Say hi to Benny, the newest member of my family. Auntie @drsarahgiles.bsky.social is besotted; Echo thinks that her little brother (10 months old) is coming along nicely, but needs to chill out a bit. She's right, as usual. #FosterFail

Benny the foster dog knows how to select a properly fitting life jacket. What's your excuse? #BoatingSafety

Triscuit the foster puppy has found his furever home and will be joining them tomorrow. Echo really gets the major of credit for teaching this little one the ways of the world and keeping him entertained. We will miss him terribly, but we are thrilled for him (and our sleep cycles...).

Part of the problem is we are not really even made to process this. It is just unfathomable. Now, imagine being a Palestinian stuck in Gaza, living it...

Foster puppy Triscuit haș a meet and greet with a potential new human mom and doggie brother. Echo and I are excited for him (and the prospect of sleep), but we're also pretty gutted!

My grad students (who are writing with me at my house) and I are using an adaptation of the Pomodoro Technique for writing. It is called the Pupodoro Technique. We let Triscuit (my foster puppy) out to pee every 30mins...

Echo and Triscuit the foster puppy are getting along very well. She is such a good girl and is doing a great job of helping me to rear this little baby shark.

Fanjoy is my homeboy.

Last night, we had to say goodbye to the very best boy, our beloved Bubba, who became very ill very quickly. @drsarahgiles.bsky.social flew in. We had snuggles, ice cream, and shared a final great day together, surrounded by love. Rest well, BubBub. We will miss you with every breath that we take.

One class more! Final class of the semester tonight! I have a the Tournament of Champions for the semester-long competition, so it's always a fun one.

It's Echo's 8th birthday! She is smart, opinionated, and sassy. She takes her duties in the neighbourhood Squirrel Defence League very seriously. She has mastered the "duck, roll, and cuddle" move on the couch at 9pm every night. I love this little girl with all my heart!

Anyone who still says 'woke' like this in 2025 is absolutely not standing up for your rights or freedoms.

There have been many things about Trudeau and the Liberals that have disappointed me. Nevertheless, I have been very impressed with Trudeau's ability to act as statesperson and to say what needs to be said - especially today in his takedown of Trump's latest measures. Credit where credit is due.

Grateful for a great review of our edited collection! (Rich, Smith, & Giles, 2025): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵

YES!

I received Premier Doug Ford's $200 bribe today (given to all residents of Ontario over 18). This $2 billion should have been put into healthcare, education, and social systems. I've thus done what Ford didn't do and donated it to orgs that support those things.

An enormous loss to the northern sport community. Rest well, Ian. You are so missed. cabinradio.ca/219670/news/...

WOW! The (THE!!!) journal Nature (in its news section) included a quote from me in an article on risky play. This all stemmed from an article I wrote with two of my (now former) PhD students, Drs. Michelle Bauer and Francine Darroch. Proud of us! #CareerHighlight www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Happy to share that I'll be speaking at "Say Her Name: Centering Black Feminism and Black Women in Sport"! Make sure to attend it on January 16. www.linkedin.com/events/sayhe... My first book talk of 2025!

If we allow trivia, fatally-flawed studies or pseudoscience to be represented as "peer-reviewed", this contaminates the research literature, with adverse consequences for everyone. deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/12/finl...

Merry Christmas to me, for finally finishing the edits on this! I would not wish the task of indexing a book on my worst enemy. 'Anthropology in Sporting Worlds: Knowledge, Collaboration and Representation in the Digital Age' will be published in 2025 by Vernon Press. #academicsky #sportanthro

“We know that Māori researchers, communities, and knowledge systems stand to suffer the most from this decision.” www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2024/12/10/m...

Researchers pen scathing open letter to Minister over Marsden Fund changes "I find it immensely ironic that the Minister is basing this decision on its benefit to the economy, when the study of the economy is itself classed as a social science."

Trans folks held a dance party in the Capitol bathroom to protest the bathroom ban on there.

It’s a dark day for research in Aotearoa New Zealand and the ramifications for the country are huge. Minister Judith Collins has just announced our blue-skies funder will no longer fund humanities & social science research and that 50% of what is funded must have economic benefit.

Getting into bed with the Westons? This is unsavoury, to say the least. www.uottawa.ca/about-us/med...

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing. They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays. The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k. www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...

NEW: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case we've reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all. Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.

Great interview with a fantastic advocate dor rural healthcare and providers (and, oh yah, my twin sis, @SarahGiles10): www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

My instructor took this photo at our latest Rally Obedience class (Echo showing comfort around fences). I love this little girl so damn much.

Echo doesn't quite get the concept of "turn taking" in doggie physio.

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Each year, the trans community loses too many lives, especially trans women of color, to hate and violence. More than ever, we must stand by our trans family and support them, hold space for them, and insist the scapegoating and targeting stop. Now.

"I swear to dog, I was just looking at the toy and it EXPLODED! It's a miracle I wasn't injured!" ~Bubba

My amazing twin sister shares her experience as a rural doctor (currently the second-most read article on CBC!): www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Happy 10th Birthday, Bubba! He loves his new jammies!