Reposted by John Hogan MorrisJim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 23hPolitical campaign language finally catches up with the rise of the new finance capital. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... 054
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisAnna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026I believe that Dr. Ellora Derenoncourt is the first Black woman economist EVER to be named a MacArthur Genius. My heart is bursting. I am OVERJOYED. 31348236
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...independent.co.ukClimate aid driving up public debt of poorest nations by billions of pounds each yearNew Independent analysis reveals how many of the poorest and most climate-vulnerable countries are being priced out of the climate aid system, while countries able to access aid are seeing billions ad... 000
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisDaniel Driscoll @danieldrisc.com · 29/09/2026Why Carbon Taxes Failed is on the road! See book talk dates below (more to come). Next week is Central European University and Copenhagen Business School! Can't wait to see some dear friends at both places <3 2199
Reposted by John Hogan Morrishannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'm on strike for the next five weeks with @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social because management continues to threaten mass compulsory redundancies. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukEdinburgh University lecturers begin five-week strike over cutsMembers of the University and Colleges Union are walking out in part of a long-running dispute over job and course cuts. 711951
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisRobin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 26/09/2026I know I’ve hardly been shy about talking about my new book, but wanted to share some more nice things that people have said about it. 1358
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisJohn Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 26/09/2026On the risks and opportunities facing the building trades unions from the data center boom. The industry is choosing unionized labor because it is far more effective in winning social license than the industry itself. “It’s almost like we’re doing their advocacy and business development for them.”phenomenalworld.orgMark Erlich | Construction's Data Center GambleIs the data center boom the solution to the problems faced by buildings trades unions? 001
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisKim A. Wagner @kimatiwagner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Having just started teaching new undergraduates at uni, I think we're missing a key issue in the debate about AI: these kids do not know how *not* to use AI, full stop. We assume they are 'digital natives' but they are not and a Google Scholar search is as alien to them as an archival card-index. 414930
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisDr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Why is the UK’s suppressed #climate national security report significant? Report warns of food shortages, conflicts, mass migration and other threats to the UK’s national security, including going as far as the risk of nuclear war or the breakdown of society. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comWhy is the UK’s suppressed climate national security report significant?Warnings about the catastrophic effects of vital ecosystems collapsing were not published under previous prime minister 10205138
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisPaul Langley @paullangley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026All surveys show most people don't want autonomous AI agents to run their lives, but the 'revolution' gets ever closer anyway. Next step will be platforms and apps that only work for people who use AI agents, enforcing uptake www.ft.com/content/e60b... via @FTft.comThe AI agent revolution has moved a big step closerLaunch of Muse by Meta has provided a glimpse of how the technology could be turned into a mass-market product 051
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 25/09/2026www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgThe History and Legacy of British Colonial Looting | The Historical Journal | Cambridge CoreThe History and Legacy of British Colonial Looting 000
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026‘This is playing into his hands’/‘this will allow him to play the martyr card’/‘this will help with his fundraising’ are all really bad takes. Criminals should be arrested and charged with crimes. 161776281
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisStuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 24/09/2026See also his open access article 'Geography and the Classics?' in Progress in Human Geography. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comGeography and the classics? - José Luis Romanillos, 2026This paper examines the interdisciplinary relationship between geography and ‘the classics’. It attends to the relative paucity of (re)engagements with antiquit... 032
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisStuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 24/09/2026José Luis Romanillos, Speculative Earth: Geophilosophy and Ancient Geographical Thought - @edinburghup.bsky.social, November 2026 An expensive hardback and e-book only, at present edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-specula...edinburghuniversitypress.comSpeculative EarthSpeculative Earth 254
