Jordan Brasher
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Recovering academic, displaced Southerner, Vol alum and fan
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Jordan Brasher
The Conversation U.S.
10 months ago
From Greenland to Fort Bragg, America is caught in a name game where place names become political tools
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Jordan Brasher
Derek H. Alderman
10 months ago
From Greenland to Fort Bragg, America is caught in a name game where place names become political tools. I am honored to write with
@sethographer.bsky.social
@jpbrasher.bsky.social
to amplify critical name research
@geographers.bsky.social
@americangeo.bsky.social
theconversation.com/from-greenla...
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From Greenland to Fort Bragg, America is caught in a name game where place names become political tools
Rewriting the map can influence the public psyche in ways subtle and not so subtle.
https://theconversation.com/from-greenland-to-fort-bragg-america-is-caught-in-a-name-game-where-place-names-become-political-tools-251201?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton
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Jordan Brasher
The Conversation U.S.
10 months ago
âIf those who speak Spanish as their second language are included, then the U.S. is the second-largest Spanish-speaking country in the world after Mexico.â By ending Spanish-language communications, the White House ignores U.S. demographics:
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5 years ago this week I defended my dissertation with so much hope for what was next. Then, the world shut down, never recovered, and in fact continues to worsen. I have no words to express the grief around that.
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Jordan Brasher
Derek H. Alderman
11 months ago
Congrats
@stnameslab.bsky.social
. What a wonderful resource your team has created for geographers and place/street naming scholars
@geographers.bsky.social
@americangeo.bsky.social
@rgsibg.bsky.social
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Jordan Brasher
The Intercept
11 months ago
Three days after his detention, Mahmoud Khalil still has not been charged with a crime.
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Jordan Brasher
Middle East Eye (Unofficial)
11 months ago
Trump administration threatens to slash federal funding to 60 universities -
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-administration-threatens-slash-federal-funding-60-universities
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Trump administration threatens to slash federal funding to 60 universities
Administration says the institutions were already under investigation for Title VI violations relating to antisemitic harassment and discriminationÂ
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-administration-threatens-slash-federal-funding-60-universities
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Jordan Brasher
Middle East Eye (Unofficial)
11 months ago
Israel can ban all the films it wants. The Palestinian voice cannot be silenced -
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-can-ban-all-films-it-wants-palestinian-voice-cannot-be-silenced
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Israel can ban all the films it wants. The Palestinian voice cannot be silenced
Amid a massive drop in global support, Israel and its supporters are in a panic, working overtime to hide the evidence of its crimes
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-can-ban-all-films-it-wants-palestinian-voice-cannot-be-silenced
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Jordan Brasher
The Intercept
11 months ago
Itâs illegal to deport people for political speech, but thatâs exactly what ICE is trying to do to this Palestinian Columbia student.
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If Trump Can Deport Mahmoud Khalil, Freedom of Speech Is Dead
Itâs illegal to deport people for political speech, but thatâs exactly what ICE is trying to do to this Palestinian Columbia student.
https://interc.pt/3Dvhxgk
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Jordan Brasher
The People's Fabric
11 months ago
This feels like a major inflection point. If ICE can apparently unlawfully arrest & disappear a permanent resident and it is not immediately met with strong opposition from the public, officials, and courts, there is no going back.
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Jordan Brasher
Middle East Eye (Unofficial)
11 months ago
Israeli group calls Gaza power cut a 'war crime' -
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-group-calls-gaza-power-cut-war-crime
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Israeli group calls Gaza power cut a 'war crime'
<span class="field field-title">Israeli group calls Gaza power cut a 'war crime'</span> <span class="field field-uid"><a title="View user profile." href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/bilge-kotan" lang about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/bilge-kotan" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>Bilge Kotan</a></span> <span class="field field-created"><time datetime="2025-03-10T06:31:48+00:00" title="10 March 2025 06:31 GMT">Mon, 03/10/2025 - 06:31</time> </span> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Tania Hary, executive director of Israeli rights group Gisha, has condemned Israel's decision to cut off the electricity supply to Gaza, calling it a war crime.</p> <p>âCutting electricity supply used for civilian purposes like desalinating water is not âusing the tools at our disposalâ as Minister Cohen says, itâs committing the crimes at Israelâs disposal,â Hary said on X, referring to the Israeli Energy Ministerâs statement on the move.</p> <p>Hary also told the Associated Press that the plant has been providing 18,000 cubic metres of water per day, but that it will now need to rely on generators, meaning it can only process about 2,500 cubic metres per day, about the amount in an Olympic swimming pool.</p> </div>
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-group-calls-gaza-power-cut-war-crime
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Just started listening to the blowback podcast, theyâre doing some great counter history storytelling (and theyâre very funny and cheeky). Highly recommend.
11 months ago
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Jordan Brasher
The Conversation U.S.
12 months ago
Doctors' moral distress rises as trust in health care erodes. A bioethicist examines how declining public trust impacts difficult end-of-life decisions and physician burnout.
https://buff.ly/4gqXKvN
(Daniel T. Kim, Albany Medical College) đ©ș#medsky
#MedicalEthics
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What the âmoral distressâ of doctors tells us about eroding trust in health care
When doctors feel unable to provide the care they believe is best for their patients, they may experience what bioethicists call âmoral distress.â
https://buff.ly/4gqXKvN
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Jordan Brasher
Kyle Walker
12 months ago
Unfortunately, all Census TIGER/Line and cartographic boundary shapefiles are down as of this evening. This means that the tigris
#rstats
and pygris
#Python
packages will not work, and geometry support in tidycensus will also fail. The Census API, for now, is still up.
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Jordan Brasher
about 1 year ago
Just published a new open access paper on cycling safety perceptions in Eau Claire, WI! I'd highly encourage readers to download the HTML file and play with the embedded interactive maps!
#rstats
#rspatial
#quarto
openjournals.wu.ac.at/ojs/index.ph...
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A spatial and demographic analysis of cycling safety perceptions: A case study in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA
Bike-friendly cities offer scores of benefits to both individuals and society, but a lack of safety is a major barrier to ridership. Significant research has been devoted to studying demographic drive...
https://openjournals.wu.ac.at/ojs/index.php/region/article/view/480
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Jordan Brasher
The Conversation U.S.
about 1 year ago
Symbols of the Confederacy have been removed from an annual festival in Brazil. A geographer explores how a small Brazilian town became an unexpected battleground over Confederate memory and memorials.
https://buff.ly/3Pqvf6J
(
@jpbrasher.bsky.social
, Macalester College)
#BlackSky
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How a small Brazilian town became an unlikely battleground over Confederate memory
âOurs is the only city in Brazil where the Confederate flag flies,â said a city council member in Santa BĂĄrbara dâOeste. A new law there bans âsymbols that promote racist and segregationist ideas.â
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Jordan Brasher
Middle East Eye (Unofficial)
about 1 year ago
Mayor of Arab-American capital says his city will abide by ICC warrant and arrest Netanyahu -
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/mayor-arab-american-capital-says-his-city-will-abide-icc-warrant-and-arrest-netanyahu
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Dearborn mayor says his city will abide by ICC warrant and arrest Netanyahu
The US is not a signatory to the Rome Statute nor bound by ICC warrants, but individual jurisdictions may act however they please
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/mayor-arab-american-capital-says-his-city-will-abide-icc-warrant-and-arrest-netanyahu
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Jordan Brasher
Austin Kocher, PhD
about 1 year ago
I donât know who needs to hear this, but while electric cars are great and all, what we really need is to design human landscapes that donât rely so pathologically and obsessively on cars in the first place. You canât car your way out of a geography problem.
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