Max D Woodworth
@maxwoodworth.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Geography at Ohio State University focused on urban/energy/cultural geography, China, Taiwan, coal everywhere.
Would Trump and Co really engineer a huge sell off in order to short a bunch of O&G stocks?
No way!
No way!
February 3, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Would Trump and Co really engineer a huge sell off in order to short a bunch of O&G stocks?
No way!
No way!
The media keeps repeating the phrase DEI in the euphemistic way the right has re-coded the word, i.e., as affirmative action.
It’s the kind of laziness that the right relies upon from the media (Bannon has said as much), and it’s also highly destructive, as we’re now seeing. Do better.
It’s the kind of laziness that the right relies upon from the media (Bannon has said as much), and it’s also highly destructive, as we’re now seeing. Do better.
February 3, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The media keeps repeating the phrase DEI in the euphemistic way the right has re-coded the word, i.e., as affirmative action.
It’s the kind of laziness that the right relies upon from the media (Bannon has said as much), and it’s also highly destructive, as we’re now seeing. Do better.
It’s the kind of laziness that the right relies upon from the media (Bannon has said as much), and it’s also highly destructive, as we’re now seeing. Do better.
The word for this is counter-revolution. www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
reuters.com
www.reuters.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The word for this is counter-revolution. www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
A thing I always admired about Taiwan’s government was that, Blue or Green, there was a strong governing consensus that as TW got wealthier things should get better: new subways, high-speed rail, more education slots, renovated schools, single-payer health, and so on. Simplifying, but still.
February 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A thing I always admired about Taiwan’s government was that, Blue or Green, there was a strong governing consensus that as TW got wealthier things should get better: new subways, high-speed rail, more education slots, renovated schools, single-payer health, and so on. Simplifying, but still.
Ohio has a new law requiring people to use the bathroom that aligns with their biological sex. You know what the law also says? Asking strangers in a bathroom (or anywhere), even politely, to prove their sex is harassment and that shit carries consequences. Legal consequences.
January 31, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Ohio has a new law requiring people to use the bathroom that aligns with their biological sex. You know what the law also says? Asking strangers in a bathroom (or anywhere), even politely, to prove their sex is harassment and that shit carries consequences. Legal consequences.
I am struggling to comprehend the inner bleakness of a political leader whose response to people’s immeasurable grief is to take showy petty swipes at his opponents and to try and to insulate himself from accountability.
January 31, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I am struggling to comprehend the inner bleakness of a political leader whose response to people’s immeasurable grief is to take showy petty swipes at his opponents and to try and to insulate himself from accountability.
I don’t know squat about AI but I do know a few things about China and could have told anyone who asked that if the Chinese central government has decided on a crazy-seeming goal, like being a dominant player in AI,your best bet is that it will happen. Let that guide your thinking hereafter.
January 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I don’t know squat about AI but I do know a few things about China and could have told anyone who asked that if the Chinese central government has decided on a crazy-seeming goal, like being a dominant player in AI,your best bet is that it will happen. Let that guide your thinking hereafter.
All the buffoons on tv yesterday praising the spending freeze as a good, decisive action must be feeling pretty dumb now. Right?
Ha! They don’t care. They’ll just say rescinding the memo is the boldest, most decisive-est step ever taken.
Ha! They don’t care. They’ll just say rescinding the memo is the boldest, most decisive-est step ever taken.
January 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
All the buffoons on tv yesterday praising the spending freeze as a good, decisive action must be feeling pretty dumb now. Right?
Ha! They don’t care. They’ll just say rescinding the memo is the boldest, most decisive-est step ever taken.
Ha! They don’t care. They’ll just say rescinding the memo is the boldest, most decisive-est step ever taken.
Blood on their hands www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries
PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Blood on their hands www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
Currently in a naturalization ceremony and all these people are so much more uplifting than the freaks running the federal government for now.
January 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Currently in a naturalization ceremony and all these people are so much more uplifting than the freaks running the federal government for now.
