So the new and outgoing Presidents of Ireland met yesterday and a certain book was visible on the table... Thanks @president.ie Michael D. Higgins for your great service to Ireland down the years (and for this little personal surprise). Here's to the success of President elect Catherine Connolly.

Can you beat my Impossible Countries Of The World With No Borders Minefield Game? Give it a try here: brilliantmaps.com/world-min... (Note only countries bigger than Luxembourg are included)

Ich habe eine Postdoc-Stelle (3 Jahre, 80%) in meiner Gruppe im Environmental Sciences and Humanities Institute an der Uni Fribourg zu vergeben! Es geht um die Erforschung von negativen Werten von Feuchtgebieten aus literatur- und kulturwissenschaftlicher Perspektive: www.unifr.ch/env/de/about...

Nothing better in the heat (31 degrees) than enjoying the shadow in the forest of Eastern 🇱🇺

I was happy to provide a perspective on the prospects for place-based devolution and engagement for a ‘devolution panel’ for The Conversation this week, in the run up to Andy Burnham becoming Prime Minister @casaucl.bsky.social @thebartlettucl.bsky.social

Registration is now open for the UK Antarctic Science meeting which will be hosted by Durham Geography in September. The deadline for registration and abstract submissions is Monday 27th July. Link for both processes are below. Conference link: lnkd.in/etW9fmMM

If you are a university, don’t do this. You are losing your credibility, and more.

I have now read the first 4 chapters of John Cassidy's "Capitalism and Its Critics: A History: From the Industrial Revolution to AI" and it is indeed very good. One of the interesting aspects of Cassidy's approach is that he combines criticism of capitalism by authors who are usually assumed /

Yes! Now more than ever, critical thinking, ethical reasoning, communication and collaboration are essential skills to meet current and future challenges. (The article basically says this as well, despite the title) www.thestar.com/business/opi...

So, what do geographers even do? For anyone curious about the vast careers geographers have working in education, nonprofits, or government agencies, read AAG’s profiles to discover why they chose to pursue their path and how exciting and successful a career in geography can be. buff.ly/ZuH8rnu

📖 Detailed conference programme online now! 💡Head to the conference website to explore the programme and start planning your conference days: rc21-vienna2026.org/programme/#o... We look forward to welcoming you to Vienna! #rc21vienna2026 #rc21 @rc21.bsky.social @univie.ac.at

24 June 2016. The day after when EU citizens across the UK were told to ‘go home’; when the then PM said he would not protect our rights. Stories largely forgotten. BLEA - Brexit Lived Experience Archive - which I am launching today, is here to preserve this history. #Brexit brexit.migravox.org

For an excellent account of his achievements and influence nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

RIP Yves Lacoste. He created the possibility of thinking critically about geopolitics, wresting it from the right.

Our book Trigger Points is now out in open access. Huge thanks to Mike Savage for a terrific foreword and to Michèle Lamont, Silja Häusermann and Daniel Ziblatt for their kind words. Link below: @mikesavagelse.bsky.social @mlamont.bsky.social @siljahausermann.bsky.social @dziblatt.bsky.social

Swiss Post is a truly iconic institution. It signals to citizens that “the state” will literally jump fences&arrive by sled to serve you. But what happens when it disappears? Thrilled to present @victoriahaerter.bsky.social @dweisstanner.bsky.social @saengler.bsky.social (EL07, 10:50/3b) #epss2026

“Simply put, there is a fundamental tension between extreme wealth and the very possibility of democracy. Extreme wealth is always an extreme power. It’s the power to stifle competition, shape public discourse, influence policymaking, buy elections, stall social progress.” @gabrielzucman.bsky.social

Excited to be speaking at the @rgs.org webinar "Cities and the Authoritarian Turn" on 18 June. Looking forward to the discussion and exchange of ideas with @zitaseichter.bsky.social, @contestedurban.bsky.social and Ayşegül Can. Register here:

WIWT!

Um die Artenvielfalt steht es schlecht, auch in Deutschland. Heißt: Um die Lebensgrundlagen steht es schlecht. Ein Paradigmenwechsel in der Naturschutzpolitik könnte jetzt für noch mehr Schaden sorgen, es sei denn, er wird geheilt. Eine Newsletter-Ausgabe für den Bundeskanzler.

‘The REF has now morphed into a hugely expensive, attention-engrossing status marker. Few things would improve the intellectual culture of universities more quickly than the complete abolition of this flawed and coercive exercise.’ Stefan Collini on higher education. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

#Westfalen … von seiner besten Seite.

