James Tyner
@tynergeog.bsky.social
Professor of Geography, Kent State University and AAG Fellow. Interests in Political Geography, Political Economy, Violence, Genocide, demonology, and the persecution of witchcraft
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College faculty are self-censoring in classrooms to avoid controversy, according to a scholar of education, health and behavior studies. Over half of surveyed professors have altered course materials or emails to avoid expressing potentially controversial opinions.
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October 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
College faculty are self-censoring in classrooms to avoid controversy, according to a scholar of education, health and behavior studies. Over half of surveyed professors have altered course materials or emails to avoid expressing potentially controversial opinions.
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Via @publisherswkly.bsky.social: "Creature feature buffs will be thrilled." 🦋
www.publishersweekly.com/9781517920012
www.publishersweekly.com/9781517920012
The Luminous Fairies and Mothra by Takehiko Fukunaga, Yoshie Hotta, Shin'ichiro Nakamura
In the afterword to the first English-language edition of this wonderfully weird 1961 novella that inspired the classic kaiju fi...
www.publishersweekly.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Via @publisherswkly.bsky.social: "Creature feature buffs will be thrilled." 🦋
www.publishersweekly.com/9781517920012
www.publishersweekly.com/9781517920012
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Looking for talks on 17th century, in Boston & New England? @historicbostons.bsky.social has covered many topics, including Salem witch trials, Puritanism, war, slavery, indigenous people, Anne Bradstreet, money, & more, all by top speakers.
historicbostons.org/events
historicbostons.org/events
Events — Partnership of Historic Bostons
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October 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Looking for talks on 17th century, in Boston & New England? @historicbostons.bsky.social has covered many topics, including Salem witch trials, Puritanism, war, slavery, indigenous people, Anne Bradstreet, money, & more, all by top speakers.
historicbostons.org/events
historicbostons.org/events
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"The species is named after Inazuma, a character from the Japanese manga ‘One Piece,’ known for the ability to change sex between male and female"
Half Male-Half Female Spider Discovered In Thailand Is New To Science
Not only is this species new to science, but this remarkable individual is the first record of a rare biological phenomenon in this previously unknown species.
www.forbes.com
October 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"The species is named after Inazuma, a character from the Japanese manga ‘One Piece,’ known for the ability to change sex between male and female"
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'as a rich and fascinating overview and introduction to British folklore this book is really essential reading for anyone interested in the subject. I know I’ll be returning to my copy again and again' - a lovely review of #Folklore on @shinynewbooks.bsky.social shinynewbooks.co.uk/folklore-a-j...
October 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
'as a rich and fascinating overview and introduction to British folklore this book is really essential reading for anyone interested in the subject. I know I’ll be returning to my copy again and again' - a lovely review of #Folklore on @shinynewbooks.bsky.social shinynewbooks.co.uk/folklore-a-j...
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I’m sad to hear the news that the wonderful Jane Goodall is no longer in the world. Her work with chimpanzees at Gombe in Tanzania taught us to look at other apes - and ourselves - differently. I was privileged to meet her later in life and tell her what an inspiration she was to me.
October 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I’m sad to hear the news that the wonderful Jane Goodall is no longer in the world. Her work with chimpanzees at Gombe in Tanzania taught us to look at other apes - and ourselves - differently. I was privileged to meet her later in life and tell her what an inspiration she was to me.
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Professor Joshua Inwood (@geogjosh.bsky.social) is recruiting graduate students for Fall 2026!
Prospective students are invited to connect by email & attend our graduate information session on Oct. 23 to learn more about opportunities in our M.S. and Ph.D. programs.
Registration 🔗 lnkd.in/gEWHi4NK
Prospective students are invited to connect by email & attend our graduate information session on Oct. 23 to learn more about opportunities in our M.S. and Ph.D. programs.
Registration 🔗 lnkd.in/gEWHi4NK
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Professor Joshua Inwood (@geogjosh.bsky.social) is recruiting graduate students for Fall 2026!
Prospective students are invited to connect by email & attend our graduate information session on Oct. 23 to learn more about opportunities in our M.S. and Ph.D. programs.
Registration 🔗 lnkd.in/gEWHi4NK
Prospective students are invited to connect by email & attend our graduate information session on Oct. 23 to learn more about opportunities in our M.S. and Ph.D. programs.
Registration 🔗 lnkd.in/gEWHi4NK
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New article from @stefcraps.com!
Ecological apologies: reckoning with grief, guilt, and multispecies justice.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Ecological apologies: reckoning with grief, guilt, and multispecies justice.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
September 24, 2025 at 6:27 AM
New article from @stefcraps.com!
