Halifax rally calls for affordable housing measures in Nova Scotia #Halifax #NovaScotia www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...

As we ready for the UCP's 2nd pre-emptice use of the notwithstanding clause in as many weeks, let's clarify what this means. 1️⃣ The move is constitutional. They *can* invoke it. 2️⃣ The UCP is not *required* to do this. There are other means to pass the law. 3️⃣ They should not use it, in my view.🧵

#cdnpoli #peipoli #pei

Not all of you on here remember the dot com crash, so I guess it's nice you'll get your own, but the downside is that this one will be much more gruesome.

pending over 33% of your income on rent? You're not alone. Vancouver, Halifax, BC & Ontario renters are hitting unsustainable affordability thresholds in 2025. See where your city ranks + what rent-to-income ratio you should aim for: shorturl.at/ZXimS

Anyone who has tried to walk to Africville knows this house. For a mere $3,900/month, enjoy life between Halifax's principal container truck route and a rail yard. Fall asleep to the relaxing sounds of marine industry. Keep abreast of the latest trends in highway-adjacent billboard advertising.

Keep an eye on these names, companies, and the way this went down in Alberta with regard to the Sask Party plans for forced rehab centres. #Sask #SkPoli

Moving is a pain. Finding a new place. Changing your address on all your docs. Rearranging your whole life. All sorts of unexpected costs. Doug Ford's government wants an entire third of the Province to live that way - in constant anxiety - all to satisfy their wealthy donors. #onpoli

Why did the Minsk process fail to resolve the conflict in Ukraine? 🇺🇦 In a recent article published in Post-Soviet Affairs, Paul D’Anieri analyzes why further conflict was the only possible outcome: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #polisky 🧵(1/5)

During CAUT Fair Employment Week, @cupe3912.bsky.social colleagues at MSVU are on strike, and those at SMU are in conciliation, all fighting for a fair deal. It's time for universities to step up and properly recognize the value of those on precarious employment. #MakeItFair

Contract Academic Staff - they publish, mentor, innovate - all on precarious contracts. More than 80% of CAS surveyed consider their work vital to their university’s mission. Let’s treat it that way. #FairEmploymentWeek#[email protected] @dalfaculty.bsky.social@cupe3912.bsky.social

The move to offer free ferry rides during this weekend's Halifax-Dartmouth bridge closure is welcome and long overdue to become the standard practice. Too bad the ferry stops before midnight, though, as it renders it useless for getting me to and from my Jays-watching plans.

I simply do not know how anybody could have known this symbol had Third Reich associations before today... It's not as if it ever gets referenced in popular culture. There isn't some massively viral comedy sketch entirely focused on that particular skull motif...

It's @caut.bsky.social Fair Employment Week. Becca Babcock, LTA @dalhousieu.bsky.social "I'd like to focus on my students, rather than worry about unemployment." Short-term contracts for long-term needs weaken the academic environment. #KeepDalStrong @ansut.bsky.social @cupe3912.bsky.social

UNIVERSITY STANDARDS SHOULDN'T BE DICTATED BY TRUMP & PRIVATE EQUITY CEO open.substack.com/pub/politics...

as possible from getting vaccinated. The ONLY reasons to do this are to get more people infected, overwhelm the public healthcare system, destroy it, and usher in private healthcare. There are zero defensible economic or efficiency reasons to do this. Zero. It’s anti-life. #Ableg #abpoli 2/2

Oh yes, you understand that correctly. The @Dalhousie.bsky.social administration has walked itself straight into another job action through its unfair treatment of its employees. When are we going to collectively make a statement that the problem is the leaders, not the workers? #KeepDalStrong

Blue Jays postseason ads on Sportsnet+ are 90% for things I think should be illegal: Payday loans, online casinos, private MRIs.

“Will our November issue create aftershocks? Maybe,” writes The Walrus editor-in-chief @cstarnino.bsky.social. “Each story asks the same question about power: who wields it, who keeps score, and who lives with the consequences?” thewalrus.ca/you-cant-always-...

