Joshua Kirshner
@joshkirshner.bsky.social
geographer/planner • low-carbon transitions, urban climate, landscape, extraction frontiers, decarbonization-development dilemmas • known to frequent the Uni of York, UK
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I really cannot recommend this excellent piece on Hammersmith Bridge highly enough
Hammersmith Bridge
Where did 25,000 vehicles go?
nickmaini.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I really cannot recommend this excellent piece on Hammersmith Bridge highly enough
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A Trump White House would have pressured Britain to surrender to the Nazis. Europe needs to stand strong and shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine.
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A Trump White House would have pressured Britain to surrender to the Nazis. Europe needs to stand strong and shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine.
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Rare earths aren't all that rare. The real choke point is in processing and refining them, where China enjoys market dominance. n.pr/3Xbst9b
Rare earths: Federal backing and tech advances aim to help the U.S. catch up to China
Rare earths aren't all that rare. The real choke point is in processing and refining them, where China enjoys market dominance.
n.pr
November 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Rare earths aren't all that rare. The real choke point is in processing and refining them, where China enjoys market dominance. n.pr/3Xbst9b
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This article's focus on Trump and MAGA is inevitable, I guess, but this new facility is also opening up thousands of "sock puppet" troll accounts run by Rwanda's dictatorial regime to public scrutiny - finally. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How X's new location feature exposed big US politics accounts
Dozens of pro-Trump accounts are being accused of misleading followers after the social media site began showing user locations.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
This article's focus on Trump and MAGA is inevitable, I guess, but this new facility is also opening up thousands of "sock puppet" troll accounts run by Rwanda's dictatorial regime to public scrutiny - finally. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"There are accounts that are run by troll farms, that are run by nation states, and then there are accounts that are just trying to make a buck by pretending to be American." www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c...
How X's new location feature exposed big US politics accounts
Dozens of pro-Trump accounts are being accused of misleading followers after the social media site began showing user locations.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"There are accounts that are run by troll farms, that are run by nation states, and then there are accounts that are just trying to make a buck by pretending to be American." www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c...
post from a little over a week ago when the northern lights were appearing in a few places... reminds me of my youth when I'd listen to Neil Young's 'Decade' in my room...
Seems fitting the Aurora Borealis has shown up for Neil Young's 80th birthday. Happy to be sharing the planet with this songwriting legend… youtu.be/LUxhxwA1Oqk?...
Neil Young - Pocahontas (Live at The Boarding House) - (Archives Vol. III ) - (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by neilyoungchannel
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
post from a little over a week ago when the northern lights were appearing in a few places... reminds me of my youth when I'd listen to Neil Young's 'Decade' in my room...
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Excited to share a new open access article that provides a critical, policy-relevant & geographically grounded analysis of Mozambique's energy transitions. Written with Lorraine Howe, @joshkirshner.bsky.social & Carlos Shenga, just published in Applied Geography www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Uneven development and the geographies of energy transition in Mozambique
In Mozambique, sustainable energy access is an increasing priority for a diverse range of actors seeking to improve livelihoods and stimulate economic…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Excited to share a new open access article that provides a critical, policy-relevant & geographically grounded analysis of Mozambique's energy transitions. Written with Lorraine Howe, @joshkirshner.bsky.social & Carlos Shenga, just published in Applied Geography www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Tehran is on the brink of a severe water crisis.
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
November 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Tehran is on the brink of a severe water crisis.
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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WORLD PLANNING SCHOOLS CONGRESS VI call for abstracts deadline is this Tuesday 25 November!
wpsc2026.org
wpsc2026.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
WORLD PLANNING SCHOOLS CONGRESS VI call for abstracts deadline is this Tuesday 25 November!
wpsc2026.org
wpsc2026.org
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A 30,019-hectare forest in Santa Cruz, Bolivia may soon be sold to agribusiness giant Bom Futuro, which plans to clear it, documents show.
Conservationists warn the area is a key part of the Chiquitano dry forest, linking the Amazon, Gran Chaco & Cerrado.
Conservationists warn the area is a key part of the Chiquitano dry forest, linking the Amazon, Gran Chaco & Cerrado.
The land deal threatening a vital piece of Bolivia’s Chiquitano dry forest
A large forest in eastern Bolivia is on the verge of being sold to an international agriculture company, raising concerns that it might be razed to make room for new cropland. The 30,019-hectare…
news.mongabay.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A 30,019-hectare forest in Santa Cruz, Bolivia may soon be sold to agribusiness giant Bom Futuro, which plans to clear it, documents show.
Conservationists warn the area is a key part of the Chiquitano dry forest, linking the Amazon, Gran Chaco & Cerrado.
Conservationists warn the area is a key part of the Chiquitano dry forest, linking the Amazon, Gran Chaco & Cerrado.
I've visited this museum in northeast Florida - really interesting. Note that there is no sign of Miami in the map either, and will not be for nearly a century...
1835 Florida map showing the Everglades untouched & undeveloped.
Fernandina Historic Museum.
Fernandina Historic Museum.
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I've visited this museum in northeast Florida - really interesting. Note that there is no sign of Miami in the map either, and will not be for nearly a century...
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The schizophrenia of focusing #cop30 on saving forests, while also promoting notoriously forest killing #biofuels
www.desmog.com/2025/11/20/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/20/b...
