One of my amazing students wrote this op-ed. www.deseret.com/opinion/2026...

Complete with the requisite "We are not against homeless people, but..." It's NIMBY Mad-Libs.

Me on social media vs me in the classroom

Bill Link told me about touring colleges with his brother and their dad, historian Arthur Link, a UNC alum As they drove away from visiting UNC, Bill's brother asked if they could tour Duke too. "My father's fingers tightened on the steering wheel as he grimly said: NO SON OF MINE WILL GO TO DUKE"

Quick summary of some recently published research from @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-archive/...

Research in @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social about how homeless encampment displacement events in Salt Lake City, in addition to being incredibly disruptive to encampment residents, are also emotionally difficult for the people conducting the displacements. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/D4G7I...

AGU has a Congressional email and call script up on NCAR:

Something to be thankful for! Utah's largest coal-fired power plant—the Intermountain Power Project, located in the west desert near Delta and serving southern California—stopped burning coal at mid-day on Wednesday, just in time for Thanksgiving. 🔌💡

TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that? We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to

Raising money for the Utah Food Bank because — waves hands frenetically — the current situation. Here’s a link: www.justgiving.com/page/slsees-... And if you donate $50 or more, DM me and I’ll send you one of my SLC coffee cups! Wow — what a deal! Let’s feed some hungry Utahns!

the intensity of my anger at those who would criminalize the homeless — a population literally created by the greed and callousness of the ruling class — is very hard to contain. it was you who dismantled the safety net. if you don’t like the results, put it back

Great opinion piece by @evanvanleuven.bsky.social on unsheltered homelessness and heat, aligning with much of our team's recent research in Salt Lake City. dailyutahchronicle.com/2025/07/02/o...

Newly published research in CITIES on how SLC sited its homeless resource centers. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Atlanta’s Mayor Dickens declares himself to be in the Newsom wing of Dem Party supporting physical expulsion of homeless folks. It’s a (not) proud tradition in Atlanta, where homeless folks were put on buses to get them out of town before 96 Olympics. And he’ll get lots of support for this take.

"The drones won't just be eyes in the sky. They will be able to communicate with homeless people. The department said this will prevent officers from exposing themselves to potential risk, such as loose animals, terrain issues and other hazards until they are sure it is safe to move in."

This fascinating new research overturns longstanding assumptions. It finds that lower-income groups are more concerned about the environment and prefer environmental protection over economic growth, compared to higher-income groups. Data from the USA.

Peak austerity brain is thinking the problem with homelessness is that it is insufficiently unpleasant to be homeless to discourage people from picking that as a lifestyle

📍Salt Lake City, Utah Protest footage is starting to roll in. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 Comment where and how you took action today, and tag us in your best pics and videos for a reshare! Join us at www.FiftyFifty.one. 🤝 #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #50501Movement #April19 @meidastouch.com @polrev.bsky.social

Homelessness is an incredibly complex issue. But there are some relatively straightforward, bipartisan areas of agreement. WE should both increase housing supply and decrease the suffering of the unhoused. #utleg @deseret.com.web.brid.gy @naehomelessness.bsky.social www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...

The legislative fallout from Grants Pass… www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

On @macrodosepod.bsky.social, @meadwaj.bsky.social noted that damage from the Los Angeles fires is in part due to the intensity of the urban-wildland interface. We measured this intensity a few years ago, and Los Angeles indeed ranks high in our analysis. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Recent research on homelessness in parks www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Want to understand the body of knowledge about the stigma and discrimination faced by people experiencing homelessness? Here it is: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/...