labour AI copyright u-turn
bit.ly/40BdsiA
another example of making the right decision but only second time round after huge public (or creator) opposition
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Labour ditches plan to let AI firms use copyrighted works
Ministers abandon āopt-outā policy after backlash from Sir Elton John and Sir Paul McCartney over the ātheftā of creative material for software training
https://bit.ly/40BdsiA
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He is invoking PRIMA NOCTA
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about 2 months ago
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William Shakespeare
about 2 months ago
Is not tomorrow, boy, the ides of March?
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āThe narrow passageway out of the Persian Gulf is both vital ā serving as the only gateway to the rest of the world for huge amounts of oil and natural gas ā and extremely vulnerable to attacks.ā
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Why Little Was Done to Head Off Oilās Strait of Hormuz Problem
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/business/energy-environment/iran-strait-hormuz-oil-middle-east.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TFA.L7fS.Y0nlEuchdjjP&smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 2 months ago
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If I have learned one thing living in the UK for ~20 years, it is that British rearmament wonāt happen because of the war in Ukraine or anything that Trump says; what matters is that the UK has been shown to be less capable than France in the current crisis. That will drive the politicians crazy.
about 2 months ago
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How has nobody bought the IP for
AskJeeves.com
and used it for an AI chatbot?
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www.askjeeves.com
https://AskJeeves.com
about 2 months ago
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)
3 months ago
š New book out: rethinking how diplomacy is learned Diplomatic Training: Histories, Geographies, Politics brings together voices from across the world to examine how diplomatic training shapes international relations, and who it includes. Read more here:
academy.unpo.org/diplomatic-t...
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Incredible to start something like this and not even get your story straight in advance
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/w...
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Rubio Walks Back Suggestion That Israel Forced U.S. Hand in Iran Strikes
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/world/middleeast/israel-iran-strikes-rubio.html?smid=url-share
2 months ago
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Probably not the most important news right now, but I think it is worth passing on that buying a white sweatshirt when you have a three-year-old is a terrible idea
2 months ago
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David Hendy
2 months ago
Fantastic blog by my former colleague
@alanlester.bsky.social
forensically refuting the disgraceful attacks on the University of Sussex by the disgracefully ignorant Nigel Biggar. If youāre interested in protecting academic freedom please do read and share
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Smearing Sussex (and Me): Responding to Nigel Biggarās Latest Attack in The Spectator
The University of Sussex, Feb 2026, taken by the author. Alan Lester The Spectator has published an article by Nigel Biggar smearing the University of Sussex as repressing students who ādon&#ā¦
https://alanlester.co.uk/blog/smearing-sussex-and-me-responding-to-nigel-biggars-latest-attack-in-the-spectator/
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POLITICO Europe
2 months ago
American ambassadors in the EU are bringing a new style of more abrasive and confrontational diplomacy to the EU. It is not a bug in the system. It is the new system. š
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Bonnie Honig
2 months ago
āin the modern academic environment professors act more like middle managers than monasticsā¦forces driv[e] us to constantly look at screens..But thereās nobility in pushing back.. universities have..the opportunity [&!] obligation to integrate..sustained concentration into their social missionā
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Is Email Making Professors Stupid?
It used to simplify crucial tasks. Now itās strangling scholarsā ability to think.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/is-email-making-professors-stupid/
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Anne Applebaum
2 months ago
A retired British primary school administrator with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE
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āDonāt go to the US ā not with Trump in chargeā: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, āIf it can happen to me, i...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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This was an absolute nail-biter of a match! Bring on Saturday night!
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Winter Olympics 2026: GB men into Olympic final as women squeezed out
Bruce Mouat and his rink have guaranteed Team GB's fourth medal of these Winter Olympics after seeing off unbeaten Switzerland 8-5 to reach the men's curling final in Cortina.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cn9e1elzjdzo
3 months ago
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Surely we could do with one more season of the Crown
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Arrested on Suspicion of Misconduct
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the brother of the UKās King Charles, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office after further details of his relationship with convicted sex offender Je...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-19/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-arrested-on-suspicion-of-misconduct
3 months ago
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adam searle
3 months ago
important commentary!!!
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/uk-u...
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The UK universities cutting geography have lost their bearings
From climate change to geopolitics, the knowledge, skills and insights of geographers have never been more relevant, say five professors
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/uk-universities-cutting-geography-have-lost-their-bearings
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I was a big fan of Robert Duvall, but was still stunned to read about how many classic movies he was in. The obituary proves its own thesis, that he sank into his own roles so deeply you didnāt see him
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/m...
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Robert Duvall, a Chameleon of an Actor Onscreen and Onstage, Dies at 95
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/movies/robert-duvall-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.M1A.5ABK.ct1196df5Mt3&smid=nytcore-ios-share
3 months ago
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3 months ago
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The German curling uniforms look like they have been stolen from Guy Fieri š©šŖ
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Please God yes.
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Joey Fishkin
3 months ago
This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of Californiaāor rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence. The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
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Trump administration drops appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. It will...
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-02-13/trump-drops-appeal-of-court-order-blocking-uc-ucla-settlement
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I-NAME Initiative
3 months ago
"He was not simply changing the name. He was actually enacting a different worldview..." Kudos to
@derekgeographer.bsky.social
for contributing remarks for another national news piece on place renaming!
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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The Gulf of What? Has Trump's name change caught on?
It's been a year since President Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. We asked people along its shores what they actually call it.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/02/09/trump-gulf-of-america-mexico/88547801007/
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Tim Bale
3 months ago
New hope for academics everywhere!
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Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study finds
Cognitive health in later life is āstrongly influencedā by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/11/reading-writing-lower-dementia-risk-study-finds
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When infrastructure policy becomes political metaphor
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3 months ago
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Finn Arne JĆørgensen
3 months ago
Some colleagues in my old department in Trondheim are recruiting a PhD candidate in Gender Studies and/or STS on the "Imagining Positive Energy Futures" project. 3 years, fully funded. Norway's a good place to do a PhD and Trondheim's a nice place to live!
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PhD candidate within Gender Studies and/or STS: Imagining Positive Energy Futures (294972) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Job title: PhD candidate within Gender Studies and/or STS: Imagining Positive Energy Futures (294972), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Sunday, March 15, 2026
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/294972/phd-candidate-within-gender-studies-and-or-sts-imagining-positive-energy-futures
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Nobody tell me what happened - about to watch the curling on catch-up
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