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Josh Inwood @geogjosh.bsky.social · 6h

What’s a reasonable set of expectations that fans need to see to think to ourselves coach smith might work? My take, he’s gotta win at least one between Michigan and PennState and make a bowl
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 19h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Desiree Fields @desireefields.bsky.social · 1d

Along with Will Payne and Jovan Lewis, I'm organizing an AAG session on the economic geography of scams for the 2026 conference in San Francisco. Please share widely! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

AAG 2026 CFP: Putting the ‘Con’ in Economic Geography

AAG 2026 CFP: Schemes, Scams, and Flim-flam: Putting the ‘Con’ in Economic Geography Will B. Payne, Rutgers University Desiree Fields, University of California, Berkeley Jovan Scott Lewis, University ...

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Josh Inwood @geogjosh.bsky.social · 2d

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Josh Inwood @geogjosh.bsky.social · 2d

The Schlieffen Plan would have been successful if Belgians would have provided access to their water closets in 1914. The hours and hours German soldiers wasted looking for a bathroom really stymied their momentum.

Josh Inwood @geogjosh.bsky.social · 2d

Graham you’ve been watching this MSU football team for a year and a half. What can you point to that says we are laying any kind of foundation for future championships? We are a bottom third of the league team right now and I don’t see that important time soon.

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Josh Inwood @geogjosh.bsky.social · 5d

state after state could solve this college funding shakedown from the Trump administration by just agreeing to fund universities at the levels they did in the early 1990s.

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Josh Inwood @geogjosh.bsky.social · 5d

Graham are you coming to town for the MSU v PSU outdoor hockey game?
What’s the over under on MSU hockey wins this season?
For MSU fans coming to Happy Valley it’s a great college town that happens to be in the middle of nowhere.

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Antipode @antipodeonline.bsky.social · 14d

Intervention — "On Grassroots Witnessing: Gaza as the Terrain of Epistemic Intifada" by Patrick Anthony (Uppsala University) and Ghada Dimashk (American University of Beirut) antipodeonline.org/2025/09/24/o...

Intervention—“On Grassroots Witnessing: Gaza as the Terrain of Epistemic Intifada” - Antipode Online

Patrick Anthony (Uppsala University) and Ghada Dimashk (American University of Beirut) Baba, when will we study astronomy in school? … I want to learn about the moon and stars. (Banias, age 9, quoted ...

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 8d

Since the Ezra & Ta-Nehisi discussion is still happening: the main point I think most are missing is that Klein is saying the role of the journalist-intellectual is to do strategic politics, whereas Coates says the role of the journalist-intellectual is to tell the truth

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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 9d

“We’re living through a golden age for losers who don’t seem to realize how much they keep telegraphing their loserdom to the rest of us.”

Michael Byron #Fella @michaelby.bsky.social · 9d

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

We’re Being Ruled Over by the World’s Biggest Losers

They effectively control our fates, but deep down, they know they’re sniveling, pathetic, and inadequate, and it eats them up.

www.thenation.com

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 13d

The grim situation for faculty at public universities in the US South. I don’t envy the search committees or chairs trying to hire.

‘Fear and hopelessness’: study finds one in four professors consider leaving US south

Survey by American Association of Professors shows nearly quarter of respondents are switching due to states’s politics

www.theguardian.com

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pennstategeography.bsky.social @pennstategeography.bsky.social · 14d

Professor Joshua Inwood (@geogjosh.bsky.social) is recruiting graduate students for Fall 2026!

Prospective students are invited to connect by email & attend our graduate information session on Oct. 23 to learn more about opportunities in our M.S. and Ph.D. programs.

Registration 🔗 lnkd.in/gEWHi4NK

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Josh Inwood @geogjosh.bsky.social · 17d

I’ve been rooting for MSU for thirty years—ever since that epic UM vs. MSU game in 1995 when MSU beat the cheaters. In 30 years MSU has hired the right coach once. There is no reason we should be anything worse than a consistent 8 win football team. Disappointing to see such a weak defense.

