Brad Weed

@bradweed
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Geography writer at interplace.io. Sustainable transportation + land use advocate. Pragmatic Interactionist.
Former thirty-year Microsoft Interaction Design and User Research leader and pathfinder.
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Brad Weed2d ago
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My article "Travel Time Prediction from Sparse Open Data" has just been published in the International Journal of Geographical Information Science. We tackle a longstanding problem of how to predict realistic driving travel times without access to expensive proprietary data: https://buff.ly/wHhiCJy
Brad WeedMar 17
Messianic authoritarianism isn't just a fringe idea — it’s a psychological tool for managing fear and justifying "double tap." @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @geospatial https://interplace.io/p/the-map-that-murders-and-the-mind
The Map that Murders and the Mind that Masks

How hegemonic habitats harvest human harming

Interplace
Brad WeedMar 17
From Vietnam’s "ear necklaces" to modern day "signature strikes," a pattern of devaluing "othered" lives persists. It's time to face the settler-imperial mind. @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @geospatial https://interplace.io/p/the-map-that-murders-and-the-mind
The Map that Murders and the Mind that Masks

How hegemonic habitats harvest human harming

Interplace
Brad WeedMar 16
Fear, uncertainty, and "collective narcissism" fuel our tolerance for state violence. See how political psychology makes the extraordinary feel righteous. @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @geospatial https://interplace.io/p/the-map-that-murders-and-the-mind
The Map that Murders and the Mind that Masks

How hegemonic habitats harvest human harming

Interplace
Brad WeedMar 16
What connects planning in L.A. to Hellfire missiles in Yemen? The "white spatial imaginary" that sorts the world into core and periphery. @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @geospatial https://interplace.io/p/the-map-that-murders-and-the-mind
The Map that Murders and the Mind that Masks

How hegemonic habitats harvest human harming

Interplace
Brad WeedMar 15
The U.S. doesn’t just break international law; it "shapes" it. Discover how "norm-shaping noncompliance" creates an infrastructure of global impunity. @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @geospatial https://interplace.io/p/the-map-that-murders-and-the-mind
The Map that Murders and the Mind that Masks

How hegemonic habitats harvest human harming

Interplace
Brad WeedMar 15
How do maps become weapons? From urban redlining to global drone strikes, I explore the "logic of elimination" that renders lives invisible. @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @geospatial https://interplace.io/p/the-map-that-murders-and-the-mind
The Map that Murders and the Mind that Masks

How hegemonic habitats harvest human harming

Interplace
Brad WeedFeb 26
What did 90s Redmond reveal about America? That law while can widen access to hiring, politic can narrow belonging. #Migration #Place @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @geospatial https://open.substack.com/pub/interplace/p/from-microsoft-to-the-surveillance
From Microsoft to the Surveillance State

The 1990s dream of global access turns toward the modern reality of territorial control

Interplace
Brad WeedFeb 26
When security language shifts from republic to “homeland,” what surveillance powers start to feel normal? #Rights #State @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @geospatial https://open.substack.com/pub/interplace/p/from-microsoft-to-the-surveillance
From Microsoft to the Surveillance State

The 1990s dream of global access turns toward the modern reality of territorial control

Interplace
Brad WeedFeb 25
Can a state be “colorblind” while using neighborhoods, risk scores, and borders to sort people by status? #CivilRights @geography @DialoguesHG @Geopolitics @geospatial https://open.substack.com/pub/interplace/p/from-microsoft-to-the-surveillance
From Microsoft to the Surveillance State

The 1990s dream of global access turns toward the modern reality of territorial control

Interplace