Well YOU try ending a book. It’s not so easy.

Phew, at least THAT mystery has been solved!

Senior discounts? Sure. Peak demand price rises? Annoying but my bad for not planning ahead. Bulk discounts? At least justifiable even if effectively a poverty tax. But targeting price-gouging algorithmically pinned to someone’s degree of desperation is an outrage. Great article from LPE.

No wonder I feel so at home in 🇨🇦🇦🇺!

Hero from Kahnawá:ke saved 5 from a house fire!

Lesley faculty are going on strike if something doesn't change at the bargaining table this week. All allies are welcome to sign this letter of support for these determined teachers:

Christie Belcourt’s paintings glow with a life force of their own and this installation looks spectacular!

Surveillance pricing - whether for goods, or wages - is vile and egregious.

Terrebonne vous savez quoi faire!

So apparently the reason Montreal’s potholes are so bad lately is that they’re keeping better data?

No, no and no.

This pair of essays on Trump-as-symptom are very eye-opening. This one about the nostalgia-fueled resentment of his supporters;

@apml-ampd.bsky.social and other McGill unions joining the pushback against anti-union creep in Quebec, here the ability to shut down strikes in a broad swathe of sectors.

My favourite The grand old Duke of York, he had 12 million quid. He gave it to someone he’d never met, for something he never did

Wow.

Sitting in train and observing through seats student in front of me copy pasting an essay into a “revised first class version” with chat gpt, incl tips on how to make it sound less “AI” with different “tone” options (eg “more academic” sic) Also checks IG reels every few minutes. Feeling despair.

As Bad Bunny’s glorious fiesta exploded in my eyeballs I got the obvious references and overall vibe but this breakdown shows so many more layers upon layers. Stupendous!

Punitive sanctions against Cuba because Rubio wants regime change? Canadians should sign this petition to follow MX example in condemning this.

What fresh hell is this? Gig nursing apps not only circumvent unions, they also track worker data to calculate lower wages for more financially desperate individuals. Veena Dubal’s term is “algorithmic wage discrimination.” Discussed by Cory Doctorov on Ezra Klein show.

McGill Spent Over $1 Million Fighting Unionization. That’s at least a few support staff salaries!

Matthew nails Carney’s speech. No notes. 👏🏽

“The fiction was useful” sums up a lot of the law

How employee unions help push back against the corporatisation of universities: new work from my comrade and colleague Priya Gupta.

When my fledgling union went on strike for 3 months, solidarity donations from other unions kept us afloat. I can’t join the Minneapolis Labour Federation general strike on Jan 23 from Canada, but I just supported their strike fund

Go union power in Minneapolis!

*Rare* Academic job postings @ McGill University, Montreal - Canada Impact + Research Chairs (senior academics) - expedited application process! www.mcgill.ca/provost/acad...

A little good news story to start the weekend.

If this doesn't come with a UNGA Uniting for Peace resolution and global condemnation then the prohibition on the use of force is finished and the UN will go the way of the League of Nations. Ask the international lawyers in your life how they are because right now I wish I weren't 10 years sober

I’m reeling from the mass shooting in Sydney’s Bondi Beach today. 2 gunmen, 12 dead. Incredible unarmed civilian disarmed one shooter. But this is unthinkably rare in Australia and the type of weapons available limited the slaughter due to our gun laws.

This is exactly it 💯

Confirm this is a legit excellent community service in Montreal! Please give generously.

Yikes!

Props to McGill’s COFAM & lawyer @sibelataogul.bsky.social for initiating this challenge back in July universityaffairs.ca/features/fac...

Living through every word of this essay about the collapse of learning in higher ed: fractured attention... instrumentalized study…safety from intellectual challenge… remote writing functionally obsolete. Great solutions offered!

This is one way to deal with bureaucracy!

An historic first for Australia!

Squid Game for real 🤬

Oh FFS. Piss right off will you? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

“Since April's election, oil and gas lobbyists notched at least 177 meetings with federal officials — a third of which were in September alone. If Tuesday's budget is any indication, they successfully persuaded Prime Minister Mark Carney's government” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...

People can be good.

Quebec just passed legislation to allow it to do the same. My union (#AMPL) is challenging it.

Super cringe and I’m here for it.

💯

Massive general strike in Italy protesting Gaza

Wait… what? A terrible call.

CANADA: The federal government’s repeated use of back-to-work powers undermines Canadian workers’ right to strike theconversation.com/the-federal-...

Hard no.

In news that is entirely unsurprising to faculty

Solidarity from @apml-ampd.bsky.social and COFAM @ McGill!

🚨 Please share with your Alberta friends & family! “This isn’t a pivotal moment for Canada. It’s a salvage operation for you. And you want to win, no matter what the cost to Battle River–Crowfoot, no matter what they lose in the offing.” open.substack.com/pub/letterke...