Joshua Kirshner

Joshua Kirshner

I was interviewed for the first episode of the York EDI Research Centre's new 'Decolonising Research' podcast. I talked about how I got involved in a range of research partnerships, along with some challenges of doing this work and some tips on how to approach it - available on Spotify (link below)

Biologists Unite Biologists Unite explores the political reshaping of global biodiversity conservation through the story of ecosystem services, a burgeoning field of science ...

Looks like an interesting read, just out with MIT Press mitpress.mit.edu/978026255338...

This is vile.

Society and Space has a new section for topical forums of short essays – called "Coordinates: Orientations in the socio-spatial landscape". Info and submission details at journals.sagepub.com/page/epd/pro...

@societyandspace.bsky.social

SP tem apenas 35% de proteção contra calor, mas há caminhos para resfriar a cidade Estudo do governo de SP com a USP mostra que regiões como Paraisópolis enfrentam de forma desigual o calor extremo, enquanto áreas verdes podem reduzir temperatura em até 5°C

For Portuguese readers - an interesting piece on heatwaves and nature-based solutions in Brazil's largest city exame.com/esg/sp-tem-a...

Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the Country

This truly makes me want to rescind my citizenship. I haven't lived in the States since '09 anyway... www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...

Me too, and yes, it's a horrific feeling 😢

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Watch Not Just Roads Online | Vimeo On Demand Directed, Written and Produced by Nitin Bathla and Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou NOT JUST ROADS is an ethnographic documentary film that narrates the story of…

This looks superb vimeo.com/ondemand/not...

'Women are afraid to get pregnant': Fighting mercury poisoning from illegal gold mining in Brazil Munduruku people in Brazil are battling miscarriages and loss of sight and sound, a community leader tells Sky News.

news.sky.com/story/women-...

Joshua Kirshner

I was interviewed for the first episode of the York EDI Research Centre's new 'Decolonising Research' podcast. I talked about how I got involved in a range of research partnerships, along with some challenges of doing this work and some tips on how to approach it - available on Spotify (link below)

YouTube video by World Cafe Waxahatchee - "Right Back To It" (Recorded Live for World Cafe)

Can't keep this out of my head... www.youtube.com/watch?v=84QO...

Another potential source for my class next week...

with me, it's mostly Americana artist like John Prine, Guy Clark, Tom Petty and Todd Snider... But they're right, I do love it...

Trump Says South Africa Is Not Invited to G20 Summit in U.S. in 2026

Another shameful Trump act. South Africa has serious problems but it remains exemplary both in its peaceful democratic transition from a racist regime and in its more recent bounce back from corrupt populism. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/w...

going to consult this for next week's class...

Surrealism Against Fascism • EQUATOR A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?

Naomi Klein looks to the Surrealists for tips on fighting fascism. They were willing to look into the abyss of so-called civilisation, admit to “pessimism all along the line”, and wrench from that darkness a poetics of revolutionary change.

www.equator.org/articles/sur... @equatormag.bsky.social

Hammersmith Bridge Where did 25,000 vehicles go?

I really cannot recommend this excellent piece on Hammersmith Bridge highly enough

very nice framing - need to amplify this sentiment! @uoyenvironment.bsky.social @yesiuoy.bsky.social

A Trump White House would have pressured Britain to surrender to the Nazis. Europe needs to stand strong and shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine.

Rare earths: Federal backing and tech advances aim to help the U.S. catch up to China Rare earths aren't all that rare. The real choke point is in processing and refining them, where China enjoys market dominance.

Rare earths aren't all that rare. The real choke point is in processing and refining them, where China enjoys market dominance. n.pr/3Xbst9b

How X's new location feature exposed big US politics accounts Dozens of pro-Trump accounts are being accused of misleading followers after the social media site began showing user locations.

This article's focus on Trump and MAGA is inevitable, I guess, but this new facility is also opening up thousands of "sock puppet" troll accounts run by Rwanda's dictatorial regime to public scrutiny - finally. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How X's new location feature exposed big US politics accounts Dozens of pro-Trump accounts are being accused of misleading followers after the social media site began showing user locations.

"There are accounts that are run by troll farms, that are run by nation states, and then there are accounts that are just trying to make a buck by pretending to be American." www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c...

post from a little over a week ago when the northern lights were appearing in a few places... reminds me of my youth when I'd listen to Neil Young's 'Decade' in my room...

Uneven development and the geographies of energy transition in Mozambique In Mozambique, sustainable energy access is an increasing priority for a diverse range of actors seeking to improve livelihoods and stimulate economic…

Excited to share a new open access article that provides a critical, policy-relevant & geographically grounded analysis of Mozambique's energy transitions. Written with Lorraine Howe, @joshkirshner.bsky.social & Carlos Shenga, just published in Applied Geography www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Time series of annual-average mean temperature anomalies in Iran.

Tehran is on the brink of a severe water crisis.

Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.

abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

WORLD PLANNING SCHOOLS CONGRESS VI call for abstracts deadline is this Tuesday 25 November!

wpsc2026.org

The land deal threatening a vital piece of Bolivia’s Chiquitano dry forest A large forest in eastern Bolivia is on the verge of being sold to an international agriculture company, raising concerns that it might be razed to make room for new cropland. The 30,019-hectare…

A 30,019-hectare forest in Santa Cruz, Bolivia may soon be sold to agribusiness giant Bom Futuro, which plans to clear it, documents show.

Conservationists warn the area is a key part of the Chiquitano dry forest, linking the Amazon, Gran Chaco & Cerrado.

You can also see, comparing this with a contemporary map, that a lot of South FL is landfill.

I've visited this museum in northeast Florida - really interesting. Note that there is no sign of Miami in the map either, and will not be for nearly a century...