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You can’t fight misinformation with facts alone. People abandon false beliefs when they feel agency in the truth-seeking process—not when they’re lectured. @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @socialpsych interplace.io/p/misinformation

Post-truth thrives because it offers meaning, identity & belonging. If we want to counter it, we need to offer something better—something worth believing in. @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @socialpsych interplace.io/p/misinformation

#CampiFlegrei: il #terremoto di Md 4.4 del 13 marzo 2025 e lo stato della #caldera

Fact-checking alone won’t defeat misinformation. A Peircean approach suggests we need a culture of questioning—where beliefs evolve through inquiry, not force. @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @socialpsych interplace.io/p/misinformation

Propaganda isn’t new, but digital media fuels ideological silos like never before. What happens when every community has its own “truth”? @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @socialpsych interplace.io/p/misinformation

Climate denial, Vril myths, and nationalist esotericism all thrive where institutional trust is weak. Truth isn’t dying—it’s being rewritten. @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @socialpsych interplace.io/p/misinformation

Can we argue people out of beliefs they never reasoned themselves into? Philosophers Cathy Legg, via Pierce, suggests a different approach—truth as inquiry, not authority. @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @socialpsych interplace.io/p/misinformation

From Vril conspiracies to Save Europe propaganda, digital platforms blur myth and ideology into radicalized worldviews. Is the battle for truth is fought in algorithms or in person? @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @socialpsych interplace.io/p/misinformation

Neuer Blogbeitrag in #Paysages : Lesenotizen zu „der Bücherfreund“ von Monika Helfer (Text) & Kat Menschik (Illustrationen) #derBücherfreund #Bücherfreund #Bücher #bookstodon #Tschengla #Vorarlberg #Geographie #Nachkriegszeit #MonikaHelfer #KatMenschik #Lesen@geography cneffpaysages.blog/2025/03/10/

Post-truth isn’t just misinformation—it’s a breakdown of trust online and on land. When belief trumps evidence, how do we make truth-seeking more compelling than conspiracy? @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @socialpsych buff.ly/jJW6p9f

#ArnaudFontanet, #épidémiologiste : « Le Danemark est un des pays qui a le mieux géré la crise due au #COVID19 »

Strongmen leaders spread fear. When fear becomes a governing principle, and governance becomes a system of control. @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @socialpsych youtu.be/pJxrTzfG2bo

@geographyTra #lava e ghiaccio, il risveglio dell’#Etna#volcano#BorisBehncke #ingvvulcani ingvvulcani.com/2025/03/05/tra

Geographer Ruth Wilson Gilmore argues authoritarian rule isn’t just about individual strongmen — it’s embedded in systems that use violence and spatial control to uphold racial and class hierarchies. @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @socialpsych youtu.be/2CS627aKrJI

Neuer Blogbeitrag auf #Paysages : „Blognotiz 02.03.2025: Das Ende des transatlantischen Zeitalters“#WolodymyrSelenskyj #Ukraine #DonaldTrump #JDVance #USA #CharlesdeGaulle #transatlantischeBeziehungen #geopolitik #NilsMinkmar #Frankreich #Europa #[email protected]/2025/03/02/

The best barrier to crisis-fueled control is building a world where crisis takes no toll. When fear isn’t fed and panic isn’t planned, strongmen lose their grip on the land. @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @socialpsych interplace.io/p/manufactured-m

Europe’s Moment of TruthThe #TransatlanticAlliance Is Under Grave Threat—but Not Yet Doomedby #WolfgangIschinger

When borders become militarized, they don’t just frame outsiders as threats—they entrench state power over Indigenous lands, restricting movement and criminalizing resistance. @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @socialpsych interplace.io/p/manufactured-m

Authoritarianism thrives when people are forced to choose between chaos and control. The challenge isn’t just resisting strongmen—it’s breaking the cycle that makes them seem necessary. @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @socialpsych open.substack.com/pub/interpla

worth reading ! 2025 – Strange Daysin #Thiasのblog #USA #geopolitics #ussociety #blogosphere #europe @geography wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpre

"Strongmen don’t just seize power—they create the instability that makes their rule feel inevitable, spinning crises into control. Especially when it’s embedded in systems that use violence and spatial control to uphold racial and class hierarchies. @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @socialpsych 🔗 buff.ly/k5ywd76

