Jen Nelles
@jen-nelles.bsky.social
Prof Systems and Spatial Analysis
metro regions | infrastructure | skills | productivity | innovation | systems | governance | bacon | proud Canadian | 50,000 unstoppable watts
Innovation & Research Caucus -Oxford Brookes Business School
metro regions | infrastructure | skills | productivity | innovation | systems | governance | bacon | proud Canadian | 50,000 unstoppable watts
Innovation & Research Caucus -Oxford Brookes Business School
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Jen Nelles
@jen-nelles.bsky.social
· Sep 8
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States can abide by original recs. New York has that policy in place and Illinois just passed legislation to allow that. See about getting similar plans in place in your state. #MedSky 🩺 www.nprillinois.org/health-harve...
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
States can abide by original recs. New York has that policy in place and Illinois just passed legislation to allow that. See about getting similar plans in place in your state. #MedSky 🩺 www.nprillinois.org/health-harve...
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1/Quick thoughts of implications of US National Security Strategy for Europe -- weaponized interdependence meets nationalist international. The US will use its tools (economic, technology, and financial dominance) to press for far right agenda.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
1/Quick thoughts of implications of US National Security Strategy for Europe -- weaponized interdependence meets nationalist international. The US will use its tools (economic, technology, and financial dominance) to press for far right agenda.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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@philiprocco.bsky.social (Marquette University), Jay Rickabaugh (North Carolina State), and @jen-nelles.bsky.social (Oxford Brookes School) discuss state and national partnerships during an atypical federal office in this @washingtonmonthly.com op-ed.
Read the piece. ⤵️
Read the piece. ⤵️
Trump’s Washington Is Ghosting States and Cities
States and cities are being abandoned by DC. Here’s how local leaders are building new alliances to survive Trump’s unpredictable federalism.
washingtonmonthly.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
@philiprocco.bsky.social (Marquette University), Jay Rickabaugh (North Carolina State), and @jen-nelles.bsky.social (Oxford Brookes School) discuss state and national partnerships during an atypical federal office in this @washingtonmonthly.com op-ed.
Read the piece. ⤵️
Read the piece. ⤵️
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Iran's president is reviving plans to move the capital amid a severe water crisis. But Iranian water policy experts say relocating government offices won't solve the core problem: decades of treating finite water resources as unlimited. buff.ly/p7loved
Iran’s president calls for moving its drought-stricken capital amid a worsening water crisis – how Tehran got into water bankruptcy
Iran’s sprawling cities and irrigated agriculture, along with tight market controls, have left the country vulnerable to drought. There are steps that would help.
theconversation.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Iran's president is reviving plans to move the capital amid a severe water crisis. But Iranian water policy experts say relocating government offices won't solve the core problem: decades of treating finite water resources as unlimited. buff.ly/p7loved
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"A city's priorities become as clear as the spaces they choose to maintain in the winter."
Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"A city's priorities become as clear as the spaces they choose to maintain in the winter."
Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
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We could have this in NYC! Support the SUNNY Act! www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/pre...
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We could have this in NYC! Support the SUNNY Act! www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/pre...
Farewell and good luck to Rick Cotton as he moves on from the Port Authority. As my coauthor says, he was a steadying hand and innovator at the authority during his tenure.
www.nj.com/news/2025/11...
www.nj.com/news/2025/11...
Port Authority boss who rebuilt agency after Bridgegate to retire in 2026
Rick Cotton who led the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for almost 9 years will retire after building massive projects in both states.
www.nj.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Farewell and good luck to Rick Cotton as he moves on from the Port Authority. As my coauthor says, he was a steadying hand and innovator at the authority during his tenure.
www.nj.com/news/2025/11...
www.nj.com/news/2025/11...
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Congratulations to Allmaps (led by @bertspaan.nl & Jules Schoonman) + @iiif.bsky.social on the announcement of this partnership. It's a fantastic step towards a sustainable, open, digital maps infrastructure and data ecosystem.
Learn more at allmaps.org/iiif-partner... & iiif.io/news/2025/11...
Learn more at allmaps.org/iiif-partner... & iiif.io/news/2025/11...
November 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Congratulations to Allmaps (led by @bertspaan.nl & Jules Schoonman) + @iiif.bsky.social on the announcement of this partnership. It's a fantastic step towards a sustainable, open, digital maps infrastructure and data ecosystem.
Learn more at allmaps.org/iiif-partner... & iiif.io/news/2025/11...
Learn more at allmaps.org/iiif-partner... & iiif.io/news/2025/11...
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SATURDAY AFTERNOON!
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK!
@anyonecomics.bsky.social
Yours truly will be there as part of a STELLAR group of comic book creators against ICE.
www.comicsbeat.com/anyone-comic...
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK!
@anyonecomics.bsky.social
Yours truly will be there as part of a STELLAR group of comic book creators against ICE.
www.comicsbeat.com/anyone-comic...
