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Vanesa Castan Broto

@vanesilla.bsky.social

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Working to deliver responses to climate change embedded in places and communities. Based at the Urban Institute, University of Sheffield. #climateurbanism

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Vanesa Castan Broto @vanesilla.bsky.social · Dec 18

I am delighted to anounce that the Urban Institute will be leading a new consortium to tackle the gender gap in the energy transition in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania

www.sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...

New £3 million project will tackle inequality in Africa's clean energy transition

Congratulations to Vanesa Castán Broto, Professor of Climate Urbanism in the UI, on being selected as one of thirteen UK research projects that will address urgent global energy and climate challenges...

www.sheffield.ac.uk

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Marianna Dudley @dudleymarianna.bsky.social · Jul 29

Can’t help but reflect on the *5 years of strikes* we did to defend our pensions, on this, the day USS announce their £10 billion surplus.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Jan 31

I'm keeping a running list of disappearing federal data in the 🧵 below. If there are others I missed let me know. crampell[at]washpost[dot]com or Signal username crampell.13

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Jan 31

List of CDC information that appears to have been taken down so far:
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · Jan 30

Resistance in action. #Georgia #Serbia #Slovakia

Reposted by Vanesa Castán Broto, Christine Angelini, Jackie Goode , and 1 more Vanesa Castán Broto, Christine Angelini, Jackie Goode, Sue Timmis

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Feb 15

Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.

Reposted by Vanesa Castán Broto, Adam Leaver

Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · Feb 17

Congratulations to @savannahcox.bsky.social on this fascinating new paper on 'infrastructural time', and how resilience measures are shaped by earlier investments....

Savannah Cox @savannahcox.bsky.social · Feb 14

First paper from a new project on the politics of energy crises and transitions in South Africa is out! I use the analytic of infrastructural time to make sense of (1) how such crises emerge and(2) the specific formations of "resilience" developed in response.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The Infrastructural Time of resilience: Accounting for new (and old) forms of government in the South African grid

Temporality has long, if implicitly, structured geographic research on resilience—whether by underwriting scholarly endeavors to show how resilience a…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · Feb 21

Deadline on Monday to apply to join @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social working with @vanesilla.bsky.social on gender equality and inclusion in the just transition - see below for details

Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · Feb 7

We are advertising for a New Research Associate position for JustGESI Project

www.sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...

New Research Associate position for JustGESI Project

Are you interested in advancing knowledge for a Just Energy Transition, that is, a transition that centres on the needs of the most vulnerable? The UI is looking for a Researcher with a strong commitm...

www.sheffield.ac.uk

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · Feb 23

Maybe corny but it was helpful for me to hear Henry Rollins saying "this is not time to be dismayed, this is punk rock time, this is what Joe Strummer trained you for... You can be thunderous in your own life, to the eight people around you. That rubs off... Goodness is viral"

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Matthew Archer @matthewarcher.bsky.social · Aug 13

BOOK THREAD

in february, i published my book UNSUSTAINABLE: MEASUREMENT, REPORTING, AND THE LIMITS OF CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY with #NYUPress @capacademicbooks.bsky.social

#greensky #anthrosky #geosky #newbook #sustainability #politicalecology

nyupress.org/978147982201...

A behind-the-scenes look at how corporate and financial actors enforce a business-friendly approach to global sustainabilityIn recent years, companies have f...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Feb 20

I've been writing a series of essays for PBS on men whose style I admire. The latest is about James Baldwin, a man who knew how to sing through clothes.

www.pbs.org/wnet/america...

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · Mar 17

Every time I read The Great Gatsby, the final paragraph brings me to tears. Breathtakingly powerful writing:

"I'm alive!" said Gatsby, roaring past on a speedboat. He'd faked his own death and gotten away with everything. That's why they called him the Great Gatsby. "Out of the way, current!" he yelled at the water. "This speedboat is bearing me ceaselessly into the future!"

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Brian Gaar @briangaar.bsky.social · Mar 28

Excellent work by new NYT headline writer Werner Herzog

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · Apr 1

New Report

“I was evicted and left homeless” - Exploring social and environmental (in)justice along the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project

Covered this morning by the Guardian..

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

From our Global Corridor project w/ partners Haki Defenders Foundation

People displaced by Uganda oil pipeline ‘received inadequate compensation’

Report claims many of 13,000 people displaced by Eacop project say they were inadequately rehoused or compensated

www.theguardian.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Apr 18

The next days and months and years will demand from all of us great courage — and solidarity. Be prepared.

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Infrastructural Geographies @infrastructuralgeo.bsky.social · May 24

The Infrastructural Geographies 2nd Annual Lecture:

Professor Louise Amoore "What Kind of Infrastructure is an Algorithm?"

29th of May, 2025, Univ of Cambridge, Dept of Geography, Small Lecture Theatre

Join us!

The Infrastructural Geographies 2nd Annual Lecture:

Professor Louise Amoore "What Kind of Infrastructure is an Algorithm?"

