We might like Bluesky because there is no evil algorithm BUT unlike over on Mastodon where it is part of the culture, folks here often don’t think to boost posts they like. Remember that if there is no algorithm, then we all benefit from others sharing good stuff. Like & REPOST good stuff, people!

This generous review of “Along the Line” absolutely captures what I was trying to do with this book. Such a kind & generous review essay. I am so grateful that this work resonated, and that Silvia Aru took the time to put it on paper so clearly. What a gift! journals.francoangeli.it/index.php/rg...

Hurray it’s Sunday and I can knit socks. Now I just need to learn how to spin cat wool and I will have zero kilometre warm toes…

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵

#30DayMapChallenge 🗺️, jour 7 : accessibilité. 🛣️ J'honore enfin ma promesse. Voici la carte des principaux itinéraires routiers français sur lesquels une destination suisse est indiquée ! 🇫🇷🇨🇭 Dans cette aire : Colmar, Dijon, Grenoble, mais aussi Paray-le-Monial ou Valence.

It was later revealed that the researchers fabricated the study

Human Geography at Leicester is facing closure. Staff contracts are to end in June 2026; students are to be relocated to other universities, or taught out by a maximum of two (!) teaching-only staff. Other departments and subjects are facing closure, too. Please join the demo!

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

SHELVE YOUR THROWING STARS, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE DARK THOUGHTS. AND YOU WILL WIN.

Geography, it’s complicated…

Le discours de Mamdani ou comment se mettre de bonne humeur au lever www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOQT... - d'une part le gars ne dévie pas d'une seconde dans son discours, qui soutient les pauvres, les immigrés, les trans, etc (bon courage camarade t'as du taf)

Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.

To spell it out a bit more: Redistricting works by taking safe seats and "spreading the wealth" to competitive ones. Republicans are discovering that there wasn't nearly as much wealth to go around as they'd hoped—so instead of turning competitive seats safe, they've turned safe seats competitive

As an alumni of Syracuse University, it's appalling that they are capitulating against a right-wing campaign against Professor Farhana Sultana for exercising her first amendment rights. Do consider signing this letter calling on Syracuse University to reinstate her docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Autumn colours

Autumn colours

It’s the weekend. Please call me Professor Sock. Only some of you will understand how Very Accomplished I Am Feeling after knitting my first heel on magic loop needles… The politics of a Feminist Witch, the hobbies of a Tradwife. Ha!

I will be speaking alongside @jaytoddgla.bsky.social, Ed Kiely & @amkanngieser.bsky.social on this panel: ‘A Sense of the Possible: Trans Geographies in Dystopian Times’, 13 Nov 2025, 12:00-1:30 GMT Sign up for the Zoom link here: rgs.org/events/upcoming-events/trans-geographies-in-dystopian-times

Un résumé express de l'usage et du rôle de la bande dessinée en géographie, dans ce dictionnaire qui sera utile tant aux étudiant-es qu'au chercheur-euses. Merci infiniment au Collectif XXI d'avoir produit cet ouvrage!

The joy of a fabulously collective “et al.” writing experience with @mhoussayh.cpesr.fr @marineduc.bsky.social @rlg.bsky.social >> to think & write about how we muddle on making sense of the world with & across languages, concepts & theories, including in our teaching, writing & speaking #geography

That’s us! With @mariegibertflutre.bsky.social @marineduc.bsky.social @rlg.bsky.social and others ! Viva multilingual geographies viva!

Why yes I DID wear my hand-stitched silk map waistcoat for the annual pilgrimage with my geography MA students to the extraordinary Elisée Reclus / Charles Perron map collection at the Bibliothèque de Genève! (Printed w/18thC Napoleonic French maps of Geneva “Canton du Léman) #oldmaps #geography

I have a very bad feeling about this...

The Russian solution...

How quickly soft power is lost!

Seeing lots of CFP from geographers for the next AAG (American assoc. geogs.) Annual Conference. Are international people really planning to attend “comme si de rien n’était”? (I’m old & boring enough not to want to fly to conferences, so my question is academic, so to say…)

Belle balade géographique entre grands chantiers d’une Genève en construction, et calme le long des percées vertes et bleues, avant d’être rattrapée par la pluie.

This administration really is a bonanza for art and architecture historians: this lecture just writes itself

Walking the paths of heroes: remembering a group of Black American soldiers sent so young into battle in WW2, & who behaved with extraordinary valour in the face of Nazi fire, in Sommocolonia 🇮🇹. Looking back to a time when it was clear that citizens of the United States fought against fascism. #WW2

Powerful visual metaphor…

A very cool and important thread about why mass protests matter - the space they create, the visuals they disseminate, and all backed by literature Extra super special bonus points in my book for referring to the tyrant as the One Special Boy 🔥

Lecture du weekend fraîchement arrivée en rayon @julietjfall.bsky.social

Vous vous souvenez des MOOCS ? Ce devait être la fin des universités, une révolution dans le savoir, blablabla. Et c’était plus pertinent que les IA génératives.

🔊 Sound on Half a minute of the shoreline breathing gently. County Clare, Ireland.

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

Nobel Peace Prize 2025: "The committee commended Machado as a “brave and committed champion of peace” who had kept “the flame of democracy burning during a growing darkness”. 🔥 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

People protesting in Portland against the federal show of force are dressing up as inflatable animals. Here's why.

Social scientists have been arguing for decades that race and gender cannot be viewed through the teleological lens of progress, and never in my lifetime has that been more clear and important to understand than now.

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

Oh bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao…

how to win a nobel physics prize 🔭✨☄️

A lovely visual essay by @theoatmeal.bsky.social on why AI art feels so horribly soulless. Do read it all!

Représenter la Terre sur une feuille de papier ? Gerardus Mercator l’a fait en 1569. Mais derrière chaque carte se cache un regard : qui est au centre, qui est en marge, qui domine et qui disparaît. ➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/PRa

Avec notre merveilleuse collègue Prof Irène Hirt!

Thoughtful essay “we are in danger of forgetting the greatest untapped resource on any college campus — the professors. We are surrounded by human experts, yet we are being encouraged to take our questions to robots”

A bag made for a special colleague, now gifted, recycling two conference tote bags, assorted scraps & fabric printed with maps from the Bibliothèque de Genève map collection (Map of Geneva by Micheli du Crest, 18thC).

Shout out to all the teachers on #WorldTeachersDay