Ecological apologies: reckoning with grief, guilt, and multispecies justice.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Ecological apologies: reckoning with grief, guilt, and multispecies justice.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
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I'm honoured by the invitation from the FAO Right to Food team to present in this upcoming webinar on Unpacking Corporate Power in Agrifood Systems - with insights from my new book Titans of Industrial Agriculture. Sept 24 - 14:00-15:30CET
Link to register: fao.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Link to register: fao.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I'm honoured by the invitation from the FAO Right to Food team to present in this upcoming webinar on Unpacking Corporate Power in Agrifood Systems - with insights from my new book Titans of Industrial Agriculture. Sept 24 - 14:00-15:30CET
Link to register: fao.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Link to register: fao.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Just 6 days to go!
Don't forget to sign up for this incredible upcoming CCRG/ RGS event:
What does the rise of far right politics in Europe + the US means for climate policy?
𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐦 Tuesday September 30th @ 7pm
👇
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
Don't forget to sign up for this incredible upcoming CCRG/ RGS event:
What does the rise of far right politics in Europe + the US means for climate policy?
𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐦 Tuesday September 30th @ 7pm
👇
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
Climate change under political extremism
As far-right movements rise in Europe and the US, what’s at stake for environmental policy? Experts will discuss sustaining action amid political shifts.
www.rgs.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Just 6 days to go!
Don't forget to sign up for this incredible upcoming CCRG/ RGS event:
What does the rise of far right politics in Europe + the US means for climate policy?
𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐦 Tuesday September 30th @ 7pm
👇
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
Don't forget to sign up for this incredible upcoming CCRG/ RGS event:
What does the rise of far right politics in Europe + the US means for climate policy?
𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐦 Tuesday September 30th @ 7pm
👇
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
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Publishing today!
From village rituals and fairytales to UFOs and fanfiction, witches, wizards and wickermen, British folklore is a living tradition that continues on.
Available from all good bookshops and online now.
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.social
@odavies9.bsky.social
#folklore #booksky
From village rituals and fairytales to UFOs and fanfiction, witches, wizards and wickermen, British folklore is a living tradition that continues on.
Available from all good bookshops and online now.
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.social
@odavies9.bsky.social
#folklore #booksky
September 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Publishing today!
From village rituals and fairytales to UFOs and fanfiction, witches, wizards and wickermen, British folklore is a living tradition that continues on.
Available from all good bookshops and online now.
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.social
@odavies9.bsky.social
#folklore #booksky
From village rituals and fairytales to UFOs and fanfiction, witches, wizards and wickermen, British folklore is a living tradition that continues on.
Available from all good bookshops and online now.
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.social
@odavies9.bsky.social
#folklore #booksky
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Tonight. 7 pm @emersonwbaker.bsky.social on Stopping the Witch Hunts. Free. @historicbostons.bsky.social Will be recorded in case you didn't see this in time.
www.eventbrite.com/x/resistance...
www.eventbrite.com/x/resistance...
September 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Tonight. 7 pm @emersonwbaker.bsky.social on Stopping the Witch Hunts. Free. @historicbostons.bsky.social Will be recorded in case you didn't see this in time.
www.eventbrite.com/x/resistance...
www.eventbrite.com/x/resistance...
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Coming soon. The Citizen and the Vagabond. A Politics of Mobility.
August 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Coming soon. The Citizen and the Vagabond. A Politics of Mobility.
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Beautiful #Ediacaran fossil light on the E surface at Mistaken Point 🤩
September 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Beautiful #Ediacaran fossil light on the E surface at Mistaken Point 🤩
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Call for applications - The J.B. Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography
Awards range up to £2000. The closing date for applications is 1st NOVEMBER.
Apply here: www.maphistory.info/harley.html
Please forward to others who might be interested.
Awards range up to £2000. The closing date for applications is 1st NOVEMBER.
Apply here: www.maphistory.info/harley.html
Please forward to others who might be interested.
September 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Call for applications - The J.B. Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography
Awards range up to £2000. The closing date for applications is 1st NOVEMBER.
Apply here: www.maphistory.info/harley.html
Please forward to others who might be interested.
Awards range up to £2000. The closing date for applications is 1st NOVEMBER.
Apply here: www.maphistory.info/harley.html
Please forward to others who might be interested.
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Offering an alternative to both futurism and communism, Russian Cosmism imagined a world where science and technology could conquer death and unite humanity.
Cosmism: The 19th-century movement to reach space and immortality
Russian Cosmism predicted the end of the world, and foreshadowed mankind's desire to colonize outer space.
bigthink.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Offering an alternative to both futurism and communism, Russian Cosmism imagined a world where science and technology could conquer death and unite humanity.