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David Harvey @davidharvey.org · 19d

My next book, The Story of Capital: What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works, will be published on 24 February 2026 by @versobooks.bsky.social

www.versobooks.com/products/337...

The Story of Capital

For decades, David Harvey has been teaching Marx's work, particularly Capital, to great acclaim. He has analysed chapter by chapter - sometimes line-by-line - Marx's three volumes and the Grundrisse. ...

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pennstategeography.bsky.social @pennstategeography.bsky.social · 23d

🏀 NBA analyst and Penn State geography alum Kirk Goldsberry is back on campus Friday, Sept. 26, to talk hoops, cartography, and the big data behind the modern game.

🗓️ Friday, Sept. 26
📍 102 Paterno Library
💻 Zoom Option Available
🕛 Noon
📰 Read more: www.psu.edu/news/earth-a...

Geography Coffee Hour to host NBA analyst, alumnus Kirk Goldsberry | Penn State University

Kirk Goldsberry, NBA analyst, author and Penn State alumnus, will deliver a talk titled “Mapping the Modern NBA: How Cartography Helped Change Basketball Forever” at noon on Friday, Sept. 26, in 102 P...

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 24d

The football game is on CBS so that means it won’t be on Peacock like last week, CBS means I have to check Paramount because it’s not airing locally otherwise I’d have to check Hulu Live TV and if it wasn’t there I’d have to check NFL Sunday ticket, which I pay $400/year for but never airs my game

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28d

The racial profiling case is the first step in unraveling the civil rights act. That's all.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · Sep 8

SCOTUS & MAGA abolished affirmative action because universities cannot use race when determining admissions but allowed legacy admissions because it massively benefits white students but abolished DEI because of the lie of meritocracy but allowed profiling Latinos for ICE raids.

One word: FASCISM.

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Josh Inwood @geogjosh.bsky.social · Sep 8

What the hell did we watch Sunday with the lions and how the hell do we get Frank Ragnow back?

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Sep 5

“This is fine” says person promoting book they got a $2m advance for to person (Bari Weiss) about to take control of a news organization in a deal the President had brokered. Nothing to worry about.

CNN @cnn.com · Sep 5

As she launched her media tour to promote a new memoir, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett rejected the notion that the country could be on the brink of a constitutional crisis.

Justice Barrett dismisses concerns of a constitutional crisis | CNN Politics

As she launched a media tour to promote her new memoir on Thursday night, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett rejected the notion that the country could be on the brink of a constitutional crisis....

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Prof Katherine Brickell @kbrickell.bsky.social · Sep 1

📣 I'M HIRING! Please spread the word 📣

🔎 Looking for a 1-year postdoctoral research associate to support @sensory-lives-prj.bsky.social & UK-wide tour of a playhouse tent communicating neurodivergent children’s experiences of Temporary Accommodation.

🛜 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOL488/p...

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Josh Inwood @geogjosh.bsky.social · Sep 1

@geographers.bsky.social check out the great piece @derekgeographer.bsky.social co-wrote! theconversation.com/world-maps-g...

World maps get Africa’s size wrong: cartographers explain why fixing it matters

Maps help shape how we make sense of the world.

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pennstategeography.bsky.social @pennstategeography.bsky.social · Aug 28

Penn State Geography professor @geogjosh.bsky.social was quoted in the Huffington Post!

Inwood's research focuses on race and racism and political, economic and social structures.

www.huffpost.com/entry/voter-...

A Voter’s Fiery Confrontation With GOP Rep Over Trump Loyalty Goes Viral — And It’s Striking A Chord

People are reacting strongly to a video of a constituent dressing down a Republican politician at a town hall — and experts share several key takeaways from the moment.

www.huffpost.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Aug 27

What an image
(J. Scott Applewhite, AP)

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