Reposted by Sara SmithAmerican Association of Geographers @geographers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Students, don't miss out on these award opportunities. Whether you're a PhD candidate or undergraduate student, there are awards for you. Submit your applications by next Thursday, October 15, 2026: (🧵) 121
Reposted by Sara SmithFenna Imara Hoefsloot @fennaimara.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Still some days to submit your abstract for the AAG 2027 panel on 'Geographies of (mis)aligned AI' organised together with @ayonadatta.bsky.social and @lauraneville.bsky.social. We look forward to reading your work! Full CfP here: www.regionalfutures.org/all-outputs/... @geographers.bsky.socialregionalfutures.orgCfP 'GEOGRAPHIES OF (MIS)ALIGNED AI' session at the AAG 2027, NYC — Regional FuturesCall for papers: AAG 2027 – New York GEOGRAPHIES OF (MIS)ALIGNED AI Dates: 8 – 12 February 2027 Session type: In-person paper panel Convenors : Fenna Imara Hoefsloot (Durham), Ayona... 095
Reposted by Sara SmithProgress in Environmental Geography @progenvgeog.bsky.social · 31/08/2026🌍 New paper published in Progress in Environmental Geography 🌍 'Forging a Sustainable Future Together: Conversations in Black-Indigenous Ecological Solidarity' by Tianna Bruno, Lydia Jennings, Danielle Purifoy, and Sara Smith journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 032
Reposted by Sara SmithAmerican Association of Geographers @geographers.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Writing from a hot summer in North Carolina, AAG President Sara Smith shares her first column, encouraging this time to be used “for all of us to think about who we are to one another and how we can stay true to hard-won values of justice, freedom of speech, and equity.” ☀️ Read on: buff.ly/DW2gzb8 042
Reposted by Sara SmithUrban Political Podcast @urbanpolitical.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We are starting into this weekend with a new epsisode! urbanpolitical.online/114-everyday... Rounding up our Cities and Geopolitics series, Joanna Kocsis, Sara Smith and Umesh Moramudali discuss everyday social actors, how they engage and make sense of urban geopolitics. 051
Reposted by Sara SmithHigh Country News @highcountrynews.org · 25/05/2026In a state that’s already short on the resource, Los Alamos National Laboratory expects to double water use.buff.lyNukes and AI require 1.4 million gallons of water a day at New Mexico lab - High Country NewsLos Alamos National Laboratory plans to use over a million gallons of water per day for A.I. and nuclear weapons research and production. 02712
Reposted by Sara SmithStephen Legg @stephenlegg11.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I am incredibly grateful to Chris Philo for organising a book forum to discuss "Spaces of Anticolonialism: Delhi's Urban Governmentalities". 50 free downloads of "Writing the anticolonial: between postcolonial and decolonial geographies" at... www.tandfonline.com/eprint/B7CBR... 065
Sara Smith @geogsara.bsky.social · 05/04/2026I think about this all the time and bring it up in every class. Think of the position this puts mourning relatives in. 💔 down with empire. 0204
Reposted by Sara SmithAmerican Association of Geographers @geographers.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Don’t forget to mark your calendar! 🗓️ In addition to specialized student offerings throughout the week, join a day-long program on Wednesday, March 18, dedicated to student research, development, workshops, and activities for all levels of education. Log in to check out offerings: buff.ly/gGH7kk7 041
Reposted by Sara SmithOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 24/02/2026all time photo editor performance 122422435
Reposted by Sara SmithProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/20266/ “When I arrived every night I cried and now I don’t sleep well, I felt that being here was my fault and I only wanted to be on vacation like a normal family.” 9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya, detained on her way to Disney World, spent 113+ days at Dilley. 2732271330
Reposted by Sara SmithProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/20264/ “Mi Familia,” by 5-year-old Luisanney Toloza from Venezuela, who had recently crossed the U.S.-Mexico border 102423661
Reposted by Sara SmithProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/20262/ “I miss my school and my friends I feel bad since when I came here to this Place, because I have been here too long.” From 9-year-old Susej F, detained for 50+ days 142869936
Reposted by Sara SmithProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/20261/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵 203115177371