Backed by Industry, Brazilian Hosts Seek COP30’s Blessing for Biofuels
With the clock running down at the COP30 climate talks, the Brazilian hosts are working hand-in-hand with industry groups to secure backing for biofuels in the final text – despite fears that scaling ...
www.desmog.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The schizophrenia of focusing #cop30 on saving forests, while also promoting notoriously forest killing #biofuels
www.desmog.com/2025/11/20/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/20/b...
Pleased to share our new article, which examines Mozambique's energy transition as multiple, socially/ spatially uneven, and contested -thanks to @marcusjpower.bsky.social for leading this, and Lorraine Howe and Carlos Shenga for your many insights www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Uneven development and the geographies of energy transition in Mozambique
In Mozambique, sustainable energy access is an increasing priority for a diverse range of actors seeking to improve livelihoods and stimulate economic…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Pleased to share our new article, which examines Mozambique's energy transition as multiple, socially/ spatially uneven, and contested -thanks to @marcusjpower.bsky.social for leading this, and Lorraine Howe and Carlos Shenga for your many insights www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
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Holidays are here. History books about the truth of American history with discounts are the best gifts in these challenging times. Check my book Humans in Shackles: An Atlantic History of Slavery, 680 pages, and 40 % with code WELCOME 40 press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Holidays are here. History books about the truth of American history with discounts are the best gifts in these challenging times. Check my book Humans in Shackles: An Atlantic History of Slavery, 680 pages, and 40 % with code WELCOME 40 press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Not only do these US Dept of Labor images look AI genertated (as noted in www.not-ship.com), but there is quite a Nazi/white supremecist asthestic as well... www.not-ship.com/the-demons-a...
The demons are on show at the US Department of Labor
These posters are the scariest thing I've seen in a while.
www.not-ship.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Not only do these US Dept of Labor images look AI genertated (as noted in www.not-ship.com), but there is quite a Nazi/white supremecist asthestic as well... www.not-ship.com/the-demons-a...
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I witnessed repeatedly living in and reporting from Louisiana: solar panels actually protecting roofs during storms.
People with rooftop solar panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said. Lessons from #melissa www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/c...
People with rooftop solar panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said. Lessons from #melissa www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/c...
After Jamaica’s Disastrous Storm, Solar Power Is a Bright Spot
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I witnessed repeatedly living in and reporting from Louisiana: solar panels actually protecting roofs during storms.
People with rooftop solar panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said. Lessons from #melissa www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/c...
People with rooftop solar panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said. Lessons from #melissa www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/c...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:18 AM
this is pretty sweet... an intense flamenco with percussion that sounds a bit more Cuban...
around the time i saw paco de lucia in sarajevo in 2006, i remember listening to this kind of stuff and then finding this track oh man youtu.be/2oyhlad64-s?...
Paco de Lucia - Entre dos aguas (1976) full video
YouTube video by KayoooS
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
this is pretty sweet... an intense flamenco with percussion that sounds a bit more Cuban...
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Our colleague Gavin Bridge has recently co-created a short animation called the ‘Future of UK Oil and Gas’. The film draws on insights from the Fraying Ties project on Networks, Territory and Transformation in the UK oil sector, and was produced by Seed Creativity: youtu.be/8MPHZAhzzLY
The future of UK oil and gas
YouTube video by DurhamUniversity
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Our colleague Gavin Bridge has recently co-created a short animation called the ‘Future of UK Oil and Gas’. The film draws on insights from the Fraying Ties project on Networks, Territory and Transformation in the UK oil sector, and was produced by Seed Creativity: youtu.be/8MPHZAhzzLY
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Global CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels are likely to increase this year, while those from land-use change will fall
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Global CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels are likely to increase this year, while those from land-use change will fall
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New book
Robin Hickman @ucl.ac.uk
"Discourses on Sustainable Urban Mobility"
A debate to automobility, seeking a new normal in urban planning
With case studies on Oxford, Freiburg, Singapore, Bogotá (cover), Houten, Chongqing, London ++
uclpress.co.uk/book/discour...
Robin Hickman @ucl.ac.uk
"Discourses on Sustainable Urban Mobility"
A debate to automobility, seeking a new normal in urban planning
With case studies on Oxford, Freiburg, Singapore, Bogotá (cover), Houten, Chongqing, London ++
uclpress.co.uk/book/discour...
Discourses on Sustainable Urban Mobility
Achieving sustainable transport systems and travel behaviours is proving problematic in many cities, including contestation over strategies and projects. Discourses on Sustainable Urban Mobility chall...
uclpress.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
New book
Robin Hickman @ucl.ac.uk
"Discourses on Sustainable Urban Mobility"
A debate to automobility, seeking a new normal in urban planning
With case studies on Oxford, Freiburg, Singapore, Bogotá (cover), Houten, Chongqing, London ++
uclpress.co.uk/book/discour...
Robin Hickman @ucl.ac.uk
"Discourses on Sustainable Urban Mobility"
A debate to automobility, seeking a new normal in urban planning
With case studies on Oxford, Freiburg, Singapore, Bogotá (cover), Houten, Chongqing, London ++
uclpress.co.uk/book/discour...