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John Hogan Morris
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Economic geographer 🗺 💰 Central banking, risk management & climate finance. Co-author (Mis)managing Macroprudential Expectations

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d
Racial and religious hate crime on UK public transport is growing, data shows.

Nurtured by Reform, Tories and Starmer's "Island of Strangers" speech. Scapegoating minorities for economic/political failures.

Without immigration, UK economy can't function.
Racial and religious hate crime on UK public transport is growing, data shows
Anti-racism groups warn some people are avoiding public transport or limiting their use of it for fear of abuse
www.theguardian.com

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John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 2d
This is going to be brilliant 👇

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Brendan Greeley @bhgreeley.bsky.social · 2d
I did not plan it this way, but I have a book on the dollar coming out on the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution and the whole theme of the book is that the dollar is not in fact 250 years old www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/634502...
The Almighty Dollar by Brendan Greeley: 9780593138885 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
In this ambitious and groundbreaking history of the dollar, financial journalist and economic scholar Brendan Greeley makes a new argument about the origins of our money—and the people and nations...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Isabella Kaminski @isabellakaminski.bsky.social · 2d
Start 2026 on a positive note by reading about 13 climate litigation wins from the last 12 months - what could be achieved in the next 12? #climatejustice
Greenwashing, illegality and false claims: 13 climate litigation wins in 2025
Legal action has brought important decisions, from the scrapping of fossil fuel plants to revised climate plans
www.theguardian.com

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 3d
The folks at The Guardian are really getting climate coverage right (while so many other outlets are flailing).

A great final read about our warming world and its effects in the US on the last day of 2025:

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How the climate crisis showed up in Americans’ lives this year: ‘The shift has been swift and stark’
Guardian US readers share how global heating and biodiversity loss affected their lives in ways that don’t always make the headlines
www.theguardian.com

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Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 3d
A few memories of the philosopher Eduardo Mendieta, who died recently. progressivegeographies.com/2025/12/31/e...
Eduardo Mendieta (1963-2025)
My dear friend Eduardo Mendieta died earlier this month. He taught in the philosophy departments of the University of San Francisco, Stony Brook University and Penn State. There is an announcement …
progressivegeographies.com

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Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 3d
My publications in 2025 - on Koyré, Foucault, Lefebvre and some reviews
progressivegeographies.com/2025/12/31/m...
Links to the pieces, many of which are open access, but email if you want something that isn't available to you.
My publications in 2025 – on Koyré, Foucault, Lefebvre and some reviews
Most of this year was spent working on my very long manuscript Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth-Century France, which is coming together but has been hard work to reach this point. I…
progressivegeographies.com

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 3d
Gonna assume it was “Allow it to be taken over by a Private Equity firm.”
15:51 There was Another Way to Destroy the Ring and Defeat Sauron Realms Unravelled 530K views • 4 months ago :

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The Blackstudies Podcast @blkstudies-podcast.bsky.social · 3d
John hosts Katherine McKittrick on the podcast to talk about gender, Black study, diaspora, design, and the aesthetic. Fabulous conversation, listen in here or at your fave stream:

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Katherine McKittrick - Department of Gender Studies and Canada Research Chair in Black Studies, Queen's University
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 06/13/2025 · 1h 1m
podcasts.apple.com

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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 4d
Tfw you just logged into your USS account

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Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 5d
The (at least partial) death of the "Canadian model"?

"Many funds built sizable internal buyout teams during a period defined by cheap leverage, soaring valuations and easier exits — conditions that no longer exist"
Canada Pensions Overseeing $1.2 Trillion Revamp Private Equity Model
For the likes of Blackstone Inc. and KKR & Co., a multibillion-dollar opportunity beckons from Canada.
www.bloomberg.com

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 5d
Here’s the Global Playbook Being Used to Crack Down on Climate Protest

A new study finds that repression of environmental protest is rising worldwide and Indigenous land defenders face the greatest risk. goodmenproject.com/featured-con...
Here’s the Global Playbook Being Used to Crack Down on Climate Protest
A new study finds that repression of environmental protest is rising worldwide and Indigenous land defenders face the greatest risk.
goodmenproject.com

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 5d
A good review of what to expect in our warming world as climate shocks are more frequent and severe. 2025 was only the beginning.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Heat, drought and fire: how extreme weather pushed nature to its limits in 2025
National Trust says these are ‘alarm signals we cannot ignore’ as climate breakdown puts pressure on wildlife
www.theguardian.com

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 6d
Marvellous, moving and wise column by @martinsandbu.ft.com:
Why your AI companion is not your friend
First, tech companies usurped the meaning of ‘friends’ and ‘connection’ — now they are coming for ‘companionship’
www.ft.com

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Sarah J. Martin @eatingpolitics.bsky.social · 6d
"Frontier names a duality where the place is important but the people are unimportant"
Two brilliant scholars @triofrancos.bsky.social@lalehkhalili.bsky.social in conversation, highly recommended!
proteanmag.com/2025/12/22/e...
Extractive Frontiers: An Interview With Thea Riofrancos • Protean Magazine
In this extensive, wide ranging interview, Laleh Khalili speaks with Thea Riofrancos about her new book Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism, the political economy of lithium mining, the poss...
proteanmag.com

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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · 7d
⚠️ Financial Stability at Risk

This policy note by @wwf.org.uk and IIPP researchers highlights how financial flows contribute to nature loss in five crucial ecosystems and calls for stronger financial interventions to prevent systemic risks.

