Irene Picache
@irenepicache.bsky.social
Filipino geographer | Iskolar ng Bayan 🇵🇭 | 📍🇳🇱
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We at GDI are immensely disheartened to hear that @iobua.bsky.social has been informed by the Flemish government that their core funding will not be renewed.
If you would like to show your support and take action, you can sign this petition: bit.ly/46uCzYj
If you would like to show your support and take action, you can sign this petition: bit.ly/46uCzYj
The Flemish government’s unexpected decision not to renew IOB’s agreement puts €2.64M funding, 32 jobs, key programmes and global partnerships at risk. Support us! https://bit.ly/saveIOB
#saveIOB #developmentpolicy #developmentpolicy #iobcommunity
#saveIOB #developmentpolicy #developmentpolicy #iobcommunity
September 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
We at GDI are immensely disheartened to hear that @iobua.bsky.social has been informed by the Flemish government that their core funding will not be renewed.
If you would like to show your support and take action, you can sign this petition: bit.ly/46uCzYj
If you would like to show your support and take action, you can sign this petition: bit.ly/46uCzYj
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🌍 1,555 voices for IOB — but we need more! Every day counts: sign the petition and share it widely so our message to policymakers grows stronger. 💙
👉 https://chng.it/8DhtrFSBpm
#SaveIOB #StandWithIOB #IOBCommunity #GlobalEducation #GlobalSolidarity
👉 https://chng.it/8DhtrFSBpm
#SaveIOB #StandWithIOB #IOBCommunity #GlobalEducation #GlobalSolidarity
October 1, 2025 at 7:10 AM
🌍 1,555 voices for IOB — but we need more! Every day counts: sign the petition and share it widely so our message to policymakers grows stronger. 💙
👉 https://chng.it/8DhtrFSBpm
#SaveIOB #StandWithIOB #IOBCommunity #GlobalEducation #GlobalSolidarity
👉 https://chng.it/8DhtrFSBpm
#SaveIOB #StandWithIOB #IOBCommunity #GlobalEducation #GlobalSolidarity
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💙 Our alumni & global community are standing with IOB! ✍️ Sign their petition to oppose cuts to IOB’s core funding & protect students’ futures, global collaboration & academic excellence. 👉 chng.it/8DhtrFSBpm
#saveIOB #StandWithIOB
#saveIOB #StandWithIOB
September 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
💙 Our alumni & global community are standing with IOB! ✍️ Sign their petition to oppose cuts to IOB’s core funding & protect students’ futures, global collaboration & academic excellence. 👉 chng.it/8DhtrFSBpm
#saveIOB #StandWithIOB
#saveIOB #StandWithIOB
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The Flemish government’s unexpected decision not to renew IOB’s agreement puts €2.64M funding, 32 jobs, key programmes and global partnerships at risk. Support us! https://bit.ly/saveIOB
#saveIOB #developmentpolicy #developmentpolicy #iobcommunity
#saveIOB #developmentpolicy #developmentpolicy #iobcommunity
September 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
The Flemish government’s unexpected decision not to renew IOB’s agreement puts €2.64M funding, 32 jobs, key programmes and global partnerships at risk. Support us! https://bit.ly/saveIOB
#saveIOB #developmentpolicy #developmentpolicy #iobcommunity
#saveIOB #developmentpolicy #developmentpolicy #iobcommunity
It took me 25 mins but it was 4 degrees Celsius and I’m 18 weeks pregnant. Can’t go any faster than that 😅
December 5, 2024 at 9:34 AM
It took me 25 mins but it was 4 degrees Celsius and I’m 18 weeks pregnant. Can’t go any faster than that 😅
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Join us later today for this talk on monitoring damage to cultural heritage during times of conflict.
Join us Thursday at 10am EST/4pm CET as we speak to the @cornelluniversity.bsky.social team behind @caucasushw.bsky.social . With @godin.bsky.social we'll be unpacking how you might use open source tools to monitor and assess damage to cultural heritage during conflict.
discord.gg/nCrVdaUA?eve...
discord.gg/nCrVdaUA?eve...
December 5, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Join us later today for this talk on monitoring damage to cultural heritage during times of conflict.
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pls share: funded by EPA: Economy & Space, up to 8 travel + accommodation stipends available to enable doctoral & postdoctoral researchers to participate in the "ideational geographies" workshop at UBC, June 11-13, 2025. Application details:
blogs.ubc.ca/peck/researc...
blogs.ubc.ca/peck/researc...
