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Jeremy Schmidt

@jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social

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Environmental Geographer QMUL; Co-editor of Area (areajournal.bsky.social)); Author of *Water: abundance, scarcity, and security in the age of humanity* (NYU Press); New book on Alberta’s water and energy coming 2026 with U Chicago Press. .. more

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Reposted by Kris Inwood, Daniel S. Goldberg, Alan Richardson , and 4 more Kris Inwood, Daniel S. Goldberg, Alan Richardson, Richard Pettigrew, Brian Weatherson, Jeremy J. Schmidt, Jeroen Van Bouwel

Theoria @theoriajournal.bsky.social · 8h

🔔 We're launching our Bluesky account today! Can you help us spread the word by retweeting this post? 😀

#Theoria #diamondopenaccessjournal

Jeremy Schmidt @jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social · 1d

Good point!

Jeremy Schmidt @jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social · 1d

I often wonder if there is a correlation among those sorts of reviews and people who themselves haven’t written a book.

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Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · 4d

Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).

An email from Martin Peterson to university administrators.

Jeremy Schmidt @jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah, I forgot to mention we had just returned from the science museum!

Reposted by Andrew Scott, Tim Bale, Justin Lewis , and 3 more Andrew Scott, Tim Bale, Justin Lewis, Ann Bartow, Jeremy J. Schmidt, Dan Hicks

Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 10d

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Map Myths @mapmyths.com · 12d

📣 New Blog Post: The snowy phantom of the equator.

Imagine a mountain range so elusive that for nearly two thousand years, half the world thought it was a fairy tale.

This is the story of the Mountains of the Moon, and it begins with a lost Greek merchant. 🧵

View of Ruwenzori mountains by Vittorio Sella c. 1906. Source: https://archive.org/details/ruwenzori00savo/page/n129/mode/1up

Jeremy Schmidt @jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social · 12d

This is where I start with my students on bird song:

theconversation.com/women-have-d...

Women have disrupted research on bird song, and their findings show how diversity can improve all fields of science

For decades, scientists believed that only male birds sang. Then women entered the field and showed what their predecessors had missed.

theconversation.com

Jeremy Schmidt @jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social · 12d

It’s really efficient altruism, where efficiency is always the numerated ratio denominated by the donor.

Jeremy Schmidt @jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social · 12d

No I didn't know about that one, thanks!! Maybe a little New Years bonus?

Jeremy Schmidt @jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social · 12d

I did submit my claim. The settlement is a 50/50 split between author and publisher (which only became clear to me during the actual submission)

Reposted by Brian D. Galle, Jeremy J. Schmidt, Brooke Harrington

Forbes @forbes.com · 16d

“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.

Possible California Wealth Tax Causes Billionaire Freakout: Page, Thiel Threaten To Leave

“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.

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Paul Langley @paullangley.bsky.social · 16d

That's a pretty small concert arena (or one largish farmer's field)

Susan J. Smith @sjs1869.bsky.social · 16d

Apparently, the world is getting richer. Here’s the catch: ‘The top one-in-a-million (about 5,600 adults, enough to fill a concert arena) collectively hold 3% of global wealth, more than the entire bottom half of the world’s adult population’… wid.world/document/wor...

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Jeremy Schmidt @jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social · 17d

Weird works

Jeremy Schmidt @jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social · 19d

Exactly!

Jeremy Schmidt @jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social · 19d

Totally agree! I always teach my students about theory by starting with the idea of an in-joke that you have with friends—one word or phrase that brings a whole package with it.

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Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 19d

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Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 19d

Be our colleague… Hiring an Assistant Prof of Urban Geography & Climate Crisis.

www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...

Assistant Professor of Urban Geography/Climate Crisis

www.sfu.ca

Reposted by Marco Festa‐Bianchet, Margreet Zwarteveen, Jeremy J. Schmidt , and 1 more Marco Festa‐Bianchet, Margreet Zwarteveen, Jeremy J. Schmidt, Clark Gray

Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 19d

In what could plausibly represent a Christmas miracle* SFU Geography has two (2) new tenure track hires. One is urban/climate, which I will repost below. The other is a Landscape Ecologist. Please share ... #academicsky

*actually just the good decisions of our new Dean
www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...