Russia has kidnapped a 70-year-old Ukrainian marine biologist, Leonid Pshenichnov, for backing a curb on Antarctic krill fishing, saying that it would harm the economic interests of Russia.
27.10.2025 07:36 β π 220 π 110 π¬ 8 π 5@moerrx.bsky.social
Chicago π PhD Candidate (Comp Lit) @ NU Siberian Ukrainian via ππ° Thinking about energy, borders, and extraction in North Asia/Siberia. Also interested in polar histories and the Siberian Arctic π§ co-editor: readlime.org EN/ES/RU/δΈζ/FR
Russia has kidnapped a 70-year-old Ukrainian marine biologist, Leonid Pshenichnov, for backing a curb on Antarctic krill fishing, saying that it would harm the economic interests of Russia.
27.10.2025 07:36 β π 220 π 110 π¬ 8 π 5Yes, actually, thatβs a great question/pointβ¦ I am honestly not too sure in terms of that in Ukraine, but at least in terms of russia thereβs also the question of migrant workers being forcibly mobilised too..
26.10.2025 00:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iβll be sharing some more recent work as part of this symposium this Friday. Itβs a hybrid event, so feel free to register to attend via Zoom (or in-person, rsvp required)!
20.10.2025 17:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βOvershoot ideology came packaged in a peculiarly Californian business ethos in which unhinged entrepreneurialism was elevated to a cultural form.β New online: Wim Carton and Andreas Malm on recent experiments in geoengineering.
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
And @melhogan.bsky.social has collected an excellent library on Critical Data Center Studies at:
24.08.2025 02:23 β π 51 π 19 π¬ 2 π 2Jodi Byrd's introductionπ₯ to their forthcoming book Indigenomicon now available to download!!! (Full book available in November!) www.dukeupress.edu/indigenomicon
21.08.2025 18:23 β π 12 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0βMy stepdad, Misha, has been digging around in the snowmobile all morning.β
Read βFreedom,β a short story by Kseniia Bolshakovaβtranslated from the Dolgan by Kseniia Bolshakova and Ainsley Morseβin @wwborders.bsky.social this #WomenInTranslationMonth!
wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
π¨ My next book, EXTRACTION: THE FRONTIERS OF GREEN CAPITALISM is out 9/23 with @wwnorton.com
Today and tomorrow, you can pre-order it at 25% off π Use code PREORDER25 at www.barnesandnoble.com/w/extraction...
Today @nichecanada.bsky.social I introduce *A Cold Colonialism* β its origin story, its main characters and arguments, and its potential to shift how we think about exploration, the North, and colonialismβs relationships with both. Enjoy! #cdnhist #envhist #Arctic niche-canada.org/2025/06/03/n...
03.06.2025 16:19 β π 33 π 12 π¬ 2 π 1Here are some selected resources for faculty (or anyone) traveling in and out of the US this summer, compiled by CDAF @aaup.bsky.social www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
21.05.2025 20:03 β π 7 π 4 π¬ 0 π 1When I say you're the currency, I mean you. I don't mean your data or content, I mean you -- you surrender your affect, feeling, reasoning, discomfort, joy, etc., to extractive capitalism.
07.05.2025 15:41 β π 115 π 41 π¬ 3 π 0A green and yellow promotional graphic for a new Points essay, βThe Network State and Topological Fetishism in Greenlandβ by Zane Griffin Talley Cooper. The graphic also features a quote from the essay: "Land is not code. It can never be code. Topography is felt, not just seen."
In his essay for our series βThe Cloud is Dead,β D&S affiliate @zgtcooper.bsky.social examines resource extraction in the Arctic and how fantasies of the Network State run counter to the reality of life in Greenland. datasociety.net/points/the-n...
23.04.2025 15:31 β π 10 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0really looking forward to this π§
13.04.2025 22:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Theory of Water Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead Leanne Betasamosake Simpson in conversation with Sarah Haley Tuesday April 22 at 5:00 pm ET
Theory of Water
Join @biidaasamose.bsky.social for a conversation with Sarah Haley to celebrate the release of her new book Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead.
Tuesday, April 22nd at 5:00 pm ET
RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Book cover of Energy's History: Toward a Global Canon edited by Daniela Russ and Thomas Turnbul
Energy's History challenges abstract and universalizing conceptions of energy's history-making capacities. Each of the twelve essays in this collection presents, analyzes, and contextualizes a primary source. #ReadUP
www.sup.org/books/politi...
@ueberdruss.bsky.social
Why are minerals so central to geopolitics? How green are electric cars? Why is anti-mining protest increasing? Can the inequalities of the global economy be transformed?
I tackle these topics in my book EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism
π September 2025 @wwnorton.bsky.social