Finally reading @lunavives.bsky.social Gate of the Sea

“The grand political struggle in the twenty-first century is between antiracist democracy and racist dictatorship” - @ibramxk.bsky.social “Chain of Ideas” 2026, p. 496

The EU funds this. Now they’re shooting at their own citizens in international waters.

Migrants ‘feared for their lives’ as Libyan gunmen fired on rescue ship https://aje.news/et7hkm

Join! Austin Kocher and Amelia Frank-Vitale talk about her book, *Leave If You Can: Migration and Violence in Bordered Worlds* She tells "stories of deported young men in Honduras whose lives...reflect the broader symptoms of disinvestment, violence, and simplistic enforcement schemes."

I know some of the actors in this show… academeblog.org/2026/05/14/t...

Remigration

Rest in Peace, Mer xx

How international students became cash cows for Canadian universities by @cathyconrad.bsky.social

How international students became cash cows for Canadian universities by @cathyconrad.bsky.social

In several provinces, international students have access to public healthcare at no additional cost. In BC, however, they have to pay. And those fees have amounted to more than $400 million since 2020. pressprogress.ca/internationa...

The science answer the premier has already paid for Commentary by Jonathan Langdon

The Halifax Examiner needs your money Morning File by me

Be on the lookout

Over a decade ago my students bought this Gambian bus sticker, brought it back to campus and put it on my door. It’s not obnoxious or unprofessional at all 😗. Yet there it remains, with not a peep from anyone and with silent chagrin from some I’m sure.

Reading @ibramxk.bsky.social newest book and am learning so much, as I always do when reading his work. A very important read…

There is no NYC without unions. A people united and organized cannot be defeated. Together, we're showing the world what solidarity means.

‘Uplift all people’: We must protect Nova Scotian universities by Cathy Conrad @cathyconrad.bsky.social

‘Uplift all people’: We must protect Nova Scotian universities by Cathy Conrad @cathyconrad.bsky.social

I was interviewed for this piece on Spain's regularisation scheme in @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/13/s...

Really enjoyed recording this episode of Conversation with Iris with Nandita Sharma (@nsharma101.bsky.social). Nandita examines the historical and political production of migration, borders, and national belonging, with a particular focus on the figure of the migrant www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI6L...

Rosie giving her best wtf face

Just leaving this here...

Who thinks the ‘assassination’ attempt was staged? Raise your hand.

The fact that the US and Israelis didn’t anticipate the impacts of the Strait of Hormuz annoys me to no end…

Suzuki school of music spring concert

The circle of death is: Cut faculty (or non-replace) so you offer fewer classes so fewer people enroll so you cut faculty so you offer fewer classes so fewer people enroll so then the market has spoken.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/u... Explain to me how this is a 2026 headline? (Asking rhetorically, of course)

I think it may be a first, correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Trump is the first President of the United States who is mentally ill.

NEW - (Un)Making mess at Europe's data borders: Order, control, critique, by Claudia Aradau, Lucrezia Canzutti and Sarah Perret www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I’m thinking those astronauts might want to hang out in space a little longer…

A different perspective. Always helpful.

US Senator points out the absolute insanity of spending 2 billion dollars a day to reopen the Strait of Hormuz when it was already open before Trump started the war. They created a global crisis out of nothing.

Full article: The migration map trap. On the invasion arrows in the cartography of migration

Demonstrators denouncing US President Donald Trump's policies took over streets across the US on Saturday, for the third ‘No Kings’ rally. More than 3,200 events were planned in all 50 states against what protesters see as an authoritarian form of governance.

A dozen years ago my departing flight from Newark had a near take-off collision with a landing flight… I assume that it was an ATC error. I closed my eyes and braced for impact that by shear luck we barely escaped. When today happens I realize how lucky I was.

@bsky.app thanks, Republicans. You wouldn’t put a brake on him and now look at the mess we’re in.

Putting the fiscal cost of the Iran war in context. $200 billion > $194.9 billion, which means that Trump is planning on spending more on the Iran war than he took in with his tariffs which raised tons of revenue. I wasn't sure this could be right, so I drew a graph, and it is.

Seven Heavens Away by Ashraf Zaghal… sooo good…

I think we all sorta knew that the MAGA-Trump-DOGE thing was racism and such, but then Nova Scotia did the same budget slashing thing and now the Carney Liberals, so it's pretty clear the rich and powerful are just looting every damn thing because they can and fuck you.

The whole world is going to hell Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social

Things are not ok in Nova Scotia @caut.bsky.social @nsgov.bsky.social Pls tell your Minister of Advanced Education that we have a problem.

"Fossil fuels push the world towards autocracy. Overthrow our demand for them, and we overthrow much of the current tyranny. Greener, cleaner, cheaper, kinder, fairer: what a beautiful world we could have." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Chile begins construction of anti-migration trenches at Peru border reut.rs/476eV4f

Should just call this article "The Fascists are Succeeding in their Efforts to Muzzle Academia" www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/u...

Nova Scotian university students are on strike by @cathyconrad.bsky.social

Nova Scotian university students are on strike by @cathyconrad.bsky.social