Doctorate in Philosophy Awarded to a Woman for the First Time (1678) Born to a noble Venetian family, Elena Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman to be awarded a doctorate in philosophy. encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Elena+Cornar... #OTD #history

If anyone wishes to honour the bravery of Monsieur Mizrahi in #Montreal, he attended this synagogue: www.chabadcsl.com/templates/ar... Alternatively, please donate to a women's shelter in your town. Hate won't win.

Why is AutoTrader🇨🇦 randomly making listings inactive without warning? I had a serious inquiry about my ♿️ van for sale, then suddenly they gave it the Quietus - now bland automatic replies to my support ticket. Wrecked a weekend of effort in the high season! #Toronto #car #auto #disability

'Twas a glorious day to head to the Toronto Islands. It's just the one swan, actually.

Happy Pride month 💕🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💕 archive.org/details/1959...

✨️🏳️‍🌈✨️ #history

Ignorance, cruelty, cowardice, and hipocrisy were just the beginning of his failures. #military #history #WWI #Italy #milhist acoup.blog/2021/10/08/c...

"A kittnlen for Master Flechette" (1887) is fairly famous in Canada. As long as there have been photos and drawings - and probably since humans invented hats, or bowls - people have been sticking cats in them lol

They interviewed my 🇨🇦 grandma's cleaning lady to make sure I was "solid", & my friend couldn't get a compartment because his 🇳🇱 aunt was a keen socialist... but the all-🇺🇲 guys like this twerp continue to receive an insane amount of trust without verification :/ www.npr.org/2026/05/28/n...

Saving salamanders! Splendidly symbolic in medieval lofe - bestiaries, alchemy texts, and Christian foklore - these fabulous "frosted" Florida flatwoods 'phibians are worth your time to read about! #medieval #science #environment www.npr.org/2026/05/27/n...

If you read French then the comments from the participants are also very entertaining - especially when someone comments, "but marching can't possibly be THAT difficult." Praise Nike the Hoplites had sturdy shoes ;) #military #history #archaeology #histoire www.youtube.com/watch?v=Verl...

It was a dark and stormy night when the sniper fundraiser began... #teamyuri #NAFO

A splendid video wherein @tomscott.com shows us how an English park stages 32 naval battles each Summer - including #aviation that isn't the local ducks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMYY...

Accurate. Cartoon by my MyGumsAreBleeding.

Isn’t that the 2 main operating modes in Russia? www.mk-kamchatka.ru/incident/202...

Go #medieval in Avignon France with a #crusade #history conference happening 03-06 June! rmblf.be/2026/05/05/c...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg2a... Using #medieval filk to roast a haircut is a wonderful use of the internet.

When "higher than normal call volume" happens so often that your company has a message about it, that's your new normal call volume - and you need to hire more people! @teksavvy.bsky.social (not the only firm doing this but a consistent offender)

If any U of Toronto alum is suddenly finding that their uni email does not work on their phone, it's because Microsoft is having a snit about us NOT using their shitty Outlook app to read our emails. Helpdesk says to download Outlook for phone, or use utorID over browser :p

Packing up to move - hopefully for the final time, because my ribs muscles are very angry about the amount of books I own. Even the 2 that I've written so far. Hopefully all goes well and I can get on with book 3 very soon!

Hello #NAFO! I have older but functional devices (1 Tablet & 1 Surface) I'd like to send to #Ukraine - please help me match with anyone currently collecting! If not then I'll consider #education projects too. Pls help me pass the word - can send Meest but must go this week. Slava! 🇨🇦🫶🇺🇦

On a happier note, I found my photo of the original Orion rocket test launch (Or1on / ETF-1)! Kennedy Space Center is a great museum (see alt text). Alas my photo with Astronaut Jerry Linenger did not survive the car crash that killed my phone & laptop a few years later. But he's a true treasure 🫶

When you want to justify your resource war as a "crusade" then you ask a medieval history major... not the failed Army major with a silly tattoo and a shitty ideology. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Good morning, space fans! Canada's moon astronaut Col Hansen & the rest of the Artemis mission can be seen on NASA's livestream here now: m.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rwf... (Livestreams max out ~12 hours so you may need to click the NASA logo beneath, then click the red-circled logo for the new stream)

Here's the official and free livestream to watch Canada's first lunar astronaut and the Artemis II mission (thanks Obama) www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR...

