Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Sunrise over the Faroe Islands. 27711
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Dope moment between Tiafoe and Shelton 14912114
Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon @indirabalki.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Just discovering the profoundly magnificent, Billy-Ray Belcourt 's A MINOR CHORUS: Hannah reflects on loneliness and systemic hardship, noting that there are few ways to cure "what it feels like to be besieged by structural forces that assail our joy.' #IndigiLit #IndigeousCultureuwspace.uwaterloo.caMaking sure you're not a bot! 100
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Jean Chrétien: "It looks like they don't know what to do. When your big thing is to change the name of a lake, it's because you're running out of arguments. It is a very weak gesture, to be cheap and nasty. Lake Ontario is not suffering. It's a lake." #cdnpoli 511339487
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Canadian academia does seem to produce some real gems 95212
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 02/09/2026The Trump administration files a brief supporting OpenAI in its dispute with NYT, saying training LLMs on copyrighted works generally constitutes fair use (Blake Brittain/Reuters) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink 011
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This text by Prof. Rinaldo Walcott on the crisis of the university — and the university as the crisis — is like an extended Coltrane solo in 1966. Breathtaking. Every sentence is a pull quote. Imperative reading. @blacklikewho.bsky.social @canadiandimension.bsky.socialcanadiandimension.comThe university is the crisisThe crisis of the university is its inability to be honest about the nature of its self-induced crisis. Its leaders or senior managers often share the perspectives of those who wish the university to ... 513244
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Alex Hertel-Fernandez @awhf.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Trump, his family, and his administration has been unprecedentedly corrupt. 2028 candidates should respond by pledging to return the money to the American people as a corruption rebate. Sabeel Rahman, Jamie Keene, Rakeen Mabud, and I flesh out the idea for @bharatramamurti.bsky.social's Substack.bharatramamurti.substack.comGuest Post: Americans Are Owed a Trump Corruption RebateIn his second term, President Trump has illegally accepted a $400 million Boeing 747 from the government of Qatar. 144
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Dr Pete Olusoga @dr-peter-olusoga.bsky.social · 30/11/2024🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT🚨 On this episode of the #EightyPercentMental podcast, we welcomed Prof Rob Schinke to talk about mental health and about finding ways to harness our natural gifts and truly live up to our human potential Listen now at eightypercentmental.com or wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️🎧 2153
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 22/08/2026‘It’s a family-friendly audiovisual spectacle, like an elaborate Fourth of July fireworks display – and with about the same level of narrative and emotional depth.’ @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social watches Christopher Nolan’s 𝘖𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘺. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukEmily Wilson · An Uncomplicated ManThe representation of Odysseus as a reluctant warlord makes a nonsense of The Odyssey’s imagined world. We are not... 2153
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Chance the Lawyer @chancethelawyer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026say what you will about the myriad valid concerns with current LLMs but I personally will never get over the fact that Aaron Swartz was prosecuted to his literal death for downloading JSTOR and then a decade later, they downloaded & ingested the entire world and our IP laws just went ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 4645481568
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon dave jay toronto @davejaytoronto.bsky.social · 18/08/2026toronto subway sounds toronto nature sounds 0192
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 19/08/2026I don't think people understand the extent to which this has been a decade plus long billionaire funded campaign (obviously Thiel is involved). We've tried to ring the alarm about these eugenicists but it is too easy for them to get parroted by the mainstream media. bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...bylinetimes.comThe Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason ArdayThe media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network 3127231193
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Last night was baseball's "field of dreams" game, an homage to a movie revolving around men banned for life from baseball for match-fixing on behalf of gambling syndicates, brought to you by *checks notes* the gambling company Fanduel. Why DO people think Americans don't understand irony? :) 691824381
