Uma Kumar

#booksky

Reminder this event for #pridemonth is in five days, online, in English. You need to register via email to Nora Hogrefe.

how different would academia be if we valued community impact more than perceived global impact. What if the distinguished professors were distinguished first by making their region / state / students' lives directly better rather than the acceptance quality of an Elsevier journal article.

The thing about this article: there are *plenty* of migrants who want to move to these areas (eg in places like Brandenburg and Saxony in Germany) but too many of the locals have fascist sympathies and hound them out. That is a major problem, unaddressed in this piece.

... policy matters. Through long-term commitment to social housing and limited privatisation, housing can be made better and more affordable. Takeaway for cities like #Vancouver

Vienna has been declared a renters’ utopia – and it’s easy to see why | Justin Kadi Social housing makes up almost half of the city’s 1m homes. The system isn’t perfect, but it gets a lot of things right, says housing expert Justin Kadi

Vienna has been declared a renters’ utopia – and it’s easy to see why | Justin Kadi

Perhaps a good time to re up the New Fascism Syllabus, an online repository of resources on neofascism, populism, and authoritarianism, including a research repository and relevant secondary literature.

newfascismsyllabus.com

Asked whether the Booker Prize committee could easily grasp her stories, which deal with themes like culture, religion, and caste, she said, “Patriarchy is not limited to Karnataka—it exists globally.

Read more at: www.deccanherald.com/india/karnat....

"Among the 87 sammelans so far, only four have been chaired by women writers. Now, Banu Mushtaq becomes the fifth to receive this honour," www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...

Language Confidence: Banu Mushtaq Urges Youth Not to Feel Inferior Without English Fluency Cultural Voices: Booker winner Banu Mushtaq encourages Kannada-medium students to value knowledge and language pride over English fluency.

Children from rural areas should not feel embarrassed. They should focus on gaining knowledge and speak confidently in their own language.” Bhanu Mushtaq, #Booker prize winner

Read more at: www.deccanherald.com/india/karnat....

Sign at Toronto Reference Library: “Ignite minds, not books.”

A message from the Toronto Public Library

Banu Mushtaq: lawyer, Kannada writer, feminist and now International Booker winner New Delhi | She's a lawyer, an activist, a feminist. And a writer in Kannada who distils it all in her stories that are deeply reflective of the lives of women

I recommend Heart Lamp: Selected Stories to everyone, but especially those working on #multilingualism. This is a collection of short stories by Indian writer Banu Mushtaq, originally written in Kannada between 1990 & 2023. Now an International Booker winner. english.metrovaartha.com/life/people/...

Joyous celebrations at Banu Mushtaq’s home in Hassan; elated husband watched award ceremony online Hassan businessman Mushtaq Mohiyudin ecstatic as wife Banu Mushtaq wins International Booker Prize in London.

www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...

Sehr traurig!

Good interview with the two directors from A Land for All
archive.is/9DLcx

I think it would be good to get some women in charge of the countries that have nuclear weapons. Women talk to each other. Women can be reasonable. Enough with the macho men and swinging dicks.

I am so sick of seeing people respond to anti-war posts with "so you want Iran to have nuclear weapons?"

Believe it or not, there are lots of ways to prevent nuclear proliferation that don't include starting wars. The choices are not limited to "bomb residential buildings" or "nuclear armageddon."

hey a small request:

don't use fucking LLMs or generative "A.i." for anything. they destroy your brain. they're wide open to manipulation by right wing billionaires. they're full of lies. they're based on theft.

just say no.

Historikerin über Opfer von Fritz Honka: „Es ging auch darum, Würde für sich zu behalten“ Ein Gedenkstein erinnert nun an die vier Frauen, die Fritz Honka umbrachte. Die Historikerin Frauke Steinhäuser hat nach ihren Spuren gesucht.

Fantastische Arbeit meiner Freundin @fraukest.bsky.social
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Black and tan hound mix standing on green grass and facing camera looking happy with a white football in front of him.

Eamonn delighted with himself for finding a football in the park.

Gregor Robertson doesn't accept blame for Vancouver's housing crisis The outgoing mayor spoke with CBC's Justin McElroy in an exit interview on Friday, October 5.

In 2018, I asked Gregor Robertson four times if he bore any responsibility for Vancouver's housing crisis after being mayor for a decade.

Four times, he said no.

I wonder if he'll feel any responsibility going forward.

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

I saw a post the other day, about how researchers are using AI to peer-review scientific papers.

Never EVER do this.

The expectation is that people are peer reviewing scientific papers manually, and are paying very close attention.

I know that it's a lot of work.

Many of the papers that I

The fact that Charles will be delivering this is the absolute dead hand of inherited status and authority this deserves.

Teaching Eastern Europe in the Age of Russia’s Imperial Invasions: A Conversation On Being Postcolonial When No One Takes Any Notice Abstract. This forum brings together six historians of Eastern Europe who discuss decolonizing approaches. In the aftermath of the Russian genocidal war, t

Over the last 22 months, @oksanadudko.bsky.social and I have been plotting this forum in @historyworkshop.org.uk
It offers input on decolonizing Eastern European history and how why we urgently need Eastern Europe when doing postcolonial history.
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Every day is really a competition with the last to see how much worse things can get because of hideous decisions by toddlers with power. It's like Greek mythology, but with real people.

Tell Ken Sim: Fund Vancouver's Public Libraries Now! — COPE Vancouver We demand that Vancouver City Council provide funding to hire staff to reverse cuts in hours and to expand library service to 7 days a week at every location across the city.

Stop the cuts to library hours!

The people have spoken.

Ken Sim & his billionaire-backed party have no mandate to continue underfunding our vital public services.

People waited hours in line to send a message. Sign & share: votecope.ca/libraries #FightForVancouver #vanpoli @seanorr.bsky.social

Swedish Language and Nordic Studies (Lecturer) - Faculty of Arts Apr 1, 2025 The Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies (CENES) at the University of British Columbia – Vancouver Campus invites applications for a full-time Lecturer position in...

We're hiring a lecturer in Swedish language and Nordic Studies! The person who gets this job will join our wonderful dept @ubc-cenes.bsky.social at UBC Vancouver and play an integral role in our Nordic Studies program. Please apply/share with interested folks! www.arts.ubc.ca/academic-pos...