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Rachel Franklin 🦚
@rsfrankl.bsky.social
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Population Geographer | Spatial Demographer. Partial to words like orthogonal + heterodox. Also very partial to shoes. rachelfranklin.org + rachelfranklin.substack.com

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Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · Nov 11
Day 10 #30DayMapChallenge (pen and paper) is my feeble back-of-the-envelope attempt to understand the route Billy Joel’s Downeaster Alexa is taking—especially how she can be en route to the Vineyard from Block Island Sound but tonight be Nantucket bound. Makes no sense. #geosky
A bad map of New England geography showing the stops Billy’s Joel’s Downeaster Alexa makes.
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Reposted by Carlos Nunes Silva, Rachel S. Franklin

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Topi Tjukanov @tjukanov.bsky.social · 8d
It’s happening again in November. 30 days and 30 themes for maps. Take part, learn something new and have fun. That’s what #30DayMapChallenge is about 🌎
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Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · 9d
We live in remarkable and momentous times: just paid $7.02 for a 12 ounce latte.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d
Trump to top military officials: "I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military. National Guard, but our military. Because we're going into Chicago very soon. That's a big city with an incompetent governor. Stupid governor."
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Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · 9d
Super relieved that if my sons are drafted to fight in a stupid and unjust war they will at least die in the trenches clean shaven like real men
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d
Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, the era of unprofessional appearance is over. No more beardos ... if you don't meet the male-level physical standards for combat positions, cannot pass a PT test or don't want to shave and look professional, it's time for a new position."
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Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · 9d
I’m still at the “take a photo of one each time I see it” stage.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d
Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, the era of unprofessional appearance is over. No more beardos ... if you don't meet the male-level physical standards for combat positions, cannot pass a PT test or don't want to shave and look professional, it's time for a new position."
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Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · 9d
That’s my niece lol
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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 10d
This year nearly 8,000 students from the US applied to British universities, according to official Ucas figures — a record high and up by 14% on the previous year
More Americans than ever are going to college in the UK — because of Trump
www.thetimes.com
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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 10d
This year nearly 8,000 students from the US applied to British universities, according to official Ucas figures — a record high and up by 14% on the previous year
More Americans than ever are going to college in the UK — because of Trump
www.thetimes.com
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Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · 11d
Me zooming in really really close to see what’s up with geography’s trends

Oh…right…
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Ben Schmidt @bschmidt.bsky.social · 11d
@pengzell.bsky.social asks about the social sciences, which I haven't looked at in a while. Indexing these against 2008 rather than peak, and struck that economics has been on a downslope for 6 years now, while psychology, the worst discipline, continues to rise rapidly.
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Chart titled 'Quality of Social Science Disciplines inversely correlated with change since 2008', showing that Criminology and Psychology have increased , economics is steady, and Polisci, anthro, IR, and Sociology are all down 30-40%
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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 11d
creating a demand for my writing through artificial scarcity
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Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · 11d
Gen X American here, utterly unprepared for Sean Penn as a voice of measured reason

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/m...
Sean Penn Let Himself Get Away With Things for 15 Years. Not Anymore.
www.nytimes.com
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Reposted by David Lazer, Mary Feeney, Joshua Goodman , and 1 more

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Ben Schmidt @bschmidt.bsky.social · 11d
@pengzell.bsky.social asks about the social sciences, which I haven't looked at in a while. Indexing these against 2008 rather than peak, and struck that economics has been on a downslope for 6 years now, while psychology, the worst discipline, continues to rise rapidly.
bsky.app/profile/peng...
Chart titled 'Quality of Social Science Disciplines inversely correlated with change since 2008', showing that Criminology and Psychology have increased , economics is steady, and Polisci, anthro, IR, and Sociology are all down 30-40%
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Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · 12d
Marking the occasion in the usual way
Screenshot of LNER app telling me there are major disruptions
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Reposted by Du Plessis, Rachel S. Franklin

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14d
Here’s how I sometimes start a new project.

First I buy a fancy new notebook.

Second I write some very well-ordered notes in my best handwriting on the first page.

Third I never look at it again.
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Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · 16d
And so it begins
Photo of layers of road, sidewalk, and fallen leaves
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Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · 17d
Niche post, I grant you

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Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · 17d
Mad Libs are now available to all staff and students, as part of the University's expanding Mad Libs offer
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 17d
Ouija boards are now available to all staff and students, as part of the University's expanding ouija offer
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 17d
Ouija boards are now available to all staff and students, as part of the University's expanding ouija offer
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Reposted by Colette L. Heald, Julia Lynch, Rachel S. Franklin , and 1 more

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 17d
IT IS TIME.
It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers
First published on October 9, 2009, this classic by Colin Nissan is our most-read article of all time. We’re celebrating the 16th anniversary of th...
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Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · 17d
Please say:
Harold and Maude hearse
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Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · 18d
Approx 30 Homans to get into the Cambridge real estate game
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Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · 19d
In 2025 anyone who meets me will already have access to my contact details so the continued existence of business cards is simultaneously archaic and adorable.
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Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · 20d
Pro or con?
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Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · 20d
Who am I kidding. About add these to an extensive collection from all previous employers.
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Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · 20d
Hot off the presses. I’ve got 250 of them so be sure to hit me up when you see me.
Photo of my brand spanking new business cards
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Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · 20d
Bonus: in February the grizzly bears are all asleep 🤞🏼
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Grant McKenzie @grantdmckenzie.bsky.social · 20d
The call for participation is out for the 9th Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference #SKI2026 Canada. The conference will take place February 19-22, 2026 in Banff, Alberta. Ski all morning, conference all evening.
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Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference (SKI) Canada 2026
February 19-22, 2026 in Banff, AB | Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada brings together researchers GIScience, spatial data science, and related disciplines who live or work in Canada.
skiconference.ca
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Reposted by Anthony C. Robinson, Rachel S. Franklin, Urška Demšar

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Grant McKenzie @grantdmckenzie.bsky.social · 20d
The call for participation is out for the 9th Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference #SKI2026 Canada. The conference will take place February 19-22, 2026 in Banff, Alberta. Ski all morning, conference all evening.
skiconference.ca
Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference (SKI) Canada 2026
February 19-22, 2026 in Banff, AB | Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada brings together researchers GIScience, spatial data science, and related disciplines who live or work in Canada.
skiconference.ca
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Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · 20d
Some of us have lived confused lives in cities that do stuff like this on purpose
Map of an intersection in Providence, Rhode Island, where a street name changes from Pidge to Ridge
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Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · 22d
Prominent people everywhere will be disappointed to learn that 80% of what is happening in my classroom is explaining file directories, folders, what to do with zipped files, and the travesty that is virtual machines paired with OneDrive
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 22d
None of the most prominent people talking about universities have any real idea what does and doesn’t happen in classrooms.
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Reposted by Trevon D. Logan, Rachel S. Franklin

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 22d
None of the most prominent people talking about universities have any real idea what does and doesn’t happen in classrooms.
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