29th of May, 2025, Univ of Cambridge, Dept of Geography, Small Lecture Theatre

Join us!

Reposted by Vanesa Castán Broto, Mary Rice, Miguel Á. Malo , and 1 more Vanesa Castán Broto, Mary Rice, Miguel Á. Malo, Manuel Puppis

🅡🅞🅑 🅜🅔🅢🅤🅡🅔 @robmesure.bsky.social · May 29

I have been logged out of my toothbrush.

An Oral-B login screen.

Reposted by Beth Perry, Vanesa Castán Broto, Tom Goodfellow

Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · Feb 18

Episode 1 of #UrbanRadar is now live on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & many other platforms!

open.spotify.com/episode/2Qas...

In Episode 1, Tom & Beth bring their urban lens to a range of current issues before welcoming @vanesilla.bsky.social & David Dodman for a discussion of cities & climate change.

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · Jul 15

Pam Bondi pardoned a plastic surgeon who allegedly pretended to give children Covid vaccines and sold Covid vaccination cards ($50 a pop) to over 1,900 people. She said the government’s will shouldn’t be imposed on patients (except when it comes to abortion and gender-affirming care, I guess).

Vanesa Castan Broto @vanesilla.bsky.social · Jul 11

Doechii is the best thing to ever land in my playlist

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Mia Gray @mia-gray.bsky.social · Jun 11

"Professors are the enemy, professors are the enemy.
Write that on the blackboard 100 times and never forget it."

A short history of a long-running refrain from the American right.

Already seeing echoes of this in the UK from Badenoch and Farage ...

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump’s war on Harvard was decades in the making. This letter proves it | Bernard Harcourt

A message tucked into an old book serves as a reminder that the assault on the institution is part of a long-planned effort

www.theguardian.com

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Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · Jun 7

Tanks, fighting vehicles and howitzers arrive in Washington, D.C. ahead of next week's military parade. They departed from Texas on June 2.

Vanesa Castan Broto @vanesilla.bsky.social · May 29

Funny but also marking our changing relationship with infrastructure and appliances

🅡🅞🅑 🅜🅔🅢🅤🅡🅔 @robmesure.bsky.social · May 29

I have been logged out of my toothbrush.

An Oral-B login screen.

Vanesa Castan Broto @vanesilla.bsky.social · May 24

Still in time to attend this important lecture!

Infrastructural Geographies @infrastructuralgeo.bsky.social · May 24

The Infrastructural Geographies 2nd Annual Lecture:

Professor Louise Amoore "What Kind of Infrastructure is an Algorithm?"

29th of May, 2025, Univ of Cambridge, Dept of Geography, Small Lecture Theatre

Join us!

The Infrastructural Geographies 2nd Annual Lecture:

Professor Louise Amoore "What Kind of Infrastructure is an Algorithm?"

29th of May, 2025, Univ of Cambridge, Dept of Geography, Small Lecture Theatre

Join us!

Reposted by Vanesa Castán Broto, Duncan Bell, Sarah Hall , and 1 more Vanesa Castán Broto, Duncan Bell, Sarah Hall, Hayley Bennett

Mia Gray @mia-gray.bsky.social · May 21

Our new paper on "Place-based solidarity: Crisis, austerity and the devolution of responsibility"

authors: Coco Huggins and Mia Gray

is now available free online: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · May 21

Born on this day in 1471, the incomparable Albrecht Durer. Just a complete dandy in his 1498 self portrait. I mean, the cap! The braided strap! And the gloves!! Not to mention the long curly locks.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 21

The Spanish government ordered Airbnb to remove nearly 66,000 listings from its platform, widening a crackdown on tourist rentals as it seeks to alleviate a housing crisis that has become among the worst in Europe.

Spain Orders Airbnb to Take Down 66,000 Rental Listings

www.nytimes.com

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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · May 19

How are you supposed to report on the weather when weather data is disappearing?

www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/how-...

How do you report on the weather when data is disappearing?

"The U.S. has a system that is the best in the world, but we're actively sabotaging it."

www.niemanlab.org

Vanesa Castan Broto @vanesilla.bsky.social · May 19

I'm in

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Jim Musil Painter @jimmusilpainter.bsky.social · May 19

My painting SPRING RIDE

A colorful acrylic painting by Jim Musil depicting a woman riding her bike through blossoming pink trees. The grass is a bright yellow green for Spring.

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Dunkin’ Cruller Carl @keithdecent.bsky.social · May 18

The big “why do you hate AI?” Thread got comments and quotes turned off, but here’s the main reason I hate AI:

It’s being developed by the worst people on the planet solely to enrich themselves at the expense and labor of the world’s vulnerable populations. Everything else stems from that

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SOMO - Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations @somoamsterdam.bsky.social · May 6

When evidence feels out of reach, SOMO’s pro bono helpdesk, The Counter, can help you find it.

We can uncover and piece together scattered data to reveal how companies are linked to abuse and environmental destruction.

Here are some examples of investigations we did ➡️ www.somo.nl/what-compani...