Political violence is evil, killing people is evil, a country with more guns in it than people is broken, and what the government is saying about political violence right now being a primarily leftwing phenomenon is factually, statistically untrue. They are using this moment to rewrite history.

Whoa.

blue = biden red = trump www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

"If we exclude 2020, when the pandemic wreaked havoc on the economy, the first eight months of this year show the slowest job growth in the U.S. since 2009, when the economy was still hemorrhaging jobs from the Great Recession..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Ken Dryden has died. A Hockey Hall of Famer with the Montreal Canadiens, he won six Stanley Cups, the Conn Smythe, Calder and five Vezinas. A best-selling author, he also served in Parliament from 2004 to 2011.

Six-time Stanley Cup-winning goaltender Ken Dryden dies of cancer at age 78, Montreal Canadiens say.

And academics from many other disciplines!!

Et voila! Case proven. #solar

“In June of 2024, the Washington Post reported the WNBA’s losses had grown to $50 million! Yes, while Bloomberg had reported in 2023 that revenues had doubled from 2019 to 2023, the WNBA/NBA insisted that losses had grown five times!”

I have been talking about pay in the WNBA for nearly ten years. It feels like this time, the story has changed. I did three interviews today (two TV interviews, one video podcast) and it seems like so many people now understand how much the WNBA players are NOT being paid what they are owed!

They went from “we listen to science & data” to “we talked with federal officials.” FYI, this doesn’t just affect trans women. “The policy says that nonbinary athletes, transgender men and intersex athletes will also be limited to competing in the men’s category.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...

SCOOP: U.S. Soccer star Catarina Macario is joining Nike on a 10-year, $10 million sponsor deal. (She was previously with Adidas.) More details on the new partnership, which cements Macario as one of the highest-paid players in her sport, at @Forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/justin...

In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...

Every bunny was kung fu fiiiiightiiiing 🎵🎶

Goose and a Watermelon.

Pro tip: say no to at least 50% of requests and, whenever you decline, provide the names of two male colleagues who are shirking their share of service. (Gold star for BCCing the dean when you do so.)

Happy bear cub playing in sprinkler is what every #bluesky timeline needs... 🐻🤗

CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.  Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

American friends, do know many Canadian universities will still accept applications for fall entry? I'm Dean of an excellent College of Arts at a beautiful university in a small very safe city. And we're not far from the US border. www.uoguelph.ca/admission/un...

#UofG | Dr. Ann Pegoraro talks to CBC Sports about why now is the moment for women's sports. @sportmgmtprof.bsky.social Read more:

We are pleased to announce the launch of our new Civility Analyzer, designed to assess online interactions' tone and quality by automatically identifying toxic and prosocial content in text-based datasets. socialmedialab.ca/2025/06/17/c...

Happy Canada 🇨🇦 Day

Yesterday, we soft-launched two new features for PoliDashboard.org: Semantic Search and an AI Ads Summarizer to help users find deceptive or suspicious advertisers. polidashboard.org/how-to-use-p...

Read Echoes on Ice, the research magazine for The Hockey Conference 2025, here: umanitoba.ca/law/sites/la...

See page 19 for "The mothers' reckoning: Analyzing media narratives of queer and heterosexual hockey playing mothers" 🏳️‍🌈🏒 ⬇️

The Senegalese women’s national basketball team had to cancel training camp in the US after 11+ members of their team, including five players, were denied visas. Meanwhile, the US intends to host the World Cup and Olympics while Trump is in office. t.co/pFrEnUWUC0

The University of South Carolina will impose a $472 annual mandatory fee on students to subsidize the athletic department. This is an incredibly problematic way to cover the cost of paying athletes + will significantly undermine solidarity between students + students who are campus athletic workers

Ipsos poll finds Canadians approving of both LGBTQ+ rights and trans rights in specific more than other countries, and finds support for trans people is still rising slightly here amidst the propaganda campaign that's meeting with successes elsewhere: globalnews.ca/news/1124973...

Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of the social media platform Reddit and husband of the tennis legend Serena Williams, says he has invested in the Chelsea women’s team in order to “finally match their talent with the resources and respect they deserve”. #cfcwomen www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Please enjoy these shelter pups reacting to getting a kiss. Some are bashful, some have butterflies, and all deserve approximately 10 million more. 14/10 for all

How about this shot today from Elizabeth Earle Photography in Twillingate, Newfoundland!

www.cbc.ca/sports/shire... Congratulations @shireenahmed.bsky.social !!!!

I saw an article titled "Late Night Monologue Takes On Carney Trump Meeting" from a Canadian news outlet and was annoyed there are no Canadian Late Night Monologues... so I made one.

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

Someone should really tell Trump that, if he's going to say we don't do much trade with Canada, he might want to make sure his own website backs him up.

Here's a preview of a highlight from our upcoming "State of Social Media in Canada 2025" Highlight #5. TikTok growth is slowing: User base grew to 35% (+9 pts), but daily use dipped five points to 60%, hinting at a shift from explosive growth to consolidation.

FANJOY WINS! FANJOY WINS! #cdnpoli

Tomorrow is Earth Day 🌏 Tomorrow is our final Earth Month webinar on women’s sport and climate with @sportmgmtprof.bsky.social, Hilary Meyer and @maddyorr.bsky.social See you there!

Almost 10% of the entire Canadian electorate voted on the VERY FIRST DAY of advance polls because we’ve spent the last 3 months watching what happens when you elect a populist windbag who vilifies journalists and shits all over people’s fundamental rights. Thanks America. You really did us a solid.

this thing is going to sell so much better than it would have, simply because it is so clearly the anti-Cybertruck

Tonight, Wisconsinites stood up and said loudly that justice does not have a price—our Courts are not for sale.

That asshole blew $24 Million dollars and won't learn a thing.

Elbows up, Canada.

We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado. 11,000 people showed up. Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.

"To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me. Yet, I was still detained for nearly two weeks. "Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there."

We're on Bluesky now! 👋 This is the official profile of Communication & Sport, a bimonthly academic journal published by @sagepub.com to foster international scholarly understanding of the nexus of communication and sport. Read us here: journals.sagepub.com/home/COM

OK, this is almost funny

Crazy graphic, from Angus Reid