Here’s my (frighteningly vulnerable!!) follow up on my reporting that exposed a white nationalist active club. On the professional and personal costs of this work:

Students have more power than politicians want to admit. Your rent is here. Your tuition is here. Your vote should be here too. Early voting in Chicago has already started. Don’t sit this one out.

Ugh. Our university sent out an email announcing "Within a few years, students will arrive never having not used GenAI in their academic work" and they're just....accepting this BS premise, I guess. And pouring money into it too, apparently (because we have so much).

Fuuuuuck this. In the midst of a budget crisis and hiring freeze, my university has money to pour into the AI slop bubble.

1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses. Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked. Subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

Ontario wastewater released today…be careful out there, folks! wwater.ca/Ontario

NEW POST: Danielle Smith is no separatist; she's much, much worse emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/danielle-s...

VERY evident COVID continues to rise/spread throughout our communities as the pandemic continues. Everyone must ignore any recommendation to drop N95 mandates. Public health is lying to you. #CleanIndoorAir #N95inPublicindoorSpaces wwater.ca#Ontario

"The law...must not be subject to regionally-based, populist-infused jealousies and recriminations of a separatist-enabling ideologue like Danielle Smith. ...her threat...is proof she’s not qualified to weigh in on Carney’s breakfast order, let alone the federal selection process for courts..."

A woman will head to court in March after the City of Burlington fined her for letting her garden grow wild — and other Ontario municipalities have taken similar measures. @elaineanselmi.bsky.social asks: What exactly are we protecting here? thenarwhal.ca/opinion-burl...

My article on reactions to #UWaterloo 's new RTO policy for staff and the RTO push for faculty is out in the Jan issue of Imprint: uwimprint.ca/back-to-camp...

“Speaking across generations is vital. Those of us engaged in revolutionary political work have to unite all different kinds of people, including people of different ages.” Feminist scholar-activist Barbara Smith shares crucial advice on political organising and building solidarity across borders.

On the first day of back-to-class the best accessory you can have is a well-fitting, high-quality mask. If we value inclusion and accessible learning, this should be a priority.

The latest wastewater numbers for Ontario show Influenza A levels have spiked dramatically, with Covid levels also high. Not a great sign with the return to school next week. Wearing a good quality mask offers good protection from airborne viruses both for yourself and others. wwater.ca/Ontario

A new report finds that kids who got last year’s COVID-19 vaccine had a much lower risk of COVID-related hospital visits than kids who didn’t. All kids age 6 months & older should be vaccinated to help protect them from serious illness from COVID-19. See the data: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

Three kids dead this month, just in our region. It's never too late to start masking again, get your vaccinations and clean the air. Get a HEPA for your home this holiday season (if you can) and crack a window/run a fan. Wash your hands religiously. All these measures prevent Covid, too!

NEW POST: The parallels between Trump's pardons and Danielle Smith's use of the notwithstanding clause emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/the-parall...

🚨 NEW: One of the largest COVID-19 vaccine studies ever (28 MILLION people in France) just dropped. Results? • 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 • 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality • No increase in 4-year mortality #BlueSky #MedSky #IDSky #SciSky #NewsSky #PedsSky #ObSky #NurseSky

Many of you may have heard that trans girls are now banned from Girlguiding in the United Kingdom, their version of the Girl Scouts as we know them in the United States. It is a cruel new low in a country that has treated trans people horrifically in recent years. The latest from S. Baum.

Premier Danielle Smith is a coward, a bully and a hypocrite. Stripping kids of rights and denying them their day in court isn't leadership, it's cowardice. Sure, she's able to suspend their rights. That doesn't mean she should. My latest 👇🏻👇🏻 www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith plans to use the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to pass not one, not two, but three bills to override the rights of Albertans. Take 2 mins to tell her: our rights are off limits! Alberta: bit.ly/46EVnCM Outside Alberta: bit.ly/48whr55

Tomorrow (Nov 25) is the UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the start of #16Days of Activism on Gender-Based Violence I'm offering 2 FREE bystander intervention webinars to mark the date: 1 in English et un en français Learn community care with me. Sign up! ⬇️

Trans youth who are hurting in Alberta right now, please know SO many of us see you, care about you, and know you deserve to be protected. We’ve got your back and will do everything we can to keep you safe in the face of attacks from craven, pathetic politicians ❤️

Moments ago, Premier Danielle Smith's government made a terrifying decision and introduced legislation to suspend the charter-protected rights of transgender young people in Alberta. Now is the time to act. Visit www.stop-smith.ca to sign our petition denouncing this draconian erosion of freedom.

