One Nation has no substance. www.theage.com.au/national/i-w...

La Sociedad Mexicana de Sociología lamenta profundamente el fallecimiento del Dr. Raúl Pacheco-Vega, profesor del CIDE y FLACSO. Nuestras más sinceras condolencias a sus familiares, amigos y colegas cercanos. Descanse en paz

This is a devastating loss. Dr Raúl Pacheco-Vega, a UBC alumnus and former UBC faculty member, was a warm and engaging human being who put great effort into supporting students and other early career researchers develop their scholarship. Such an authentic person. He will be greatly missed.

I am completely shocked by this tragic news. I really can't believe it. Raúl Pacheco-Vega was an outstanding scholar who did so much to promote good scholarship. Utterly devastating news.

Says the Convoy's doughnut delivery boy.

So, the BC Conservatives use a points system for selecting their leader: 100 points per electoral district (unless <100 members, then # points = # members. Here is the leadership vote distribution in the final round and the distribution of voter effectiveness (points per valid vote).

I write new mathematics iteratively. I think I have always done this as I find the writing process to be an important part of the proving process for me. I need clarity in my mind and writing helps provide that.

The dramatis personae.

Illinois will have one of the strongest AI safety laws in the nation once I sign the legislation.

Congratulations, Jamie! cms.math.ca/news-item/dr...

It’s our publisher’s job to scan the horizon of independent journalism. To look out for looming threats. “Every day I’m seeing the transformational effect #AI usage is having across the industry.” Let Jeanette Ageson explain. 🧵👇🏽 (1/6) thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...

A good reminder that political parties have political goals, and are not set up to be broadly representative of the voters. They often test the electorate to see how many of the party's minority-backed policies can be implemented while they are in power.

Tras analizar 2,5 millones de publicaciones biomédicas, se han detectado más de 4.000 citas inventadas en artículos revisados por pares www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

If a mathematician had written Moby Dick: Call me Ishmael. Let the name of the whale be as in the title.

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

First a referendum on independence. Now a constitutional amendment to limit s35. Is Premier Smith deliberately sabotaging her own pipeline bid by threatening to remove treaty rights? Or are her advisors just that naive? nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

Excellent piece.

Q: Would you like to stay inside or would you like to go outside? Possible answers: YES NO If Yes wins, how do you interpret this? If No wins, how do you interpret that?

What answers will be offered up to voters to choose from for this question? The proposed question isn't a Yes or No question if the goal is to distinguish between the two possibilities.

OpenAI's claim that this is a central conjecture in discrete geometry is not an exaggeration. This will I think be looked back on as the first time that AI solved a major mathematics problem (defined as a problem that all experts in some subfield had thought about). openai.com/index/model-...

UVic is hiring a Terrestrial Plant Ecologist Assistant Professor! Come join our department! We're nice and Victoria is awesome. www.uvic.ca/science/biol...

U of Chicago has lost the plot. Imagine if John Dewey had been neutral on Jane Addams’s work in the settlement houses….. what is the point of a university that had no faculty working to improve society (according to their own lights)?

A full examination: open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...

Join Elder Larry Grant and writer Scott Steedman for a conversation about their book Reconciling: A Lifelong Struggle to Belong. Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at @museumofvan.bsky.social, 5:00 - 6:30pm. RSVP: museumofvancouver.ca/larry-grant-...

The Computational Biology and Medicine Program at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto is hiring a Program and Data Management Coordinator. Come join us! Applications close 26 May. jobs.smartrecruiters.com/UniversityHe...

And given the lack of government consultation with the First Nations affected, the courts would weigh in on the legitimacy of holding such a referendum.

We’re hiring! The University of Saskatchewan is expanding our undergraduate Chemistry laboratory staff by two continuing positions. We seek a Laboratory Manager, responsible for designing, implementing, managing, and supervising first year Chemistry labs. (1/2)

Congratulations!!

The Ubyssey broke the story before any other journalists. ubyssey.ca/news/canvas-...

I wish there were a version highlighting changes from the last version. UBC misses a key dimension for faculty: no censure for exercising one's lawful freedom of expression. I would like to see the detailed procedures for investigations given the potential to tread on Board authority.

Instructure settled with Shiny Hunters. I hope, for everyone's sake, this works out and doesn't encourage more bad actors.

Governance chaos continues at ANU. www.theage.com.au/national/uni...

I looked at the exact prices, ridership stats and ship capacity for B.C. Ferries for all 66 years of its existence. Here's my deep dive into why everyone's favourite marine passenger transportation service has suffered in the last decade. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The police in Greenland are investigating the case of an American man who locals said had offered money to Greenlanders to sign a petition about joining the U.S.

This should’ve been the end of it. It should still be the end of it.

Man, @nationalobserver.com punches so far above its weight. Do what you can to make it chonkier.

The Dallas Brodie recall just hit Elections BC 😎

A southern yellow-bellied marmot has popped up at the University of Northern BC, raising many questions about the future of the species. And he just so happened to take residence outside the window of the university's marmot researcher www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

B.C.’s unconscionable betrayal of seniors. In a shocking, short-sighted and cruel decision, the province has put construction of badly-needed long-term care beds on hold, by Gary Mason www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

One of the most detailed news articles on the FN Title case stirring up such a fuss among newcomer land holders. A year since published, still timely and relevant. "With court win, Quw’utsun Nation sees a ‘spiritual homecoming’ after 150 years" indiginews.com/news/quwutsu...

This cyber attack affected Canvas globally. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

To my U of T colleagues: is there a reason it is so hard for faculty from another university to get access to the Robarts Library? I am on my second attempt today. I am looking to access history of science print materials, but since I am a mathematician they want to send me to the math library.

If the phrase “Kevin O’Leary’s massive data centre” doesn’t in itself make you suspicious of this technology, I don’t know what to say….

Attention UBC students! :) @ubcphilosophy.bsky.social

We will know what it means To miss New Orleans www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"It’s distressing that so many of us feel so distanced from our coursework that we’d choose to rely on LLMs to carry ourselves through it. Beyond pedagogical updates, Harvard is due for a broader reckoning with a culture that prioritizes assignment submission over depth of engagement."