Last night two different family members needed cheering up, so I ended watching Forbidden Fruits, high femme comedy horror, with adult daughter, and then Ride or Die, first episode, with my mum. Sleepy start to the workday and an 830 meeting. Go go go.

I'm reading End of the World Running Club and it's a strange relief that random asteroids caused the end, not human action. Not a spoiler. Also it's not the humans are all good. There are terrible people. They just didn't cause the end of the world.

When Rest Feels Reckless the present/ is a feather/ on loan from the wings of time/ that only attention/ makes beautiful/ and only kindness/ valuable....

Michel has come to believe the official food of the MS Ride is the banana. cadence-and-consequence.ghost.io/the-banana-p...

When you've defeated the cone they put you in the Hannibal Lector

So 1) this is more about federal Title VI cuts than any local decision-making process 2) "Centres" will always get hit before "departments" because the latter are disciplinary and so comand more faculty loyalty 3) Which is a shame b/c on the whole centres tend to have more practical applications.

A thought on opera (and suddenly breaking into song) johngushue.com/2026/07/a-th...

(Finally) Circling Back to Trisha Durham’s ‘Movement Snacks’ After a three year hiatus, Christine is back to using Trisha Durham's book 'Movement Snacks' to improve her mobility and to have a bit more fun....

Defying Trump, Baltimore Rugby Players Refuse To Comply With Trans Sports Ban Demand The Baltimore Ferals—and rugby players nationwide—are standing with their trans teammates. www.erininthemorning.com/p/defying-tr...

In February, USA Rugby banned trans women from all levels of one of the world’s most inclusive sports. What happened next was telling. Across the country, teams refused to comply. The story of the Baltimore Ferals, who are pushing back: www.thebanner.com/sports/rugby...

Left-wing campus cancel culture has gotten completely out of hand these days

This is 19-year-old Pvt. Isabella Gonzales. The North Texas resident was one of three U.S. service members killed in action during an Iranian retaliatory attack on a base in Jordan.

"It's been one of the most controversial World Cups. I think that's fair to say," said Alan McDougall, history prof at the U of Guelph who's written multiple books about soccer's history. www.cbc.ca/news/world/w...

The US built the greatest talent magnet ever, attracting the smart, skilled, and striving. They’d come to study, then stay and build things here, or leave with positive impressions and fruitful connections. Helped make the US wealthy and powerful. Then America chose to throw it away. And for what?

Is Looking at Art Really the New Running? What the Research Actually Says I blog here for fun, community and to pursue my own interests in feminism and fitness, but my day job is Dean of Arts at the University of Guelph. I rarely get to read or think about the same things, both for my hobby and…

#threegoodthings 1. Mama duck and ducklings stepped into the bike lane.We stopped and luckily they wandered onto the grass instead of the traffic on Stone Road.

Something I talked about repeatedly in 2024: 20 million people, to say nothing of 30, would be the largest forced population transfer in human history, larger any of the three post-WW2 transfers (partition of India, expulsion of Germans, partition of Palestine) or the post-WW1 Balkan cases.

Sam’s Zwift streak abides! And so does her Pocket Scotty! Despite not having central air (we do have two heat pump units that have ac, one for upstairs and one for downstairs) I am still riding my bike indoors on the trainer. Why? Smoky air is one reason, but it’s not the whole story. The whole…

Neurodivergent meditation retreat preview: the fans Today is the last day of my 4-day meditation retreat at the Art of Living retreat center, outside of Boone, North Carolina....

Majority of US voters link extreme weather to climate crisis, study finds Top Democrat says findings show public ‘way ahead of the politicians’ as Trump dismisses global heating as ‘hoax’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘My career was wrapped – now suddenly this magic is happening’ In 1978 Joan Barfoot wrote a novel about a woman who abandons her family for a cabin in the Canadian woods. Fifty years on, it is the must-read book of the summer observer.co.uk/culture/book...