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Kristie Felice (she/her) @lovehorrorqueen.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Black women film critics and writers have a hard enough time in this space doing their actual jobs. I’m so proud of my friend for speaking up and loudly about her experience working for this horror outlet. Note: though she’s offering this for free, support her and add funds while you’re there. 24128
Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon @indirabalki.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Reminder that the Poors can submit their Pre Budget recommendations here www.canada.ca/en/departmen... 100
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 21/07/2026Sony Music files a second copyright suit against Udio, alleging the AI music company copied 30,117 recordings without permission to train its AI models (Murray Stassen/Music Business Worldwide) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink 022
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 11/07/2026France or Spain gotta win because any other outcome creates unbearable discourse 2023315
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 10/07/2026“Black lawmakers and activists across the Deep South argue they have been abandoned by the Democratic Party to fight an existential crisis on their own. They say they’ve been let down by nearly all corners of the party.” Essential read:politico.comSouthern Black leaders warn their power is on the line — and Democrats are looking elsewhereBlack lawmakers and activists in the Deep South say they are fighting an existential crisis on their own in the wake of a major Supreme Court ruling. 301160495
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Dr JC Niala @jcniala.bsky.social · 05/07/2026I don’t think the world realised how much we needed 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde. ⚽️ 072
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Siobhán McElduff @siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social · 05/07/2026If a small museum can manage it, big places can.cbc.caWhy a small British museum went out of its way to repatriate Haida Nation artifacts | CBC RadioHow a small British museum connected with the Haida Gwaii Museum in Skidegate, B.C., to repatriate Indigenous artifacts in their possession — and the growing movement to reclaim artifacts as a form of... 03614
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 05/07/2026US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra welcomed Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich to his July 4 party in Ottawa tonight Lich is currently serving a house arrest sentence in relation to a criminal conviction over her role in the convoy's three-week occupation of Canada's capital city 156650401
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Daily Trix @dailytrix.bsky.social · 05/07/2026In order to defeat communism, all of the AI companies are gonna have to give up equity to the federal government. 401532260
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Pembina Institute @pembina.org · 03/07/2026The lack of private sector investment in the new west coast oil #pipeline should ring alarm bells for Canadians — after all, we’re footing 90% of the whopping $35-44B bill. 🚨 “If the business case were there, a private proponent would have stepped forward by now.” #cdnpoli 📰: buff.ly/OqcDd2y 1013874
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon SalarySwish @salaryswish.bsky.social · 01/07/2026#NBA TRADE TOR #Raptors Acquire: Kawhi Leonard - $50,300,000 LA #Clippers Acquire: B Ingram $40,000,000 G Dick $7,131,510 2027 Draft swap option 2030 2nd Rounder 2031 1st Rounder 2033 2nd Rounder 2033 1st Rounder www.salaryswish.comsalaryswish.comNBA Salary Cap Tracker and Trade Machine | SalarySwishNBA Salary Cap Tracker and Trade Machine with detailed contracts, real-time rosters, player salary breakdowns, interactive features and tax tools. 001
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026literally one day apart. goldfish would scoff at this lack of object permanence 383733778
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/07/2026Leonard Leo is a lawyer, but he's never argued a case in court. He's never held elected office. But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority. (Published Oct. 2023)propublica.orgWe Don’t Talk About Leonard: The Man Behind the Right’s Supreme Court SupermajorityThe inside story of how Leonard Leo built a machine that remade the American legal system — and what he plans to do next. 681265622
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 30/06/2026Moving Justice Jackson concurrence invoking Frederick Douglass on memory. "The distortion of historical facts—retellings that reimagine and repurpose past events to lend credence to misbegotten aims—may be an even greater threat." 161112399
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Justice Jackson: "Justice Thomas's telling elides the entire point of the Second Founding: The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery." 6893249
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Clarence Thomas says the 14th Amendment should be read narrowly because it was written for formerly enslaved people. By that logic, the 2nd Amendment was written for muskets, not AR-15s. Funny how that kind of originalism only shows up when it's convenient. 1047286948160
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Update: The Casbah will indeed rock tonight 1025419
