Ossoff: "We have a president who's completely out of control, a crook engaged in unprecedented corruption, who's passing one of the most unpopular agendas in history. The public is turning against him. The opposition is motivated. We can win & we have to win, but we don't have the luxury of despair"

20 years plus a day since one of my favorite concerts: Pearl Jam's only (so far? pls?) visit to Halifax, supported by a phenomenal set from Sleater-Kinney. Magnificent evening.

The digital age threatens our cultural memory. Can libraries, archives & museums create a just, sustainable future? 📖 Learn how in the #booktalk for AFTER DISRUPTION with Trevor Owens & Shannon Mattern. 📅 Thurs Sept 25 🕖 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET 📍 ONLINE 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1633230118...

In hindsight, all the problems started when we moved away from hand-written library catalog cards.

Irony is truly dead.

"history is also going to remember the cowards who definitely knew better but still let things happen—whether it was for money, convenience, or just comfort. Use ... the only phrase that can genuinely make a weak bully go away: F**k you. Make me.”" www.pajiba.com/news/john-ol...

Not only is today the 1st day of the Best Season, it is also #HobbitDay (celebrated based on Sept 22nd being both Bilbo's & Frodo's birthday). I'm celebrating by continuing reading my 50th anniversary HoughtonMifflin edition with the lad. He's iffy on it so far, but I'm enjoying a nostalgic revisit.

This Sunday afternoon! Visit HCC to talk cycling infrastructure, or learn about the Cycling Guide app. Drop off your bike for safekeeping at our bike valet, get some bike maintenance from 12-2pm, get a bike fit from physio Adrian Wong from 2-4pm. HCC members can pick up their free anti-theft shield.

One takeaway for Canadians watching what’s happening in the United States right now is that we need to put more pressure on governments / parties to strengthen democratic institutions and the fourth estate You can also defend democracy by supporting the work of journalists and civil society groups

Meanwhile, Brian Kilmeade, who advocated killing all homeless people, still has a cushy Fox job.

No more publishing in library journals we're all makin zines

Curious about securing longterm access to cultural heritage? Discover Canada's innovative strategies! Sept 24 at 9pm in Europe, 8pm UK time, 3pm EST, and 12pm PST. Bring your favorite beverage. Register here: stanford.zoom.us/webinar/regi.... #CulturalHeritage #Canada #DigitalPreservation

The Canadian publishing industry calls for the repeal of @youralberta.bsky.social's discriminatory book ban. The revised directive continues to restrict access to literature, stigmatize marginalized communities, and undermine the expertise of educators & librarians. publishers.ca/repeal-alber...

Come work with me! We're hiring a permanent-stream Outreach and Engagement Librarian. You'll even have an office next to me! You know you want this. jobs.careerbeacon.com/details/outr... (I'm on the hiring committee so I can't answer questions but I will freely say it's nice here, join us.)

- you clean up that banksy? - sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked

How is this real life,WTAF.

Ken Dryden was the antithesis of everything Don Cherry stood for. And unlike Cherry, he actually won at the highest levels. He was an intellectual, an author, a politician. I was lucky enough to meet him in 2006. Unlike Gretzky, he never sold his country out. RIP. A true icon who was one of a kind.

Some Killam library satire from The Mackerel! "I feel I’ve carved my niche as Brutalist Baddie on Dal campus. Lately I'm starting to wonder. Everyone talks about is how hideous I am. Do they really think I'm uglier than Studley House? Hey, the Hicks I understand, but... Is it me? Am I the UBIS?"

it's aliiiiiveeeeeee! all 700 pages of my dissertation can be found here: hdl.handle.net/2429/92159

A relaxing end to the day with Colson Whitehead, a cold pint, and a Cocteau Twins soundtrack

On Friday, Sept 5th at 12:00 p.m., DFA members will be standing together outside the Killam Library to support precarious workers in our union. @dalfaculty.bsky.social

Apple growth hits a pause in the Annapolis Valley as drought threatens fruit and trees #Drought #NovaScotia www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...

Well, this is one of the most terrifying and anxiety inducing things I've ever seen. Imagine the road filled with drivers doing this. Now you can understand the hyper vigilance required of pedestrians and bicyclists. And despite that, we can still get splattered because of 3 seconds of distraction.

