the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

In 2020, Canada Post letter carriers literally carried the economy on their backs to deliver parcels and goods to Canadians who were staying home during the pandemic. I do not believe this is appropriate Thanks for their service.

i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.

Shoutout to @thewhn.bsky.social for putting together an excellent, science-based Q&A on why many of us are still masking😷 "Yes, We Continue Wearing Masks—Here’s Why: Common Questions Answered." whn.global/yes-we-conti...

Someone told me they don’t bother masking their child at the grocery store because "they don’t wear one in school anyway" Schools are incinerators that fuel infections out into the community. The elderly, the high-risk, they shop too. Masking in public spaces helps break that chain ⛓️‍💥

I rarely share organizations in Gaza because it’s too hard to verify that they are doing the work they say they are but I know multiple people who were able to evacuate through the people working on this fund who are funding trips out of Gaza City (it’s $2100 a trip for 16 people).

Pharmacies in NB will have COVID and flu shots (and RSV) the week of Oct 6 (not sure if appointments/availability start immediately). #nbpoli

For @theflytrapmedia.com, I wrote about how, three years on fron its release, Knives Out: Glass Onion predicted the AI-addled tech broligarchy we're all struggling with today. This piece is our free post for the month, so if you like it, throw us a subscription the-flytrap.ghost.io/glass-onion-...

My university’s website is down, which means so is Moodle. I email my classes the PDF readings for tomorrow, only to find out that the email aliases aren’t working either. I have now Bcc’d over a hundred students based on class lists I downloaded last week (which don’t reflect adds/drops). Blarg.

strategy for getting through the year: every time an upper administrator says we should be using more AI in class, since "it's not going anywhere," I'm allowed to drown my frustration with a little treat.

Let it not be said I don't engage earnestly with criticism, while my broader point stands, I added some articles that more accurately represented Carney's past comments on LGBTQ2S+ issues and abortion. They have not been substantially challenging to other actions/silence on issues, but are important

Seen a bad or misleading graph or figure in the media recently? I'd love to see it/share with my research methods class as they develop as consumers of research! Manipulative axes, really small sample sizes, misconstrued percent vs. percentile...show me what you've got! Thanks! #academicchatter

one of the things I really like about my job is that I teach a Fall intro to philosophy to first year students every year. I LOVE their energy & I love encouraging them to follow their questions. ("Yes! you're allowed to disagree with the reading! follow that hunch & try to develop an argument!")

scaring my cats by singing along to KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack while working on syllabi & Moodle sites. (trying to reach the high notes in "Golden")

the crucial “robotically refreshing social media feeds while silently sobbing on the couch” part of finishing a piece of writing in time for a deadline.

Tactics that are used during a labour dispute are optional. @dalhousieu.bsky.social did NOT need to take measures to hurt our research programs, the scientific communities that we serve or the trainees (graduate students and postdocs) we mentor in our lab...

love that lovely migraine headache & nausea combo right when I have an imminent writing deadline. great job, body.

Covid Is a labour issue and will increasingly impact workforce on a population level as people get reinfected -> long covid/disability. Yet mitigation is perceived as hurting the economy....

The chiefs of the nine Mi’gmaq First Nations in New Brunswick say the proposed 500 MW gas plant on the Chignecto Isthmus can’t go ahead until it undergoes a rigorous, Mi’gmaq-led, rights impact assessment. Report by Bruce Wark nbmediacoop.org/2025/08/21/m...

Federal petition calling for an independent climate & environmental impact assessment of this gas plant project. Please read the petition & consider signing, if are a Canadian/permanent resident. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

I have a piece of writing due Sept. 1 but am trying to convince myself it’s due tomorrow in order to (a) generate the panic required for focus and actually Doing the Thing and (b) saving next week for syllabi etc. Unfortunately my brain doesn’t believe in the fake deadline. Brain!! why!!!

Solidarity with colleagues at Dalhousie.

As soon as Air Canada knew the strike was real, they made a deal. In other words, if the government had told Air Canada that they wouldn't force the striking workers back to work, this whole thing would've been avoided. The government constantly siding with corporations is why this chaos happened.

