Caleb Scoville
@calebscoville.bsky.social
sociology prof @Tufts and 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow studying our contradictory relationship with nature. extraction, knowledge, conservation, political division. projects on the Delta Smelt and partisanship and the environment. https://calebscoville.com
just took my kids to their first jonathan richman show AMA
October 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
just took my kids to their first jonathan richman show AMA
the infrastructurization of platforms something something… visible upon breakdown something something
October 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
the infrastructurization of platforms something something… visible upon breakdown something something
very interesting reflections from Corey Robin here on why and when he changed his mind on the threat that Trump poses to democracy in America.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...
![Then, all of a sudden, you see these mass firings happening. There’s all kinds of reasons to worry about that if you care about climate change. And a lot of people were talking about all those things, but I was thinking about it instantaneously as McCarthyism.
The other thing was, of course, the capitulation of law firms and universities. And the record of elites and institutions, unfortunately, is not so great. So seeing those institutions start capitulating, often to financial threats. Not: We’re going to put you in jail. But: We’re going to take away your funding.
Americans have a weird attitude toward money. On the one hand, it’s the most important thing in America. And on the other hand, we have this very moralistic idea: Well, if it’s just money, stand up to the [expletive]!
And it’s like: Could we put these two worlds together? [Laughs.]
The economy is a medium of political coercion in this country. It always has been. Trump didn’t invent that.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:whjrpdlbw7ofox6hmgrbqbtw/bafkreicq3l5r5uioydtynijsalw3w6ideswcjb5whzgumkeplf5gefh6vm@jpeg)
September 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
very interesting reflections from Corey Robin here on why and when he changed his mind on the threat that Trump poses to democracy in America.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...
New article out in Geo: Geography and Environment with an interdisciplinary dream team of coauthors: “From maps to models: Participation and contestability in the dynamic management of natural resources.”
doi.org/10.1002/geo2... (open access)
doi.org/10.1002/geo2... (open access)
September 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
New article out in Geo: Geography and Environment with an interdisciplinary dream team of coauthors: “From maps to models: Participation and contestability in the dynamic management of natural resources.”
doi.org/10.1002/geo2... (open access)
doi.org/10.1002/geo2... (open access)
cancel culture strikes again
September 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
cancel culture strikes again
September 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
truly a delight to discover that my landlord has had to repeatedly lower the listed rent the apartment above ours and it’s still unrented. the rent is still too damn high, but I love to see even a little bit of comeuppance for these overzealous landlords after they gouged us during the covid shock.
September 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
truly a delight to discover that my landlord has had to repeatedly lower the listed rent the apartment above ours and it’s still unrented. the rent is still too damn high, but I love to see even a little bit of comeuppance for these overzealous landlords after they gouged us during the covid shock.
This paper was accepted for publication in Geo: Geography and Environment this morning 🎉, but you can read it NOW as a preprint: osf.io/preprints/so...
September 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
This paper was accepted for publication in Geo: Geography and Environment this morning 🎉, but you can read it NOW as a preprint: osf.io/preprints/so...
syllabus on anti-environmentalism in America is getting some second-order updates in real-time
August 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
syllabus on anti-environmentalism in America is getting some second-order updates in real-time
the EPA's environmental justice timeline has been taken down.
August 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
the EPA's environmental justice timeline has been taken down.
my Instagram ads after a productive day of data collection on right wing organizations. guess I should use incognito.
August 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
my Instagram ads after a productive day of data collection on right wing organizations. guess I should use incognito.
any idea what the yellow and red labeled categories tend to actually mean?
August 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
any idea what the yellow and red labeled categories tend to actually mean?
Slightly diminish a band: Creed
August 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Slightly diminish a band: Creed
I got to Chicago at the right time
August 8, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I got to Chicago at the right time
presenting with @ahmccumber.bsky.social tomorrow at the ASA pre-conference on climate change and you're not going to want to miss what comes next
August 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
presenting with @ahmccumber.bsky.social tomorrow at the ASA pre-conference on climate change and you're not going to want to miss what comes next
I don't know about you, but as someone who is not particularly prone to conspiracy theories in general, this makes me somewhat more prone to suspect a conspiracy in this particular case.
July 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I don't know about you, but as someone who is not particularly prone to conspiracy theories in general, this makes me somewhat more prone to suspect a conspiracy in this particular case.
I am going to put this at the top of my syllabus for my Anti-Environmentalism in America seminar in the fall
July 22, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I am going to put this at the top of my syllabus for my Anti-Environmentalism in America seminar in the fall
when asked why I was canceling, I selected “Other” and typed, “I do not want to support automated killing with my money.”
July 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
when asked why I was canceling, I selected “Other” and typed, “I do not want to support automated killing with my money.”
hmm, might have to move back to California
July 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
hmm, might have to move back to California
oh how I missed you my love
July 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
oh how I missed you my love
some of my early work
July 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
some of my early work
grandpa’s proudest catch, immortalized.
July 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
grandpa’s proudest catch, immortalized.