Did you read the end of the exact same sentence as the one you posted: "but I’m a geographer and must always disagree with any and all spatial claims, by anyone

Did you read the end of the exact same sentence as the one you posted: "but I’m a geographer and must always disagree with any and all spatial claims, by anyone. I live in the same time zone where I grew up, but the sunrise/set times are almost an hour different between the two places."