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joe gerlach @joegerlach.bsky.social · 2d

Spinoza's Geographical Ethics - out now, open access in e-book form: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-spinoza... @edinburghup.bsky.social

Spinoza's Geographical Ethics

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 7d

Krasznahorkai has said of his work: ‘You will never go wrong anticipating doom in my books, any more than you’ll go wrong in anticipating doom in ordinary life.’

In 2012, we recorded a 94-minute conversation with Colm Tóibín for our Bookshop podcast:

www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-vid...

László Krasznahorkai in conversation with Colm Tóibín | London Review Bookshop

Our first Literary Friendships event brought together Colm Tóibín with his friend László Krasznahorkai. Described by the Guardian as a ‘visionary writer’,…

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Aya Nassar @ayanassar.bsky.social · 7d

Just out paper which might be of interest to those who work on Urban Geograpy, Geographies of Home, and affective thinking (especially ambivalence).

It is a paper that considers the wonderful Iman Mersal's poetic oeuvre as a form of geography.

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“Giving up the Idea of Home”: Ambivalent Geographies, Geopoetics, and Resisting Capture in the Cities of the Middle East

Abstract. This paper sits with the geopoetics of the Egyptian poet and writer Iman Mersal to grapple with affective ambivalence towards common objects of d

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Jay Todd 🏳️‍⚧️ @jaytoddgla.bsky.social · Apr 28

⏰ Geographers! In light of the emergency situation we find ourselves in, I have put together an open letter to the RGS asking them to respond to the current unfolding situation with the RGS and EHRC. Please DM/email for details on how to read/sign. Re-post!

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Sage Brice (she/her) @sagebrice.bsky.social · Apr 27

“Biology is all the more political because of how it is used as if it isn’t” @saranahmed.bsky.social in her usual uncompromising form: feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/patriarcha...

Patriarchal Hammers

Some thoughts on the recent judgement by the Supreme Court

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Nick Bernards @nickbernards.bsky.social · Mar 22

This is very good and if you work in a UK university you should read it.

UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · Mar 21

The latest from our Joint Unions Finance Working Group looks at the 'logic' behind the huge cuts being proposed at the University of Edinburgh

www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/tlwewp3...

Reckless downsizing: the “logics” of management’s cuts — UCU Edinburgh

Unpacking the “business model” behind the UoE cuts

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Geography at Durham @geogdurham.bsky.social · Mar 20

An Atmospheric History of Smoking in Modern Britain by our colleague Ivan Markovic focuses on the social, cultural and emotional aspects of smoking in modern Britain, covering 150 years of British history bit.ly/40qP8j5

An Atmospheric History of Smoking in Modern Britain

This book studies the historiography of smoking in modern Britain, with a focus on the social, cultural, and emotional aspects of the practice.Centring on four…

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Andy Williams @llantwit.bsky.social · Feb 21

Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University, by an anonymous academic.
This is truly shocking read.
The Cardiff executive board should hang their heads in shame.
voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...

Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University -

Reading Time: 4 minutesBy an anonymous academic. Cover image by Adwitiya Pal On the second day of classes…

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Sage Brice (she/her) @sagebrice.bsky.social · Jan 29

Excited to see this is out - and with an expanded online edition alongside! Congratulations and thank you @erindurban.bsky.social and team for all the work that went into it

erin l. durban @erindurban.bsky.social · Jan 25

TSQ Trans* Ecologies Print Issue read.dukeupress.edu/tsq/issue/11/4

Volume 11 Issue 4 | TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly | Duke University Press

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The PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · Jan 23

fuck yes. Borges those motherfuckers

Developer Creates Infinite Maze That Traps AI Training Bots

"Nepenthes generates random links that always point back to itself - the crawler downloads those new links. Nepenthes happily just returns more and more lists of links pointing back to itself."

www.404media.co

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stilllife @stilllife0.bsky.social · Dec 28

Though the last encounter with Sif wasn’t what I was expecting

stilllife @stilllife0.bsky.social · Dec 27

13 years after playing it for the first time, it is done. #ds1

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stilllife @stilllife0.bsky.social · Dec 26

My holiday project.

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Ben Anderson @benandersongeog.bsky.social · Dec 20

Invitation to a collective project!

What, for you, is the promise of cultural geography?

Vickie Zhang and I are seeking responses to the prompt (1-1000 words) by the end of February. They will be compiled, and made freely available in a publication (with DOI & ISBN). Details 👇

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stilllife @stilllife0.bsky.social · Dec 12

Sleeping in a gap in the literature!

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stilllife @stilllife0.bsky.social · Dec 12

Essential reference material

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stilllife @stilllife0.bsky.social · Dec 11

NEW GEOGRAPHY JOURNAL!

Agoriad: A Journal of Spatial Theory.

Issue 1, special issue on Indigenous Ontologies, out now, open access. It looks excellent.

Congratulations to the managing and issue editors on making this happen.

Indigenous Ontologies | Agoriad: A Journal of Spatial Theory

Agoriad (meaning Openings in Welsh) is a diamond open access journal exploring theoretical and philosophical ideas in Human Geography and associated fields, published annually. Each volume explores a ...

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stilllife @stilllife0.bsky.social · Nov 16

I can give you their insta, but it will only lead to more cats in your house...

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stilllife @stilllife0.bsky.social · Nov 15

I thought he looked like Stan when we got him! And yes, we now have a full on clowder of cats in the house; I caved to pressure...

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Marika Rose @marika.bsky.social · Nov 14

Any model of philosophy which thinks the real dangers are all on the continental philosophy side is just begging for a return of the British empire

lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · Nov 11

This flow chart is also canonical

(sincere apologies but I do not think I can alt-text this)

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stilllife @stilllife0.bsky.social · Nov 14

This is great! Am running a new course next term on the end of the world, in theory and in films, so straight on a reading list too. Am going through your bibliography, but any recommendations appreciated.

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stilllife @stilllife0.bsky.social · Nov 14

Aw, thanks Emma! Look forward to hearing about it at our annual catch up at the RGS

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stilllife @stilllife0.bsky.social · Nov 13

To start with this new platform as I mean to go on - pictures of cats hassling me while I work. Here’s Spike…

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