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Also slip-on, so you can get them on and off without having to find a chair. (Actually I realized I needed slip-on boots in the toddler-chasing era - by the time they were dressed, it was exigent that I be ready to go outside IMMEDIATELY)

World champion curler, veteran broadcaster Colleen Jones dies at 65 Jones, a world champion curler whose effervescent personality made her a popular presence on the CBC over nearly four decades, has died.

World champion curler, veteran broadcaster Colleen Jones dies at 65

N.S. mom alarmed after teen targeted by predators on school-issued laptop | CBC News Timestamps on the computer showed that messages were accessed both at home and at school.

A parent in Nova Scotia discovered that her child had been targeted by online predators while using a school-issued Chromebook. The device, provided by the school board, gave access to apps and games including Roblox. 1/

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My child just told me they thought I was born "in the 1600s or something." I either look very, very good for 400 or very, very bad for my actual age.

Thanks for doing this again Steve, I always find it interesting!

Four stories about people dead or in life-threatening condition after vehicle collisions, 2 of them involving pedestrians. Not amazing.

4 of 6 stories in the GTA section of the Toronto Star are vehicle collisions, 2 of them pedestrians. Not a great look for the city.

+ women are not a special interest group! We are not homogenous! We are half the population!

That seems to be missing from the discourse every single time.

This account is undefeated.

The tetherball set gets used by all the neighbour kids from 6-10 (caveat: I live in a very sporty neighbourhood). Would recommend getting one designed for adults as big kid swings are mighty enough that our first set cracked quickly & became irreparably broken after 2 years

Escaping from under rain coats where we are. I remember being deeply offended at having to wear snowpants and a tutu as a child.

Solidarity to anyone practicing their fake-purple-hair dragon braiding technique tonight.

Excited to share that the Centre for International and Defence Policy at Queen's University is recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow for our EU #HorizonEurope project AMALTHEA on gender, radicalization & extremism.

www.queensu.ca/cidp/call-ap...

Hey @tomflood.bsky.social I had to write about this. - Walking isn’t Toronto’s Problem. It’s our Superpower. medium.com/@lanrickbenn...

My children woke up singing "Takedown".

This is maybe just a variant on salsa verde but the Washington Post vegan chile verde is delicious (has bulgur and white beans in it; I usually use quinoa)

🚨 ALERT 🚨 It is now officially babies in tiny jackets with ears on the hoods season. Please be on the lookout for babies in tiny jackets with ears on the hoods at all times.

Shouts out to Max Scherzer, doing it for all the guys over 40 who experience neck, shoulder and back pain because of the violent repetitive movement of their bodies, whether that's Pitching to Major League Hitters or Shifting Slightly in Bed

Conservatives want to end birthright citizenship for children of temporary residents The Conservatives want to restrict birthright citizenship in Canada, a measure they say would mirror the rules in peer countries.

Weird timing for the Conservatives to announce that they wish Vladdy wasn't a Canadian citizen. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

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We are not powerless in the face of rising hate, harassment and violence. If we take the time to learn effective de-escalation and intervention skills, we CAN keep each other safe.

Give me 1 hour of your time and I'll teach you how. It's free and open to anyone aged 12+ ✊

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submit your ideas for topics here: forms.gle/ZTJ4E6nWG6Ua...

As an instructor, I'd rather see your fever dream, No Doze-fueled 4AM essays written at an IHOP rather than anything generated by an LLM.

Hope this helps

Congratulations!

MW correctly reading the room

How, exactly, do the Canadian Armed Forces deploy on operations with an ally who doesn't respect ROEs?

Quick reminder that fascism is almost always obsessed with the aesthetics of the male body—sculpted, uniformed, disciplined.

A grainy screenshot of the sidebar of the desktop version of Goodreads. It says: RECOMMENDATIONS: Because you enjoyed A Wedding to Protect Her Fortune: On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder A historian of fascism offers a guide for surviving and resisting America's turn towards authoritarianism. On November 9th, millions of Americans woke up to the impossible... View all books similar to A Wedding to Protect Her Fortune

You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes.
#romancelandia

YouTube video by Netflix The Diplomat: Season 3 | Official Trailer | Netflix

My headcanon is that this show is now about Evil C.J. Cregg and Evil Josh Lyman www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6UX...

I had a grad school classmate who ran a study in Fall 2001 where they called Congressional Offices to ask them how they processed mail. (It was about responsiveness to constituents). As you can imagine they got a phone call from the FBI. Still use that as an example of bad timing in research...

This judgy former conference planner wants all of your events to have:

✅ a protein option at breakfast

✅ coffee urns left out until they’re empty

✅ hot water in a container that’s never held coffee

✅ the dessert from lunch held back until the afternoon so you feel like you had an extra treat

🚨 My department @westernu.ca is hiring up to two TT Assistant Professors in International Politics (IR/CP).

I’m not on the search committee, but I’ll be at APSA next week — happy to chat & answer questions!

Application info: www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...

#polisky #conflictsky #intsec #IR