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This is what happens when you elect violent, brain-dead goons who can’t be bothered to think five minutes into the future. There’s no plan here, just a sick, deeply impaired psychopath in charge of history’s most fearsome war machine. We will all pay the price for years.

#CiclismoSinMachismo: The Geographies of Latin American Feminist Cycling Activism Over the past decade, multiple trajectories of feminist thought and praxis have converged in Latin America in a historical moment characterized by mass mobilization, radicality, heterogeneity, and ...

#NewPaper out! I wrote about how women in Latin America are drawing mobility into the constellation of feminist issues through feminist cycling activism: a double critique of the city and the repertoire of mobilisation of hegemonic cycling activism.

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I've often wondered how Geography ended up being both people who think about Marx and people who think about rocks.

Tensions rise as China, Russia, US and Europe scramble for Arctic As Arctic ice melts, global powers seize new opportunities to extract oil, speed up trade and boost their military presence.

Did we need more things on the list of why climate change sucks? Here is one anyway (although not a new one).
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Ando calificando una tesis que me tiene 💔

Qué será de este país tan triste? Cómo es posible tanto dolor?

Construir sobre lo construido 🤷‍♀️

There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.

University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.

Según una encuesta reciente, apenas el 10.1% de las personas en Bogotá se mueve en carro particular, pero los efectos los sentimos todos: ruido, contaminación, caos vehicular y violencia vial.

La bici ganando cancha con 9.9% :)

Today on Mother’s Day, let’s remember every mother deserves a livable wage, affordable child care, paid family leave, and the ability to retire with dignity.

America must become a nation which treats all mothers and their kids with the respect and dignity they deserve.

We are seeing multiple instances of reviewers doing manuscript reviews via use of AI/LLM.

If you don't want to do a review the old-fashioned way, better to decline the request.

Giving someone else's manuscript to AI is a violation of intellectual property rights/laws; the manuscript isn't yours...

NYC car crashes have been declining. Congestion pricing accelerated the trend. There were 1,526 crashes in the congestion zone south of 60th Street between the toll’s launch on Jan. 5 and April 21. That marks a 13% reduction compared to the same period last year.

Congestion pricing: less traffic, fewer car crashes.

There were "1,526 crashes in the congestion zone south of 60th Street between the toll’s launch on Jan. 5 and April 21. That marks a 13% reduction, or 218 fewer collisions, compared to the same period last year."

Today in @gothamist.com:

Ya está publicada mi reseña de "City of Men" de Romit Chowdhury! En libro clave para reflexionar sobre la importancia de comprender las masculinidades diversas que interactúan en el mundo social del transporte (y cómo transformar la realidad urbana).

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I recently reviewed Romit Chowdhury's "City of Men" for @dialogueshg.bsky.social. How can masculinities studies help us move forward with feminist urban studies and gender-sensitive interventions in transport? Understanding the variegated lives of men is key.

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Feliz 🥳 porque el texto "Cuestionando la objetividad del derecho procesal: un análisis crítico de la Sentencia su-471 de 2023 sobre la pensión de sobrevivientes desde una perspectiva de género", que escribimos con Laura Porras, acaba de ser publicado.

Lecturer in Human Geography and Gender (Education) at King's College London Explore an exciting academic career as a Lecturer in Human Geography and Gender (Education). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

We’ve got a 3 year lecturership in human geog and gender now advertised.

Deadline 6th May 2025

Please spread the word!

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMS710/l...

Trump officials say destroying endangered species’ habitats isn’t ‘harm’ A proposed rule would narrow the definition of harm under the Endangered Species Act and could open the door to more mining, construction and other activities.

NEW: In a major move, the Trump administration is aiming to redefine what it means to "harm" an endangered species

The regulatory rollback opens the door to more logging, mining, oil & gas drilling, home construction and other ecologically damaging ventures
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Trump’s Trade War Could Turbocharge Deforestation in the Amazon Massive tariffs on China will drive up soybean production in Brazil at the rainforest’s expense.

Experts fear that President Donald Trump's trade war with China could turbocharge deforestation in the Amazon, Sarah Sax reports.

‘Cross-border commuters’: the women who risk the dangerous crossing between Venezuela and Colombia each day Many Venezuelan women risk their safety each day to find work for themselves and school for their children in Colombia.

Many Venezuelan women risk their safety each day to find work for themselves and school for their children in Colombia.

Why ‘de-extinct’ dire wolves are a Trojan horse to hide humanity’s destruction of nature Extinction is, for the time being, forever – and a symptom of our global economic system.

'What’s the problem? Well, pretty much everything. These aren’t species returned from extinction.'

@oxfordgeography.bsky.social's Dr Richard Grenyer argues that extinction is, for the time being, a symptom of our global economic system ⬇️

Friday Video: Traffic Engineers Are Wasting Trillions — Streetsblog USA Adding lanes and parking just encourages more driving. See it explained perfectly (and with a British accent!).

The fundamental law of road traffic is that adding lanes and parking just encourages more driving. GCN breaks down how it works — and what we need to do about it.

Es triste y conmovedor, pero también enciende una llama de amor profundo por la tierra con todos sus seres y todos los lenguajes con los que el planeta nos dice, a veces en susurros: aquí estás, este es tu lugar.

Cómo ponerle nombre a esa tristeza que se siente al saber que los glaciares se están derritiendo? Que las especies que alguna vez poblaron el planeta están desapareciendo y nunca volverán?

Niñapájaroglaciar es biofilia pura: un amor que se desparrama por cada río, por cada centímetro de tierra.

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

It costs less to house people.

De la belleza al terror: la historia de Sara Millerey, la víctima del asesinato tránsfobo que conmociona a Colombia El crimen, que ocurrió frente a múltiples testigos y a la luz del día, ha dejado atemorizada a la población diversa de Bello, Antioquia, y particularmente a las mujeres trans. La familia exige justicia y pide recordar a Sara por sus valores y su belleza, no por el video macabro que la hizo viral

Colombia ha estado conmocionada con la crueldad que expone el asesinato tránsfobo de Sara Millerey. Sandra, su madre, la quiere recordar como la niña más bella. “Me la mataron por ser ella (...) En el cielo nadie me la va a humillar ni discriminar”

It's Not Them; It's Us: Thoughts on the Show Adolescence The new Netflix mini-series Adolescence is not about teenagers so much as it's about how adults perceive and fail to perceive teenagers. They're presented in the first two episodes as an alien life fo...

My feminist take on the show everyone's talking about. And the questions about technology, patriarchy, teenagers, education, misogyny, estrangement, and perception it raises..... www.meditationsinanemergency.com/its-not-them...

BREAKING: The country of Norway just entered a bill to give transgender Americans asylum in the country of Norway…

LGBTQ+ STRONG! 🌈✨

Si no tienes que mover tus piernas para andar, fuera de las ciclorrutas!

X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover

Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work

#AcademicSky #EduSky

Ending Cooperative Agreements’ Funding to Princeton University On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced that nearly $4 million in funding is ending to Princeton University after a detailed, careful, and thorough review of the...

Get this: Commerce is slashing $ to Princeton's world-renowned climate research b/c modeling changes to Earth systems is "contributing to a phenomenon known as 'climate anxiety,' which has increased significantly among America’s youth."

No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...

Coal-powered AI slop is really the perfect metaphor for this country right now