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Jacob Shell
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Jacob Shell
@JacobAShell
Geographer. Prof at Temple University. Author of 2 books. Elephants. Maps. Archaeofuturist Transportation.
Philadelphia, USA
jacobshell.carbonmade.com
Joined December 2016
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    Jacob Shell
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    Apr 11
    Can't stop staring at this GIF of the lower mantle's anomalous slow-wave mega-blobs...which might be last remnants of the paleo-planet Theia which collided with proto-Earth 4.5 billion years ago to create "our" Earth and the Moon.
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    Jacob Shell
    @JacobAShell
    Dec 5, 2024
    So I found the worst thing ever.
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    Jacob Shell
    @JacobAShell
    Jun 11, 2025
    How did this happen?
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    Jacob Shell
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    Mar 24, 2025
    Why do I get the impression that it's something they did wrong at birth
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    Jacob Shell
    @JacobAShell
    Aug 1, 2025
    They're still there.
    This Post is from an account that no longer exists. Learn more
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    Jacob Shell
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    Jun 17, 2025
    The "Based Mike Lee" proposal to sell off the American public's hunting and fishing frontier commons to Black Rock is so instantly and deeply unpopular, that it's amazing the Democrats are basically dodging the issue rather than maximally exploiting it.
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    Jacob Shell
    @JacobAShell
    Jul 27, 2024
    Camels gather at a Saharan canyon-oasis called a guelta, northern Chad.
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    Jacob Shell
    @JacobAShell
    Jul 17, 2025
    New apartment building in Albania 👀
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    Jacob Shell
    @JacobAShell
    Nov 15, 2025
    Whoa.
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    Passienus
    @passienus
    Nov 14, 2025
    Once Rome outgrew its ability to feed itself, its lack of a natural harbour became a big problem. Trajan’s hexagon was the eventual solution. Set inland to protect from storms and connected to the Tiber by canal, it served the city for 500 years.
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    Jacob Shell
    @JacobAShell
    Oct 20, 2025
    This park corner does not exist.
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    Modern History
    @modernhistory
    Oct 19, 2025
    New York 🇺🇸 Such an office room
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    This picture is AI generated wikipedia.org/wiki/Generativ…
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    Jacob Shell
    @JacobAShell
    Nov 1, 2025
    My most recent map frame for my home office
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    Pat Carino (d/b/a Acquisizioni)
    @PatCarino
    Oct 30, 2025
    I love this angle of it.
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    Jacob Shell
    @JacobAShell
    Jul 9, 2025
    Maps like this are truly a lost art.
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    Jacob Shell
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    Nov 13, 2024
    In the early 00s these were implicitly left-wing masculine archetypes which resonated as authentic. But at some point the left sided with "HR" and against these guys.
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    Jacob Shell
    @JacobAShell
    Jan 20, 2025
    If he had trouble dating at Yale Law (not saying that's really the case) it's bc most of the women there, esp the non-immigrant ones, detected his low-status origins.
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    Bizlet
    @bizlet7
    Jan 20, 2025
    He was fat. Being fat as a guy makes your options awful. It’s funny how women are the ones that whine about this but it’s much worse for men. The exact opposite of conventional wisdom.
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