Jacob Shell @JacobAShell

Geographer. Prof at Temple University. Author of 2 books. Elephants. Maps. Archaeofuturist Transportation. jacobshell.carbonmade.com Philadelphia, USA Joined December 2016

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Zarathustra @zarathustra5150

11 hours ago

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Intellectually and artistically everything seems stalled. The left hasnt evolved since mid-2010s. The right is now obsessed w winning media cycles, "The Battle of Jimmy Kimmel." I'm sure there's stuff happening which is "neither"--but it gets no exposure or promotion, lost in…

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Jacob Shell @JacobAShell

18 hours ago

There seems to be near-universal agreement now, including from Simpsons showrunners, that "The Problem with Apu" was just shallow millennial clout-chasing, and Springfield having an Indian convenience store owner was always a creatively good idea actually.

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Jacob Shell @JacobAShell

19 hours ago

Have young people completely lost interest in climate change? I certainly don't see Thunberg keyed in to that anymore

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Jacob Shell @JacobAShell

a day ago

Yep. Bernie tried to give his millennial socialist supporters a hint when he kept talking about "Denmark" as model, but they didn't get it, or thought he was talking about Freetown Christiania the goofy anarchist island part of Copenhagen.

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Jacob Shell @JacobAShell

a day ago

Just type Tell me everything there is to know about the "Ibadan forest of horror" or "Ibadan house of horror" into grok or chat or wherever 😑

Jacob Shell @JacobAShell

a day ago

Just type Tell me everything there is to know about the "Ibadan forest of horror" or "Ibadan house of horror" into grok or chat or wherever 😑

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Jacob Shell @JacobAShell

a day ago

Just learned about the Ibadan forest of horror. Oh my god.

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Jacob Shell @JacobAShell

a day ago

I took the Langley-scripted Zero Dark Thirty to be saying that a mythic figure in same archetypal tranche as HRC is who’d really “gotten bin Laden.” I assume Jessica Chastain in Savant is still supposed to be same mythic figure and it’s a kind of symbolic sequel.

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Jacob Shell @JacobAShell

2 days ago

Everything I see coming out of UK tells me Karla won. Every political party is moles. Reform no different.

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Jacob Shell @JacobAShell

2 days ago

Cat brought a live chipmunk inside my house, to "be" "helpful"

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Jacob Shell @JacobAShell

3 days ago

Exactly what critics of intersectionality in early/mid 2010s predicted. They were ignored bc being in favor scored you a grant, being a critic didnt, and institutions where contestation and dialectic were supposed to take place were hooked on the grants & stamped out debate.