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Jerry Brotton

@jerrybrotton.bsky.social

Writer, teacher, broadcaster, curator, Londoner. Podcast: What’s Your Map? Book: Four Points of the Compass.

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Seb Falk@sebfalk.com · last yr.

The ever-excellent John Harris on navigation in the smartphone age (drawing on @jerrybrotton.bsky.social's wonderful cultural history of the compass) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We now leave navigation to our phones. The result: more of us are getting hopelessly lost | John Harris

The blue dot of GPS has cut us off from a basic human skill. It’s no wonder mountain rescuers are being called out so often, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · last yr.

What do you call humans being kidnapped and sent to another country to be imprisoned in shackles and forced to perform intense physical labor while living in horrid conditions under the threat of daily physical violence and rape? Open a history book. You can do it. I believe in you.

Zarah Sultana MP@zarahsultana.bsky.social · last yr.

Instead of slashing welfare and disability benefits — forcing more disabled people and children into poverty — the government could introduce a 2% tax on assets over £10 million. It would raise £24 billion — five times the savings from these cuts. This is austerity 2.0

Dr Bendor Grosvenor FRHistS@bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social · last yr.

Lord Salisbury used to warn against politicians using maps: 'A great deal of misunderstanding is caused by speakers having made use of maps drawn up on a small scale'.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.

Trump: "To be honest with you, Canada only works as a state. We don't need anything they have. As a state it would be one of the great states. This would be the most incredible country visually. If you look at a map, they drew an artificial line right through it."

James Fallows@jfallows.bsky.social · last yr.

Trump (idiotically) objects to maps w "artificial lines drawn through them." Bad news for 49 US states plus DC. All except Hawaii (plus other islands) have straight-lines as some part of their border. And spare a thought for Colorado and Wyoming! Bonus: would you hire someone who said this?

Map of the US showing that state boundaries all include straight lines.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.

Trump: "To be honest with you, Canada only works as a state. We don't need anything they have. As a state it would be one of the great states. This would be the most incredible country visually. If you look at a map, they drew an artificial line right through it."

Matt Shipman (he/him)@shiplives.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm guessing that many research institutions outside the U.S. will recruit talented scientists currently based in the U.S. Is anyone aware of organized recruitment efforts? The only one I've seen was this one from a French university. www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...

Safe Place For Science: Aix Marseille University ready to welcome American scientists | Aix Marseille Université

In a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to w...

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