🗺️Lines on a map, lines in the sand. The past proves no political order lasts forever. Will today’s crises shift alliances, or will geography keep us locked in place? The answer may define our future. @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @socialpsych interplace.io/p/where-you-stan

⚠️ Losing power, losing control. January 6th wasn’t random—it was years in the making. When identity feels existential, violence follows. How did we get here, and what happens next? @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @socialpsych buff.ly/3CRvXHv

📺 Tuned in, turned against. From Duck Dynasty to Family Guy, even entertainment is partisan. Media shapes identity, deepens divides, and fuels the fight. Can we ever escape our bubbles? @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @socialpsych interplace.io/p/where-you-stan

🔥 Anger sparks change, but hope sustains it. From Populist farmers to civil rights activists, history shows movements need both to last. Which force will define the next political shift? @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @socialpsych interplace.io/p/where-you-stan

🗺️ Where you stand shapes where you stand. From fertile fields to frenzied financial hubs, geography molds political identity. But it’s not just land—it’s power, privilege, and who controls both. @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @socialpsych interplace.io/p/where-you-stan

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Drei analoge Hilfsmittel zur Planung einer #Zugreise #zugpost #sebastianwilken #eisenbahngeographie #geographieferroviaire @geography zugpost.org/zugreise-planen-an

Face à la montée des eaux, le destin incertain des #SaintesMariesdelaMer : « On a sauvé #NotreDame, pourquoi pas la #Camargue ? »Sur le #littoralméditerranéen, la commune camarguaise est la plus exposée à l’#érosion et à la #submersion. Alors que plusieurs rapports ont dénoncé l’absence de « stratégie d’adaptation » face aux risques, le débat s’envenime parfois sur la meilleure marche à suivre. #rechauffementclimatique #changementsclimatiques #geographie #submersionmarine #climatechange #BouchesduRôhne #AudreyGarric #LeMonde

La colata lavica #etnea del febbraio 2025 monitorata con i satelliti #SkySat e #SEVIRI(February 2025 #etnean lava flow monitored with #SkySat and #SEVIRI satellites)

Nouveau billet dans #paysages : « Blognotice 12.02.2025: vers le #soleil à #Wissembourg pour enrichir ma #bibliothèque » #livres #Authoritarianism #USA #EtatsUnis #neueSachlichkeit #Nouvelleobjectivité #bookstodon #coupdetat #trumpCoup #Mannheim #KunsthalleMannheim #Kuma #geographie #geography @geographycneffpaysages.blog/2025/02/12/

Absolutely worth reading ! Definitely one of the best essays by #TimothySnyder in recent times. Crossing a line -Borders between one kind of life and another #Thinkingabout #Ukraine #USA #Russia #geography #crossborderail #geopolitics #Authoritarianism #traintravel @geography snyder.substack.com/p/crossing

#Donnéespersonnelles en vente libre : les « #databrokers », une industrie hors de contrôle Les données personnelles géolocalisées de millions d’utilisateurs sont agrégées par des courtiers en données, dans des conditions douteuses. Une menace pour la vie privée des personnes, révèle une enquête du « #LeMonde », menée en partenariat avec plusieurs médias internationaux. #geopolitique #geographie #cartographie @geography lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2025

Changements de la biodiversité : l'exemple de la Haute vallée de la #Jonte au #Mon Aigoual

« Le #cancer est, au moins partiellement, une maladie politique » Ne mettre en avant que les comportements individuels (tabac, alcool…), la génétique et le dépistage face à des cas de cancers plus nombreux occulte les causes structurelles de la maladie, observe dans sa chronique #StéphaneFoucart, journaliste au « #LeMonde ». #geographie #geomedicine #healthgeography #geomedizin #publichealth@geography

Pourquoi des #mégafeux se reproduiront à #LosAngeles et entraîneront d’autres catastrophes #feuxdeforets #changementsclimatiques #WildfireCrisis #wildfire #[email protected]/planete/visuel/2025

💾 In 2002, Bill sent us a memo: Trustworthy Computing.

