Jerome Hodos

@jhodos

Lost in Megalopolis: Global urbanism, sociology, city politics, planning, street vitality. Professor, Franklin & Marshall College; mistakes all my own.

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Jerome Hodos@jhodos· 4d

Politico gets to frame stories the way that it wants. But, uh, this is not exactly my characterization of personnel issues in the second Trump administration. www.inquirer.com/opinion/vote...

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· 13d

Summer tomatoes from my yard.

A white bowl filled with a half dozen delicious, delectable-looking, home-grown orange tomatoes.

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· 16d

Graffito of the Week, No. 039: Escape; Quito, 2010. #GotW

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· Jul 27

Post a perfect album from the 90s.

The album cover for Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star. It's a yellow wood-grain background with red and green design and images of their faces printed on it, almost like a wood cut.

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· Jul 24

Graffito of the Week, No. 040: La Bombonera; La Boca, Buenos Aires, 2016. #GotW

Graffiti painting of several people gathered outside in the summer enjoying themselves, outside the Boca Juniors football stadium, with most of the painting done in the team's colors of yellow and blue.

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· Jul 13

Graffito of the Week, No. 039: Five Little Emotions (the second one looks like Anger from Inside Out); Godoy Cruz, Argentina, 2026. #GotW

A graffiti painting of 5 bubbles with different facial expressions, done in lavender.

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· Jun 28

This article is quite good; it offers multiple causes for declining reading and comprehension skills among college students. www.chronicle.com/article/my-s...

"When I assign analysis, I am not trying to extract a polished product; I am trying to put the student’s mind through resistance in order to make it stronger. Offloading the struggle to a chatbot does not 'free students up for higher-order work.' It deprives them of building the strength to do any substantial cognitive work at all."

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· Jun 26

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· Jun 25

Yes, I have a child who is captivated by contemporary fads and trends. Note the Minecraft placemat underneath the dumpling.

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· Jun 23

Ladies and gentlemen, America's elite political class. (Not commenting on the substance of the bill, just marveling at this magical statement.) www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Republican Senator John Kennedy, commenting on the bill: "'You'll never get a bill - you gentlemen know this better than I do - that everybody loves and gives everybody an orgasm,' he told reporters. 'You just gotta do the best you can.'"

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· Jun 22

Graffito of the Week, No. 038: Picasso-esque; Philadelphia, 2016. #GotW

Photo of a doorway to a rowhouse. The door has a white background, and is covered with an angry Cubist portrait of a person, all teeth, mismatched eyes, purple fingers and feet.

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· Jun 22

(Sigh.) Today in cultural illiteracy: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Quote from the linked article that reads: "The now notorious El Niño - Spanish for 'little boy' - was named by fishers in the Pacific in the 1800s."

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· Jun 19

Most creatively wrong outcome, if you know me.

An "In the Weights" AI hallucination response, saying that I a was a defensive back in American football.

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· Jun 14

Beautiful day to do some maintenance work on the Appalachian Trail.

Photo from a ledge overlook on the Appalachian Trail in PA, of a bright blue sky with little fluffy clouds on a sunny day, looking south from Peters Mtn toward Stony Mtn, full of bright green trees.

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· Jun 8

Someone has decided they need a new bed, in the shredding.

Photo of a black cat comfortably ensconced in a large paper shopping bag full of office paper shredding.

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· Jun 5

Post an album you’ve listened to 100+ times.

The cover art for Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation album - a Gerhard Richter candle painting.

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· Jun 4

First outdoor gin and tonic: summer's here!

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· Jun 4

What a great color scheme.

Photo of some fingers holding the cover of the classic Marx-Engels Reader, edited by Robert Tucker. The cover has the exact same color scheme as the OP: red background, some lines of the text in white, some lines in yellow. The fonts don't quite match, but the colors match precisely.

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· May 29

Graffito of the Week, No. 037: Political Candidates; Puerto Lopez, Ecuador, 2010. #GotW

A painted wall on a low-slung building along a dusty dirt road. The wall is painted white with political candidates' names on it in blue, charcoal gray, and gold, and it asks people to "VOTA TODO" for local offices.

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· May 19

Thanks, Pep. It's been a very, very good run. You and Enzo look like twins. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Pep Guardiola and Enzo Maresca arm in arm, smiling and walking off a soccer field, both in navy-blue Man City training kits. Both are balding, heads shaved clean, with salt-and-pepper beards, and about the same height.

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· May 19

Good hot night for a Phillies game!

Photo of a baseball park near sunset, with green field, 40,000 people in the stands, yellow to orange sky, and the Phanatic driving his golf cart around the outfield.

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· Apr 28

That's one hell of a ratio.

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· Apr 25

Graffito of the Week, no. 036: YCARS; CSX train, Harpers Ferry, 2016. Given gas prices now, this is a question we ask more and more every day, though I supposed we could also be phonetic and ask "Icarus?" #GotW

A freight train traveling across a bridge over a river. One car has the word "YCARS" spray-painted on it in big, block green letters.

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· Apr 15

The World We Have Lost: Buick Roadmaster.

Photo of an old, wood-paneled Buick Roadmaster station wagon from behind, in highway ramp traffic.

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· Apr 4

Ah, a quiet relaxing evening at home. Tonight's beverage: Neshaminy Creek County Line IPA.

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· Apr 2

Very pleased to be organizing this event today, and welcoming Asef Bayat to @fandmcollege.bsky.social. "Democracy and Everyday Life: A View from the Middle East."

Poster advertising a talk by Asef Bayat called "Democracy and Everyday Life." The poster has a very blurred background of people walking in a street scene; superimposed are the title, a photo of the speaker, and a short speaker bio.

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· Mar 31

Does he mean this reflecting pool?

A solemn moment of national grief and recognition. The Bidens and Harrises standing in front of the reflecting pool at the Washington Monument on the evening before their inauguration in January 2021. Lining both sides of the pool are candles or lights signifying the 400,000 lives lost to Covid by that date.

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· Mar 29

Chicken pot pie experiment turned out pretty tasty. I love it when a good roux comes together.

Photo of a partly eaten chicken pot pie on a cutting board next to a rolling pin. The pie has a lattice top, and also contains peas, carrots, and pearl onions.

Jerome Hodos@jhodos· Mar 21

Graffito of the Week, No. 035: Garden Plants; Manayunk, Philly, 2016. #GotW