“Canada is not a benevolent nation-state,” @harshawalia.bsky.social says. It is an imperial power. Canadian mining interests, arms transfers, and foreign policy – including in places like Palestine – have historically and continue to produce displacement and deprivation elsewhere in the world.” 🔥🔥🔥
"You know, I believe that the Twin Cities represents the best of America on a fundamental level."
"Why is that & how so?"
"Because we represent this idea of embracing others from other places."
Minnesotans are enacting a powerful vision of America in the face of authoritarian state violence.
If anyone wants them for this Saturday October 18 #NoKings protests, these elements from my comic on Due Process are all available on my site for downloading/printing, sharing in whatever form folks want. Be Loud for Democracy!
spinweaveandcut.com/due-process/
The aid that global health has depended on so much and for so long was never purely humanitarian. It was always strategic: it came with strings attached. @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social writes:
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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👉 AIRBORNE DISEASE: DANGER DENIED 👈
Crawford Kilian's review of Carl Zimmer's new book reveals how we rejected a century's worth of evidence on airborne disease transmission despite proof—and continue to do so today at the cost of millions of lives.
#Airborne #Disease #PublicHealth #Science
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the Trump administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades: propub.li/3RZzqHP
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
Care to share an example? It’s a great idea
Little has been said about post-secondary education this election. But students themselves are paying attention.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...
Sad sad news. His work was so important to my own thinking. And a very kind person.
I appreciate your praxis of generosity— these example collections are so inspiring. In your work I love the way you work from abstract ideas through metaphor to shape and composition
Fyi: "The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, etc."
This org is publishing and hosting them for download so people still have access:
open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?
Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
thebullshitmachines.com
I am eagerly awaiting both these works!
