Jordan Brasher
@jpbrasher.bsky.social
Recovering academic, displaced Southerner, Vol alum and fan
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From Greenland to Fort Bragg, America is caught in a name game where place names become political tools
March 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
From Greenland to Fort Bragg, America is caught in a name game where place names become political tools
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From Greenland to Fort Bragg, America is caught in a name game where place names become political tools. I am honored to write with @sethographer.bsky.social @jpbrasher.bsky.social to amplify critical name research @geographers.bsky.social @americangeo.bsky.social theconversation.com/from-greenla...
From Greenland to Fort Bragg, America is caught in a name game where place names become political tools
Rewriting the map can influence the public psyche in ways subtle and not so subtle.
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March 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
From Greenland to Fort Bragg, America is caught in a name game where place names become political tools. I am honored to write with @sethographer.bsky.social @jpbrasher.bsky.social to amplify critical name research @geographers.bsky.social @americangeo.bsky.social theconversation.com/from-greenla...
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“If those who speak Spanish as their second language are included, then the U.S. is the second-largest Spanish-speaking country in the world after Mexico.”
By ending Spanish-language communications, the White House ignores U.S. demographics: buff.ly/T5h8YCR
By ending Spanish-language communications, the White House ignores U.S. demographics: buff.ly/T5h8YCR
March 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
“If those who speak Spanish as their second language are included, then the U.S. is the second-largest Spanish-speaking country in the world after Mexico.”
By ending Spanish-language communications, the White House ignores U.S. demographics: buff.ly/T5h8YCR
By ending Spanish-language communications, the White House ignores U.S. demographics: buff.ly/T5h8YCR
5 years ago this week I defended my dissertation with so much hope for what was next. Then, the world shut down, never recovered, and in fact continues to worsen. I have no words to express the grief around that.
March 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
5 years ago this week I defended my dissertation with so much hope for what was next. Then, the world shut down, never recovered, and in fact continues to worsen. I have no words to express the grief around that.
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Congrats @stnameslab.bsky.social. What a wonderful resource your team has created for geographers and place/street naming scholars @geographers.bsky.social @americangeo.bsky.social @rgsibg.bsky.social
It has been about two years since we launched our street-names search apps.
This figure summarizes the usage of the apps.
In total, 28,400 queries and ~6,000 downloads. Not bad for an app like this, but we hope the numbers keep growing
This figure summarizes the usage of the apps.
In total, 28,400 queries and ~6,000 downloads. Not bad for an app like this, but we hope the numbers keep growing
February 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Congrats @stnameslab.bsky.social. What a wonderful resource your team has created for geographers and place/street naming scholars @geographers.bsky.social @americangeo.bsky.social @rgsibg.bsky.social
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Three days after his detention, Mahmoud Khalil still has not been charged with a crime.
By moving the campus activist to a new jurisdiction, ICE disrupted court proceedings and limited his legal access, his attorneys say.
ICE Secretly Hauled Mahmoud Khalil to Louisiana as Retaliation, Lawyers Allege
By moving campus activist Mahmoud Khalil to a new jurisdiction, ICE disrupted court proceedings and limited his legal access, his attorneys say.
interc.pt
March 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Three days after his detention, Mahmoud Khalil still has not been charged with a crime.
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Trump administration threatens to slash federal funding to 60 universities - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-administration-threatens-slash-federal-funding-60-universities
Trump administration threatens to slash federal funding to 60 universities
Administration says the institutions were already under investigation for Title VI violations relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination
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March 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Trump administration threatens to slash federal funding to 60 universities - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-administration-threatens-slash-federal-funding-60-universities
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Israel can ban all the films it wants. The Palestinian voice cannot be silenced - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-can-ban-all-films-it-wants-palestinian-voice-cannot-be-silenced
Israel can ban all the films it wants. The Palestinian voice cannot be silenced
Amid a massive drop in global support, Israel and its supporters are in a panic, working overtime to hide the evidence of its crimes
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March 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Israel can ban all the films it wants. The Palestinian voice cannot be silenced - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-can-ban-all-films-it-wants-palestinian-voice-cannot-be-silenced
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It’s illegal to deport people for political speech, but that’s exactly what ICE is trying to do to this Palestinian Columbia student. interc.pt/3Dvhxgk
If Trump Can Deport Mahmoud Khalil, Freedom of Speech Is Dead
It’s illegal to deport people for political speech, but that’s exactly what ICE is trying to do to this Palestinian Columbia student.
interc.pt
March 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
It’s illegal to deport people for political speech, but that’s exactly what ICE is trying to do to this Palestinian Columbia student. interc.pt/3Dvhxgk
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This feels like a major inflection point. If ICE can apparently unlawfully arrest & disappear a permanent resident and it is not immediately met with strong opposition from the public, officials, and courts, there is no going back.
UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
March 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This feels like a major inflection point. If ICE can apparently unlawfully arrest & disappear a permanent resident and it is not immediately met with strong opposition from the public, officials, and courts, there is no going back.
