Matt Farish
@mattfarish.bsky.social
Historical geographer, University of Toronto; Affiliate, U of T's Centre for the Study of the US. Writing a book about climate labs, survival schools, and the 20th-c. US militarization of the planet. Distracted by AC Milan and ⚽️. Posts are personal.
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bezos somehow made an editorial page worse than the one at the wall street journal
November 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
bezos somehow made an editorial page worse than the one at the wall street journal
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A good summary of why Cornell's capitulation to authoritarian extortion is an affront to democracy and academic freedom. aaup-cornell.org/2025/11/07/s...
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A good summary of why Cornell's capitulation to authoritarian extortion is an affront to democracy and academic freedom. aaup-cornell.org/2025/11/07/s...
A brilliant urban historian. RIP.
I've been waiting to comment publicly on this until the university made its announcement, but the Department of History at Princeton is devastated by the recent death of our wonderful colleague Alison Isenberg.
Alison Isenberg, distinguished urban historian and co-founder of Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities, dies
A public memorial and celebration of Isenberg’s life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the University Chapel.
www.princeton.edu
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
A brilliant urban historian. RIP.
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if we could only harness the power of try-hard, a single hegseth would keep even the largest of our cities lit for weeks
OK, one, there is a reason to go to wartime footing, and that is war. I get that he is excited about war but that doesn't mean there is one.
Two, we get it: you heard someone say FAFO and thought it was cool. It is not actually cool. Maybe you should say we will get 67 drones or something?
Two, we get it: you heard someone say FAFO and thought it was cool. It is not actually cool. Maybe you should say we will get 67 drones or something?
Hegseth: "We are not building for peacetime. We are pivoting the Pentagon and our industrial base to a wartime footing. Building for victory should our adversaries FAFO."
November 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
if we could only harness the power of try-hard, a single hegseth would keep even the largest of our cities lit for weeks
I sure hope this guy's admirable humanity and his triumph over cruel, venal opposition inspires office-seekers in other places, including in my neck of the woods.
As New York City’s mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani defied anti-Muslim backlash to his candidacy and shattered a barrier that seemed insurmountable since the Sept. 11 terror attacks transformed what it meant to be Muslim in the city.
A Muslim Mayor in New York City? Voters Say Yes, Emphatically.
Zohran Mamdani shattered a barrier that seemed insurmountable since the Sept. 11 attacks changed what it meant to be Muslim in the city.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I sure hope this guy's admirable humanity and his triumph over cruel, venal opposition inspires office-seekers in other places, including in my neck of the woods.
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I knew that Mamdani had it; he had the people and did the work, and has been the clearest and most lucid in rejecting the untenable current state of things. But the vile, bigoted shit against him was so constant, and I am conditioned to that working better than I want. This feels like an exorcism.
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I knew that Mamdani had it; he had the people and did the work, and has been the clearest and most lucid in rejecting the untenable current state of things. But the vile, bigoted shit against him was so constant, and I am conditioned to that working better than I want. This feels like an exorcism.
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. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social dropped in on many online microfandoms to conquer the fragmented media problem, including a personal favorite of mine, the streamer who walks around New York making beats for strangers to freestyle to @ariathome.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social dropped in on many online microfandoms to conquer the fragmented media problem, including a personal favorite of mine, the streamer who walks around New York making beats for strangers to freestyle to @ariathome.bsky.social
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Raise your hand if your brain is sufficiently capable of complex thought to understand why advocating an explicitly Christian volunteer military is not ideal.
Add a dose of propaganda to your morning coffee.. This smells of Russian-like “special operation”
November 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Raise your hand if your brain is sufficiently capable of complex thought to understand why advocating an explicitly Christian volunteer military is not ideal.
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We're going to war against a "cartel" that may or may not exist?
(Miami Herald) - The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald ..
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U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime
The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...
www.miamiherald.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
We're going to war against a "cartel" that may or may not exist?
Broad & Sanger are serious journalists & know a lot about things nuclear. I'm struck, though, by the continued use of the Cold War "Nevada Test Site", and more importantly by the frustratingly familiar adjective "desolate". The perpetual geography of sacrifice: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
Trump’s Call to Resume Nuclear Testing After Decades Revives a Cold War Debate
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Broad & Sanger are serious journalists & know a lot about things nuclear. I'm struck, though, by the continued use of the Cold War "Nevada Test Site", and more importantly by the frustratingly familiar adjective "desolate". The perpetual geography of sacrifice: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
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Maybe I've missed it, but I've been wondering when we would see coverage of this subject.
And actually astonishing when you think about it: The Trump administration's top officials are choosing to separate themselves from the public—more to the point: separate themselves from any visible protest—and live on military bases.
Gift link here: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Gift link here: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.
www.theatlantic.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Maybe I've missed it, but I've been wondering when we would see coverage of this subject.
