245 major cultural figures have signed a letter in support of Misan Harriman after a disgraceful and dishonest smear campaign by the Telegraph. Thanks to the Guardian for covering the letter, and for linking to the open letter where you can add your own name.

Ontario estimated to lose more than a 3rd of its international students after permit cap: StatsCan Report says Ontario could lose 92K international students in 2025-26 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“I sometimes tip my servers so my multiple homes shouldn’t be taxed.”

"For several years before the men regarded as the founding fathers of abstraction – Kandinsky, Mondrian and Malevich – produced their artworks, Hilma af Klint created a wildly original series of paintings that remain extraordinarily striking in both their freshness and scale today." #ArtSky

“officials discovered two industrial-scale water hookups feeding a data center campus located 20 miles south of downtown Atlanta. One water connection had been installed without the utility’s knowledge, and the other was not linked to the company’s account and therefore wasn’t being billed.”

Today we’re publishing an important investigative story by Emily Enns. This story maps the connections between a group of mostly retired academics and think tanks to sow doubt about the historical truths of residential schools in Canada. thetyee.ca/News/2026/05...

‘It’s about recognising our role in history’: Bradford exhibition to revisit live Somali display

Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/taken

That's the face of an Israeli Arab lawyer after a police raid. The reason is in the fourth paragraph: "The raid was launched following a noise complaint filed by one of the officers involved, who lives nearby." www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

personally I think it's a very big deal that the Canada bureau chief for the @nytimes.com — certainly one of the highest-paid journalists in the country — asked an unspecified "AI tool" what Poilievre said & published its AI-hallucinated quotes in her reporting.

Love how the journalist tries to blame the Greens twice for Reform and not the totally out of touch rhetoric and policy coming out of Labour.

Bumping this in case you know anyone who can speak to the science in "The Body Keeps The Score" or works with patients who've experienced trauma. Thanks!

Breaking: it turns out that a strategy that literally every political scientist went 'No, don't do that. That's nuts!' is, in fact, nuts.

Until the end of her life, Anita Brookner rented a television, rather than buy it outright. (My mother did the same.) One of many small but delightful details to be found in Hermione Lee's forthcoming biography.

Barrister in Palestine Action trial facing contempt of court Rajiv Menon KC accused of defying judge’s orders to not inform jury of right to acquit on basis of conscience (We’re in the “it’s illegal to tell jurors their rights” phase of democratic rule) www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Colleges Using Institutional Neutrality to Suppress Student Speech College officials have cited the policies and state anti-DEI laws as they force students to remove language from fliers and theater sets. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

OpenAI collected vast amounts of data on Canadians and used it to train AI systems without consent. Canada's entire data/privacy legal system is a total joke. Our laws are flimsy, and never enforced. Infuriating. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

"Framing the situation as one of impending civil war... distracts from underlying issues, while contributing to a more polarised and less constructive political environment." ✍️ Jonathan Portes sets out why claims about UK 'civil war' are both wrong and harmful 🔗 https://ow.ly/f3RW50YTecH

In a follow-up column, Richard Dawkins wanted to eliminate any possible doubt that he's become delusional by inventing a brother for his beloved Claudia and having them write letters to each other. And of course they oblige, while flattering him frequently archive.is/1LugJ

As the death toll reaches 190, it's time for another reminder that the boat strikes are unlawful under both international and domestic law--and they are a stain on our national conscience. For much more, take a look at this @justsecurity.org collection: www.justsecurity.org/120753/colle...

“Sudan is an atrocities lab right now.” UN Aid Chief @tomfletcherun.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social about the dire conditions he saw on the ground in Sudan, and how funding cuts have meant humanitarians must choose which lives to save there. Watch: zeteo.com/p/un-humanit...

Just learned that Liza Black’s hotly anticipated new book, How Settlers Get Away with Murder, is now available to preorder. What better time to reserve a copy than the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls? 🗃️

Brexit was about the right to poison yourself and future generations, FFS.

