“It was, in one way, very beautiful, a very beautiful thing to see a man charge a security checkpoint armed with multiple weapons, and he was taken down by some very brave members of secret service, and they acted very quickly.” ….what?!?!?!

This isn’t going to make Trump like you.

You see a lot of these trucks in Victoria. Some, but not all have Alberta plates. There's a bit of an interesting divide--the ones that clearly look used for work usually are driven in a safe manner. The lifted trucks that haven't seen a speck of dirt are the ones tailgating and speeding.

A prospective member of GIF told me they had a good "gut feeling" about our group and believed strongly in what we did. That's probably one of the best academic accolades I've ever been on the receiving end of. I have the wonderful members of the Collaboratory to thank for this.

Me hearing about a BC MLA using the term "blood and soil" on the floor of the Legislature by way of attacking Indigenous treaty rights, and trying to figure out if it was Dallas Brodie or Tara Armstrong who said it:

Found in my spam inbox. I am apparently a wedding planner as well as an academic. Who knew?

The first time I visited Canada was a short trip up to Thunder Bay, Ontario, in 2004, but before that, my main exposure to Canada was seeing the ubiquitous Canadian Wheat Board hoppers on trains in Minneapolis. I found the French language on the cars fascinating!

One of the worst miscalculations the Democratic Party has made is thinking that people to the left are uneducated and don’t have any legitimate grievances against the party that claims to represent the American left. Another miscalculation is that the American right is similarly uneducated.

Unfortunately, state governments have sent financial support to Israel since October 7th, through purchasing bonds issued by Israel as it takes on war debt. So, this is more of a valid question than one might imagine.

Not surprisingly, all the folks screaming about “fraud” in Minnesota are silent about this. Wonder why that might be?

Announcing the next GIF Collaboratory Symposium, "Material Spatiality":

If its the article I'm thinking of, I don't really know that philosophy professors at ultra elite, ultra selective New England liberal arts colleges really have much of value to offer in discussions around pedagogical training and professional development. CTLs are invaluable resources.

Someone on Twitter once told me that having an attendance policy in class is ableist, even if alternative modes of connecting (Zoom/Teams) are provided. Let's set aside capitalist norms around work attendance for a sec — are there any social/community structures where not showing up is desirable?

There is no justification in the world that can excuse deliberately attacking medical workers. Most ethical army, indeed.

I am a firm believer that as an educator, I am also a lifelong student. So, I'm excited to have the opportunity to participate in the lab "Asymmetric Spatialities: A Collective Study of Territorial Coloniality", this summer!

My next paper idea: (No, really)

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This absolutely wonderful documentary on Cedar-Riverside's music scene just dropped on PBS. And it is worth every second. Yes, Prince is a favorite son, but the music scene was also so much bigger than just the downtown crew. The working class had it going on in a big big way.

There’s a lot that I didn’t love about Twitter but the discourse was way better over there. Folks are fighting on here over…Hasan Piker. Like, come on.

Very excited to have been part of this podcast!!

Received a pleasant surprise in finding out that I am now eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship! My wife will be eligible in a little under two months. I've been waiting for this day for years!

Didn’t the UCP have some event there in response to the blowback? Like I said, the worst part about anti-Indigenous racists in Canada is that arguably, they know better and yet still choose to be bigots.

Just settler capitalist things....

I’m sorry, HOW MANY men visited that “online academy”?

People and environment over profits.

Why are two people with no proof of local Indigenous connections charging $1200 to take a course on "Indigenous cartographies"? Which Indigenous cartographic systems are they planning to cover? Is there any engagement with Indigenous geographers/cartographers? sfpc.study/sessions/sum...

Looking forward to spending a little time with my good friends/colleagues/co-authors, Dr. David Beard (@dbeard.bsky.social) and Dr. Kelsea Schoenbauer, as we present on our ongoing work on Indigenous vaccination campaigns and their intertwined relationship with art during the COVID-19 pandemic!

Orban getting ready to flee to Moscow:

The Special Report Zine from the Geographers for Justice in Palestine:

You can and should donate to PCRF if you want to help Gazans, instead of shady spam accounts on social media: www.pcrf.net

My Victoria hot take: Installing more red light and speed cameras in the city and enforcing them with tickets would erase the budget deficit in BC overnight.

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90s kids already know.

Emo punk are boy bands for edgy people.

Evergreen comic cover.

As an alumnus of an Ohio university, no, Ohio does not have too many universities.

C'mon.

Racists and xenophobes don't let the reality of the situation on the ground get in the way of their racism and xenophobia. It's the same here in Canada--immigrants are blamed for everything and anything by the far right, with no citation, no evidence to support their claims, nothing but racism.

A lovely ad to see at YYJ. What can mining do for BC? It can run further roughshod over Indigenous title, Indigenous land rights, and the environmental health of the province, for starters.

A TV network in I*rael is broadcasting a count down to Trump’s 8 PM deadline, and presumably, in support of his threat to “end” Iranian civilization. But those of us who support Palestine are the “terrorist supporters”?

FDT

Yep, that’s 100 percent correct. They’re not pro-life—they’re pro-control, pro-violence, and pro-genocide.

The Hague is too good for Donald Trump and his merry band of war criminals. They’d need a second Nuremberg Tribunal.

I think I could be very happy living in New York City if my career ever brought me here. Wonderful city, wonderful, friendly people.

This is probably the best title slide I’ve ever done in my teaching/academic career.

Just finished lecturing in a couple of Indigenous Studies courses here at Vassar, and am now prepping for tonight’s campus talk! I feel very fancy.

I actually rather like the old BC Transit livery, as seen on this photo of Skytrain from the 1980s:

I think I might have seen a (juvenile) bald eagle in the Twin Cities yesterday! I don’t remember the last time I saw a bald eagle there. I feel bad for whatever rodent or small mammal I saw it pick up and carry away, but it was still a very cool moment.

Found myself at Birchbark! They made me sign a copy 😆 Am I an official Native academic now?