The absolute collapse of their stupid AI ruse — hopefully followed by a massive wave of tech regulation and imprisoning the politicians who enabled this — cannot come soon enough.

The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout: Humanities majors killed on the job market 1) Mamdani- Africana Studies 2) Spanberger -French 3) Sherill - Global History

Full Mamdani victory speech. ✌️❤️💗 www.youtube.com/live/NnM_RgL...

Elected Democrats spending more time today praising Dick Cheney than Zohran Mamdani is a great case study in abject fucking moral failure.

I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-) he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit

I sincerely hope Democrats pay attention to tonight’s results across the country. They won’t learn anything but still. Maybe. People are excited by change and original campaigns and bold ideas and candidates under the age of 50!

#Zohran wins as mayor of NYC!!!!!! A progressive wins - hooray!

Can I use part of my bereavement leave and cancel work this week? (Just kidding- or am I?) Yes, it was a good game, and yes, I'm proud of the Blue Jays but that loss is so hard to take. Clearly I need to go through all the stages of grief first, oof. #worldseries #bluejays

Chant at the bar, says my friend: "I feel nauseous, clap clap clap clap clap." Followed by "let's go blue jayyysss..." #bluejays

As we start the 9th inning, no matter what happens (and although I obviously want the #bluejays to win), this is just a damn good game, and a damn good series. THIS is how baseball should be played.

Hahaha loved seeing these when trick or treating today. Let's go Blue Jays!!!

will kim is still in ICE detention

This was such a fun way to reflect on and unpack my very meandering PhD journey! Thanks to @tungohan.bsky.social for making space for my interdisciplinary and any-disciplinary ways!

For @academicaunties.com , @aadita.bsky.social & I chat about the difficulties of supporting projects that break academic norms even in interdisciplinary environments. We also talk abt research undertaken outside the academy & why it can be more cutting edge! www.academicaunties.com/episodes/col...

Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!

Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs - Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75% - Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60% - Social Sciences by 50–70% - History by 60% - Biology by 75% - The German department will lose all PhD seats - Sociology from six PhD students to zero

i actually don’t think the “average” american millennial man had a nazi phase. it’s not some boys will be boys shit. this makes me side eye you and your friend group, sounds like a personal problem

Cancel SPOTIFY. They are running ICE ads. F them. www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...

Good lord police you're looking for someone who robbed an art museum the guy is RIGHT THERE

I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.

In this ep of @academicaunties.com, Willow Samara Allen, Nisha Nath and I talk about the harms committed by "nice white ladies" in the academy, incl white tears, why "niceness" 👎, structural violence. This episode's subtitle could be "shit ww have said to us." www.academicaunties.com/episodes/nic...

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

We just taped an episode of @academicaunties.com about white women + white feminism. (Need to provide the usual disclaimers here that ofc we all have white women friends, not all white women are performative in their allyship etc.) It will be 🔥

Mascot rave actually seems like an incredibly effective tactic. There's absolutely no way to spin that the dancing unicorn was threatening.

My summer and early fall obsession w/ #thesummeriturnedpretty has led me to discuss the show in-depth with friends. And so I figured why not chat about it on the pod? In this episode, Nicole De Silva & I analyze the show from an auntie perspective! www.academicaunties.com/episodes/the...

On our latest episode, we take a break from academic seriousness and get into @tungohan.bsky.social 's guilty pleasure: The Summer I Turned Pretty. Listen wherever you get your podcast! www.academicaunties.com/episodes/the...

This was such a lovely event and a huge honour. Thank you again to the @robartscentre.bsky.social for inviting me to give the Robarts lecture, thank you to Raj and Mohamed for giving comments, and thank you to those who attended. Jazz band was fabulous too!

ICYMI: Ellen Gabriel and I published a new piece on resisting Canada's "elbows up" colonialism, for @canadiandimension.bsky.social: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

We are back on @academicaunties.com!!! In our first episode, we speak to Dr. Carrianne Leung about the energy we hope to bring to the school year, unconventional paths to the academy, and many more! www.academicaunties.com/episodes/the... #highered

NEW EPISODE! @tungohan.bsky.social and Carrianne Leung talk about the energy we bring into the classroom, with students who are coping with realities of fascism, genocide, climate catastrophe, and the uncertainties of AI. Listen on your favourite podcast app: academicaunties.captivate.fm

Sounds amazing. I love when something practical feels so poetic.

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States. 🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

In half an hour, I will be watching RF Kuang talk about her latest book, "Katabasis"! So excited! And I got a signed copy too. #booksky #booknerd

Great to see @yasmeenabulaban.bsky.social at the @apsa.bsky.social meetings! Here, with her new book, coedited with @tungohan.bsky.social and @mireillepaquet.bsky.social. @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social is the proud publisher.

As you're settling in to (beautiful!) Vancouver for #APSA2025 don't forget to mark your calendar for the 20th annual Methods Café! It's a venue for one-on-one & small group discussion w/top experts in the field on a range of qualitative and interpretive research methods & approaches. Don't miss it!

If you're going to #APSA, check out the Palestine program!

Afterwards, join us for the Robarts Lecture in Canadian Studies by @tungohan.bsky.social entitled: "From ‘Canada First’ to ‘Good Enough to Work, Good to Stay’: Far Right and Progressive Social Movements, Digital Activism and International Student Migration to Canada". See poster for details!

Join our #APSA2025 Wednesday afternoon short course on Planning for Real: Bringing Your Whole Self to the Field!

You're invited to learn more about interpretive methods at the 20th annual IMM Methods Cafe at #APSA2025! Sept. 11, 4-5:30 pm, Marriot Point Grey Room.

Ravecca addresses Latin American Political Science in authoritarian times here. Learned of this work from @tungohan.bsky.social

i think people need a refresher on what constitutes a Distraction. the cracker barrel logo thing (zero stakes, obviously invented controversy) is a Distraction. the ongoing military occupation of washington dc (ample footage of random delivery drivers being violently detained by feds) is not

Oh, this is clever

It's finally out! Am proud of this article that Megan Gaucher, Harshita Yalamarty, Asma Atique and I wrote on grandparent visa sponsorship in Canada! We make the case for the need to strengthen family reunification pathways and to include grandparents. theconversation.com/heres-why-ca... #canimm

Summer is almost over and we gotta get our syllabi ready. If you want to learn more about ways to jazz up our syllabi + come up with assignments in a post-AI world, check out these sessions being organized by superstar colleagues @yorkuniversity.bsky.social! www.yorku.ca/teachingcomm...

"Awaiting Editor Decision"

This is still one of the best ways to limit deportations. Stop collaborations between ICE, local police departments, sheriffs, and county jails.

11 activists and 1 journalist were aboard the Madleen #FreedomFlotilla they are now hostages.

#madleen #flotilla #gaza #greta

Amazing. Right out in the open: "universities are free to do research as long as they're sympathetic to the administration." I want to personally play this clip in the face of every fucking clown who spent the last several years pretending that the left is the "real" threat to free speech.

Inbox pitch: "As a person who has done a TON of research - without AI - it drained what felt like years from my life—time, Alex. Time that could be spent on more fun stuff…" Research IS the fun stuff, my guy. It is the sauce.