I’m just saying that when it happens I’m jumping out of bed, running to my window, and tossing a coin to a boy to buy the biggest goose in town

Effective 4 p.m. today, Friday, Aug. 29, the province has lifted restrictions on access to woods within the Halifax region. The provincial burn ban remains in place for the entire province. More details: www.halifax.ca/home/news/re...

2nd DFA Lockout Rally - This is happening RIGHT NOW! Game on and #keepdalstrong - 6225 University Ave, Halifax - Outside Killam Library

On September 25, at 1pm ET, I'll be talking with @tjowens.bsky.social about his book, After Disruption. I especially want to know how we think about the values informing cultural memory practice amidst such ubiquitous, nefarious disruption — and plan ahead for the aftermath. Hosted by @archive.org.

Fantastic evening for an aging punker, with Buzzcocks and Descendents on one bill on the first night of the tour. Two acts I never thought I'd see here.

Glory be, #Descendents finally make it to Halifax for a brilliant show at the Light House Arts Centre #EverythingStillSucks

Join us this Friday in front of the @dalhousieu.bsky.social Killam Library for our rally! Students are arriving this week, let's stand together and show them that we care about saving their Fall term from this reckless Board behaviour! #Keepdalstrong @ansut.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social

We are also grateful to have a fabulous zine accompany this bibliography! With thanks to @literaturegeek.bsky.social and many many others. Check it out and download it here: zinebakery.com/bakeshop-zin... #BookHistory #QueerBookHistory #LGBTQIABooks #Research #QueerZine #Zine

A harrowing spot to cycle-commute through on the best of days.

We talk a lot about the black box problem in AI and not enough about AI as censorship.

things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes

Absolute fire of an album release day with new Royel Otis, Wolf Alice, Water From Your Eyes, and Greg Freeman records out. A great listening day today!

No Maritime team ever won the Stanley Cup, but Moncton, New Glasgow, and Sydney have their names immortalized on the trophy. Learn why in this story I recently wrote for Saltscapes about hockey's wild pre-NHL days. (No paywall)

"Queer Book History" zine is done (32 pages!), just getting final team edits pre-pub. Built on upcoming @sharpnews.bsky.social Queer Book History Bibliography—100s of resources by team led by SHARP Bibliographer @bibliowingate.bsky.social. Zine=fave reads, teaching examples, community+conf info +

Today we are highlighting the Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection, digitized by the University of British Columbia (UBC) Digitization Centre and made available through UBC Open Collections, which contains over 3,000 items. niche-canada.org/2025/08/21/t... #envhist #cdnhist #mininghistory

Vanishing records, inaccessible files: the public’s right to know is at risk. 📖 Join our #booktalk, PRESERVING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION, with librarians James Jacobs & Jim Jacobs. Shari Laster guides the discussion. 📅 Aug 28 🕙 10 AM PT /1 PM ET 📍 ONLINE 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1513557303...

All welcome to join DFA's 1st rally in 23 years! In front of the Killam Library, Friday August 22 at 12 noon, half an hour only. See you there! Help us to #KeepDalStrong @ansut.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social @cupe3912.bsky.social @nsgeu.bsky.social

Excited to finally announce the release of my first ever book, and the first ever book from we here press. It is a pocket-size guide to my archival theories and experiences in the form of essays- some you may have heard in part as lectures, some which are unpublished until now. www.weherepress.org

Seen at the Killam library at @dalhousieu.bsky.social #KeepDalStrong @dalfaculty.bsky.social

Thinking of my faculty colleagues who, 10 minutes ago, have been locked out by the Board less than two weeks before the start of the fall term.

The Cubs winning the World Series in 2016 definitely opened up a portal to a horrific timeline that can probably only be closed by the Cubs winning the World Series again.

The best time to build a lot of housing is decades ago. The second best time is now.

Nature Nova Scotia’s posts from today:

The firefighting efforts as seen from Beechville

Digital preservation in action.

HRM: "Police are asking the public to avoid the Bayers Lake area. Evacuations and street closures are underway."