« Over 90% of the flight attendants voted to strike with a mandate of 99.7%.This is almost unheard of & indicates overwhelming member support for the union and their bargaining committee. They want the right to bargain a new and fair agreement and they are willing to strike until they get that. »

"Carney has learned absolutely no lessons of the last three decades about how a more inclusive economy ends up being stronger and more resilient," writes @journodale.bsky.social

Air Canada strike: “We’re going to stay committed to making sure that those workers can do the job that they love doing and actually be able to afford a roof over their heads, to afford caring for their families,” CUPE president just said. “If it means folks like me going to jail, then so be it.”

HAPPY 20TH ANNIVERSARY TO THE ALL-TIME BANGER THEY'RE TAKING THE HOBBITS TO ISENGARD m.youtube.com/watch?v=2X-A...

I think @pattyhajdu.bsky.social fucked up. Big time. Read the room, @mark-carney.bsky.social cause I don’t think people will be happy that you ordered mostly women back to do unpaid work. You’d better have some dynamic speaking points before the milk turns sour

"How Do We Tell the Story of Gaza’s Murdered Journalists? Steven W. Thrasher on Trying to Make Sense of a Slaughter" my latest in @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/how-do-we-te...

This is an open letter I helped draft, where we ask the @apaphilosophy.bsky.social to do the bare minimum and condemn the genocide and mass starvation in Palestine. Just as they have done with other conflicts, taking a stand in favour of humanity is the bare minimum they should do. 1/3

One zombie factoid is so pervasive in my field that I knew a corrective footnote in my book wouldn’t suffice. So last year I published a whole article debunking & explaining how it undermines #Indigenous knowledge. It’s bad already; LLMs will make it worse. academic.oup.com/bioscience/a... #pocosin

They want to erase us from history so that years from now, when the effects are undeniable, they can say “nobody saw it coming.” When what they really mean is people they considered to be nobodies saw it coming.

In what may be a Canadian first, a human rights tribunal has affirmed the right of an immunocompromised person to seek workplace accommodations. Disability advocates are praising the decision, saying it broadens the concept of accessible workplaces. pressprogress.ca/human-rights...

It is very difficult to find ADHD publications that are properly critical and intersectional. So I have been putting together a list with what I have found over the years. I am still working on the list, but here is a start: ddhuijg.com/readings-cri...

A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency. "Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die" Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:

The Canadian government is going in on AI to make way for cuts to the federal public service. My bet is 18 months from now someone is going to get served by "MechaHitler" at a Service Canada and the the whole thing is going to end up with resignations and a Royal Commission.

According to a new report, it the federal Liberals follow through on their campaign promises, it will lead to the "worst spending cuts in modern history." This would have profoundly negative impacts on workers and communities. ottawacitizen.com/public-servi... #cdnpoli

I have said this before, but eliminating programs that teach a lot of students but don’t have many majors is like a restaurant not buying flour in its grocery delivery because people aren’t ordering flour on the menu.

New piece: We might not have fascism in Canada, but our response to U.S. threats has been to double down on colonialism + xenophobia. Power is centralizing to expedite extraction and we must fight in broad coalitions to win. Elbows up against the oligarchy! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Kind of wish academic papers could come with 1980s style sword and sorcery cover images.

Yay! So glad this is out.

Not for nothing, this is the kind of thing that makes me feel very sad about the state of the world. There are almost 250,000 people following this person, who purports to be anti-fascist and pro-democracy, and yet he is actively mocking someone for masking and advocating masking. 2/

As I often say, the fundamental logic of fascism is eugenics. You will never succeed in advocating for democracy and fighting fascism without disability justice. @keithedwards.bsky.social should be ashamed of himself, and moreover needs to think deeply about whose ends his actions serve.

"Part of our task in the face of generative AI is to make an argument for the value of thinking – laboured, painful, frustrating thinking." activehistory.ca/blog/2025/06...

If Indigenous peoples are effectively unable to ever say no to resource extraction, then what we're really dealing with here is a settler veto #bcpoli #onpoli #cdnpoli #mbpoli #skpoli

love being the only person masked on a very crowded flight. (a woman gently asked why I was wearing mine and at first so thought she was asking about the Breathe mask specially but then I realized she was asking why I was masking at all)

The first two books were fabulous - really looking forward to this one!

Frustration is growing with the federal government after “Indigenous partners” were given just days to provide feedback on his proposed changes to how Canada plans to approve major energy projects | @karynpugliese.bsky.social

Trans people have not "weaponized" our rights--we are defending our rights against an effort to eradicate us from public life.