Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Apocalypses never tell us much about the future, but they always tell us who wants power. They are warning us about the End to sell us salvation. 010
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Our new paper in Urban Geography led by Phil Boland on the frontier politics of BIDs vis a vis Drug Consumption Rooms in Belfast. 011
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 30/01/2026I had argued just this weekend that Catherine O'Hara is a Canadian national treasure. Her invention of Moira Rose was brilliant. She felt vital. RIP. 020
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Fresh off the press, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Apocalypticism and Millennialism edited with Andrew Crome. Filled with brilliant chapters by the world's critical experts! An exploration of how societies make sense of their Ends and their hoped for new beginnings www.bloomsbury.com/uk/bloomsbur... 092
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 30/11/2025My piece in Jacobin published today on Peter Thiel's apocalyptic geopolitics w/ Rory Rowan (just 17 years after we agreed to write something together on the End!) jacobin.com/2025/11/pete...jacobin.comPeter Thiel’s Apocalyptic Worldview Is a Dangerous FantasyPeter Thiel recently generated headlines with his rambling diatribes about the Antichrist. Thiel’s lurid, apocalyptic view of world politics may be ludicrous or even deranged, but his wealth and power... 0116
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 24/11/2025My new book is out and in the wild, The Bloomsbury Handbook for Apocalypticism and Millennialism (w/ Andrew Crime), filled with brilliant interventions in the field, including by @tommylynch.bsky.social see below! 020
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 30/09/2025A few quotes on Naim Khoury in Trouw: “A Palestinian, a Christian at that, who supports Israel and uses its Zionist arguments—that sends the message that the genocide in Gaza isn't so bad. That's a powerful diplomatic tool... Yet Khoury himself is sincere in his faith.” www.trouw.nl/religie-filo...trouw.nlDat Gaza wordt vernietigd, is bijbels voorspeld, zegt deze invloedrijke Palestijnse domineeDe Palestijnse predikant Naim Khoury is christen-zionist: hij steunt Israël, ook al beschuldigt de halve wereld het land van genocide. Vrede verwacht hij niet meer, het einde der tijden is ophanden. 020
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Liz's (@elizabethfarries.bsky.social ) new book, Platforming Cancel Culture, just out! Read it before you get cancelled! 192
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 24/08/2025A feature interview with me in the Belfast Telegraph why 5G towers are being burned in West Belfast. It is essentially one long quote (paywalled). See comments for title context. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/feature...belfasttelegraph.co.ukConspiracy expert on why NI has held on to one particular ‘nonsensical’ theory: ‘In some ways, it makes sense, right?’There’s an old joke that neatly encapsulates humanity’s ability to cling on to fervent conviction in the face of irrefutable evidence: a JFK conspiracy theorist dies and goes to heaven. When he’s gree... 140
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Many years in the making. Thx for the support and contributions @censamm.bsky.social !!! Should be available in late October. 042
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 02/07/2025With Uzodinma Iweala (of Beats of No Nation fame), a new fellow at CAPAS! Lovely fella, writing on apocalyptic conspiracies no less! 010
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 18/06/2025My new oped in @forward.com asking, "Will the U.S. get involved in Iran? Mike Huckabee’s evangelical worldview may be the key". forward.com/opinion/7299...forward.comWill the U.S. get involved in Iran? Mike Huckabee's evangelical worldview may be the keyMike Huckabee's text to President Trump implicitly urging action against Iran had deep roots in Christian Zionist theology. 123
Reposted by Tristan SturmCarolyn Pedwell @carolynpedwell.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Top recommendation! Very excited for Ben Anderson and Anna J. Secor's new book 💥 143
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Come join our fabulously fun and supportive Geography dept at Queen's University Belfast! 042
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 30/05/2025My new paper asking what a geography of conspiracism might look like and how we might engage conspiracist publics: "Conspiracist knowledge geographies and the potentiality of an impossible political alliance” doi.org/10.1177/2043...doi.orgConspiracist knowledge geographies and the potentiality of an impossible political alliance - Tristan Sturm, 2025This paper interrogates the epistemic and spatial dimensions of conspiracy theories through the lens of knowledge geographies, foregrounding the socio-spatial i... 021
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Things aren't right, yet our mundane lives continue. We live in hypernormalisation (nice Le Guin quote at end): www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...theguardian.comSystems are crumbling – but daily life continues. The dissonance is realIf everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help 191
Reposted by Tristan SturmThe Fair Witness 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adam-ross.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Balfour was an antisemite, and the Balfour Declaration wasn’t about compassion—it was about removing Jews from Europe and fulfilling a Christian Zionist prophecy requiring Jews in Israel to trigger the end-times and the Second Coming. A century later, the end-times are here—but Jesus is still MIA.contendingmodernities.nd.eduChristian Zionism and the Apocalyptic Landscape of Gaza | Contending ModernitiesThis nationalism is religious at its core, sprung from a set of interpretations of the Bible that identifies the Jewish return to Israel as a prophetic sign of the imminence of the apocalypse. 111
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 18/05/2025I'm pleased to hear about the decline of the semi-colon. They are usually used incorrectly, often as colons or as comma splices. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...theguardian.comMarked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggestsUsage of punctuation down almost half in two decades as further research finds 67% of British students rarely use it 000
