Jason Dittmer
@realjdittmer.bsky.social
Professor of Political Geography at UCL. Posting about geopolitics, popular culture, and cat memes
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So the University of Texas at Austin neither signed Trump's higher-ed compact nor rejected it. The deadline passed and UT just did not respond: www.texastribune.org/2025/11/17/u...
UT-Austin still silent on Trump compact as deadline passes
Most other invited universities have rejected the administration’s offer tying priority federal funding to campus policy changes.
www.texastribune.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
So the University of Texas at Austin neither signed Trump's higher-ed compact nor rejected it. The deadline passed and UT just did not respond: www.texastribune.org/2025/11/17/u...
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Bloomberg unfolds the history of the Vance-Dmitriev initiative... Dmitriev put it to Witkoff and Vance in a meeting in Miami, Axios published it, Trump and Rubio knew nothing of it. But then Trump decided to simply bless Dmitriev's draft after the fact. A perfect biopsy of "diplomacy" under Trump.
Secret US-Russia Talks Led to Peace Plan That Blindsided Ukraine
The controversial 28-point plan dropped suddenly by the Trump administration to Ukraine as a take-it-or-leave it proposition mere days ago was mostly the result of several weeks of negotiations behind...
www.bloomberg.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Bloomberg unfolds the history of the Vance-Dmitriev initiative... Dmitriev put it to Witkoff and Vance in a meeting in Miami, Axios published it, Trump and Rubio knew nothing of it. But then Trump decided to simply bless Dmitriev's draft after the fact. A perfect biopsy of "diplomacy" under Trump.
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When Forest Gump said something similar it was cute. But I don’t think he was talking and brutal murder and repression.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Things happen' - Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing
The US president's claims that the crown prince "knew nothing" contradict the CIA's own assessment.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
When Forest Gump said something similar it was cute. But I don’t think he was talking and brutal murder and repression.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Looks like an exciting opportunity for an energy geographer:
www.uvmjobs.com/postings/84073
www.uvmjobs.com/postings/84073
David Blittersdorf Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy
Officers of Instruction - Tenure Track
www.uvmjobs.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Looks like an exciting opportunity for an energy geographer:
www.uvmjobs.com/postings/84073
www.uvmjobs.com/postings/84073
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It was such a pleasure to chat with @julietjfall.bsky.social about her recent book Along the Line, which explores border infrastructure through graphic narrative.
For the new TTiN series of conversations with academics and artists working on infrastructure.
m.soundcloud.com/ttinfrastruc...
For the new TTiN series of conversations with academics and artists working on infrastructure.
m.soundcloud.com/ttinfrastruc...
Along the Line: Writing with Comics and Graphic Narrative in Geography, with Juliet Fall
Stream Along the Line: Writing with Comics and Graphic Narrative in Geography, with Juliet Fall by Thinking Through Infrastructure Network on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free ...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It was such a pleasure to chat with @julietjfall.bsky.social about her recent book Along the Line, which explores border infrastructure through graphic narrative.
For the new TTiN series of conversations with academics and artists working on infrastructure.
m.soundcloud.com/ttinfrastruc...
For the new TTiN series of conversations with academics and artists working on infrastructure.
m.soundcloud.com/ttinfrastruc...
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Good to remeber Heritage Foundation spent a good deal of its cultural capital complaining about the way James Madison's Montpelier talks about slavery. In particular they didnt like an agreement to give the descendents of Montpelier's enslaved population more say on how the museum presented slavery.
"Open Nazism isn’t an ideological deviation. Fuentes is the logical heir to the antisemitic 'great replacement' conspiracy theory Carlson spent years popularizing at Fox." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-heritage...
The Heritage Foundation, Groypers, and the Narcissism of Small Differences
Fuentes is the fly born of Heritage’s maggot.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Good to remeber Heritage Foundation spent a good deal of its cultural capital complaining about the way James Madison's Montpelier talks about slavery. In particular they didnt like an agreement to give the descendents of Montpelier's enslaved population more say on how the museum presented slavery.