My story on this and a whole lot more 💫 xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

An anti-abortion protester has shot someone outside of a South Carolina Planned Parenthood. My source says one person was injured and taken to the hospital—and that the protester was arrested. More soon.

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice. This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.

Tomorrow! Oct 16 7-8pm ET Fast paced and interactive but cameras/mics are off, so you're never on the spot. You leave with 5 super practical techniques to de-escalate and safely intervene. Not recorded, so don't miss out! Registration: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

This story is somehow not on either CNN's or the NYTimes' main page...

Children & adolescents reinfected with SARS-CoV-2 face a significantly higher risk of …”myocarditis, changes in taste & smell, thrombophlebitis & thromboembolism, heart disease, acute kidney injury,… generalised pain, arrhythmias, abnormal liver enzymes, ...” www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

“Too often when public services are cut, the burden is shifted onto the individual or the community. Cuts to Canada Post will be borne by those least able to carry them and by rural communities that have been all but abandoned.” www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Seems like a good time to remind people that Canada Post will deliver any piece of mail to federal elected officials for FREE. No stamp necessary! Just a reminder in case you, oh I dunno, wanna send your elected officials a sternly worded letter a day for a year or something.

I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service. Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.

"Tylenol causes autism" is bananas but easy to comprehend from a feminist perspective. They want women* to suffer without pain relief. They want to control pregnant women. But just saw @robinmarty.com point out that it's also to counter the "medication abortion is safer that Tylenol" And oooof.

Let's talk about Tylenol and pregnancy. Fundamentally, this is about making sure women do not get one ounce of relief, but it's also about criminalization. How long do you think it's going to be before they arrest someone for taking Tylenol during a pregnancy? We are going down that road.

Wonderful news. A salutary reminder of the absolute benefits of scientific progress, and the absolute evil of conspiracist bollocks. Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time www.bbc.com/news/article...

A must-read: @msmagazine.com is running an important 4-part series about the rise in anti-abortion violence under the Trump administration. It feels especially timely this week, as conservatives try to paint the left as politically violent in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder.

“I question the sanity of anyone who does not believe this is a five-alarm fire. They created a lot of false pretense with Stephen about money,” he says. “They didn’t bother with the pretense this time.”

So pleased that my 8th book (5th edited collection) is finally out! This one brings together a great group of political scientists and legal scholars examining institutional relationships surrounding rights, in Canada and other parliamentary democracies. utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....

For the record. My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers. I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

"The book that was missing from the catalogue about HIV/AIDS and the catastrophic health, legal, and political crises in its wake." Risk and Resistance by @azizaahmed.bsky.social (@bulaw.bsky.social‬), Coming Soon #LawSky #PublicHealth 💙📚 #Feminism https://cup.org/3TYlyyt

Anything by Allison is worth reading (with Anna Drake, one of the first to write on deliberative consociation).

I wrote about how Trump's threat to end mail-in voting is just his latest attack on disabled people, some of whom find voting by mail to be much more accessible, at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

If you give me 1 hour of your time, I'll give you 5 concrete ways you can safely intervene as a bystander if you witness hate or harassment in public spaces. It's open to anyone, anywhere aged 12+ and cameras/mics muted, so you're never on the spot! Register : zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Sickening. Every journalist in America should think deeply about the fact that most American politicians are willing to accept and indeed facilitate the murder of our colleagues.

The deliberate killing of five Al Jazeera staff has brought the total number of journalists killed by Israel since the start of the war to 237, according to Gaza's Government Media Office. 🔴 LIVE updates:

Bill 5 gives the government sweeping authority to: -Ignore the constitutional duty to consult First Nations. -Override labour protections won through generations of organizing. -Tear up environmental safeguards meant to protect our future. -Shut communities out of decisions that directly impact them