My condo building hired a falconer to control pigeons and today, we had a chance for a demo and to ask questions. Here is Gizmo, munching on a turkey neck while his handler tells us all about how falconry is done. Did you know they can see a pigeon 1.5 miles away? All very cool.

Some successful litigation by artists should flip the value proposition quickly.

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

Cruelty is the point. Not an ounce of empathy or sympathy among these assholes.

A majority of Americans now oppose military and financial aid for Israel. Gift article. Americans’ Support for Israel Dramatically Declines, Times/Siena Poll Finds www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/p...

“Mental health” differences disappear when you ask about “mood” bc conservatives don’t want to use the words “mental health.”

Exactly. They insisted they were going to meet their emissions reduction targets until greenwashing legislation kicked in, and suddenly they cried poor. No reason to believe they’ll be any different this time.

Maybe it did, and all those without sin are already gone.

a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...

A fantastic piece of writing and a riveting study of a fraudster. I have little trouble thinking the man deserves a dangerous offender designation - with a near 40 year record, he’s the exemplar of when it should be used. (The danger may be in opening the door to lesser records). Bravo Jonny.

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A fantastic piece of writing and a riveting study of a fraudster. I have little trouble thinking the man deserves a dangerous offender designation - with a near 40 year record, he’s the exemplar of when it should be used. (The danger may be in opening the door to lesser records). Bravo Jonny.

In addition to scraping your uploads for "generative AI" training, Academia dot edu is going to start claiming rights to your personal info— *including your signature & voice*— for anything they see fit. So now'd be a good time to remove all of your uploaded works, & then delete your whole account.

You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes. #romancelandia

This is a ten minute video broken up into parts for Bluesky from two australian doctors who made it into Gaza. The video starts with them saying the baby formula they brought with them was taken away and that Israel bombing the hospital in front of them and lying about giving warnings

Why is this horrible for Universities? Just about everyone who isn't a citizen or green card holder already who's hired for a tenure track faculty position is hired through an H1B and then, after 3-5 years, applies for a green card. This is literally "No more foreign professors can be hired"

The situation in Gaza City is horrific. Update from my friend (sent 10 hours ago).

Over in the Bad Place, Conservative MPs are faking committee meetings to make people angry. I wish I were making this up.

Quelle immense tristesse, tant pour le cinéma que pour la planète. Je me souviendrai à jamais de sa gentillesse, de sa bienveillance et bien évidemment de son rôle inoubliable aux côtés de Meryl Streep dans Out of Africa.

RIP Robert Redford. Many, many fine performances over a legendary career. Add his Sundance Institute and he was a living treasure. Sorry to see him go.

Haven’t Canadian parliamentarians learned anything after giving a standing ovation to a man who fought with the Nazis in World War II?

I spoke many times with Catherine McKenna about the failure of the RCMP/Parliamentary Security to address rising levels of threat. Homes were outfitted with security cameras but little was done to track online threats. Good people gave up on serving the public. nationalnewswatch.com/2025/09/12/f...

I'm officially recruiting for my arctic field course for fifteen days in AUGUST 2026. If you know if any senior undergrad students or graduate students that might be interested please have them reach out to me directly. [email protected]

Study shows children in Sask. performing poorly on mental health metrics. Child poverty, vaccine-preventable illness, limited physical activity and play – these are just some of the factors that Children First Canada has identified across the country as challenges affecting today’s youth. #skpoli

The Carney government continues to tip-toe around Trump, the exact opposite of their promises during the campaign. The failure to explicitly condemn Trump's actions here is disgraceful. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

WWII ended 80 years ago today, as Japan surrendered on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

NEW: Tenure-track position in History at UC Berkeley in the GLOBAL HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY. We are casting a wide net here: *all* periods, places, and fields are under consideration. I'm on the search committee, so do let me know if you have questions.

"Blueskyism" helped make The Onion one of the largest newspapers in the world in less than a year. If we had spent all of our time on Twitter, we'd be poorer, dumber and terminally ill with internet poisoning. He's just angry he's wasting away over there in a nazi agnostic lane that doesn't exist.

Fuck yeah dockworkers. Incredible working-class solidarity with Palestine. This is the thing that gives me hope! www.politico.eu/article/ital...

Margaret Atwood is 🔥 #abpoli #Alberta

I think if Britain colonised your country of origin you should get free BBC iplayer.

The Canadian Criminal Code already allows for self defense. This is a performance for far right America-loving gun crazy loons lois-laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-4...

My #FridayFollow suggestion. Rabih generously takes time from his award-winning fiction to curate threads of art, photography and poetry. It adds beauty and poignancy to my life and will do the same for you.

Global News would like to speak to university students in Saskatchewan about their housing. Please pass along if you know anyone.

This is the sort of education you get when everything about education is tied to supposed "jobs". theprovince.com/news/canada/...

I thought all those guns in the US were to protect citizens from government overreach.

With Israel openly hunting Palestinian journalists, it’s time for Canada to follow suit.

BREAKING Australia will recognise Palestinian state, says PM

Canada, New Zealand and Ireland have been named among the safest countries in the world for LGBTQ+ travellers.

Gaza Ministry of Health says at least 39 people killed in 24 hours, including 21 seeking aid and 11 from starvation.

Time to try to boost my profile. Getting close to shopping season, the more eyes the better lol If you've liked my work or want to help out a small creator, I would love to try to increase my followers a little. Can I ask for a share?? #photography #wildlife #newfoundland #creator #support

Canada's Parliament overwhelming voted to end weapons shipments to Israel. Prime Minister Carney must follow through on this promise. We cannot be complicit in the genocide of a people.

Orlando Bloom Spotted At Dinner With Angela Merkel theonion.com/orlando...

@anneapplebaum.bsky.social: “The West doesn’t understand the extremism of Putinism…that (its) goals involve the destruction of the transatlantic alliance & maybe of the EU…The path to peace is through convincing Putin that he won’t win the war, that it’s hopeless.” (ht: @berlinbridge.bsky.social)

Political Science at Western University, Canada is searching for three tenure track assistant professors. There are two ads, one in International Politics (IR or comparative) and one in Comparative or Canadian. Ads are here: www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...

I have been a reporter for 25 years. I know the risks reporting in war zones. This is not that situation. This is systematic silencing by Israel. If we do not act now, there will be no one left in Gaza to tell anyone’s story. Me today for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Read this: journalists must be among the most privileged in Gaza but they are collapsing from hunger. Nations of the world must do more than strongly worded letters.