Joshua Kirshner
@joshkirshner.bsky.social
geographer/planner • energy, urban climate, landscape, extraction frontiers, decarbonization-development dilemmas • known to frequent the Uni of York, UK
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Björk for the independence of Greenland
January 5, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Björk for the independence of Greenland
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"The heavy, sour crude that the country [Venezuela] harbours is precisely the type of which American refineries are chronically short, at a time when America’s relations with Canada, a supplier of the stuff, are strained." www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Donald Trump’s great Venezuelan oil gamble
The country has the world’s largest petroleum reserves. Getting them out of the ground will be tortuous
www.economist.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:42 PM
"The heavy, sour crude that the country [Venezuela] harbours is precisely the type of which American refineries are chronically short, at a time when America’s relations with Canada, a supplier of the stuff, are strained." www.economist.com/finance-and-...
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“It’s a horrible, horrible waste,” said Sharon Wilson, director of campaign @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social, pointing to Grok-generated images of Nazi Mickey Mouse as an example of what fossil gas was being burned to produce. “What useful purpose does this serve?”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘Just an unbelievable amount of pollution’: how big a threat is AI to the climate?
Defenders say AI can do good to fight the climate crisis. But spiralling energy and water costs leave experts worried
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:53 AM
“It’s a horrible, horrible waste,” said Sharon Wilson, director of campaign @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social, pointing to Grok-generated images of Nazi Mickey Mouse as an example of what fossil gas was being burned to produce. “What useful purpose does this serve?”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Okay everybody! Please help me with this! Universities everywhere are increasingly awful, so let's put together some New Year's Resolutions to help them get better! I'll start!
1) Stand up for the importance of good education for good lives for people, society, and planet.
1) Stand up for the importance of good education for good lives for people, society, and planet.
December 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Okay everybody! Please help me with this! Universities everywhere are increasingly awful, so let's put together some New Year's Resolutions to help them get better! I'll start!
1) Stand up for the importance of good education for good lives for people, society, and planet.
1) Stand up for the importance of good education for good lives for people, society, and planet.
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"On the continent that brought you colonial terror, world war, and concentration camps, fascism is once again a mainstream ideology."
Gary Younge in @hammerandhope.bsky.social explains parallels, differences and interactions between the European and US far right. hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
Gary Younge in @hammerandhope.bsky.social explains parallels, differences and interactions between the European and US far right. hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
Donald Trump and the Far-Right Insurgency in Europe
On both sides of the Atlantic, a belligerent sense of whiteness and national identity, beset by economic insecurity, is winning elections.
hammerandhope.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:24 AM
"On the continent that brought you colonial terror, world war, and concentration camps, fascism is once again a mainstream ideology."
Gary Younge in @hammerandhope.bsky.social explains parallels, differences and interactions between the European and US far right. hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
Gary Younge in @hammerandhope.bsky.social explains parallels, differences and interactions between the European and US far right. hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
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New Online 1st Commentary “Energy geographies, interconnections, and embeddedness” by Catherine Butler and Lucy McFadzean
doi.org/10.1177/2043...
doi.org/10.1177/2043...
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December 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
New Online 1st Commentary “Energy geographies, interconnections, and embeddedness” by Catherine Butler and Lucy McFadzean
doi.org/10.1177/2043...
doi.org/10.1177/2043...
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mixed use, walkable neighborhoods. rome, 1967
December 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
mixed use, walkable neighborhoods. rome, 1967
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In what could plausibly represent a Christmas miracle* SFU Geography has two (2) new tenure track hires. One is urban/climate, which I will repost below. The other is a Landscape Ecologist. Please share ... #academicsky
*actually just the good decisions of our new Dean
www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...
*actually just the good decisions of our new Dean
www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...
Assistant Professor of Landscape Ecology
www.sfu.ca
December 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In what could plausibly represent a Christmas miracle* SFU Geography has two (2) new tenure track hires. One is urban/climate, which I will repost below. The other is a Landscape Ecologist. Please share ... #academicsky
*actually just the good decisions of our new Dean
www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...
*actually just the good decisions of our new Dean
www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...
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Britain (and Labour, incredibly) cancelling #transport schemes outside the capital is a national obsession. Leading to our provincial cities being among least productive in #Europe. How does the #Chancellor sleep whilst « delaying » this in her own constituency? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Britain’s cities are desperate for better transport. Why is Westminster derailing our plans in Leeds? | Thomas Forth
A long-promised tram network has been pushed back to the late 2030s – unless we build local, northern growth will be snuffed out, says Thomas Forth, co-founder of tech firm The Data City
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Britain (and Labour, incredibly) cancelling #transport schemes outside the capital is a national obsession. Leading to our provincial cities being among least productive in #Europe. How does the #Chancellor sleep whilst « delaying » this in her own constituency? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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USA funds torture in CECOT and CBS buries the evidence. View full segment
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Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
archive.org
December 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
USA funds torture in CECOT and CBS buries the evidence. View full segment
archive.org/details/60mi...
archive.org/details/60mi...
