Mmmm... so close

Brian Tyler Cohen@briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2h ago

Breaking: A helicopter carrying Donald Trump just came within less than a mile of colliding with a jet in a major security incident over Washington, DC. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...

Just finished my required CITI "Responsible Conduct of Research" training and had really mixed emotions reading about the ideals of ethical scholarship, meaningful peer review, and good mentoring in contrast to the practices of the current federal administration. 😭

One of my students did a term project related to this blog.uvm.edu/mcope-childh...

Jacqueline Antonovich@jackiantonovich.bsky.social · last wk.

Yesterday I was reading an academic book and learned that more than 500 children died in automobile accidents in New York City in 1914 alone, most after being struck by cars. I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. I tried to verify the number and found this poster from 1917.

Of course it is -- this applies to EVERYTHING. A man could swing a wet noodle at a housefly and be seen as innovative while a woman would be seen as ridiculous, dumb, Incompetent. 🙄

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · last mo.

Women’s use of AI is perceived as a sign of incompetence, while men’s use of AI is seen as an indication of initiative. 🤦🏻‍♂️

While you'd never know it from this coverage by @vermontpublic.org, I was a co-author on this paper, providing the urban geography/history perspective. doi.org/10.1029/2026...

Soil Lead Risks Associated With Urbanization Histories in Springfield MA and Hartford CT, USA

Due to legacy leaded products, soil Pb is generally higher in older urban centers triggering substantial implications for environmental equity. By integrating a gridded soil Pb analysis of about 150 ...

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Vermont Public@vermontpublic.org · last mo.

Researchers took 150 soil samples from parks, schools and empty lots in Hartford, Connecticut, and tested them for lead, a toxic metal that can cause brain damage and slow development in children.

New article alert! Comics-based research pub in GeoHumanities with my student/artist/friend, Sadie Holmes. @criticalchildhood.bsky.social @geohumsig.bsky.social @histchild.bsky.social @shcy.bsky.social @geographers.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/2373...

Making Comics for Critical Historical Geographies: Mothers’ Letters to the U.S. Children’s Bureau in the 1910s and 1920s

In this paper we use graphic-novel style illustrations of early twentieth century American mothers’ writings to visualize the stories of an often-overlooked population. Inspired by others’ weavings...

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What did YOU do in ~2007 to cause birth rates to crash? Wrong answers only. I moved my family from Buffalo to Vermont in late 2006 -- clearly a major contributor, well beyond the bursting housing bubble and resulting economic crash. 🙄 www.npr.org/2026/06/12/n...

Can smartphones help explain the drop in birth rates?

Are smartphones causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since the iPhone was introduced nearly two decades ago.

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Proud to know Wilmer and to see my state doing the right thing. 🤛

TPM@talkingpointsmemo.com · 2mo ago

“When somebody wants us to lose funding, we’re going to lose it anyways. The difference is, did we lose it while bending the knee, or did we lose it while standing up for our values?” says school superintendent Wilmer Chavarria.

The call for papers for SHCY's 2027 conference in Montreal is now live! Submissions are due September 15: www.shcy.org/news-announc...

I wish them the best, but in bike racing DFL stands for Dead F*cking Last 😳

Minnesota DFL Party@dfl.org · 2mo ago

A proven champion who can deliver for working families. Peggy Flanagan is the Minnesota DFL endorsed candidate for U.S. Senate! 💚

Sending this to everyone I know. Best piece I've read on the challenges of AI and I've always appreciated the work of T.H. Marshall, so it's great to see such an apt application of his framework.

Alondra Nelson@alondra.bsky.social · 3mo ago

AI companies are writing their own constitutions. Meanwhile, a shared vocabulary for contesting algorithmic power has been traveling across red and blue states, from legislatures to civil society. New from me in @science.org: "A Civic Grammar for AI Rights" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧵

And it's worse for suburban / rural teens, as my colleague, Brian H.Y. Lee and I found in Vermont www.jstor.org/stable/45388...

Urban Truth Collective@urbantruth.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“When you’re unable to drive, the flaws in our public transit system become obvious. Sidewalks that end suddenly, street crossings that feel like a sprint for your life, and bus routes perfectly timed to miss the train. When transit is your only option, these things aren’t minor inconveniences.”

Congratulations, @ckeegan.bsky.social -- can't wait to read this!

American Association of Geographers@geographers.bsky.social · 4mo ago

☀️🌽🧑🌾 Keegan examines how extreme heat shapes the lives of farmworkers in Georgia, connecting political ecology, racial capitalism, and the H-2A program. buff.ly/KzDmEJ5 #FarmLabor #ClimateJustice #RacialCapitalism #EarthDay

Curious about AI+Research in Geography? Join us for a webinar April 30th with guest expert, Prof. Bing Zhou of @utkgeography.bsky.social Sign up by April 29!

