I recently learned (or re-learned?) that the dot over the "i" and "j" is called a tittle and, ever since, my days have become 100 percent more whimsical.

Pro-wrestling legend Mick Foley announced this morning that he's parting ways with WWE over the organization's "close relationship with Donald Trump," saying the president's "incredibly cruel comments in the wake of Rob Reiner’s death is the final straw for me."

Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah. Praying for his full & speedy recovery. And so deeply inspired by his example.

Dave Grohl sucks, his music is terrible, and this news, while new to me, is not at all surprising.

1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad 2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices. www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...

This is nightmare fuel for those struggling with their mental health, especially children. www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...

This…is frickin’ good.

Woo! Congratulations NYC. What amazing news.

New awareness campaign

I'm so tired, but my heart is literally pounding. This game is bananas.

Love, love Yesavage. Someone described his pitching as "changing a lightbulb on a rickety ladder" and it is so true!

knocked the ball and ohtani outta the park

Holy! Bo Bichette 🎉🎉🎉

Everyone at the International Society for First World War Studies is greatly saddened to hear about the passing of Dr Tim Cook. www.warmuseum.ca/news-release...

the last time a World Series game was played at SkyDome in Toronto, it was in 1993 against the Phillies and their catcher was Darren Daulton. Later, his Phillies teammate, Gary Varsho, named his son after Daulton, and Daulton Varsho just homered for the Blue Jays at SkyDome in the World Series

Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

Tom Morello not only has a social sciences degree from Harvard, his great-uncle was also JOMO KENYATTA

Today on Grading for Growth, a guest post by Jody Langdon on how she uses a (traditional) LMS gradebook to communicate progress in a Specifications Grading setup.

Distracted today by City crews taking down a silver maple that has been outside my house for 120+ years. It was once a beautiful, thriving canopy and was damaged by shady builders a couple years ago. It's not dead, but apparently the city doesn't care to try and preserve it.

Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/

In my most recent University Affairs column, I share strategies to help students retain knowledge in their post-secondary classes. Academic colleagues, please take a look and share with your networks! #academicsky #academia #teaching #highered #pse universityaffairs.ca/career-advic...

Jesus Christ. A standing ovation — from Liberals too — for Charlie Kirk in the Canadian House of Commons. You can (and should) oppose political violence without doing all this, you know.

My living room "books on the go" pile features some amazing folks, including @nimishabarton.bsky.social and @thetattooedprof.bsky.social !

Come be my colleague! Research Chair in Trans Studies position open at @uvic.ca www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...

UC-Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names “related” to anti-semitism, mostly for voicing support for Palestinians. Judith Butler is among them, she calls this “McCarthyism” UC Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names in antisemitism probe www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Oh wow, I see some American trends have crossed the border. UofT faculty placed on leave for social media posts. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This whole thing is absolutely terrifying.

Billions in funding cut. Billions evaporated from local and prov economies. International students pushed to a suicide wave. It will get worse. 10 000 jobs gone or about to be. It’s front page news if an auto plant loses 200. Conservative uni policy + idiotic admin = a nightmare.

If you see this, repost with a vampire that is not Dracula.

I can't decide which is worse: either our government doesn't understand that these guys are Nazis, or they think it's a good idea to invite Nazis to their cabinet retreat.

Wow!

Health Canada has approved Moderna’s newly updated Covid vaccine — and for the first time, the vaccines will be manufactured in Canada. globalnews.ca/news/1134908... #medsky

Despite being in an awfully stressful travel situation, I fully support the Air Canada flight attendants, as they defy multiple back to work orders. It is time - and they have the guts - to say no to this increasingly anti-worker hellscape we live in.

I know there are more serious things happening in the world, but the decision by @mark-carney.bsky.social 's Liberals to impose binding arbitration on AC flight attendants tells you everything you need to know about this government. That union had massive public approval for this job action.

Dear colleagues who have a permanent automatic reply set up: please don't. I am really sick of receiving the same confirmation of email receipt and next steps plan every time I email. Can't I just assume you got my message and also safely assume you will respond to it in a somewhat timely fashion?

Barking mad digging-in by the IWM. The single most fundamental thing that anyone has to understand about Nazi policies towards Jews is that they didn't define Jewishness as a religious practice, but as a "racial" origin. That's what made their antisemitism "modern" & "scientific"...

I'm not American, but I'm pretty sure crime in DC is up, thanks to the gang of criminals that make up the current sitting government. And only them.

Oh yes, this is why I get so very angry when so many conversations turn to "career-readiness". It is not the work of universities to create workers for private companies. Our labour (of love) is to help people flourish into creative, caring, inquisitive existences.

why does canada continue to arm and trade with this genocidal apartheid state? why do we allow canadians to serve in their genocidal army? why are their diplomats still in ottawa? why haven’t we sanctioned them? why won’t we demand they demilitarize? why don’t palestinians have a right to exist?

“We face a stark choice: either we uphold our collective ethical responsibility and speak out to prevent further mass violence and starvation, or we will be remembered for our selective silence and inaction during one of the most urgent crises of our time.” www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

My philosophy for getting students writing is that writing needs to be a desirable alternative to outsourcing to the automated syntax generation machine. There's lots of hurdles to clear, but the start is to convey that writing is about more than words. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-...

Unlike Sam Altman, the people behind Gemini actually do understand what it means to have five Ph.D.'s in your pocket

Nailed it.

I mean, the AHA could have just been honest: As long as AI is helping entrenched powers remain entrenched and genocidal governments continue their genocides, they are all for it!

What trash. "Some have raised ethical, environmental, and economic concerns about AI", but the AHA is here to tell you to shove those concerns because HOW DARE you deprive students of the opportunity to engage in unethical, environment destroying activities???

Does anyone else wake up and feel “off”, like something’s wrong you just can’t quite put your finger on? And then you remember the world is burning and flooding, people are starving, dictators are ruling the Earth and terrorizing/killing innocents, and you realize you’ve put your finger on it.

If you're looking to get up to date on modern Algerian history, this review article will show you the way!

“The more I learn about genocide, the more shocked and embarrassed I am by my own ignorance. Once I actively tried to be better informed about genocide, the picture in Gaza became terrifyingly clear” — powerful and brave personal essay by my NYU colleague Lihi Ben Shitrit for @forward.com