Geographers, faculty, students and people of conscience are organizing in response to institutional silence and complicity with the Israeli state’s colonial, discriminatory and oppressive policies towards Palestinians. @geography@geopolitics geog4pal.org/pledge/

#Climatechange increased the likelihood of #wildfire disaster in highly exposed #LosAngeles area 28 January, 2025Starting on January 7 2025 two large wildfires (the Palisades and Eaton wildfires) erupted in Los Angeles, #California- The fires spread extremely quickly over the following week and are among the most destructive of human property in Southern California’s history. #CaliforniaWildFires #forestfires #WorldWeatherAttribution #globalchange @geography worldweatherattribution.org/cl

Lesenswert ! #Wahlkampf und der ländliche RaumWarum interessiert ihr euch nicht für die Provinz?Von #BarbaraSuppDer #Gasthof, die #Metzgerei, der Elektroladen: Bei uns in der Kleinstadt macht fast alles dicht. Spielt der sogenannte ländliche Raum im Wahlkampf überhaupt eine Rolle? Ein Blick in die Programme der Parteien. #Bundestagswahl2025 #derSpiegel@geography spiegel.de/panorama/wahlkampf-

Google Maps has history of appeasing govts who want names, borders shown differently. Often it shows different versions to people in different countries, and says it will do that here too.

#M23 rebels capture #Goma, major city in eastern Dem. Rep. of the #Congo. They previously did the same in 2012.

Neu im #paysages #Blog "#Schwäbisch – Französische Lesenotizen zu „Mein #Schwaben“ von #VincentKlink" #Schwaben #Schwabenland #Württemberg #Buchkritik #géographiegrastronomique #Gastrogeographie #Geographie #Bookreview #Schwarzwald #Schramberg #BadSaulgau #[email protected]/2025/01/26/

From Plato’s fears of writing to AI’s grip on modern life, our relationship with tools has always been complicated.

Purdue University is offering a course titled "Critical GIS," which explores the role of power, culture and oppression in cartography. 🗺️ @geography @DialoguesHG

#GulfOfMexico or #GulfOfAmerica? Competitive renaming of seawater is actually already a thing in #geopolitics: See Arabian / #PersianGulf, #SeaOfJapan / #EastSea, #SouthChinaSea / #WestPhilippineSea. But it implies the country doing the renaming feels threatened by equal or more powerful neighbor.

#UnitedStates presidency has removed #Spanish-language version of its website, as it did in 2017 under first Trump term. Though #English is primary language of US govt, the country has no official national language, and Spanish is second-most-spoken. apnews.com/article/trump-white

#UnitedStates initiates the process of leaving the #WorldHealthOrganization (#WHO)...again. The process takes one year, and was canceled last time (four years ago). nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/poli

Tried to list all the UN member states. Allowing for name changes, didn't do too horribly. 133 out of 193, or about 69%. As I expected, did the worst in Africa, missing 26, followed by 9 in the Caribbean, 7 in Oceana, 6 in Asia, 5 in Europe, 2 in Central America, and 1 in South America.

#MichelLussault, #géographe : « Le #mégafeu de #LosAngeles est un avertissement adressé à l’ensemble des populations mondiales » #lemonde #geographie #feuxdeforêts @geography lemonde.fr/idees/article/2025/

in view of the events in #LosAngeles , this paper should certainly be of interest to some of my followers, even if it was published in July 2024

2024, année la plus chaude jamais enregistrée et première à dépasser le seuil de 1,5 °C de réchauffement climatiqueLe principal moteur de la surchauffe réside dans l’accumulation des gaz à effet de serre dans l’atmosphère, essentiellement en raison de la combustion de charbon, de pétrole et de gaz. Elle a entraîné une multiplication des canicules, #inondations, #sécheresses et #incendies. #LeMonde #Audreygarric #changementsclimatiques @geography lemonde.fr/planete/article/202

#USA president says he'll rename #GulfOfMexico to "#GulfOfAmerica". He could succeed at making US govt workers call it that, but other countries would likely ignore it...and it's not the first time it's been suggested.

As 2024 ends, I reflect on the systems shaping our lives — nature and nurture, machines and morality, markets and minds.

Happy Solstice!

Mapping control in #Syria at this exact moment of disarray is unrealistic, and any attempts are likely misleading. But here's our new map showing the last day of resistance before #Assad's govt collapsed. Share widely with tag or link: polgeonow.com/2024/12/syria-wa

The 2024 🇺🇸 election exposed America’s deep urban-rural divide. Yet division isn’t destiny, it forces decisions. Urban prosperity and rural resilience are interconnected, but only if we can find ways to be just and inclusive. 🌽🏙️