'One senior ally of Starmer has been heard describing Larry the Cat, who has been No. 10’s “chief mouser” since 2011, as a metaphor for the British state — old, lazy, too pampered to do the job he was hired for (catching mice), yet unsackable due to a sense of fondness and tradition.' (1/5)
Inside 10 Downing Street, the creaky old house that runs Britain
Mice, “nan’s bathrooms,” carpets duct-taped together — and terrible phone signal. Is there a worse place to run a country from than 10 Downing Street?
www.politico.eu
November 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
'One senior ally of Starmer has been heard describing Larry the Cat, who has been No. 10’s “chief mouser” since 2011, as a metaphor for the British state — old, lazy, too pampered to do the job he was hired for (catching mice), yet unsackable due to a sense of fondness and tradition.' (1/5)
The US Senate deal seems a triumph for linking the GOP to the rise in health care costs (assuming there is a vote on it as promised) but colossal defeat for actually maintaining Americans’ health care
November 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The US Senate deal seems a triumph for linking the GOP to the rise in health care costs (assuming there is a vote on it as promised) but colossal defeat for actually maintaining Americans’ health care
A great reflection on masculinity and the shape of the economy
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Opinion | Bruce Springsteen’s Father Complicates a Powerful American Narrative
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM
A great reflection on masculinity and the shape of the economy
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
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Please sign and share this petition.
I care deeply about geography and want to do everything I can to save our jobs and the school, and protect our students 🌍
#Geography #SchoolClosure
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I care deeply about geography and want to do everything I can to save our jobs and the school, and protect our students 🌍
#Geography #SchoolClosure
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Save Geography at the University of Leicester
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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November 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Please sign and share this petition.
I care deeply about geography and want to do everything I can to save our jobs and the school, and protect our students 🌍
#Geography #SchoolClosure
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I care deeply about geography and want to do everything I can to save our jobs and the school, and protect our students 🌍
#Geography #SchoolClosure
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Human Geography at Leicester is facing closure. Staff contracts are to end in June 2026; students are to be relocated to other universities, or taught out by a maximum of two (!) teaching-only staff. Other departments and subjects are facing closure, too. Please join the demo!
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Human Geography at Leicester is facing closure. Staff contracts are to end in June 2026; students are to be relocated to other universities, or taught out by a maximum of two (!) teaching-only staff. Other departments and subjects are facing closure, too. Please join the demo!
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The Department of Geography invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Indigenous Geographies, preferably with a focus on Human–Environment Relationships.
Read more 👉 www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
Read more 👉 www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
November 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The Department of Geography invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Indigenous Geographies, preferably with a focus on Human–Environment Relationships.
Read more 👉 www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
Read more 👉 www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
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dawg they’re live laugh loving the white house. president homegoods
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
dawg they’re live laugh loving the white house. president homegoods
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🚨New @ausis.bsky.social book alert! In "Building a Green Wall," @cgallaher.bsky.social and @au-spa.bsky.social's Kimberly Cowell-Meyers explore how the Irish-American lobby worked to defend the Good Friday Agreement and shaped US policy toward Brexit. Read more: www.american.edu/sis/research...
Carolyn Gallaher, Building a Green Wall: Irish America’s Resurgence Post-Brexit
Carolyn Gallaher's new co-authored book with SPA Professor Kimberly Cowell-Meyers explores how the Irish-American lobby reemerged post-Brexit to shape the U.S. foreign policy approach.
www.american.edu
November 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
🚨New @ausis.bsky.social book alert! In "Building a Green Wall," @cgallaher.bsky.social and @au-spa.bsky.social's Kimberly Cowell-Meyers explore how the Irish-American lobby worked to defend the Good Friday Agreement and shaped US policy toward Brexit. Read more: www.american.edu/sis/research...
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An exhibition at London’s Imperial War Museum offers a welcome corrective to the nostalgia for empire common among Britain’s elites.
Reckoning With Empire at Britain’s Imperial War Museum
An exhibition at London’s Imperial War Museum offers a welcome corrective to the nostalgia for empire common among Britain’s elites.
jacobin.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
An exhibition at London’s Imperial War Museum offers a welcome corrective to the nostalgia for empire common among Britain’s elites.
Imagine wanting to pay him $1 trillion for this
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Elon’s antics may have cost Tesla more than a million vehicle sales
Car key man risk
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October 29, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Imagine wanting to pay him $1 trillion for this
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Interesting session for the AAG in San Francisco, if you are interested in Diaspora Diplomacy!
www.linkedin.com/posts/jonath...
www.linkedin.com/posts/jonath...
Diaspora Diplomacy: Mapping Possible Futures | Jonathan Harris
Late in the day, but Francesco Ventura and I are seeking participants in a paper session on #diaspora #diplomacy for next year's #AAG2026 in San Francisco. See call for papers here - deadline 28th Oct...
www.linkedin.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Interesting session for the AAG in San Francisco, if you are interested in Diaspora Diplomacy!
www.linkedin.com/posts/jonath...
www.linkedin.com/posts/jonath...