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...academic.oup.comThe curious genealogy of stranded assets: how deregulation debates invented ‘stranding’Abstract. Over the last 15 years, the concept of stranded assets has become increasingly prominent in analysis of the climate crisis and green transition. 001
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026blog.actuaries.org.uk/2026/9/devel...blog.actuaries.org.ukDeveloping central climate scenarios: transition risk workshop findings | Institute and Faculty of Actuaries BlogWorkshop series to share insights on current thinking on what could constitute climate central ‘best estimate’ scenarios. 000
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026eu.dispatch.com/story/opinio...eu.dispatch.comMeta's massive plants may spell massive health problems for Columbus area | OpinionIf Google can power its data centers with clean energy, why can’t Meta? 000
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/canary-...journaloflawandsociety.co.ukCanary Wharf, Capitalism and Spatial Uncertainties | Journal of Law and SocietyNegar Mansouri In January 2025, The Guardian published an essay on 'the office-to-home conversions' reshaping the landscape of the world's mo ... 010
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisPolly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Some things are so evil and foul that they defy language. This is one of them. 27219
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisJana Bacevic 🌲🌳✊🏴 @unsocialtheory.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"anti-migrant" is a euphemism. migrants are not vaccines, mosquitoes, wars, or racism (all nouns for which the prefix anti- is commonly used to denote opposition to, or action designed to kill/harm/obstruct). migrants are human beings. "anti-migrant protesters" are "pro-crimes-against-humanity". 0219
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026dissentmagazine.org/article/ai-d...dissentmagazine.orgAfter the Data Centers - Dissent MagazineData center opponents have assembled a potent political force. But without a more expansive vision, there is a risk that this techlash could be co-opted and fizzle out. 000
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisProf Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The worst El Niño in recorded history is brewing — here’s how governments must prepare From southern Africa to the Amazon, the risks are mounting and the window for action is rapidly closing. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comThe worst El Niño in recorded history is brewing — here’s how governments must prepareFrom southern Africa to the Amazon, the risks are mounting and the window for action is rapidly closing. 23623
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisPeter Johnson (Michel Serres: Ecology) @peterj5319.bsky.social · 22/09/2026@stuartelden.bsky.social Hi Stuart My new book: “In my reading, this is the best introduction to Serres’ complex, imaginative, and profound thinking ..." Dipesh Chakrabarty, author of The Climate of History in a Planetary Age (2021). more information: michelserresclimatecrisis.com 032
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026www.theguardian.com/news/2026/se...theguardian.comNearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable onlineExclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad 000
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWe’re not in a new Gilded Age in America: inequality is now far worse | Casey MichelToday’s wealth gap is much bigger, and the country’s richest have much more power than they once did. It’s an Age of Oligarchy 000
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisCaroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Ditto 30,000 roles in universities in the past three years. 7491180
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisDr Chris Smith @spyhistorian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"The British historians wrote almost as if Britain had introduced Negro slavery solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it." Eric Williams, still on point all these decades on. All is changed while everything has stayed the same. 819665
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisClimate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Why Climateflation Will Drive Food Prices More Than War It is expected to drive food prices higher in 2027, surpassing the impact of war-related supply chain disruptions like the Strait of Hormuz closure www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...forbes.comWhy Climateflation Will Drive Food Prices More Than WarEconomists expect this summer's heatwaves to drive 2027 food prices more than the Iran war. Climateflation, explained: from your grocery bill to your mortgage rate. 01210
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisCLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 21/09/2026📣 New on the CLaSP blog by the Carbon Working Group 📣 The collective asks: what is carbon? www.claspblog.org/blogposts/ca...claspblog.orgCarbon as a question — CLaSP BlogThe Carbon Working Group collectively reflects on their first in-person workshop on carbon and biodiversity governance. 023
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 21/09/2026THIS FRIDAY: I'll be giving a public lecture for the @royalhistsoc.org on rights of way and the struggle for the land in post-war England and Wales... It's at Senate House in London at 6pm, and there are still a few tickets left! Also an online option: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rhs-lectur...eventbrite.co.ukRHS Lecture: 'In All Our Footsteps?' with Professor Glen O'Hara IN PERSON'In All Our Footsteps? Rights of Way and the Battle for the Land after the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act' at the IHR 02519
