Jane Dryden

thank you for the rec! looks lovely and I will check it out.

*Important* At the Senate on Tuesday, the President summarized the Province's plan to cut University funding across the province by 10%. This is nuclear, amounting to ~50M divided among the four universities. (While Irving pulp and paper is to get +45M for tariff relief.) But it is not yet a done deal. All university and union presidents are responding firmly. Please write to your MLA asap. There is not much time.

Dear Hon. Susan Holt, It has come to my attention that the budget for universities in the province may be cut by $50 million. I am writing to plead with you to reconsider. New Brunswick universities like the University of New Brunswick--recently ranked tops in Atlantic Canada and 14th in the country ahead of Western and Ottawa by TIME Magazine--serve a vital role educating the young people of this province. Our constituency is our own children. These proposed cuts would have a catastrophic impact on institutions that quite frankly require more public investment not less. This would be an incredibly short-sighted decision, with devastating long-term impacts. I hope New Brunswick can count on you to reconsider and put its young people first, ahead of corporate interests. Many thanks, Nathan Kalman-Lamb Associate Professor of Sociology, University of New Brunswick

Catastrophic higher education news in New Brunswick: the Liberal government of my MLA @susanholtnb.bsky.social is potentially going to cut 10% of the budget for universities—$50M across 4 schools when much *more* funding is needed, not less.

The impact would be devastating.

Please share, NBers.

ughhh gross

I am not a professional editor or copy editor but I vote “N” since the name of the *band* is “Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds”. (it’s not Nick Cave on his own).

Are We Seeing the Limits of Gender Identity? — Assigned A conversation between Riki Wilchins for Assigned Media and Philosopher Rowan Bell.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 7
Interview for Assigned Media with philosopher Rowan Bell on whether we may be seeing the limits of gender identity as an anchoring concept for trans in courts, legislatures, civil rights, and even trans theory.

Canada sidesteps UN scrutiny over assisted dying ⋆ The Breach Calls by disability advocates and the UN to halt an expansion of medically assisted death have gone largely unacknowledged by the federal government

For nearly a year, the feds have been quiet about a scathing UN report on Canada's treatment of disabled people, including MAiD expansion and paltry financial supports

@spichaksimon.bsky.social presses the government for answers in our latest for @breachmedia.ca

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Age verification and social media bans are explicitly ways to isolate queer, neurodivergent, and abused kids.

If you're Canadian and shaking your head about the US gov arresting journalists for the crime of doing journalism, well, that happens here too.
And instead of just being furious about it, you can donate money to The Narwhal, who are actually trying to stop it from happening here.

Growing up in Ottawa, Canada, we always used the front door. When I moved to the Maritimes, I had to switch to using the back door (and now I’m used to always using the back door).

every time someone has asked me the last week or so about priorities it is rental assistance. please please please people need rent to stay in their homes. scroll down to rent relief funds and pick something www.standwithminnesota.com

Canadians remember that Canada is also slated to massively ramp up deportations, and these police routinely collaborate with the CBSA, so racial profiling especially of Black folks can easily led to detention and deportation, even for long term residents.

I need Canadians to think about what is happening here at home. Carney is cutting the very agencies we need more than ever as things erode in the US.

Wake. Up.

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I've been thinking about this a lot, for months: Gaza was a breaking point between verifiable reality and liberal governance. "AI" sparks fears ppl will believe things that aren't true, but Gaza SHOWED things that WERE true—& western governments, universities & news outlets pretened they were not.

Alas I am that third thing, busy but interested. Sorry to miss it — looks like a great talk.

Since a lot of folks have suggested ableist alternative words let’s chat about this:

Intelligence is not something that can be measured without employing bigotry and it’s not something that determines a moral compass or good vs bad

So any word at all that uses intelligence as an insult is ableist

While the U.S. is actively weakening the FDA, Canada is preparing to stop doing its own drug reviews and defer to foreign regulators.

“Public service savings targets” in action.

❤️ sending a hug from far too far away and wish you had more folks nearby.

Ottawa (honourable mention: Rideau).

Having some thoughts about the nature of my fears as a Canadian that I want to try to express in deep solidarity with everyone in Minnesota and elsewhere fighting our common enemy. This thread will not be in the "Canadian asshole" genre. (The opposite, I hope). Still, mute if you want.

Yeah I shouldn't have watched this *after* applying my mascara. (if you need a 3 minute respite from the horrors: this is worth it).

crossing fingers for you.

Wow, what a saga! glad you all made it. yikes why can we not have reliable transit infrastructure. but also yay for you all for collectively making sure everyone was sorted.

Happy birthday Mark!

making me homesick for Ottawa with every reference! can’t wait for more.

to the tune of “See You In September” — “grading... with a migraine….”

the last push of the semester.

AISH recipients and supporters rallied outside the Alberta Supports office in northeast Calgary as they protested provincial government changes to disability support programs on Dec. 3, 2025 Gavin Young/Postmedia

Calgary woman says she can't afford doctor's fee to apply for disability tax credit https://calgaryherald.com/news/calgary-woman-says-she-cant-afford-doctors-fee-to-apply-for-disability-tax-credit

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Yayyyy!! oh wow that sounds so magical!

I signed this. ProPublica marketed HARD on being the last journalists with integrity standing. I believed them and donated the equivalent of my subscription to the Post two years in a row. They won't see a dime from me if they don't fly right.

Signed.