How Iran yoinked a unique Iraqi-French plane that "accidentally" bombed the US Navy, by Matt Bevin. Episode webpage: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... Media file: mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/j3/...

I like big words and I cannot dissimulate - It's true and I cannot prevaricate! (@darthputinkgb.bksy.social)

Go to 26 mins for Israel & Lebanon, which is why things are the way they still are there now. Plus it's a fundraiser for a Chicago preservation effort, saving early home video recordings of TV broadcasts & the equipment to play them for local students. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhLP...

Exposing "The Firm" aka the Russian external affairs office under business cover in the Ivory Coast tasked with "intox" (disinfo) turning local opinion against Ukraine. Every country has one. Worth translating this artiicle if you don't speak French! #NAFO #OSINT www.france24.com/fr/afrique/2...

"Free" to a good home, my arse! His Magnificence Douglas, rescued from a backyard breeder, annexed my home in 2022. Recently his bladder needed hospitalization (symptoms seen early = no permanent damage yay) He's worth it, yet his $4000 bill means I won't see my family in Germany for a 7th year.

"Why march when you can sail in 1066" hypothesis now has an interview! sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/go... #medieval #maritime #history #mediaeval #ukpol

Why march when you can sail? Those pesky Victorians may have misunderstood 1066 being a pedestrian affair: www.theguardian.com/culture/2026... (They got a lot of the Third Crusade wrong too, so I count this as plausible!) #medieval #maritime #history #Norman #navy #sailing #military #chronicle

In case you love medieval buildings but, like me, you live too far away to visit any... then I highly recommend following this excellent architecture history account. (Heidi is the human form of the medieval mouse who scurries about these splendid 🇬🇧 churches)

Anyway, here's a nice bit of #medieval #art for your dinner table.

Everyone who complained about Iraqi Freedom being a "war for oil" should feel very silly right now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

This. Although I'm not sure what anyone expected when the US *twice* elected a malingering rapist conman to be Commander-in-Chief.

Faster than the stupid canal idea lol

Can any #ship or #transport fans please #identify the manufacturer of this #UK donated ferry circa 1965 or 1970? It operated on the Euphrates north of the city of al-Hit (Anbar, #Iraq). It was called "Blondie" & the operator recalled the British named it but not why (photo (c) Dr H. al-Oubeidi)

Since the start of the #Iran war there's a new Number Station in Persian called V32. France24's #espionage #history enthusiasts describe this new station & its techniques, then discuss the tactics & goals of this 20th.c. technology's appearance in 21st.c. warfare. www.france24.com/fr/%C3%A9co-...

"Ozzyman does OSINT" wasn't on my bingo card but I'm very glad for his new video, teaching essential ways to debunk propaganda using publicly-available info. To be clear: He & I both believe it happened, and that context was missing. Here's more of the missing info - m.youtube.com/watch?v=ruPl...

A nice refutation of the ahistorical larping of the Religious Fundamentalist / manosphere twerp.

Post your favourite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answer only...

Let me say this about that: Iran had no cause to allow a girls' school to exist near a military building. It's an authoritarian regime; the government knew & approved of using children as Human Shields. In Iraq I worked with a girls' school; I saw how both Saddam & Da'esh did this. Shame on Iran.

Did a spot of local shipspotting yesterday - the early melt has left the Bridge 21 repair crew scrambling to finish for an early open! Here are VAC (1942, icebreaking tugboat) and JOHN D (1954, tug workboat) at Port Colborne on the Weooand Canal (Lock 8, Lake Erie approach) & some final ice shards

Bashing bigots with sarcasm, iftar edition. (yoinked from Reddit by my brother, who converted and dreams of snacks lol)

Your friendly Friday reminder to practise Safe Secs! Your cloud storage (incl your phone backup) is NOT legally private and doesn't uaually require a search warrant. The cloud provider can give your data to police voluntarily for any reason. Use this March Break time to de-cloud & de-google 😎