Geoff Mann @geoffmann.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Something in the latest LRB. It's not the cheeriest of pieces but I hope some find it worthwhile. Thanks for reading. 13612
Reposted by Geoff MannBrian Connolly @brianconnolly.bsky.social · 10/09/2025A beautiful, moving essay on resistance from Joan Scott www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-g...bostonreview.netA General Air of Anxiety - Boston ReviewThe Red Scare targeted my father. He taught me the meaning of resistance. 06721
Reposted by Geoff MannZahid R Chaudhary @zahidrc.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Publication date: Nov 4, 2025 🎉 1196
Reposted by Geoff MannJulia Nordblad @julianordblad.bsky.social · 13/03/2025My article is out! On how ‘ecosystem services’ went from a word for those aspects of nature that economics cannot express to a word for nature's economic value, and how concerns for planetary habitability disappeared from the environmentalist vocabulary. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...journals.uchicago.eduThe Nature of Planetary Habitability: A Conceptual History of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services | Environmental HistoryAbstract This essay traces the conceptual history of biodiversity and ecosystem services from the late 1970s to the early 2000s. In contrast to recent historical studies that have interpreted biodiver... 58231
Reposted by Geoff MannJulia Nordblad @julianordblad.bsky.social · 14/10/2025I wrote an essay for @mihjournal.bsky.social on two very different books on planetary politics, each enlightening in their own way. Both contribute substantially to the discussion within the planetary turn. The piece can be found here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgGoverning the Miracle | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge CoreGoverning the Miracle 01412
Geoff Mann @geoffmann.bsky.social · 05/10/2025I have a new piece on the politics of discounting in the latest @nybooks.com, hopefully of interest to some. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...nybooks.comThe Price of Tomorrow | Geoff MannThe current discount rate means that the government views the long-term future of humanity as not metaphorically but literally worthless. 13715
Geoff Mann @geoffmann.bsky.social · 05/06/2025"Zombie fires" burning all winter beneath the snowpack. We don't even need a summer for wildfire season anymore. 0133
Reposted by Geoff MannJohn Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 27/05/2025There has to be consequences for those in positions of power who have supported this with weapons and votes. 095
Reposted by Geoff MannDiagram[me]s @diagrammes.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Observatory of the world's rightward drift, Diagrams offers interviews with researchers, journalists and activists at the intersection of five programs: mutations of capitalism, geopolitical realignments, varieties of far rights, climate denialisms and left resistances. 2185
Reposted by Geoff MannDiagram[me]s @diagrammes.bsky.social · 21/05/2025TRAILER - Season #1 Observatory of the world's rightward drift, Diagrams offers interviews with researchers, journalists and activists at the intersection of five programs. [Online May 27]youtu.beDiagram[me]s Season 1 - TRAILER #1YouTube video by Diagram.me.s 0168
Reposted by Geoff MannBrett Christophers @brettchristophers.bsky.social · 07/05/2025We should be taxing the crap out of frequent flying. In many ways it's the easiest climate "win", and yet, because the world's wealthy -- on "progressive" left as much as right -- are so invested in their luxury emissions, it's also the least likely to happen 57838
Geoff Mann @geoffmann.bsky.social · 13/05/2025www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...theguardian.comJosé ‘Pepe’ Mujica, former guerrilla and ex-president of Uruguay, dies aged 89In a final interview, Mujica said: ‘We are too focused on wealth and not on happiness … Before you know it, life has passed you by’ 082
Reposted by Geoff MannAntonio Sosa @ansossa.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Que la tierra te sea leve. Mujica, el guerrillero sereno Político sin filtros, carismático y popular, el Pepe, como era conocido en Uruguay, entró por méritos propios en el panteón de los grandes personajes de esa América Latina que se quiere libre e independiente. www.publico.es/internaciona...publico.esMujica, el guerrillero serenoPolítico sin filtros, carismático y popular, el Pepe, como era conocido en Uruguay, entró por méritos propios en el panteón de los grandes personajes de esa América Latina que se quiere libre e ind... 185
Reposted by Geoff MannAdrienne Buller @adriennebuller.bsky.social · 12/05/2025"It's easy to forget that “crisis” is not simply a synonym for 'bad thing'. A crisis is a turning point... in which a decision is demanded that has not yet arrived." @geoffmann.bsky.social & I wrote on climate politics in a strange time for the BREAK—DOWN Issue I www.break-down.org/post/the-hea...break-down.orgThe Heat of the MomentIn place of paralysis or bland positivity, this is the moment for an honest reckoning with where we stand, what we are up against, and where, already, resistance is underway. 17227
Reposted by Geoff MannThe Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 02/05/2025A new documentary, 'Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again,' explores how two B.C. First Nations sought justice for environmental damage to the river. New from @sevawood.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/nechako-rive...thenarwhal.caNechako River documentary chronicles long fight for justice | The Narwhal75 years after it was dammed, a new film dives into how two B.C. First Nations sought justice for environmental damage to the river 04816
Reposted by Geoff MannBC Policy Solutions @bcpolicy.bsky.social · 17/04/2025📢 We are hiring! 📢 If you are: ✊ Passionate about strengthening systems that help orgs thrive 🌱Dedicated to creating socially just, inclusive and resilient orgs ⚖️ And have experience bringing an equity lens to managing people and operational systems This may be the job for you! bcpolicy.ca/jobs 043
Reposted by Geoff MannBrett Christophers @brettchristophers.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Shaina Potts has written a brilliant & incredibly timely book about law, capital, and American empire. I tried to do justice to it in this review essay (which hopefully will lead you to the book itself):thenation.comHow the US Courts Rewrote the Rules of International TradeShaina Potts’s Judicial Territory examines how the American legal system created an economic environment that subordinated the entire world to domestic business interests. 15429
Geoff Mann @geoffmann.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Worry not: between finance and tech, the big boys have got it all figured out. Thank god they've decided to help us sort out our sorry collective inefficiencies. 041
Reposted by Geoff MannAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/02/2025We are calling for a nationwide and international boycott of all Elon Musk-related products and services. Sell your Tesla shares, avoid buying Tesla vehicles, cancel Starlink, and delete your X accounts. 720237716007
Geoff Mann @geoffmann.bsky.social · 05/02/2025The FT is like that kid who believed in Santa Claus till they were 12 and just can't believe all their friends were right the whole time. 1143
Geoff Mann @geoffmann.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Hi all: I've just written a reasonably detailed engagement with Chakrabarty's work on climate. Please check it out if interested (it's open access): doi.org/10.1017/S147...doi.orgPlanetary Politics and the Climates of History | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge CorePlanetary Politics and the Climates of History 0234
Reposted by Geoff MannAdrienne Buller @adriennebuller.bsky.social · 15/01/2025In the Guardian today on the woes of green finance and the not-so-slow-motion unravelling of the Net Zero Banking Alliance ! 1229
Geoff Mann @geoffmann.bsky.social · 08/01/2025National Post Person of the Year, 2026: Marshal Poilievre 010
Geoff Mann @geoffmann.bsky.social · 14/12/2023My excellent and insightful and supportive colleagues at @GeogSFU are hiring for a super important position in the climate science of extreme events. If this is up your alley please check out the position and/or spread the word. www.sfu.ca/geography/ab... 031
Geoff Mann @geoffmann.bsky.social · 09/11/2023In case folks are interested I have a new piece out on country music in NYRB, which I hope you find worthwhile, even if it is not your thing. It is my thing.nybooks.comWhose Country? | Geoff MannHank Williams—the first Hank Williams—was born in 1923 in Butler County, Alabama, and grew up in and around Greenville, the county seat. In the early 060