i was actually shocked to see the numbers on new research from Global Energy Monitor on new gas projects in the US: nearly 100 gigawatts of power—enough to power tens of millions of homes—are currently in development explicitly to power data centers. At the end of 2023 that number was 4 gigawatts

Fascinating peace on critical art of Saule Suleimenova @ Times of Central Asia. She is among the era-defining artist. timesca.com/unbent-unbow...

The climatologist told me historians will wonder why we didn’t do more. The epidemiologist told me historians will wonder why we didn’t do more. The activist told me historians will wonder why we didn’t do more. The historian told me that nobody listens to historians.

The first display of my Rebellion! exhibition, exploring protest as part of our cultural identity, will be at Newcastle City Library from June to August this year. #Photography

Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love [twangy, moody lute arpeggio] Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love

"Precarious Accumulation," by Nellie Chu, tells the story of migrant entrepreneurs in China's fast fashion industry whose dreams of economic freedom are confronted by the reality of precarity, exploitation, and marginalization. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/wIreaaM

Tajikistan faces a deepening plastic waste crisis as most trash goes uncollected or unrecycled with only a small fraction of plastic reentering the economy https://ow.ly/KwHM50Y1lGg #Tajikistan #PlasticWaste #Environment #CentralAsia #WasteManagement #PlasticPollution

Funded PhD opportunity here at @durham.ac.uk with some good people 'The potential for modern-day deer forests in facilitating and maintaining net gain in the uplands of the North Pennines' www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Our new paper audits ChatGPT’s place-based judgements using 20 million pairwise comparisons. We find systematic geographic biases in how places are described and evaluated. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... (authors: Francisco W. Kerche, Matthew Zook, Mark Graham)

Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin’s remarks questioning Central Asian sovereignty have sparked backlash in Uzbekistan and renewed concerns over imperial rhetoric from Moscow https://ow.ly/gVYA50XZMYH #CentralAsia #Uzbekistan #Russia #Geopolitics #DuginRemarks #SovereigntyDebate #ImperialRhetoric

And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?' And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?' And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!' And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'

🛠️ Most people today encounter Dunston Staiths as a quiet heritage site. In the 1970s, it was a dangerous place of work. A new film by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen and Peter Roberts brings that history back into view → sidegallery.co.uk/blog/coal-staiths-of-the-river-tyne Commissioned by Tyne Derwent Way

Latest from our @pannierb.bsky.social Kazakhstan is warning of major water shortages in the south in 2026 as low reservoirs upstream and climate change threaten agriculture https://ow.ly/48S850XWQmR #Kazakhstan #WaterCrisis #ClimateChange #CentralAsia #WaterShortage

"If the richest 10th of the planet reduced consumption to the average EU level, it’d cut global emissions by 30%" Kevin Anderson.

The Wampanoag would like a word

Current & historic landfills across the UK & Europe are sited near rivers, on coasts, in flood risk zones, explains @profkatespencer.bsky.social - climate change means extreme rainfall events & flooding are happening more often, increasing risk of pollutants entering waterways. 🧵 1/3

Together with @investigate-europe.eu, we mapped landfill locations - current, historic & illegal - across Europe. You can explore on the map which are in flood risk zones, near rivers, coasts, or in UK drinking water protection zones, here: share.google/vFJ7ZKad3jbE... 3/3

Keen to know more about 'Thermal horizons: energy and infrastructures of British global power, c. 1830–1900'? Join us to discuss Alex Bremmer's paper on Tuesday 13 January either in person at the Institute of Historical Research, London or on Zoom, 5:30 GMT. Free and open to the public.

Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession

I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.

Latest from our @pannierb.bsky.social a remote Tajik border district has become the most violent hotspot along the Afghanistan frontier as attacks linked to militants smuggling and Chinese gold projects surge https://ow.ly/hEsy50XQHPh #Tajikistan #Afghanistan #BorderSecurity #CentralAsia

Good geospatial analysis by @pewresearch.org this year on the siting of data centers. It's not likely that we are setting our phones, computers, and other systems aside anytime soon. As a professor, ask me how I know. 1/2 💡🔌 🏛️ #WestVirginia #rural

Where does all the Christmas cardboard go? ft.trib.al/Jh7W7P5

Yes. We're spending £476m on the militarisation of Calais - where babies are being tear gassed. The fact people are hearing this for the first time is exactly why I made it the subject of the Christmas Day message. We could be spending that money instead on a fair and managed migration system.