✍️ Read it here: buff.ly/D85nULd

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 8d
As climate and resource crises grow, Indigenous & local communities lead on conservation but remain sidelined in global governance.

An analysis says BRICS+, with its multipolar, South-South framework, may open space for Indigenous leadership in shaping policy from within.

** Views are author's.
BRICS+ offers Indigenous & local communities ways to advance environmental and social goals (analysis)
As the world grapples with climate change, biodiversity loss and resource scarcity, Indigenous and local communities (IPLCs) remain at the forefront of conservation, yet are often sidelined in global…
news.mongabay.com

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 9d
Arthur Rackham's illustration for the 1915 edition of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol,' sees Scrooge visited by the ghost of his former business partner Marley, who wanders the earth shackled by chains and cashboxes after his lifetime of greed.

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Charles GetCovered-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 10d
"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."

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Jesse Walker @notjessewalker.bsky.social · 10d
"A Brief History of AI Psychosis": a short story
A Brief History of AI Psychosis - Boston Review
A short story.
www.bostonreview.net

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John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 11d
www.e-flux.com/architecture...
Palestinian Repairs - Samir Harb et al. - The Exhausted
What constitutes the metric of exhaustion? Where might we locate its ground zero?
www.e-flux.com

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Erin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social · 11d
Curious about the tech billionaires' claims to sovereignty mean for the international order?

Check out our @risjnl.bsky.social forum on this topic, organized by the brilliant @maharafiatal.bsky.social!
Oligarchic sovereignty: Technology and the future of global order | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Oligarchic sovereignty: Technology and the future of global order
www.cambridge.org

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Bård Lahn @bard.lahn.no · 11d
New paper! How are emissions scenarios 📉 from the IPCC (and other sources) actually used by decision-makers? We asked them, and the results are out just in time for the holidays 🧑‍🎄🤶🧑‍🎄 (with @idasogn.bsky.social & @climansen.bsky.social)
Analysing the use of emissions scenarios in practice - npj Climate Action
npj Climate Action - Analysing the use of emissions scenarios in practice
www.nature.com

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Julia Elyachar @jeelyachar.bsky.social · 11d
What a gift to speak with Mikey Muhanna of @afikra.bsky.social about my book On the Semicivilized: Coloniality, Finance, and Embodied Sovereignty in Cairo on this episode of Afikra www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfHc....
Julia Elyachar | On the Semicivilized: Coloniality, Finance & Embodied Sovereignty in Cairo
YouTube video by afikra - عفكرة
www.youtube.com

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 11d
"Peakers," power plants "meant to run only in short bursts during periods of spiking electricity demand," are "often decades-old, fossil-fueled facilities" that "emit more pollution when they are running and cost more to produce electricity..." Data center demand is keeping them online.
AI data centers are forcing dirty ‘peaker’ power plants back into service
In Chicago’s working-class Pilsen neighborhood, a 60s-era oil-fired power plant rises up from an industrial lot behind Dvorak Park, which in warmer weather is packed with children climbing on its colo...
www.reuters.com

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Michael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social · 11d
Interesting short piece by Carolyn Sissoko on the institutional role of banks in a credit economy.
csissoko.bsky.social Carolyn Sissoko @csissoko.bsky.social · 11d
I riff on @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social’s discussion of institutions and growth to explain why banking may be an important missing link in economists’ understanding of how and why growth takes place.

Institutions and growth: How banks used to provide the liquidity that fuels innovation and growth

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Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 11d
Katie Donington, Abdul Mohamud, Robin Whitburn and Nicholas
Draper, Teaching Slavery: New Approaches to Britain’s Colonial Past – @uclpress.bsky.social, November 2025 (print and open access)
uclpress.co.uk/book/teachin...
Teaching Slavery
Teaching Slavery offers ground-breaking research and practical guidance for teaching Britain’s role in transatlantic slavery. Combining historical analysis with classroom strategies, it equips educato...
uclpress.co.uk

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Martijn Konings @mkonings.bsky.social · 11d
New paper out - on why there won't be a return to the golden age of inflation targeting. Empirical material focused on the Reserve Bank of Australia, but the argument applies broadly, I feel.

www.ppesydney.net/content/uplo...

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Carolyn Sissoko @csissoko.bsky.social · 11d
I riff on @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social’s discussion of institutions and growth to explain why banking may be an important missing link in economists’ understanding of how and why growth takes place.

Institutions and growth: How banks used to provide the liquidity that fuels innovation and growth