adam searle
@admsrl.bsky.social
cultural and historical geographer
interested in ecology and technology
Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham
Member and co-founder, @digicologies.bsky.social
interested in ecology and technology
Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham
Member and co-founder, @digicologies.bsky.social
DIGITAL ECOLOGIES is available for just £15 in paperback until the end of January; discount applied automatically unless you're in North America, where you need to type "JAN40" at payment
this also applies to ALL @manchesterup.bsky.social books!!!
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526188601/
this also applies to ALL @manchesterup.bsky.social books!!!
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526188601/
Manchester University Press - Digital ecologies
Digital ecologies - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of Digital ecologies by Jonathon Turnbull
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 4:15 PM
DIGITAL ECOLOGIES is available for just £15 in paperback until the end of January; discount applied automatically unless you're in North America, where you need to type "JAN40" at payment
this also applies to ALL @manchesterup.bsky.social books!!!
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526188601/
this also applies to ALL @manchesterup.bsky.social books!!!
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526188601/
as Alfred North Whitehead (1929: 39) noted in his magnum opus, Process and Reality: "The safest general characterisation of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to [redacted]."
"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:43 PM
as Alfred North Whitehead (1929: 39) noted in his magnum opus, Process and Reality: "The safest general characterisation of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to [redacted]."
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If you've been thinking of buying Electric Wind, now would be a very good time - it's only £11.40 in the MUP sale!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎉
To celebrate the start of a new year, we are currently offering 40% OFF EVERY SINGLE BOOK on our website, until 31st January 2026.
Head to our website (link in bio) to shop now.
#booksky
To celebrate the start of a new year, we are currently offering 40% OFF EVERY SINGLE BOOK on our website, until 31st January 2026.
Head to our website (link in bio) to shop now.
#booksky
January 6, 2026 at 10:23 AM
If you've been thinking of buying Electric Wind, now would be a very good time - it's only £11.40 in the MUP sale!
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My review of @amandahess.bsky.social book 'Second Life' in the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
This is a thoughtful and important book about digital pregnancy and motherhood.
Have you read it? What did you think?
This is a thoughtful and important book about digital pregnancy and motherhood.
Have you read it? What did you think?
December 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
My review of @amandahess.bsky.social book 'Second Life' in the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
This is a thoughtful and important book about digital pregnancy and motherhood.
Have you read it? What did you think?
This is a thoughtful and important book about digital pregnancy and motherhood.
Have you read it? What did you think?
first time I’ve seen a Nicobar pigeon up close and completely unsurprised that they don’t remind me of the much larger, flightless, big-beaked dodo at all; the idea of gene-editing this animal to de-extinct a so-called “dodo” is so utterly far-fetched it’s beyond comprehension to me
December 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
first time I’ve seen a Nicobar pigeon up close and completely unsurprised that they don’t remind me of the much larger, flightless, big-beaked dodo at all; the idea of gene-editing this animal to de-extinct a so-called “dodo” is so utterly far-fetched it’s beyond comprehension to me
Izat Arif, “In Loving Memory,” terrazzo bench and industrial paint, my favourite 2025 commission for the Singapore Biennale
December 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Izat Arif, “In Loving Memory,” terrazzo bench and industrial paint, my favourite 2025 commission for the Singapore Biennale
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Two scholarships are available to Palestinian applicants looking to start a postgraduate Masters degree in Sep 2026, including our Masters in Comparative Literature & Masters in Global Languages, Literatures, and & Cultures: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/modern-langu...
December 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Two scholarships are available to Palestinian applicants looking to start a postgraduate Masters degree in Sep 2026, including our Masters in Comparative Literature & Masters in Global Languages, Literatures, and & Cultures: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/modern-langu...
