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Canada issues warning for U.S.-bound travellers with gender-neutral passports The advisory notes some countries, including the U.S., don’t recognize the “X” gender identifier, meaning entry is not guaranteed.

The federal government has updated its travel advisory to the U.S. with a warning that people who have the gender-neutral “X” identifier on their passports may face restrictions when crossing the southern border.

A Bold New Art Museum Opens on SFU’s Burnaby Mountain Campus | The Tyee The Gibson combines three existing galleries into an accessible new space.

The new Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum on SFU’s Burnaby Mountain campus marks the beginning of a new legacy for the university. #TyeePresents

The cat mayoral race: meet 11 runners and riders in the US’s most furious – and furriest – election It has been the talk of Somerville, Massachusetts this summer, with the winner announced later today. Will it be the candidate who promises free kibble or the one who speaks gnomically of ‘CRIME’?

The cat mayoral race: meet 11 runners and riders in the US’s most furious – and furriest – election

From the award-winning author of THE REFORMATORY, a stunning new reissue of THE GOOD HOUSE by @tananarivedue.bsky.social!

Now available!

New cover designed by Rachel Ake (@rake.makes on IG)

Why is the New Zealand government cutting Māori words from some school books? Changes to readers for young children have sparked criticism from academics, authors and teachers, who have called it ‘an assault’ on Māori identity

Why is the New Zealand government cutting Māori words from some school books?

Participants in the 1978 Longest Walk in defence of Treaty Rights. A young man in a hat, girl holding a puppy, on the hood of a car.

Partcipants in the 1978 Longest Walk in defence of Treaty Rights. Girl running her dog along the route.

Photographs of the 1978 Longest Walk to Washington, DC, in defence of Treaty Rights that were being threatened by Congress. Images by photojournalist and activist Richard Erdoes (1912-2008).

The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University.

A red and white banner features a graphic of the Te Herenga Waka Press logo (THW) and text saying 'New website sale, 50% off all books published 1949-2022, throughout August, while stocks last.'

Huge news! Today we're launching our biggest sale ever, to celebrate the move to a shiny new website.

✨ Smooth website experience
📚 50% off ALL books from 2022 & earlier
🗓️ For all of August, while stocks last

The sale is live now at www.teherengawakapress.co.nz.

Pretty cool: headed to Texas for three fast days, so, three t-shirts—Jade Daniels, Weasel Plume, and Killer/Babysitter. Thanks, @igreggreene.bsky.social and www.threadsofdread.com

Glad to see Jessica Johns’ excellent Bad Cree in the section even if Cree and Blackfoot are traditional enemies 😆

Now this is one cleaver little prairie dog..
Wait for it…. 😂🤣

MB is very creepy. It’s a classic in Canada and I love teaching it. Lisa Marie is a fantastic character who has an unsettling gift (I won’t spoil it for you). I notice something new each time I read it

Check out nativenorthwest.ca/sasquatch-fr...

Sasquatch Caves: Hope Length: About 1 K rtn Elevation: Minimal Pit Toilet: No Dogs: No Waiver: Must sign at Holiday Motel Headlamp: Yes Clothing: Cave wear (clothes you don't care about/long pants or gaiters) Let someone.....

Have you read Monkey Beach? B’gwus, the Haisla Sasquatch, is in it. As an incentive to visit BC www.hikingforthescaredycat.com/sasquatch-ca...

A black and white photograph of a séance. A hand rises from the mist pooling near the floor.

‘A Séance’, from the William Hope Collection, held at the National Science and Media Museum.

#PhantomsFriday

Stephen Graham Jones is reinventing the vampire According to bestselling horror author Stephen Graham Jones, good stories don’t happen in heaven — they happen in hell. His latest novel, “The Buffalo Hunter Hunter,” is a chilling historical vampire ...

Check out this interview with @sgj.bsky.social

www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

If you’ve never seen one before, this is a strawberry finch.

An advance look at “On Parade,” David Plunkert’s cover for next week's issue. #NewYorkerCovers

Ryan Coogler Says He ‘Never’ Considered Making a ‘Sinners’ Sequel, Wanted to ‘Get Away’ From Franchise Films: ‘I Wanted It to Be a Holistic and Finished Thing’ Ryan Coogler says he wanted to 'get away' from franchise films when making 'Sinners.'

I want filmmakers to be their own franchises. I don't want SINNERS 2. I want the next Ryan Coogler movie.

I can attest that it's definitely worth the wait!

The cover of the book "Global Indigenous Horror," featuring a cartoon-like drawing of a woman with a crow head, against a backdrop of topographical map.

A big new release explores horror across the boundaries of nations. "Global Indigenous Horror" has essays on BLOOD QUANTUM, LA LLORONA, ROUGAROU plus literature & culture. @nsborwein.bsky.social @junescudeler.bsky.social @upmississippi.bsky.social
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Talking Heads: Assemblies in Early Medieval Germany by Stuart Airlie. From the book Political Assemblies in the Earlier Middle Ages, edited by Barnwell and Mostert.

And you may find yourself living in a thatched-roof hut
And you may find yourself living in the Holy Roman Empire
And you may find yourself negotiating with your lords
And you may find yourself in a beautiful hall, with a beautiful wife
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"

The Zoot Suit Worn by Maluma at Met Gala 2025 Has a Scandalous History Dress as an act of resistance, we're here for it.

The Mexican Zoot suit, or Pachuco, was brought into the 21st century last night at the 2025 Met Gala. The suit is known as an act of resistance and “was an open rejection of the moral codes propagated by sanctimonious white middle-class Americans.”

Anne of Green Goebbels

YouTube video by APTN News Why are Indigenous issues not being discussed much in this federal election? | APTN News

During this election, Indigenous leadership and experts have highlighted that Indigenous issues are not being discussed enough among party leaders.

Cody Groat, an assistant professor of history and Indigenous studies, shares his insight on this issue.

Art.

for my entire life i have simply never understood how anyone reading this can be convinced this is an antisemitic statement

Rinse and repeat for the foreseeable future.

Hey, I’m mentioned in the Los Angeles Review of Books 🎉☺️

Kinsale Drake, Stacie Denetsosie, and I edited an annthology of INDIGENOUS FUTURISMS AND FEMINISMS. Cover reveal coming soon! The voices (writers and editors) are all women, two-spirit people, and/or people of marginalized genders. Most of them emerging.

Harvard rejects Trump administration’s demands with federal funding at risk The university’s response comes after the government announced a federal review of nearly $9 billion in funding to Harvard and its affiliates.

Alan Garber, wrote Monday in a letter to the campus cmty. “No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue." Fight on. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...