IGU/UGI Research Methods in Geography@igumethodsgeog.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The Qualitative Research Specialty Group of @geographers.bsky.social seeks contributions for a special issue, "Adapting qualitative methods: Methodological solidarities in an era of political extremes, AI, and institutional restrictions". Abstracts due April 24th. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Zoning policy and sewer allocation regulations are having their moment

Austin Kocher, PhD@austinkocher.com · 5mo ago

ICE is buying warehouses across America and calling them detention centers. But there's a problem no one in the federal government seems to want to answer: where does the water come from? A thread. 🧵

Have you ever considered yourself something of a "map head"? We're currently hiring for two positions! Learn more and apply online: www.leventhalmap.org/about/jobs/

The Society for the History of Children and Youth offers annual grants to scholarly event organizers. SHCY will award two $500 grants and one $1500 grant for events that take place in 2026–27. The application deadline is May 1. Find more information here: www.shcy.org/events1/even...

Umm, @welch.senate.gov, I think you have the wrong Markwayne. 😳 Come back to Vermont so we can remind you what it means to have a backbone and stand up for what's right. - An angry constituent

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 5mo ago

CNN's Kasie Hunt: Do you expect the confirmation of Markwayne Mulling to be bipartisan? Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT): "Well, Markwayne is -- he's respected, he‘s honest and he‘s competent... people respect Markwayne." Hunt: "Hmm, interesting."

A new opinion piece authored by Professor Sarah Mills @lborogeog.bsky.social looks at the rise of prediction markets, letting anonymous users gamble on uncertainty. Read more 👇 www.lboro.ac.uk/media-centre...

Everything can be a bet now – the rise and risks of prediction markets

An opinion piece authored by Professor Sarah Mills, Professor of Human Geography, from the School of Geography and Environment, for The Conversation platform.

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Scheduling a video meeting of an international group in April so I looked up when various holidays are to avoid inconveniencing my colleagues ... AI doesn't know there is more than one Easter, lists only Orthodox. 🐰

Great, yet terrifying project, but I think it's missing the sex trafficking/porn layer. pedo-crypto-klepto-techno-petro-broligarch racist fascist war machine @michaelemann.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

Stefan Ouma@econgeo.bsky.social · 6mo ago

In case you have missed this. Excellent project. www.authoritarian-stack.info

Support local journalism and avoid @bostonglobe.com paywalls by reading about this case here: vtdigger.org/2026/02/04/u...

Ugandan minister Steven Tendo, who faced brutal torture abroad, detained by ICE - VTDigger

Tendo, who fled his native country to seek asylum and has lived in Vermont since 2021, was detained outside a health care facility in Shelburne where he works, advocates said.

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Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 6mo ago

“Deporting me back to my country would be a death sentence,” Tendo has said.

Anyone else seeing towns and cities passing anti-ICE resolutions? Symbolic, of course, but unanimous vote by the Selectboard in my town of 10,000 (where ICE has back office ops), Williston, VT. We need to map these! vtdigger.org/2026/01/21/w...

Williston passes resolution opposing ICE - VTDigger

After months of opposition to two ICE facilities in Williston, the town took a strong – if symbolic – stand.

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Honestly, @murray.senate.gov looks like she's barely containing her rage

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 6mo ago

SCHUMER says Democrats are “united” behind three DHS reforms 1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities. 2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct. 3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.

Fixed it for you, Senator @durbin.senate.gov

Proud of my kids' school district and my state (Vermont) for sticking up for trans youth 🏳️‍⚧️ ❤️ 🏳️‍⚧️ vtdigger.org/2026/01/15/c...

Champlain Valley schools face federal investigation over transgender athlete policy - VTDigger

Student and advocacy groups are pushing back on what they see as further federal attacks on trans youth.

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Maybe this will freeze ICE in MN? 🥶 I hope their masks freeze to their nostril hairs. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Arctic cold and snow return to Minnesota

A pattern change brings much colder temperatures with occasional snow Thursday into the upcoming weekend.

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Why did you do this, @welch.senate.gov ?? We Vermonters want to know. How can you support Feeding Chittenden one minute and vote for a traitor the next?

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 7mo ago

7 Democrats just voted today to confirm a Trump judicial nominee who refused to say what happened on January 6 or answer who won the 2020 election: Durbin Hassan Kaine King Klobuchar Shaheen Welch

I've always liked the @brennancenter.org -- I use their reports every time I teach electoral geography in my Intro to Human Geography course. Now I like them even more for backing up my Sec of State. 👍

Brennan Center@brennancenter.org · 7mo ago

On behalf of the @vpirg.bsky.social, the Brennan Center, @campaignlegal.org, and Wilschek Iarrapino Law Office filed a motion to intervene in a DOJ lawsuit against Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas over the state’s voter file. Learn more: 1/3