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Jason Dittmer
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Professor of Political Geography at UCL. Posting about geopolitics, popular culture, and cat memes

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Daniel Alves @danielalvesfcsh.bsky.social · 5d
CfP for the Spatial Humanities conference is open until January 15th. This year it will be at Universidade do Minho, Portugal, in September.
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Spatial Humanities – University of Minho
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 5d
Remarkable that his response to this was to monetise it
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Elon Musk's Grok AI image editing limited to paid users after deepfakes
It comes after government urged Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
www.bbc.co.uk

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 5d
🚨 BREAKING: EU countries have approved the Mercosur trade deal after 25 years of talks.

Read the story: politi.co/4suWWNO

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NPR @npr.org · 14d
Former special counsel Jack Smith also described President Trump as the "most culpable and most responsible person" in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results, according to a transcript of Smith's closed-door interview with the House Judiciary Committee. n.pr/49cmd6E
Capitol riot 'does not happen' without Trump, Jack Smith told Congress
Former special counsel Jack Smith also described President Trump as the "most culpable and most responsible person" in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results, according to a transcript of Smith's closed-door interview with the House Judiciary Committee.
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 15d
Would be much funnier if they went on and were purposefully and ostentatiously terrible

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 15d
President Trump’s threats against artists who decline to perform at the renamed Kennedy Center are ultimately hollow, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues:
The Show Won’t Go On
President Trump’s threats against artists who decline to perform at the renamed Kennedy Center are ultimately hollow.
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 16d
An obvious statement, but Trump’s claim that Russia wants the best for Ukraine is classic abusive husband schtick.

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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 16d
‘Farage said in a letter to Mahmood: "It should go without saying that anyone who possesses racist and anti-British views such as those of Mr el-Fattah should not be allowed into the UK."’ 👀🤫

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Home secretary urged to strip activist of British citizenship
Shabana Mahmood is facing growing calls to revoke the citizenship of British-Egyptian dual national Alaa Abdel Fattah after the emergence of social media posts.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 28d
The key: you will know it is downhill when they all of a sudden race downhill at terrifying speeds. You will know it is uphill when they require you to carry them

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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 28d
If you ever want to learn the subtle topography of your neighbourhood, get yourself a toddler with a scooter.

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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 28d
The most BBC of headlines
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BBC declares it will fight the US President but should it?
As the US president follows through on his threat to sue the BBC, what are the options for the corporation?
www.bbc.co.uk

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 29d
Yes. This is important.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
www.theguardian.com

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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 29d
Having just received an excellent proposal, I am reminded that I should do more to advertise the Bloomsbury book series I co-edit: Geopolitical Worlds, Material Bodies
www.bloomsbury.com/ca/series/ge...
We would value some more excellent proposals to go with the one I just got! #AcademicSky
Geopolitical Bodies, Material Worlds: Bloomsbury Publishing (CA) - Bloomsbury
This series publishes studies that originate in a range of different fields that are nonetheless linked through their common foundation: a belief that the macro…
www.bloomsbury.com

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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · Dec 14
I continue to find @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social one of the most interesting commentators of our current conundrum. Strongly recommend this one:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
Opinion | What Happens if You Refuse to Recognize That We Are in a Death Spiral
www.nytimes.com

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · Dec 11
It's 16 minutes past 3. The sun has set in #Orkney. Just 6 hours and 19 minutes of daylight today.

We are almost at the shortest day but there will still be 9 minutes less daylight on the #WinterSolstice.

And then the light returns. 💡
The view out the back of the library. The sun has set. The building are in silhouette. The streetlights are on and the clouds are glowing yellow from the setting sun

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Anna Aslanyan @anna-aslanyan.bsky.social · Dec 10
British Library staff asked for a decent pay. Instead they got ‘a few money-saving present ideas’, such as ‘consider not giving presents this holiday season’. They are on strike this week. I wrote about it for @lrb.co.uk. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
Anna Aslanyan | On the Picket Line
On Monday morning, more than a hundred people formed a picket line outside one of the entrances to the British Library...
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · Dec 10
A really interesting article for those interested in Gibraltar and performances of sovereignty (and/or assemblage geopolitics!):
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
An assemblage approach to performances of sovereignty through Gibraltar's hosting of the 2019 International Island Games
This article examines performances of sovereignty using as its entry-point the 2019 International Island Games (IG) held in the British Overseas Terri…
www.sciencedirect.com

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · Dec 9
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said today that parts of the U.S. administration's new National Security Strategy are terrible from Europe's point of view.
‘Unacceptable’: Germany’s Merz slams Trump’s controversial Europe document
U.S. administration’s foreign policy document roils Berlin.
www.politico.eu

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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · Dec 6
Good question; Faberge eggs are rare, but this is one of a kind (I hope)

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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · Dec 6
All the news that is fit to print
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
Man Who Swallowed Stolen Fabergé Egg Passes It Naturally, Police Say
www.nytimes.com

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Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · Dec 5
Big congratulations to my fellow FIFA Peace Prize shortlist nominees: we are all, in some way, winners, and we can just focus on the hard work of talking about how much peace we accomplished in 2025 & how much we’re into the idea of peace, generally.

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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · Dec 5
To all my followers that own wine vineyards: “Pinot Grinch-io”
That’s for you, but I get 10% of proceeds

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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · Dec 3
Okay, a new one - maybe the Fog of War is his new tipple of choice?

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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · Dec 3
Someone probably made this joke two days ago

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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · Dec 3
Does Pete Hegseth know the fog of war isn’t an actual fog?

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Dr Joanne Norcup @drjn.bsky.social · Dec 3
Good to see findings from this timely & necessary research coming out. Hope there are tangible actions following the findings and this is not simply another citable reference that can be used to document and tick-box
States of precarity in UK Higher Education geography
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States of precarity in UK Higher Education geography
Findings from a discipline-focused research project exploring the lived realities of precarious academic work within UK Higher Education geography.
www.rgs.org

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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · Dec 2
Excellent!

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · Dec 2
🎄 Norwegian Christmas tree arrives in London

In a yearly tradition going back to 1947, a Norwegian spruce arrives in London, where it will "grace" Trafalgar Square during the Christmas period, with a lighting ceremony planned for December 4

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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · Dec 2
I think they might just be south London. But good eggs!

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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · Dec 2
Also Hiyacar