Malyn Newitt - Cabo Verde and the Creole South Atlantic A New History Vient de paraître chez Hurst

New in Area - 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟑 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 'Alligator Alcatraz and the production of environmental carcerality in the Everglades' by Caitlin Jones et al. This paper explores the weaponising of animals & landscapes to construct racialised geographies of fear in the U.S. doi.org/10.1111/area...

No, no, no. *Britain* does *not* “back war with Iran”. Instead, Britain has been thrown into an illegal war with Iran by an idiotic Prime Minister with who has no backbone, no ideas, and no clue. Britain’s involvement in this destructive lunacy is on one man - Keir Starmer.

Place is not passive—Memory is not settled We work across cognitive science, social science & the arts to examine how people find their way. In contested pasts & rapidly changing environments, understanding place and memory underpins how we locate ourselves—intellectually, socially and historically

"NZ condemns Tehran's retaliatory strikes..." I'm sorry, you fucking what? So glad we have a fundamentalist piece of shit who thinks he's gonna get "saved" along with the 12 tribes of Israel, in charge of our country. #nzpol

Local opposition to converting warehouses into concentration camps is forcing ICE to shift towards a network of fewer-but-bigger concentration camps. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Publishing today!🏙️ In a world of environmental degradation, inequality and social strife, a vision for what comes next is vital. @olimould.bsky.social takes readers from strikes in Santiago to urban commoning and Solarpunk, revealing how communities are making a new kind of city possible.

#NexoArquivo | O Carnaval é um dos eventos anuais mais esperados pelos brasileiros. Com celebrações tradicionais e de mais de século, muitas cidades aproveitam o feriado para impulsionar o turismo. Veja como a data é comemorada no país neste #NexoGráfico

notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich

important commentary!!! www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/uk-u...

Normally this would be a 24/7 news story and instead it's like the 47th craziest thing happening right now.

“A 2024 study by Cornell University found that US LNG’s carbon footprint is 33% higher than coal’s. Last summer, as part of a deal with Donald Trump to avoid higher tariffs, the EU agreed to spend $750 billion on US energy products by 2028.” www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/0...

Lots of new excitement about the 'Manchester model' but it's built an extractive economy that benefits capital, not labour. Read our data-led report "Centripetal Cities A critique of supply-side urban development" - t.co/Dec4wIkGGe

“Blue is the colour of longing for the distances you never arrive in.” [email protected]

Beautiful images from Democratic Republic of Congo in this feature by Hugh Kinsella Cunningham: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Trump’s tariffs are hurting Americans, according to research from the US Federal Reserve: nearly 90 percent of the tariffs’ economic burden fell on U.S. firms and consumers. This WSJ article is free to read... www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...

A new paper on mining temporalities, between displacement and resettlement, in Mozambique's coal frontier, just released today: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A new paper on mining temporalities, between displacement and resettlement, in Mozambique's coal frontier, just released today: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In light of Bad Bunny's lights out Superbowl halftime show, here are three folks I've interviewed from Puerto Rico about how the island can light up its grid with local power: vist.ly/4rdkb

‘No Reason He Should Have Died’: Alex Pretti’s Parents Open Up I'm gifting this article.

The Socialists batter the Far Right in Portugal. Lets do it in the UK.

Performances like this help weaken MAGA's political project even without any direct references to the current administration. But most importantly, they are a reminder of what most people can see: that Latinos, Asians & Africans are part of U.S. communities, schools, labs, the art and music scenes.

What's that? You say you want to learn more about Puerto Rico's electricity grid?

You can actually just leave all the racists crashing out where you found them.

Axios had a story today about how hard Minnesota’s economy is being hit and how slow the recovery could be. So, I’m going to take this opportunity to say that if you want to support the Twin Cities, you should plan a visit for this summer, spend some money here, & see how amazing it is for yourself.

Interesting languages research... relationalthinkingblog.com/2025/12/15/p...

This is a lovely op-ed piece www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...

The Washington Post just laid off its entire award-winning photo team. They were our eyes in places we'll never see. It's a horrifying loss at a time when lying governments, propaganda and AI slop are on the rise.

On the shooting of journalist, Carlitos Cadangue, thankfully not fatally, who reported regularly on the environmental damage caused by uncontrolled gold mining, including the pollution of rivers and reservoirs www.zitamar.com/the-shooting...

A Trump ‘Blockade’ Is Stalling Hundreds of Wind/Solar Projects Federal agencies are delaying approvals for renewable energy projects on both federal land and private property at a time when electricity demand is going up. By Brad Plumer and Rebecca Elliott www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/c...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.

Open call for self-funded PhD proposals at the Chair of Architectural History and Theory at Eindhoven University of Technology. Three strands: curatorial research, history & decarbonisation, and heritage & climate change www.e-flux.com/announcement...

In 2025, the Government introduced a range of policies to advance its Mission to make Britain a Clean Energy Superpower In the Review of Energy Policy, we assess the latest developments in our sector. Read the Review in full: ukerc.ac.uk/publication/...

Tens of thousands of people across Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana have gone a week without power or heat after a brutal ice storm. At least three dozen people have died in connection with the storm, officials have said.

Very useful thread on 15-min cities and the conspiracy theories that have arisen around them (i.e. in the Torygraph)...

On Cuba's energy outlook amid pressure from Trump regime newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

OUT NOW! The Modern British City 1945-2000, ed. by Simon Gunn, Peter Mandler and Otto Saumarez Smith, brings together architectural, urban and social historians, to chart the extraordinary changes that took place in British cities between the end of the Second World War and the early 21st century.

What does the decline of Britain's high streets (esp in smaller towns and cities), plus the cost of living crisis and rise of online shopping, have to do with the rise of far right populism ie support for Reform? This analysis shows they are interconnected... www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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A woman in Minneapolis had her TSA Pre-check and Global Entry revoked for legally protesting. How can we go after Palantir the way people did Tesla? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...

1) Fuck ICE, and 2) in our ongoing pursuit of a more just, more dignified, more joyful, and better future, @jlappen1.bsky.social and I are really proud of our new piece in Science on managing fossil fuel phase-out www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

excellent reporting...

Difficult situation. Gift link from the FT: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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While the US was defunding universities, China was synthesizing food from the air! Zhejiang University, which now tops Harvard in research output, only broke into the top 100 universities in 2017. Truly a meteoric rise. The 21st century does not belong to the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...