Reposted by Sara SmithJoshua L. Conver @jlc-phd.bsky.social · 03/02/2026With commentaries by Madiha Tahir at Yale, Lisa Bhungalia at UW Madison, Craig Jones at Newcastle University, and @geogsara.bsky.social from UNC Chapel Hill. Author Rhys Machold at the University of Glasgow provides a thought-provoking response 121
Sara Smith @geogsara.bsky.social · 09/02/2026So happy to be part of this forum on a really insightful book! 020
Reposted by Sara SmithJoshua L. Conver @jlc-phd.bsky.social · 03/02/2026A powerful forum on Rhys Machold’s book Fabricating Homeland Security: Police Entanglements across India and Palestine/Israel is now available. Mark Griffiths writes that the book “addresses crucial questions on the workings of right-wing populism, authoritarianism, and weapons capitalism.”doi.orgFabricating Homeland Security: Police Entanglements across India and Palestine/IsraelPublished in The AAG Review of Books (Ahead of Print, 2026) 262
Reposted by Sara SmithAustin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 26/01/2026Border Patrol in Minneapolis are being sent home. If true, it means that broad-based local response to heavy immigration enforcement has real effects. 33915
Reposted by Sara SmithChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 26/01/2026Good. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...independent.co.ukMorale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reportsWhile immigration officers support the Trump administration’s goal of deporting undocumented migrants, many of them have grown ‘disillusioned’ with leadership’s tactics, according to reports 528843
Reposted by Sara SmithDeb Krol @debkrol.bsky.social · 16/01/2026ICE agents detain Navajo man in Arizona, ignoring US, tribal IDs by @abecenti.bsky.social www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...azcentral.comICE agents detain Navajo man in Arizona, ignoring US, tribal IDsPeter Yazzie was held for several hours in metro Phoenix, but there are reports of Native people detained in Minnesota and elsewhere. 01716
Reposted by Sara SmithPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.” 236142843783
Reposted by Sara SmithOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 07/01/2026"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato." surreal times dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...dailynous.comTexas A&M Bans Plato - Daily NousDrop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a... 21247561871
Reposted by Sara SmithOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 05/11/2025I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win 355314658
Reposted by Sara SmithGhoul-in’ Dickey @colindickey.com · 05/11/2025Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight 61157682948
Reposted by Sara SmithLaura Eccott @lauraeccott.bsky.social · 02/11/2025“a person from the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than the poorest 50% emit all year” A stark visual from ‘Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster’ by @oxfaminternational.bsky.social policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl... 8365204
Reposted by Sara Smithdylan m. harris @dylanmharris.bsky.social · 28/10/2025new article! how might the emergence of the 'new' carbon economy be disrupted, shifted in favor of communities rather than serving as another round of capitalist accumulation? thanks to @landpolicy.bsky.social for supporting this work! here's a link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 172
Reposted by Sara SmithJenifa Zahan @jenifazahan.bsky.social · 30/10/2025‼️ New article ‼️ I and Raajorshi conceptualise "everyday carcerality" to articulate how life is lived at the intersection of State-Capital-Land-Housing nexus in Delhi's urban margins. Open access link 👇 @urbanstudiesfoundation.org onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comThe Production of Everyday Carcerality in State‐Led Redevelopment of Informal Settlement in Delhi, IndiaThis paper focuses on the everyday experiences of carcerality of a community, known as Kathputli Colony, that has been waiting to be rehoused by the state for over a decade in Delhi, India. We draw o.... 031
Sara Smith @geogsara.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Come out to @scrapexchange.bsky.social today for a Handcrafts for Palestine fundraiser 12-5pm ♥️🇵🇸 140
Reposted by Sara SmithAlida Cantor @alidacantor.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Hey geographers #geosky: What is your favorite political ecology piece (academic article or other) to teach undergrads these days? Looking for syllabus recommendations that resonate really well, generate good discussion, and are clear and accessible. #politicalecology #geography 3101
Reposted by Sara SmithW. Carson Byrd @wcbyrdphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Intriguing new article by Danielle Purifoy, James Bryan, & Sara Smith examining the Landback Abolition Project at UNC & asks ‘how do faculty, students, staff, & community of a 234-year-old colonial institution create the conditions for a structural shift in our relations toward land & education?’journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 084
