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Cool sounds from living creatures? Bears huffing; ravens crackling; and raccoons chirring (the last one I heard tonight).

Canada will pay for NATO spending hike partly by developing critical minerals: Carney "Some of the spending for that counts towards that 5% (target). In fact, a lot of it will count toward that 5% because of infrastructure spending"

“Critical minerals” make it sound much nicer than the absolute pillage of the land and waters this implies. To say nothing of endless war. nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

For those in it/ How do you think about the experience of this intense heatwave? For me, it feels like I’m waiting, a bit claustrophobic.

Who else feels like the Liberal government is taking full advantage of the fear of Trump to push through Trump-lite policies?

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My current cosseted existence as a visiting scholar in Italy means that each afternoon, I work in an old palazzo, while buskers sing opera and horses clip clop down the street outside my window. Weird.

Law and social movements research conference! With a comparative lens. www.sns.it/it/evento/so...

Protests irritate those in power, who seek to contain and shrink the spaces, and expressions of dissent. We must stop this City bylaw, limiting the location of protest, when it is clear what is being debated. shorturl.at/NLeAk

I hope more universities do this (in the US especially, but also Canada -- our students and faculty may need assistance as well!)

Trump wants “Viewpoint Diversity” at @harvard.edu . Does this mean poorly researched findings are just as valuable as well researched ones? Yeesh

It’s one of those sunbeam on skin; smell of road salt kind of days.

YouTube video by friendsofthe11 Drop the Charges Against the Indigo 11!

youtube.com/watch?v=kyaW... Over 100 Palestine solidarity activists have been arrested in Toronto over the past 17 months. Help fund legal defense at tcjf.ca

I just heard this as well. The entire staff of the National Center for Education Statistics, created in 1867, has been fired.

Let me just say, Canadians are paying attention/freaking out. We can hopefully use the moment to promote a vision of internationalism and a model of care for all our relations.

Mahmoud Khalil Is the First Activist to Be Disappeared by Trump The detention and attempted deportation of Khalil is a test by Trump to see how far he can go—and a test for us to see how hard we will fight back.

The detention of recent @columbiauniversity.bsky.social grad and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil by ICE is a structure test. www.thenation.com/article/acti...

Migrants must not be blamed for housing crises, says Special Rapporteur on Housing GENEVA – Migrants and refugees are not responsible for the global housing crisis and are among those most vulnerable to its effects, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Balakri...

"Politicians find it more convenient to blame foreigners, instead of addressing the cumulative consequences of years, even decades, of failure to protect housing as an enforceable human right."
-- UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Balakrishnan Rajagopal

AAUP Condemns Trump's Threats Against Campus Protests as "Antithetical to Democracy" Academic organization criticizes president's remarks about expelling and arresting student protesters.

The American Association of University Professors (@aaup.bsky.social) issued a strongly worded statement Wednesday condemning President Trump's recent comments threatening to expel and arrest student protesters and cut federal funding to colleges and universities that permit campus demonstrations.

Delighted to be a part of this! Incredible editors and contributors ..

#Trumpnausea is a thing

We know that creating uncertainty is a power move. But some things remain certain. we must take care of one another and all our relations.

As a supervisor of graduate students, today I was reminded of how anxiety can be the enemy of curiosity.

Suspended for 15 months so far.

Trump ousts Joint Chiefs chairman, other leaders in major Pentagon shake-up The Navy’s top admiral and a senior Air Force general also were dismissed as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moves to align the military with Trump’s agenda.

One of the big questions with coups is who the military sides with. It's a big question now. Does the firing of a whole lot of leadership make the military now more malleable, or does it anger and alienate a lot of people down the chain of command? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Anyone else in Ontario experiencing a surge in political polling? I think I’ve had ten calls, texts or emails in the past two weeks.

Anti-imperialist, natch

Imagining some sort of political internationalist alliance amongst Gazans, Greenlanders, Panamanians and Canadians. Room for growth. lol

It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.

A mensch. RIP Michael Burawoy

Hey so FYI this is why a lot of us believe billionaires should not exist. Because no one should be rich enough to topple a government

Arendt, Gaza and Personal Responsibility Under Genocide In an essay crafted in 1964, “Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship,” Hannah Arendt reflects on a set of moral issues concerning our capacity to

“Historians and more it is our task as scholars to assume and assert our personal responsibility under genocide as the fire continues to reign.” @aycacu.bsky.social criticallegalthinking.com/2025/02/03/a...

Three months of protests against corruption and state violence in Serbia – the emergence of the largest student movement in Europe - Mašina English Protests against corruption in Serbia and emergence of the largest student movement in Europe

Must-read coverage of Serbia's massive -- and still growing -- student-led protests www.masina.rs/eng/three-mo...