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Jason Dittmer

@realjdittmer.bsky.social
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Professor of Political Geography at UCL. Posting about geopolitics, popular culture, and cat memes

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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I cannot recommend the writing in this article enough. The subject is unimportant, but the joy is real www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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The Viral In-N-Out Spatula Hero Is Exactly Who You Imagined He Was (Gift Article)
It started as a bizarre late-night standoff behind the counter of a fast food joint. It ended with no injuries — and free burgers.
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@radiofreetom.bsky.social expresses every single thought I've had since Trump floated making his arch an arsenal, starting with: "Just imagine the sense of peace that visitors, tourists, and schoolchildren would feel standing atop an ammo dump full of ordnance." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trump’s Monumental Obsession
The president fantasizes about a capital city full of memorials—to himself.
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ed Sheeran better bone up on Kid Rock’s lyrics
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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We often talk about land and water in environmental justice. But what about air? Postcolonial Air and Atmospheres examines the politics, histories and inequalities of the air we breathe. 📖 Open access: uclpress.co.uk/book/postcolonial-ai…
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Democrats should offer $10K per adult to make him look cheap, and then leave it to Trump to argue for why their proposal isn’t real but his is
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
If he did this before the EU referendum he might have shifted things
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David Storey @davidstoreygeog.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Maps and mendacity www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
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Iceland summons US ambassador in response to Trump map
Iceland has summoned the US ambassador after US President Donald Trump posted an image on social media showing the island and other countries covered by the American flag, local broadcaster RÚV said.
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Good article on the threat to global shipping. The real inflation comes when this system collapses. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Global shipping rules are collapsing, say maritime nations
Wars and the growth of the shadow fleet are causing a ‘structural shift’ in global trade, according to 18 maritime authorities
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Great essay on climate change and today’s Fascism: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Rerun or sequel? Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on end times fascism
How nationalists, religious fundamentalists and tech titans turned their backs on a shared future
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/09/2026
Reform officials ‘plotted to break law on foreign donations’ in undercover film
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Reform officials ‘plotted to break law on foreign donations’ in undercover film
Investigation broadcast by Channel 4 shows man posing as ‘impermissible donor’ paying for polling that helped Reform Nigel Farage is facing fresh criticism on the eve of the Reform UK party conference after some of his team were filmed appearing to plot to avoid electoral laws on foreign donations in an undercover investigation broadcast by Channel 4. A group of investigative journalists called Verbatim, funded by the Centre for Climate Reporting, posed as a potential Reform supporter and his wealthy American father, an impermissible donor, who paid for £30,000 of polling commissioned by Reform and which benefited the party. Continue reading...
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Geographies of Coloniality and Everyday Violence Research Group @gocep.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Interesting (Open Access) book on Love and Catastrophe continuing the discussion of negative geographies, by Paul Harrison, Anna Secor and Mikko Joronen (eds).
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Outstanding article by @willdalrymple.bsky.social on the need to tame corporate power www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...
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Opinion | What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World (Gift Article)
A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.
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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
NSF will no longer fund graduate students in political science or public policy (though keeps anthropology, sociology, and geography) Personal to me -- I owe my career to being awarded an NSF fellowship when I started graudate school
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A day for reflection www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/o...
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Opinion | What Dolly Parton Told Me (Gift Article)
Trailing Dolly Parton around the world, I witnessed so many small moments in which she’d gracefully own her power without the slightest hint of fight.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 16/08/2026
The EU is requiring “watermarking” to signal that content was made with artificial intelligence. Big Tech is falling in line. 🔗 politico.eu/article/arti...
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Kudos to the FT for being willing to make such a bold prediction giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Why Homer will outlast us all
Heated rows over $1bn-grossing movie reflect The Odyssey’s enduring force
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
At this stage of the drought, it is only sensible for the Green Party to re-brand as the Browns
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UCL Department of Geography @uclgeography.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
🎉 Celebrating four promotions at @ucl.ac.uk Geography! @jameskneale.bsky.social & @tatianathieme.bsky.social will become Professors of Human Geography, while Tom Western becomes Associate Professor & Igor Tkalec Associate Professor (Teaching). Congrats to all four! 👏 #UCLGeography #Geography
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Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
My uni have just withdrawn Geography, History & Geography and Politics & Geography undergrad courses run from our Penryn campus. Terrible for Cornwall. How did the staff find out? When UCAS clearing opened at 8am 😡
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Scientists say tonight would have been a total eclipse if only Bonnie Tyler were still with us
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Pretty excited about the precedent being set for prosecuting octogenarians once they are out of office www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...
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Senate Panel Votes to Hold Fauci in Contempt of Congress (Gift Article)
Dr. Anthony Fauci had refused to answer questions at a hearing last week, invoking the Fifth Amendment. Republicans argued he wasn’t entitled to that protection because he had a presidential pardon.
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Anna Secor @ajsecor.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Feel like reality itself is under attack? Wondering how fantasy-geopolitics has taken hold and how to fight it? You might find some ideas in my recent article!
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Hey Rupert Lowe, everyone know what Nigel needs to make a deal: £5 million
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The web of dubious finance and lies that propelled Farage’s personal, & Reform’s political fortune is gradually being unravelled. Thanks to all the investigative journalists, not least @carolecadwalla.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The tangled financial web at the heart of Reform UK
Nigel Farage’s £5m gift, the Cottrell family’s links and donations, and Richard Tice’s business dealings form part of an increasingly clear nexus of relationships
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
“the man who wears shorts to the office is telling everybody that he wants to be somewhere else.” Yes, I am. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/o...
