Sven Daniel Wolfe
@sdwolfe.bsky.social
Professor of Social & Cultural Geography. Here to lament / rant - not representing my university - on mega-events, geopolitics, sustainability, UKR-RUS-USA, the end of things and how it could be better.
New book, open access: https://tinyurl.com/SDWHESP.
New book, open access: https://tinyurl.com/SDWHESP.
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It’s exactly this morally clear
Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
January 9, 2026 at 8:44 PM
It’s exactly this morally clear
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we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
January 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
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This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
Worth watching. 2 min (on reddit, sorry) of a religious man on Sunday, on his way to church, threatened by violent ICE goons. Just to share a bit of what friends are going through back home.
Tbh it reminds me of a filtration video I saw from occupied Ukraine in 2017. Same sense of impunity. Awful
Tbh it reminds me of a filtration video I saw from occupied Ukraine in 2017. Same sense of impunity. Awful
ICE agent screaming a threat: "Did you not learn from what just happened?"
www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli...
www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli...
January 12, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Worth watching. 2 min (on reddit, sorry) of a religious man on Sunday, on his way to church, threatened by violent ICE goons. Just to share a bit of what friends are going through back home.
Tbh it reminds me of a filtration video I saw from occupied Ukraine in 2017. Same sense of impunity. Awful
Tbh it reminds me of a filtration video I saw from occupied Ukraine in 2017. Same sense of impunity. Awful
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ICE agent screaming a threat: "Did you not learn from what just happened?"
www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli...
www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli...
January 12, 2026 at 1:49 AM
ICE agent screaming a threat: "Did you not learn from what just happened?"
www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli...
www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli...
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Powell, showing more guts than almost any GOP legislators:
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
January 12, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Powell, showing more guts than almost any GOP legislators:
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
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Everything Trump says in this article is nuttier than a shithouse rat.
Not just false, though it *is* false; not just evil, though it *is* evil; but effing *deranged*.
I cannot believe two Republicans in the House and 20 in the Senate can't see that this man must be removed from office ASAP.
JFC.
Not just false, though it *is* false; not just evil, though it *is* evil; but effing *deranged*.
I cannot believe two Republicans in the House and 20 in the Senate can't see that this man must be removed from office ASAP.
JFC.
Trump Confirms He’s Taking Greenland ‘One Way or the Other’
The president has clarified he is interested in “acquiring, not leasing” the autonomous territory.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Everything Trump says in this article is nuttier than a shithouse rat.
Not just false, though it *is* false; not just evil, though it *is* evil; but effing *deranged*.
I cannot believe two Republicans in the House and 20 in the Senate can't see that this man must be removed from office ASAP.
JFC.
Not just false, though it *is* false; not just evil, though it *is* evil; but effing *deranged*.
I cannot believe two Republicans in the House and 20 in the Senate can't see that this man must be removed from office ASAP.
JFC.
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Today's favourite caricatures, found on Bluesky, 12.01, part 1
January 12, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Today's favourite caricatures, found on Bluesky, 12.01, part 1
Thank you for tagging me! (I actually have an article under review about this… I wish things went faster though!)
January 11, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Thank you for tagging me! (I actually have an article under review about this… I wish things went faster though!)
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Nazis wanted their 1936 Berlin Olympics before launching their invasions in Europe.
Putin wanted his 2014 Sochi Olympics before launching his invasion of Ukraine.
Trump wants his 2026 World Cup before destroying the global security architecture with attacks on allies.
Putin wanted his 2014 Sochi Olympics before launching his invasion of Ukraine.
Trump wants his 2026 World Cup before destroying the global security architecture with attacks on allies.
January 11, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Nazis wanted their 1936 Berlin Olympics before launching their invasions in Europe.
Putin wanted his 2014 Sochi Olympics before launching his invasion of Ukraine.
Trump wants his 2026 World Cup before destroying the global security architecture with attacks on allies.
Putin wanted his 2014 Sochi Olympics before launching his invasion of Ukraine.
Trump wants his 2026 World Cup before destroying the global security architecture with attacks on allies.
