Eliot Tretter
@eliottretter.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Geography. University of Calgary. Author, Shadows of a Sunbelt City.
Ryan @burnsr77.bsky.social and I published a second paper looking at digitization and extractive labour. Urban futures of digitalized fossil labour tinyurl.com/3hba7hy3 Thanks to N. Ebner, B. Bragg, and H. Schling SI on the future of industrial work tinyurl.com/yt3cbpnd and brisunipress.bsky.social
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October 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Ryan @burnsr77.bsky.social and I published a second paper looking at digitization and extractive labour. Urban futures of digitalized fossil labour tinyurl.com/3hba7hy3 Thanks to N. Ebner, B. Bragg, and H. Schling SI on the future of industrial work tinyurl.com/yt3cbpnd and brisunipress.bsky.social
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Nate Horner just told the Alberta Legislature that Bill 2 Back to School Act will include the Notwithstanding Clause.
October 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Nate Horner just told the Alberta Legislature that Bill 2 Back to School Act will include the Notwithstanding Clause.
Best book I've read this year: Matteo Pasquinelli's Eye of the Master. It's just a fantastically interesting account of the social history AI and makes a timely contribution many recent discussions and debates in radical political economy. @versobooks.bsky.social @mttpsq.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Best book I've read this year: Matteo Pasquinelli's Eye of the Master. It's just a fantastically interesting account of the social history AI and makes a timely contribution many recent discussions and debates in radical political economy. @versobooks.bsky.social @mttpsq.bsky.social
Internal documents reveal ICE’s plans to double immigrant detention to more than 100,000 beds, including new detention centers for families.
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ICE documents reveal plan to double immigrant detention space this year
Internal documents reveal ICE’s plans to double immigrant detention to more than 100,000 beds, including new detention centers for families.
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August 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Internal documents reveal ICE’s plans to double immigrant detention to more than 100,000 beds, including new detention centers for families.
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The U.S. Marches Toward State Capitalism With American Characteristics.
President Trump is imitating the Chinese Communist Party by extending political control ever deeper into the economy, Greg Ip writes
President Trump is imitating the Chinese Communist Party by extending political control ever deeper into the economy, Greg Ip writes
The U.S. Marches Toward State Capitalism With American Characteristics
President Trump is imitating the Chinese Communist Party by extending political control ever deeper into the economy.
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August 12, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The U.S. Marches Toward State Capitalism With American Characteristics.
President Trump is imitating the Chinese Communist Party by extending political control ever deeper into the economy, Greg Ip writes
President Trump is imitating the Chinese Communist Party by extending political control ever deeper into the economy, Greg Ip writes
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Ever wanted to host a #podcast? Or have you written a recent #Geography or #SpatialStudies book? AAG is partnering with @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to offer opportunities to interview other #geographers about their books and issues of importance in the discipline. Learn more: buff.ly/Qv9hyDN
June 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Ever wanted to host a #podcast? Or have you written a recent #Geography or #SpatialStudies book? AAG is partnering with @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to offer opportunities to interview other #geographers about their books and issues of importance in the discipline. Learn more: buff.ly/Qv9hyDN
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🚨 I'm recruiting a funded MA + PhD to research poverty alleviation models w/ a leading Greater Manchester organisation!
More than a rough sleeper: Framing & examining holistic approaches to poverty alleviation.
Deadline: July 1 | Start: October
UK/home students only www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
More than a rough sleeper: Framing & examining holistic approaches to poverty alleviation.
Deadline: July 1 | Start: October
UK/home students only www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
More than a rough sleeper: Framing and examining holistic approaches to poverty alleviation at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - More than a rough sleeper: Framing and examining holistic approaches to poverty alleviation at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
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June 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
🚨 I'm recruiting a funded MA + PhD to research poverty alleviation models w/ a leading Greater Manchester organisation!
More than a rough sleeper: Framing & examining holistic approaches to poverty alleviation.
Deadline: July 1 | Start: October
UK/home students only www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
More than a rough sleeper: Framing & examining holistic approaches to poverty alleviation.
Deadline: July 1 | Start: October
UK/home students only www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Texans grapple with rising toxic pollution as oil, gas production booms. thehill.com/policy/energ...
Texans grapple with rising toxic pollution as oil, gas production booms
This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part three in a four-part series. Read part one here and part two here. ODESSA, Texas — For retired pastor Colu…
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March 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Texans grapple with rising toxic pollution as oil, gas production booms. thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Hey! Are you an American considering a PhD or a postdoc, and the funding / academic situation just went absolutely bonkers?
Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.
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Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.
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NSERC - Latest News - Launch of the new Harmonized Tri-agency Scholarship and Fellowship programs
As announced in Budget 2024, the scholarship and fellowship programs administered by the three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – have been streamlined into a new harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) that will open for applications in summer 2025.
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March 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Hey! Are you an American considering a PhD or a postdoc, and the funding / academic situation just went absolutely bonkers?
Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
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New paper with Eliot Tretter published today. We raise an overlooked issue with the use of Mission Innovation to address climate change (the "Climate Moonshot") that threatens the mission if not addressed - missions don't historically disrupt incumbents.
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September 6, 2023 at 2:29 PM
New paper with Eliot Tretter published today. We raise an overlooked issue with the use of Mission Innovation to address climate change (the "Climate Moonshot") that threatens the mission if not addressed - missions don't historically disrupt incumbents.
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