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Opinion | Accept Your Fate. Don’t Wear Shorts to the Office. (Gift Article)
It might be hot but men must resist showing the knee.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
"are we dealing with the right officials" is almost universally a sign the diplomats/heads of state are stuck, lost, in denial and are resorting to "maybe there are other interlocutors who agree with us", which is about as ridiculous as it sounds.
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UCL Department of Geography @uclgeography.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Borders are more than fences and checkpoints. In a DW News interview, Prof. @realjdittmer.bsky.social explains how Gibraltar’s new border arrangements reveal the role of geography, economics, identity and digital technologies in shaping modern borders. #PoliticalGeography #Gibraltar #UCLGeography
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Last night I did an interview with DW about the new UK-EU Treaty on Gibraltar. It was great, not least because they had actually read some of my work! Or at least the abstract…interview begins at the 4:10 mark.
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Gibraltar scraps border checks with Spain | DW News
After years of post-Brexit wrangling, border checks between Spain and the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar have been abolished. The move changes everyday life for some 15,000 daily commuters in Spain's far south but also sheds light on post-Brexit Europe. Jason Dittmer, Professor of Political Geography, tells DW this marks a 'new era' in relations between Gibraltar and the EU. 00:00 Spain and Gibraltar remove Gibraltar border after post-Brexit agreement 00:00:30 Commuters, businesses and residents react to the historic change 00:01:31 Fabian Picardo, Chief Minister of Gibraltar, on the– economic opportunities from easier cross-border travel 00:03:05 Juan Franco, Mayor of La Línea de la Concepción, hopes for jobs and investment in the border region 00:03:42 Rising housing costs and property demand in La Linea 00:04:10 Interview: Jason Dittmer, Professor of Political Geography, University College London 00:05:17 Brexit, Gibraltar's identity and ties to Europe 00:10:02 Why economics and geography shaped the agreement For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwnews ►TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dwnews ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwnews Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https://www.youtube.com/dwdeutsch Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1 #dwcurrentaffairs
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Carolyn Gallaher @cgallaher.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I've lost the vocabulary to express how much disgust i feel towards these goons
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
A riveting article about Julius and Ethel Rosenberg’s two boys. Equal parts pathos and mystery. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Rosenberg Boys
When Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed by the U.S. government, they left behind two sons, ages 6 and 10. All these years later, Robby and Michael are still trying to make sense of what happened...
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
'Notably, a record 88.1 per cent of students who completed the NSS are positive about the quality of teaching on their course – with 93.6 per cent agreeing that teaching staff are good at explaining things.' 1/3
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The NSS shows us that students still seem to like higher education
The 2026 NSS results bring evidence that most students are happy with their academic experience, and particularly appreciate the skills of their academic staff
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Man who doesn’t know what a red card is pretty sure that wasn’t a penalty www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07...
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Update from Erica L. Green
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Juliet J. Fall @julietjfall.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Want to do a PhD in geography? Two teaching & research positions advertised at the Uni of Geneva 🇨🇭(critical / cultural / political geog / visual / qualitative or creative approaches). French required (for teaching). jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
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Deux postes d'assistant-e à 75% au Département de géographie et environnement (6952)
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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Next up: FIFA releases a meme coin
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 04/07/2026
Ten years ago today, J. D. Vance called Trump “cultural heroin” in The Atlantic: “To every complex problem, he promises a simple solution … He never offers details for how these plans will work, because he can’t," Vance wrote of Trump. Read the piece: theatln.tc/foJ8lGw3
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/07/2026
as far as books to read to mark the holiday, i am a big fan of this volume www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/195079...
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Revolutionary Founders by Ray Raphael: 9780307455994 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
In twenty-two original essays, leading historians reveal the radical impulses at the founding of the American Republic. Here is a fresh, new reading of the American Revolution that gives voice and rec...
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Marc Palen @mwpalen.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
“Leading writers, broadcasters, academics and theologians have thrown their weight behind a campaign to save 150 jobs at the University of Exeter” Thank you all for your support! #DefendExeterUni Please do sign the petition: www.change.org/p/stop-redun... www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Fury over Exeter University plan to scrap dozens of humanities posts
Rowan Williams and Mark Kermode join campaign against proposed cuts for arts and social sciences
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
“Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Farage was asked if he would give the money back and replied by asking presenter Nick Robinson if he would give his salary to charity.” Seems a straightforward admission the £5 million was a wage? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Farage says £5m gift spending details 'not public's business'
Rival parties have raised concerns over the gift received by the Reform UK leader before he became an MP.
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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
1919 image of the Moscow west by-election. The furry was later sentenced to 832 years in a Siberian gulag. The bin man is rumoured to be Trotsky
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I love the idea of Americans discovering the silliness of British politics through this NYT photo of the possibly-next PM with @countbinface.bsky.social
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Hey Dunelm - just saying that this might not be the best name for blackout blinds
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
for reference and comparison: conservatively, the United States spent two-thirds of that figure in the *first week* of the war on Iran. it's genuinely difficult to overstate how many world-historical own goals US politics has accumulated over the past few decades
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
So grim. In the 1990s I visited China. The faculty there couldn’t believe I designed my own courses. They kept asking the same question in different ways thinking I hadn’t understood. I assumed that China would come to adopt Western freedoms, not US would adopt central control.
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
If only there were some historical analogue for right-wing people fleeing to Argentina www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/w...
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Why Peter Thiel Is Decamping to the End of the World
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
The relentless Meta ads promoting teen account safety measures is a sign of how worried they are about social media bans and the impact on their business model.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 23/05/2026
A spate of high-profile scandals is forcing a fresh reckoning over what to do about AI writing, Will Oremus reports.
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The Second Reckoning Over AI Writing
What counts as an acceptable use of AI has never been fuzzier.
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
“Vindictive Taint” would be a cool band name www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...
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Judge Dismisses Criminal Case Against Abrego Garcia
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