I’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇

There are, in my view, 25 things everyone needs to understand in light of recent events: 1) Those out in our communities last night were not protestors, but organised far right extremists. 2) Their actions align with fascist ideologies. 3) So yes: these are fascist practices on our streets. 🧵

Ukraine's Embassy in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg raised formal concerns over the scheduled performance of Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko at the Luxembourg Philharmonic on 15 June 2026 Netrebko has publicly supported Russia's President Vladimir Putin 📷 LUkraine asbl

The newest issue of 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 (@globalenvironment.bsky.social) is guest edited by PhD candidate Lijuan Klassen & RCC Director Christof Mauch! It brings an environmental humanities perspective to planetary health: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpge/current #envhist #envhum

Just stumbled on this very interesting 1984 David Harvey lecture recorded by the Torsten Hägerstrand-Anne Buttimer Dialogues project. They recorded hundreds of these with people they considered relevant to human geography and distributed internationally as VHS tapes! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC5_...

Airbnb sets property values. Google Maps creates and destroys retail corridors. Uber redraws urban mobility. These platforms don't describe cities. They reconstruct them. A new layer of the city's anatomy — no architect, no plan. interplace.io/p/an-economi...

The CEO of Volvo is on record as saying that if someone invented the car today and tried to get government approval it would fail. A 2 ton box that would probably be used to move only 1 person but collectively they would kill over 3000 people worldwide a day. Puts it into prospective.

Re #greenwashing in the #Amazon, see also: "From beef to biofuels to carbon credits, oil blocks and mega-dams, this special edition [of @theecologist.org] traces how familiar extractive practices are being reframed in the language of green growth;" Introduction below by @monicapiccinini.bsky.social:

I am SO EXCITED that the Journal of Stratification Economics is coming next year! This has been a labor of love to bring this to pass. Please consider submitting to this exciting new journal specializing in the best stratification economics research. @jsecon.bsky.social @ucpress.bsky.social

Article Forum 3: Xiaobo Su and Kean Fan Lim conceptualize urban state venturism, continuing to probe ‘new’ state capitalism in geography. Commentaries by Ilias Alami, Hyun Bang Shin, Heather Whiteside, Dan Cohen and Emily Rosenman, and Sabine Dörry.

As our cities grow more complex and #environmental crises mount, urban sustainability is no longer a theoretical discussion; it’s an existential necessity. But data alone isn’t enough. Read more from Oluwaseun Ipede’s perspective article: buff.ly/BowdtBR #GeoSky #Geography #UrbaGeo

I'm coming to Austria & Germany for the German edition of EXTRACTION (@suhrkamp.de) with events in Vienna, Freiberg, Berlin and Bochum. In collaboration w/ @surplusmagazin.de @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social @kreiskyforum.bsky.social @dfg.de @ruhr-uni-bochum.de For info: www.suhrkamp.de/search?q=rio...

Ein Klimaschutzgesetz, das bis zu 70 Prozent der Kosten erstattet und trotzdem scheitert. Warum half staatliche Entlastung nichts gegen die Wut über „Habecks Heizungs-Hammer“? Eine Analyse von 112 TikTok-Videos mit 26 Millionen Aufrufen liefert überraschende Antworten. www.mpifg.de/1526744/2026...

HE- and research policy needs more Collinis.

While BlackRock, Oracle, and Palantir position themselves for Starmer’s “AI revolution,” remember: this revolution is not in the interests of working people, the environment, or personal privacy. You’re paying twice: Thread substack.com/@europeanpow...

‘The REF has now morphed into a hugely expensive, attention-engrossing status marker. Few things would improve the intellectual culture of universities more quickly than the complete abolition of this flawed and coercive exercise.’ Stefan Collini on universities www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Das ist cool, eine echte diskursive Demontage der 10mio-Krieger.

Der neue Band von @davidbegrich.bsky.social, Mareike Gronich, Jeannie Moser & Hans-Joachim Schott bei @transcript-verlag.bsky.social widmet sich mit der Literatur- und Kulturpolitik zentral der Hegemoniepolitik der "Neuen" Rechten: www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-8...

Which city has the most diversified elite wealth? Which banking centre is most globally connected? Where does venture capital flow in China? This new Finance and Space collection on financial networks tackles these questions and more 👉 www.tandfonline.com/journals/rfa...

Still time to apply: @lsegeography.bsky.social is hiring a two-year Fellow in Economic Geography. For scholars of place, prosperity, #inequality and local economic #development. Closes 31 May, 23:59 UK time. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRM347/l...

The Return of McCarthyism (Pt.1 ) | Anti-Capitalist Chronicles Podcast (2024) youtu.be/c9EjbOQvufs?...

As someone at the end of their career, I identify with a lot of this.

Remember, don’t buy a cow, or a car, and expect your city to give you someplace to park it. #UrbanTruth

Paul Griffin and Cheryl McGeachan, Historical Geography: The Basics - @routledgebooks.bsky.social, December 2025 www.routledge.com/Historical-G...

#Antifa ceremony. Nothing to do with the actual sick fascist regime of the new "White Ballroom Pedo House" #Resist today.rtl.lu/news/luxembo...

Ausgezeichneter Artikel und Muss-Lektüre für Berliner:innen www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...

I put in eight years at Twitter and did what I could. But it became clear that the new algorithm throttled what reach I once had. Realized staying there was just giving cover to a right-wing project. So I left. If you think "we" need to stay there or "we" can make a difference, you're delusional.