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New Special Section in Area:
'Gender and Rewilding' guest edited by Nadia Bartolini
Featuring contributions from @kimjward.bsky.social, @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social, @sarahmay1.bsky.social & others
Read the full #OpenAccess collection here ⬇️
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
'Gender and Rewilding' guest edited by Nadia Bartolini
Featuring contributions from @kimjward.bsky.social, @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social, @sarahmay1.bsky.social & others
Read the full #OpenAccess collection here ⬇️
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
December 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
New Special Section in Area:
'Gender and Rewilding' guest edited by Nadia Bartolini
Featuring contributions from @kimjward.bsky.social, @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social, @sarahmay1.bsky.social & others
Read the full #OpenAccess collection here ⬇️
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
'Gender and Rewilding' guest edited by Nadia Bartolini
Featuring contributions from @kimjward.bsky.social, @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social, @sarahmay1.bsky.social & others
Read the full #OpenAccess collection here ⬇️
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
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Christopher Penfield, Deleuze's Foucault: A Virtual Force Ontology - @edinburghup.bsky.social, April 2026
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-deleuze...
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-deleuze...
Deleuze's Foucault
Deleuze's Foucault
edinburghuniversitypress.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Christopher Penfield, Deleuze's Foucault: A Virtual Force Ontology - @edinburghup.bsky.social, April 2026
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-deleuze...
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-deleuze...
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I don't doubt that this process has taken its toll on senior staff, but the framing and timing of this seems pretty callous as we enter the festive period in month 10 of being in scope for redundancy. Happy holidays folks. www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/wendy-...
Wendy Larner: ‘It isn’t easy to have your personal integrity impugned’
Cardiff’s January announcement of plans to cut 400 academic jobs and close several departments prompted a media firestorm that heaped opprobrium on its vice-chancellor. But she also received lots of q...
www.timeshighereducation.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I don't doubt that this process has taken its toll on senior staff, but the framing and timing of this seems pretty callous as we enter the festive period in month 10 of being in scope for redundancy. Happy holidays folks. www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/wendy-...
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📣Join the States of Precarity team for the launch of the States of Precarity in UK Higher Education Geography report.
📅 Wednesday 14 January
🎦 Online
👉 Sign up to attend: https://bit.ly/4rvQgP2
Check out the report before the launch: https://bit.ly/44HTUvg
📅 Wednesday 14 January
🎦 Online
👉 Sign up to attend: https://bit.ly/4rvQgP2
Check out the report before the launch: https://bit.ly/44HTUvg
December 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📣Join the States of Precarity team for the launch of the States of Precarity in UK Higher Education Geography report.
📅 Wednesday 14 January
🎦 Online
👉 Sign up to attend: https://bit.ly/4rvQgP2
Check out the report before the launch: https://bit.ly/44HTUvg
📅 Wednesday 14 January
🎦 Online
👉 Sign up to attend: https://bit.ly/4rvQgP2
Check out the report before the launch: https://bit.ly/44HTUvg
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I’ve written the @resprofnews.bsky.social Sunday Read this week. I’ve looked at the value and importance of the arts, humanities and social sciences and what policymakers might do to support them at a time we are seeing major cutbacks in universities www.researchprofessional.com/news-article...
December 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I’ve written the @resprofnews.bsky.social Sunday Read this week. I’ve looked at the value and importance of the arts, humanities and social sciences and what policymakers might do to support them at a time we are seeing major cutbacks in universities www.researchprofessional.com/news-article...
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🌏🎥📸💡 The whole ‘the world in your pocket’ idea reaches a whole new level when looking at cameras from the perspective of the mine, as @siobhanangus.bsky.social does in her brilliant book, Camera Geologicala - An Elemental History of Photography (Duke, 2024). Warm recommendation from here!! ✨✨✨
December 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
🌏🎥📸💡 The whole ‘the world in your pocket’ idea reaches a whole new level when looking at cameras from the perspective of the mine, as @siobhanangus.bsky.social does in her brilliant book, Camera Geologicala - An Elemental History of Photography (Duke, 2024). Warm recommendation from here!! ✨✨✨
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This is such evocative writing…
"But while Pantone tries to invoke the color's connotation as a fresh start or blank canvas, remember that the white of a new sheet of paper is born from the brown-trunked trees that were planted, nurtured, cut, pulverized, bleached, and pressed."
"But while Pantone tries to invoke the color's connotation as a fresh start or blank canvas, remember that the white of a new sheet of paper is born from the brown-trunked trees that were planted, nurtured, cut, pulverized, bleached, and pressed."
Pantone’s Color of the Year Sounds About White
After the year we’ve had, going with Cloud Dancer can easily be interpreted as a piercing dog whistle.
hyperallergic.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This is such evocative writing…
"But while Pantone tries to invoke the color's connotation as a fresh start or blank canvas, remember that the white of a new sheet of paper is born from the brown-trunked trees that were planted, nurtured, cut, pulverized, bleached, and pressed."