I need to do a column on 'BLM envy' at some point. Ultimately the 'BLM moment' - and that's all it turned out to be quite frankly - a) took ages b) took really weird circumstances to bring about c) not 100 per cent clear that black people ended up in a better place cos of it:

America‘s version of world leadership: we broke it, you own it.

The AAUP & AFT strongly defend the academic freedom of Professor Derek Peterson & condemn the escalating campaign of political pressure and public intimidation directed at him following his remarks at the University of Michigan’s commencement [email protected] @aft.org www.aaup.org/news/aaup-af...

Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at TMU, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The university says it was a coincidence. She disagrees

A detail I didn’t know: “The Herald entered the Epstein series for a Pulitzer Prize that year, but it was not a finalist. Alan Dershowitz … who helped broker Epstein’s original deal, wrote a letter to the Pulitzer committee that year, urging them not to honor Brown’s work.” share.inquirer.com/THMiUZ

Remember when MIA was a darling of some Tamils bc she was allegedly pro-rebels. Turns out she’s just an embarrassing grifter.

‘It strikes me that visible mending for business wear challenges a particular image of power: intact, impenetrable, invulnerable. The business suit as suit of armour.’ Lovely piece from @joshspero.ft.com on surfacing the powerful unconscious conventions of a suit www.ft.com/content/e477...

For much of the postwar era, the U.S. treated legitimacy as a core component of its power. Its refusal to continue doing so will have grave consequences.

Murder rates in Israel’s Palestinian areas soar, fueling allegations of state complicity and neglect.

The president of Cornell backed his car into a student and a recent grad after a campus debate on Israel-Palestine. Then he lied about what happened in an email claiming he'd been the victim of harassment. Then, magnificently, Cornell's student newspaper found a video of the incident

SoFi Stadium workers threaten to strike if ICE isn't banned from World Cup games

Hope out of chaos: how the dark era of Trump is creating a new approach to global politics

Immigration is falling sharply, so why haven't politicians noticed? Me in The New World thenewworld.substack.com/p/immigratio...

The past was another world. Bloody love these old BBC documentaries youtu.be/iQyxIH1Px20?...

Palestinian & Iranian officials were barred from entering Canada for a kick-off meeting to the FIFA World Cup. Canada must choose: Will we be a global host, or a U.S. vassal state? By @derekcrim.bsky.social, @carolynprouse.bsky.social, @nkalamb.bsky.social, @dansailofsky.bsky.social, & El Jones

Really excited to share this event on May 11 from 5-7pm in TORONTO on sport, Palestine, and imperialism. I will be in conversation with Palestinian national football player Charlotte Phillips, @privaricate.bsky.social, Jess Nachman, @dansailofsky.bsky.social, and @girishdaswani.bsky.social. 🍉⚽️

American Black women now have fewer voting rights and reproductive rights than their mothers did at the same age. Progress isn’t a straight line, indeed.

“Earlier this year, [UNSG] Guterres warned that the multilateral institution faced “imminent financial collapse” unless its member nations pay their dues in full & on time. Now, the U.S. is providing a window of opportunity for those funds to flow. But only if the U.N. is willing to step in line.”

The type of immigrants we should be worrying about….

There's always an inane intervention by Blair about 45 minutes away

The Canadian Mint says "It’s not our responsibility" to ask for more information on where gold comes from, and relies on the due diligence of its suppliers. 🧐 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/w...

Norway Sovereign Wealth Fund captures resource rents to build a diverse and stable economy that increases wealth for present and future generations. The "Canada Strong Fund" works the other way around. Capture citizen wealth to increase dependence on resource projects. rabble.ca/economy/stap...

Uh... these are just colors.

Training people so that they can know when they’re being manipulated. What sorts of education and what sorts of research might assist that goal one wonders? Ah yes, doubling down on vocational skills.

“Children and adults were laid on makeshift gurneys …These human caravans walked for hours in up to 104-degree heat in an attempt to reach medical treatment” Musk and Doge have so much blood on their hands www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...