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 20/06/2026‘This World Cup, unlike Russia 2018, is hosted by democratic nations, and unlike Qatar 2022 the walkways to its stadiums are not paved with bones. But it will forever be associated with newly obscene levels of fan exploitation.’ Simon Skinner: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukSimon Skinner · ‘I wouldn’t pay it either’: World Cup WallchartsThis World Cup, unlike Russia 2018, is hosted by democratic nations, and unlike Qatar 2022 the walkways to its stadiums... 2204
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 03/06/2026I rode my electric bike for the first time in over a year for 11km yesterday. Perfect weather, but I got lost and learned that Toronto's waterfront trails are too narrow for both runners and cyclists. Very glad I wore bike shorts and had two panniers for my stuff. In summer: biking > taking the TTC. 2671
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 26/05/2026I like living in a city where I can walk to a theatre & find it full of people who will sit for 3 hours watching Fellini. 15 minute city conspiracy continues apace. 3984
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/05/2026@nycsanitation.bsky.social I’d like to report a sweep 134119681748
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 25/05/2026finally watched Battle of Algiers. getting Ennio Morricone to do the score felt like spiking the ball on France 2459234
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Was a time we would've seen shit like this and been like "so we super pissed off the gods, apparently, let's throw the chief into the volcano as an apology." We've really dropped the ball, haven't we. 610130
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 08/05/2026when researching scenarios for a fictional World War Three in his 2006 movie Southland Tales, Richard Kelly landed on a big one: 16927
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 01/05/2026Is taxing the rich a climate solution? Yes, according to tech entrepreneur Avi Bryant. He's a member of the Patriotic Millionaires, a group pushing Canada for a higher tax on wealthy people like him because, "Society is better off if everyone has their basic needs met." thenarwhal.ca/canada-wealt...thenarwhal.caThis Canadian millionaire wants to pay higher taxes | The NarwhalAvi Bryant made millions in the tech industry. Now, he’s part of Patriotic Millionaires and says a wealth tax could help Canada achieve climate goals 614256
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Chai Komanduri @chaikomanduri.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Does he think WandaVision was a documentary? 472
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23/04/2026A Virginia judge temporarily halted the state’s newly approved congressional map — but state officials are already moving to try to overturn the ruling, setting up a rapid legal fight in the state’s Supreme Court. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comVirginia court blocks voter-approved redistricting, appeal comingThe appeal is expected to move swiftly — and could ultimately land before the Supreme Court of Virginia, which will have the final say on whether the voter-approved map can take effect. 601597511
Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon @indirabalki.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Hmm, let's see Cantor Fitzgerald sold insurance to companies to cover Tariffs .... Now they will receive the refunds?! Such bold+faceness 000
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Peggy Dennis @carnahancattle.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Ask your sons — they know. Their bank accounts are growing quite steadily. 011
Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon @indirabalki.bsky.social · 09/04/2026When is someone gonna say to him ... The Emperor has No Clothes 000
Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon @indirabalki.bsky.social · 03/04/2026I dunno about this starting a player automatically in extra innings, during the regular season. Go to HOME RUN DERBYYY #bluejays 100
Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon @indirabalki.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Side arm pitcher .... Blows my mind every.time. #BlueJays 000
Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon @indirabalki.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Opening night 2026. Was a fantasy redux of Game 7, WS 2025. 000
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Watching baseball. The pitcher's name is Kody Funderburk. The batter's name is Coby Mayo. We are not a serious civilization 3281282
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon John Bleasdale @www.johnbleasdale.com · 25/03/2026George Orwell: 2+2=5 I talked to the amazing intellectual and director Raoul Peck for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/john-bleasda...thenewworld.co.ukGeorge Orwell wasn’t a prophet - he was a warningRaoul Peck, the director of Orwell: 2+2=5, on how the writer’s message is missed and misused - and what he would have thought of Trump and Gaza 0288
Reposted by Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 24/03/2026I wonder what it would be like to have a government that functioned. 572932685