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Interested in Macron, Starmer, and Merz's alleged cocaine party and the post-truth frenzy that resulted? I was interviewed on Times Radio (Hugo Rifkind) today (2:37:00-2:44:53): www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...thetimes.comHugo Rifkind | Times Radio | The Times and the Sunday TimesListen to Times Radio live for the latest breaking news, expert analysis and well-informed discussion covering the biggest stories of the day. 110
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Mike Huckabee was confirmed last week as US ambassador to Israel, hence my oped on his apocalyptic designs being republished in The Forward: forward.com/opinion/6754...forward.comMike Huckabee's old-school Christian Zionism is bad news for anyone who wants Middle East peaceMike Huckabee's Christian Zionism could have dire implications for Israel and Palestinians in President-elect Donald Trump's second term. 010
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Brilliant piece by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on "end times fascism", an escapist resonance of Christian right and fascist Trumpers facilitating the End. They cite my oped on Huckabee, so that's pretty darn special! @astra.bsky.social @naomiaklein.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comThe rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra TaylorThe governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them 032
Reposted by Tristan SturmRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 11/04/20253 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie). Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain developmentcbsnews.comCDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffsThe CDC rejected a request for help "due to the complete loss" of their lead poisoning experts. 8322105210459
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 07/03/2025New paper on why the 'illegal' should be taught in Planning and planned for in the city. In this case, we focus on people who use drugs. Thank you @bolandphilip.bsky.social, this is the result of your vision, drive, and hardwork! 020
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 27/02/2025I was interviewed for this long form article on Operation Ebenezer Exodus, a well funded Christian Zionists org that helps Jews immigrate to Israel-Palestine to hasten Armageddon and Christ's return (in Dutch). Thx Jasmijn!: www.groene.nl/artikel/land...groene.nlVoor de christen-zionisten van Ebenezer Operatie Exodus is bezetting van de Westoever de wil van GodVolgens de christelijk-zionistische organisatie Ebenezer Operatie Exodus is de Westelijke Jordaanoever het bijbelse hart van Israël. De Nederlandse afdeling helpt joden en christenen met verhuizingen ... 041
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Library representation. Thx @rickiorawe.bsky.social 010
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 29/12/2024"Geographers" in top 10 of highest paying with least stress job (Remote sensing also in the top 10 so arguably two spots). www.independent.co.uk/life-style/j...independent.co.ukThe top 10 highest-paying jobs with the least amount of stress in 2025The highest-paid job on the list had an annual median salary of $157,740 0123
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Congrats to my PhD student, Steven Farquhar, who won the highest overall Masters grade from a cohort of 120 students! 010
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Delighted to see published my chapter w/ Tom Albrecht, "Religion and Geopolitics: Apocalyptic Geopolitics as a Way of Knowing About Global Space", in the Handbook of the Geographies of Religion, edited by Lily Kong, Orlando Woods, and Justin K.H. Tse. link.springer.com/referencewor...link.springer.comReligion and Geopolitics: Apocalyptic Geopolitics as a Way of Knowing About Global SpaceThis chapter explores the reciprocal relationship between religion and geopolitics in which historically formed religious beliefs produce imaginations of global space and, conversely, geopolitical kno... 050
Reposted by Tristan SturmMondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 17/12/2024Columbia University staff are being suspended and terminated for participating in last Spring's Gaza Solidarity Encampment, even if they were off the clock at the time. Similar cases are being seen across the country. mondoweiss.net/2024/12/universities……mondoweiss.netUniversities are continuing to retaliate against staff for participating in Gaza campus protestsColumbia University staff are being suspended and terminated for participating in last Spring’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment, even if they were off the clock at the time. Similar cases are being seen... 69853
Reposted by Tristan SturmThe Forward @forward.com · 26/11/2024The Israeli government’s new boycott of Haaretz, an internationally respected news outlet, is straight out of the authoritarian playbook, writes Jodie Ginsberg, the CEO of the Committee to Protect Journalists.forward.comIsrael’s boycott of Haaretz is straight out of the authoritarian playbookIsrael's sanctions against Haaretz, along with its jailing of journalists, are a threat to democracy,right out of the authoritarian playbook. 112244
Reposted by Tristan SturmNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Starting in 3 hrs I'm hosting a terrific panel about the role of conspiracy culture in undermining climate action and attacking Indigenous rights. Three very smart experts are going to be taking us on a wild ride. 800 ppl have already registered - you can too! t.co/Rm90W2ZAPr 1024785
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Solnit on the zombie city, tech bros, and the "spatial blur". www.theguardian.com/society/2024...theguardian.comTurns out the zombie apocalypse isn’t as fun as they said it would be – Rebecca Solnit on our dangerously disconnected worldA population numbed, dazed, present-but-not-present – had it happened overnight it would be a sci-fi horror movie. And if you looked up from your phone for long enough, you might notice it’s started a... 220
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 15/11/2024My book with Tom Albrecht, Apocalyptic Conspiracism: American Evangelicalism in the Age of Climate Crisis, was delivered today! Thx Seb and Lalle! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/apocalypt... 3254
Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 15/11/2024My oped in the Forward about Mike Huckabee's (Trump's ambassador to Israel) apocalyptic geopolitics for Israel-Palestine published today: forward.com/opinion/6754...forward.comMike Huckabee's old-school Christian Zionism is bad news for anyone who wants Middle East peaceMike Huckabee's Christian Zionism could have dire implications for Israel and Palestinians in President-elect Donald Trump's second term. 111