Michael Röllinghoff

Canadians are very well practiced at not discussing genocide, except through mealy-mouthed euphemisms.

that last point is so basic to this whole scam

“.com(mie): The Radical Leftist Response to the World Wide Web Bubble”

Hah! I woke up thinking of that guy. They made me feel less homesick, that’s for sure.

There’s a certain kind of Canadian that got all uppity about “51st state” rhetoric and then posts like this. 😕

Well, almost-- they're setting it up so Americans are bound by the law but not protected by it.

This is actually very Bushian-- remember "free speech zones"?

Snipers were presumably on the roof to pick off anyone that tries to run (there's literally no other reason for them to be there). The NYT just swallows the claim it's as a "precaution".

Yikes! I don't follow them, but looking at their profile/feed, I get the feeling that they're that kind of leftist version of the "ugly American" stereotype-- nothing beyond their own borders/life experience actually exists.

I really need all of us to abandon any impostor syndrome. It’s time.

Italian fascist Jews like Ettore Ovazza were murdered by the SS during the German occupation-- so, forget compromising; being a literally card-carrying fascist doesn't save you either. I know this is grim but I suspect the same will be true of Patel himself (or at least his career) before long.

I guess the passengers think so…

bsky.app/profile/naom...

And the ship was over 100 km outside of its territorial waters. I wonder if this legally constitutes piracy.

One in, one out (and the one that’s out is, IMO, a really solid panel). I think I might‘ve read they had about twice as many applications as they have spots for so this tracks.

Early last semester, Droubi said, students began approaching Cheyfitz with complaints that a graduate student in the “Gaza, Indigeneity, Resistance” class appeared to be recording them, possibly to “gather their names and comments” and intimidate them. “We believe that a student came to the course for the sole reason of surveilling and potentially harming students in the class,” Droubi said. “That ended up proving itself to be true because multiple students came forward and shared their concerns with Professor Cheyfitz.” Cheyfitz said one Palestinian student quit the class after telling him she felt upset and frightened. Current Issue Cover of October 2025 Issue October 2025 Issue According to Cheyfitz, the graduate student often steered conversations away from the assigned readings—which at that point mostly focused on definitions of genocide and international law on Indigenous rights—to defend Israel’s conduct in the war in Gaza and argue with others in the class. “He clearly had not done the readings,” Cheyfitz said. “It was disruptive.” Cheyfitz said he met with the graduate student in late January and spoke to him about concerns from his classmates. During the conversation, he asked the graduate student to drop the course, and by the next class, he did, Cheyfitz said. The graduate student, Oren Renard, a PhD candidate in computer science whose identity was confirmed by other students in the class, previously served in Israel’s elite military surveillance agency, Unit 8200, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Cornell is cancelling a distinguished professor's classes on Gaza and suspending him because of the complaints of a student who previously served in Israel's military surveillance agency and was literally recording the comments of other students in class and deliberately derailing discussion.

Texas Tech chancellor directs faculty to recognize only two sexes in classroom instruction The memo comes after Texas A&M fired a professor over a lesson related to gender identity after a student objected to it.

Before I turn on @npr.org again or read another @nytimes.com editorial, because I know exactly how it'll be:

This isn't "a threat" to academic freedom. It's not igniting "a debate" about it. The "future" of academic freedom isn't at stake. This is what the end of academic freedom has made possible.

I don’t disagree at all, but it’s a labour relation now.

Yeah I've noticed this before and I don't like it... We don't need to discover what causes autism or panic about it. The increase is increased awareness ergo funding and testing. Of course you didn't more bacteria when you develop a better inking method.

And having any social media's probably not great if you're on the job market...

I totally agree. I think when I used it most was when I was on the job market since seeing that someone at such-and-such a university was reading my work meant I was being considered. But, that kind of "pick me!" individualism is extremely unhealthy in any other context.

In addition to cancelling your Disney accounts, now is also a great time to delete academia.edu

This sort of thing is now bubbling up on the left, such as Gabor Mate's theory that early childhood trauma "causes" ADHD: a perverse mirror image of the far-right discourse. The very basic idea that neurodivergence is only pathological from a neurotypical point of view never factors in.

I'm increasingly disappointed in the left's response to traditionally far-right conspiracy theories that vaccines/Tylenol "cause" autism. Our response is usually to deny the association but not the premise, which is that autism itself is pathological.

Massive Attack remove music from Spotify to protest against CEO Daniel Ek’s investment in AI military The band cited a ‘moral and ethical burden’ placed on artists by revenue from their work ultimately funding lethal technologies

Worth considering if you’re subscribed.

As usual with conspiracists, if their theories were true the evidence would be overwhelming.

Canadian-style doublethink is when your elected officials genuinely think you’re stupid.

Deleting my Academia.edu account in light of their predatory new terms and conditions. There is no way of opting out. It's a shame because it has been useful over the years, but I'm not prepared to give them these rights.

Thanks to @downham.bsky.social for highlighting!

GLEN COULTHARD (Yellowknives Dene/Canada), Scholar of Indigenous Studies)

CANISIA LUBRIN (St. Lucia/Canada) Poet

MADELEINE THIEN (Canada) Novelist

IMMANUEL WILKINS (US) Saxophonist, Composer, Arranger

The Alchemy Lecture 2025

Sound—at the Interregnum

Glen Coulthard
Canisia Lubrin
Madeleine Thien
Immanuel Wilkins

Date: October 30, 2025
Time: 5 - 8 p.m. (Reception: 5 - 6 p.m.)
Venue: Tribute Communities Recital Hall, CIBC Lobby (Location) YorkU
Event type: Hybrid – in person and online

BCCLA condemns the Liberal government’s unfounded, biased, and authoritarian decision to bar Irish-language rap group @kneecapceol.bsky.social from Canada, preventing them from performing their October shows.

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