Alida Cantor
@alidacantor.bsky.social
Geographer, political ecologist, critical legal water energy resources, environmental justice. Associate Professor of Geography at Portland State University. Parent, feminist, union member, bike commuter. She/her.
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Dang, hard disagree. The best papers to write and read are works of art, not merely a list of data and statements.
Don’t let LLMs take this away too, for gods sake.
Don’t let LLMs take this away too, for gods sake.
I honestly think we would all be a lot more productive if papers were bullet points with plots.
November 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Dang, hard disagree. The best papers to write and read are works of art, not merely a list of data and statements.
Don’t let LLMs take this away too, for gods sake.
Don’t let LLMs take this away too, for gods sake.
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Portland State University AAUP won their arbitration regarding the layoffs of 10 non-tenure track faculty!✊
An arbitrator ruled the university bypassed shared governance protocols required by the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
All 10 laid-off faculty must be reinstated!
@psuaaup.bsky.social
An arbitrator ruled the university bypassed shared governance protocols required by the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
All 10 laid-off faculty must be reinstated!
@psuaaup.bsky.social
PSU AAUP | PSU-AAUP wins NTTF arbitration judgment
psuaaup.net
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Portland State University AAUP won their arbitration regarding the layoffs of 10 non-tenure track faculty!✊
An arbitrator ruled the university bypassed shared governance protocols required by the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
All 10 laid-off faculty must be reinstated!
@psuaaup.bsky.social
An arbitrator ruled the university bypassed shared governance protocols required by the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
All 10 laid-off faculty must be reinstated!
@psuaaup.bsky.social
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First first author pub, yay!
Excellent new publication on "Collaborative Governance and Hydrosocial Territorialization: Reaching Consensus on Salmon Restoration Goals in the Columbia River Basin" by my PhD student Thien-Kim Bui! #salmon #geosky #waterscience 🐟💧🏞️
@thienkim.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@thienkim.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
First first author pub, yay!
Excellent new publication on "Collaborative Governance and Hydrosocial Territorialization: Reaching Consensus on Salmon Restoration Goals in the Columbia River Basin" by my PhD student Thien-Kim Bui! #salmon #geosky #waterscience 🐟💧🏞️
@thienkim.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@thienkim.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Excellent new publication on "Collaborative Governance and Hydrosocial Territorialization: Reaching Consensus on Salmon Restoration Goals in the Columbia River Basin" by my PhD student Thien-Kim Bui! #salmon #geosky #waterscience 🐟💧🏞️
@thienkim.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@thienkim.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Brilliant, great work Portland State @trecpdx.bsky.social !!! This is such a cool way to let people try e-bikes. #bikesky
Portland State University just opened an e-bike lending library. You can borrow an e-bike for a couple weeks, months, or a term. trec.pdx.edu/news/portlan...
Portland State's New E-Bike Lending Library is Open | TREC
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October 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Brilliant, great work Portland State @trecpdx.bsky.social !!! This is such a cool way to let people try e-bikes. #bikesky
Just wanted to share this incredibly nice StoryMap that accompanies our new report on Community Benefits Agreements! The StoryMap explores several case studies of CBAs in energy transitions. @cplusc.bsky.social #geosky #energysky #sustainability #climate
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a860...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a860...
Fighting for Fair Development
Community Benefits Agreements as a Strategy for Making the Energy Transition More Equitable in the United States
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October 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Just wanted to share this incredibly nice StoryMap that accompanies our new report on Community Benefits Agreements! The StoryMap explores several case studies of CBAs in energy transitions. @cplusc.bsky.social #geosky #energysky #sustainability #climate
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a860...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a860...
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E-bikes are a true car replacement. ⚡️🚲
Many parents are now are forgoing minivans for greener alternatives: cargo bikes. They have been around for decades, but the advent of the electric bike motor has made them much more popular. n.pr/3WJyZn9
Why more parents are riding cargo bikes, skipping the minivan
Many parents are now are forgoing minivans for greener alternatives: cargo bikes. They have been around for decades, but the advent of the electric bike motor has made them much more popular.
n.pr
October 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
E-bikes are a true car replacement. ⚡️🚲
Joined a micro #NoKings rally in Portland OR with a bunch of kids and parents and grandmas. For those not fluent in kindergarten writing: "Yes ice cream, No ICE."
October 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Joined a micro #NoKings rally in Portland OR with a bunch of kids and parents and grandmas. For those not fluent in kindergarten writing: "Yes ice cream, No ICE."
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The war zone in Portland is out of control.
October 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The war zone in Portland is out of control.
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Who should benefit from the energy transition? Communities? Workers? Billionaires?
As federal posture toward a clean energy supply chain shifts rapidly, our new report shows that communities are turning to community benefit agreements (CBAs) to gain control over their futures. 👇
As federal posture toward a clean energy supply chain shifts rapidly, our new report shows that communities are turning to community benefit agreements (CBAs) to gain control over their futures. 👇
October 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Who should benefit from the energy transition? Communities? Workers? Billionaires?
As federal posture toward a clean energy supply chain shifts rapidly, our new report shows that communities are turning to community benefit agreements (CBAs) to gain control over their futures. 👇
As federal posture toward a clean energy supply chain shifts rapidly, our new report shows that communities are turning to community benefit agreements (CBAs) to gain control over their futures. 👇
New report on community benefit agreements!!! It was super fun to work with this amazing team and with @cplusc.bsky.social on a timely and important topic.
CCI’s newest report analyzes the limits and possibilities of CBAs to uphold Indigenous sovereignty, deliver environmental justice, and build labor power across the supply chain in the energy transition. climateandcommunity.org/research/cbas/
Community Benefits Agreements
In the face of energy transition projects, communities can deploy community benefits agreements to exert control over their futures.
climateandcommunity.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
New report on community benefit agreements!!! It was super fun to work with this amazing team and with @cplusc.bsky.social on a timely and important topic.