The UK will celebrate net emigration and depopulation come 2027. And by 2028 it will start to realise, with an ageing society and low growth, what a really silly thing it has done. The right will go "pro-natalist", the centre-left will be completely stuck.

This by the excellent @jburnmurdoch.ft.com confirms my view that political trends are being driven by the halting of the upward economic conveyor belt - striking charts: www.ft.com/content/30a4... Welcome to the age of zero-sum politics

Check out newly published Handbook of Wildlife Crime with starting premise of taking a critical approach to researching/understanding wildlife crime. With most wonderful coeditors @ahubschle.bsky.social R. Wong L. Gutierrez T. Wyatt & contributors @geogdurham.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social

Essential viewing! Take 10 mins with your morning tea or coffee to watch the industrial heritage of Dunston Staiths brought to life in this fascinating new short film by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen and Peter Roberts. Read more and watch the film: www.tynederwentway.co.uk/article/3583... #TyneDerwentWay

All the centers they’re cutting add up to less than $7 million in spending. UNC athletics budget is $185.4 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.

Did you know that from tomorrow, Qualtrics is offering synthetic panels (AI-generated participants)? Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"

Every month for the last 77 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated Americans' unemployment rate This streak officially dies today. Staff couldn't survey Americans in Oct. It’s the 1st time in 934 months. This blind spot will remain forever.

🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright: - 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is) 🧵 1/2

🌫 New on the Side blog - "In Focus: Every Breath They Take", a deep-dive into Keith Pattison's photo series on Hebburn Residents’ Action Group in the late 1980s, as they protested Monkton cokeworks. A close look at community action for clean air. Read: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/in-f...

Tractor maker Deere has warned that US President Donald Trump’s tariffs are backfiring on American farmers, prompting cash-strapped producers to delay replacing aging equipment. Deere has had to cut production and workers and says it is likely to cut more jobs in 2026. www.ft.com/content/523a...

Want to visit the US? Hand over 5 years of social media, 10 years of email addresses, the names, birth dates, places of residence and birthplaces of parents, spouses, siblings and children… And even if Dems win in 2028, you know this is never getting rolled back. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...

Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today: www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...

'Google Maps is not just indexing demand - it is actively organising it '

@geogdurham.bsky.social research has shown that rising greenhouse gas emissions could see the size of extreme floods in the Central Himalayas increase by between as much as 73% and 84% by the end of this century. Find out more 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

Russia’s revived plan to pipe Siberian river water to Central Asia resurfaces as the region faces worsening shortages and renewed debate over environmental and geopolitical risks https://ow.ly/SokT50XBsLr #CentralAsia #Russia #WaterSecurity #WaterScarcity

one for @greenleejw.bsky.social

Kazakhstan’s post-2022 Russian influx has settled into a skilled new diaspora boosting urban economies and IT growth while reshaping housing and integration dynamics https://ow.ly/X5uS50XAP80 #Kazakhstan #Russia #MigrationTrends

1000s of historic landfills across Europe - many in groundwater protection zones and highly vulnerable to flooding and erosion. We are just not adequately assessing the potential risks of climate change on our waste legacy.

Niu Tong's award winning "The Express Delivery Project" documenting the lives of delivery drivers in China -- among them his terminally ill mother, through whom he found a respectful idiom to depict her co-workers' lives www.sixthtone.com/news/1017783

An affective atmosphere of captivation: Douyin, performative authenticity, and Xinjiang food in China’s Wanghong economy www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@china-geographies.bsky.social examines the infrastructures that move pesticides from China to Australia and what they tell us about the global production of food. www.roadsides.net/articles/8236

Looking forward to hearing Joanna Allan talk about her prize-winning book Saharan Winds: Energy Systems and Aeolian Imaginaries in Western Sahara in the @greenhouseuis.net #envhum book talks tomorrow (Monday, 1 December) at 16:00 CET / 15:00 GMT. Hope you will join us for the live discussion!

Kinnock voice - "I’ll tell you what happens with impossible promises. You start with far-fetched resolutions....and you end up in the grotesque chaos of a Labour government, a *Labour* government, rejecting visas for homeless 8 yr olds trying to joing their parents"

The Brexit "news" never is @nick1webb.bsky.social Brexit choices were always 1/ Trying to take back (border) control, meaning greater rocketing prices for far less choice & empty shelves OR 2/ Giving up all semblance of control meaning unilaterally advantaging the EU (their exporters) & smugglers