For how much conservatives liked to bring up 1984 when they were criticizing Democratic presidents and governments, the current Trump administration seems very keen on espousing doublethink as official government policy and messaging. Orwellian, indeed.

Our Board of Trustees at Gaa-oziskwaajimekaag Gabe-gikendaasowigamig/Leech Lake Tribal College. Being a trustee for the College has been a huge honour for me — it's a way for me to stay connected to home and use my skills to further my nation's resurgence.

The only people who have a legitimate right to speak about the political future of Kalaallit Nunaat are Inuk/Greenlanders themselves. Certainly not politicians in Washington — I'd imagine Greenlanders would probably desire more autonomy from Copenhagen as well.

Me finding I'm blocked by someone who ran interference for a white scholar who tried to extract Indigenous research and then accused me of 'scooping' their work when I called them out on it:

Rainforest Trail A, Pacific Rim National Park Reserve (Vancouver Island, BC, Canada).

Me seeing @queeringtherapist.bsky.social mention Discipline and Punish, and realizing with some very grim irony that Foucault would be having a field day writing and lecturing about what’s happening in Minneapolis right now:

My friend, who hurt you?

Day 1 of my second class of the term!

My unpopular pop culture take is that I think Star Trek: The Motion Picture is actually a brilliant film and is probably the closest thing to an actual science fiction movie in the entire franchise.

The Venn diagram of people who were ready to “rise up against the tyrannical government” when it came to getting Covid vaccines and wearing masks and the people who are suddenly saying “Renee Good should have complied” is a circle.

Trump: “We don’t want Russia as a neighbour” Me as a geographer:

ICE agents spotted in Bemidji, as of an hour ago.

Seeing this going around on FB, posted by right wing trolls & bot accounts. I read the 2025 version of the statute and the 2020 version cited here—-there is no reference to vehicles at all. 609.066 is simply the statute that outlines legal grounds for use of lethal force by law enforcement in MN.

I agree with the sentiment, but will also gently say—we need to be *STOPPING* it. Slowing it down means people still get kidnapped, deported, and shot. Slowing it down won’t protect my friends and family back home in our own homelands who are afraid to leave their own home.

Besides the clear fascist and racist implications of ICE’s actions, it also is worth mentioning that a lot of their actions are evergreen examples of white male fragility. A woman being shot in the head because she dared to talk back to two white men is just another example of this in action.

I love looking at chapter proofs in the morning.

Sovereignty in the Digital Age Indigenous Perspectives on Health Data and Emerging Technologies by S. Hurst et al. NativeBio helps out Indigenous peoples by finding solutions & asking communities how to implement them with the most sovereign authority & control www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

ICE reportedly is on the way to Duluth. Duluth folks, stay safe, keep an eye out.

Settler hubris is stealing Indigenous land, and then saying that other immigrants are 'illegal' and 'undesirable'.

ICE has no place on Dakota lands, or on Ojibwe lands, or on any Indigenous lands anywhere.

I am frustrated that once again, my childhood home, South Minneapolis, is host to unwarranted fatal violence at the hands of the state. ICE has no reason to be in Minneapolis. A legal observer did not need to lose their life today. The settler state is going to keep on settler state-ing.

Last fall was probably my worst semester teaching-wise, according to my own standards. There was A LOT I could have done better. I just read my evaluations — my students did not feel the same way. Several of them said it was the best class they've taken so far at university. 🥹

I’m wondering how many of the folks on local Canadian subreddits and social media pages yelling about Venezuela protests “doing nothing” are trolls or bots sponsored by the United States? I think we in Canada actually have a lot to worry about from American foreign policy.

Happy second gotcha day to our lovable black furry void.

I don’t know whether to be pleasantly surprised at the shout out by Dr. Kocher (an old grad school friend of mine) or dismayed at the fact that my article is yet again relevant. Maybe both at the same time.

My academic take: Trump is doing a very good job at moving faster towards a multipolar world than one would expect from a man whose entire political brand revolves around “making America great again”. His misadventures in Venezuela are only going to hasten that movement.

