Catastrophic higher education news in New Brunswick: the Liberal government of my MLA @susanholtnb.bsky.social is potentially going to cut 10% of the budget for universities—$50M across 4 schools when much *more* funding is needed, not less. The impact would be devastating. Please share, NBers.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 7 Interview for Assigned Media with philosopher Rowan Bell on whether we may be seeing the limits of gender identity as an anchoring concept for trans in courts, legislatures, civil rights, and even trans theory.

For nearly a year, the feds have been quiet about a scathing UN report on Canada's treatment of disabled people, including MAiD expansion and paltry financial supports @spichaksimon.bsky.social presses the government for answers in our latest for @breachmedia.ca breachmedia.ca/canada-sides...

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Age verification and social media bans are explicitly ways to isolate queer, neurodivergent, and abused kids.

If you're Canadian and shaking your head about the US gov arresting journalists for the crime of doing journalism, well, that happens here too. And instead of just being furious about it, you can donate money to The Narwhal, who are actually trying to stop it from happening here.

every time someone has asked me the last week or so about priorities it is rental assistance. please please please people need rent to stay in their homes. scroll down to rent relief funds and pick something www.standwithminnesota.com

Canadians remember that Canada is also slated to massively ramp up deportations, and these police routinely collaborate with the CBSA, so racial profiling especially of Black folks can easily led to detention and deportation, even for long term residents.

I need Canadians to think about what is happening here at home. Carney is cutting the very agencies we need more than ever as things erode in the US. Wake. Up. 🧵

I've been thinking about this a lot, for months: Gaza was a breaking point between verifiable reality and liberal governance. "AI" sparks fears ppl will believe things that aren't true, but Gaza SHOWED things that WERE true—& western governments, universities & news outlets pretened they were not.

Since a lot of folks have suggested ableist alternative words let’s chat about this: Intelligence is not something that can be measured without employing bigotry and it’s not something that determines a moral compass or good vs bad So any word at all that uses intelligence as an insult is ableist

While the U.S. is actively weakening the FDA, Canada is preparing to stop doing its own drug reviews and defer to foreign regulators. “Public service savings targets” in action.

Ottawa (honourable mention: Rideau).

Having some thoughts about the nature of my fears as a Canadian that I want to try to express in deep solidarity with everyone in Minnesota and elsewhere fighting our common enemy. This thread will not be in the "Canadian asshole" genre. (The opposite, I hope). Still, mute if you want.

Yeah I shouldn't have watched this *after* applying my mascara. (if you need a 3 minute respite from the horrors: this is worth it).

to the tune of “See You In September” — “grading... with a migraine….” the last push of the semester.

Calgary woman says she can't afford doctor's fee to apply for disability tax credit https://calgaryherald.com/news/calgary-woman-says-she-cant-afford-doctors-fee-to-apply-for-disability-tax-credit 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

I signed this. ProPublica marketed HARD on being the last journalists with integrity standing. I believed them and donated the equivalent of my subscription to the Post two years in a row. They won't see a dime from me if they don't fly right.

Progressive Conservative joins Progressive Conservative party

Dear all, I am happy to share this CFA opportunity for a PhD-level student interested in working with me on the SSHRC-funded Indigenous Stories of Philosophy project. Please spread the word far and wide. #FundedPhD #Philosophy #Academia #IndigenousPhilosophy

Palantir's new neurodivergent fellowship is in fact bad because neurodivergent people participating in technofascism will not save us. Latest for @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

like i have been saying, if you have ADHD you should be standing with trans people on their medical rights for basic moral and solidarity reasons but also the practical reason that you can fight at their barricade or you can fight at ours but it's the same fight

Sadly, this appears to be AI. There are some tells throughout (hands disappearing, the people in the background staring like collective zombies, some weird configurations on the walls) but overall, this looks pretty real -- it's getting harder to tell what's real and what's not. Which ain't great.

The Girl Guides of Canada say: Be prepared to protect trans rights.

‘Unprecedented’: #Canada’s new border bills pave the way for American law enforcement overreach Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode protections and expose Canadians to U.S. investigations and surveillance. New from @opheliedm.bsky.social: ricochet.media/internationa...

In a new publication, Órla Murray, IMH Honorary Fellow, reflects on her diagnosis of ulcerative colitis in the context of a feminist queer crip approach. Read our news article and the access the full article here: medhumsplatform.org/crip-guts-st...

We need to know who is vulnerable among us and how we can protect them so they can continue to do their work with integrity. This is not a "grading essays on controversial topics" problem. This is a "protecting our colleagues from bad actors" problem.

This is just my opinion, but I don't think departments need to change their strategy for reading or grading student work. Departments need a strategy for responding to harassment and attacks.

For my newsletter, I wrote about that college essay scandal that's gone viral and what everyone is seeming to miss: It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!! www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...

Here’s a novel idea: what if we discussed how to support the TA while she’s going through this. How do we help an academic worker who is being institutionally thrown under the bus and actively harassed for doing her job because of who she is?

The academic discourse today is like “would the trans TA not have been institutionally murdered if she had given 5 points out of 25 instead of 0 points out of 25”

Great to see some provinces understanding the importance of investing in 2SLGBTQI+ inclusive health care www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A debt of gratitude owed to @anhedoniaoakley.bsky.social for bringing this issue to public attention. There are so many bad decisions made by the federal govt around Canadian Disability Benefit and they keep compounding rather than solving them. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

BREAKING: Pipelines only bad when Conservatives do it

1802) Transwrongsbot. Listen, validation and love is all very well, but at some point things get bad enough that action is required as a matter of simple survival. It's time to protect trans rights by doing some trans wrongs.

me: I have never once in my life managed to meet self-imposed internal deadlines for myself. also me: (spends 45 minutes making a set of self-imposed internal deadlines for thing in lieu of actually doing any writing)

Rest in peace, Alice Wong 🕊️ thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...

I know no media is covering the Canada Student Grant cuts, but it's real and it's going to cost several hundred thousand students about $1200 this year. Here's the explainer.

There is not only "no crying in baseball", there is only crying in baseball.

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

look at this innocent beast who knows nothing of the drama on screen. bless him.

if nothing else surely this game has blessed us with a glorious series of Ernie Clement facial expressions.

objectively this is very exciting baseball but also I am worried for my heart

!!!! baseball !!!!

To be clear, it seems they are asking for disaggregated, confidential data with a clear intent to attack academic freedom along bigoted, ideological lines. Sign the petition here to demand the Tri-Council refuse to hand over your protected and private data. 2/2 #cdnpse

World of yikes (read the whole thread).

The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR supportjamaica.gov.jm

I’ve been meaning to for awhile, but finally subscribed to The Flytrap! Yay feminist media!

"I study feminist theories of embodiment" is OUT. "I'm a femininomenonologist ✨️💅" is IN.