Ideational geographies workshop
blogs.ubc.ca
November 17, 2024 at 1:08 AM
pls share: funded by EPA: Economy & Space, up to 8 travel + accommodation stipends available to enable doctoral & postdoctoral researchers to participate in the "ideational geographies" workshop at UBC, June 11-13, 2025. Application details:
blogs.ubc.ca/peck/researc...
blogs.ubc.ca/peck/researc...
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I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
November 27, 2024 at 7:08 PM
I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
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WATCH: If you STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown and all the urban parts of your city, watch this EXCELLENT video by #NotJustBikes with Urban3 & @strongtowns.bsky.social. And then PLEASE SHARE it as much as possible. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nw6...
November 24, 2024 at 5:44 PM
WATCH: If you STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown and all the urban parts of your city, watch this EXCELLENT video by #NotJustBikes with Urban3 & @strongtowns.bsky.social. And then PLEASE SHARE it as much as possible. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nw6...
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Happy Holidays! ALL Haymarket Books are 40% off through January 3rd!
November 22, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Happy Holidays! ALL Haymarket Books are 40% off through January 3rd!
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🌍 NEW ISSUE ALERT! 🌍
📚 Volume 4 Issue 2 of #Routes is now available, open access for all to read.
✍️ Routes showcases original research from high school and undergraduate #geographers.
👇 See below for details on contributions.
routesjournal.org/current-issue/ @rgsibg.bsky.social
📚 Volume 4 Issue 2 of #Routes is now available, open access for all to read.
✍️ Routes showcases original research from high school and undergraduate #geographers.
👇 See below for details on contributions.
routesjournal.org/current-issue/ @rgsibg.bsky.social
Current Issue
VOLUME 4 ISSUE 2 2024 ISSN 2634-4815 Pages: 68-130. Editorial Essays This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
routesjournal.org
November 26, 2024 at 8:40 AM
🌍 NEW ISSUE ALERT! 🌍
📚 Volume 4 Issue 2 of #Routes is now available, open access for all to read.
✍️ Routes showcases original research from high school and undergraduate #geographers.
👇 See below for details on contributions.
routesjournal.org/current-issue/ @rgsibg.bsky.social
📚 Volume 4 Issue 2 of #Routes is now available, open access for all to read.
✍️ Routes showcases original research from high school and undergraduate #geographers.
👇 See below for details on contributions.
routesjournal.org/current-issue/ @rgsibg.bsky.social
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Parked cars look so normal to most people that they look invisible. When you are able to live without them, you'll wonder what the hell you needed so many of them for in the first place.
Before & After: I don’t think people realize the extent to which parked cars degrade public space.
November 25, 2024 at 6:12 AM
Parked cars look so normal to most people that they look invisible. When you are able to live without them, you'll wonder what the hell you needed so many of them for in the first place.
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From the "Transit Maps" archive: a 1977 London Tube map with fare zones from Green Park added by ticket seller Phil Roe so he could calculate fares more rapidly.
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transitmap.net/phil-roe-far...
Transit Maps: Historical Map: Hand-drawn fare zone London Underground Map by Phil Roe, c. 1977
Phil Roe is a London Underground employee with over 40 years of service. While working in ticket offices in the 1970s, he was worried that he was too slow in calculating fares for customers, so he …
transitmap.net
November 24, 2024 at 9:13 PM
From the "Transit Maps" archive: a 1977 London Tube map with fare zones from Green Park added by ticket seller Phil Roe so he could calculate fares more rapidly.
transitmap.net/phil-roe-far...
transitmap.net/phil-roe-far...
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Taipei govt is demolishing a famous (anti-)pedestrian bridge because they recognize that it makes streets less safe and that it's harder for pedestrians to use.
Meanwhile in the Philippines, various governments insist on building them still
Meanwhile in the Philippines, various governments insist on building them still
“…the pedestrian bridge has served as a filming location for several renowned Taiwanese movies and dramas, including director Ang Lee's (李安) "Eat Drink Man Woman" (飲食男女).”
Taipei gov't to demolish pedestrian overpass despite protests
focustaiwan.tw/society/2024...
Taipei gov't to demolish pedestrian overpass despite protests
focustaiwan.tw/society/2024...