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December 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Missed the announcement of the release of our new special issue on #Fanon at 100?
Frantz Fanon at 100: class struggle and the future of African liberation
Find the journal alert and all the contents, free to access & download anywhere in the world, here:
mailchi.mp/09af158365d9...
#Fanon100
Frantz Fanon at 100: class struggle and the future of African liberation
Find the journal alert and all the contents, free to access & download anywhere in the world, here:
mailchi.mp/09af158365d9...
#Fanon100
December 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Missed the announcement of the release of our new special issue on #Fanon at 100?
Frantz Fanon at 100: class struggle and the future of African liberation
Find the journal alert and all the contents, free to access & download anywhere in the world, here:
mailchi.mp/09af158365d9...
#Fanon100
Frantz Fanon at 100: class struggle and the future of African liberation
Find the journal alert and all the contents, free to access & download anywhere in the world, here:
mailchi.mp/09af158365d9...
#Fanon100
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Our new Spring 2026 catalog features a terrific lineup of #NewBooks by @proteinthebook.bsky.social, @erintorkelson.bsky.social, @scottsvisor, @crysbaik.bsky.social, and many more! Check it out now: buff.ly/ToBoRB7
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Our new Spring 2026 catalog features a terrific lineup of #NewBooks by @proteinthebook.bsky.social, @erintorkelson.bsky.social, @scottsvisor, @crysbaik.bsky.social, and many more! Check it out now: buff.ly/ToBoRB7
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Democrats need to get ahead of something for once and go all-in on the data center fight.
It’s the perfect wedge issue against billionaires and Trump.
It’s the perfect wedge issue against billionaires and Trump.
‘Uniquely evil’: Michigan residents fight against huge data center backed by top tycoons
Locals band together in David v Goliath fight against facility they say would jack up bills, increase pollution and destroy area’s character
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Democrats need to get ahead of something for once and go all-in on the data center fight.
It’s the perfect wedge issue against billionaires and Trump.
It’s the perfect wedge issue against billionaires and Trump.
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Nixon only redacted eighteen minutes.
December 20, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Nixon only redacted eighteen minutes.
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Kerry Kennedy — Robert and Ethel Kennedy’s daughter and RFK Jr.’s sister — says she’s going to grab a pickax as soon as Trump’s term is over and take his name off the Kennedy Center.
December 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Kerry Kennedy — Robert and Ethel Kennedy’s daughter and RFK Jr.’s sister — says she’s going to grab a pickax as soon as Trump’s term is over and take his name off the Kennedy Center.
article examining the urban conditions surrounding Zohran Mamdani’s electoral victory in New York and what these dynamics might mean for the future of the socialist movement in the United States. - Walter J. Nicholls socialistforum.dsausa.org/issues/fall-...
After Mamdani’s big win: Is the Time Right for a General Socialist Offensive? – Socialist Forum
socialistforum.dsausa.org
December 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
article examining the urban conditions surrounding Zohran Mamdani’s electoral victory in New York and what these dynamics might mean for the future of the socialist movement in the United States. - Walter J. Nicholls socialistforum.dsausa.org/issues/fall-...
call for letters of intent (LOIs) on decolonizing participatory research methods, in the Journal of Participatory Research Methods: jprm.scholasticahq.com/post/3612-ca...
Call for LOIs- Decolonizing Participatory Research Methods | Published by Journal of Participatory Research Methods
The Journal of Participatory Research Methods (JPRM) invites Letters of Intent (LOIs) for a forthcoming special issue on Decolonizing Participatory Research Methods.
jprm.scholasticahq.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
call for letters of intent (LOIs) on decolonizing participatory research methods, in the Journal of Participatory Research Methods: jprm.scholasticahq.com/post/3612-ca...
Some good advice here for people who struggle with multiple review requests
Academics. If you get lots of review requests, the secret is to say no to most of them. For those that you say yes to, read and review them in one sitting, spending no more than an hour ideally on them. Otherwise, you can't function. I've got 6 in queue right now, two of them book proposals.
December 16, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Some good advice here for people who struggle with multiple review requests
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Even by his appalling standards, what the US president just posted was unspeakably revolting
December 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Even by his appalling standards, what the US president just posted was unspeakably revolting
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12 dead at a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.💔
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
December 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
12 dead at a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.💔
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