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Israeli group calls Gaza power cut a 'war crime' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-group-calls-gaza-power-cut-war-crime
Israeli group calls Gaza power cut a 'war crime'
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>Tania Hary, executive director of Israeli rights group Gisha, has condemned Israel's decision to cut off the electricity supply to Gaza, calling it a war crime.</p>
<p>“Cutting electricity supply used for civilian purposes like desalinating water is not ‘using the tools at our disposal’ as Minister Cohen says, it’s committing the crimes at Israel’s disposal,” Hary said on X, referring to the Israeli Energy Minister’s statement on the move.</p>
<p>Hary also told the Associated Press that the plant has been providing 18,000 cubic metres of water per day, but that it will now need to rely on generators, meaning it can only process about 2,500 cubic metres per day, about the amount in an Olympic swimming pool.</p>
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March 10, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Israeli group calls Gaza power cut a 'war crime' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-group-calls-gaza-power-cut-war-crime
Just started listening to the blowback podcast, they’re doing some great counter history storytelling (and they’re very funny and cheeky). Highly recommend.
February 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Just started listening to the blowback podcast, they’re doing some great counter history storytelling (and they’re very funny and cheeky). Highly recommend.
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Doctors' moral distress rises as trust in health care erodes. A bioethicist examines how declining public trust impacts difficult end-of-life decisions and physician burnout. https://buff.ly/4gqXKvN (Daniel T. Kim, Albany Medical College) 🩺#medsky #MedicalEthics
What the ‘moral distress’ of doctors tells us about eroding trust in health care
When doctors feel unable to provide the care they believe is best for their patients, they may experience what bioethicists call ‘moral distress.’
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February 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Doctors' moral distress rises as trust in health care erodes. A bioethicist examines how declining public trust impacts difficult end-of-life decisions and physician burnout. https://buff.ly/4gqXKvN (Daniel T. Kim, Albany Medical College) 🩺#medsky #MedicalEthics
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Just published a new open access paper on cycling safety perceptions in Eau Claire, WI! I'd highly encourage readers to download the HTML file and play with the embedded interactive maps! #rstats #rspatial #quarto openjournals.wu.ac.at/ojs/index.ph...
A spatial and demographic analysis of cycling safety perceptions: A case study in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA
Bike-friendly cities offer scores of benefits to both individuals and society, but a lack of safety is a major barrier to ridership. Significant research has been devoted to studying demographic drive...
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January 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Just published a new open access paper on cycling safety perceptions in Eau Claire, WI! I'd highly encourage readers to download the HTML file and play with the embedded interactive maps! #rstats #rspatial #quarto openjournals.wu.ac.at/ojs/index.ph...
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Symbols of the Confederacy have been removed from an annual festival in Brazil.
A geographer explores how a small Brazilian town became an unexpected battleground over Confederate memory and memorials. https://buff.ly/3Pqvf6J
(@jpbrasher.bsky.social, Macalester College) #BlackSky 🗃️ #racism
A geographer explores how a small Brazilian town became an unexpected battleground over Confederate memory and memorials. https://buff.ly/3Pqvf6J
(@jpbrasher.bsky.social, Macalester College) #BlackSky 🗃️ #racism
How a small Brazilian town became an unlikely battleground over Confederate memory
‘Ours is the only city in Brazil where the Confederate flag flies,’ said a city council member in Santa Bárbara d’Oeste. A new law there bans ‘symbols that promote racist and segregationist ideas.’
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December 20, 2024 at 12:36 AM
Symbols of the Confederacy have been removed from an annual festival in Brazil.
A geographer explores how a small Brazilian town became an unexpected battleground over Confederate memory and memorials. https://buff.ly/3Pqvf6J
(@jpbrasher.bsky.social, Macalester College) #BlackSky 🗃️ #racism
A geographer explores how a small Brazilian town became an unexpected battleground over Confederate memory and memorials. https://buff.ly/3Pqvf6J
(@jpbrasher.bsky.social, Macalester College) #BlackSky 🗃️ #racism
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Mayor of Arab-American capital says his city will abide by ICC warrant and arrest Netanyahu - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/mayor-arab-american-capital-says-his-city-will-abide-icc-warrant-and-arrest-netanyahu
Dearborn mayor says his city will abide by ICC warrant and arrest Netanyahu
The US is not a signatory to the Rome Statute nor bound by ICC warrants, but individual jurisdictions may act however they please
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November 22, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Mayor of Arab-American capital says his city will abide by ICC warrant and arrest Netanyahu - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/mayor-arab-american-capital-says-his-city-will-abide-icc-warrant-and-arrest-netanyahu
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but while electric cars are great and all, what we really need is to design human landscapes that don’t rely so pathologically and obsessively on cars in the first place. You can’t car your way out of a geography problem.
November 21, 2024 at 1:23 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but while electric cars are great and all, what we really need is to design human landscapes that don’t rely so pathologically and obsessively on cars in the first place. You can’t car your way out of a geography problem.