Reposted by Sara SmithAmerican Association of Geographers @geographers.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Call for Abstracts: The inaugural Special Issue of “GeoHumanities” invites emerging geographic scholarship situated at the crossroads of Solidarities, #Humanitarianism, and #Scholarship-Activism. Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted by October 6, 2025: buff.ly/zt8LYcF 082
Reposted by Sara SmithAmerican Association of Geographers @geographers.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Deadline Approaching: The Race, Ethnicity, and Place Conference (REP) takes place November 5-8 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, sponsored by the University of New Mexico and the AAG. Register and submit your paper, panel, or poster before August 31. Learn more about how to get involved: buff.ly/AOPikkl 061
Reposted by Sara SmithInvisible Histories @invisiblehistories.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Deadline Extension!! Call for Proposals! Are you a librarian, archivist, historian, or memory worker preserving LGBTQ history? Join us for the 2026 Queer History South Conference! Submit a proposal by visiting invisiblehistory.org/qhs2026. 041
Reposted by Sara SmithJen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 31/07/2025this Transactions piece had been in the slow cooker for many years I'm so glad that it's out! 153
Reposted by Sara SmithUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/06/2025We feed you. They hunt us. 11933467514773
Reposted by Sara Smith-𝚖𝚘𝚡 ☃︎ ❄︎ @moxiest.art · 11/06/2025leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening historians: that thing is definitely happening star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it news outlets: these protesters are out of control 89322449745
Reposted by Sara SmithCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 07/06/2025"It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy” www.wnep.com/article/news...wnep.comWayne County community rally amid ICE raid at restaurantNewswatch 16's Emily Kress spoke with people in the Honesdale community who are shaken after watching three restaurant employees get detained. 314283458606
Reposted by Sara SmithNisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social · 02/06/2025This workshop is today! Don’t miss it. Support grassroots mutual aid networks on the ground. 0189
Reposted by Sara SmithOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 02/06/2025if you set the distribution of harms from pollution (e.g. cancer and asthma rates) next to the distribution of benefits from economic cooperation (e.g. income/wealth gaps) then the narrative that environmentalism is for the rich is the thing we should find surprising! 9649203
Reposted by Sara SmithGuy Jackson @guyjackson.bsky.social · 03/04/2025A new paper by my wonderful colleague Joanna Allan and her co-author Moiti Mohamed Azrouk, "Poetry, citizenship and diplomacy: The case of Western Sahara," looks fascinating! rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.comThe Geographical Journal | RGS Research Journal | Wiley Online LibraryThis article argues for greater consideration of the role of poetry and poets in diplomacy and as a medium for the recognition of contested citizenships. We take Western Sahara, the site of an ongoin.... 075
Reposted by Sara SmithDr. David Miller 🏳️🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 14/05/2025🧪 National Science Foundation update alert ⚠️⚠️ NSF just made a **lot** of updates to its "priorities" page. It's mixed news. Some good. Some bad. ❌ Not welcome: NSF is now also terminating "environmental justice" awards. The highlighted text here is new: www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p... 1/8... 🧵 3128104
Reposted by Sara Smitheraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Me: I love teaching! Also me, preparing my classes: 0539
Sara Smith @geogsara.bsky.social · 12/05/2025White people enacting violence after violence instead of grappling in earnest w history & how how it shapes us. Also frustrating as a teacher because many white students absolutely are capable of growth if you hold them to that standard. There’s a reason white supremacists find these bans so urgent. 0178
Reposted by Sara SmithWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 01/05/2025This statistic blew my mind 4730531049
Reposted by Sara Smithjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/05/2025they are literal segregationists apnews.com/article/scho...apnews.comThe Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fallThe Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting that others across ... 546192936920