Jerome Hodos
@jhodos.bsky.social
Lost in Megalopolis: Global urbanism, sociology, city politics, planning, street vitality. Professor, Franklin & Marshall College; mistakes all my own.
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IMPORTANT: “I boarded Montreal’s brand-new light metro line for its first voyage. From the front of the driverless train, the crowd got a privileged view…The journey was not just a tour of the REM’s 14 new stations, however—it was a preview of the most ambitious transit expansion in North America.”
Montreal's New Rail Line Is the Future - Macleans.ca
Canada has forgotten how to build fast, cheap transit. A new megaproject has the fix.
macleans.ca
December 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
IMPORTANT: “I boarded Montreal’s brand-new light metro line for its first voyage. From the front of the driverless train, the crowd got a privileged view…The journey was not just a tour of the REM’s 14 new stations, however—it was a preview of the most ambitious transit expansion in North America.”
1. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
2. Given slavery, gun laws, etc., America explicitly *hasn't* always protected its own.
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
2. Given slavery, gun laws, etc., America explicitly *hasn't* always protected its own.
Habba: There were individuals that were saying that this should be a safe harbor, a safe haven. Why? America is America because we protect our own.
November 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
1. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
2. Given slavery, gun laws, etc., America explicitly *hasn't* always protected its own.
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
2. Given slavery, gun laws, etc., America explicitly *hasn't* always protected its own.
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
This is a really thoughtful thread; it provokes more questions than answers, but in a useful way.
For some schools, would there be value in starting earlier, completing the fall (including exams) in time for Thanksgiving, then starting the next term in early January? No college at all in December?
For some schools, would there be value in starting earlier, completing the fall (including exams) in time for Thanksgiving, then starting the next term in early January? No college at all in December?
1/7. In the few years that my university tracked COVID-19 cases, we saw some of the biggest infection spikes after Thanksgiving break (see this article from 2021 for example). Seeing that data in those years made me think about the tradeoffs associated with having...
www.npr.org/sections/cor...
www.npr.org/sections/cor...
Cornell shuts down its Ithaca campus after significant signs of omicron variant found
The campus reported nearly 500 new cases of COVID-19 among the student body. The new omicron variant was detected "in a significant number" of positive tests, the university said.
www.npr.org
November 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This is a really thoughtful thread; it provokes more questions than answers, but in a useful way.
For some schools, would there be value in starting earlier, completing the fall (including exams) in time for Thanksgiving, then starting the next term in early January? No college at all in December?
For some schools, would there be value in starting earlier, completing the fall (including exams) in time for Thanksgiving, then starting the next term in early January? No college at all in December?
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Your periodic Baltimore homicides update: Baltimore continues to be on track for 150 homicides this year. If you look at the graph you can see how amazing this is, although, of course, that's still 150 too many.
November 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Your periodic Baltimore homicides update: Baltimore continues to be on track for 150 homicides this year. If you look at the graph you can see how amazing this is, although, of course, that's still 150 too many.
I think the implication is that executives are pretty easily replaceable, rather than essential.
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I think the implication is that executives are pretty easily replaceable, rather than essential.
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I’ll look at it in more depth later but Northwestern’s agreement seems more campus-specific than previous deals and imposes restrictions on campus conduct beyond what others ave agreed to. Northwestern seems to have surrendered autonomy to a shocking extent. www.northwestern.edu/president/do...
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November 29, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I’ll look at it in more depth later but Northwestern’s agreement seems more campus-specific than previous deals and imposes restrictions on campus conduct beyond what others ave agreed to. Northwestern seems to have surrendered autonomy to a shocking extent. www.northwestern.edu/president/do...
This Eagles game is embarrassing; the offense has lost the plot.
November 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This Eagles game is embarrassing; the offense has lost the plot.
Just Kids is a great book; looking forward to reading the new one too. www.inquirer.com/entertainmen...
‘The places that helped form me were Philadelphia and rural South Jersey’: Patti Smith talks about her childhood
In “Bread of Angels,” Smith writes of Philadelphia being a formative force in her life. “Culturally, it was the city that helped form me,” she said. “It was where I discovered rock and roll.”
www.inquirer.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Just Kids is a great book; looking forward to reading the new one too. www.inquirer.com/entertainmen...
Looking forward to the absolute best Thanksgiving food: leftover turkey sandwiches.
November 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Looking forward to the absolute best Thanksgiving food: leftover turkey sandwiches.
Note to all: The quote & article it's from focus on sticker prices, not the $$ students actually shell out. The underlying data tell a very different story, of declining college prices for families over the past decade. Reliance on sticker prices is an enormous PR failure by higher ed as a whole.
It’s almost as though tech billionaires are able to manipulate public opinion
"when adjusted for inflation, College Board data shows that the average, inflation-adjusted cost of public four-year college tuition for in-state students has doubled since 1995. Tuition at private, four-year colleges is up 75% over the same period."
November 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Note to all: The quote & article it's from focus on sticker prices, not the $$ students actually shell out. The underlying data tell a very different story, of declining college prices for families over the past decade. Reliance on sticker prices is an enormous PR failure by higher ed as a whole.