Trump cuts wildfire research Great timing www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/c...

Canada is warming much faster than the global, twice the global rate, while the Canadian Arctic is warming at nearly four times the global rate, raising concerns around thawing permafrost in northern regions. Only one fix stop burning fossil fuels www.cbc.ca/news/science...

Most Forest Fires in Canada Are Simply Impossible to Put Out Half of Canada’s wildfires are in remote areas with no road access. Impossible to fight, they are often left to burn. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/w...

Neil the Seal can teach us plenty about seal behaviour. A marine biologist explains theconversation.com/neil-the-sea...

Cuba edges toward breakdown as power cuts and US meddling push society to brink As Cuba swelters under six-month oil blockade imposed by US, tempers are fraying and unrest is growing www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

This is from the summer www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06...

Listen I will just say to any American politicians who are just watchimg their colleagues issue veiled threats at Canada for having wildfires in one of the largest boreal forests in the world you better not issue any "please buy or wine and visit our casino" notices

Toronto’s Biidaasige Park to expand with 10 new acres From Canoe Cove and the expanded Water’s Edge Promenade to new public art and gathering spaces, this is a major milestone in reconnecting the city to its waterfront. www.canadianarchitect.com/torontos-bii...

Trump / Miller are now limiting student visas to 4 years. PhD programs typically run 5-6 years in many disciplines.

Nat, spinal movement and the Jefferson curl I’m at the final stage of recovering from my lower back injury from the winter. It started with analysis and restricting movements until my back healed then re-introducing different spinal movements....

DOGE slashed 3/4 of the personnel from the CDC lab that’s supposed to prevent turbodiarrhea outbreaks www.wired.com/story/cdc-cy...

Trump’s devoted base is really shrinking now www.cnn.com/2026/07/17/p...

Congrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...

A Fitbit for My Finger, Five Years On Can you think of an example of when you first started doing a thing, then what you do shifts over time without you even really noticing?...

Campus Talks: The strengths that multilingualism brings to universities www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/campu...

Hegseth's plan to screen military members for low testosterone raises concern for doctors: "Not a performance drug" www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-he...

Trump administration tightens visa rules for foreign students www.bbc.com/news/article...

Wow. This is good news. A new journal, the Canadian Journal of Political Philosophy journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/CJPP

In praise of Scandinavia’s risky and dirty playgrounds www.economist.com/europe/2026/...

Cuts to creative courses ‘undermining government’s own strategy’ www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cuts-cr...

Interest has been drying up anyway, but this certainly makes it harder for me to encourage international studentss (including Canadian students) to attend US PhD programs. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Sam’s summer movement plans go awry: Some problems and maybe some solutions It’s been a rough summer so far. My big vacation and conference travel plans fell apart due to a host of family issues, big and little. Work hasn’t been that easy either. I thought then maybe staying close to home, I’d…

Creative careers are fraught with worry. Constantly thinking your best ideas are behind you, that you're done. Raffi even has balm for adults.

I'm at Joy, Care, and Resistance — the 43rd International Social Philosophy Conference, hosted at the University of Waterloo, July 16–18, 2026. It's a joint conference by the North American Society for Social Philosophy (NASSP) and the Canadian Society Working for Inclusion in Philosophy (CSWIP)

To create additional sources of safe, affordable housing, the University of Guelph is partnering with SpacesShared on a new homesharing platform connecting students with older adults with space in their homes news.uoguelph.ca/2026/07/u-of...

Christ, it's *worse* today. How can it be worse? On the other hand...at least we're not Detroit.

newrepublic.com/post/213116/... Can you imagine those woke universities thinking that gender is an important topic to study and teach about?

Sometimes Good Things Grow Way back in 2013, I did my first Bring on the Bay (BOTB) swim, a 3 km swim in the Ottawa River to raise funds for Easter Seals....

All the Cool Kids Are Birding A younger crowd is flocking to a hobby once dominated by retirees—and transforming it along the way. www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...