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Though little documentation survives capturing women's contributions to #cartography, @tynergeog.bsky.social & Judith Tyner highlight the significance of unknown legacies to the foundational "beginnings" of cartography as a #geographic profession during #WWII.
Read on: buff.ly/wqWMGY8
Read on: buff.ly/wqWMGY8
September 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Though little documentation survives capturing women's contributions to #cartography, @tynergeog.bsky.social & Judith Tyner highlight the significance of unknown legacies to the foundational "beginnings" of cartography as a #geographic profession during #WWII.
Read on: buff.ly/wqWMGY8
Read on: buff.ly/wqWMGY8
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📣 I'M HIRING! Please spread the word 📣
🔎 Looking for a 1-year postdoctoral research associate to support @sensory-lives-prj.bsky.social & UK-wide tour of a playhouse tent communicating neurodivergent children’s experiences of Temporary Accommodation.
🛜 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOL488/p...
🔎 Looking for a 1-year postdoctoral research associate to support @sensory-lives-prj.bsky.social & UK-wide tour of a playhouse tent communicating neurodivergent children’s experiences of Temporary Accommodation.
🛜 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOL488/p...
September 1, 2025 at 10:55 AM
📣 I'M HIRING! Please spread the word 📣
🔎 Looking for a 1-year postdoctoral research associate to support @sensory-lives-prj.bsky.social & UK-wide tour of a playhouse tent communicating neurodivergent children’s experiences of Temporary Accommodation.
🛜 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOL488/p...
🔎 Looking for a 1-year postdoctoral research associate to support @sensory-lives-prj.bsky.social & UK-wide tour of a playhouse tent communicating neurodivergent children’s experiences of Temporary Accommodation.
🛜 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOL488/p...
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"The U.S. agricultural workforce fell by 155,000 — about 7 percent — between March and July, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data. That tracks with Pew Research Center data that shows total immigrant labor fell by 750,000 from January through July."
'The whole thing is screwed up': Farmers in deep-red Pennsylvania struggle to find workers
They're pushing lawmakers to move faster on a farm labor solution, even as the president cracks down on immigration.
www.politico.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"The U.S. agricultural workforce fell by 155,000 — about 7 percent — between March and July, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data. That tracks with Pew Research Center data that shows total immigrant labor fell by 750,000 from January through July."
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CFP AAG 2026 - Geography and civil war. @geographers.bsky.social Annual Meeting, San Francisco, March 17-21, 2026. Paper session organized by Olivier Walther and David Russell. Proposed titles and abstracts and/or expressions of interest due October 15, 2025 anl.geog.ufl.edu/aag-2026/
CFP AAG 2026 – Geography and civil war
The goal of this session of the American Association of Geographers is to examine how space shapes civil wars.
anl.geog.ufl.edu
September 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
CFP AAG 2026 - Geography and civil war. @geographers.bsky.social Annual Meeting, San Francisco, March 17-21, 2026. Paper session organized by Olivier Walther and David Russell. Proposed titles and abstracts and/or expressions of interest due October 15, 2025 anl.geog.ufl.edu/aag-2026/
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“Political assassinations come in waves…political assassinations create a process of escalation that encourages others on the extreme political spectrum to feel the need to retaliate.”
An expert on extremism what can be done to de-escalate:
An expert on extremism what can be done to de-escalate:
‘This will not end here’: A scholar explains why Charlie Kirk’s killing could embolden political violence
Kirk’s killing reflects a broader political impasse in the US, where a significant percentage of the population supports political violence of some form.
buff.ly
September 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“Political assassinations come in waves…political assassinations create a process of escalation that encourages others on the extreme political spectrum to feel the need to retaliate.”
An expert on extremism what can be done to de-escalate:
An expert on extremism what can be done to de-escalate:
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Come work with us! The University of Nevada, Reno is hiring an Assistant Professor in Human-Environment Geography, with a focus on energy and/or water sustainability, and environmental justice. Details at this link nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UNR-ex...
Assistant Professor, Human-Environment Geography
The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) appreciates your interest in employment at our growing institution. We want your application process to go smoothly and quickly. Final applications must be submitt...
nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Come work with us! The University of Nevada, Reno is hiring an Assistant Professor in Human-Environment Geography, with a focus on energy and/or water sustainability, and environmental justice. Details at this link nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UNR-ex...
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In case you missed it! Conversation with @emersonwbaker.bsky.social, Sara, Josh, & @historicbostons.bsky.social on 1692 Salem Witch Hunts & others.
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The Other: Understanding Witch Hunts, Part I, with Emerson Baker, Sarah Jack, and Josh Hutchinson
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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September 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
In case you missed it! Conversation with @emersonwbaker.bsky.social, Sara, Josh, & @historicbostons.bsky.social on 1692 Salem Witch Hunts & others.
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