Valentine’s Day moment…I wish for everyone, someone who gazes at you like my sister’s dog gazes at her.

My 1st #caturday contribution…This cutie seems to be occupying my front porch.

Will you be participating in the Great Backyard Bird Count this weekend? Share this post to let folks know. It doesn't matter where you bird this weekend, participating in GBBC is a great way to support birds. Spread the word so we can make this the biggest GBBC yet! www.birdcount.org/participate/

2026 Great Backyard Bird Count is on! Feb 13-16. Report your sightings on eBird or just follow along and watch sightings accumulate around the globe in real time. It’s getting birdy! #birds www.birdcount.org

This may have gotten a little out of hand #birds (I promise there are some house finches and juncos in there somewhere).

another year of us not running a super bowl ad

Join us for the Great Backyard Bird Count February 13-16! You can be anywhere in the world, any age & any level of experience. Count birds for at least 15 minutes, then let us know what you see. Your observations help researchers learn more about how to help birds. birdcount.org

Destroying 📚 to obscure stealing IP 😡. The ethical black hole these people inhabit 🙄https://futurism.com/future-society/anthropic-destroying-books

👀 “New York Is the Latest State to Consider a Data Center Pause”https://www.wired.com/story/new-york-is-the-latest-state-to-consider-a-data-center-pause/

The SAVE Act is currently before Congress -- this bill would create another barrier to voting by requiring unnecessary citizenship documentation to register. Voters don't need one more barrier to making their voices heard. Tell your Senators to oppose the SAVE Act!

“Donald Trump’s policies dent international travel to US in blow to tourism sector”📉😞https://www.ft.com/content/8f6d4196-6f61-4be9-8cb7-1d93253e4e8b

🎇Submit your abstract to one of the open sessions submitted to #RSA26 🎆 To gind out more, go to: bit.ly/4aCzjLl Submitted session: 12th February General pool: 19th February ➡️ Regions as Arenas in a Changing World 📆 15-18 June 2026 🌍 University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Fabulous lecture tonight @knowltonosu.bsky.social for Prof. Hiba Bou Akar’s lecture in our Baumer series. Great intros from our faculty too!

Delighted our recent @regionalstudies.bsky.social paper ‘A critical review of the UK's Modern Industrial Strategy’ is getting so many reads and attention; it’s a call to arms for putting place at the centre of a modern industrial strategy @regstud.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Ohio cities navigate realities of less state revenue sharing Cities no longer receive revenue from estate tax, the tangible personal property tax and have seen significant decreases from the state’s local government fund. by Alice Momany www.toledoblade.com/local/politi...

Canada Signs Auto Deal With South Korea, Moving Further From the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/w...

Trump’s Trade Policies Sort Manufacturers Into Winners and Losers www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/b...

The League of Women Voters of the US condemns the escalating actions by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that put people at risk, deny individuals their constitutional rights, and undermine the democratic values meant to protect us all. See statement here: www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...

Me: I think that architecture is a social practice situated within intersecting spheres of politics, culture, and economy. Schumacher: Architecture must have autonomy! Me: To what end? Schumacher: To put a mall inside Saarinen's terminal! [Grimshaw enters the chat]: We'd like to do that too!

New @regionalstudies.bsky.social: A critical review of the UK's Modern Industrial Strategy: lessons for ‘place-based’ policy + @lisadepropris.bsky.social Chris Dimos, Felicia Fai, @sallyhardy.bsky.social & @prt1969.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

None of this is hard. Moral choices of this gravity are not complicated. Consult your family, consult your faith advisers. But understand that if you sought and accepted a position of authority, now is the time to lead. And again, these choices, in this moment, are not hard. No pasaran.

