fergie maxwell
fergiee.bsky.social
fergie maxwell
@fergiee.bsky.social
trans and a girl.

wildfires, climate, risk, affect
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wrote a little bit about the greatest to ever do it
Thank You, Melvyn Bragg | Defector
Melvyn Bragg, host of the BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time since its very first episode back in 1998, has greeted me in the same delightfully brusque manner hundreds and hundreds of times. Hello. In ...
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September 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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I’m not saying AI is evil — god forbid I be that moralistic and clear — I’m saying it is worse than that. It’s MID. Too mid to do much more than externalize some risk, produce some mid documents, and accelerate climate risk as a cute little benefit.
March 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
My new article in Urban Studies, where I look at the discourse of empty volume in neoliberal urban development and beyond:

Under the paving stones at the Bloordale Beach: Sub-terra urbs nullius and volumetric colonialism in Toronto. Urban Studies, 0(0). doi.org/10.1177/0042...
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March 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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every book is like, what if the CLIMATE could HAVE SEX
March 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Bill Gates has liquidated his climate policy and advocacy organization, laying off dozens of staff in Washington, Brussels, and elsewhere.

It’s another giant retrenchment for the billionaire, who had already slashed his climate grant budget last month. heatmap.news/climate/brea...
The Bill Gates Era of Climate Giving Has Ended
Breakthrough Energy is winding down its policy and advocacy office, depriving the Inflation Reduction Act of a powerful defender.
heatmap.news
March 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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It takes a very cold heart to think that somehow, a person who is alive but constantly wishes they were dead is an acceptable outcome.
A few things wrong here from our friends at City Journal but the most obvious is that a coroner cannot identify a corpse as transgender unless they've medically transitioned-- which reduces their rate of suicide. A living trans person, however, can report their pre-transition suicidal behavior.
December 7, 2024 at 2:23 PM