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Boston in 50 Maps By Andy Woodruff May 19, 2026 See Boston from a new perspective in these fifty-plus new, original maps. In this fun and informative book, you can trace Paul Revere’s ride as well as Viking Leif Erikso...

Today’s to do list includes creating a plan to get the word out about @awoodruff.bsky.social’s forthcoming GORGEOUS books of maps. This post is part of this work!

13.03.2026 16:35 👍 21 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 3
Flyer for Conducting Research at Professional Meetings, a panel session as AAG 2026 in San Francisco. The session is on Tuesday, March 17 from 4:10-5:30pm in Golden Gate 1 at the Hilton Union Square. The panelists are Lee Crandall, Kelly Kay, David Seitz, and Matthew Wilson. The session is organized by Jacob Saindon, Michael McCanless, and Ian Spangler.

Flyer for Conducting Research at Professional Meetings, a panel session as AAG 2026 in San Francisco. The session is on Tuesday, March 17 from 4:10-5:30pm in Golden Gate 1 at the Hilton Union Square. The panelists are Lee Crandall, Kelly Kay, David Seitz, and Matthew Wilson. The session is organized by Jacob Saindon, Michael McCanless, and Ian Spangler.

Hello, geographers! If you are going to be at AAG in SF next week, consider joining @mccanless.bsky.social, myself, and four brilliant panelists on Tuesday afternoon as we discuss the promise and possibilities of conducting qualitative research at professional conferences. Details in the flyer!

10.03.2026 14:20 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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AI error or not, Iran school bombing is a permanent stain on America’s soul | Will Bunch A debate on AI in warfare obscures the truth about an Iran school bombing. U.S. humans are to blame for this war crime.

Wounded Knee. Tulsa. My Lai. Abu Ghraib

And now, Minab

We need to talk about the horror when 180 little schoolgirls, boys and teachers were obliterated by U.S. Tomahawk missiles last week. And tell Congress: Not one more dime for these war crimes

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/iran...

09.03.2026 11:15 👍 2034 🔁 631 💬 39 📌 30
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Who Owns Atlanta? Search Atlanta-area property ownership. Track corporate landlords and ownership networks across 615,000 parcels.

Introducing Who Owns Atlanta? who-owns-atlanta.org an open-source project mapping the ownership networks of 615k+ properties in and around the City of Atlanta.

From the researcher tracking 1000s of parcels to residents trying to find absentee landlords, this is for you. You, too, nosy neighbors.

08.03.2026 21:57 👍 35 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 1

I think this deserves at least as much sustained attention from US media as Claudine Gay's dissertation

08.03.2026 12:22 👍 5188 🔁 1590 💬 46 📌 17
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The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica.

They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.

07.03.2026 02:01 👍 1027 🔁 612 💬 51 📌 57
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Trump’s Latest Deportation Tactic: Targeting Immigrants With Minor Family Court Cases Should a dad be deported for leaving his toddlers alone at home for a half hour 15 years ago? The Trump administration says yes in a pending court case with sweeping implications for both the immigrat...

Should a dad be deported for leaving his toddlers alone at home for a half hour 15 years ago? The Trump administration says yes in a pending court case with sweeping implications for both the immigration and child welfare systems.

24.02.2026 19:39 👍 176 🔁 68 💬 13 📌 8

It's worth reading Rahman's account of what happened to her, it's not that long.

"...the glass of the passenger side window flew across my face. I yelled "I'm disabled!" at the hands grabbing me. An agent said, "TOO LATE.""

www.blumenthal.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

24.02.2026 19:03 👍 904 🔁 329 💬 9 📌 11

The floor plan for the planned ICE concentration camp in Social Circle, Georgia:

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Inside ICE’s Only Contract with a Blue State - Bolts As part of a 287(g) contract between state officials and ICE, Massachusetts continues to release prisoners into deportation—even as state lawmakers look to ban other forms of ICE collaboration.

Massachusetts has spent months delaying & denying @boltsmag.org’s public records requests on how many people it has transferred ICE during Trump as part of its formal contract with ICE.

A supervisor of records ruled last week that the state’s denials are improper; we hope to get records soon.