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisStuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Yuriko Furuhata, Archives of the Anthropocene: Visual Grammars of Deep Time – @dukepress.bsky.social, September 2026 dukeupress.edu/Archives-of-... Introduction open access at this linkdukeupress.eduArchives of the Anthropocene: Visual Grammars of Deep Time 03115
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisBen Rosamond @benrosamond1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Good point; well made. 👇 023
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisRobin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 18/09/2026Damn. @tobyn.bsky.social has produced the most detailed map of Big AI’s incestuous relationships I’ve seen so far. And it’s interactive! www.ft.com/content/8475... 818688
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Funny how nobody ever talks about the “legitimate concerns” people have about the extreme concentration of wealth among a small number of billionaires. 9434107
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 18/09/2026reclaimfinance.org/site/en/2026...reclaimfinance.orgFighting fossil fuel expansion: the underestimated role of publicly backed (re)insurers - Reclaim FinanceThe Caisse Centrale de Réassurance made the commitment to stop new investments in companies developing new oil and gas projects. 010
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisHardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The story of Jason Arday is the story of James Orr. Of the ideology which has found a foothold in Cambridge University, fostering the sorts of ideas that formed the undercurrents – sometimes explicit; sometimes unconscious – against Arday. I returned to my alma mater for an in-depth exploration 👇bylinetimes.comThe Two Professors and a ‘War On Ideas’The different stories of the Cambridge academics Jason Arday and James Orr reveal the wider cultural and ideological forces around hierarchies and structural power – and who gets to belong in our inst... 11397173
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 18/09/2026www.theguardian.com/science/ng-i...theguardian.com‘A map is never neutral’: meet the cartographers who took on centuries of western biasEqual Earth projection, adopted by the UN last week, provides an alternative to 16th-century Mercator display 020
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 17/09/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comPrivate equity faces existential crisis in US as unsold companies pile upPrivate equity firms and the companies they own employ over 13 million, from startups to rural hospitals and large retailers, but experts’ concerns of collapse are growing 000
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisDr Eleanor Shaw @eleanorshaw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Fancy coming to work with me at the British Library? Part time for 18 months, collecting oral histories about covid and thinking about covid commemoration. www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/jobs/job/228...nationalmuseums.org.ukJobs - National Museum Directors' Council WebsiteAssociation of directors and chief executives of the UK's national museums, galleries, libraries and archives. 512099
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisPaul Langley @paullangley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This was a real pleasure. Many thanks @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social for hosting us, Sarah Hall and Shaun French for engaging commentaries, @andrewleyshon.bsky.social for organising, and Zone Books and @princetonupress.bsky.social for support 1156
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 16/09/2026www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...unsw.edu.auClimate risk is changing where banks lend – before disaster strikesData from the US suggests banks are already responding to physical climate risk before a disaster hits – with consequences for small businesses and local economies. 120
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisWill Yeates @wyeates.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Latin America accounted for 85% of environmental defender killings in 2025, report saysthehill.comLatin America accounted for 85% of environmental defender killings in 2025, report saysBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — At least 124 land and environmental defenders were killed around the world last year, with Latin America accounting for 85% of the deaths as conflicts over land and natural … 074
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 15/09/2026www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBritish Crown symbol was branded on enslaved Africans, research findsThe findings are part of a project documenting British involvement in the slave trade between the 16th and 19th Centuries. 000
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisIñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The growth of private credit has often been attributed to tighter banking regulation and low policy rates. Such things certainly played a role early on, but they are difficult to reconcile with the rapid growth in private credit since 2020, when rates went up and regulation, if anything, loosened 22913
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisDave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Just a reminder as the new academic year kicks off - the UK government has deliberately, ruthlessly, throttled the recruitment of international students, solely to pander to racists, and the resultant 25%+ fall in numbers can and will only accelerate some universities into bankruptcy. 8411171