The problem is that this quote, and the NBC News piece, are misrepresenting the data, because they're talking about sticker price, not what students actually pay. According to the very same College Board report, the dollar amount students actually pay has, um, been going down.
November 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The problem is that this quote, and the NBC News piece, are misrepresenting the data, because they're talking about sticker price, not what students actually pay. According to the very same College Board report, the dollar amount students actually pay has, um, been going down.
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How Republicans commemorated Thanksgiving in 1869--with a multi-racial/multi-ethnic gathering of people at a table with a centerpiece celebrating universal suffrage and self-government, and with an engraving of Castle Garden, the pre-Ellis Island point of disembarkation for immigrants.
November 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
How Republicans commemorated Thanksgiving in 1869--with a multi-racial/multi-ethnic gathering of people at a table with a centerpiece celebrating universal suffrage and self-government, and with an engraving of Castle Garden, the pre-Ellis Island point of disembarkation for immigrants.
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🔥POWERFUL AD ABOUT ICE AGENTS: “What will you say when your kids ask you about your day? A mask can’t hide you from your neighbors, your family, God… you can walk away, but the shame will follow you home.”
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
🔥POWERFUL AD ABOUT ICE AGENTS: “What will you say when your kids ask you about your day? A mask can’t hide you from your neighbors, your family, God… you can walk away, but the shame will follow you home.”
This is lovely research, with real payoffs in terms of solving historical puzzles that we've been wondering about for ages. theconversation.com/drones-physi...
Drones, physics and rats: Studies show how the people of Rapa Nui made and moved the giant statues – and what caused the island’s deforestation
The mysteries of Easter Island, subjects of speculation for centuries, yield to scientific inquiry.
theconversation.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
This is lovely research, with real payoffs in terms of solving historical puzzles that we've been wondering about for ages. theconversation.com/drones-physi...
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Now I've had time to read Jim Ryan's account of the palace coup and his forced resignation at UVA. What happened was wildly improper, and it seems the folks responsible tried to keep it quiet because they knew they would lose support if it became public. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Jim Ryan letter
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November 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Now I've had time to read Jim Ryan's account of the palace coup and his forced resignation at UVA. What happened was wildly improper, and it seems the folks responsible tried to keep it quiet because they knew they would lose support if it became public. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
One pie to rule them all: Mincemeat!
My un-humble and eternally correct contribution to the discourse.
My un-humble and eternally correct contribution to the discourse.
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
One pie to rule them all: Mincemeat!
My un-humble and eternally correct contribution to the discourse.
My un-humble and eternally correct contribution to the discourse.
An open question, looking for what you got: Who today is making topical, charged protest music about the current situation in the US?
I found myself listening to a lot of Linton Kwesi Johnson over the last few days, and I'm wondering who might be our moment's functional equivalents?
I found myself listening to a lot of Linton Kwesi Johnson over the last few days, and I'm wondering who might be our moment's functional equivalents?
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
An open question, looking for what you got: Who today is making topical, charged protest music about the current situation in the US?
I found myself listening to a lot of Linton Kwesi Johnson over the last few days, and I'm wondering who might be our moment's functional equivalents?
I found myself listening to a lot of Linton Kwesi Johnson over the last few days, and I'm wondering who might be our moment's functional equivalents?
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
In a now-viral 1848 manifesto, the underemployed German journalist and his class traitor friend and benefactor predicted the rise of socialism. Today they tell the Free Press how they knew.
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: The Proletarians Have Nothing to Lose but Their Chains.
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: The Proletarians Have Nothing to Lose but Their Chains.
Bari Weiss’s The Free Press (now part of corporate media) is pushing this Ad on Musk’s X. It portrays Peter Thiel as some sort of savant.
This is the same guy, you know, who has been giving lectures about the AntiChrist.
The “Free” Press is more like The Billionaire Press.
This is the same guy, you know, who has been giving lectures about the AntiChrist.
The “Free” Press is more like The Billionaire Press.
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
In a now-viral 1848 manifesto, the underemployed German journalist and his class traitor friend and benefactor predicted the rise of socialism. Today they tell the Free Press how they knew.
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: The Proletarians Have Nothing to Lose but Their Chains.
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: The Proletarians Have Nothing to Lose but Their Chains.
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Deep capitalism: Asking you to burn your personal life, your social network, and your self-respect, all for a job that doesn't really pay. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘Friends end up blocking you’: Northwestern Mutual sold college grads a dream job. They left in ruin and debt
Expecting to be financial advisers at the Fortune 500 firm, some hires say they were ‘gaslit’ into peddling ‘terrible’ life insurance to all their contacts
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Deep capitalism: Asking you to burn your personal life, your social network, and your self-respect, all for a job that doesn't really pay. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Marc Rowan was not even on Penn's board when he ousted the president. He's a classic instance of the tail wagging the dog, and it is to the lasting discredit of Penn and of the US that he has gained such influence in higher ed. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Wealthy People Have Always Shaped Universities. This Time Is Different.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Marc Rowan was not even on Penn's board when he ousted the president. He's a classic instance of the tail wagging the dog, and it is to the lasting discredit of Penn and of the US that he has gained such influence in higher ed. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