Of course they spelled it Columbia.
January 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Of course they spelled it Columbia.
After the announced pause in aid I looked up USAID and State for this and got a 404. Now I know why. These f’ers. Pausing PEPFAR (and probably cutting it eventually) is unspeakably cruel and stupid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
Trump Pauses Disbursements to Program Supplying H.I.V. Treatment Worldwide
Pepfar, which is estimated to have delivered lifesaving treatment to as many as 25 million people in 54 countries, faces a funding delay of as long as 180 days.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
After the announced pause in aid I looked up USAID and State for this and got a 404. Now I know why. These f’ers. Pausing PEPFAR (and probably cutting it eventually) is unspeakably cruel and stupid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
The mighty Olentangy River is currently a frozen highway.
January 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The mighty Olentangy River is currently a frozen highway.
Olentangy Trail bridge. (1/24/25) frosty bike commute, arguably my most wypypo activity
January 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Olentangy Trail bridge. (1/24/25) frosty bike commute, arguably my most wypypo activity
Trump says we were wealthiest in the 1890s. That’s….insane and hilariously ignorant. In REAL dollars, per capita GDP in 1900 was under $9k. It’s about $90k now. WTF is even happening here? Why must we listen to this idiot? How is this doofus president?
Misanthropy surging!
Misanthropy surging!
January 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Trump says we were wealthiest in the 1890s. That’s….insane and hilariously ignorant. In REAL dollars, per capita GDP in 1900 was under $9k. It’s about $90k now. WTF is even happening here? Why must we listen to this idiot? How is this doofus president?
Misanthropy surging!
Misanthropy surging!
Has Bill Easterly spoken up about Trump pausing all foreign aid (except, of course, military aid to the usual suspects) and subjecting all projects to approval by Russ Vought?
January 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Has Bill Easterly spoken up about Trump pausing all foreign aid (except, of course, military aid to the usual suspects) and subjecting all projects to approval by Russ Vought?
The Trump admin has a strange but totally predictable preoccupation with architectural norms. The historical record of regimes claiming to want to restore “Western Civilization” and build accordingly is not great.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture – The White House
January 20, 2025 MEMORANDUM FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION SUBJECT:
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January 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The Trump admin has a strange but totally predictable preoccupation with architectural norms. The historical record of regimes claiming to want to restore “Western Civilization” and build accordingly is not great.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Walked by this spectacular house in central Tokyo and had to get up real close to confirm that yes the entire exterior is sugi ban cladding. Stunning. (Yes I touched the walls)
January 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Walked by this spectacular house in central Tokyo and had to get up real close to confirm that yes the entire exterior is sugi ban cladding. Stunning. (Yes I touched the walls)
Dusting off my Mackinder now that territorial acquisition is on the agenda.
a woman in a pink shirt is standing in front of a bookshelf full of books one of which is titled bible
ALT: a woman in a pink shirt is standing in front of a bookshelf full of books one of which is titled bible
media.tenor.com
January 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Dusting off my Mackinder now that territorial acquisition is on the agenda.
Someone at the DNC thought 9am today was a good time to send out a donation solicitation.
a cartoon character is scratching his head and the word bruh is on the bottom
ALT: a cartoon character is scratching his head and the word bruh is on the bottom
media.tenor.com
January 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Someone at the DNC thought 9am today was a good time to send out a donation solicitation.
Someone coined the term “seminar bro” and here is a specimen in the wild. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/m...
‘The Interview’: Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy is Done
The once-fringe writer has long argued for an American monarchy. His ideas have found an audience in the incoming administration and Silicon Valley.
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Someone coined the term “seminar bro” and here is a specimen in the wild. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/m...
This might be the wildest trick ive ever seen. youtube.com/shorts/4p7oB...
Filipe Mota Kickflip Front Blunt Hollywood 16 from Primitive’s “DAYDREAM” video
YouTube video by SLS
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January 17, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This might be the wildest trick ive ever seen. youtube.com/shorts/4p7oB...