state after state could solve this college funding shakedown from the Trump administration by just agreeing to fund universities at the levels they did in the early 1990s.

Intervention — "On Grassroots Witnessing: Gaza as the Terrain of Epistemic Intifada" by Patrick Anthony (Uppsala University) and Ghada Dimashk (American University of Beirut) antipodeonline.org/2025/09/24/o...

Since the Ezra & Ta-Nehisi discussion is still happening: the main point I think most are missing is that Klein is saying the role of the journalist-intellectual is to do strategic politics, whereas Coates says the role of the journalist-intellectual is to tell the truth

“We’re living through a golden age for losers who don’t seem to realize how much they keep telegraphing their loserdom to the rest of us.”

The grim situation for faculty at public universities in the US South. I don’t envy the search committees or chairs trying to hire.

Professor Joshua Inwood (@geogjosh.bsky.social) is recruiting graduate students for Fall 2026! Prospective students are invited to connect by email & attend our graduate information session on Oct. 23 to learn more about opportunities in our M.S. and Ph.D. programs. Registration 🔗 lnkd.in/gEWHi4NK

My next book, The Story of Capital: What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works, will be published on 24 February 2026 by @versobooks.bsky.social www.versobooks.com/products/337...

🏀 NBA analyst and Penn State geography alum Kirk Goldsberry is back on campus Friday, Sept. 26, to talk hoops, cartography, and the big data behind the modern game. 🗓️ Friday, Sept. 26 📍 102 Paterno Library 💻 Zoom Option Available 🕛 Noon 📰 Read more: www.psu.edu/news/earth-a...

The football game is on CBS so that means it won’t be on Peacock like last week, CBS means I have to check Paramount because it’s not airing locally otherwise I’d have to check Hulu Live TV and if it wasn’t there I’d have to check NFL Sunday ticket, which I pay $400/year for but never airs my game

The racial profiling case is the first step in unraveling the civil rights act. That's all.

SCOTUS & MAGA abolished affirmative action because universities cannot use race when determining admissions but allowed legacy admissions because it massively benefits white students but abolished DEI because of the lie of meritocracy but allowed profiling Latinos for ICE raids. One word: FASCISM.

“This is fine” says person promoting book they got a $2m advance for to person (Bari Weiss) about to take control of a news organization in a deal the President had brokered. Nothing to worry about.

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@geographers.bsky.social check out the great piece @derekgeographer.bsky.social co-wrote! theconversation.com/world-maps-g...

Penn State Geography professor @geogjosh.bsky.social was quoted in the Huffington Post! Inwood's research focuses on race and racism and political, economic and social structures. www.huffpost.com/entry/voter-...

What an image (J. Scott Applewhite, AP)

Going to be wild to have Clarence Thomas and other members of the court write that even the appearance of impropriety is sufficient to allow the President to remove Federal Reserve members from office, and then head off to Harlan Crow’s yacht

Penn State is showing off this morning!

The suffering of America's gun violence crisis is concentrated in Black neighborhoods damaged by decades of disinvestment and racial discrimination. Trump is unravelling efforts to solve the problem. n.pr/4fOAVUs

Life comes at you fast

More than 40 percent of U.S. citizens are in some form of medical debt. These Americans explain why they left for Italy, South Korea and France, after crippling debt or a lack of coverage left them afraid to seek medical help at home.

open.spotify.com/episode/02Tb... had a great time talking maps, living black atlas and got some Penn State love too @pennstategeography.bsky.social @derekgeographer.bsky.social @tynergeog.bsky.social @geographers.bsky.social

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Started this on Inauguration Day. Some of you might find it of interest. Open access journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The next part of the plan to steal the midterms and/or the 2028 election - an attempt to do a mid-decade census to take seats and electoral votes away from blue states. I knew this was coming.

Noticing a pattern here.

We are witnessing the organized abandonment of any kind of commitment to representative democracy by any mainstream party in America

the voting rights act is, in its entirety, obviously constitutional under the 15th amendment, which gives congress broad and proactive authority to stop racial discrimination in voting. and you know it is obviously constitutional because roberts has had to invent entire new doctrines to gut it.

The community note lol

society if he had taken the bus

Stephen Miller: "Torture is a celebration of human life and dignity." Leaked video shows the current White House Chief of Staff at 17, describing the torture of iraqis in gruesome detail as the group erupts in laughter.

Holy Crap. Just straight up looting at this point. Or like was already looting. But just bringing in a semi to haul out the loot faster.

I am on here… podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

If you think climate change has gotten worse during your lifetime, you're right and there's a good reason. If you're Gen X like me, more than 3/4 of fossil fuel CO₂ emissions have occurred in your lifetime. Even if you're a Millennial, it's at least half. 📊: @neilrkaye.bsky.social

Really Cool how nobody wanted to take this shit seriously

Apropos of nothing I feel like one of the most important things to help your kids develop is an ability to self-regulate.

Finally feels like summer in central pa

Hello! I would be happy to help. You can email me lollardfish at gmail with a draft of a piece and a pitch and I will help you refine it to improve your chances of being published. I mean this. I've helped a few dozen people these last six months.

Damn, the pee-wee documentary 💔

Happy Sunday y’all

Dek here: "As Mr. Musk entered President Trump’s orbit, his private life grew increasingly tumultuous and his drug use was more intense than previously known." We find this out AFTER he's ripped apart the government for no reason and destroyed countless lives? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...

Pretty wild to be living in a time when humans are being forced to work in order to even be considered deserving of life or even to be considered human at all, while simultaneously human labor is being systematically eliminated from the concept of work.

I'm genuinely sorry that Fetterman had a stroke and suffers from depression. But arguing that he has a free pass not to do his job in the name of destigmatizing brain injury and mental health struggles is offensive. If he can't do it, he should resign. If he doesn't want to, he should resign faster.

A new report finds the bottom 60% of U.S. households—or *two-thirds* of the population—can't afford a “minimal quality of life": housing, health care, and other necessities. "Indicators like GDP and unemployment tell us the economy is thriving. But they don’t reflect the reality of most Americans."

If you are in Toronto come through for the closing conversation with moi, Cristian Ordóñez, and Nasrin Himada, moderated by Aaliyah Strachan. The dialogue reflects on the processes and experimentation that shaped A Smile Split by the Stars.‍ May 22, 6.30 start! ✌🏾❤️ www.gallery44.org/events/panel...

Something has to give: Manuscript 1: 12 invited to review 0 agreed. Manuscript 2: 6 invited 0 agreed. Manuscript 3: 8 invited 0 agreed. Manuscript 4: 9 invited 0 agreed. Manuscript 5: 7 invited 0 agreed... You can't get published if no one is willing to review...

The white elite play the same damn song over and over again. Sigh