Taipei gov't to demolish pedestrian overpass despite protests - Focus Taiwan
The Taipei City government announced Tuesday that it will begin demolishing a 42-year-old pedestrian overpass near Daan Forest Park later that day, despite protests from local residents and cultural a...
focustaiwan.tw
November 24, 2024 at 8:24 AM
Taipei govt is demolishing a famous (anti-)pedestrian bridge because they recognize that it makes streets less safe and that it's harder for pedestrians to use.
Meanwhile in the Philippines, various governments insist on building them still
Meanwhile in the Philippines, various governments insist on building them still
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¿Algo más bonito que #AlColegioEnBici?
Genial programa de la Ciudad de Bogotá
En operación desde 2013
Más de 15 mil niñas y niños se han beneficiado de acceso divertido, sostenible y saludable
Genial programa de la Ciudad de Bogotá
En operación desde 2013
Más de 15 mil niñas y niños se han beneficiado de acceso divertido, sostenible y saludable
November 23, 2024 at 8:27 PM
¿Algo más bonito que #AlColegioEnBici?
Genial programa de la Ciudad de Bogotá
En operación desde 2013
Más de 15 mil niñas y niños se han beneficiado de acceso divertido, sostenible y saludable
Genial programa de la Ciudad de Bogotá
En operación desde 2013
Más de 15 mil niñas y niños se han beneficiado de acceso divertido, sostenible y saludable
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Would you like to develop tools or methods that can support online researchers? Do you have a project idea that could benefit the open source research community? Bellingcat’s Tech Fellowship could be the opportunity to do just that, apply here: www.bellingcat.com/bellingcat-t...
Bellingcat Tech Fellowship Opportunity - bellingcat
November 21, 2024 We will be reviewing applications for the fellowship on a rolling basis, and expect to interview applicants in the first week of December (2-6 December 2024) Would you like to develo...
www.bellingcat.com
November 22, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Would you like to develop tools or methods that can support online researchers? Do you have a project idea that could benefit the open source research community? Bellingcat’s Tech Fellowship could be the opportunity to do just that, apply here: www.bellingcat.com/bellingcat-t...
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100 years ago tomorrow.
New York Times, November 23, 1924: “The automobile looms up as a far more destructive piece of mechanism than the machine gun. The reckless motorist deals more death than the artilleryman. … Immediate action [is necessary] to halt the homicidal orgy of the automobile.”
New York Times, November 23, 1924: “The automobile looms up as a far more destructive piece of mechanism than the machine gun. The reckless motorist deals more death than the artilleryman. … Immediate action [is necessary] to halt the homicidal orgy of the automobile.”
November 22, 2024 at 1:31 PM
100 years ago tomorrow.
New York Times, November 23, 1924: “The automobile looms up as a far more destructive piece of mechanism than the machine gun. The reckless motorist deals more death than the artilleryman. … Immediate action [is necessary] to halt the homicidal orgy of the automobile.”
New York Times, November 23, 1924: “The automobile looms up as a far more destructive piece of mechanism than the machine gun. The reckless motorist deals more death than the artilleryman. … Immediate action [is necessary] to halt the homicidal orgy of the automobile.”
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Here’s geography
November 17, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Here’s geography
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As COP29 concludes, Al Jazeera examines the 359 million weather-related displacements recorded worldwide since 2008 ⤵️
Mapping the impact of climate change on global displacement
As COP29 concludes, Al Jazeera examines the 359 million weather-related displacements recorded worldwide since 2008.
www.aljazeera.com
November 22, 2024 at 8:21 AM
As COP29 concludes, Al Jazeera examines the 359 million weather-related displacements recorded worldwide since 2008 ⤵️
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📰Breaking News : the University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in social and/or behavior sciences applied to weather and climate studies! Come work with us! apply.interfolio.com/158935
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November 21, 2024 at 4:58 PM
📰Breaking News : the University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in social and/or behavior sciences applied to weather and climate studies! Come work with us! apply.interfolio.com/158935
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Interesting to have what we all knew confirmed. There are several papers by Finnish research, Samuli Laato, on both Pokemon Go and its predecessor, Ingress, as location data gathering schemes. The whole project was originally overseen by CIA-funded, Niantic... www.networkworld.com/article/9536...
November 19, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Interesting to have what we all knew confirmed. There are several papers by Finnish research, Samuli Laato, on both Pokemon Go and its predecessor, Ingress, as location data gathering schemes. The whole project was originally overseen by CIA-funded, Niantic... www.networkworld.com/article/9536...