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Brought to you by the party of family values and national security.
I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.
The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 10, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Brought to you by the party of family values and national security.
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I am old it enough to remember this heroic man in 1989, but many younger people might need a refresher.
January 11, 2026 at 12:54 AM
I am old it enough to remember this heroic man in 1989, but many younger people might need a refresher.
Amazing! Thank you
January 9, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Amazing! Thank you
I sincerely appreciate everything about your response and it makes me all glowy
January 8, 2026 at 5:54 PM
I sincerely appreciate everything about your response and it makes me all glowy
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fox news putting in the legwork on my posts
January 8, 2026 at 5:52 PM
fox news putting in the legwork on my posts
Good god, that really is disgraceful and disgusting. How can they live with themselves? It baffles me
January 8, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Good god, that really is disgraceful and disgusting. How can they live with themselves? It baffles me
Talking the talk *and* walking the walk. Kat is the real deal and the beleaguered USA needs more of this.
Abolishing ICE is the bare minimum.
We need to dismantle DHS. We need restitution. And we need trials.
We need to dismantle DHS. We need restitution. And we need trials.
January 8, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Talking the talk *and* walking the walk. Kat is the real deal and the beleaguered USA needs more of this.
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Abolishing ICE is the bare minimum.
We need to dismantle DHS. We need restitution. And we need trials.
We need to dismantle DHS. We need restitution. And we need trials.
January 8, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Abolishing ICE is the bare minimum.
We need to dismantle DHS. We need restitution. And we need trials.
We need to dismantle DHS. We need restitution. And we need trials.
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Of course it's completely normal for the President of the United States to control all the money from the sale of between 30 to 50 million barrels of oil. Why, it's the most normal thing in the history of everything!
January 7, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Of course it's completely normal for the President of the United States to control all the money from the sale of between 30 to 50 million barrels of oil. Why, it's the most normal thing in the history of everything!
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Sympathy with my many friends and colleagues in Minnesota. A horrible horrible day
January 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Sympathy with my many friends and colleagues in Minnesota. A horrible horrible day
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Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.
January 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.
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Do Trump voters notice that Trump and Noem are flat-out lying about ICE's cold-blooded killing of a Minnesota woman today? Is lying about murder a cool way to own the libs?
January 7, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Do Trump voters notice that Trump and Noem are flat-out lying about ICE's cold-blooded killing of a Minnesota woman today? Is lying about murder a cool way to own the libs?
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Minnesota is a wonderful place and I wish the various law enforcement entities that operate here would stop killing people.
Feeling so much horror and despair and fear right now in this place I love.
I wish I had words of encouragement right now. I know some folks look to me for that. Got nothing.
Feeling so much horror and despair and fear right now in this place I love.
I wish I had words of encouragement right now. I know some folks look to me for that. Got nothing.
January 7, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Minnesota is a wonderful place and I wish the various law enforcement entities that operate here would stop killing people.
Feeling so much horror and despair and fear right now in this place I love.
I wish I had words of encouragement right now. I know some folks look to me for that. Got nothing.
Feeling so much horror and despair and fear right now in this place I love.
I wish I had words of encouragement right now. I know some folks look to me for that. Got nothing.
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DHS agents murdered someone in Minneapolis today for filming them. Everything DHS did in L.A. happened in Chicago. Everything that happened in Chicago is happening right now in Minneapolis. It's coming to your city next.
"A federal agent pointed a gun at a combat veteran’s face and said “bang, bang” and “you’re dead, liberal” during an immigration raid last week in Little Village, the veteran is alleging in a new court filing." blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/28/f...
Federal Agent Told Combat Veteran 'You're Dead, Liberal' At Little Village Encounter, Attorneys Say
The allegation comes as ICE and Border Patrol are increasingly facing pushback for using tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and other measures against peaceful protesters and bystanders.
blockclubchicago.org
January 7, 2026 at 6:59 PM
DHS agents murdered someone in Minneapolis today for filming them. Everything DHS did in L.A. happened in Chicago. Everything that happened in Chicago is happening right now in Minneapolis. It's coming to your city next.