🚨 Thread collecting actionable steps to help civilians in Venezuela, Venezuelan refugees fleeing to neighboring countries, and Venezuelan immigrants in the US. 🚨 ✅️ Please post ideas / links, especially to local frontline groups. ❌️ Please avoid non-actions, and be cautious regarding sanctions. 👇

I think I will restart my Indigenous geographies threads in the new year! I need to get more academic takes out there into the Bluesky ether.

2025 was a very difficult year for me: I was basically blacklisted from the US workforce. But I can still write. Folks have asked me how they can help. If my writing has meant anything to you, here are four concrete ways you can help me to keep on doing it…

There’s a very interesting geography article that could be written about this. Personally, the slower pace of travel is why I really enjoy playing Red Dead Redemption 2. Even on horseback, it takes about 25-30 minutes to get from one end of the map to the other.

I feel like I am in a liminal space where I feel culturally and socially Canadian now, at least far more than I did when I moved here, but I am not “officially” Canadian yet, at least not for at least another year until we apply for citizenship. Looking forward to checking off that last “box”.

I’ve been pretty good about not giving my hot takes on social media as of late, but: I don’t think that descendants of European settlers to these lands should be telling anyone that they seem “comically foreign”. I’m sure Caldwell’s just espousing good ol fashioned racism, but c’mon.

Spent the day out and about in Tofino, Ucluelet, and Clayoquot Sound!

When l was back at Ohio State a few weeks ago, I got up close and personal with the latest version of the food delivery robots they have roaming around campus. I’m sure there’s some commentary about the dangers of autonomous robots I could be making, but these little fellas are pretty adorable.

For Christmas and my wife’s birthday, we took a drive up to Sombrio Beach and got priority access to a hidden waterfall! Apparently folks are usually lined up for this, but we had the place to ourselves!

For the 9th time in the last 10 years, I am a #Whamageddon winner!

I know I am supposed to be off of academic work, but I also managed to trim my CV from a 27-page behemoth to a smooth, polished 15-page document, and I am proud of myself for doing so. Back to time off from academic things now.

I'm going back to school! Well, sort of. I am going to be completing a course on Indigenous cultural competency and trauma-informed training through York University's continuing education program this spring.

New professional photo: 🔥

2026 will mark my fifth year living in Canada and I think I have finally decided what is the biggest surprise of living here- The fact that Canadian Tire is not really a tire store.

I just learned about this book 5 minutes ago, and I need it in my library and all of my syllabi right now.

Grades posted, and that's a wrap for Fall Term! I'll look at my student evals in two weeks. Lol.

*JOB/GRADUATE STUDY ALERT* We are looking to recruit several research assistants to our research group at UBC! The selected candidates will assist us with our NFRF-T-funded project to decolonize chemical risk assessment & education! We are also looking for postdocs! www.egesta-ubc.ca/get-involved

Before this week, I hadn't presented a poster at a conference since...my undergraduate research symposium in 2013! But at the AGU Annual Meeting this week, I shared two posters focusing on ethical research in geoscientific contexts and on the state of water justice and security in Minnesota.

Also, other fun professional news — I have been offered a gig as one of the readers/scorers for the AP Human Geography exam! I've been wanting to do this for a few years, and this year I finally got around to applying! :-)

Tomorrow morning, I submit grades and close the book on my...18th semester of teaching? Howah, I've been doing this a while.

I have a CV that would likely earn me tenure at most American R-1s--I've come away with job rejections in this past cycle. Blaming the very tough academic job market on one being male and white is false and is willingly ignorant of the structural advantages that white male scholars still possess.

There's a great article out about how Indigenous students often struggle in STEM/STEMM spaces due to a lack of available mentoring and institutional barriers: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Another clip from my appearance on the Resistant Communiques podcast!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Indigenous Peoples' Specialty Group of the AAG has released a statement of endorsement and support for the Geographers for Justice in Palestine Organization (see below).