Our new paper in @regionalstudies.bsky.social critically evaluating the UK #ModernIndustrialStrategy has a 📹 abstract. @dgbailey.bsky.social @sallyhardy.bsky.social @fmfai.bsky.social @uniofbathsom.bsky.social @uniofbathipr.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social #openaccess Paper: tinyurl.com/42b3892k

My UCSB colleague Gurusha Juneja wrote a python tool to auto-check your bibtex for hallucinated citations: pypi.org/project/harcx/ It supports papers, books, and URLs. Usage: pip install harcx harcx references.bib

Snow report: about 1 Coco and maybe 3/4 of a Kasper fell today. Can’t tell the road or sidewalk from Schiller Park across the street but that’s okay. Just bringing the pura vida to central Ohio. 🌴🥶❄️⛄️

For friends looking for ways to help in Minnesota through mutual aid, advocacy, and solidarity: www.standwithminnesota.com

Just transitions don't unfold in the same way everywhere but a diverse geography, depending on place-based factors, power relations, and a region's multiscalar positionality. New paper in @regionalstudies.bsky.social w/ V. Grünenwald and J. Kastrup www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In this year's midterm election, all US House seats & about half the US Senate seats & state governorships are up for grabs Early voting for the Ohio primary begins 4/7 & the voter registration deadline is 4/6. To register, check or update your registration, or get info go to VOTE411 or ohiosos.gov

Our new series, Backyard Birds Revealed, takes you up close with slowed‑down footage of familiar birds & revealing details you’d miss at normal speed. This episode reveals some wintertime survival tricks of our avian neighbors. hubs.la/Q03YxfCM0

Our final category for #BirdGrammys is Best Owlbum🦉. Which owl has the best call? Voting ends on Jan. 29 & voters will be informed first about the winners in early Feb! cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

The creative economy is less a series of spontaneous eruptions and more a matter of historical plumbing. Büyükyazıcı & @evacoll8.bsky.social show in @regionalstudies.bsky.social that hubs are built on latent skills, not conjured from thin air. #Culture by habit, not miracle. doi.org/10.1080/0034...

2026 brings changes in Ohio elections that includes the elimination of grace period that allowed mail-in absentee ballots to be counted up to four days after the election. by Avery Kreemer www.daytondailynews.com/local/2026-b...

Tonight in downtown Columbus at the Statehouse:

THREAD The first full year of tracking research on @bsky.app Hi, we are Altmetric, and we track how research is communicated across the web. We now have one full calendar year of Bluesky research data and thought we'd have a looksie.

Merry Christmas everyone from the coastal #birds of North America! 🌞🌞🌞

“Landmark publishing agreements for UK universities” See article: www.jisc.ac.uk/news/all/lan...

Springer Nature, one of the world’s largest academic publishers, has been caught using fake AI-generated citations in their textbooks

𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗻 ‘𝗦𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁-𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀’ in @regionalstudies.bsky.social. We’re exploring how #emotions, #imaginaries & #narratives shaping regional futures. ✨ 𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚: 👇 think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

Reports of the death of #industrial #policy have been greatly exaggerated. In #Ireland, as Clifford, @frankgcrowley.bsky.social, Doran & Jordan show in @regionalstudies.bsky.social, targeted state investment in tech parks has delivered sustained #employment #growth. doi.org/10.1080/0034...

📢 Just out in @regionalstudies.bsky.social , with Joan Crespo: "Not only big techs matter: digital platformisation and regional structural changes" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Someone in Ohio grew quince and I secured three and they smell divine.

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Beyond print: @RegionalStudies in the digital age. Exciting new era as the journal shift to Build content online (BiO) and drops print. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Check out our video abstract for the recent paper entitled, 'Coworking spaces and regional development: a role for policy' by Felicia M. Fai, Philip R. Tomlinson & Mariachiara Barzotto www.linkedin.com/posts/region...

Vision Zero stands with the families and friends carrying the emotional cost of losing a loved one. World Day of Remembrance is not only a moment to reflect, but a call to act. Please join us today from 1 - 3 PM at Washington Park on the corner of E Broad St and Cleveland Ave.

Not a happy Cornell alum tonight 🫩. Also, it’s not like Sibley Hall is the locus of power making these decisions. Go take a picture of Day Hall. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Voted!!! 🤗 🗳️ Quick, easy, and empowering! Plus, not the youngest person there for an off year local election! 👍 Hope and Change! ❤️

The League of Women Voters is an amazing organization focused on the core value of a pluralistic democracy. LWV is a state, local, & nat'l org. built on expanding the franchise & ensuring election integrity. Listen, share, and join! Protection of our elections is something we can all get into!