Jen Nelles

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Jen Nelles @jen-nelles.bsky.social · Sep 8

Lots of new people here so it's time for a thread about #research I have been working on for the past couple of years.

I do a lot of different things! So if the most recent post is not what you follow me for that topic should come up soon :)

#geosky #geoinno

A picture of a laptop with folders and folded glasses next to it. Suggests that I'm working hard and super smart!

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 3d

"Fast and free!"

That's what Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani promised to make #NYC 's city bus service.

What kind of impact has free transit had in other cities?

#Montpellier , #France is the largest city in Europe to make transit (5 tram lines, 41 bus lines) free for residents...

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Jen Nelles @jen-nelles.bsky.social · 4d

I almost forgot the best thing about November! But it’s not too late to enjoy the #30DayMapChallenge

Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · 9d

Happy #30DayMapChallenge to all those who celebrate!

Day 1 is points and mine is a love letter to all the international undergraduate students who choose the United States for their studies. Thanks for being here!

#30DayMapChallenge2025 #points

Map of international undergraduate students in the US

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 4d

By resisting surveillance and extraction and pursuing goals such as affordability, dignity, and justice, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani can show how technology can truly serve people, writes Rebecca Williams. The first step, she says, is to protect immigrants.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 6d

What we know, final edition of the night:
[Now in 3 parts]

—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems gain leg seats in VA, NJ, & MS
—Dems defend NJ-Gov
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win state supreme court
—ME anti-mail voting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices

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THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 6d

At just 34 years old, Zohran Mamdani culminated a meteoric political rise Tuesday by scoring a decisive victory in a polarizing mayoral election.

He will become the youngest mayor in over a century, the first Muslim to lead New York City.

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Mamdani Makes History With Victory in Mayor’s Race

More than 2 million New Yorkers cast a ballot in a high-stakes election that smashed recent turnout levels.

www.thecity.nyc

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 6d

Can’t stop thinking about all the robber baron fucks that held secret meetings and spent MILLIONS AND MILLIONS in bribes and campaign investments and attack ads and media manipulation trying to tank Mamdani currently having the dawning realization that their money is completely and utterly useless.

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 7d

This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ

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International Maritime History Association @journalmaritime.bsky.social · 9d

Check out our Top 5 Most Read Articles up to 1st November 2025

journals.sagepub.com/action/showM...

Each of these 5 articles are open access 🔓

Others in the list include 'History of the Ports' by Sarah Palmer and 'SS Albatross: An unfortunate Steamship' by James P. Delgado

#maritimehistory

An image listing the top 5 articles as of 1st November 2025

Jen Nelles @jen-nelles.bsky.social · 9d

Well, the framing of this line of questioning as ‘why would voters risk Trump’s ire by choosing you’ is whack. But yet another example of someone asking what a leader would do when faced with an unreliable (and possibly vindictive) federal gov’t cc @philrocco.bsky.social

Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 9d

In the 1st question of his brief interview with Mamdani. Anderson Cooper reports Trump’s strongman threats to punish NYC if the Mayoral candidate is elected, as if he gets to select where funding goes according to his whims, & then asks whether voters will find it “worth the hassle” to vote for him.

Coooper: Recently, you heard President Trump suggest he is going to withhold federal funding and possibly send in National Guard troops if you’re elected. Andrew Cuomo kind of amplified that. What do you have to say to New Yorkers who say, is this worth the hassle of losing perhaps a lot of money in federal funding if you become the mayor?

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Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · 9d

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 9d

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con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🏳 @racheledini.bsky.social · 10d

I'm excited to share my piece in Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, which examines OpenAI's claims about ChatGPT's creative writing skills, Big Tech's weaponisation of grief and nostalgia, and the collapse of the academic humanities. lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...

Literature Is Not a Vibe: On ChatGPT and the Humanities | Los Angeles Review of Books

Rachele Dini discusses OpenAI’s “A Machine-Shaped Hand” and an academic sector in crisis.

lareviewofbooks.org

Jen Nelles @jen-nelles.bsky.social · 11d

This is wild to me. But we will probably see a lot more like it as climate challenges intensify. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Iran considering relocating its capital over severe water shortage

At least 20 of Iran’s 31 provinces are now suffering a water crisis. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is reportedly not ruling out relocating the capital city of Tehran over the severe water shorta...

www.yahoo.com

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 12d

Right now in NYC, this Hands Off NYC call is about to start. Please sign up and join RIGHT NOW.
mobilize.us/s/iM7bij/r

Hands Off NYC Citywide Kickoff Call · NYC Indivisible

American cities are under attack by the Trump administration. Instead of investing in schools, hospitals, and public services, taxpayer dollars are being spent to send National Guard troops and ICE ag...

mobilize.us

Jen Nelles @jen-nelles.bsky.social · 12d

A group of brilliant and good looking people should definitely write something about that! 😉😂

Jen Nelles @jen-nelles.bsky.social · 13d

And that trend persisted after COVID. Men just say no more. And, in my observation, while that means that there’s more female viewpoints in review it also puts the burden on them more.