14.02.2026 23:56 👍 1056 🔁 334 💬 10 📌 10
AAG for BDS Geographers for Justice in Palestine

we are aware of the release of "AAG’s Response to the Member Petition on Israel–Palestine" -- be sure to sign up for our newsletter for our response

www.geog4pal.org/join/

13.02.2026 13:21 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Inside ICE’s Only Contract with a Blue State - Bolts As part of a 287(g) contract between state officials and ICE, Massachusetts continues to release prisoners into deportation—even as state lawmakers look to ban other forms of ICE collaboration.

NEW: Of all the states that voted for Harris over Trump in 2024, there's only one where a Dem governor is overseeing an ICE's 287(g) program:

Massachusetts.

Other blue states have quit, or even outright banned it. My colleague on what's happening: boltsmag.org/massachusett...

09.02.2026 19:35 👍 884 🔁 379 💬 22 📌 79

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

09.02.2026 12:25 👍 11593 🔁 7438 💬 204 📌 829
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The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...

1/ Federal records show how a dramatic raid in Chicago was facilitated by a landlord who was apparently concerned about immigrants squatting in the building. The government claimed a Venezuelan gang had taken over the apt complex, but that’s not what docs say. 🧵

www.propublica.org/article/chic...

04.02.2026 21:38 👍 462 🔁 191 💬 9 📌 16
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Guardians of Geography: The team at UW-Milwaukee behind one of the world's largest map collections One of the largest collections of maps on earth is in Milwaukee. With about 2 million different items, the American Geographical Society Library at UW-Milwaukee is a world-renowned repository.

One of the largest collections of maps on earth is in Milwaukee. With about 2 million different items, the American Geographical Society Library at UW-Milwaukee is a world-renowned repository.

06.11.2025 02:02 👍 13 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1

@bertspaan.nl @bdon.org I think this is my favorite yet

13.11.2025 16:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’ Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon

NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.

José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:

“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"

11.11.2025 23:04 👍 3391 🔁 1731 💬 82 📌 109
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

They’ve had their necks kneeled on.

They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

01.11.2025 03:00 👍 2199 🔁 1299 💬 52 📌 63
Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago



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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago 31 A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia. A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia. A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo. The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview. “My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese. From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett. The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

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03.10.2025 14:51 👍 293 🔁 68 💬 5 📌 2
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“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.

Rümeysa is one of the kindest, most compassionate people I have ever met. Many of you came to know her first and foremost as an ICE abductee, seized by a state that wanted to strip her of her humanity. I would like for you to know her in her own words, which are resoundingly human.

17.07.2025 13:34 👍 1035 🔁 504 💬 14 📌 51
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An update on the future of the Allmaps project:

Sadly, on April 17, 2025, we learned that the federal government terminated many NEH grants, including ours. The notification stated that our grant’s termination was “necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government.”

30.06.2025 15:34 👍 21 🔁 12 💬 4 📌 4
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I thought I would be safe if I positioned myself with all the cable news crews off to the side away from all of the protesters. But nope. I was wrong. The feds shot pepper balls at us, forcing us down Alameda Street with everyone else. @lataco.bsky.social

08.06.2025 07:26 👍 3719 🔁 1459 💬 176 📌 109

i let my son punch me in the head and i tell him the day you can kill me in one blow is the day you officially become a Teen

31.05.2025 02:29 👍 13715 🔁 1648 💬 194 📌 85

newsrooms of the world did u know that when Rümeysa Öztürk gets out you can pay her to write an editorial, and then publish it? did u know that if all of you did this it would be a whole thing and a good one

09.05.2025 17:12 👍 6223 🔁 1458 💬 26 📌 26
Rumeysa outside, surrounded by reporters and her team.

Rumeysa outside, surrounded by reporters and her team.

BREAKING: Rümeysa, our union sister who was snatched by ICE, is free today. We stood up for our union family and demanded justice! When you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us. #4the1st ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

09.05.2025 22:41 👍 6382 🔁 1257 💬 65 📌 72

A fantastic, collegial department (w/ the highest QS ranking in the Uni) just had the majority of Professors be threatened with redundancy.

Newcastle geographers will obvi fight for our colleagues & the future of higher ed (& geography!) with all we've got, but SUPPORT & SOLIDARITY VERY WELCOME!

09.05.2025 08:51 👍 71 🔁 33 💬 1 📌 2

"why is he capitalizing Realtor so insistently"

you'll have to stop by HKS at 10am tmrw to find out

02.05.2025 00:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0