"But while Pantone tries to invoke the color's connotation as a fresh start or blank canvas, remember that the white of a new sheet of paper is born from the brown-trunked trees that were planted, nurtured, cut, pulverized, bleached, and pressed."
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Researcher Rhiannon Bull from @uofgges.bsky.social is launching an appeal to gather short pieces of creative writing reflecting thoughts and feelings about climate change in Scotland.
Interested in signing up? Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
@communitylandsc.bsky.social
Interested in signing up? Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
@communitylandsc.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Researcher Rhiannon Bull from @uofgges.bsky.social is launching an appeal to gather short pieces of creative writing reflecting thoughts and feelings about climate change in Scotland.
Interested in signing up? Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
@communitylandsc.bsky.social
Interested in signing up? Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
@communitylandsc.bsky.social
my phone just reminded me of this: six years ago today, with the May68-inspired banner I sewed (very poorly I might add) on strike in Cambridge with @benaplatt.bsky.social
higher education is in a far worse place now: la lutte continue !!
higher education is in a far worse place now: la lutte continue !!
December 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
my phone just reminded me of this: six years ago today, with the May68-inspired banner I sewed (very poorly I might add) on strike in Cambridge with @benaplatt.bsky.social
higher education is in a far worse place now: la lutte continue !!
higher education is in a far worse place now: la lutte continue !!
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Out in spring from @bentarnoff.com & I www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
December 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Out in spring from @bentarnoff.com & I www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
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Excited to announce @leverhulmecal.bsky.social posts - we are looking for 7 interdisciplinary fellows to join our Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life, closing date 30 January 2026 (1/3) durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life Fellows - Assistant Professor (Research) G7 - G8
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
durham.taleo.net
December 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Excited to announce @leverhulmecal.bsky.social posts - we are looking for 7 interdisciplinary fellows to join our Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life, closing date 30 January 2026 (1/3) durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
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OnlineFirst - "A ‘City in Nature’ and its porcine interlopers: Confronting the edges of urban ecological order" by Sayd Randle:
#wildboars #infrastructuralnature #multispecies #Singapore #cityinnature
www.saydrandle.com
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#wildboars #infrastructuralnature #multispecies #Singapore #cityinnature
www.saydrandle.com
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
OnlineFirst - "A ‘City in Nature’ and its porcine interlopers: Confronting the edges of urban ecological order" by Sayd Randle:
#wildboars #infrastructuralnature #multispecies #Singapore #cityinnature
www.saydrandle.com
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#wildboars #infrastructuralnature #multispecies #Singapore #cityinnature
www.saydrandle.com
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Elena Del Rio, Techno-Ecologies of Bill Viola and Gilbert Simondon: The Birth of Form - @edinburghup.bsky.social November 2025
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-techno-...
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-techno-...
Techno-Ecologies of Bill Viola and Gilbert Simondon
Techno-Ecologies of Bill Viola and Gilbert Simondon
edinburghuniversitypress.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Elena Del Rio, Techno-Ecologies of Bill Viola and Gilbert Simondon: The Birth of Form - @edinburghup.bsky.social November 2025
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-techno-...
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-techno-...
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We are now in week 3 of strike action - here we are last week, hoping it would end. I want to be teaching & researching, not striking - I’m grateful for student support. @sheffielducu.bsky.social have produced this handy info sheet about why we are on strike ucu.group.shef.ac.uk/campaigns/st...
December 1, 2025 at 8:08 AM
We are now in week 3 of strike action - here we are last week, hoping it would end. I want to be teaching & researching, not striking - I’m grateful for student support. @sheffielducu.bsky.social have produced this handy info sheet about why we are on strike ucu.group.shef.ac.uk/campaigns/st...
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Article 7: Kregg Hetherington, "The Time of Ghost Rivers" explores a ghost river in Montreal, its various revivals in the present, and the halting attempts by urban actors to form relations with it.
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Article 7: Kregg Hetherington, "The Time of Ghost Rivers" explores a ghost river in Montreal, its various revivals in the present, and the halting attempts by urban actors to form relations with it.
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...