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Trump has affirmed support for the nuclear sub deal with Australia and the UK.
Trump affirms support for nuclear sub deal
Australia and the U.K. have feared for months that the U.S. would pull out of the AUKUS pact.
www.politico.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Trump has affirmed support for the nuclear sub deal with Australia and the UK.
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📘 Book Launch: Governing the End
Join us on 5 Nov, 6:30pm @ UCL Bloomsbury for the launch of Prof Lisa Vanhala’s new book on climate change loss & damage.
🎤 Panel experts: UCL, SOAS, LSE, Johns Hopkins & The Loss and Damage Collaboration.
🔗 Register: https://shorturl.at/tUwzL
Join us on 5 Nov, 6:30pm @ UCL Bloomsbury for the launch of Prof Lisa Vanhala’s new book on climate change loss & damage.
🎤 Panel experts: UCL, SOAS, LSE, Johns Hopkins & The Loss and Damage Collaboration.
🔗 Register: https://shorturl.at/tUwzL
Book Launch: Governing the End: The Making of Climate Change Loss & Damage
Join the UCL Climate Crisis Grand Challenge on Weds 5 Nov for the launch of Professor Lisa Vanhala's new book.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 9:41 AM
📘 Book Launch: Governing the End
Join us on 5 Nov, 6:30pm @ UCL Bloomsbury for the launch of Prof Lisa Vanhala’s new book on climate change loss & damage.
🎤 Panel experts: UCL, SOAS, LSE, Johns Hopkins & The Loss and Damage Collaboration.
🔗 Register: https://shorturl.at/tUwzL
Join us on 5 Nov, 6:30pm @ UCL Bloomsbury for the launch of Prof Lisa Vanhala’s new book on climate change loss & damage.
🎤 Panel experts: UCL, SOAS, LSE, Johns Hopkins & The Loss and Damage Collaboration.
🔗 Register: https://shorturl.at/tUwzL
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This week in the European Parliamen in Strasbourg, there was a workshop in which you could paint your own garden gnome ... and it makes sense, as gnomes can actually be very political.
In our Declassified humor column, we explain 👇
In our Declassified humor column, we explain 👇
Game of Gnomes: The politics of small garden ornaments
The European Parliament is the latest in a long line to mix politics and gnomes.
ow.ly
October 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
This week in the European Parliamen in Strasbourg, there was a workshop in which you could paint your own garden gnome ... and it makes sense, as gnomes can actually be very political.
In our Declassified humor column, we explain 👇
In our Declassified humor column, we explain 👇
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Furious about attacks on DEI? Exquisite timing for this awesome new collection edited by Guo Chen and LaToya Eaves @spacedemands.bsky.social with chapters on strategies across academia and community action. Thrilled to be a contributor. @geographers.bsky.social
www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/how...
www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/how...
How to Foster Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice in Geography
‘At last, a genre setting book for geographers that engages critically with the broad inclusivity framework of diversity, equity, inclusion and justice. Drawing globally on diverse voices and experien...
www.e-elgar.com
February 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Furious about attacks on DEI? Exquisite timing for this awesome new collection edited by Guo Chen and LaToya Eaves @spacedemands.bsky.social with chapters on strategies across academia and community action. Thrilled to be a contributor. @geographers.bsky.social
www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/how...
www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/how...
Not sure how this helps productivity in other sectors, especially in the early morning
October 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Not sure how this helps productivity in other sectors, especially in the early morning
My neighbour: isn’t it a little early to have your Halloween decorations up?
Me:
Me:
a man wearing an orange pumpkin mask is pointing up
ALT: a man wearing an orange pumpkin mask is pointing up
media.tenor.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
My neighbour: isn’t it a little early to have your Halloween decorations up?
Me:
Me:
Where was the O-line? Embarrassing job of protecting the QB
Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez was stabbed multiple times during a late-night altercation with a truck driver in a downtown Indianapolis alley.
Ex-NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez stabbed multiple times in altercation leading to charges against him
Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez was stabbed multiple times during a late-night altercation with a truck driver in a downtown Indianapolis alley.
bit.ly
October 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Where was the O-line? Embarrassing job of protecting the QB
An interesting essay that ties in to what @benandersongeog.bsky.social and @ajsecor.bsky.social have been writing about in their book The Politics of Feeling
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...
Opinion | The West Is Lost
www.nytimes.com
October 5, 2025 at 5:25 AM
An interesting essay that ties in to what @benandersongeog.bsky.social and @ajsecor.bsky.social have been writing about in their book The Politics of Feeling
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...