⏰ Geographers! In light of the emergency situation we find ourselves in, I have put together an open letter to the RGS asking them to respond to the current unfolding situation with the RGS and EHRC. Please DM/email for details on how to read/sign. Re-post!

“Biology is all the more political because of how it is used as if it isn’t” @saranahmed.bsky.social in her usual uncompromising form: feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/patriarcha...

This is very good and if you work in a UK university you should read it.

An Atmospheric History of Smoking in Modern Britain by our colleague Ivan Markovic focuses on the social, cultural and emotional aspects of smoking in modern Britain, covering 150 years of British history bit.ly/40qP8j5

Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University, by an anonymous academic. This is truly shocking read. The Cardiff executive board should hang their heads in shame. voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...

Excited to see this is out - and with an expanded online edition alongside! Congratulations and thank you @erindurban.bsky.social and team for all the work that went into it

fuck yes. Borges those motherfuckers

My holiday project.

Invitation to a collective project! What, for you, is the promise of cultural geography? Vickie Zhang and I are seeking responses to the prompt (1-1000 words) by the end of February. They will be compiled, and made freely available in a publication (with DOI & ISBN). Details 👇

Essential reference material

NEW GEOGRAPHY JOURNAL! Agoriad: A Journal of Spatial Theory. Issue 1, special issue on Indigenous Ontologies, out now, open access. It looks excellent. Congratulations to the managing and issue editors on making this happen.

Any model of philosophy which thinks the real dangers are all on the continental philosophy side is just begging for a return of the British empire

To start with this new platform as I mean to go on - pictures of cats hassling me while I work. Here’s Spike…