We’ve (@jisc.bsky.social) published a new briefing on technical legacy in UK HE. Years of funding pressure and short-term change have created legacy systems that affect cost, risk, security and flexibility. We’re now working with the sector on recommendations. www.jisc.ac.uk/reports/tack...

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Data Power in Action: Urban Data Politics in Times of Crisis

Manuscript DONE / New Book Review Out (DIY, Alternative Cultures and Society)

Delighted that our new paper: 'Offshore geography's Cryptofascist turn: rethinking the Global North' is now published in a journal you most likely cannot access

That list of prohibited course content basically includes most sociological research findings from the past five decades

Not a misstep. Not arrogance. Pretty sure this is a deliberate move aimed at normalising their presence. Next up: a blog post from a Meta lawyer about how useful the stalkerglasses are in accessing briefs and additional documents. Then maybe some placed media commentary from buyable dipshits.

The Antipode Film Project—“The Pixel and the Plot” / “El Pixel y La Parcela”

Umberto Eco, Philosophers, Mythologists and Linguists

Saddened to learn that First Monday will cease publication. It was a quality open-access journal that eschewed the traps of big publishing and promoted innovative thinking & research regarding tech and society. #academicsky firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...

William Nordhaus received the Nobel Memorial Prize for these flawed economic models, and Bjorn Lomborg built a highly lucrative career on them. They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear. While helping to consign us all to catastrophe. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This is good, as far as it goes - but sometimes the only way to avoid burnout and stress is for there to be more staff to do the work. That does not seem something that is of interest to university SMTs at the moment.

Excellent little investigation by Rowland Manthorpe on AI music www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x4H...

Lauren Berlant wrote the book on this and it has nothing to do with AI. It’s the eternal human dilemma - the inconvenience of other people. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

NEW on Wonkhe: With the majority of providers now having published financial accounts for 2024-25, David Kernohan takes an in-depth look at what we can learn buff.ly/sOvupzF

NEW on Wonkhe: We now have a sense of the government’s intended approach to possible university insolvencies. Neil Smyth takes a look buff.ly/Q5OL3dV

Remember when Labour focused on "Education, Education, Education", happy days. Now, with a miniscule proportion of university budgets being provided by the public purse, we will see what's happening in Southend-on-Sea repeated across the country. Shameful.

Sign and share this call on CSU to cancel its multimillion dollar OpenAI contract. CSU is in a budget crisis, OpenAI wants to reduce us all into tools of AI, and our public money should be invested in humans! actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...

I can offer no insights but as an amateur noodler that likes their stuff, the announcement of Native Instruments going into insolvency is sad 😔 There is seemingly nothing the private equity bros cannot ensh*tify…

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

a good time to share this report: ips-dc.org/resource-ric...

Happy New Year, Everyone!

X still allowing users to post sexualised images generated by Grok AI tool www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Thinking of leaving Spotify. Have a family account. Does anyone have any recommendations for alternatives please?

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Making geography a career-defining subject… before it’s too late

“AI firms want to woo us with frictionless interfaces for everything. The antidote is sitting across the table from the people we care about, and all the friction they come with, to discuss our interesting times & everything else.” Indeed! Happy Thanksgiving all! www.fastcompany.com/91447431/tha...

I am coming to the end of this year’s #movember! I am fundraising in memory of my friend Henry Buller, former head of Geography at Exeter, who sadly passed away due to prostate cancer in 2023. If you feel inclined I am still fundraising! Please donate here: movember.com/m/15129349?m...

Earthshot Prize 2025: re.green Wins for Restoring Brazil’s Forests

Data Justice Conference 2026: Submit your abstract by 31 Dec

States of precarity in UK Higher Education Geography – report I am late to highlighting the publication of the important RGS-IBG report States of precarity in UK Higher Education geography. I encourage anyone in academia but especially those of us in geography as a discipline to read and think…

Author Interview—“Experimenting with Error: A Conversation with Dan Charnas”

Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it. We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.

"When I think about the jobs the data center will bring to our area, I think about the impact of introducing nuclear technology to the world and deploying it on civilians" www.404media.co/a-small-town...

The official relief fund for Jamaica is supportjamaica.gov.jm.

AI Is Pushing Climate Goals Out of Reach

Surging electricity demand driven by artificial intelligence is putting humanity’s climate goals out of reach, extending the life of fossil fuels and driving up emissions in the U.S. power sector.

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BRISTOL Drop off point for Relief Aid Hurricane Melissa Mama Ps 611 Fishponds Road Bristol BS16 3AA First Shipment to Jamaica 🇯🇲 aiming for 7th Nov 2025 Please share caring people One love, One people

Data Justice Conference 2026: The Datafied State

Untitled A really interesting and insightful piece over on the Just Rural Futures Substack by Joshua Z. Merced, Northern Arizona University, about the ways ‘Southernness’ gets performed and used for various reasons in relation to craft beer: Porch Swings and Pale Ales: Performing Southerness in…

What participatory geographers can contribute to studying urban renewal over the long term