Anyone Comics to hold HANDS OFF NYC Anti-ICE zine event
Anyone Comics is no stranger to lending a hand for social causes that require immediate support. On Nov. 15, it'll help make anti-ICE zines.
www.comicsbeat.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
SATURDAY AFTERNOON!
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK!
@anyonecomics.bsky.social
Yours truly will be there as part of a STELLAR group of comic book creators against ICE.
www.comicsbeat.com/anyone-comic...
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK!
@anyonecomics.bsky.social
Yours truly will be there as part of a STELLAR group of comic book creators against ICE.
www.comicsbeat.com/anyone-comic...
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"Fast and free!"
That's what Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani promised to make #NYC 's city bus service.
What kind of impact has free transit had in other cities?
#Montpellier , #France is the largest city in Europe to make transit (5 tram lines, 41 bus lines) free for residents...
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That's what Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani promised to make #NYC 's city bus service.
What kind of impact has free transit had in other cities?
#Montpellier , #France is the largest city in Europe to make transit (5 tram lines, 41 bus lines) free for residents...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"Fast and free!"
That's what Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani promised to make #NYC 's city bus service.
What kind of impact has free transit had in other cities?
#Montpellier , #France is the largest city in Europe to make transit (5 tram lines, 41 bus lines) free for residents...
🧵
That's what Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani promised to make #NYC 's city bus service.
What kind of impact has free transit had in other cities?
#Montpellier , #France is the largest city in Europe to make transit (5 tram lines, 41 bus lines) free for residents...
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Lots of very good ideas in here for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social about what it might look like to have a tech policy agenda aligned with human rights principles.
By resisting surveillance and extraction and pursuing goals such as affordability, dignity, and justice, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani can show how technology can truly serve people, writes Rebecca Williams. The first step, she says, is to protect immigrants.
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buff.ly/Mwk8vRu
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Lots of very good ideas in here for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social about what it might look like to have a tech policy agenda aligned with human rights principles.
I almost forgot the best thing about November! But it’s not too late to enjoy the #30DayMapChallenge
Happy #30DayMapChallenge to all those who celebrate!
Day 1 is points and mine is a love letter to all the international undergraduate students who choose the United States for their studies. Thanks for being here!
#30DayMapChallenge2025 #points
Day 1 is points and mine is a love letter to all the international undergraduate students who choose the United States for their studies. Thanks for being here!
#30DayMapChallenge2025 #points
November 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I almost forgot the best thing about November! But it’s not too late to enjoy the #30DayMapChallenge
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What we know, final edition of the night:
[Now in 3 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems gain leg seats in VA, NJ, & MS
—Dems defend NJ-Gov
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win state supreme court
—ME anti-mail voting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
[Now in 3 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems gain leg seats in VA, NJ, & MS
—Dems defend NJ-Gov
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win state supreme court
—ME anti-mail voting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
November 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
What we know, final edition of the night:
[Now in 3 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems gain leg seats in VA, NJ, & MS
—Dems defend NJ-Gov
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win state supreme court
—ME anti-mail voting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
[Now in 3 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems gain leg seats in VA, NJ, & MS
—Dems defend NJ-Gov
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win state supreme court
—ME anti-mail voting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
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At just 34 years old, Zohran Mamdani culminated a meteoric political rise Tuesday by scoring a decisive victory in a polarizing mayoral election.
He will become the youngest mayor in over a century, the first Muslim to lead New York City.
buff.ly/7kOwKhb
He will become the youngest mayor in over a century, the first Muslim to lead New York City.
buff.ly/7kOwKhb
Mamdani Makes History With Victory in Mayor’s Race
More than 2 million New Yorkers cast a ballot in a high-stakes election that smashed recent turnout levels.
www.thecity.nyc
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
At just 34 years old, Zohran Mamdani culminated a meteoric political rise Tuesday by scoring a decisive victory in a polarizing mayoral election.
He will become the youngest mayor in over a century, the first Muslim to lead New York City.
buff.ly/7kOwKhb
He will become the youngest mayor in over a century, the first Muslim to lead New York City.
buff.ly/7kOwKhb
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you can win without billionaires supporting you
you can win without party leadership endorsing you
you can win unapologetically standing with every persecuted minority pundits say are too politically toxic to touch
we could do everything about this process differently if we wanted to
you can win without party leadership endorsing you
you can win unapologetically standing with every persecuted minority pundits say are too politically toxic to touch
we could do everything about this process differently if we wanted to
Can’t stop thinking about all the robber baron fucks that held secret meetings and spent MILLIONS AND MILLIONS in bribes and campaign investments and attack ads and media manipulation trying to tank Mamdani currently having the dawning realization that their money is completely and utterly useless.