Jen Nelles @jen-nelles.bsky.social · 13d

I can see that argument. But anecdotally, that this is a trend that I started seeing during COVID when I was struggling with wfh with kids and got super sensitive about asking other women to do unpaid work. But when I had to women responded positively at way higher rates than men anyway.

Jen Nelles @jen-nelles.bsky.social · 13d

Me neither. Also, as a journal editor, women say yes to reviewing at way higher numbers than men and deliver their reviews at higher rates (men flake more). This is just my limited experience and might differ by field.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 16d

The local activists and organizers who were the beating heart of No Kings Day are continuing to lead the fight on the ground in your community. Check out our map to see what groups are near you and get in touch with your local organizers: indivisible.org/groups

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20d

Buttigieg: This is about political revenge. The president has been very clear about that. And the really dangerous thing is the revenge is on you—on ordinary Americans and commuters who depend on these tunnels.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 20d

Really provocative, interesting argument from @wertwhile.bsky.social on what it would look like to really regulate the platforms.

www.theargumentmag.com/p/treat-big-...

Treat Big Tech like Big Tobacco

The problem with TikTok and Facebook isn't their size

www.theargumentmag.com

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 21d

Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.

AI’s Invasive Species

The slop is winning.

www.theatlantic.com

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 23d

the whole article could have just been ten pages of “Brilliant Things Eleanor O’Brien Said,” and some gold was left on the cutting room floor, but this is such a banger of a closer and it’s so very much the theme of today

"I want people to know that what's happening in Portland - the creativity, the irreverence, the refusal to be intimidated - that's replicable," she says. "Every city has artists. Every community has weirdos. We just need to find each other and start creating the alternative story. The revolution doesn't have to look like a protest.
Make it weird. When they tell you to cover up, shut up, and comply, the most radical thing you can do is be visible, speak truth, and take up space. With joy. Tap into your creativity. Art isn't a luxury in times like these - it's survival."

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Haters_gonna_hate (Princess Kim K) @princesskim.bsky.social · 24d

Mason is shell shocked that Trump commutes Santos! He thinks #Trump is so corrupt! But he is abt to be euthanized as a puppy betrayed by his humans and has only 43 reposts which is a death sentence to these pups! Come on guys! I need your help! Pls help me save his life! REPOST HIM! #dogsofbluesky

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 24d

The US edition of The City of Our Dreaming is available for sale. Use the discount code in the image!

THE ALCHEMY LECTURE
The City of Our
Dreaming
LALEH KHALILI
V. MITCH MCEWEN
GABRIELA LEANDRO PEREIRA
LEANNE BETASAMOSAKE SIMPSON
With an Introduction by
CHRISTINA SHARPE
The City of Our Dreaming
The Alchemy Lecture
LALEH KHALILI, V. MITCH MCEWEN, GABRIELA LEANDRO PEREIRA, AND LEANNE BETASAMOSAKE SIMPSON
The third annual Alchemy Lecture brought together four "Alchemists"-thinkers and practitioners working across disciplines and geographies-to share a constellation of ideas for the future. Their urgent, poignant and inventive lectures comprise The City of Our Dreaming, which shares their ideas for cities and how to shape them according to community needs. Together, V. Mitch McEwen, Laleh Khalili, Gabriela Leandro Pereira, and Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg writer and musician Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, offer new models for crafting architectures of freedom in disparate imaginative spaces. From suggesting a city modeled on buoyancy that reconsiders displacement and a dream of radical kinship and bonds through reciprocal giving, to "projects paved by the audacity to inhabit" that are built from dreams-the site from which all Black emancipation begins-and the ways collectives form at the thresholds between things, The City of our Dreaming is a clarion calls for new conceptions of city life. The Alchemists imagine the architectures and infrastructures that make possible, inevitable and irresistible gestures of freedom, modes of sustenance, and the necessity and pleasure of breaking bread, together.
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Jamie Peck @jamiepeck.bsky.social · 25d

Pls share: Applications open for Summer Institute in Economic Geography, Toronto, 5-10 July 2026

Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma

Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026

Toronto 2026 | Summer Institute in Economic Geography

www.econgeog.net

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 26d

If anyone is interested in going far away from civilization for whatever reason, here’s a job in Antarctica.

jobs.antarctica.gov.au/jobs-in-anta... 🧪🦑🌎

Wildlife Biologist (Macquarie Island)

Survey wildlife on Macquarie Island, monitor avian flu, collect samples, manage data, plan field trips, and support reporting in a remote team.

jobs.antarctica.gov.au

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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · Oct 11

The new federal government is setting its sights on a stronger, more resilient Canada—and the key to getting there is homegrown innovation.

How? Find out at Universities Canada presents The Walrus Talks Innovation Nation.

🎟 WalrusTalksInnovationNation.e...

#InnovationNation #InnovateCanada

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Olivier Simard-Casanova @o.simardcasanova.net · Oct 11

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