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even the democratic consultants are evaluating the democratic party according to the caricatures put out by republican-aligned media
Incredible to claim that “abolish the police” is in any way a Democratic policy
October 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
even the democratic consultants are evaluating the democratic party according to the caricatures put out by republican-aligned media
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DC friends!! Join us on this Sunday on the National Mall for a teach-in in defense of history and museums, ft. an all-star line-up! We’ll be there from sun-up to sun-down. More info here: linktr.ee/historyteachin
October 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
DC friends!! Join us on this Sunday on the National Mall for a teach-in in defense of history and museums, ft. an all-star line-up! We’ll be there from sun-up to sun-down. More info here: linktr.ee/historyteachin
Very very good.
Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew
Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew
Tommy Robinson is said to be going to Villa Park as a Maccabi Tel Aviv fan. Do the politicians jumping on this bandwagon care what they are doing, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Very very good.
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“Following his lecture, Yarvin will debate the legendary British historian David Starkey on history and the future of conservatism.” Everything about this is so cursed. Masks off at the University of Oxford.
October 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“Following his lecture, Yarvin will debate the legendary British historian David Starkey on history and the future of conservatism.” Everything about this is so cursed. Masks off at the University of Oxford.
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The National Post is making a real run at the Toronto Sun’s title as the worst op-ed page in the country
October 18, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The National Post is making a real run at the Toronto Sun’s title as the worst op-ed page in the country
On the incredible Cynthia Enloe, who gave her last "regularly scheduled lecture" at Clark yesterday: www.clarku.edu/news/2025/10...
‘Let’s take this journey together’ | ClarkU News
“Feminist Curiosity is for These Dark Times” is billed as Professor Cynthia Enloe’s “final Clark lecture,” and the Oct. 16 event will indeed be her last regularly scheduled talk at Clark, the coda to ...
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October 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
On the incredible Cynthia Enloe, who gave her last "regularly scheduled lecture" at Clark yesterday: www.clarku.edu/news/2025/10...
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this white house actively treats a large swath of americans as disloyal and outside the political community and it doesn’t merit so much as a peep from the political press
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
October 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
this white house actively treats a large swath of americans as disloyal and outside the political community and it doesn’t merit so much as a peep from the political press
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These "kids" include a Vermont state senator, an aide to a New York Assemblyperson, and the general counsel for the New York Young Republicans. As Politico notes: "Many of the chat members already work inside government or party politics, and one serves as a state senator."
October 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
These "kids" include a Vermont state senator, an aide to a New York Assemblyperson, and the general counsel for the New York Young Republicans. As Politico notes: "Many of the chat members already work inside government or party politics, and one serves as a state senator."
Excellent piece by @utoronto.ca's
Angela Fernandez, Director of our new Animal Law Program (yay!), about the ongoing nightmare of Marineland in Niagara Falls: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/cc8db0e...
Angela Fernandez, Director of our new Animal Law Program (yay!), about the ongoing nightmare of Marineland in Niagara Falls: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/cc8db0e...
Don’t let Marineland tell you that its whales have to be euthanized
Amid myriad other options, the Niagara Falls park has threatened to kill their belugas if Ottawa won’t approve a plan to export them to China – thus proving Marineland cannot be trusted
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Excellent piece by @utoronto.ca's
Angela Fernandez, Director of our new Animal Law Program (yay!), about the ongoing nightmare of Marineland in Niagara Falls: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/cc8db0e...
Angela Fernandez, Director of our new Animal Law Program (yay!), about the ongoing nightmare of Marineland in Niagara Falls: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/cc8db0e...
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What if the unidentified masked men with guns don't accept the validity of your papers?
October 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
What if the unidentified masked men with guns don't accept the validity of your papers?
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It's great that the New York Times employee the nation's leading segregationist as an contributing op-ed writer and the Douthat regularly injects pure uncut white supremacy into the national discourse and we still get regular lectures on how the mainstream media is too woke.
But you shouldn't be too surprised when they say stuff like this:
"You were better off being a Black person in Charleston, S.C., in 1850, when they had an operating slave market than being conceived as a Black baby in New York City or Baltimore today."
"You were better off being a Black person in Charleston, S.C., in 1850, when they had an operating slave market than being conceived as a Black baby in New York City or Baltimore today."
October 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
It's great that the New York Times employee the nation's leading segregationist as an contributing op-ed writer and the Douthat regularly injects pure uncut white supremacy into the national discourse and we still get regular lectures on how the mainstream media is too woke.
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Some thoughts on what what crisis is doing to the urban imagination - short piece as part of a collection in Dialogues in Urban Research: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Crisis and the urban imagination - Colin McFarlane, 2025
What are ideas like ‘polycrisis’ doing to how we think and research the urban? How might we ensure that discourses and conditions of polycrises do not erode our...
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October 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Some thoughts on what what crisis is doing to the urban imagination - short piece as part of a collection in Dialogues in Urban Research: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Monstrous.
"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."
"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."
Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children
Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.
southsideweekly.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Monstrous.
"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."
"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."