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It should be obvious to everyone, but for the hedge fund managers at the back, a compact that restricts academic freedom isn't about merit or access. The goal is control and a return to a segregated system where elite institutions solely serve the interests of the wealthy. 1/
Opinion | Academia Is Broken. Trump’s University ‘Compact’ Can Help Fix It.
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It should be obvious to everyone, but for the hedge fund managers at the back, a compact that restricts academic freedom isn't about merit or access. The goal is control and a return to a segregated system where elite institutions solely serve the interests of the wealthy. 1/
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there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually
October 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually
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Who's doing rigorous analysis on the effects of data centers on economic, health, energy, and climate outcomes? #econsky #energysky #climatesky
October 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Who's doing rigorous analysis on the effects of data centers on economic, health, energy, and climate outcomes? #econsky #energysky #climatesky
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Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.
October 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.
Happy New Water Year to all who celebrate 🥳💦🌊🚿🚣♂️🚽💧🎣🦦🐟❤️ #waterscience
October 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Happy New Water Year to all who celebrate 🥳💦🌊🚿🚣♂️🚽💧🎣🦦🐟❤️ #waterscience
Reporting from the streets of #WarRavagedPortland where today's terrifying activities included a kindergarten playdate with juice and snacks at a park. Things got ugly when one kid got stung by a bee and another stubbed their toe. Troops please send more juice boxes.
Please everyone in #WarRavagedPortland post your best photographs of the devastation there so that you will not suffer alone!!
September 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Reporting from the streets of #WarRavagedPortland where today's terrifying activities included a kindergarten playdate with juice and snacks at a park. Things got ugly when one kid got stung by a bee and another stubbed their toe. Troops please send more juice boxes.
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As a resident of #Portland it is impossible to capture how unhinged this is. We are a low crime city and the ICE protest "siege" consists of one auxiliary ICE office that normally has at most a dozen weirdos debating what performance art they should use to block a single driveway
Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland
September 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
As a resident of #Portland it is impossible to capture how unhinged this is. We are a low crime city and the ICE protest "siege" consists of one auxiliary ICE office that normally has at most a dozen weirdos debating what performance art they should use to block a single driveway
Ok @npr.org now do one for drivers on "How to not hit people with your car." Tired: blaming pedestrians and bikers for getting hit by people driving cars. Wired: safer road engineering, better bike and ped infrastructure, slower speeds, fewer giant vehicles, & less distracted driving, to name a few.
In 2024, 7,100 pedestrians were killed on the road, and in recent years, more than 1,000 cyclists have been hit and killed annually. Safety experts explain how bikers and walkers can stay safe.
8 walking and biking safety tips that just might save your life
In 2024, 7,100 pedestrians were killed on the road, and in recent years, more than 1,000 cyclists have been hit and killed annually. Safety experts explain how bikers and walkers can stay safe.
n.pr
September 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Ok @npr.org now do one for drivers on "How to not hit people with your car." Tired: blaming pedestrians and bikers for getting hit by people driving cars. Wired: safer road engineering, better bike and ped infrastructure, slower speeds, fewer giant vehicles, & less distracted driving, to name a few.
(shouting into the void): Hey geographers! What happened to the #geosky feed? Did it disappear? It isn't showing up in my list anymore. Did the geographers go somewhere else? I already deleted Twitter some time ago.
September 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
(shouting into the void): Hey geographers! What happened to the #geosky feed? Did it disappear? It isn't showing up in my list anymore. Did the geographers go somewhere else? I already deleted Twitter some time ago.
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Portland State U historian @catherinemcneur.bsky.social is doing a very cool series of local history posts on TikTok. Portland folks will be especially interested in them, but so might many others out there. This one is about the horseshoe courts in Laurelhurst Park.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SXnEWH/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SXnEWH/
Horseshoe tossing was the pickleball of 100 years ago. Are we overdue for a horseshoe revival or do you think the city should repurpose these spaces? #portland #portlandparks #historytok #history #hi...
TikTok video by Catherine McNeur
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September 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Portland State U historian @catherinemcneur.bsky.social is doing a very cool series of local history posts on TikTok. Portland folks will be especially interested in them, but so might many others out there. This one is about the horseshoe courts in Laurelhurst Park.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SXnEWH/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SXnEWH/
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Anyone know of any other moments of celebrating nature like this? Where it’s part of local culture? I’d be interested to hear of them.
Amazing Swift show tonight in Portland!
Every year migrating Vaux's swifts gather by the thousands and roost in chimneys like this SE Portland elementary school. And neighbors come out to watch them and cheer them on. It's a true delight.
Every year migrating Vaux's swifts gather by the thousands and roost in chimneys like this SE Portland elementary school. And neighbors come out to watch them and cheer them on. It's a true delight.
September 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Anyone know of any other moments of celebrating nature like this? Where it’s part of local culture? I’d be interested to hear of them.
Amazing Swift show tonight in Portland!
Every year migrating Vaux's swifts gather by the thousands and roost in chimneys like this SE Portland elementary school. And neighbors come out to watch them and cheer them on. It's a true delight.
Every year migrating Vaux's swifts gather by the thousands and roost in chimneys like this SE Portland elementary school. And neighbors come out to watch them and cheer them on. It's a true delight.
September 20, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Amazing Swift show tonight in Portland!
Every year migrating Vaux's swifts gather by the thousands and roost in chimneys like this SE Portland elementary school. And neighbors come out to watch them and cheer them on. It's a true delight.
Every year migrating Vaux's swifts gather by the thousands and roost in chimneys like this SE Portland elementary school. And neighbors come out to watch them and cheer them on. It's a true delight.