Chess for Life @UofL is happy to be participating in this fun annual event! Stop by for lots of chess: 2-player chess, 4-player chess, Caramels chess, Pawn Wars, etc. @fide-chess-mirror.bsky.social

Just a follow-up to my last post. This is the blind senior/resident showing the Chess for Life@UofL team how to "see" the chessboard with your "fingers". Well, in my case, she tried to.🙄

Chess for Life@UofL team is grateful to be working with local Seniors Centres. Here's a blind resident from one playing some amazing "chess for the blind"!😮 And we discovered there is a "Chess Olympiad for the Blind and Visually Impaired". The next one is in 2028.👍🤞

Chess for Life @UofL worked with The Lethbridge Correctional Centre who played in the International Chess in Prisons Tournament, Oct. 14-16, 2025. A team of four inmates competed against teams from 57 countries! Go 🇨🇦! @ulethbridge.ca @ctvnewslethbridge.bsky.social See: tinyurl.com/22zu3wss

Garry Kasparov and Masih Alinejad discuss their joint work in fighting autocrats worldwide, and "the importance of safeguarding the values of democracy before it’s too late." www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...

"In September 2011, Armenia made chess a required subject for all children over the age of six. Chess trains logical thinking and memory and teaches children how to deal with defeat. In other words, chess is a metaphor for life." bigthink.com/thinking/che...

Natural progression?😆

The Chess For Life program at the University of Lethbridge works with youth involved in Alberta's justice system through 25 hours of instruction in the game of chess - and how to apply its lessons beyond the board. Listen: vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/usin...

Looking for some engaging, chess furniture? www.purling.com/product/reco...

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"The Lubyanka Gambit is a classic work investigating the darkest side of chess history in the Soviet Union...It describes the careers and life stories of Soviet chess composers, players and famous amateurs who were repressed by the Soviet authorities, ending up either executed or sent to the Gulag."

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Slight variation on a theme: 😬 "Strange technocrats hanging around Whitehouses donating billions is no basis for a system of government!" 😆 www.youtube.com/watch?v=en28...

As President Trump opened what could become a global trade war, a growing number of countries, including America’s closest allies, are forging their own economic partnerships without the U.S.

The Trump Tariffs will hurt Alberta’s economy no matter what. While we wait for the UCP to get to work, you can make a difference today. Support Alberta businesses and Canadian-made goods. Share your best local purchases using #ShopLocal #SupportLocal #BuyCanadian, or tag them below!

RFK Jr. and his family stand to profit off lawsuits against vaccines. An HHS Secretary shouldn't have a financial interest in making our country sicker. I’m demanding RFK Jr. recuse himself from any work on vaccine policy while he has a financial interest in the outcome.

Top things to know for today: 1️⃣ Trump and Trudeau to talk as Canada braces for trade war 2️⃣ Companies embrace 'buy Canadian' sentiment 3️⃣ Sanction hearing for former justice minister 4️⃣ Seven Toronto daycares rescind $10-a-day opt-out 5️⃣ Wintry blast to continue in Metro Vancouver

The stock market took a downturn Monday morning after Donald Trump’s planned tariffs went into effect at midnight Monday.

Health experts say they're flying "absolutely blind" as Trump pauses work by US health agencies: "The true impact is more people get sick"

I agree! I have many friends & colleagues across the line who oppose Benito Cheeto’s actions. Love to show ‘em some support with clever protests & resistance. bsky.app/profile/let-...

"It really rewards Trump and his tactics — the kind of bullying tactics — so it has no consequences for him...Obviously, there's no guarantee that he'll respect that deal, much as he didn't respect the USMCA [United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement]...which he negotiated," www.cbc.ca/news/world/m...

Monday again, huh?

This!👇 bsky.app/profile/meid...

CNN - "Stock futures slide after Trump imposes tariffs" US stock market futures plunged Sunday, one day after President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico and 10% tariffs on China" -Dow futures down 1.4% -S&P 500 futures dropped 1.9% -Futures down 2.4% -ET. Bitcoin down 3.5%

Hmmmm....That's odd...🤔

Thrilling, semi-final at the Tata Steel 2025 Championships! Almost five hours OTB!👍😳 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA1B...

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Breaking News: Two top officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development are said to have been put on leave after refusing to give representatives of Elon Musk access to a secure area.

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Watching the news about tariffs...

"In Open Socrates, philosopher Agnes Callard recovers the radical move at the center of Socrates' thought, and shows why it is still the way to a good life... (we need) to ask ourselves the most important questions--about how we should live, and how we might change."

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TAKE NOTES PEOPLE -- we've been here before:: 1930. Raised import prices so high only the wealthy could afford them. Decreased exports that led to bank failures. Coincided with the Great Depression. www.britannica.com/question/Why...

As he has said all along, President Trump has issued tariffs that will wreak havoc on the Canadian economy, attacking the single most important trade relationship Canadians have with the world. These tariffs will have a devastating impact on our jobs, our economy, and our way of life. /1

Gukesh is a MONSTER!! 🤯 A 95.6% accuracy win as Black vs. Max Warmerdam - with THIS brilliant move - keeps him sitting in sole 1st place at #TataSteelChess!

If you can't distinguish between truth and lies, you can't distinguish between right and wrong. "And such a people, deprived of the power to think and judge, is, without knowing and willing it, completely subjected to the rule of lies. With such a people, you can do whatever you want."Hannah Arendt

"In 1964, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer demonstrated his unparalleled skill by playing 50 opponents simultaneously in a remarkable exhibition. At just 21 years old, Fischer took on a mix of grandmasters, club players, and amateurs... at the Manhattan Chess Club."

"This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore. And such a people...without knowing and willing it, are completely subjected to the rule of lies. With such a people, you can do whatever you want." ~Hannah Arendt

"“The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs, fallout...There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices to be found only in the minds of men...they can kill and destroy. And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to the Twilight Zone.” ~Rod Serling

While Albertans struggle to pay their bills, today, UCP MLAs voted to give THEMSELVES a raise and boost their own caucus budget by more than $1 million. Albertans deserve better. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rtj...

clears my mind a bit 😌

"A Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for the Washington Post has resigned after its editorial page editor rejected a cartoon she created to mock media and tech titans abasing themselves before President-elect Donald Trump."