that's the correct response to AI and a post-human future .. "I refuse"

Job in Canada: come work with me!

I needed to see something beautiful today. My sister's art never disappoints

A sweet and nice thing of yore that is still around ... Canadian kids can write a letter to Santa Claus at rhe North Pole, postal code H0H0H0, and they will get a reply. I love that the dropboxes are still old-fashioned & handmade, not corporate branded plastic. Thanks Canada Post workers!

Alberta has passed Bill 11: two-tier health care letting doctors charge unlimited fees at private clinics. Other provinces may follow. Click below to send a letter to Health Minister Michel & your MP urging them to enforce the Canada Health Act. SHARE if you oppose US-style health care.

And again...

Really worried about potential turns of events. Where are those up-elbows when we need them, you know, the ones we came together and voted for?

NEW POST: The parallels between Trump's pardons and Danielle Smith's use of the notwithstanding clause emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/the-parall...

"Quiet Northern Night" oil on panel 8x8 inches Nicki Ault 2021 #BlueTue #blueskyblues #northernnight #nightscape #blueskyart #greatwhitenorth #winterpainting #winterart

This would certainly be good investment for a government that asked for women's votes to elect themto engage in "nation-building" ...

"River Landing Lookout" oil on panel 8x8 inches Nicki Ault 2020 #landscape #winterscape #snow-covered #bluemonday #wintersunset #blueskyart #frozen

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.

If you are waiting for holiday events, why not take a moment and read this excellent Jonathan Beecher Field piece from the Commonplace catalog. It looks at the widening gap between academic and popular understandings of early American topics like #Thanksgiving. 🗃️ commonplace.online/article/come...

"Opalescent Eve" oil on canvas 12x12 inches Nicki Ault 2025 #oilpainting #sunset #dreamscape #blueskyart #bskyartist

My sister does it again!

Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work. Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/

The level of anger I feel about this action is unhealthy.

Gradiing drafts in my course on historical biography as they head into peer review; research, creativity & efforts at finding their own voice visible on every page. They want to do their own work. Let's create conditions to make it possible (low/no tuition, smaller classes) That's how we fight back

If you know anyone who works on medieval Judaism, please send them this! Binghamton is hiring a Talmud/Rabbinics assistant prof: half in Judaic Studies, half in the Med/Ren center. A killer R1 job for the right person, and not a ton of applicants so far....

the liberals wanted that result. If they didn't, they would have passed electoral reform, because electoral reform was the way to shut conservatives out of forming a government for decades but they would have had to concede seats to more leftist candidates

Canadian academics, please sign and share. The same forces that have wrecked academic institutions and research culture south of the border are coming for us to (as we knew to expect they would).

If you have or have had Tri-Council funding you, too, may be concerned about this Parliamentary Committee request for confidential data. Also, these clowns asked for 5 years of data on applications from everyone from MA students to Canada Research Chairs in... an excel spreadsheet. 15 days notice.

Emma Thompson gets it.

My sister is an artist. We love Saskatchewan

Nice.

Friends and comrades made a crowdfunding page for my family. It’s really hard to post this. I know that there are a lot of other important issues asking for money but things have gotten to the point where we need to open ourselves up to your support. Thank you for your consideration.

This is a horrendous idea.

Too real

They didn't tell us they were going to slash the post office because they knew we wouldnt vote for that. Ergo, they shouldnt be doing it.

Canada Post “lost” 1 billion dollars last year? How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.

Google: here's an AI summary! Adobe: want an AI assistant? Zoom: get more done with an AI companion! Outlook: don't you want to turn on copilot?? Me: I trained for 10 years to think. I like thinking. Please just let me think.

1/ Bill C-2, the so-called “Strong Borders Act,” isn’t about safety. It’s about normalizing surveillance, criminalizing migration, and attacking Canadians’ privacy and Charter rights. We cannot allow this government power grab to pass. #cdnpoli 🔗 openparliament.ca/debates/2025...

Hardest of passes here.

Good energy and a reminder for the start of the week

My sister's talent is a light in this beleaguered world. Saskatchwan sunsets do indeed look like this...

A fun thing to remember on Labour Day is that Mark Carney eliminated the Cabinet role Minister of Labour, a position that had existed for more than a century under governments of all stripes, and Canada is currently without a labour minister for the first time since 1909.

Correct!

Resistance is not a single action but a flurry of actions. Create: Voting blocs Protest blocs Legal blocs Mutual aid blocs Medical blocs Education blocs Self defense blocs Social media defense blocs Every action counts if taken in the same direction. #3E

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I can

If you live in Canada and believe you're immune from an Orwelian future, please be aware that the Edmonton School District just banned 200 books, including six of mine, from its school libraries.

In Canada the US is likely recruiting / using IDU tied politicians, like PP, and boosting separatist sentiments, anti-Canada disinformation and inflaming racial narratives. Regime operatives have also been spotted visiting First Nations territories, unknown what type of deal they are offering.

Have long worried about this (resources, Arctic, general enmity)

This would be one of my top five favourite things in the world if it works.

"Sparkling Water, Waskesiu" oil on canvas 30x40 inches Nicki Ault 2018 #River #NorthernCanada #borealforest #oilpainting #CanadianArtist #blueskyart #waterscape #landscapeart

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Save the date 📆 a cross-Canada action will be happening Saturday September 20th, 2025 communities will mobilize across the country and demand that Prime Minister Carney and the Canadian government listen to Canadians about our concerns. drawtheline.world/canada?r=CA&...