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
you can win without billionaires supporting you
you can win without party leadership endorsing you
you can win unapologetically standing with every persecuted minority pundits say are too politically toxic to touch
we could do everything about this process differently if we wanted to
you can win without party leadership endorsing you
you can win unapologetically standing with every persecuted minority pundits say are too politically toxic to touch
we could do everything about this process differently if we wanted to
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I'm excited to share my piece in Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, which examines OpenAI's claims about ChatGPT's creative writing skills, Big Tech's weaponisation of grief and nostalgia, and the collapse of the academic humanities. lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...
Literature Is Not a Vibe: On ChatGPT and the Humanities | Los Angeles Review of Books
Rachele Dini discusses OpenAI’s “A Machine-Shaped Hand” and an academic sector in crisis.
lareviewofbooks.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I'm excited to share my piece in Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, which examines OpenAI's claims about ChatGPT's creative writing skills, Big Tech's weaponisation of grief and nostalgia, and the collapse of the academic humanities. lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...
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This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ
November 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ
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Check out our Top 5 Most Read Articles up to 1st November 2025
journals.sagepub.com/action/showM...
Each of these 5 articles are open access 🔓
Others in the list include 'History of the Ports' by Sarah Palmer and 'SS Albatross: An unfortunate Steamship' by James P. Delgado
#maritimehistory
journals.sagepub.com/action/showM...
Each of these 5 articles are open access 🔓
Others in the list include 'History of the Ports' by Sarah Palmer and 'SS Albatross: An unfortunate Steamship' by James P. Delgado
#maritimehistory
November 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Check out our Top 5 Most Read Articles up to 1st November 2025
journals.sagepub.com/action/showM...
Each of these 5 articles are open access 🔓
Others in the list include 'History of the Ports' by Sarah Palmer and 'SS Albatross: An unfortunate Steamship' by James P. Delgado
#maritimehistory
journals.sagepub.com/action/showM...
Each of these 5 articles are open access 🔓
Others in the list include 'History of the Ports' by Sarah Palmer and 'SS Albatross: An unfortunate Steamship' by James P. Delgado
#maritimehistory
Well, the framing of this line of questioning as ‘why would voters risk Trump’s ire by choosing you’ is whack. But yet another example of someone asking what a leader would do when faced with an unreliable (and possibly vindictive) federal gov’t cc @philrocco.bsky.social
In the 1st question of his brief interview with Mamdani. Anderson Cooper reports Trump’s strongman threats to punish NYC if the Mayoral candidate is elected, as if he gets to select where funding goes according to his whims, & then asks whether voters will find it “worth the hassle” to vote for him.
November 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Well, the framing of this line of questioning as ‘why would voters risk Trump’s ire by choosing you’ is whack. But yet another example of someone asking what a leader would do when faced with an unreliable (and possibly vindictive) federal gov’t cc @philrocco.bsky.social
This is wild to me. But we will probably see a lot more like it as climate challenges intensify. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Iran considering relocating its capital over severe water shortage
At least 20 of Iran’s 31 provinces are now suffering a water crisis. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is reportedly not ruling out relocating the capital city of Tehran over the severe water shorta...
www.yahoo.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is wild to me. But we will probably see a lot more like it as climate challenges intensify. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Right now in NYC, this Hands Off NYC call is about to start. Please sign up and join RIGHT NOW.
mobilize.us/s/iM7bij/r
mobilize.us/s/iM7bij/r
Hands Off NYC Citywide Kickoff Call · NYC Indivisible
American cities are under attack by the Trump administration. Instead of investing in schools, hospitals, and public services, taxpayer dollars are being spent to send National Guard troops and ICE ag...
mobilize.us
October 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Right now in NYC, this Hands Off NYC call is about to start. Please sign up and join RIGHT NOW.
mobilize.us/s/iM7bij/r
mobilize.us/s/iM7bij/r
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The local activists and organizers who were the beating heart of No Kings Day are continuing to lead the fight on the ground in your community. Check out our map to see what groups are near you and get in touch with your local organizers: indivisible.org/groups
October 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The local activists and organizers who were the beating heart of No Kings Day are continuing to lead the fight on the ground in your community. Check out our map to see what groups are near you and get in touch with your local organizers: indivisible.org/groups
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Buttigieg: This is about political revenge. The president has been very clear about that. And the really dangerous thing is the revenge is on you—on ordinary Americans and commuters who depend on these tunnels.
October 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Buttigieg: This is about political revenge. The president has been very clear about that. And the really dangerous thing is the revenge is on you—on ordinary Americans and commuters who depend on these tunnels.
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Really provocative, interesting argument from @wertwhile.bsky.social on what it would look like to really regulate the platforms.
www.theargumentmag.com/p/treat-big-...
www.theargumentmag.com/p/treat-big-...
Treat Big Tech like Big Tobacco
The problem with TikTok and Facebook isn't their size
www.theargumentmag.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Really provocative, interesting argument from @wertwhile.bsky.social on what it would look like to really regulate the platforms.
www.theargumentmag.com/p/treat-big-...
www.theargumentmag.com/p/treat-big-...