From Greenland to Fort Bragg, America is caught in a name game where place names become political tools

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...

“If 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.” By ending Spanish-language communications, the White House ignores U.S. demographics: buff.ly/T5h8YCR

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.

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

Three days after his detention, Mahmoud Khalil still has not been charged with a crime.

Trump administration threatens to slash federal funding to 60 universities - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-administration-threatens-slash-federal-funding-60-universities

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

It’s illegal to deport people for political speech, but that’s exactly what ICE is trying to do to this Palestinian Columbia student. interc.pt/3Dvhxgk

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.

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

Just started listening to the blowback podcast, they’re doing some great counter history storytelling (and they’re very funny and cheeky). Highly recommend.

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) 🩺#medsky #MedicalEthics

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.

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...

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 🗃️ #racism

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

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but while electric cars are great and all, what we really need is to design human landscapes that don’t rely so pathologically and obsessively on cars in the first place. You can’t car your way out of a geography problem.