Have you seen our Comparative Political Theory Elements series? Explore the series- a platform for researchers, graduate students, and teachers to expand their knowledge of political thought beyond the West today. https://cup.org/3L1btiT #PoliSci #PhilSky 🗺️

Want to know more about how the overlap of religious, ethnic, geographic, and economic identities contribute to religious discrimination? This piece I wrote with Nikola Mirilovic and Jonathan Fox now has been assigned to a "print" issue. #polisky #polrel

on a personal note: Hillside United church is holding the 1st annual Donna Dodsworth Memorial Food Drive on Saturday, Oct 25th. Brave, extroverted folks will be knocking on doors asking for donations. Also an option to drop off donations at 12 flamingo drive between 10am & noon that day!

From a recently retired U of Alberta faculty member: this is a definite Nous thing. www.ualberta.ca/en/uofa-tomo...

Letter about staff firings at Dalhousie. If you are inclined after reading, you can also sign. #KeepDalStrong docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Dalhousie’s admin has lost the damn plot. Let’s be clear, while provincial funding needs to be increased to help our universities thrive, Boards still have the money to pay employees a fair wage and provide more job security. Dal added $80 million to its cash-in-hand last year alone. #KeepDalStrong

Please sign to support part-time academics and teaching assistants at Dalhousie! #KeepDalStrong @dalfaculty.bsky.social win.newmode.net/canadianasso...

So the same politicians who throw a fit if schools don't teach Shakespeare are now throwing a fit because universities do teach it.

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

we're commencing the most dangerous time of year for pedestrians and our municipality continues to focus on paint as a solution. Email to leadership requesting urgent action to address systemic harm that we have chosen not to address docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Deny Sullivan: Halifax bridge toll blunder: Houston’s election gimmick worsens gridlock

www.facebook.com/share/16V7eK... #Keepdalstrong

COVID and Flu shots are now open to book in NS! #halisky novascotia.flow.canimmunize.ca/en/booking/c...

Heat or eat? Half of Atlantic Canadians within $200 of not paying bills ______________ · By Natasha O'Neill · halifax.citynews.ca/2025/10/09/h...

This Friday, Oct 3, join CUPE3912 for their rally. Great chance to show solidarity for our colleagues @dalhousieu.bsky.social #KeepDalStrong

DFA members Julia M. Wright and Spring Farrell comment on surviving the condensed fall term. dalgazette.com/news/dal-pro... #KeepDalStrong

Oh, you thought because I wasn't angry posting every day about the stupid @dalhousie.bsky.social lockout that I had calmed down about the whole thing and everything was ok? Nope. The semester is a dumpster fire 🔥🔥🔥 Students are rightfully pissed 🤬🤬🤬 and I'M 👏 FUCKING 👏 TIRED 👏 #KeepDalStrong

All out for @cupe3912.bsky.social this Friday! #KeepDalStrong @dalfaculty.bsky.social

Reading this release (www2.acadiau.ca/about-acadia...) makes me even more angry at the process we just endured. Acadia demonstrated both sides can commit to not only maintaining relationships but strengthening them. For me, relationships feel fractured and repair will take time. #KeepDalStrong

New original article: What's in a Polity? Political Institutions and Varieties of Economic Interventionism in the United States and the European Union From: @donatodc.bsky.social, Lorenzo Moretti, and @manuelamoschella.bsky.social #polisky #PAsky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Honestly, saying nothing would have been better than that “people are urging me to say something” email to faculty. #KeepDalStrong

"I got caught doing wrong, so I was urged by some people to send a non-apology" #keepdalstrong

I'm still concerned about disrespectful *actions*, including the lockout itself and the damage it caused to everyone (a difficult Fall term for students & faculty, loss of pay, for some loss of grant opportunities). Before we move on, I think we need those responsible to acknowledge those harms.

I made the mistake of checking my junk folder and learned that the #DalLockout2025 did a bunch of bad things, even to the president who ordered it. I'll be using the e-mail in class as an example of how the passive voice is used to cloud responsibility. #KeepDalStrong

Just when you thought it was safe to check your Dal email… I do feel badly that #DalLockout2025 upset our senior admin so. They should probably look into who ordered it so they can be told never to do something so destructive again, and to refund the students. #KeepDalStrong

Useful posting from @dalfaculty.bsky.social on admin salaries #keepdalstrong www.instagram.com/p/DO_VNG5DuG...

I will believe it when I see it, the problem is also the rental $$, we need more than 19,000 affordable units, according to CMHC, Nova Scotia needs 14,500 per year of affordable units. This 19,000 total is pathetic. #NovaScotia /1 (see 2nd post in thread from cmhc) www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...